21st Century Drummer: free clinic featuring Dan Harumi
Michael Alan Hams and Dan Harumi (Room E) present a free clinic exploring technology and drumming.
For the third and final installment in his Drum Days of Summer series, percussion coach Michael Alan Hams presents a free drum clinic featuring special guest Dan Harumi, a local multi-instrumentalist and beatmaker who puts out music under the alias …
Opening this week: See Fecha de Caducidad at the Digital Gym before it expires
Matthew took the week off for a round of intense behavioral counseling -- that's what he gets for stroking my backside and placing me in the Lickona headlock -- so it's my turn to hip our readers to this week's …
Manchester-backed recall leader was sued by David Copley for trespassing
Head of Filner take-down war accused in 2011 of illegal road building and grading by late GOP publisher regarding environmental damage allegedly done to mother's Fox Hill estate
These days La Jolla surveyor Michael Pallamary, leader of the recall against Bob Filner, is a stand-up guy, at least according to U-T San Diego, the mini media empire of Douglas Manchester, a laissez faire land developer and hotel magnate …
Review: Elysium
This week’s comic book contribution is the third (so far) alternate universe pic to be released in 2013. In each case scenario the future looks old, but the digital worlds of tomorrow manufactured for Upside Down and Oblivion are fun …
Boulevard murder/arson/kidnapping suspect's car found in Idaho
San Diego Sheriff's deputies confirmed at a briefing this morning (August 9) that the blue Nissan Versa sedan belonging to James DiMaggio, suspected of murdering Christina Anderson, setting his house on fire, and abducting her children Ethan and Hannah, has …
Wingstop open in University Heights
A quick lesson in eating hot wings based on a too-expensive--but otherwise good--multi-state chain's spicy chicken bites.
So, a Wingstop recently opened in University Heights, right next to the Lovin’ Hut. 1901 El Cajon Boulevard, 619-297-9464. Maybe the owners have a sense of irony, sticking a chicken wing shop in next to the all-vegan noodle hut. Maybe …
Rosarito y los surfos de tabla rota
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Banano “Aprendí a surfear con una tabla quebrada. La reparé con resina que compré en una fábrica de taxidermia de pescado, con eso la parché y la pegué. Surfeaba con un leash roto que cosí con alambre y que cubrí …
General Atomics reveals new nuclear reactor design
San Diego-based General Atomics, while most famous recently for its Predator and Reaper drones, announced this week that it is seeking funding from the federal Department of Energy for work on a next-generation nuclear reactor design. Earlier this year, it …
Barrio Logan: Eat your fruit!
New fruit and ice cream eatery delivers health the Mexican way
Okay. Here's the menu for dinner: Apples, bananas, sandia (watermelon), mango, piña (pineapple), papaya, melon, strawberries, cottage cheese, granola, coconut, raisins. We're in Barrio Logan, so Spanglish rules. 'Course I could have had pepino (cucumber), jicama, sandia, mango, piña, papaya, …
Investor files suit against Issa, DEI Holdings
Says board didn't consider other bids when selling company
According to the publication Law360, a Florida shareholder early this month filed a lawsuit, intended to be a class action, against Vista's DEI Holdings and its board for selling the company for $285 million to private equity firm Charlesbank Capital …
Liquid Geometry: Bosstone brings bass from down under
Bass and beat label Liquid Geometry hosts Australian producer Bosstone at Kava Lounge.
Last minute party advisory! Tonight, Liquid Geometry brings choice bass&beats to the Kava Lounge with headliner Bosstone, a soft-spoken producer from the outskirts of Melbourne who stirs up the vibes via juke, trap, and R&B-infused whoppers. Catch a glimpse of …
Blue Jasmine review makes reader see red
Whom, but my editor, Ernie Grimm, was seated inside Cosmo's in La Mesa, frantically pecking at his laptop, when I dropped in for my morning dose of Joe? "Did you call the new Woody Allen film 'artless?'" he asked, stopping …
San Diego Unified suffers another legal setback over installation of stadium lighting at Hoover High School
Supreme Court turned down request to review the case. Case now heads back to Superior Court for final ruling.
California Supreme Court judges turned down San Diego Unified's request to review a previous court decision finding the use of Proposition S funds to install stadium lighting at Hoover High School violated the terms of the bond measure. In 2008, …
Dig a divot: Munchkin Margaret Pellegrini is really most sincerely dead
Will Ruth Robinson Duccini or Jerry Maren be next?
As hole digger I must aver, the Phoenix coroner examined her. And she's not only merely dead, she's really most sincerely dead. Margaret Pellegrini, the hip-switching Munchkin City looker with the flowerpot headdress -- and until today one of only …
Orioles stomp Padres and take short series
The Padres came back to tie but the Orioles manhandled the Friar's bull pen
What goes around apparently comes around. Back in May, the Padres were in Baltimore to beat the Orioles in a two-game series. In August, the Orioles returned the favor to the Padres, beating them on Wednesday 10-3 to take both …
Transparency lags as GOP fundraisers fan out for anti-Filner drive
City ethics chief says check back next week regarding when and whether special interests will have to disclose cash stake in ousting mayor
Two high-profile voter signature drives in California, one aimed at putting the issue of a new basketball arena on the ballot in Sacramento, the other to recall embattled San Diego Democratic mayor Bob Filner, are casting new light on the …
Alien pods discovered in Marina District!
Ed doesn't believe they're just $5 home-made sausages. Who would?
I sit here looking down at this...creature. Things are weird enough already. Here I am, surrounded by an oryx, a blackbuck antelope, a ram... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/aug/07/50911/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/aug/07/50918/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/aug/07/50921/ Okay, talking trophies on the wall. But they set the tone for this …