4th row center: Exercising with Mussolini in Sensurround™
What do you do when an earthquake strikes in mid-movie? Remain seated!
Sunday, April 4, 2010. What better way to spend an Easter Sunday than by once again watching the Nazis fall from power? Easter dinner with the Elliotts was a yearly tradition. (It's phrased it in the past-tense because David and …
Public Utilities Commission proposes legal framework for amateur cab drivers
Just weeks after the Metropolitan Transit System issued a warning about the dangers of unlicensed cab services, the California Public Utilities Commission appears set to implement a new proposal to legitimatize such “ridesharing” services as Lyft and Uber, which allow …
Trailer Park: American Hustle
"Sell the sizzle, not the steak" applies here in at least two ways.
Other folks have already commented on the fact that here, at long last, is a trailer that gives you the feeling of a movie without spilling out nine of its ten plot points. That's "sell the sizzle, not the steak" …
As Filner recall gathers, U-T San Diego owner bankrolls local GOP
With personal millions at stake, hotel mogul Douglas Manchester's financial holding company leaps into Filner fray with political cash the day after paper reports recall effort
It's not exactly a big surprise to locals who read and tune into U-T San Diego, the mini media empire run by La Jolla hotel magnate Doug Manchester, that the long-time Republican is not a big fan of embattled Democratic …
Trailer Park: 2 Guns
Wow. I've seen the film, and lemme tell you, Denzel does not ask his boss in the interrogation room, "Did you know he was special forces?" It's one thing when the trailer gives you a scene that didn't make it …
Escondido police want to question man regarding wife's death
Public requested to dial 911 if they sight "Tony" Hernandez
Late Wednesday night, Escondido police asked for the public’s help to locate a person they suspect killed his wife. The man is named as Jesus Flores Hernandez, who goes by “Tony,” according to a police spokesman. The wanted man is …
Dig a hole: the San Diego Film Commission
Their website is no more. The final post on their Facebook page says it all: "After nearly 40 years of serving the film industry in the region, the San Diego Film Commission will close its doors today. We thank you …
Oceanside police will have drivers' checkpoint overnight Friday
Looking for impaired driving from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. at undisclosed location
Police announced there will be a traffic checkpoint in Oceanside starting tomorrow, Friday, at 8 p.m. and finishing at 3 a.m. Oceanside police sergeant Kenneth Gow said officers will be checking “at an undisclosed location” within the city limits, starting …
Baja California’s drop in murder rate confirmed by government statistics
Statistics released by INEGI show the states drop in homicides since 2009, Baja California Sur had lowest number of homicides nationwide
The National Institute of Statistics and Geography (El Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía or INEGI) has disclosed preliminary information, nationally and by state, of all homicides in Mexico for 2012. The statistics were released on Tuesday, July 30. According …
Ex-hospital head pleads guilty to embezzlement
He submitted fraudulent reimbursements for events he never attended
Richard Mendoza, former chief executive of Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District in Brawley, pleaded guilty today (July 31) to embezzling more than $90,000 from the Imperial Valley hospital. According to court documents, he submitted false reimbursement requests for trainings, seminars and …
No known witnesses yet in Jackson lawsuit, says Filner's lawyer
Filner denies her accusations, which lawyer says are unverified
In his thus far unsuccessful attempt to have the City pay for defense of the suit against Mayor Robert Filner, his attorney Harvey Berger has made some interesting points. Berger wrote a letter to City Attorney Jan Goldsmith dated July …
Hitting the G Spot: G Street Deli
Luscious chipotle chicken sandwich and meatball soup for $7.49
Suddenly get the munchies coming out of Office Depot down near the Santa Fe. Instead of heading back to Broadway I jes' carry on towards the trolley line. Seaport Village. And right there on well, G Street is the G …
Allison Adams Tucker: Django unchained Aug. 4
The vocalist plays tribute to the French guitar hero and others at Dizzy's.
Vocalist Allison Adams Tucker creates a new twist on an old concept August 4 at the new Dizzy's (4275 Mission Bay Dr.) when she assembles a cast of local players to celebrate the music of Django Reinhardt and Le Hot …
Former council candidate Phil Thalheimer has $1.1 million in outstanding loans he gave to his campaign
Over 18-month period, Thalheimer loaned his campaign a total if $1.1 million dollars.
Former city council candidate Phil Thalheimer owes $1.1 million dollars in loans from his 2004 run against former councilmember and current congressman Scott Peters. Luckily for Thalheimer, no collection agencies are after him. That's because the loans came from his …
Casting Katy Perry's Blade Runner sequel the right way.
So Katy Perry announced that she'd like to play Rachael in Blade Runner 2, because of course: http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/31/50409/ But wait, you say: Blade Runner 2? Of course. The alternate ending from the "Final Cut" kind of leaves it open, no? …
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Builder touts "green" component of massive Mission Valley development
Sudberry Properties, the developer of what they term a 230-acre “urban village,” is touting the energy-efficient and sustainable features of the 4,780-unit mixed-use Civita development in Mission Valley. “Recent technological advances are enabling us to select from a vast array …
Everyone complains about the weather...
...but nobody makes a movie about it. (The Day After Tomorrow doesn't count.)
Remember The Lorax? Pulled in around $350 million worldwide while smilingly castrating one of Dr. Seuss's more urgent moral messages: "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot/ Nothing is going to get better. It's not." Why do I …
Dept. of Final Bows: Jonathan Winters and Orson Welles
Let's inaugurate this consideration of final film roles with a couple of gentlemen who would undoubtedly have appreciated the absurdity involved, shall we? I mean, Jonathan Winters was never what you'd call a Hollywood star, but by gum, he helped …