Kevin Faulconer: "We can't run San Diego's government because we can't stop thinking about Bob Filner's sexual hijinks."
"Who gives a crap about roads and water and garbage like that when there are groped breasts and tongued throats to be considered?"
PRESS CONFERENCE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW - "Our taxpayers deserve a City Council that can do its work without having to constantly think and talk about sexy sex sexual sex harrassment, with all its sexy sexiness. MY GOD THERE IS SO …
Tijuana mayor asks U.S. to reconsider travel warning
State Department warns citizens to take caution when traveling in Baja California
The mayor of Tijuana, Carlos Bustamante Anchondo, has asked for the U.S. State Department to reconsider its travel warning for Baja California. According to the statement from Bustamante Anchondo, the numbers and progress in Tijuana speak for itself. The mayor …
Whole Foods opens 7th Ave Pub
Grocery store enters the craft beer bar fray with a surprisingly respectable mini-tavern.
To the best of my knowledge, the Hillcrest Whole Foods (711 University Avenue) is the first grocery store in these parts with a bar inside. The store’s University Ave facade used to be reserved as a dining area for customers …
Sliver of Copley land purchased
But the price is less than legal fees
According to assessor records, another Copley property has been sold. The buyer is the family of entrepreneur Tom Fetter, a neighbor of the late Helen Copley's Foxhill estate since 1960. Fetter, of T. Fetter & Co., explains that Helen Copley …
Scripps among largest subsidy grabbers
Burnham, Torrey Pines, Amylin make more inclusive welfare list
Good Jobs First, which is doing yeoman work showing the economic damage of big corporate welfare projects, is out with a new study, "Megadeals: the largest economic development subsidy packages ever awarded by state and local governments in the United …
Cardinals steal one from Padres
In a game filled with drama, the Cardinals take the three-game series from the Padres with the cunning use of thievery
It would be nice if the Padres could be more fortunate more often when it comes to that one unlucky bounce, but as manager Buddy Black is fond of pointing out, that’s baseball. San Diego lost to the Cardinals on …
Toyotas targeted in Poway
Pickup owners victimized in a string of thefts
Sheriff’s deputies and Crime Stoppers are warning Poway residents about a string of recent catalytic converter thefts and looking for tips that might help identify the culprits. Since July 13, authorities say, thieves have been targeting vehicles parked overnight on …
Song for his father: The Wrecking Crew
Filmaker Denny Tedesco's informative and hilarious celebration of the unknown LA studio musicians who created much of what we call pop-music.
I was among the lucky few of approximately 500 music lovers who took advantage of the opportunity to take in one of the two screenings of The Wrecking Crew documentary on July 20 at San Diego City College, a presentation …
Comic-Con Photo Phunnies Day 5 - Sunday
Holy hotpics, here's the last batch of Gaslamp giggles...
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/21/49776/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/21/49745/ Steampimpin'! http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/21/49746/ Enter Sandman? No thanks, I see the key to a better entrance... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/21/49747/ What do you get when you cross Red Sonja and Barbarella? Apparently, a Buggles video... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/21/49748/ Once you go elf, well, you may …
Fatal stabbing before the sex
Tosca stabs Scarpia before he sticks her.
Does sexual attraction count for love when we’re adding depth to opera characters? Yes! Remember that the first guidepost is relationship. Let's take a look at a scene where we might not expect to find love. The scene I'm thinking …
Murder suspect in custody three years with no evidence presented yet
David Leroy Lucero due for another mental competency hearing
A young man arrested on suspicion of killing his mother more than three years ago has not heard any evidence presented against him in the case yet. David Leroy Lucero, now 28 years old, was taken into custody in Arizona …
Padres get even with Cardinals
San Diego hits enough and holds Cardinals hitting to split the series
Padres starter Edinson Volquez was erratic again, it seems to be an inescapable aspect of his pitching lately. But the Padres bull pen was solid like it used to be in seasons past and the bats were good enough to …
Guitarist Wayne Riker's One Man Beatles Show
Guitarist Wayne Riker has put together a new Beatles tribute show, set to debut on July 28 at Swedenborg Hall.
Acclaimed guitarist Wayne Riker has put together a new Beatles tribute show, set to debut on July 28 at Swedenborg Hall. The concert will consist solely of Riker with his Stonebridge acoustic/electric guitar. “Don't let that fool you,” he says. …
The Fixx and Bushwalla - Live at Birch Aquarium July 17
Eighties hitmakers the Fixx performed at Birch Aquarium on July 17. Bushwalla opened.
On July 17, New wave hitmakers, the Fixx, performed at Birch Aquarium at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Part of the eighth annual Green Flash Concert series, held the third Wednesday of each month from May to September, proceeds from …
Comic-Con Photo Phunnies Day 4 - Saturday
Getting yer Gaslamp geek on again
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/20/49715/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/20/49677/ Sure, they're cute, but my eyes keep going back to that Devil's Panties booth... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/20/49678/ C'mon, that's how Grace Jones dresses EVERY day! http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/20/49679/ It's not paint. I think I have lead poisoning... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/20/49685/ He's not supposed to …
The music side of Comic-Con - Metallica, Weezer, Thomas Negovan and more
Lots of music related ways to spend time and money at Comic Con International 2013, from an artist who records on wax cylinder to new Beatle plush toys. 21 photos.
While Comic Con International is certainly based around the trilogy of comics, science fiction and motion pictures/television, it’s not hard to find music at the convention. It starts on arrival downtown, before you get to the convention center itself, with …
The force was with them
"Jazz meets Star Wars"? Gilbert Castellanos made it happen.
Gilbert Castellanos' "Jazz Meets Star Wars," concert on July 19 at Dizzy's could not have been more successful -- both from a musical standpoint as well as a commercial one. The show was well attended -- so much so, that …
Looking for love in all the places
When it comes to opera we've got to see the love everywhere.
Have you ever seen a movie or a play and thought the characters were superficial and lacking depth? Let me think of an example. Here we go, pick any character from Star Wars and I think you’ll get the idea. …
Padres continue losing ways in second half
The Padres lost to the Cardinals in the first game of a ten game road trip
The Padres bats were certainly awake to kick off the second half of the season on Friday in St. Louis, but unfortunately the pitching was fast asleep as the Cardinals throttled the Padres 9-6. The loss means that only the …
Jack in the Box hires lobbying firm for help with rebuild of North Park restaurant
Sheppard Mullin Richter and Hampton were hired to seek implementation of previously issued permits
Executives from San Diego-based Jack in the Box are calling in the big guns to continue with renovation, rather reconstruction, of their North park restaurant. The company has hired attorneys from Sheppard Mullin Richter and Hampton to grease the wheels …