Comic-Con Photo Phunnies Day 2 - Thursday
Great googly wooglies, a gaggle of Gaslamp giggles
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Sonex brings traditional Veracruz sounds to the Barrio
Progressive world outfit plays Voz Alta with Afrojazziacs.
Drawing inspiration from the Son Jarocho folk tradition pioneered by Mexican luminaries such as Doña Elena Ramírez, Don Arcadio Hidalgo, and Don Andrés Vega, Sonex combines indigenous sounds from their hometown of Xalapa, Veracruz with African rhythms, Afro-Peruvian music, Venezuelan …
The San Diego Lantern Festival celebrates Little Saigon
Recently-inaugurated City Heights neighborhood celebrates Vietnamese heritage.
Last month, a six-block stretch of El Cajon Boulevard (between Euclid and Highland) in City Heights was officially designated “Little Saigon Cultural and Commercial District,” highlighting a neighborhood where nearly three-quarters of businesses are owned by Vietnamese-Americans. From Friday, July …
County unemployment rate rises to 7.3% in June
But area added 7,500 jobs over month, 19,300 over year
The San Diego County unemployment rate in June was 7.3%, up from a revised 6.8% in May. The county gained 7500 jobs over the month and 19,300 from a year ago. Obviously, more people are joining the labor force, looking …
Comic-Con 2013 hires Nerd Herders to keep crowds moving smoothly
Convention organizers: "We must never have a repeat of 2012's Saturday Stampede. These seemingly harmless creatures can turn deadly under the wrong conditions."
HIGH UP ON THE G4 GEEK CENTRAL PLATFORM, LOOKING DOWN AT THE SWARMING MASS OF SUBHUMANITY BELOW — "For years, the average fanboy or girl attending the Con was mostly placid and gentle, despite its intimidating size," says Comic-Con Traffic …
'Love Network' leveled as Jerry-less Telethon moves to ABC
Once upon a time there was a Telethon, and the month before Labor Day saw a sudden rise in awkwardly cropped pictures of Jerry Lewis' head adorning boxes of Sara Lee pound cake in your grocer's freezer section. Jerry Lewis, …
Detroit files for Chapter 9 bankruptcy
Largest municipal bankruptcy in history
Detroit, once the nation's fourth most populous city, has filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy, according to the New York Times. It is the largest city ever to file for bankruptcy, and the largest in terms of debt. Details are sketchy …
Mike Dee tapped for President and CEO of the Padres
Dee returns to the Padres where he teethed as a sports franchise executive under his mentor
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/18/49367/ You might have heard the name Mike Dee before Wednesday, when the Padres announced he would return to the Padres organization as President and CEO replacing Tom Garfinkel. Garfinkel resigned eight days prior. Dee was with the Padres under …
Because Acting for Dummies is too literal
Look, we've already gone after the trailer for Last Vegas. But if I had any clout whatsoever, I would keep this in mind for my YouTube interview series, Acting for Dollars. The whole joke of the show would be to …
Sequestration pinching San Diego economy
Industries reliant on federal funding lag others
Kelly Cunningham, economist for the National University System Institute for Policy Research, has done a study showing jobs growth in sectors most closely tied to federal spending is lagging. The villain is sequestration. The five private sectors most reliant on …
Interview with Still Mine star James Cromwell
Still Mine tells the story of Craig Morrison, an independent-minded old man who bumps up against the system when he sets out to build a single-story home on his property. (Craig's wife Irene has begun to suffer from dementia, and …
Less than 4% of Baja California homicides in 2012 resulted in convictions
Few homicides resulted in arrests or convictions, Mexico as a whole convicted less than 2% of cases in 2012
According to Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía or INEGI), less than 4% of homicides that were reported in Baja California during 2012 resulted in convictions. Nationwide statistics were recently released, showing few …
Peters listed as member of mystery donor non-profit
“No Labels” also means no contributor identification because “it doesn't advance our mission,” says website
San Diego voters are by now long familiar with so-called independent political committees, financed in large part by a variety of big money mystery donors. Many of the efforts are organized under federal law as 501 c(4) non-profits, and therefore …
Saxon on sax
Psssst! What are you doing a week from Sunday? Want to hang out in the park and watch a bunch of Relative Minors and Friends have sax? Get your smut-filled minds out of the gutter! We're here to help promote …
Does City Attorney Jan Goldsmith have a future in politics?
Recent disclosure shows Goldsmith hired a public polling firm, indicating a possible run for office.
City Attorney Jan Goldsmith's campaign committee's war chest is drying up. By January of this year, the committee reported having just $18,900 in the account. But just because the days of $25,000 donations to Republican political action committees are over, …
11 celebrity comedy teams we'd like to see
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Control the Border Patrol, protesters demand
About 70 people rallied yesterday afternoon (July 17) outside Congressman Darrell Issa’s Vista office to protest the “border surge” called for by the bipartisan Corker-Hoeven amendment to proposed federal immigration reform law that would significantly increase militarization of the U.S./Mexico …
1887 on the Bay: Happy hour racing ribs!
The renovated Coronado Boathouse gives you front row seats to...San Diego’s America’s Cup?
Man! This is like having bayside bleachers at the America’s Cup. Out on tiny Glorietta Bay, maybe a dozen big yachts — 30-40 footers — cut and weave in between each other as they fight for primo position at the …
Comic-Con Photo Phunnies Day 1
Goofy gags from geektastic Gaslamp gathering...
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