La Jolla residents fight demolition of 1920's Tudor beach cottage
Planning commissioners will discuss an appeal from historical preservationists during a June 13 hearing.
Call it a one-stop shop for all of your development needs. Golba Architecture not only designs residential and commercial building projects, but its principal, San Diego Planning Commissioner Tim Golba, is qualified to provide a historical analysis on the property. …
De La Fuente's posh Uruguay restaurant ordered closed
Judge says rotating dining spa, in foreclosure, should be auctioned
La Vista, a fancy, rotating restaurant atop a hotel in Punta del Este, Uruguay, has been ordered closed, according to the Uruguay newspaper, El Pais. It is scheduled to be auctioned June 27. It is one of a series of …
WFP Securities ordered to pay $19 million for peddling Ponzi
Brokerage, closed in 2011, loses before arbitration panel
WFP Securities has been ordered to pay almost $19 million to a trust representing investors who lost money in a Ponzi scheme sold by the defunct brokerage, according to the Wall Street Journal. The trustee of the liquidating trust accused …
Jim Storey & Storeylines live at Dizzy's
Lots of electricity in the air for Storey's fusion project.
On June 7, Dizzy's operator Chuck Perrin provided an opportunity to experience the work of guitarist Jim Storey's fusion project Storeylines, featuring virtuoso pianist Lynn Willard, bassist Ignacio Arango and veteran drummer Gary Nieves, with special guest vocalist Janet Hammer. …
Hoy Serás Mi Copiloto mixtape by Julio Pillado
Tijuana musician compiles mixtape for All My Friends music festival.
Tijuana musician Julio Pillado - best known for his work with bands such as Shantelle, Celofan, Inkjet, and, most recently, droney post-gaze quartet PL DVNA - compiled a mixtape on behalf of All My Friends music festival showcasing the dark …
The Warriors' Duet at the San Diego Fringe Festival
A stage production based on the work of Laura Jeanne Morefield debuts Downtown at the first annual Fringe Festival
As part of the first annual San Diego Fringe Festival, community-based theatre troupe Circle Circle dot dot presents The Warriors' Duet, a stage play written by Charlene Baldridge based on the work of Laura Jeanne Morefield. The Warriors' Duet is …
'Actress' fingered for sending ricin-tinged letters to Obama and Bloomberg
Great career move for Shannon Guess!
Forget about the ricin. The bigger crime is referring to Shannon Richardson, aka Shannon Rogers and Shannon Guess, as an actress. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jun/08/47068/ The day worker who gained extra roles on shows like Madea's Big Happy Family, The Walking Dead, The …
Five killed overnight in Tijuana
At least five victims confirmed in bloody Tijuana night
The Attorney General of Baja California (La Procuraduría General de Justicia del Estado) announced Saturday morning, June 8, that five people were murdered during recent hours in Tijuana. The five homicides occurred individually, in different parts of the city. The …
Bat Lords summon serial killers and brutality
Last Years guitarist give the lowdown on his new horror punk trio, Bat Lords
While local outfit Last Years take a hiatus, guitarist Steve Baeza continues to play straight-ahead horror punk anthems with members of Hoodrat, Mr. Nobody, and Accoutrements in a raw dog, boss hog, balls to the blade trio called Bat Lords. …
The Soft Pack at The Irenic
The Soft Pack return to San Diego to play in North Park with Heavy Hawaii on Friday, June 28
The Soft Pack return to play San Diego after a year or two in Los Angeles with a Friday, June 28 show at The Irenic (3090 Polk Ave. – North Park). Their second album, Strapped, dropped last September (stream it …
La Jolla Symphony Finale
The finale concert of the season looks like a good one in La Jolla.
The final concert of La Jolla Symphony’s season is this weekend at Mandeville Auditorium on the campus of UCSD. There are two concerts. One on Saturday, the 8th of June at 7:30 pm and one on Sunday, the 9th of …
What's in a nickname?
Newly released Randy "Duchess" Cunningham promises to return to Congress and pass "meaningful prison reform bill" that addresses "the human atrocity of prison rape."
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jun/07/47040/ Congressman Cunningham: "I'm leaving prison a changed man."
Coastal property in Southern California?
What is it, full of radioactive zombies or something?
Don't answer that! http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jun/07/47039/
4th row center: Zombie Strippers
You are not likely to find an all-black audience in lily white Bland Diego. The closest we get is Horton Plaza, a downtown mall known for playing, what's the p. c. buzzword...oh, yes "urban action" films. In the fourteen years …
Hi, Brad!
Scott broke the news that Mr. Pitt may decide to grace those present at the fair with his fair presence (I see what I did there). But he failed to mention that there have been some hiccups in Mr. Pitt's …
New releases opening this week: The Internship, Wish You Were Here and more
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jun/07/47031/ Let's start with the good stuff that is going, going...Scott really really really liked Julien Temple's historical documentary London: The Modern Babylon. (Hee hee - it's a quote from Benjamin Disraeli in 1847.) But while the documentary covers more …