In cross-appeal, Save Our Heritage Organisation rehashes fight over plan to remove traffic from Balboa Park's Plaza de Panama
Group fights appeal from the Plaza de Panama Committee with an appeal of its own
As historic preservation group Save Our Heritage Organisation has learned, the bypass bridge is a tough proposal to kill. But the group hopes to end it once and for all with a June 3 cross-appeal filed in San Diego County …
Why the UT should be called the Union-Redneck
Wailing about the cost of art — tiny fraction of subsidized stadia.
UT-TV announcer Roger Hedgecock has interviewed one Trent Seibert, an on-air and in-print reporter for the UT purported Watchdog section. Both Hedgecock and Seibert lament the cost of public art placed by the Port District. But neither gives any perspective. …
4th row center: Last Tango in Paris
The date stamped on the roadshow, reserved seat ticket for the opening week showing of Last Tango in Paris at Chicago’s magnificent McClurg Court Theatre -- think Mission Valley’s late Cinema 21 only grander -- just happened to coincide with …
Roni Ben-Hur live at The Studio, June 2
The experience of this trio kept things grooving.
Israel born, NYC based guitarist Roni Ben-Hur came to San Diego June 2, for an Athenaeum Jazz production at The Studio on Park Ave, joined by fellow NY heavyweights Santi Debriano on bass and Duduka Da Fonseca on drums. Ben-Hur …
What's in a role?
Heath Ledger's Joker diary gives a few clues
I am sort of taken with the notion that Heath Ledger holed up in a hotel room and made a Joker diary in preparation for his role. And by diary, I mean full-on scrapbooked Can't believe I didn't catch the …
Tim Lambesis bailed out on hired-murder charge
Rock singer paid $160,000 premium to post $2 million bail
Timothy Peter Lambesis, 32, bailed out of jail after twenty-four days in custody, he had been arrested on suspicion of soliciting the murder of his estranged wife. Documents in his court file indicate Lambesis or his agent paid $160,000 in …
11 year old found in Ensenada after missing for two weeks
Adult arrested when authorities located missing girl
A missing 11 year old girl was located in Ensenada, two weeks after she was reported missing by her grandmother. The child vanished from her home in Ensenada on the evening of May 17. Authorities located the child on June …
Product placement is so yesterday
"Let's just slap the film into a commercial and be done with it."
Remember that Star Trek-based Esurance ad? It was cute, right? A little Trek riffing right before the real Trek? That split-second jolt of "Hey, it's the movie!" before you realized that it was a commercial? Apparently, that just wasn't commercial …
Tijuana to halt analogue TV switch-off until at least July
Concerns over citizens left without TV before July state elections arise
The plan for the city of Tijuana to become the first city in Latin America to broadcast television in only digital has been put on halt for the time being. The majority of the city is now in fully digital, …
Moonlight and Magnolias at Scripps Ranch Theatre
Stories about the making of movie classics make you wonder how they ever got made. Ron Hutchinson based this comedy on rewrites for Gone With the Wind. If even half of what he says is true, it's hard to believe …
Newly refurbished park to open in San Marcos
All-new equipment for park built in 2004
San Elijo Hills Park, adjacent to the upscale San Elijo Hills master-planned development in San Marcos, is set to re-open to the public on Tuesday (June 4), after being closed for renovations since early May. Completed less than a decade …
Koch-tied non-profit teams with Manchester's U-T San Diego
Partnership with non-profit news organization with reported links to Koch brothers revives talk that San Diego publisher could also team in L.A. Times takeover
Is non-profit journalism, the growing practice of using tax free foundation dollars to sponsor what used to be done by now-fading advertiser-supported media, just for liberals? http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jun/03/46759/ Not if San Diego hotel magnate and GOP publisher Douglas Manchester's U-T San …
Ethiopia, San Diego, Part Four: Muzita
A trip to University Heights' upscale Ethiopian/Eritrean restaurant of note offers sharp contrasts with other restaurants featured in this tour.
Muzita Abyssinian Bistro (4651 Park Boulevard, 619-546-7900) in University Heights isn’t an Ethiopian restaurant per se. It’s more Eritrean. Eritrea borders Ethiopia and the two countries share much in the way of culture and cuisine. For hundreds of years, the …
Warrant sweep yields 20 arrests
Focus on DUI and domestic violence charges
Sheriff’s deputies cleared 27 warrants and made 20 arrests over the weekend in a warrant sweep targeting individuals with DUI and domestic violence charges outstanding. Early Saturday morning, authorities began attempting to contact individuals in violation of court orders such …
Summertime impressions
Daphnis et Chloe brings back memories of waking on a summer morning.
As we turn toward summer I always turn toward impressionism. The music that immediately comes to mind is the Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 2 by Ravel. There is something about the opening Sunrise that recalls waking up on a …
David Copley's downtown condo sold for $3.4 million
He bought it when John Moores needed tenants in ballpark-related building
On May 30, the late David Copley's downtown condo was sold to software whiz Steve G. Bjorg for $3.4 million, according to Redfin and real estate records. Copley had purchased the condo when John Moores, former Padres owner, was searching …
Videolog: Cathryn Beeks caught crawling El Cajon Blvd dive bars
Homegrown Hour video series takes a drive thru the dives
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jun/02/46744/ "The Live Dive Drive is the Homegrown Hour crew and guests bar hopping in a limo, visiting live music venues," says Listen Local honcho Cathryn Beeks. "This first episode features six live dive venues on El Cajon Boulevard, interviews …
Padres beat Blue Jays again
San Diego downs Toronto again, while we can easily belittle statistics in favor of asthetics
The Padres continue to do no wrong (or little wrong) in the last couple of games, battling the Toronto Blue Jays who have some stellar bats in their lineup. Robbie Erlin was called up and pitched well enough to earn …
Spectator killed during Baja 500
Driver from San Jose, California lost control on sharp curve
A spectator of the Baja 500 race was killed near Ensenada, BC, after an American driver lost control of his vehicle on a sharp curve. The incident occurred just northeast of Ensenada on June 1. An 11 year old boy …