New releases opening this week: Star Trek Into Darkness, The Iceman
Plus some other stuff!
Question for debate: which ship takes more abuse, the Enterprise or the Millennium Falcon? I liked Star Trek Into Darkness. I liked the back-and-forth between Kirk and Spock. I liked the chilly superiority of Benedict Cumberbatch's character. I liked seeing …
Drawings depicting posh stadium for La Jolla billionaire family's NBA team released
Basketball's Kings franchise, long a popular venue for lobbyists’ wining and dining of California politicos, to get luxurious new home, per drawings released today by Sacramento mayor
As reported earlier today, members of La Jolla's billionaire Jacobs family are said by the Sacramento Bee to be among the new owners and leadership of the Sacramento Kings, the city's NBA basketball franchise. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/may/17/45764/ Family scion Irwin Jacobs, founder …
Mule Hill: Field Notes
The Mule Hill Historic Trail begins near a golf driving range. With an imaginative twist, the sounds of cracking and clunking woods and irons could be rifle fire 167 years ago, as General Stephen Watts Kearny's wounded and emaciated troops …
Interview with Star Trek Into Darkness producer Bryan Burk
Co-Founder of Bad Robot productions sits down with The Big Screen
Matthew Lickona: I can't help but notice that all of the screenwriters — Roberto Oci, Alex Kurtzman, and Damon Lindelof - also have producer credits, along with director J.J. Abrams. Could you talk about what being a producer meant for …
Disney announces third entry in "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" trilogy
Dept. of No, Not Really
Disney animation chief John Lasseter: "We started with Cars, because Hot Wheels. Then we moved on to Planes, because Top Gun. But there was no way we weren't going to finish the job. Happily, there was a media property with …
Baked Bear
Ice cream sandwiches...you're doing it right!
Some concepts are so foolishly simple they make me facepalm in disbelief at my own lack of inspiration. The Baked Bear in Pacific Beach is like that. The idea is ridiculously concise: custom-built ice cream sandwiches made with fresh cookies, …
April county unemployment drops sharply to 7%
Are San Diegans drinking more?
The April unemployment rate in the county dropped to 7% from 7.7% in March as the 2800 jobs were added, according to the California Employment Development Department. The rate for April a year ago was 8.6%, as the county gained …
Qualcomm’s Jacobs family to sink big money into Sacramento NBA team, paper reports
Kings reportedly will stay in state capital, courtesy of taxpayer arena subsidy
For years, Irwin Jacobs and his family have done a lot of political business in Sacramento - example number one is their standard bearer, newly-minted Democrat Nathan Fletcher - and now it looks like they are going to own part …
"You're goin' to the moon, Méliès!"
Wasn't it Tom Aquinas who first said something like, "For those who understand, no explanation is necessary; for those who don't, no explanation will suffice?" http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/may/17/45745/
Second annual La Jolla High School Film Festival tonight
Here is a unique film event for local cinephiles to support. This could be your chance to meet the the next Scorsese, or at least DePalma. "Lights! Camera! Acne!" La Jolla High School rolls out the red carpet tonight at …
Carlsbad broker suspended, fined for trust activity
After removing funds, Kent Houston didn't provide documentation to regulator
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (known as FINRA) has suspended Carlsbad's Kent Houston for two years and fined him $25,000 for failure to provide testimony, and additionally given him a consecutive one-year suspension and $50,000 fine for having outside business …
Strasburg propels Nationals to win over Padres
The Washington Nationals beat the San Diego Padres on Thursday 6-2 on strength of Stephen Strasburg's tremendous outing
Stephen Strasburg did something he had never done in his big league career on Thursday evening in Petco Park. Strasburg had never pitched past seven innings, but he went eight complete and dominated the Padres as the Washington Nationals took …
Microbial life vs. multicellular life in opera
What's a theory of the role of Mother Earth without a musical reference?
When I wrote about Gaia versus Medea as models of motherhood I should have mentioned that this distinction was developed as an argument by a scientist named Peter Ward. Ward holds that the Gaia Theory of the Earth as a …
Stephen Strasburg to pitch against Padres at Petco
For the first time in his professional career, Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg takes hill at Petco Park
Former West Hills High School and San Diego State University star Stephen Strasburg will start Thursday, facing the team he idolized growing up. While Strasburg pitched in Petco Park once while at SDSU, this will be his first time doing …
Afterimage: Funny, Gatsby doesn't look Jewish
Gatz, Jay Gatz. He couldn't have been more Jewish had his parents named him Israel Hebrewstein. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/may/16/45731/ Matthew drew review duty, but I couldn't resist chiming in. I could be wrong, but my high school English teacher taught her students …
On the menu: saving jazz
Loving local music and local food: "not a sausage fest."
"This is a dinner party. I want people to understand that." LJ Livingston is on the phone to talk about her coming benefit banquet/concert affair Loving Local Music and Local Food. "This is not a sausage fest." Livingston is hard …
Suit alleges SEC wouldn't pursue Madoff-like probes
San Diego attorney Gary Aguirre handles whistleblower case
In late 2004, Kathleen Furey, a senior attorney in the New York office of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), started investigating a financial advisor who, she thought, might have violated the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the Investment …
Tim Lambesis set for new bail review, tomorrow
Heavy metal rocker held in lieu of $3 million now, accused of ordering a hit on his wife
A judge will hear new argument tomorrow, regarding the bail amount for Tim Lambesis, who is currently held in lieu of $3 million. Timothy Peter Lambesis, 32, who is lead singer for the band As I Lay Dying, was charged …
Tijuana’s protesting teachers successfully block border traffic
Teachers union blocked several lanes of northbound traffic for over an hour
Members of the national teachers union in Tijuana succeeded in their plan to block traffic at the San Ysidro international border on Wednesday, May 15th. As reported by the San Diego Reader before the protest, the union members planned to …