Fallbrook man arrested on indecent exposure charges
Sheriff’s deputies arrested 26 year-old Patrick Christopher Harvey in Fallbrook yesterday afternoon (May 15) on charges of indecent exposure related to a February incident involving a 16 year-old high school student. On the morning of February 27, the victim alleges, …
Encinitas festival in Cardiff
There are a series of Encinitas events but they appear to be in Cardiff.
The Encinitas 5K starts at the Seaside Reef Parking lot in Cardiff. These two towns must be friends. As we might guess, this is a coastal course. An overcast morning along the coast? Are there more perfect conditions in which …
San Diego has cleanest air in six decades
Despite population growth and more cars, smog level recedes
The United States Environmental Protection Agency announced today (May 16) that San Diego County is now breathing the cleanest air in more than six decades. The county has met the 1997 national air quality standard for smog, or ground-level ozone. …
Prosecutor wants life without parole for alleged April Fools Day shooter
Carlsbad man was killed by shotgun blast in his own garage
Jury selection is set to begin Monday, for a man accused of gunning down a homeowner in his own garage in Carlsbad, two years ago. Joseph Robertson Verkade, now 36, is accused of being part of a group that demanded …
Local plane found in Indiana briefly baffles officials
A San Diego-based Cessna 182 small aircraft apparently experienced engine troubles and made an emergency landing at Purdue University Airport in West Lafayette, Indiana early Wednesday morning (May 15) when the airport was closed and the tower unmanned. Sometime between …
Grand Jury dings San Diego Unified for not having a policy in place to address adult-on-student bullying
School district has until August to respond to findings.
San Diego Unified School District isn't doing enough to prevent adults and teachers from bullying children, says a recently released report from the San Diego County Grand Jury. In fact, according to the Grand Jury the district doesn't even have …
UCSD Mito Walk and Roll
Mitochondrial disease research and funding is the motivation for this first annual event.
The UCSD Mitochondrial Fund is holding its first annual Walk and Roll 5K on Saturday the 18th. Mitochondrial disease has no cure to date. The people at UCSD are trying to raise a "substantial" amount of money to fund ongoing …
Dear A Clockwork Orange: let The Great Gatsby be your guide to the wonderful world of merchandising!
Single-piece sculpture? Oh, no no no. Mass production, that's the ticket.
So everyone is making a fuss because some artist somewhere is offering to make replicas of the famous penis sculpture that gets used as a murder weapon in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (here about to be employed by the …
On the trail of San Diego history: Mule Hill
If you drive Interstate 15, just south of Via Rancho Parkway you'll pass a major local landmark without knowing it. In part because the boulder strewn mound east of the freeway looks like every other grassy lump in the Escondido/Rancho …
Michael Shannon in Smurfs 4: Yes, please
Let's make this happen, people.
Really, y'all should be reading Scott's entire interview with the great Michael Shannon here. (There was almost nothing to enjoy in Premium Rush - nothing, that is, other than Michael Shannon's dirty cop with a gambling problem. And he was …
Interview: Michael Shannon on The Iceman, the NRA, and what it would take to get him to star in a Smurfs sequel
Overall quality may vary, but Michael Shannon’s name on a poster guarantees satisfaction at least for as long as he’s on screen. The man is quite simply incapable of giving a bad performance. Sadly, I left Chicago right around the …
The Turquoise gets it wrong
Pacific Beach tapas bar nearly strikes out with food and service. Only the drinks are at all on point.
I hadn’t seen a mandatory service charge at a restaurant in quite a while. Then, I went to The Turquoise Cafe-Bar Europa in Pacific Beach, where a gratuity of 17.5% is automatically added to every bill. Unlike some people, I …
Seal rope can stay up at La Jolla year-round
Coastal Commission issues three year permit for permanent barrier at Children's Pool
Yet another blow was struck yesterday (May 15) in the long-running battle between beachgoers and seals over access to the La Jolla Children’s Pool, this one could be the knockout punch in favor of the seals. The city of San …
Padres sweep Orioles in short series
The San Diego Padres got their offense in gear and completed a two-game sweep of the Baltimore Orioles
It all boils down to either hitting or pitching, and the Padres are often lacking either one or the other. Not on Wednesday, when they busted loose with 17 hits and the pitching was adequate and the Padres downed the …
Proposed Expansion Could Bring Trolley to UC San Diego
San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG), in partnership with the Federal Transit Administration, has proposed a project to extend the San Diego Trolley Blue Line northward to include up to nine additional stops, with a new terminus at the University Towne Center Transit Center.
Dubbed the "Mid-Coast Transit Corridor Project," the light rail expansion would include two stops at UC San Diego, one at Pepper Canyon and one at the Preuss School/Thornton Hospital/Scripps Hospital, with an option for a third near the Veterans Administration …
Downtown: Red trolley, green eats
Customers at downtown's newest lunchery are seeing red - trolleys
"Are you indecisive?" says Christina. "I'm not sure," I say. "Can't decide." “Touché,” she says. She leaves me to Manny, who's waiting - and waiting - to get my order. Ok, I have been screwing around hemming and hawing between …
Bridgepoint says internal controls weak, could affect stock
But stock has been rising steadily and sharply over last five days
On May 10, controversial for-profit education company Bridgepoint Education reported that it would delay its quarterly (10-Q) to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Today (May 15) the company reported it had found "a material weakness in internal control over financial …
Parker Trio live in the East Village
The creative Chicago/ Southern California guitarist brought his tight trio to town for some jagged explorations on the jazz aesthetic.
Concert promoter Bonnie Wright's importance to the music and arts community received some rare public acknowledgement on May 14, when she was awarded a proclamation signed by Mayor Bob Filner declaring it to be Bonnie Wright Day in San Diego. …
Regulatory double-speak clouds future of San Onofre public hearings
Comments from Nuclear Regulatory Commission chair Alison Macfarlane on the future of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station have generated media confusion and potentially put her at odds with environmental groups, Senator Barbara Boxer, and the NRC’s own Atomic Safety Licensing …
Dancing Strangers "Nightwalker" video takes a noir trip through Tijuana's red light district
Zona Norte, neon lights, ladies of the night, and cold-blooded murder.
Tijuana two-piece Dancing Strangers recently posted a video for "Nightwalker" from their January EP, Lost in Lust. Lost In Lust by dancing strangers "It's a song that was inspired by adolescent memories walking through Zona Norte and seeing these women …