We of a certain age are well acquainted with the term “senior moment” or, as others quaintly phrase it “brain fart.” I have found it popping up quite often recently at my weekly men’s discussion group. While having coffee we solve the world’s problems. The jealous powers-that-be refuse to acknowledge us, thus we progress toward…
A psychiatric hospital has made a finding that Jon David Guerrero is mentally competent to stand trial for three bizarre murders of homeless men including one who attended Metropolitan Community Church (MCC). Guerrero, 39, appeared Wednesday (Feb. 1) before San Diego Superior Court Judge Margie Woods for a judicial ruling of his mental competency, but…
In the late 1970s and early ’80s, the beleaguered International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) decided to appeal to their fellow Americans to “look for the union label,” when deciding to purchase things like a coat, dress or blouse. The ILGWU hoped their fellow Americans would decide to purchase garments because they were made in…
President Donald Trump has quietly paid the $25 million settlement for the three Trump University lawsuits in San Diego and New York. Former students were given a March 6 deadline to submit their claims. Trump actually paid the $25 million several days before he was sworn in as president. Trump lawyers and attorneys for the…
The sodden gunmetal clouds wrung themselves out over Dog Beach and scuttled away. In the scattered beams of a setting sun, people mingled and canines romped on the hardpack sand; the exact spot where more than 100 years ago citizens flocked to San Diego’s latest attraction, Wonderland. Think Coney Island, wooden rollercoasters and freak shows….
thursday, feb. 2 Freaky Friday Disney’s new musical Freaky Friday is based on the celebrated novel by Mary Rodgers and two hit Disney films. The classic story of a mother and daughter who magically swap bodies for 24 chaotic hours has been given a contemporary spin with a hilarious new book by Bridget Carpenter (Parenthood,…
