Local Politician of the Year: Mayor Kevin Faulconer. How does the mayor win with the Chargers likely leaving San Diego and no Comic-Con approved Convention Center expansion? Simple. Despite those issues, he is a Republican poised to skate to re-election unopposed in a city with a plurality of Democrats. Two Democratic powerhouses, Councilmember Todd Gloria…
In an effort to reduce the impact of homelessness on local businesses, Hillcrest Business Association (HBA) now uses temporary restraining orders to ferret out people who are simply homeless from those who are homeless and pose a threat to their own safety and that of others because of severe mental illness or criminality. (hillcrestbia.org/clean-safe/homeless-outreach-program/) According…
For the last year national media attention has focused on cities around the country and the shootings and killings of American citizens, mostly African Americans, by police. Some of these shootings have rightfully resulted in police officers being charged with murder, but most importantly it has shined a bright spotlight on many police departments’ racism…
We did it. In various stages of health, appearance and mental ability we have reached 2016. Congratulations! As I have said before dwelling on the negative is a waste of time and an emotional downer and I advised you to be a cup is half-full person especially as it applies to age-related issues and those…
A federal judge on Monday denied setting any bail for a South Bay man accused of killing his wealthy boyfriend in Mexico, saying he was a flight risk and noted the defendant filed a handwritten will naming him as the slain man’s beneficiary. Attorney Deke Falls, who represents David Enrique Meza, 25, argued that Meza’s…
thursday, jan. 7 Jay & Silent Bob Get Old The hilarious duo Jay & Silent Bob are back. Film icons Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes made history and fans all over the world with the characters Jay & Silent Bob from the movies Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and…
San Diego Police identified Joshua Adam Sisson, 30, as the man whom an officer shot to death Jan. 1 after he held a large kitchen knife to the throat of his boyfriend in Hillcrest. Someone called 911 after they heard arguing between Sisson and another man in an apartment in the 500 block of Lewis…
thursday, dec. 31 Rent Inspired by Puccini’s La bohème, the modern-day rock opera tells the story of a collection of struggling artists and musicians trying to survive and practice their craft in the avant-garde neighborhood of New York’s Lower East Side. Special New Year’s show includes ringing in the New Year onstage with the cast….
A federal judge on Monday set a detention hearing for Jan. 4 for an Imperial Beach man accused of killing his wealthy boyfriend in Mexico. A somber David Enrique Meza, 25, walked into the courtroom in a tan prison uniform with a chain around his feet and met his attorney for the first time. It…
Two men have pleaded guilty to multiple charges in the “smash and grab” burglary series in Hillcrest and Normal Heights in which the bandits broke windows in restaurants and fled with cash from the registers. Carlos Carranza Castaneda, 25, pleaded guilty to burglarizing the Saffron restaurant, at 3731 India St., and D’Angelo’s Pizza, at 4592…
