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Laurel & Hardy Convention: Sons of the Desert
12+ hour, 16+ min ago (432+ words) The Saps at Sea, the San Diego Laurel and Hardy club, is hosting the 24th International convention of the Sons of the Desert, the International Laurel and Hardy Appreciation Society. The theme is the centennial of Stan and Ollie working as…...
Dizzy's Celebrates International Jazz Day on April 30
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (141+ words) San Diego Reader Conceived by jazz legend and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock, the day highlights jazz as a symbol of unity, fostering freedom of expression and fostering dialogue among cultures. As part of the celebration, thousands of events occur…...
San Diego " blonds and blondes everywhere
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1856+ words) I'm allowed to write this article only because I'm a 7. I don't mean that I'm a 7 the way Bo Derek was supposedly a 10. I mean that I'm a 7 on the Natural Color Scale for hair, which indicates that I'm officially…...
UCSD experiments on blood of those south of Interstate 8
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1758+ words) "Initially a project of the United States Army following the Vietnam War," Northfield's website says, "the objective was to develop a preparation that could be infused rapidly and in massive quantities to injured battlefield combatants in far-forward areas and mobile…...
Easter in Bloom: Waterfront Dining, Spring Sips & Family Fun
2+ week, 5+ hour ago (262+ words) Celebrate Easter weekend by the waterfront with a festive lineup of family-friendly activities, seasonal dining, and springtime cheer. On Easter Sunday, little ones can take part in the Easter Egg Hunt at Promenade Plaza (ages 16 at 9 AM; ages 712 at 9: 30 AM),…...
The Nancy Hoover-Dominelli scam sucked most of San Diego in
2+ week, 3+ day ago (1730+ words) Dominelli, the officer-in-charge, even had an officer's title: "Captain Money." Hoover's children named him that because he lavished so much money on them. Fantasizing about spit and polish and brute force, he would frequently chide Hoover, "You'd never make it…...
A sea of thorns " San Diego, Texas
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1690+ words) Their boast runs deeper than it seems. This land is not inhuman. When Mexicans first settled this place, they found what they called "a sea of grass." Hundreds of square miles of deep, rustling grass. but settlers' cattle and sheep…...
Pop goes San Diego: Nick Lowe, The Maine, Digable Planets
3+ week, 3+ day ago (18+ words) San Diego Reader Nick Lowe and the Cactus Blossoms...
Pacific Beach Rec Center " seedbed of b-ball stars
3+ week, 3+ day ago (614+ words) And I've arrived as well. To join them at their wild game. But this is pickup ball, yo. As in, pick up the players you can run with, and then run with them. (Games of B-ball are run, not played.)…...
San Diego voices on best classical, jazz, folk, rock music
3+ week, 4+ day ago (415+ words) "Jessie Bullet" (Richard Bullen) is program director-disc jockey for radio station KPRI-FM. His choices: Americans love lists. From George Gallup's most admired public figures to Mr. Blackwell's Ten Worst-Dressed Women, lists cater to that part of the American psyche which…...