You can’t say America doesn’t know how to celebrate a birthday. For the Marine Corps’ 250th anniversary down at Camp Pendleton, they decided to party the old-fashioned way — with artillery. A 155-millimeter shell was fired in salute. It didn’t quite wait for the finale. Somewhere between ignition and impact, it skipped the schedule and dropped shrapnel on the California Highway Patrol detail guarding Vice…
FLASH! SEINFELD & GAFFIGAN: A COMEDIC LOVE STORY ON TOUR STOP THE PRESSES! Comedy’s dynamic duo is back in action! The dapper Don of observational humor, Jerry Seinfeld (70, still sharp as ever) and the affable everyman Jim Gaffigan (58, still hungry) have turned their chuckle-fueled camaraderie into a bona fide box office bonanza. DATELINE: MANHATTAN, NINE YEARS AGO! The world first caught a glimpse…
Well, folks, big news in Escondido: The library is moving! That’s right, the Escondido Public Library is checking itself out of its longtime home—been there since 1981, which, in library years, is like ancient Rome—and it’s heading to the North County Mall. You know, where people traditionally go not to read. Now, why is this happening? Because they’re giving the old place a $10 million…
Beneath the golden lamplight of an early February evening, The Country Friends gathered its patrons and beneficiaries in a moment of quiet triumph, bestowing more than $300,000 in grants upon 34 deserving charities. The scene unfolded at its storied Consignment Shop on El Tordo in Rancho Santa Fe—a place where whispered promises of philanthropy turned, at last, into tangible grace. There was a warmth to…
La Jolla dreams big, signatures scrawled in ink waves, new city whispers. Six months on the streets, gathering hope, paper, faith, freedom feels so close. La Jolla seeks more, a study will show the cost, San Diego waits. Money must balance, a city stands or it falls, payments bridge the gap. Hopes rise with the tide, will the mayor take notice, fix what has been…