From the monthly archives:

January 2009

Gangs Overtake 4S Ranch, Property Values Plummet

4S RANCH — Last week a flurry of gang-related activity sprung up in San Diego’s once-peaceful 4S Ranch community, leaving residents terrified and perplexed at [...]

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Padres’ Losing Streak Forces Petco To Pull Name From Stadium

If news for the Pardres wasn’t bad enough, yesterday it was reported that Petco Inc. refused to sign a crucial contract extension, which would allow [...]

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San Diego Featured On New Food Network TV Show

by staff on January 24, 2009

San Diego Featured On New Food Network TV Show

If any of you were up at 2:00am last night watching the Food Network, you should have noticed that San Diego was the featured city [...]

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Idiots Continue To Pay $70 For Flannel Shirts

by staff on January 21, 2009

Idiots Continue To Pay $70 For Flannel Shirts

DOWNTOWN — Yesterday yet another person reportedly purchased a $70 designer flannel shirt, this time at a local Urban Outfitters store. Witnesses say Todd Kent, [...]

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City To Issue Special Trash Cans Designated For Throwing Away Charger Hopes

MISSION VALLEY — The City of San Diego announced that it’s moving forward with its plan to issue a special garbage can to each household, [...]

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Men’s Wearhouse Customer Doesn’t Like The Way He Looks, Files Lawsuit

“You’re going to like the way you look. I guarantee it” – is the famous slogan uttered by CEO George Zimmer at the end of [...]

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UCSD Student Caught Subletting Apartment To 700 Other Students

LA JOLLA, CA – Yesterday a 26-year-old UCSD graduate student named Larry Fung was busted on campus for subletting his college apartment to 700 other [...]

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Battle Escalates Between La Jolla Paragliders And Del Mar Balloonists

The La Jolla Paragliders and Del Mar Balloonists are engaged in what seems like an endless fight over the coveted airspace strip just above the [...]

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Environmentalists Attack Grocery Shopper For Using A Plastic Bag

Yesterday a grocery shopper in Ocean Beach was assaulted by an environmentalist extremist group for using a plastic bag over an eco-friendly reusable bag. The [...]

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City Lifts Ban On Coronado Bridge Jumping To Curb Population Growth

CORONADO — Last week the City of Coronodo lifted its 15-year ban on suicide-by-bridge-jumping in an effort to tame San Diego’s population growth. The law [...]

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Man Survives The Lunch Special At Pick Up Stix, Scientists Baffled

Today a young man from North Park defied all odds by surviving the lunch special from a local Pick Up Stix restaurant. 27-year-old Vincent Conner [...]

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Surfer Injured In First Shark Attack Of 2009

by staff on January 6, 2009

Surfer Injured In First Shark Attack Of 2009

A surfer was rushed to the hospital yesterday after suffering a shark inflicted gunshot wound on Harbor Drive in Downtown San Diego. The shark followed [...]

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People From Sorrento Mesa Hate Being Affiliated With Mira Mesa

One surefire way to piss off someone from Sorrento Mesa is to introduce them as someone that lives in Mira Mesa during a dinner party.  [...]

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San Diegans Bitch About Cold Weather

by staff on January 1, 2009

San Diegans Bitch About Cold Weather

Every year the same thing happens.  For the span of a few weeks the temperature in San Diego drops to highs of 60 degrees and [...]

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Mission Valley Travelodge Throws New Year’s Eve Rooftop Party

MISSION VALLEY — In an effort to compete with high-scale hotels like The Hyatt and Marriott, which offer glamorous New Year’s Eve rooftop parties, the [...]

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New Seniors R Us Store Opens In Rancho Bernardo

Rancho Bernardo, San Diego’s largest retirement community, celebrated the grand opening of a new Seniors R Us store — a national chain that caters to [...]

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Carmel Valley Man Arrested For Painting Condo

by staff on January 1, 2009

Carmel Valley Man Arrested For Painting Condo

CARMEL VALLEY — Dan Mobley, a 32-year-old graphic designer, was arrested from his Carmel Valley home today for painting his condo, which is a clear [...]

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San Diego’s Massive Yogurt Bubble Will Soon Burst

With all the talk of the recent bubbles in our society — the real estate bubble, tech bubble, oil bubble — it seems that the [...]

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Local Hooters Restaurants Try To Stay Abreast Of Competition

DOWNTOWN — In an attempt to lift sagging profits, San Diego Hooters restaurants are augmenting their business strategy with new fuller, more supple menus. Hooters’ [...]

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Black’s Beach Gets New Signage To Warn Unsuspecting Families Of Ugly Nudists

LA JOLLA — The City of La Jolla has recently installed a new series of signs at Black’s Beach that make it more obvious to [...]

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Miramar Landfill Grows Taller, Shows Up As Landmark On Google Earth

MIRAMAR — San Diego officials have approved the City of Miramar to add another layer of garbage onto it’s landfill.  The landfill is now visible [...]

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