At Comic-Con San Diego (www.comic-con.org/; July 23-36, 2009), there’s no shortage of light-saber duelists or comic super-heroes engaging in mock battle. But turns out the City of San Diego now has to engage in real battle, in order to keep interloper cities from stealing Comic-Con from under their noses.

The San Diego Convention Center is no […]

Posted on July 10th, 2009 by Thomas
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Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox may be the hot stars of the new Transformers movie ‘Revenge of the Fallen,’ and the Autobots Mudflap and Skids may be laugh-riot, but the  star which has a big screen presence is San Diego.
The City was used extensively for the film, and San Diego attractions pass by crazy fast […]

Posted on June 27th, 2009 by Thomas
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I’ve seen all sorts of nutty things done by bureaucrats, but this one has to be right up at the top. The San Diego City Council has decided to broadcast recorded dog barking tapes to scare away the seals that are squatting on the Children’s Pool Beach in La Jolla.

The dog barking tapes will be […]

Posted on May 25th, 2009 by Thomas
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Sunny San Diego has come out tops in Hotwire’s 2009 listing of the ‘Top 10 Summer Road Trip Destinations.’ The list showcases the most highly-sought summer destinations with the highest percentage of hotel transactions coming from nearby locales.

In a press statement, Clem Bason, President of the Hotwire Group, said that “Consumers realize that they don’t […]

Posted on May 14th, 2009 by Thomas
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Only in San Diego could they turn the art of surfing into a science lesson and a legal mess over ‘artificial waves.’ No kidding. First up, the ‘Physics of Surfing’ is a 1-unit course for freshmen at UC San Diego.
They surf with a GPS device and an accelerometer taped to their surf boards, and then later […]

Posted on May 3rd, 2009 by Thomas
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At long last, AIG issues travel guidelines to it’s staff. But, alas, these guidelines have nothing to do with nixing spa retreats at the Ritz-Carlton in Half Moon Bay, nor do they specify that employees should check-in at cheap Phoenix motels instead of the posh Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort. 
Apparently, public anger at the $165 million […]

Posted on March 21st, 2009 by Thomas
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The other day, I wrote about how the drug wars have jumped the border and reached the San Diego beaches in the form of bundles of marijuana found on the Del Mar beach. Well, turns out the drug smugglers ain’t that far behind.
A group of narcotics suspects in a black truck seem to have been […]

Posted on March 20th, 2009 by Thomas
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Want to know which are the top 10 budget romantic destinations in the U.S.? Let’s take a poll. Actually, D.K. Shifflet & Associates (www.dksa.com/) already did this. And so we have here the 10 best romantic getaways in the the United States which can be enjoyed even on a frugal budget.
 
The list is topped by Charleston SC, […]

Posted on March 10th, 2009 by Thomas
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You know what lying and fiddling with nature’s creations have in common? Both will come back to bite you. Real hard. The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) has undertaken a series of projects to rebuild San Diego beaches.
The projects will add much-needed sand to stop the steady erosion of beaches. And why would the beaches […]

Posted on March 8th, 2009 by Thomas
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There’s this young sea lion in San Diego is clocking up the frequent walker miles like crazy. Apparently the adventourous 1 year old sea lion just can’t be kept away from the San Diego beaches and inland walking tours of the beach communities.
He was nabbed Wednesday loitering in the Chevy’s Fresh Mex restaurant parking lot, in the Flower Hill Center near Del Mar, […]

Posted on March 6th, 2009 by Thomas
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