AltWeeklies Wire
Former San Diego CityBeat Writer Needs a Bone-Marrow Transplantnew
Kia Momtazi is wise beyond her years—as they say, an old soul. She is beautiful, warm, funny, kind, creative, insightful and smart. She also happens to be fighting for her life.
San Diego CityBeat |
Aaryn Belfer |
10-12-2011 |
Health
San Diego CityBeat Interviews Occupy San Diego All at Oncenew
During the daily open-mic session on Sunday, Oct. 9, San Diego CityBeat music editor Peter Holslin waited his turn in line, then interviewed everyone all at once.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass |
10-12-2011 |
#OCCUPY
The Darrell Issa cablesnew
WikiLeaks provides a window into a local Congress member’s diplomatic efforts.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass |
09-20-2011 |
International
Society of Petty Journalistsnew
Who watches the watchdogs? Easy: They watch, snarl and bite at each other, ruthlessly. 2,100 pages of internal SPJ emails dating back to January 2011 reveal a fair amount of smack-talk about various media figures, as well as internal politics regarding local board members perceived as not pulling their weight.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass |
06-03-2011 |
Media
Ask a Savage Mexicannew
Sex advice from a sexpert hybrid.
San Diego CityBeat |
Enrique Limon |
02-14-2011 |
Sex
Tags: Advice
The Gift of Gabbynew
A former Tucson Weekly writer reminisces on covering Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass |
01-13-2011 |
Media
Tags: Gabrielle Giffords
Designing Dignitynew
A San Diego architect takes on the challenge of redesigning Friendship Park, a plot of land where the United States ends and Mexico begins.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kinsee Morlan |
12-23-2010 |
Immigration
The Russia Housesnew
A Dagestani politician isn’t telling the truth about his Wikileak-ed connections to Carlsbad, Calif.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass |
12-09-2010 |
International
A Defense of Liberal Claims of Racism in the Immigration Debatenew
We can’t know what’s in our adversaries’ hearts unless they make it abundantly clear, but given the facts surrounding the emotional policy issue, it’s reasonable to arrive at bigotry as a diagnosis.
San Diego CityBeat |
CityBeat Staff |
05-05-2010 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Jailhouse Nosh: An Inside Look at What Inmates Are Eatingnew
Using the sheriff’s email-an-inmate system, San Diego CityBeat sent letters to two-dozen random inmates asking their opinion on jail cuisine. Only De'Andre Daniels, a 20-year-old being held at San Diego Central Jail on an assault-with-a-firearm charge, responded.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass |
04-14-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Chelsea's Law is Only a Partial Solutionnew
The law would be an expensive way to solve only a piece of the sex-offender puzzle.
San Diego CityBeat |
San Diego CityBeat Staff |
04-14-2010 |
Policy Issues
Tags: Chelsea's Law
Does the Flu Vaccination Policy at Children’s Hospital Violate Employees' Rights?new
Gillian Kirkpatrick thinks the hospital’s new flu vaccination policy goes too far. The policy requires that all staff either get a shot for H1N1 and seasonal flu or don the badge and mask. It violates her privacy, she says. And parents have been giving her uneasy looks.
San Diego CityBeat |
Peter Holslin |
01-13-2010 |
Science
Why it was Smart to Rescue San Diego's Urban Foresternew
If you know and appreciate trees in San Diego, you’ve probably heard the name Drew Potocki. While the city of Los Angeles boasts two urban forestry departments, San Diego must make do with one urban forester. That would be Potocki, who 13 years ago basically created the position from thin air.
San Diego CityBeat |
John R. Lamb |
12-30-2009 |
Environment
Obama Entrapped Me: Medical Marijuana Provider Mounts a Novel Criminal Defensenew
More than most citizens, James Dean Stacy feels betrayed by the candidate for whom he voted for president. Stacy was arrested in September when his medical-marijuana collective, Movement in Action, was raided along with 13 others.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass |
12-28-2009 |
Drugs
Free At Last: Immigrant Was One of Thousands Who Languish in U.S. Detentionnew
Idrisa Sesay insists he was born in Sudan and later brought to the U.S. as a teenager after he was given to another family as a slave. Immigration officials don’t believe him. They kept him in a detention center for three years, well past legal time limits set by the U.S. Supreme Court.
San Diego CityBeat |
Justin McLachlan |
12-16-2009 |
Immigration
