I beat Joe to it ... hey San Diego, what's up? What's worth checking out this weekend? Is anyone interested in organizing a monthly ccSalon?

Both Nathan Gibbs and Chris Nelson have some fantastic photos and descriptions of Sunday's immigration rally, which began at Balboa Park and culminated at the County Administration Building downtown. Nathan: The march was completely peaceful. The organizers handed out free bottled water. The police presence was very low. Most people ...

Keeping with the theme of internet celebrities, Gina Trapani says "San Diego, I like you." More widely known as the prolific editor of Lifehacker, La Jolla-based Trapani also has a personal blog where she posts her writing, code, and photography. You wanna know the truth, San Diego? ...

An anagram map of San Diego's trolley system via BoingBoing. It appears to have been created by Tinder.

Andrew Phelps recommends having a listen to the recording of today's These Days on KPBS for a special program on teenage culture — the growth of individualism, the impact of technology, the phenomenon of MySpace. Meanwhile, Diana has just posted her recommendations for what to do this weekend. A ...

Tomorrow night, February 1st, the Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies at UCSD will begin their Border Film Series with the subtitled drama, El Norte: El Norte is an emotional saga of a brother and sister who leave their violence-torn village in Guatemala to find ...

The Digital Divide Network's current feature is on the San Diego Futures Foundation: Technology resources are now a lot more accessible to San Diego County’s youth, seniors, veterans, disabled individuals and other community members. The San Diego Futures Foundation has accepted the challenge set by the county's e-government initiative ...

As Joe wrote about last July, The Noisy Apprentice is a weblog by the folks at Voice of San Diego which is meant to serve as "a sort of gray area where the stoic wall of separation between professional media and the community could come down for ...

Is it me or did we just have a slight earthquake at 2:12 p.m.? I haven't been able to get any news on it.

I went to high school with Switchfoot members Tim and Jon Foreman so I'm not entirely surprised to read Tim's forum post announcing his regret over Sony's new copy protected CD's which don't allow the importion of songs into programs like Windows iTunes. Let me first say that as ...

Sunshine/Noir is a recently published anthology of fiction and non-fiction edited by San Diego City College English and labor studies professor, Jim Miller. Included in the anthology are such well known locals and expats as Mike Davis, Perry Vasquez, and Mark ...

Surfing around the net I stumbled upon this photo from a 2002 San Diego Bloggers meetup and thought it was worthy of a post. I know MAS is on the right and I'm pretty sure that's Mikey on the left. But does anyone know who is in the ...

John Eger of Envision San Diego writes: Thanks to a seed grant from Charmaine and Maurice Kaplan we have started a new online journal called the Creative Community Journal which will be posted on the Envision San Diego website at the end of this semester. This new student ...

Have something to say about the resignation of Mayor Dick Murphy and what it means for the city of San Diego as well as where we should be headed? Here's your chance. Mary Ann Eger from Envision San Diego writes: What are your great ideas for the future of this region? Mayor Murphy has stepped down. What does this mean for the future of San Diego? What do you need from the next mayor of this city? Join city council members, community leaders, and San Diego citizens to discuss the future leadership of this city. Wednesday, April 27 6 - 8 p.m.* San Diego Workforce Partnership Community Room - First Floor 3910 University Avenue San Diego, CA 92105

David Moye was being funny when he offered up banning gay weddings for the month of June, but this is just sad ... As Andrew Phelps has posted: The owner of a popular local nightclub with a gay clientele can’t have a funeral in the Roman Catholic Diocese of ...

For you beer enthusiasts out there (aren't we all?), the official Beercasting America Tour is making it's stop in San Diego on Monday March 21st. The meeting place is still yet to be announced, but if you would like to suggest a favorite brewery, you can send feedback to ...

The BBC, in selected online news items, is currently publishing moderated readers' comments. In this article about the appointment of Paul Wolfowitz to head the World Bank, San Diegan Bruce Macdonald chimes in: The architect of our Iraq debacle as head of the World Bank - instead of being ...

This afternoon, beginning at 4 p.m., Gaslamp will transform itself into the 10th annual ShamRock festival: Have a ShamROCK'in St. Patrick's Day! Tickets are only $20 at the gate - 5th & G Street. Ages 21 and up only. Must have valid I.D.! For more details, Call ...

Update: Good news, false alarm, I just received this email from the Helix High teacher: comment: It is no longer blocked. Initially they told me it's because it's a "personal website". But then it works again. :) One of Bernie Dodge's alumni (now a teacher at Helix ...

San Diego has been invaded by bloggers and geeks from around the world attending the annual O'Reilly Emergent Technology Conference which officially kicked off last night and will continue through Thursday at the Convention Center. As Cory Doctorow of Boing Boing noted last week, this conference ...