Arguably one of the best bands to ever call San Diego home has announced that its Halloween show will be its last: On Halloween night in San Diego, Rocket from the Crypt will be playing our farewell show. After 16 years of scars and ear damage all in the name ...

Guess who's coming to San Diego next week: Next Monday, Bush will again leave his ranch, traveling first to Arizona and Rancho Cucomonga in California for events related to Medicare. He will then spend Monday night in San Diego before his address at the naval air station. The president's travels come ...

USA Today's pilot-in-residence Meryl Getline, a former San Diegan, discusses the idiosyncrasies of and her experiences landing at Lindbergh Field: Interestingly enough, there used to be a cross runway at Lindbergh which has now been designated a taxiway. When I was first learning to fly, we'd come in from over ...

Not only are we dealing with the red tide (see post below), but there also has been an invasion of a rare type of jellyfish: "They're all over the place," Encinitas lifeguard Captain Larry Giles said Monday. "It's sick. We're getting so many jelly fish stings we can hardly ...

SDUT's Weather Watcher, Robert Krier, puts last year's rainy season into perspective and provides this very interesting tidbit on the weather: Record rainfall was reported in San Diego a couple of Saturdays ago. Remember that deluge? Remember when you made sure the dinghy was tied near the back door and ...

San Diego baseball legend and American war hero Jerry Coleman was inducted into Baseball's Hall of Fame this morning. Coleman has been a Padres broadcaster since 1972 and even tried his hand at managing the team in 1980. For many people, though, he will always be known ...

Is everyone getting ready to do some electing tomorrow? In case you've been in a cave that doesn't have WiFi access, tomorrow is election day. We get to choose who will bear the city's cross and whether or not the city will bear a cross. ...

Free Radio San Diego was paid a visit this morning by the FCC: On Thursday morning, July 21st, 2005, the FCC and US Marshalls executed a raid against Free Radio San Diego. This raid (in a nutshell) took all of our broadcast equipment, including antenna, transmitter, cable, computers, audio mixing ...

I just saw a story about "The Major League Experience" on KFMB. For a baseball fanatic like me, this sounds too good to be true: The "MLE" allows average athletes and baseball fans, even not-so-average athletes and fans, to live the dream that is often referred to as the ...

Coronado was ranked #25 in Money magazine's best places to live survey.

San Diego Blog would like to extend its condolences to the city of New York for losing the bid for the 2012 Olympic Games. I'm sure you've heard by now that London won the vote and will be hosting the Summer Games seven years from now. What's interesting ...

Time to dust off the Buffy costume and get out your best autographing pen because San Diego Comic-Con, the largest comics and pop culture event in North America, is just over a week away. Even if you're not much for the comics or pop culture, this event is hands ...

I'm not sure if this is fair because I haven't seen it, but does the thought of spending $600,000 on a public restroom seem a bit much? I guess not if it's a public restroom in La Jolla. You can see some photos of the Jewel's Throne ...

First there was the case of the robber in Kensington who snatched a bag full of dog poop away from a woman who was walking her dog. Now, there's news of another attempted bag snatching. This time, the bag was full of dog and the assailant underestimated ...

I mentioned last week that 10News.com would be starting up a blog covering the mayoral race. Well, they sorta launched it yesterday. I say sorta because I'm not sure this qualifies as a blog. It would seem more likely to fall under the category of weekly ...

A year or so ago, developers decided to tear down the taco stand at the corner of 28th & B in Golden Hill. In its place, they built a nice faux-adobe building which has stood empty for the last few months, a For Lease sign in the window. ...

Did anyone catch last night's mayoral race on KUSI? I have to admit that I saw only a few minutes of it thanks to a certain basketball game and the fact that I couldn't stay awake long enough to make it through the questions about pension plan reform. ...

Padres fans are probably aware that there has never been a no-hitter thrown by a Padres pitcher. There have been a number of no-no's thrown by opposing pitchers against the Padres. This article details one of the most legendary: the one thrown by the Pirates' Dock Ellis on ...

Bruce Bochy, the best manager in San Diego Padres history and generally acknowledged as one of the best in all of baseball, has been given a two-year contract extension by the team. Here's a brief rundown of what the man has accomplished: Bochy, 50, has led the Padres to ...

Don't forget that as of today you can buy your ticket to happiness: The mega-millions lottery has hit California, the 12th state to join the craze. More states mean more players, bigger jackpots and bigger dreams.... The odds are longer -- 176 million to one. You probably have a better chance ...