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N E W S & F E A T U R E S

I Would Rather Be in Here

They watch over us. By Geoff Bouvier.................................................24

City Lights

Pop! goes the market; and City Lights shorts .........................................6

Red tape surrounds Potrero parcel .........................................................7

Letters ............................................................................................12

The Sporting Box

More awards and a look forward .........................................................16

Sheep and Goats

Not to fear, Joseph ................................................................................19

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Who’s who of gopher-getters...............................................................20

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Christmas is for kids; Barb’s going to Ensenada .................................22

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Lyn and Lisa say Black’s isn’t local-y ................................................137

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They came for Lucy’s Fur Coat, not Convoy ...................................147

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The History of Christendom, by Warren Carroll..................................67

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Club Crawler .........................................................................................74

Check out Brian Karscig’s guilty pleasures..........................................76

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My eyes are up here, Josh .....................................................................87

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Jeff Smith’s year-end revue review.......................................................89

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Ed Bed gets courting advice from Pepe ...............................................94

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In San Diego, homes of900 square feet with holes intheir roofs and mold in theirwalls were going for morethan $400,000. Wasn’t that asign of insanity?

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payment. They just had toknow how to tell a fib. Thoseselling the mortgages — whootherwise would have beenpeddling pencils on thestreet— loved those liar loans.They reduced the paperwork,so the peddlers had more timeto round up suckers. Andloans whose monthly pay-ments were wired to escalatein the future were pawned offon borrowers who could havequalified for reasonable,lower-

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rating agencies gave themtheir highest AAA ratings. Itwas like mixing groundstinkweed with ice cream andselling a wondrous new gelatofor ten times the standardprice.

Wall Street came up with$2 trillion worth of this gelato,and much of it was peddledoverseas.Understandably, thebuyers, holding paper thatmight be worthless, want to

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Anatomy of A BubbleBy Don Bauder

Who could have foreseen the housing

bubble? And its malodorous burst-

ing? Well, San Diegans, certainly, should

The moves San Diego city councilwoman

Toni Atkins’s significant other, Jennifer LeSar,

has asked the City’s Ethics

Commission for some con-

flict-of-interest advice about

her relationship with several

unnamed clients who appar-

ently may soon be doing busi-

ness at city hall. “You indi-

cate that you have clients with

matters that may come before

the Redevelopment Agency,

and are seeking guidance regarding the extent

to which you may communicate with Rede-

velopment Agency staff concerning these mat-

ters,” says a December 21, 2007 letter from

Ethics Commission lawyer Alison Adema to

LeSar, who runs LeSar Development Company

and is on the board of the Centre City Devel-

opment Corporation,an arm of the City’s Rede-

velopment Agency. She

recently got a contract from

the mayor of Los Angeles to

do a study of skid row there

with an eye to redeveloping

the area.

The Ethics Commission

letter concludes,“If a client’s

matter involves a CCDC pro-

ject, you may not engage in

any communications pertaining to that project

with anyone who is serving in a staff capacity

in connection with that project, including those

individuals who are technically employed by the

Redevelopment Agency.”But the letter goes on

to provide LeSar a bit of wiggle room:“On the

other hand, if the client’s matter involves a

redevelopment project outside the jurisdiction

of CCDC, then you may communicate with

Redevelopment Agency staff concerning that

project so long as you are not acting on behalf

of, or as the representative of, CCDC.”

In February 2006, Atkins asked the Ethics

Commission to rule on whether she was barred

from voting on matters involving LeSar based

on their “personal relationship.” Then–com-

mission lawyer Cristie McGuire responded by

noting that the pair were “not registered domes-

tic partners”and concluded that “involvements

in bona fide dating relationships do not require

public officials to recuse themselves from mak-

ing governmental decisions that have a finan-

cial impact on individuals they are dating.”

Money wash The state’s Fair Political

Practices Commission is set to levy a $55,000

administrative penalty against

San Diego’s Latino Builders

Industry Association for

allegedly laundering 11 cam-

paign contributions to local

candidates, including former

city councilman Ralph

Inzunza, convicted in the

Cheetahs strip-club bribery

case, and former Democratic

assemblyman Juan Vargas. The illegal contri-

butions, made between November 5, 2001, and

October 27, 2004, totaled $2600, according to

an affidavit filed by FPPC staff ahead of a Jan-

uary 10 meeting at which the full commission

will take up the matter. The document alleges

that association director Jose Mireles used var-

ious employees and business associates to make

the contributions, reimbursing them from asso-

ciation funds. One of the counts involved

Ricardo Gomez, editor of the association’s

magazine, Latino Builders:“Gomez stated that

he attended political fundraisers and usually made

contributions using money orders. Mr. Gomez

stated that he did not have a checking account

at that time. Mr. Gomez stated that Mr. Mire-

les reimbursed him for any contributions he made

by giving him a company check,which he would

cash and use to purchase a money order. The

check from Respondent would be in the exact

amount of the contribution, and would be jus-

tified as a reimbursement for gas or some other

company expense. Mr. Gomez stated that he

would not have made these political contri-

butions with his own money at that time, due

to budgetary restrictions.” Because the associ-

ation did not respond to the commission’s

charges within 15 days after the allegations

were served in late 2007, according to the doc-

uments, it waived its right to an administrative

hearing on the merits of the accusations.

Exec jet Where did San Diego’s superrich

go at Christmastime? A 2006 twin-jet Gulf-

stream V belonging to Padres owner John

Moores was spotted at the airport in Eagle,

Colorado, the town where L.A. Laker Kobe

Bryant got into a troublesome tryst with a

local girl.… Speaking of private flying, the most

d a n g e r o u s

local airport of

2007 turned out

to be County-

owned McClel-

lan-Palomar in

Carlsbad, with

a total of five

fatalities in two separate accidents. The first,

on April 29, involved the crash into the ocean

of a Cessna 182Q shortly after takeoff. There

were three victims, the pilot and his wife and

stepdaughter, who were flying home to Phoenix.

The airport’s next fatal crash came on July 3,

when a Beechcraft E90 collided with a 55-

foot-high power line shortly after takeoff on

a morning with one-quarter-mile visibility,

according to a National Transportation Safety

Board report. The pilot and his passenger,

bound for Tucson, were killed, and a worker

on the golf course below was slightly injured

when he was hit by debris as he jumped off

his lawn mower. The crash so ruined the third

hole of Carlsbad’s new $68 million municipal

golf course that its grand opening had to be

delayed, disappointing local duffers. No final

determination of cause has been made for

either crash.

— Matt Potter

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about to leave him. After shedied, he began looking forland in East San Diego County.“I found a parcel in Potrerothat I liked a lot,” he tells meover breakfast.“But there werequite a few restrictions onhow I could use it.For instance,I couldn’t build within 100feet of the oaks or cross the

stream with a new road. So Igave up on that one and beganlooking for another.But veryquickly someone else boughtthe property. One day I sawthat the new owner was grad-ing underneath the oaks andbuilding a road across thestream.A nearby resident toldme that, unless neighborscomplain, county officialshardly ever check on what

people are doing with theirproperty.”

In 2003, Sommers and apartner paid cash for 80 acresat another Potrero location.They wanted to put a largehome on the land,accompa-nied by a guesthouse. Thepartner had a long-term planto build the main residence.But Sommers was ready togo. He would proceed rightaway to build a 1200-square-foot guesthouse of his owndesign. He wanted to live init upon completion and growfood on some of the remain-ing land. Once settled, hewould sell a home he hasowned in Encanto for the last21 years.

Shortly after the purchase,Sommers claims that the chiefof the local volunteer firedepartment met him at thegate of his new property.“Myson and I had just arrivedwhen the chief rolled up in abrand-new truck,”says Som-mers.“This was not long afterthe Cedar Fire, and he toldme that the [San Diego RuralFire Protection District] wasrequiring landowners to com-ply with brush-abatementcodes.He asked me if I would

clear the trees next to the roadthat ran through my prop-erty. I’m a former Navy fire-man, so I understood. Butthese were the big oaks thatnobody was supposed to touch.The chief told me that if Istarted working right away,I’d get a good jump on it andthe agency would work withme.”

But on February 27,2004,before he made much progress,a company called Fire Pre-vention Services, Inc., senthim a letter giving him 30days to clear all brush on hisland within 100 feet of struc-tures (a dilapidated shed stoodon the property) and 10 feetfrom any road on or border-ing the property. The com-

pany identified itself as a “con-tracted agent for San DiegoRural Fire Protection Dis-trict.”And it stated that “prop-erties which…do not com-ply…will be subject to clear-ing by the fire district at theowner’s expense.”

So Sommers started work-ing in earnest. He bought aused tractor, rented a woodchipper, and got help fromfriends to complete the clear-ing. “Do you know,” he asksme,“how much work it is toclear ten-foot-wide,half-mile-long paths of trees and brushon both sides of the road? I wasproud of myself when we fin-ished, and I called Fire Pre-vention Services several times.Nobody ever answered.I then

learned from neighbors thatpeople were complaining thatthe company was overzeal-ously harassing people in thebackcountry and that theCounty shut them down.Butnot before I spent lots of timeand money.”

(Apparently Fire Preven-tion Services continued con-tracting with some local fireprevention districts.On May9,2007,the California Depart-ment of Forestry and FireProtection wrote to San DiegoCounty concerning com-plaints it was receiving aboutthe company. The letter sug-gested that Fire PreventionServices may have been mis-representing the law andrequiring landowners to doenvironmental damage.)

In the meanwhile, Som-mers was preparing to applyfor a building permit fromthe County Department ofPlanning and Land Use. Hesays that the departmentrequired that he draw up anew plat map of his propertyand that he obtain an engineer’sevaluation of whether a sep-tic system could be installed.“I offered to pay for remov-ing the effluent from theproperty instead,”he says,“butthey said no.”Eventually theCounty granted him a per-mit for the septic system,though he wouldn’t have toinstall it until the house wasbeing constructed.

“I also had to have goodwater on the property. So [inearly 2005] I built a well,which required an additional

permit and cost me $22,300.The County said the well hadto have a pressure bladder thatwould support fire sprinklersinside the house I was plan-ning to build and a fire hydrantat the road,” says Sommers.

To pay for it all, Sommerstook out a second mortgageon his home.Otherwise,every-thing seemed to be going well.Then, in late 2005, countyofficials claimed that therewas no legal access from High-way 94 to Sommers’s prop-erty.The road that ran throughhis land was only a driveway,they said, and he would haveto get an easement fromanother property owner touse it. That property owner,says Sommers, “originallysaid,‘No problem,use it free.’But later, he realized what hehad and wanted $20,000 forthe easement.”

Worse than that,however,when Sommers finally appliedfor his building permit, theCounty informed him thathe didn’t own a legal parcel.It turned out that an earlierowner called the Stabler Trust,which in the 1980s had sub-divided the land into fourparcels,had not followed therequirements of the 1972 Cal-ifornia Subdivision Map Act.The law requires that landsubdivided into four parcels

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a limited number of subprime,or lower-quality, loans. It’sbeing sold as a plan to rescueconsumers from foreclosure,but if you believe that, youdeserve to dine on skunk secre-tion.The Paulson plan’s pur-pose is to shelter the banksfrom some lawsuits.Suppos-edly,various rescue plans won’tnick taxpayers. Ha ha.

So how bad will this cri-sis be? Certainly,it could proveto be as deleterious as the sav-

ings and loan crunch of thelate 1980s and early 1990s andthe stock market crash of2000–2002. Or worse.

“It is a big worry,” sayseconomist James Hamiltonof the University of Califor-nia, San Diego. There wereheavy delinquencies when theeconomy was quite strong.“So what happens if we havea recession? We don’t know,but it could be scary.”Hamil-ton, who specializes in the

study of both housing andeconomic downturns, is notyet ready to declare that we areheaded for a recession.

But his fellow economicsprofessor at UCSD,Ross Starr,is more pessimistic. “This isprobably the most depressedhousing market the U.S. hasseen since the 1930s,” saysStarr. “It is a big deal. It willalmost certainly lead the econ-omy into recession in 2008”as residential construction, a

key component of total eco-nomic output,sinks even fur-ther. “Residential construc-tion is going to be at its low-est in decades for 2008 and2009.”

Says Starr,“Part of this wasforeseeable.But what was notforeseeable was the creditcrunch that has come with it.Nobody knows the value ofCDOs.”With so much uncer-tainty, loans are not availablefor many purposes.The Fed-

eral Reserve will continue tocut interest rates and add newrelief wrinkles, but inflationis rising rapidly and the dol-lar is falling.The Fed may notbe able to drop interest ratesdown to 1 percent,as it begandoing early in the decade —providing the helium for thehousing bubble. “The crisiswill become worse if home-owners are forced to sell enmasse in distress. The fore-closure process is a costly onenot only for those who losehomes but for the creditors.”

Says Hamilton,“There arepotential big losses” on gov-ernment-sponsored enter-prises such as Fannie Mae(Federal National MortgageAssociation) and Freddie Mac(Federal Home Loan MortgageCorporation), which buymortgages and sell them onthe open market.Will the gov-ernment be forced to propup Fannie and Freddie? “Weshouldn’t be pretending thateverything will be okay if wehave some kind of guaran-tee.We should be honest withtaxpayers about the obliga-tion they are assuming.”That’sespecially true now that con-servatives are even talkingabout a government bailout.

And what about the bond-rating agencies that gave all thisrancid gelato those AAA rat-ings? Frank Partnoy, law pro-fessor at the University of SanDiego,wrote a research paperlast year shedding light onthese operations such as Stan-dard & Poor’s, Moody’s, andFitch. The rating agenciesissued bullish reports on Enronright up until it collapsed,generally accepting at facevalue whatever the companysaid. The same was true withother corporate disasters suchas WorldCom and GlobalCrossing.The agencies missedSan Diego’s collapse too —issuing tough reports onlyafter the City itself confessedthat pension system liabili-ties were horrendous.

These agencies have astartling conflict of interest:“Approximately 90 percent ofrating agency revenues comefrom issuers who pay for rat-ings,”said Partnoy in his study.Is it any surprise that ratingsare skewed to the optimistic?The typical Wall Street secu-rities analyst,also chronicallyoveroptimistic, dangles theprospect of favorable ratingsto snag future fees. But therating agency “threatens theissuer with unfavorable rat-

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The rating agencies ini-tially defended their AAA rat-ings by saying that defaultrates had been very low dur-ing the good years.No kidding.Did anybody think there mightbe bad years? “To look at theperformance in good yearsas a predictor of what mayhappen in bad years is not arobust way to do a calcula-tion,” says Hamilton.

“With the benefit of 20/20hindsight, the rating agencies

were asleep,” says Starr. Asothers have pointed out,every-body conspires during a bub-ble to keep the bubble goingforever.

In his book Infectious Greed,Partnoy explained that bankssnap up the ablest financialanalysts,and the various fundsget the second best. “To putit charitably,” said Partnoy,the analysts that wind up atthe rating agencies are “notthe sharpest tools in the shed.”

But the same could be saidfor the big Wall Street firmsthat sold the gelato bonds andthe purported investors whobought them.The character-ization,too,applies to the slick

salesmen who peddled theexotic and predatory mort-gages and some, if not most,of the home buyers whosnapped them up. And whatabout the Federal Reserve andthe federal regulators? Theylooked the other way as fraud-ulent lending proliferated. ■

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Sommers protested thathe and his partner plannedonly two houses on their land.And why hadn’t the Countyinformed him of the subdi-vision problem before he’dspent thousands of dollarspreparing to build? TheCounty’s answer? Their firstdiscovery of the legal flag onhis property came when heapplied for the building per-mit.“What recourse do I have?”That’s the question Sommerssaid he asked officials.“Theytold me the only thing I coulddo was to sue the former ownerwho did not follow the law

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when he subdivided his land.”About that time,Sommers

figured he needed a lawyer.So he hired land-use attor-ney Craig Sherman. “Craigsaved me $20,000 right away,”says Sommers.“His researchshowed that the road run-ning through my property,the one the County inter-preted as only a drivewayrequiring that I get an ease-ment, was in fact Old StageCoach Road built in the1800s.”

On January 19,2006,Sher-man wrote to the County ofevidence that “legal access isavailable to the Sommers prop-erty via the Old Stage Route[Potrero to National City]…asgranted by the County Boardof Supervisors since 1872.”On a visit to Sherman’s office,he shows me a response tohis letter eight days later. Itcame from the County Depart-ment of Public Works andadmitted the accuracy of hisresearch and that there alwayswas legal access to the property.

Sherman was not as suc-cessful in correcting the ille-gality of the Sommers’s sub-division. He first wrote toowners of the Stabler Trustasking that they correct aproblem they had caused.That problem, he wrote,“makes use of the [subdi-

vided] properties impermis-sible until such illegality iscured.” But after promisingcooperation,the Stablers havestalled.In the meantime,Sher-man filed a lawsuit againstthem, as the County Plan-ning and Land Use Depart-ment suggested.Only he wenta step further and includedthe County as a codefendant.He maintained that theCounty had a responsibilityto enforce the Stablers’adher-ence to the Subdivision MapAct. Also, noted Sherman,that law has a provisiondesigned to protect peoplewho buy land that has beenillegally subdivided.

Sherman thinks that theCounty then reversed itscourse.“Suddenly they talkedlike they had made a mis-take and wanted to work withus,” he says. The planningdepartment’s Jarrett Ramaiyaarranged a meeting with Sher-man and Sommers for thepurpose of discussing the twosides’ differences. Shermanwas looking forward to a set-tlement out of court. But hehad to cancel at the last minuteand asked for a new date forthe meeting. Ramaiya, othercounty officials, and theStablers’attorney met on theoriginal date anyway.

Subsequently, the County

decided that, in order to buildon his land, Sommers wouldhave to apply for his own cer-tificate of compliance.“Thatwould have cost me a greatdeal more in fees and penal-ties,”Sommers tells me.“Andtwo other owners who boughtparcels stemming from theStabler subdivision wouldhave been hit with the samepenalty. I couldn’t do that.”

As a result of Sommers’srefusal, on January 7, 2007,the planning departmentissued its “intention to recorda notice of violation.”The vio-lators included the Stablers,Paul Sommers and his part-ner, and the two other sub-division landowners.

The Sommers lawsuit willcome to trial in April. CraigSherman will argue that ingranting Sommers severalpermits without revealing thesubdivision illegality, theCounty has acted in bad faith.And as soon as Sommers pur-chased his property,the CountyAssessor’s Office gave it a par-cel number for the purpose ofcollecting new taxes. Som-mers has paid those taxes since2003. “It raises interestingquestions about County assess-ment practices,” notes Sher-man. “Would you assign anassessor’s parcel number toan illegal parcel? Doesn’t assign-ing the parcel number andcollecting taxes on the prop-erty legitimize the owner’sstake in a government-rec-ognized piece of property?”

In the meantime,the recentHarris Fire raced over Som-mers’s land,burning the shed,several old cars, and a pile ofclear-cut oak logs he was sav-ing for firewood.And the bankhas foreclosed on Sommers’sEncanto home.After he vacatesin another two weeks,he plansto live in a trailer on his Potreroland until he can build. ■

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Shameless Abe LoverDear Ollie, What is thismorbid obsession you havewith Abe Lincoln? (“Re-mote Control King.”) Youhave mentioned him ran-domly in your last threecolumns. Have you everasked yourself why it is thatyou are thinking about Ol’Abe? Could it be his stove-pipe hat? His long, fluffybeard? Or his enormouslylong legs? Do you in theback of your head want totie your hair up in pigtails,put on your spandex tights(the ones with the glitterystars), and ride Dear Ol’Abe all the way back toKentucky? Sort of like thetall man on EverybodyLoves Raymond. See anyconnection? See ya nexttime you’re in the corral,

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Jerry Schad responds: An ex-ceptionally cold, dry, clearmass of air was positionedover Southern Californiaduring the period December22 to 27. The “mountainrange” Mr. Goldman refersto is almost certainly SantaCatalina Island — its nearend, about 70 miles north-west of La Jolla. Sharp-eyedobservers all over San DiegoCounty in that period oftime probably also detectedSan Clemente Island, about70 miles due west of La Jolla.While I was traveling on In-terstate 5 in North County

on December 27, both is-lands were consistently inview. Super-clear episodeslike this are becoming in-creasingly rare. Air pollutedby desert dust and coal-burning in China is beinglofted across the PacificOcean on upper-level windsand is frequently diminish-ing the clarity of the atmo-sphere over the entire west-ern United States.

The BookDisappearedThis is in reference to the“Sheep and Goats” about Is-lam (December 27). I thinkthat Dr. Mattson would dowell to read the book that isa research report on theQur’an by Robert Morey.It’s called Islamic Invasion.Two different libraries Icalled said the book had dis-appeared. I just want to sayit’s quite informative.

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I had a wonderful Nor-man Rockwell–style child-hood. We went from houseto house with our gift ofsong — we sang “SilentNight.” California is differ-ent! You are so critical, act-ing superior and intellec-tual. It is fashionable to beoffended instead of beinggrateful we have such pros-perity. What can you dothat will help people feelgood about and respecteach other’s heritage?

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Michael Vick, running a play that hasn’t beenused in the criminal justice system for years,pleaded guilty to a dog-fighting conspiracy chargeand then checked himself into prison early. Abold, unconventional run off-tackle and mightwell have carried the day, save for Judge Hudson’svicious hit, nailing Vick in the pocket with a 23-month sentence, 6 months more than theprosecutors asked for. Still, a game effort,Michael.

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Denomination: United MethodistAddress: 16550 Bernardo Heights Parkway,Rancho Bernardo, 858-485-5840Founded locally: 1977Senior pastor: Dr. Dick GeorgeCongregation size: 800Staff size: 12Sunday school enrollment: 120Annual budget: n/aWeekly giving: n/aSingles program: noDress: semiformal to formalDiversity: mostly CaucasianSunday worship: 9 a.m., 10:45 a.m.Length of reviewed service: 1 hourWebsite: hopeumc.com

A number of spiritual currents ran throughthe service on the Sunday before Christmasat Hope United Methodist; several made them-selves felt within the choir’s opening set. Webegan with the traditional: a straight-up ren-dition of“Hark the Her-ald Angels Sing”— nocomplicated harmonies,just voices over pianowith a gentle cymbalkeeping the beat. Verymuch of a piece withthe crèche on thealtar — the Baby Jesusnot yet lying in Hismanger.

Then something atouch more progres-sive,a slow,almost wist-ful anthem that stressedhumanity’s part inmanifesting God’s pres-ence: “Emmanuel/Emmanuel...God withus/Revealed in us...”Reflective, perhaps, ofthe church itself, withits nave standing in forthe face of Christ, anda long adjoining build-ing serving as His out-stretched arm.

And finally,a kindof self-critical hymnabout hymns:“I’ll bringyou more than a song,”they sang, “for a songin itself is not what youhave required... I’mcoming back to theheart of worship, andit’s all about you, Jesus/I’m sorry, Lord, for the thing that I’ve madeit/ when it’s all about you...” It caught some-thing of the self-conscious introspection thatwould show up later in the liturgy.

We sat, and a couple ascended the steps(swathed in potted poinsettias) to light thefour candles of the Advent wreath. “A candleis a small thing,”pronounced the woman,“butone candle can light another....” The peopleresponded: “When one mind illuminatesanother, when one heart kindles another, whenone hand holds another! We light the candleof love to inspire our living....” And the peo-ple sang in response, a folksy song of personalfulfillment through Jesus: “I am the light ofthe world... If you follow and love/ You’ll learnthe mystery/ Of what you were meant to doand be.”

The children came forward, and youthpastor Carrie Jaquess-Gutman addressed themas they huddled on the sanctuary steps. “Doyou love to open presents?” she asked them.“I have a secret for you. As much as you loveopening presents, your parents love to give

you presents. You might hear us complain-ing about how much things cost...but we loveit.... The Bible says that as much as our par-ents love us...God loves us so much more....We can’t really measure it, but there is a wordfor how much God loves us: Jesus.... It’s somuch better than what your parents couldbuy you.... So pray and thank God for thatgift.”

A stately gentleman read from the Gospel:“Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took placein this way. When his mother Mary had beenengaged to Joseph, but before they livedtogether, she was found to be with child fromthe Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being arighteous man, unwilling to expose her topublic disgrace, planned to dismiss her qui-etly.” But, of course, an angel appeared toJoseph in a dream and told him not to fear,but to marry Mary and name the child Jesus.

Before his sermon, pastor Dick Georgeasked us to join with him in prayer, a fasci-

nating blend of mod-ern and ancient lingos:“Creative Spirit of God,come as the earth andsustain us. Come as thewind and stir us. Comeas fir and transformus...until we are allyours.We pray throughJesus who is our Christ,our healer and ourredeemer.”

His sermon wastitled “ChristmasComes as a Child”andfocused on our needto “receive the king-dom of God as a littlechild”in order to enterit. “The first Christ-mas,” he preached,“required a man to setaside his principles andembrace a dream —God’s dream.” Whenthe angel came toJoseph,“the first thingout of his mouth is,‘Do not be afraid,’ andit is here that we havethe key to why Josephwanted to be righteous:he was afraid of whatpeople would think...say...do.... Christmashinges on persons whocan break out of their

conventional life scripts to entertain andrespond to new, extraordinary invitations thatseem to come out of the blue — or maybejust from the Holy Spirit....As adults, we oftenlack imagination to entertain what God offersto us.”

Three quilts hung in the vestibule as weleft, each offered for a member of the con-gregation and each dotted with pairs of loosestrings dangling from the centers of the quiltedsquares. As we left, many people stopped totie the strands, their heads bowed in quietprayer.

What happens when we die?“My experience and belief say that we

don’t really know specifics,” said George,“butit’s going to be grand.We will be released fromanything that we’ve experienced here on earththat has held us back, and we will becomefully what God always envisioned us to be.”

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So what is your secret?“There is no real secret,”he replied.“For

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and my opinion is no exception to the rule.

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“Why?”

“Because I don’t want to.” It was

imperative I make no excuses. It had taken

me months of introspection and reasoning

to reach the decision. I couldn’t falter now

because of some loophole someone else

might find in my process.

“You don’t want anything?”

“No. I have everything I’ve ever wanted

and more.”

“Don’t get me anything, then.” It was a

dare. I was prepared.

“I wasn’t going to.” Explanations piled

in my chest, climbed up my throat, and

threatened to spill from my mouth, but I

choked them back. The “not participating

in seasonal gift exchanges has nothing to do

with how much I love everyone” spiel, the

“Christmas is for kids and I’m not interest-

ed in the frenzy of children ripping through

presents” saga, and the “I’m not Catholic

anymore, and the commercialization of

everything is a bit gross to me” rigmarole. I

swallowed them all and kept my face blank.

My mother stared at me for a moment

and then said, “Okay.” She was surprisingly

acquiescent. Perhaps, I thought, this was a

sign of understanding and acceptance.

Maybe, I hoped, she wants me to do what-

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her happy.

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and the shimmering lights on every street.

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madness of going to the mall, the expecta-

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it; the way, once you reach a certain age, the

distress of Sunday-morning hangovers

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nights. Christmas has been fun for me, but

the downside began to eclipse the upside,

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This season, I walked around pretend-

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pretended I was a person who did not grow

up with the tradition of Christmas in her

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Super caloric food and lots of it? Receiving

presents? Presents are all fine and good, and

I appreciate it when someone is thoughtful

Merry Tuesday

is right. Do what makes

everybody happy.” The

compromise was one I

wasn’t willing to make. I

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and it is this point on which

we disagreed.

“Can you under-

stand?” I asked him. He

didn’t say no, but his

mouth remained shut, and

his head slowly turned from

left to right and back again.

My heart collapsed in my

chest. “Okay, so you don’t

understand. I wish you

could, but I can’t make you.

Can you respect my

decision?”

“Yes, honey. Of course

I respect you.” He’d said it

without hesitation. I sighed

with bittersweet relief.

“I hate the holidays,”

he had said on more than

one occasion. “The obliga-

tion, the pressure, the

spending money on things

that people don’t need.” I

hadn’t always agreed with

him. I grew up loving

Christmas. The streets

sparkling with lights, the

smell of goodies baking at

every turn, the idea of light-

ing a fire even though it

rarely gets cold enough in

San Diego to need one, and,

most of all, the abundance

of brightly wrapped gifts

under an enormous, orna-

ment-bedecked tree. But

change is the only constant,

From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not

exist it would be necessary to invent it.

— Katharine Whitehorn

He didn’t have to voice it. I could see it in his face,

in the moisture gathered in his eyes, in the firm set

of his jaw. Disappointment. “Do what you think is

right,” he’d said. But I knew he didn’t mean that. He

meant, “Do what I think is right. What the world thinks

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“I hate the holi-

days,” he had said

on more than one

occasion. “The

obligation, the

pressure, the

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on things that peo-

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on my behalf, but there is

nothing I need, and the

last thing I want is to pile

additional stress upon

friends and family to

spend time and money

they might better spend on

themselves hunting down

something they think I

might like because they

feel like they should. I

don’t need a holiday in

order to buy a gift for

someone I love, especially

a holiday of a religion I

don’t practice.

My family, however,

does practice the religion,

and they enjoy every

aspect of the gift-giving

season, and I can appreci-

ate and respect their cus-

toms. After all, I grew up

in the same household,

enjoying the same things.

My sisters now have chil-

dren who look forward to

Santa’s nocturnal visit with

the same fevered anticipa-

tion we used to have. I can

understand the joy they

receive in recapturing the

magic through the eyes of

their kids. For me — the

curmudgeonly aunt — the

“magic” has transmogri-

fied into “noise,” and the

sound of children scream-

ing with delight or other-

wise gives me a headache.

Doesn’t mean I don’t love

them. Doesn’t mean I

don’t want to hug and

squeeze them and hear all

about their thoughts and

feelings on the world that

is still so new to them. It

only means that I do not

enjoy the sound of scream-

ing. Not wanting to cele-

brate Christmas does not

mean I don’t love spend-

ing time with my family, it

only means I don’t want to

celebrate Christmas.

On the day of

Christmas Eve, I called my

sisters and parents. I told

them I loved them. I told

them I hoped they would

have a great Christmas day

and that David and I

would be heading to

Ensenada with friends. I

told them I looked forward

to spending time with

them when I returned. I

didn’t explain myself, and

they didn’t ask me to, but I

got the sense that on some

level, they knew that my

not wanting to sit under

the tree and sing carols

had nothing to do with

how much I loved each

and every one of them.

The day was warm,

and the sky was clear, so I

suggested to David that we

walk to Balboa Park, as we

had plenty of time before

joining our friends for the

drive to Ensenada.

“Tell me that it’s

okay,” I said, as David and

I strolled around the lily

pond looking for koi.

“Tell you what’s

okay?”

“Tell me I’m not an

asshole.”

“Babe, the fact that

you’re even concerned that

you might be means

you’re not,” David said.

“Thanks,” I said, and

reached for his hand.

“Sometimes I just need to

hear it.” ■

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Researchers at Sharp Mesa Vista Hospital are currently enrolling

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ment Center. He sharesmedia-information-offi-cer duties with AliciaContreras and RobertSanchez. Between 3:30and 6:00 p.m. everyweekday, Landeros deliv-ers six 45-second radiotraffic reports for KECR910 AM and two 25-sec-ond television trafficreports on KGTV Chan-nel 10.

At 4:15, he receives aphone call, says hello,and then launches into aspeedy report:

“Good afternoon.On the eastbound 94we’ve got brake lightsfrom out of the down-town area to the Inter-state 15 before headingback to full speed. East-bound 8 slows from the805 to Waring, withadditional slowing East

Main to Greenfield in theEl Cajon area. South-bound 805 slow out ofthe Golden Triangle to52. Expect to be on andoff of the brakes fromthe 163 to Interstate 8.Brake lights reappeararound Division Street,and they’re going to lastto Plaza Boulevard.Northbound 15, we haveslowing as you come upon Ted Williams Park-way. That’s going to lasttill Rancho BernardoRoad. Northbound 5,typical slowing from the805 merge until Via de laValle. Additional slowingPalomar to Cannon.Southbound 5, the brakelights get real heavy fromEncinitas Boulevard toManchester, and thenagain from WashingtonStreet all the way

through the downtownarea. Eastbound 78,expect a little slowingaround Emerald Drive.

The real brake lightsbegin around RanchoSanta Fe Road, andthey’re going to last all

the way to Interstate 15.Remember to buckle up.For KECR radio, I’mOfficer Larry Landeros

for the California High-way Patrol.”

Landeros doesn’t tripover a single word.

“It took about threeor four months for me tofigure out how to dothat,” Landeros concedes.And then he says,“I canactually do it withoutlooking at my cheat sheetor the computer screens,it’s become so pre-dictable.” And then hedemonstrates. He repeatshis whole report, verba-tim, while looking mestraight in the eye. Thenhe smiles.

Landeros has anengaging manner. It’seasy to see why he waschosen to represent theCalifornia HighwayPatrol on television.You’ve probably seenhim, five evenings a week

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If you are one of the 15 million adults affected by depression,you may be eligible to participate in a research trial of a newdepression medication now being studied.

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Because these two disorders have tiredness and fatigue in common, people who suffer

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for the past seven yearson the five o’clock news.He gets two to three sec-onds of airtime at 5:25and two to three secondsmore at 5:45. He wearsthin reading glassesabout halfway down hisnose and sports a thickblack mustache. His hairis mostly black, but hissideburns are gray.

Landeros uses avideo wall control panelto patch in to the 78cameras located on thehighways throughout theSan Diego corridor. Hehits a few buttons, tog-gles a joystick, looksaround, and zooms in ontraffic all over the city.

There are three waysto monitor the area traf-fic. Landeros can patchin to the freeway camerasand watch cars, he can

refer to the Caltrans free-way speed map, and hecan watch the codes onthe computer-assisteddispatch (CAD) screen.

The Traffic Manage-ment Center also offers auseful array of interactiveservices directly to thepublic. You can either goonline and type in511sd.com, or dial 511from your phone, andyou're offered all sorts oftraffic information,including how to usepublic transportation,what accidents arewhere, how long it mighttake you to get whereyou're going (providedthere are freeways there),and so on.

And best of all, 511is a free call.

On the video wall ofthe operations room, I

can see the freeways get-ting busier. It doesn’thappen all at once,though. Instead, I lookaway for four minutes,

and when I look back,the traffic is thicker andslower. But if I watch thescreen continuously forfour minutes, then I can’t

tell that anything haschanged. It’s like watch-ing a sunset.

The freeway speedmap updates every 30seconds. At 3:30, theroutes on the screen areall green (indicating traf-fic traveling over 50 milesper hour), with a littleyellow (37 to 50 milesper hour). By 4:30, adozen red lines (under37 miles per hour) haveappeared. The red lineswill remain until 6:30 orso, when the yellow andgreen take over again.

Collisions and trafficincidents show up on thedispatch screen. Thescreen is all in code. An11-79 is an accident withan ambulance rolling;11-80 is an accident withmajor injuries; 11-81 isan accident with minor

injuries; 11-82 is an acci-dent with property dam-age only. And 11-83 is anaccident without anydetails.

After listening toLanderos’s radio report(twice), it occurs to methat he must have tothink of a lot of differentways to say the samething.

“All the time,” hesays, laughing.“Some-times I’ll use off-rampsas reference points, andsometimes I’ll use com-munities. I might sayKearny Mesa to La Jollaone time, and then Imight say Kearny VillaRoad to Genesee Avenuethe next time. And then Ineed different ways tosay ‘slow.’ Expect brakelights, brake lightsappear, congestion starts,

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traffic slowing, and soon.”

At 5:02, Landerosleads me to “the glassroom,” a soundproofglass enclosure in thecorner of the operationsroom where he does hislive television broadcasts.

He brushes his hair,hooks himself up to abunch of wires, and sur-veys various cameras todetermine which trafficviews he might show topeople who are watchingthe evening news.

“I like to show the 15near the Ted WilliamsParkway,” Landeros says,bringing this camera’sview up onto a nearbyscreen.“Another one Ilike is the 52 leading intoKearny Mesa. And then,my favorite,” and at this,he hits a few buttons, anda spectacular view ofdowntown comes ontothe screen, “boom. Lookat that. The 5 freewayheaded south toward

downtown, with all thosebuildings in the back-ground. You should seethe view from this cam-era in the morning, withall the sunlight comingthrough the windows.”

At 5:10, eastboundon the 94, near 28thStreet, the first crash ofthe Thursday rush houroccurs. A black ChevyTahoe and a black FordEscape have gotten into aminor fender bender.

Landeros sees thereport of the crash onthe dispatch screen andthen finds the two carson one of the freewaycameras. Withinmoments, we can seethat the Escape has rear-ended the Tahoe, and theunharmed drivers aretalking to a police officeron the center divide.

“Not a serious colli-sion,” Landeros says,“and they’re not evenblocking any lanes. Butstill, all the lookey-loosslow down, and trafficgets congested.”

I comment that thisseems like a slow rushhour. Or rather, a fastrush hour, as it were.

“Very noneventful,”Landeros says.“But wedon’t use the Q-word inhere.” At this, Landerosproduces a yellownotepad and a pen andwrites something down.

Then he shows me theword “QUIET.”

I say,“Quiet,” andLanderos waves hishands theatrically.

“No,” he says, mockseriously.“You couldblow it for us. It’s a jinx.We don’t ever say theword. Instead, we say‘noneventful.’ ”

Landeros positionshimself before a televi-sion camera and smallklieg light. He continuesto chat with me, even asthe light comes on andthe camera activates. He’sgot a small television onone side of the roomshowing the five o’clocknews. The traffic seg-ments will come on rightafter the segments aboutthe weather.

I can’t hear BrookeLandau, Channel 10’straffic anchor, but shemust have said some-thing into Landeros’searpiece because heinterrupts our conversa-tion to say hello to her.They talk about whatthey’ll be covering whenthey go on the air.

A second collisionoccurs at 5:20 on thewestbound 8 at TaylorStreet. According to thedispatch screen, twovehicles are on the rightshoulder, a gray jeep anda green sedan. Landerosfinds them a minute later

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on a freeway camera, andall we can tell is that thecrash was not serious.“They’re exchanginginformation,” Landerossays.“Those are goodpeople, good citizens ofAmerica.”

At 5:25, the trafficsegment starts, and Lan-deros goes quiet, evi-dently listening for hiscue on his earpiece. Aminute later, his facesuddenly appears on thetelevision screen — for

about two seconds,before it shifts to free-way-camera views —and he bursts out talking.

“And good after-noon to you,” he begins.“The first camera we’regoing to take a look at is

at 15 and Ted WilliamsParkway. You can see thetraffic moving nicely. Youmight see some slowingwhen you get to the Ran-cho Bernardo area, butit’s a pretty nice drive forthe most part. And into

Santee, very tight fromthe 163 all the way toMast Boulevard, but itshould lighten up as youget into Santee. Brooke,back to you.”

About 19 seconds.Short and sweet.

“So that’s it for that,”Landeros says. But lessthan two minutes later,his telephone rings, andit’s time for him to doanother 45 seconds forradio. He goes throughthe whole routine anddoesn’t miss a word.

After he’s done, Lan-deros looks over at me.“Switching between thetwo mediums is a realchallenge.”

To me, he soundslike a pro.

A few minutes later,scanning the dispatchscreen, Landeros says,“We’re pretty accident-free.”

He tells me thatalthough it’s a nonevent-ful rush hour, this isn’t atall unusual. And even ifthere were multiple colli-sions with fatalities, theenergy in the operationsroom wouldn’t changemuch. No one raises hisor her voice, and no onestarts running around.It’s still the same 20 or sopeople, answering 911calls and monitoringinformation.

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At 11:00 a.m. on a week-day, most of the desks inthe operations room areempty. About 20 CHPofficers and Caltransengineers talk on head-sets, type, walk around,and engage inconversation.

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Burke’s 911 voice isslightly more intensethan his normal speakingvoice, but that onlymeans that he goes fromsounding like a hypnotistto talking like the rest ofus. Burke’s manner givesoff an air of relaxedness.

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What he really sayswhen he answers the

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Under the circum-stances, that omitted syl-lable may have savedlives over the years.

Burke’s short hair isdusted with gray. Herecently turned 40. Hisquiet, keen eyes keep aconstant smile in them.And his chin is fiveo’clock shadowed, evenat 11:00 a.m.

As he sits at his long,curved desk, Burke facesthree computer moni-tors: a mapping screen, adispatch screen, and ascreen with informationabout incoming cellphone signals.

But Burke can’t relyon the information fromcell signals. Sometimesthe data’s accurate, andsometimes it’s off bymiles.

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This kind of call isfar more common thanhigh-urgency ones. Butnevertheless it’s animportant call.

“A lot of peopledon’t know when to call911.” Burke clicks the redwindow and turns to me.“But anything in a free-way lane can get kickedup and go throughsomeone’s windshield ormake someone swerveinto another lane. Weshould know about high-way debris right away.”

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I imagine thatBurke’s workday musthave highs and lows:flurries of activity fol-lowed by long lulls. I askhim whether he’ll read abook or watch televisionin between calls orwhether he has to be“on” for 12 hoursstraight.

“You have to knowwhat’s going on in here,”he says.“If I don’t knowwhat’s happening every-where in this room andeverywhere on this com-puter, then that breaksmy concentration. Thenif I get a call, and some-body else is already onthat situation, then Ishould already knowabout that.”

Twelve hours of con-stant attention? Thatmust be difficult.

“Well,” Burke says,“up in L.A., it was eighthours nonstop.”

Burke has workedfor three years at the SanDiego Traffic Manage-ment Center, and beforethat, he had the same jobfor six years at the centerin Los Angeles.

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Burke and his fellowdispatchers field over 1.3million calls per year,which breaks down toabout 3000 calls per day,

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And while lives doget saved and momentsof excitement do occur,the fact is, most of thecalls aren’t all thatexciting.

“We get calls all dayfrom people who areasking for phone num-bers,” Burke says.“Butthose are calls on thepublic information lines.The 911 lines will getnoise complaints and

business disputes, but wedon’t handle any ofthose. And of course weget prank calls.”

Burke’s heardunusual things over theyears.

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get hit also. And any kindof bridge jumper or sui-cide call-in, those alwaysget your heart pumping.Once in a while, we’ll getthe person who is aboutto commit suicide callingin, and you just have totalk to them. Oh, andone time, I remember itwas early in the morningon a Sunday, and therewas a guy driving downthe freeway with awoman tied to the hoodof his car.”

Burke says thatmotorcycle accidents are

about the worst things hedeals with on a regularbasis.

“They’re usuallyreally bad,” he says. Hekeeps his hands folded infront of him as he quietlytalks.“I had one a coupleof weeks ago, where I wastalking to a motorcyclistup in the mountains whowas trapped underneathhis motorcycle off theroad, and no one couldsee where he was. And hecouldn’t move. But I hadto figure out where hewas. So I had my map,

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It sounds as thoughBurke derives satisfactionfrom his job.

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Burke is an anony-mous lifesaver. It has tobe frustrating not to getany of the glory for hisgood deeds.

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Burke and his fellowdispatchers must not getmuch closure concerningthe events they hearabout. An emergency isreported, Burke deploysforces to deal with it, andthen he never hearsabout it again.

“That’s somethingyou get used to,” Burkesays, shrugging.“We’reall really too busy. Youmove on, from call tocall. You can’t let any-thing stay with you, goodor bad.”

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“Most of the time,we’re doing three thingsat once,” he agrees.“You’re typing, talking,and listening. And youhave to remember.”

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Burke makes hisphone line go green, andwe sit a moment, waitingfor an emergency.

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The man’s cell phonehas a San Diego prefix.

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“No,” the mananswers,“I’m on LakeElsinore.” He sounds lev-elheaded but a littleworried.

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I tell Burke that I’vecalled 911 only once inmy life. It was back in2001, and they were clos-ing up Bar Dynamite inMission Hills, rightbelow an overpass for the

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Sergeant Ball’steam — the Border Divi-sion team — is located inSan Diego, but it coversfour counties: San Diego,Orange, Imperial, andpart of Riverside. Thelocal team is SergeantBall, four investigativeofficers, a Caltrans engi-neer, and a motor-carrierspecialist.

“These individualsbring different disci-plines in the area of colli-sion reconstruction,”Sergeant Ball says.“Wehave an engineer whodeals with load weightdesign, highway design,and things of that nature.Our motor-carrier spe-cialist has an extensivehistory in the mechanicsof vehicles.

“Along with ourteam,” Sergeant Ball says,“we have MAIT associ-ates. And those associateswill cover duties in areaoffices, whether it beroad patrol or special-duty assignments orinvestigations.”

The associates sup-plement the primaryteam members whenthey need assistance indifferent areas. SergeantBall’s primary team is oncall 24 hours a day, 7days a week, 365 days ayear.

“Our main purposeis collision reconstruc-tion,” he says.“That’swhat we do on a dailybasis. We assist in in-depth, complex investi-gations, ranging in awide variety of issues. Wehave people who aredynamics specialists andhuman-factor specialists.So let’s say we have a col-lision with multiple fatal-ities. There’s physical evi-dence on the roadway, onthe vehicles. When I referto human factors, I meanthe people who wereinvolved in the collision.And what we ask is,‘What was going on

prior to and leading upto this collision?’ So wego into the in-depth his-tory of the driver pro-files. We have people whoare trained to analyze,preserve, and collect thephysical evidence, trace

evidence, and DNA evi-dence on the roadway,and what we do is we getthat evidence to our localcrime labs to be able todetermine all the factorssurrounding a particularaccident. We follow

injury patterns, readcomponent parts insideand outside the vehiclesinvolved, collect DNAsamples off air bags, andwe’re also able, in someinstances, to determinehow a crash happened

through a dynamicsanalysis, speed analysis,and human factors.”

How does the teambegin an investigation?

“When we look at acollision, we look at it inwhat we call a nine-cell

matrix,” Sergeant Ballsays.“So what we have isthe pre-crash, the at-crash, and the post-crashphases of the collision.And then there’s threecategories within each ofthe crash phases: the

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environment, thehuman, and the vehicle.So three times three, andthose components arethe nine cells, as we callthem.

“So when we look ata pre-crash, we look atthe environment: was it

raining, was it sunny,where was the sunlight,how was it reflecting, andso on. And then thehuman factor: was intox-ication involved, eitherillegal drugs or alcohol oreven prescribed medica-tion, or was there sleep

deprivation, which canbe even more dangerousbehind the wheel thansomeone who’s beendrinking alcohol. Andthen we look at the vehi-cles, examining themmechanically to deter-mine whether or not

there were any preexist-ing conditions with thevehicle that may havecontributed to the colli-sion. And then we do thesame thing for the crash-moment, and for thepost-crash collisionscene, always thinking interms of the environ-ment, the human, andthe vehicle.”

Surely San Diegoand the surroundingareas don’t have thesekinds of fatal accidentsall the time.

“Our workloadreally varies,” SergeantBall says.“Given the geo-

graphical area werespond to, we havenumerous officesthroughout the entiredivision, but again, wedon’t get involved inevery case. Typically,we’re involved in prettysevere cases, usually mul-tiple fatalities. You know,I’ve been to scenes wherewe’ve had five, six, sevenfatalities in one collisionsequence. And there’s alot of times where webecome involved in casesfor the district attorneyafter the case has beensubmitted. We do workfor allied agencies as well,

like the FBI. We don’tonly do collision recon-struction. We also havetraining in evidence col-lection and preservation.So we’ll go out withcrime scenes sometimes,for officer-involvedshootings or officerfatalities.”

As it turns out, therehas been a downwardtrend in fatal collisions inSan Diego County overthe past four years.According to the CHP, in2004, 170 crashes led to183 fatalities. In 2005,163 crashes caused 188deaths. In 2006, it was155 and 177. And as ofDecember 20 last year,114 accidents hadinvolved 128 deaths.

What’s the worstthing Sergeant Ball’sseen?

“One of the toughestthings that I’ve had to dowas I had to investigateon-duty officer-involveddeaths with people thatI’ve worked with. Withfriends. I’ve had to attendautopsies of people that

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I ask Sergeant Ball totell me about a particularaccident or two, but he’shampered by a couple offactors. On the one hand,he can’t tell me aboutanything recent, due tolegal concerns. But Ispeculate that there’sanother reason behindSergeant Ball’s reluctanceto launch into a specificstory about a fatal acci-dent that he’s witnessed.I suspect that SergeantBall has done his best toforget as much as he can.

Instead of telling meabout a specific case,Sergeant Ball offers towalk me through whathis team does in generalat an accident scene.

“You have a majorcollision with multiplefatalities,” Sergeant Ballbegins.“Usually, youhave the initial respond-ing officer who gets onscene and handles thesecurement, as far asdiverting traffic and try-ing to preserve as muchphysical evidence as heor she can. When it’ssomething of that mag-nitude, you’ll usuallyhave a supervisor whoresponds to the scene.And that area com-mander might decide,okay, we’ll go ahead anduse MAIT on this. Andthen we’ll be notified torespond, no matter whattime of day it is, no mat-ter where we’re at. So weget the call, I activate myteam, and we beginresponding.”

I interrupt SergeantBall to ask him whetherthe team rolls up in a bigvan with “MAIT” on theside, à la televisionshows.

He chuckles.“We dohave a service truck,which is a large truckthat has a crane on it, sowe’re able to lift up

motorcycles and cars.And there’s a lot of spe-cialized equipment onthat truck that we usenot only on-scene butalso when we do our in-depth follow-up investi-gation with the mechani-cal inspections of vehi-cles. We also have othervehicles which bring ourtotal station surveyequipment, for physicalevidence collection,markings, lighting equip-ment, generators, and soforth.”

Sergeant Ball contin-ues.“So when we initiallyget on-scene, again, we’relooking at where thevehicles are, and we’reseeing whether we needto reposition things toget physical evidence,and that’s obviously sec-ondary to making surethat all the emergencyoperations have beencompleted. Although,usually by the time weget there, that kind ofstuff is done. The ambu-lances and whatnot haveusually come and gone.

“And then we’ll getthere and worry abouthazardous materials,fractured fuel lines, andthe like, and we’ll makesure our scene is safe.And always in the back ofour minds, we’ll analyzehow we’re going toprocess the scene to tryto open up the roadwayas quickly as we can.

“So we walk throughthe scene with the on-scene commander, we geta good understanding ofwhere people went, andwe’ll decide whether weneed to get anyone to ahospital to get any typeof statements, and if not,then we know wherethey’re at, so we can fol-low up with them.

“And then weprocess the scene. Usu-ally we start by photo-graphing the scene. Ihave my environmentteam that goes throughand documents the colli-sion, the roadway fea-tures, and geometry. Thephysical-evidence team isgoing through andmarking and collectingphysical evidence: tire-

friction marks, debris,gouges, scrapes. Andthen we take the cars forevidence usually, to getmeasurements off ofthem for speed analysisas well as mechanicalinspection.

“And then whenwe’ve wrapped it up,usually after a couple ofhours, although some-times it’s longer if thescene is very in-depth,then we have a debrief-ing, we make sure thatwe have everything —and that’s what the teamconcept is for — andthen we break everythingdown, and we go back tothe office, and we beginanalyzing all this datathat we’ve collected.”

Sergeant Ball’s jobsounds as though itwould be entertaining ona TV show.

“A lot of people tryto glamorize what wedo,” Sergeant Ballacknowledges.“But to bequite honest with you,there’s nothing veryglamorous about whatthe MAIT team does.Most of what we see isactually quite horrific.But everyone on theteam is very dedicated tothe mission of the team.Me, personally, what gotme involved in the MAITprogram was I suffered apersonal loss in a trafficcollision in another state.My mother was killed ina crash in Colorado,when she was a passen-ger in a vehicle back in1998. And Colorado wasa no-fault state, whichmeant, basically, thatthey didn’t put anybodyat fault for the collision.But having that experi-ence in my past, that’swhat’s given me mydrive, I would say, to doMAIT-type of work.”

Sergeant Ball alsodoes what he does onbehalf of others.

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The Fence GrowsTour of Balboa Park Plant Habitats

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‘The Mexican fan palm is obviouslyfrom Mexico, but those plantsdon’t really know boundaries,” says

landscape architect Steve Wichmann. “TheMexican palm is fast-growing, and it is apalm that will easily regenerate itself fromseed in the natural habitat — they’ll pop upanywhere, even in cracks of pavement. Theycan be a pain in that regard if you want oneand not ten, or if you put in this cute littlefour- or six-foot-high palm and it quicklybecomes taller. Plus, the faster they grow,the faster the life cycle of the fronds, and youhave to cut out those dead fronds.”

Wichmann isone of several vol-unteer horticultur-ists who conduct theOffshoot Tour atBalboa Park on Sat-

urday mornings. Tour subjects include his-tory, palm trees, trees in the park, and desertvegetation. This Saturday, January 5, thesubject will be history.

“What’s fascinating to me,” says Wich-mann, “is that the entire [park] was devel-oped in three years — from the time theyselected an architect and plan it only tookthe city three years to motivate and get itbuilt.” Buildings were constructed of “whatwas considered temporary building mate-rial” such as heart redwood, chicken wire,and plaster mixed with horsehair.

Balboa Park was completed in 1915 aspart of San Diego’s Panama-CaliforniaExposition to commemorate the opening ofthe Panama Canal. At the time of opening,landscaping was not complete, so the cityrequired all landscape workers to wear greenponchos during the day to blend in with the

landscape as they continued their work.Wichmann says the fair was meant to standfor a year but that it “was so popular, SanDiego decided to hold it over for anotheryear, which was the first time a World’s Fairwas held for two years.”

“San Diego was on its own,” saysShirley Larson, another volunteer horticul-turist for the park. “They got no financialhelp from the federal government. Whenthey started thinking about this in 1910,there were only 40,000 people in San Diego.”

San Diego’s exposition, Larsonexplains, came to be known as the GardenFair because “a couple of million plants wereplanted.” Nearly a hundred years later, someof those plants still stand. “Good recordswere not kept of what was planted, andsome trees have come and gone,” says Lar-son, but the Moreton Bay fig is a knownoriginal. This Australian native standsbehind the Natural History Museum 80 feettall and with a canopy width of 145 feet. “Itis thriving since we put the fence up [tenyears ago] — before that it was doingpoorly. There was so much compaction onthe soil, not enough oxygen. People wereclimbing on it and knocking off the aerialroots. As the tree gets bigger, the fence[around it] grows.”

Wichmann has a particular fondnessfor the park’s palm trees. Some Mexican fanpalms have been standing in Palm Canyonsince 1912. The Canary Island day palms onthe main Prado were planted in 1915. “TheCanary Island palms are a signature tree thatsets the tone for the entire park,” says Wich-mann. “The plant material is part of theentire package of architecture — it’s a cohe-sive unit, and without that part I don’t think

the overall design would be as strong or asmeaningful.”

Some species of tree have difficulty sur-viving in a Mediterranean climate. “At eitherside of the bridge at the end of the lily pondare two clusters of [Everglades] palm treesthat you don’t see a lot of,” says Wichmann.“They generally like a more tropical orhumid environment. And they’re slowgrowing, so they tend to be expensive.”Mexican palms might cost $30 a foot (intrunk height), while other palms can runmore than $250 a foot. The Everglades palmis native to Florida and the Caribbean.“They like a lot of water. They’re not in thepond, but they’re very close to it, and thepond creates a small microclimate of addi-tional humidity.”

While giving the tour, Larson likes tohighlight the broadleaf evergreens. “What Istress to people who come from an area thathas winter is that we grow trees here that areunlike anything you’ll ever see in the winter

places. The broadleaf evergreen looks like adeciduous tree and has ordinary leaves, butit doesn’t lose them in the fall. They don’thave this short life span.” Citrus trees arebroadleaf evergreens. Such trees could notsurvive in winter climates because theirleaves would freeze. “It’s not like these leaveshave infinite life spans,” explains Larson. “Itvaries with the tree; they may have a two- tofour-year life span. All summer long [thesetrees] will lose some of their older leaves andgrow new leaves, so all summer long I’mraking leaves.”

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Gray Whale Migration off SanDiego County’s coast peaks thismonth. The best view spots fromland are high points close to thesurf. Aside from the whale-watch-ing overlook at Cabrillo NationalMonument, try Sunset Cliffs, thepocket parks and dead-end streetsfrom Pacific Beach to Scripps Parkin La Jolla, various ocean over-looks on the trail system at TorreyPines State Reserve, the cliffs op-posite Carmel Valley Road southof Del Mar, overlooks opposite Lo-mas Santa Fe Drive in SolanaBeach, and various clifftop view-points and beach access stairways

in Encinitas and Leucadia. Scanthe ocean a few hundred yards to acouple of miles out using high-powered binoculars. Best times forviewing are about 9 a.m. to noon.

The Quadrantid Meteor Shower,delivering a brief and sometimesintense display of “shooting stars,”will be best seen this new yearstarting just before midnight onThursday, January 3, and endingwith the light of dawn on Fridaymorning. Only those observers sit-uated far from city lights are likelyto see meteors in abundance. Thisyear, the moon’s phase is waningcrescent; its glare in the early-morning sky will not seriouslycompromise sky conditions.

San Diego Audubon Birding,Saturday, January 5, 8 a.m., at Ti-juana Estuary visitors’ center (301Caspian Way). Free. 858-755-7133. (IMPERIAL BEACH)

Ven Explora la NaturalezaConmigo, Chula Vista NatureCenter hosts bilingual nature walk,Sunday, January 6, 1 p.m. Led by aSpanish-speaking interpretiveguide, walks introduce visitors toSweetwater Marsh NationalWildlife Refuge and nature center.Free. Find center at 1000 Gun-powder Point Drive. 619-409-5900. (CHULA VISTA)

Very Low Tides early next weekwill provide opportunities for ob-serving sea life in the lower inter-tidal zones. On Monday, Jan-uary 7, the tide dips to -1.0 foot at3:03 p.m. Tuesday’s low tide of-1.1 feet occurs at 3:35 p.m.Wednesday’s low tide of -1.1 feethappens at 4:06 p.m.

Harbor Island Sunset Walkhosted by Walkabout, Monday,

January 7. Three-mile walk starts at4 p.m. by information board nearrestrooms in parking lot at west endof Harbor Island (on Harbor Drive

across from Hilton Inn). Free.619-222-3447. (SHELTER ISLAND)

The Crescent Moon returns toevening sky on Wednesday, Jan-

uary 9. Look for its thin, smilingshape low in the southwestern skyabout 30 minutes after the sun sets.On the following day (Thursday)the slightly thicker crescent moon

will be much easier to spot, and itwill be visible for a longer period oftime after sunset.

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Ranting Banshee makes music,JoAnn Koppany calls for con-tradance, Friday, January 4, 8 p.m.,at Trinity United MethodistChurch (3030 Thorn Street). Be-ginners’ dance workshop: 7:30 p.m.$7. Wear soft-soled shoes. 619-283-8550. (NORTH PARK)

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“The Del Fuegos,” “four frus-trated biker wannabees” take aroad trip in this comedy screeningfor Saturday Film Series at LemonGrove Library (8073 Broadway),January 5, 2:30 p.m. Free. 619-463-9819. (LEMON GROVE)

“Banished,” Marco Williams’sfilm showcases the “thousands ofAfrican-American families…vio-lently driven from their land bytheir white neighbors.” Screens for“Sunday Afternoon at the Movies,”January 6, 2 p.m., at San DiegoPublic Library (820 E Street). Free.619-236-5810. (DOWNTOWN)

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Medical Hypnotherapists GregTurner and Lynn Whitmire helpyou keep your resolutions duringopen house Friday, January 4, 3 to7 p.m. (810 Emerald Street). Free.888-658-6899. (PACIFIC BEACH)

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“The Anza-Borrego Story” istopic for Anza-Borrego DesertState Park lecture in conjunctionwith the park’s 75th anniversary,Saturday, January 5, 7:30 p.m., atBorrego Springs Performing ArtsCenter. Donation: $5. 760-767-4063. (BORREGO SPRINGS)

“New Nuclear Power in theU.S.,” Al Tschaeche shares his in-sight Monday, January 7, 1:15 p.m.at Encinitas Senior Center (1140Oak Crest Park Drive). Free.760-753-2456. (ENCINITAS)

Get Outside! Wilderness BasicsCourse with lectures and fourweekend field trips offered bySierra Club. Ten-week course be-gins Monday, January 7, at REI(5556 Copley Drive). Subjects in-clude wilderness ethics, first aid,equipment, water filtration, nutri-tion, map and compass, more.Free. 858-279-4400. (CLAIREMONT)

Metropolitan Opera PreviewLecture, Dr. Ron Shaheen shareshis insight through “a rich array ofmultimedia resources to explorebackground information on theoperas and composers.” Series be-gins Monday, January 7, 7:30 p.m.with focus on Macbeth byGiuseppe Verdi. $17 per lecture,or $60 for the series at AthenaeumMusic and Arts Library (1008 WallStreet). 858-454-5872. (LA JOLLA)

“Internet for the Absolute Begin-ner” taught at Poway Library(13137 Poway Road) on Tuesday,January 8, 8:45–10 a.m. Partici-pants must have current county li-brary card, be familiar with use ofcomputer mouse. Free. Reserva-tions: 858-513-2900. (POWAY)

“Journey to the Copper Age:Archeology in the Holy Land,”presentation and slide show exam-ines exhibit at San Diego Museumof Man for First Tuesday series,January 8, 7 p.m. at the RanchoSan Diego Library (11555 Via Ran-cho San Diego). 619-660-5370.Free. (RANCHO SAN DIEGO)

“French Art in the 19th Century,”art historian Linda Blair begins5-part series at 7:30 p.m. on Tues-day, January 8, by examining art inmidcentury Paris. $75 series (or$17 per lecture) held at AthenaeumMusic and Arts Library (1008 WallStreet). 858-454-5872. (LA JOLLA)

“Pest Management and Natu-ral Enemies,” scientific and bio-logic controls shared when PointLoma Garden Club gathers,Wednesday, January 9, 10 a.m., atPortuguese Hall (2818 Avenida dePortugal). Free. 619-223-3315.(POINT LOMA)

“The Blessing of a BrokenHeart: Transforming a Story Intoa Theatrical Play,” Todd Salovey(associate artistic director of SanDiego Rep) and actress Lisa Rob-bins break down the Rep’s latestproduction during oration Thurs-day, January 10, 1 p.m., at Power-house Community Center (1658Coast Boulevard). Free. 858-755-1666. (DEL MAR)

Kumeyaay and Luiseño prac-tices revealed during class, “TheUse of Native Plants by Native Peo-ple,” at Quail Botanical Gardens

(230 Quail Gardens Drive). Partic-ipants will learn about “plants usedfor food, medicine, ritual, and bas-ketry” and “the interdependencybetween land and people.” Classesheld 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursdays, Jan-uary 10, 17, and 24, and Saturday,January 26, 9 a.m. to noon. $100.Required registration: 760-436-3036, x206. (ENCINITAS)

“Lawrence Weschler on RobertIrwin,” Weschler expected to ex-pound on his Irwin biography, Seeing

Is Forgetting the Name of the ThingOne Sees, Thursday, January 10,7 p.m., at Museum of ContemporaryArt San Diego, Jacobs Building (1001Kettner Boulevard). $5 general.858-454-3541 x151. (DOWNTOWN)

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“Jeannie Cheatham: My Life inMusic…” Blues icon celebrated

during reception in UCSD Arts Li-braries (lower level of west wing ofGeisel Library), Sunday, January 6,4 p.m. Cheatham and friends willread from her autobiography,Meet Me With Your Black DrawersOn. Free. 858-534-8074. (LA JOLLA)

Danny Green Trio offers Latinjazz during mini-concert at noonon Monday, January 7, atAthenaeum Music and Arts Li-brary (1008 Wall Street). Free.858-454-5872. (LA JOLLA)

John Kao, “Mr. Creativity,”expands on his book, InnovationNation: How America Is Losing ItsInnovation Edge, Why It Matters,and How We Can Get It Back,Monday, January 7, 7 p.m., forUCSD’s Revelle Forum at Neuro-sciences Institute (10640 John JayHopkins Drive). $35. Registration:858-882-8000. (LA JOLLA)

The Whodunit Club, GrossmontAdult School’s “mystery book dis-cussion class” welcomes author

Caitlin Rother (Poisoned Love andNaked Addiction) to first meetingof its winter session, Tuesday, Jan-uary 8, 11 a.m., at Borders Booksand Music (159 Fletcher Parkway).Free. 619-401-4122. (EL CAJON)

Laugh for Recovery, comedyshow to benefit Mental Health Sys-tems rehabilitation services starsDat Phan and Kenny Kane, at BellyUp (143 South Cedros Avenue),Tuesday, January 8, 7 p.m. $30.858-481-8140. (SOLANA BEACH)

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2008 Jazz Live, singer Andy Beykicks off this monthly series in Sav-ille Theatre at San Diego City Col-lege (at C Street and 14th Street).

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Asian Slim Secrets, Linda Yooffers advice from her bookWednesday, January 9, 6:30 p.m.,at Fletcher Hills Library (576Garfield Avenue). Free. 619-466-1132. (EL CAJON)

“Hooked on Baja,” author TomGatch discusses and signs his newbook at Borders Books and Music(1072 Camino del Rio North) onThursday, January 10, 7 p.m. Free.619-295-2201. (MISSION VALLEY)

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La Jolla YMCA Surf Series con-tinues competition at La JollaShores, Saturday, January 5,7:30 a.m. Surfers of all ages and

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Ride the Fallbrook Hills withSan Diego Bicycle Society riders onSunday, January 6. The 75-milerstarts at 8:45 a.m. in upper parkinglot at Moonlight Beach (at Thirdand C). Bring money for delilunch. 619-561-3846. (ENCINITAS)

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“Snapshot of an Era: Uncov-ering Our New Deal Past” — ex-hibition exploring the genesis ofthe university campus and devel-opment of San Diego during theNew Deal continues through May,in Special Collections ReadingRoom, University Archives, andDonor Hall of San Diego StateUniversity’s Love Library (5500Campanile Drive). Exhibit usesarchival photographs, institutionalrecords, memorabilia, other pri-mary resources to highlight impactof various New Deal programs onthe physical campus environment,student life during the 1930s. Free.619-594-6791. (SDSU)

San Diego Boat Show, over 500boats and yachts, boating and sail-ing lessons, fishing seminars, kids’area, and live music, January 3–6at San Diego Convention Centerand Marriott Marina (111 WestHarbor Drive). Hours: Thursdayand Friday, noon to 8 p.m., Satur-day 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday11 a.m. to 6 p.m. $10 adults, $5kids 12–16, free for kids under 12.858-274-9924. (DOWNTOWN)

Recycling…up close and per-sonal, Lemon Grove Historical So-ciety leads tour of Edco RecyclingFacility, Thursday, January 3,1 p.m. Wear “sensible” shoes. Car-pool from Parsonage Museum(3185 Olive Street). Free. 619-460-4353. (LEMON GROVE)

“What Rights Do AnimalsHave?” Discuss subject with P&RDiscussion group, Thursday, Jan-uary 3, 7 p.m., at Other Side Cof-fee House (4096 30th Street). Free.619-370-1027. (NORTH PARK)

New Year, New You 2008, ex-perts offer advice on keeping reso-lutions on everything from weightloss and relationships to financeand career, Sunday, January 6,9 a.m. to 6 p.m., at California Cen-ter for the Arts, Escondido (340North Escondido Boulevard). $10general. 760-294-0664. (ESCONDIDO)

Stamp-Collecting Show, stampand cover dealers offer wares, Sun-day, January 6, 10 a.m.–4 p.m., atAl Bahr Shrine Temple (5440Kearny Mesa Road). Free.619-218-7835. (KEARNY MESA)

Experience a Traditional TeaCeremony when Soryo AyakoStott and assistants present demon-strations, Tuesday, January 8, at11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., atJapanese Friendship Garden. In-cluded in garden admission.619-232-2780. (BALBOA PARK)

Tai Chi and Qigong stress re-lease, 5-week class offered onThursdays from January 10through February 7 at RedwoodTown Court (500 East Valley Park-way), 10 a.m. Free. Registration:760-796-3757. (ESCONDIDO)

“Descartes — What Was HisLegacy?” P&R discussion groupmeets to discuss on Thursday, Jan-uary 10, 7 p.m., at Other Side Cof-fee House. Free. 619-370-1027.(NORTH PARK)

F O R K I D S

“Pacific Tales” presented byOld-Fashioned Kite Flying Pup-peteers through Sunday, January 6in Marie Hitchcock Puppet The-ater. Shows begin at 10 and 11:30a.m. Wednesday-Friday and at 11a.m., 1, and 2:30 p.m. on Saturdayand Sunday. Next up: Bitsy’s School

Adventures, performed by LynnTrimble, comic ventriloquist. Findtheater at 2130 Pan AmericanPlace. Admission: $3 for children,$4 seniors, $5 general. 619-544-9203. (BALBOA PARK)

Nature Hike for young natural-ists led by naturalist D.J. Summersin Daley Ranch on Friday, Jan-uary 4, 10 a.m. Easy hike alongJack Creek Meadow loop trail, fol-lowed by leaf craft at picnic areaafter hike. Fun starts with shuttle

ride from La Honda parking area.Free. Reservations: 760-839-4680.(ESCONDIDO)

San Diego Junior Theatre sea-son continues with Bridge to Ter-bithia. Production continuesthrough January 20 in Casa delPrado Theater. For ages 8 and up.Curtain rises at 7 p.m. on Fridays;2 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.January 19 show is ASL inter-preted. Tickets: $8–$11 for thoseunder 14 and seniors, $10–$13

general. Reservations: 619-239-8355. (BALBOA PARK)

Wacky Science Sundayswith Ms. Frizzle and MagicSchool Bus, Sunday, January 6,12:15 and 2:15 p.m., at San DiegoNatural History Museum. Kidsexplore “mysterious creatures,fascinating habitats,” hands-onscience. Included in regular mu-seum admission. 619-232-3821.(BALBOA PARK)

Learn About Dike RockCritters when Birch Aquariumat Scripps hosts Tidepooling forTots led by aquarium naturalist,Tuesday, January 8, 2:30–4 p.m.Fee: $10 per adult, $8 per child.Required reservations: 858-534-7336. (LA JOLLA)

Teen Advisory Council form-ing at Julian Library (1850 High-way 78). Help the library “selectbooks, movies, music, graphicnovels, and programming for the

teen section of the library,” Tues-day, January 8, 5 p.m. Free.760-765-0370. (JULIAN)

M U S E U M S

Bancroft Ranch House Museumhouses indigenous Indian artifactsand memorabilia of early settlers inthe area, run by the Spring ValleyHistorical Society. The home, built

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in 1863, was registered as a NationalHistoric Landmark in 1962 and is ona spot where Kumeyaay Indianscamped more than 1000 years agobeside the spring that later gave thearea its name. The museum is foundat 9050 Memory Lane; 619-469-1480. (SPRING VALLEY)

Barona Cultural Center and

Museum is located at 1095

Barona Road; 619-443-7003 x2.(LAKESIDE)

Birch Aquarium at Scripps, anaquarium and museum under oneroof, the facility is a component ofthe Scripps Institution ofOceanography at UCSD. Morethan 60 tanks contain marine lifeof Pacific Northwest, Californiacoastline, Mexico’s Sea of Cortés,

and South Pacific. The La JollaKelp Tank is a two-story-high tankwith giant kelp plants and nearly30 species of local marine life.“Feeling the Heat: The ClimateChallenge” examines science be-hind climate change; “Art of De-ception” explores undersea cam-ouflage. “Wonders of Water”waterplay area includes three in-teractive stations. The Lynne and

Howard Robbins Shark Reef Ex-hibit features a 13,000-gallon sharktank with black tip, white tip, bam-boo, and wobbegong sharks.

The aquarium is located at2300 Expedition Way (off NorthTorrey Pines Road, south of LaJolla Shores Drive). 619-534-FISH.(LA JOLLA)

California Surf Museum, “TheSurfer-Shapers,” on exhibit through2006, showcases several surferswhose conceptual abilities andcrafting talent radically alteredsurfboard design. The search hasalways been for lighter, faster,more maneuverable boards, fromDuke Kahanamoku in early 1900sto Tom Blake in 1920s to SimonAnderson in early 1980s.

The museum features surfingartifacts and memorabilia — suchas surfboards and clothing — oflocal legends Phil Edwards, John“L.J.” Richards, and Peter John-son, and Duke Kahanamoku. Themuseum is located at 223 NorthCoast Highway; 760-721-6876.(OCEANSIDE)

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Chula Vista Nature Center, aninteractive living museum devotedto the endangered Southern Cali-fornia coastal wetlands, located inSweetwater Marsh NationalWildlife Refuge. Visitors can use aBioscanner to view animalsmacroscopically, use a Wentzscopefor views of microscopic organ-isms found in the “SweetwaterSoup,” and interact with comput-erized videos exploring how tidesaffect the bay in the “Moons,Tides, and the San Diego Bay” ex-hibit. Pet sharks and rays in theDavid A. Wergeland Shark andRay Experience, see burrowingowls and migratory birds, and en-joy the xerophytic gardens.

Visitors meet a shuttle bus atthe Bayfront E Street Trolley Sta-tion or at the center’s parking lot atthe foot of E Street and Bay Boule-vard. 619-409-5903. (CHULA VISTA)

Coronado Museum of Historyand Art, “The Joy of Toys: An-tique Treasures,” on displaythrough Sunday, February 3, in-cludes variety of antique toys, fur-niture, vintage collectibles, comics,Winnie the Pooh’s “40-AcreWoods,” more.

Ongoing exhibits explore theoverall history of Coronado, Navyand Army, Tent City, and the Ho-tel del Coronado. Find the mu-seum at 1100 Orange Avenue.619-435-7242. (CORONADO)

Flying Leatherneck Museum,dedicated to the Marine Corpswho provided air support, fromthe propeller-driven fighters andbombers of the 1940s to the mod-ern jets and helicopters currentlyin use. Static displays of a variety ofaircraft are included, along withequipment, insignia, paintings andphotographs, scale models, and aresearch library. The museum islocated in building T-2002, at Ma-rine Corps Air Station Miramar.858-693-1723.

Gaslamp Museum of HistoricSan Diego, glimpse San Diego’scolorful past at the museum,where displays highlight WyattEarp’s San Diego days, the Peg Leg

Gold Legend, the first maps andphotographs of Old Town and“New Town,” early military his-tory, the naval disaster in 1923 atPoint Honda, and more. Find themuseum at 413 Market Street (be-tween Fourth and Fifth Avenues).619-237-1492. (GASLAMP QUARTER)

Heritage of the AmericasMuseum, more than 100 Chi-nese jades of the Late Neolithic(4300–2500 B.C.) through theMing periods (A.D. 1368–1644)are included in “The Stone ofHeaven: The Enduring Art of JadeAge China.” From ancient times,jades in China were treasured as

talismans, worn on the body eitheras final adornments in death or asornaments in life. See a rare andvaluable jade burial suit of the Handynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 221), oneof only about two dozen that havebeen excavated in China. The suitswere made of more than 2000square and rectangular plates ofjade sewn together with threads ofgold, silver, or bronze (dependingupon the status of the wearer).Ongoing.

The museum features art andartifacts from South and NorthAmerica, concentrating on the util-itarian and decorative artistry ofcrafts workers from ancient cultures.

The museum also features wingsdedicated to natural history, archae-ology, education, anthropology, andfine art. Find the museum on theCuyamaca College campus, 12110Cuyamaca College Drive West.619-670-5194. (RANCHO SAN DIEGO)

Heritage Walk Museum, themuseum includes the restored Vic-torian House, the city’s originalSanta Fe Train Depot, a railroadcar with model train, workingblacksmith shop, and a barn. FindHeritage Walk in Grape Day Park,at 321 North Broadway; 760-743-8207. (ESCONDIDO)

John DeWitt Historic Mu-seum and Library, operated bythe Alpine Historical Society, it islocated in the 1897 home/office ofDr. Sophronia Nichols. She wasthe first doctor in Alpine and thefirst female doctor in the EastCounty. Indian artifacts from theKingery family on exhibit. Themuseum is located at 2116 TavernRoad; 619-659-8740. (ALPINE)

La Mesa Depot Museum, lo-cated in a restored 1894 woodentrain station, exhibits include orig-inal telegraph and telephoneequipment, pot-bellied coal stove,period furniture. The adjacent

freight train display features 1923steam locomotive, 1957 refrigera-tor car, 1941 caboose. Find themuseum at La Mesa Boulevardand Spring Street. 619-465-7776.(LA MESA)

Magee House Museum, builtin 1887 and surrounded by rosegardens, the site includes “one ofthe last barns still standing in Carls-bad.” Docent and self-guided toursof historic house and gardens. FindMagee House at 258 Beech Street;760-434-9189. (CARLSBAD)

Museum of Making Musichosts “The Ukulele and You:America’s Enduring Love of theJumping Flea” through Thursday,January 31. “Promoted as an easy-to-play, portable, and fun musicalinstrument, the ukulele has en-joyed three major waves of popu-larity on the mainland U.S. Overthe last 15 years, the instrumenthas been going through a thirdwave of interest both in Hawaiiand on the mainland.” Contem-porary players are taking ukuleleinto rock, jazz, classical, punk. Col-lection includes over 300 instru-ments ranging from finely craftedrare and historic ukes made of koa,mahogany, other precious woodsto inexpensive, plastic marvelsproduced in the ’50s.

The past 100 years of Ameri-can music and music making arehighlighted at the museum, withover 450 vintage instruments,hundreds of audio and video clips,and an interactive stage. Find themuseum at 5790 Armada Drive;760-438-5996. (CARLSBAD)

Olaf Wieghorst Museum dis-plays paintings and prints by OlafWieghorst and features exhibits ofother artists’ American West art.Adjacent to museum is courtyardwith cactus gardens, 20 x 20-footreproduction of Wieghorst’spainting Navajos at Castle Creek,and original restored homeWieghorst lived in for many yearsstarting in 1945. The museum islocated at 131 Rea Avenue.619-590-3431. (EL CAJON)

Ramona Pioneer HistoricalSociety and Guy B. Wood-ward Museum is a complex ofhistorical buildings, including theVerlaque House (the only West-ern adobe home of French provin-cial design still in existence), wag-

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Orilla Creek supports a fresh-

water marsh — the East

Basin portion of the lagoon.

A quick access to that is by

way of a flood-control dike

east of I-5. The dike leads

south toward a trail (with

side paths) that traverses

the “upland” part of the

basin. One branch leads all

the way to La Orilla Creek

at El Camino Real. Yet

another path swings com-

pletely around the dirt-fill

embankment used to con-

struct the freeway, forming

a connection between the

East and West basins.

Agreat blue heron ambles on stilt-legs across the reed-fringed shallows, stab-

bing occasionally at subsurface morsels of food. A willowy egret glides in

for a perfect landing, scattering concentric ripples across the surface of the lagoon.

Both birds seem oblivious to binocular-toting humans, who spy on them a com-

fortable distance away.

A scene like this is repeated almost daily at San Elijo Lagoon. The lagoon

is considered the premier birdwatching site in North County. This month, in par-

ticular, brings the added excitement of spotting winter migrant birds such as

white pelicans. Pelicans, egrets,

herons, terns, and a variety of

other bird species provide endless

entertainment as they go about

the business of fishing and feed-

ing in the lagoon’s shallow waters.

West of Interstate 5, in the

“West Basin” part of the lagoon,

high tides wash over mud flats and

mats of salt-tolerant vegetation.

Here, a dozen kinds of

shorebirds can be seen

on a typical day. East of the freeway, the “East Basin” part of the lagoon

is higher and drier, and receives some fresh water from local creeks.

Various trailheads serve as entry points for hikes along the

lagoon’s shoreline. One starting point, serving the rambling trails of

the East Basin, is 0.4 mile east from I-5 on Manchester Avenue, oppo-

site a satellite campus of MiraCosta College in Cardiff. Another trail-

head, on the West Basin side, lies at the north end of Rios Avenue in

Solana Beach. A third trailhead — serving a short, looping interpre-

tive trail — is located at the San Elijo Lagoon Nature Center on Manch-

ester Avenue, 0.5 mile west of I-5.

From Rios Avenue, you gain access to trails that meander along

the lagoon’s placid south shore. These paths meander through coastal

sage-scrub vegetation and groves of eucalyptus and other nonnative

trees. Eroded sandstone bluffs half-hidden behind a screen of vegeta-

tion provide an impressive backdrop for the lagoon. A side trip to the

south can take you into a secluded little ravine called Holmwood Canyon.

On the east side of I-5, runoff from Escondido Creek and La

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What book are you currently reading?

“The History of Christendom, which

is actually a series of six books. Only

five are published — I’m waiting for

the sixth. I just finished the fifth one:

the French Revolution and Napoleon.”

Tell me about the book.

“The series is written by Warren Car-

roll, and he goes through the history

of the world from the viewpoint of a

Catholic Christian. He starts at creation.

He doesn’t give it a date, but he basi-

cally tells you what the Bible says about

creation. Then he starts at the first signs of civilization —

Mesopotamia and Egypt. [Carroll] used to work for the CIA, and

he was a founder of Christendom College and a history profes-

sor there.”

What do you make of the argument?

“He starts off — I don’t know if you’d call this an argument —

saying that every writer is biased in some way. Everyone is com-

ing from a worldview. His is a Catholic worldview, and just because

he has a Catholic worldview does not mean he can’t be objec-

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ver, but he doesn’t forget to step back

every once in a while and remind you

of the big picture: how does this event

affect everything else, and why is it

going on?”

Tell me about the style and language.

“I love the way he writes. He tries

to stay chronological, like he’s narrat-

ing a story. It’s not a novel in the sense

that he has quotation marks and dia-

logue going on, but it’s just as if he’s

sitting next to you telling you this story

of the history of Christendom. It’s very

accessible, but it would be difficult for

a high-schooler. If you love history,

yeah, it’s accessible.”

Any favorite passages?

“There was a peasant uprising

against the French Revolution in the

Vendée. It started spontaneously,

overnight, and many of their leaders

were farmers. Many of their weapons

were a pitchfork and a rosary. And

their badge was the Sacred Heart. And

they called themselves the Catholic

and Royal Army. It’s not in all the his-

tory textbooks, but you can relate to

it because it was just a bunch of farm-

ers fighting to keep their religion legal.

There’s no economic or political excuse

as a reason for this uprising. The only

thing that makes sense is they were

just fighting for their religion. Although

they didn’t succeed in worldly terms —

they didn’t march into Paris and put

down the Revolution — they put up a

fight, and they distracted the revolu-

tionary army enough that it shook

them up a little bit and made the Rev-

olution pay attention to them. The

huge revolutionary army came in and

routed and scattered [the uprising].

Pope John Paul visited the place once

and called them martyrs.”

Compare this with other books

you’ve read.

“I started [the series] because I

was a slacker in high school and I need

to make up for lost time. I’m trying to

form my mind now because I didn’t

do it before, and I figured history was

a good place to start, so it’ll give me

a context for the things I learn in the future.”

Who are your favorite authors?

“Warren Carroll. I like Tolkien, I

like Hilaire Belloc. I read Brideshead

[Revisited]; I liked that.”

What magazines or newspapers do

you read?

“I don’t read newspapers or mag-

azines. I get my news from Internet

sites, like the ‘Drudge Report.’”

Do you talk to your friends

about reading?

“I do. Somehow whatever I’m read-

ing works itself into a conversation. A

lot of times I’ll be reading this story,

and it’s something extraordinary, it

sounds like somebody’s writing a script,

but then you’ll remember — hey, this

thing’s real, this really happened. And

I just get excited about that, and I go

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this really happened?’ They’re usually

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why it happened, and they ask me ques-

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Find it all at 645 Main Street.760-789-7644. (RAMONA)

San Diego Aerospace Museum,the technological advancements

made in aircraft propulsion overthe last century are showcased in“100 Years of Aircraft Engines,” in-cluding a functional reproductionof the 1903 Wright Flyer Engine; aRolls-Royce liquid-cooled MerlinV-12 that powered the Spitfire andP-51 Mustang fighters; and a rareGerman Junkers Jumo 004, one ofthe world’s first operational jetengines.

Concurrently, see “The His-tory of Commercial Aviation inAmerica.” A new section of the ex-hibit celebrates the 40-year historyof PSA, with original graphics, are-creation of the airline’s firstticket booth at Lindbergh Field,and uniforms and memorabiliadonated by former employees.Ongoing.

“P-51 Mustang” celebrates thelegendary Air Force fighter usedduring both World War II and Ko-

rea. The museum’s Mustang ispainted in the red-tail livery of theTuskegee Airmen, who distin-guished themselves flying bomberescort and ground attack missionsduring World War II.

The museum offers exhibits ofover 65 aircraft — including anRQ-1K Predator UAV (unmannedaerial vehicle) on indefinite loanfrom the National Museum of theUnited States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, which“saw action over the Balkans in thelate 1990s”; a replica of Spirit of St.Louis, a Fokker Scourge (orFokker Eindecker E-III), a WorldWar I Spad VII, flight deck of theUSS Yorktown, and a LockheedBlackbird spy plane — 1400 scalemodels, 10,000 aviation-relateditems, and memorabilia fromMontgolfier hot-air-balloon era toSpace Age, along with an Interna-tional Aerospace Hall of Fame.

The museum is located in theFord Building in the Palisades area.619-234-8291. (BALBOA PARK)

San Diego County Sheriff’sMuseum, the 150-year history ofthe sheriff’s department is high-lighted at the museum, which is lo-cated “just feet away” from theoriginal cobblestone jail site, builtin 1850. The museum boasts arti-facts, photographs, equipment,uniforms, and vehicles, along withexhibits from each of the depart-ments making up the organizationsuch as crime scene, K-9, court ser-vice, detentions, crime lab, bombsquad, and many others. Find themuseum at 2384 San Diego Av-enue; 619-260-1850. (OLD TOWN)

San Diego Electric RailwayAssociation, located in historicNational City Santa Fe Depot (922West 23rd Street), offers exhibits,video displays, trolley equipment,restored passenger car from Na-tional City and Otay Railroad.619-474-4400. (NATIONAL CITY)

San Diego Model RailroadMuseum, museum celebratesAmerican railroads with “thelargest permanent operatingmodel railroad and toy train ex-hibit” in North America. Fourscale-model railroads of the South-west, the “San Diego County ReliefMap” exhibit, and an interactivetoy train. There is a multimediapresentation on railroading, an op-erating railroad semaphore signal,and interpretive displays on rail-roads and model railroading. Themuseum is downstairs in the Casade Balboa building. 619-696-0199.(BALBOA PARK)

San Diego Natural HistoryMuseum, the permanent exhibit“Fossil Mysteries” showcases last75 million years in Southern Cali-fornia and Baja California region,a time known for its rich fossil

record. Highlights include life-sized models of Albertosaurus,Lambeosaurus, a sea cow, mega-lodon shark, more.

Current “giant-screen films”are Ancient Qumran: A Virtual Re-ality Tour and Ocean Oasis. 619-232-3821. (BALBOA PARK)

Serra Museum, “Commemo-rating 75 Years: The Serra Mu-seum” is said to “remember theevents leading up to the dedicationof Presidio Park and the Serra Mu-seum” on July 16, 1929. The ex-hibit includes a “visit back in timeto 1929.”

The museum interprets theNative American, Spanish, andMexican periods of San Diego’shistory and contains SpanishColonial furnishings, art, and arti-facts. It’s located at the site of theWest Coast’s first European settle-

ment, 2727 Presidio Drive.619-297-3258. (OLD TOWN)

The San Diego Aircraft CarrierMuseum onboard the decommis-sioned USS Midway is open fortours, now berthed at 910 NorthHarbor Drive. Exhibits include Navyjet simulators, carrier and flight decktouring, captain’s sea cabin, pilothouse, navigation bridge. Admissionfee includes audio guide. 619-544-9600. (DOWNTOWN)

Veterans Museum and Memo-rial Center, memorial to menand women who served in U.S.Armed Forces, Coast Guard, andWartime Merchant Marine. Lo-cated in the former San DiegoNaval Hospital Chapel (2115 ParkBoulevard), the museum featuresoriginal service-inspired stainedglass, as well as historical muralspainted by Richard DeRosset.Main exhibit hall features displays,exhibits of historic artifacts, docu-ments, photographs, memorabilia,artwork honoring men andwomen who served. Museum isalso home to San Diego VietnamPeace Memorial and VeteransMemorial Garden. 619-239-2300.(BALBOA PARK)

Wells Fargo History Museum,the museum features a workingagents’ office staffed by guides inperiod costumes and contains aworking telegraph for visitors tosend and receive messages. Shortfilms on California and WellsFargo history; a gold display, partof the collection assembled byWells Fargo agent Samuel Dorseyat the end of the 1800s; an exhibitof Concord Coach #251, a restoredstagecoach built in 1867; and theDavies watch. The museum is lo-cated in the reconstructed Col-orado House, at 2733 San DiegoAvenue. (OLD TOWN)

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“The Sun Never Sets on theHabsburg Empire,” La Jolla Renais-sance Singers perform choral selec-tions “from regions formerly underthe reign of Charles V,” Sunday,January 6, 3 p.m. at St. Mary Mag-dalene Church (1945 Illion Street).Free. 619-276-1041. (BAY PARK)

String Piano Quartet featuringJoseph Valent, Maya Ginsberg,Burt Fisch, and Carol Tolbert,Wednesday, January 9, 7 p.m., atCarmel Valley Library (3919Townsgate Drive). $15 general.858-552-1668. (CARMEL VALLEY)

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“What’s New?” Original water-color paintings exhibited throughthe month of January at NTCPromenade (2825 Dewey Road#105). Reception Friday, Jan-uary 4, 5 p.m. Free admission.619-876-4550. (POINT LOMA)

“Building Houses/Hiding Un-der Rocks,” new exhibition byAaron T. Stephan premieres dur-ing reception Friday, January 4,5 p.m., at Quint ContemporaryArt (7739 Fay Lane). 858-454-3409. Closes Saturday, February 2.(LA JOLLA)

Athenaeum’s Growing Collec-tion shared during reception Fri-day, January 4, 6:30 p.m. Books,sculptures, and paintings on displayin Main and North Reading Roomgalleries pf Athenaeum Music andArts Library (1008 Wall Street).Free. 858-454-5872. (LA JOLLA)

High-Tech High Media Arts se-nior work on display during recep-tion Wednesday, January 9, 7 p.m., atMuseum of Contemporary Art SanDiego (1100 Kettner Boulevard).Free. 619-398-8620. (DOWNTOWN)

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California Center for the ArtsMuseum, “Rituality” featurescontemporary works from ten lo-cal artists alongside traditional ar-

tifacts from Africa, Native NorthAmerica, the Pacific Islands. Ex-hibition examines role of ritual inexploration of identity, creationof community, construction ofpower, as mediated and expressedthrough art.

“Niki de Saint Phalle: A Spir-itual Path” offers a closer look atde Saint Phalle’s spiritual journey,her interpretation of traditionaltarot cards. “Is the tarot pack onlya game of cards, or is there a phi-losophy behind it?”

Fifty-four individual paintingsby Teresa Villegas are gathered in“La Lotería: An Exploration ofMexico.” Artwork draws uponMexican traditions, historical fig-ures, food, popular culture.

“The Poetics of Myth” fea-tures a series of bas-relief terra-cotta panels by Brad Burkhart, fo-cusing “on the creation ofmodern myths and archetypes.”

Each of these exhibits contin-ues through Sunday, January 27.

The museum is located at 340North Escondido Boulevard;760-839-4120. (ESCONDIDO)

Mingei International Mu-seum, “Craft in America: Ex-panding Traditions” surveys morethan 200 works, spanning a periodof nearly 200 years. Handcraftedfurniture, ceramics, fiber and tex-tiles, basketry, glass, wood, jew-elry, metalwork are showcased.Closes Sunday, January 27.

Masterworks from permanentcollection are gathered in “TheBeauty of Use — Mingei Interna-tional Museum at 30,” showcasingsignificant objects from many cul-tures shown in relationships high-lighting similarities and differencesamong them. Museum has formeda collection of mingei now com-prising 17,000 objects from 141countries such as collection of19th-Century African tribal cur-rency, group of masks includingexample of Amazonian featherwork, ritual objects, selection ofmonumental containers. ClosesSunday, May 11. The Mingei is lo-cated on square with San Diego

Museum of Art. 619-239-0003.(BALBOA PARK)

Museum of Contemporary ArtSan Diego, Downtown,“Robert Irwin: Primaries and Sec-ondaries” is “the largest exhibitionof renowned artist…Irwin’s worksince 1993.” Exhibit features fivenew major installation works cre-ated specifically for MCASD’s gal-leries, is drawn almost exclusivelyof works from museum’s collec-tion. Closes Sunday, April 13. Findthe museum at 1001 and 1100 Ket-tner Boulevard (at Broadway), di-rectly across from the Santa FeRailroad Depot. 858-454-3541.(DOWNTOWN)

San Diego Museum of Art,“Everett Gee Jackson/San DiegoModern, 1920-1955” is retrospec-tive of “San Diego’s most impor-tant Modernist artist.” Exhibitfeaturing more than 50 worksspanning most significant andproductive decades of artist’s ca-reer “presents a representativerange of Jackson’s multifacetedwork, while contextualizing Jack-son within the broader scope ofmid-20th Century Americanmodernism.” Closes Sunday, Jan-uary 27.

“Animated Painting,” contin-uing through Sunday, January 13,boasts “25 cinematic works by 14international contemporary artists

who adapt traditional painting anddrawing methods to the conceptsand technologies of animation.”Participating artists include theBarnstormers, Sadie Benning,Jeremy Blake, Sebastián DíazMorales, Kota Ezawa, RuthGómez, William Kentridge, AnnLislegaard, Takeshi Murata, SergeOnnen, Julian Opie, Wit Pimkan-chanapong, Qiu Anxiong, andRobin Rhode.

“Josef Albers and His Stu-dents: Theory and Practice,” clos-ing Sunday, March 2, presentsfour prints by master artist, colortheorist, teacher Josef Albers. Dis-play features works by four of hisAmerican students — RichardAnuszkiewicz, Robert Birmelin,Robert Rauschenberg, AudreyFlack — with each work corre-sponding to one of Albers’ prints.

“Image Makers and RuleBreakers: French Art, 1860-1960,”continuing through Sunday, Jan-uary 20, highlights museum’sdepth in mid-19th- through mid-20th-Century French painting andsculpture. Exhibition “presentstwo parallel tracks of artistic ex-perimentation: one following the

landscape tradition and the otherfigurative art. It examines howthese different paths both pro-gressed towards abstraction.”Close to 30 works are on view, in-cluding Bouguereau’s Young Shep-herdess and pieces by Monet,Toulouse-Lautrec, Renoir, Degas,others.

For further information, call619-232-7931. (BALBOA PARK)

Timken Museum of Art,“Drawn to Rome: French Neo-classical Sketchbooks and Prints”explores sketches and prints byyoung French painters and archi-tects who studied in Rome. Workby these artists “helped spark a re-vival in classical aesthetics thattransformed 18th-Century Frenchart.” Closes Sunday, January 13.

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Who Charted? San Diegomusicians did not have amajor impact on the nationalalbum charts in 2007.

Angels & Airwaves’

second Geffen album, I-Empire, debuted at number9 on the Billboard 200 AlbumChart when it was releasedNovember 6. Seven weekslater, the disc was at 172.(Former blink singer/guitaristTom DeLonge fronts Angels& Airwaves.)

DeLonge’s formerbandmates, Mark Hoppusand TravisBarker,released adebut CDwith theirnew band+44 inNovember2006. WhenYour HeartStops BeatingenteredBillboard’s200 chart at10, but fourweeks later it hadslipped to 153. The disc lastedten weeks on the chart andfell off in February.

Switchfoot’s third CD,Oh! Gravity, charted inJanuary 2007 at number 18.

The following week it slippedto 41 and never went higher;it spent ten weeks onBillboard’s 200 Chart. Lastmonth, Switchfoot.comannounced that NielsenSoundscan showed that Oh!Gravity had sold 135,000units (not including sales atChristian bookstores); thefirst Switchfoot release, The

Beautiful Letdown, sold 2.6million copies.

As I Lay Dying’s AnOcean Between Us debuted atnumber 8 when it wasreleased this summer; thedisc lasted eight weeks onBillboard’s 200 Chart.

The San Diego rockerwho had the mostcommercial success in 2007

may be North County nativeJosh Steely. He auditionedwith 40 other guitarists in thefall of 2006 to join ChrisDaughtry’s band. (Daughtrybecame famous after

performing on AmericanIdol.)

“We played 280 showsthis year, and they all soldout,” says Steely from hisCarlsbad home.

Steely did not play onDaughtry’s self-titled debutalbum, which, according toBillboard, was the mostpopular record of 2007: 3.2million copies sold, numberone for two weeks, andnever left the top 50 all year.

“When the number-onerecord of the year is by thefourth-place runner-upfrom American Idol, that’s apretty piss-poor statementabout the record industry,”says a local insider aboutDaughtry’s music. “It’sformulaic crap that won’tmatter in the grand schemeof things five years fromnow.”

Steely disagrees.“We won three American

Music Awards and have threeGrammy nominations. Howdo you criticize a band thathas sold more records thananyone else?”

Daughtry embarks on atwo-month tour of the U.S.with Bon Jovi February 12.

— Ken Leighton

Get Paid Lately? Fiftyon Their Heels manager ScottPactor offers advice on howbands can land repeat payinggigs:

“Low bar total equalsfailure, high bar total equalssuccess,” he blogs atcatdirtsez.blogspot.com. “Thesuccess of the bar ultimatelyrests on the size of the guestlist. This hurts the promoters,but benefits the bar, and theBeauty Bar will cut you ifyour bar total is low…so thecomp list [for a July show]was close to 100. So, that’slike $500 that the bands lose

[in cover charges], but anadditional $1500 or whateverfor the bar [in drink sales], sowhat are you going to do?Cultivate the guest list.Expand the guest list…do

you think I care whether Icollect the cover? Get in thereand drink.”

Patrick’s II in theGaslamp Quarter reportedlypays bands $350 on weekdayevenings (when there’susually no cover) and $450on weekends (whenadmission averages $5).

Local bands reportplaying for a bar tab at theZombie Lounge, the KenClub, and Scolari’s.

The Epicentre requiresbands to presell a minimumof 32 tickets. Opening bandsare expected to draw 32 to 50people, for which they’re paid$1 a head. Supporting acts inthe middle of the bill need tobring in 50 to 95 people,which earn bands $1.75 perhead. Local headliners areexpected to draw 96 or morepeople, to be paid $2.50 perhead. Multiband localshowcases are structured topay $1 per head for the first50 tickets sold and $2 per

head for 51 or more.A local musician who

often plays the Casbah says,“Bands don’t compare notes[on pay], but as far as I know,[receiving] door percentageswould probably be only forreally big bands. I don’t knowabout beer tabs, but bands doplay there for free to get abreak, especially at localshowcases where admission isfree. I’ve never heard of anopening band there not beingpaid, though in some cases itwill vary by crowd size or lackthereof. Openers for a bigshow probably get paidbetween $40 and a fewhundred, depending on awhole lot of variables.”

Another local says, “TheBelly Up pays bands whenadmission will be $10 ormore at the door, usually$100 to $200. Some bandsopt for lower pay in exchangefor more [free] drink tickets.”

— Jay Allen Sanford

Everyone’s a Critic Willthe Union-Tribune be cuttingback on its music coverage?Earlier this month, a memofrom U-T management toemployees said that 43editorial positions were goingto be eliminated, including 3“critic” positions from thearts and entertainmentdepartment. Employees wereoffered buy-out packages.

Michael Kinsman, a25-year veteran of the U-Tnewsroom, was one of 29editorial staffers whoaccepted the buy-out.Kinsman was a businesswriter for 24 years butregularly contributed featuresand reviews on blues androots-rock artists. His last dayat the paper was Friday. He isnot sure if he will continue towrite music stories.

“There is no question this

will damage the quality of thepaper,” says Kinsman aboutthe cuts. Quality criticism, hesays, “…is where a paper canreally shine.” He thinks thatVarga, who has been the U-Tpop music critic for morethan 20 years, “is probablysafe.”

Night & Day editorMichael Crowell says all U-Tarts writers (Varga and NinaGarin, for example) will nowpool their work withSignOnSanDiego.com writers.Crowell says that no editorialpositions were eliminatedfrom the paper’s Internetstaff.

— Ken Leighton

Sax Worker When SanDiego’s Creedle suspendedoperations a decade ago, thequirky avant-rock-jazz bandhad streamlined down to aquartet. In 1996, thebass/drums/guitar/sax lineupreleased its third and finalalbum, When the Wind

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Of those four members,saxophonist CochemeaGastelum, who grew up inSpring Valley, has delved

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There are fresh YouTubeclips of Gastelum playing aNovember gig in Milanalongside jazz legends ArchieShepp (70) and Oliver Lake

(65) in the small ensembleIswhat?!, anchored bydrummer Hamid Drake.Gastelum has played regularlyin a couple of hot NY-basedretro-soul-plus bands on theDaptone label for over twoyears — the Budos Band andthe Dap-Kings — and oftenon the same bill.

He also played on two of2007’s most criticallyacclaimed albums: Version,by Brit ex-pat DJ/producerMark Ronson, and Back toBlack, the Grammy-nominated Amy Winehouserecord that has scored highon many year-end lists andsold over 5 million copies

worldwide.Last Sunday found

Gastelum in San Diego forthe holidays and playing thefirst Creedle show in years.

The degree of local-sceneturnover since the band’sheyday was evident in thefirst line of new San DiegoCityBeat music editor NathanDinsdale’s gigrecommendation: “I’m notgoing to pretend to knowanything about Creedle orwhy this reunion show issuch a big deal…”

— David Stampone

Now Listen Up JessReed, singer/songwriter/guitarist with Diamonds ofRome, says, “If a band isstarting up, you have to doeverything you can do to

promote. Competition isreally fierce. If you reallybelieve in your music, youshould get it out there.”

So, Reed purchased 10030-second ads on 91X topromote his band (“We’vebeen compared to SocialDistortion and Guns N’Roses”). Reed’s message?Check out his band’sMySpace page.

“I don’t spend money onrent,” says Reed, who makesmoney by giving guitar anddrum lessons. He lives withhis parents and friends so hecan promote his band.

Reed says he paid between$25 and $35 for each ad that

aired on 91X in October,November, and December.He says hits on the band’sMySpace page increased byabout 250 each week the adsran.

Reed says his band has noscheduled gigs until their CDis out (due in the spring).

— Ken Leighton

Glossines withBenefits “ ‘Well, let’s havea benefit show for you!’ —that’s what everybody wassaying,” relates Glossinessinger-bassist AmberEverson. The native SanDiegan needs surgery toremove a polyp from hervocal cords as quickly aspossible to prevent further,permanent voice damage.She is uninsured.

“It’s hard for me to ask,but, then I considered howmany benefits the Glossineshave played [through sevenyears together]…‘you’rehaving a benefit in yourbathroom for an ingrowntoenail? We’re there!’ ”

Everson’s problemsbegan in late August, whenshe went hoarse after thesecond show of a two-weekWest Coast tour. Resting hervoice on days off didn’t help.

“As time went on, it gotreally raspy, really KimCarnes,” says Everson. With

no improvement weeks afterthe tour, she went to a clinic,then was directed toanother… The diagnosisprocess culminated when alaryngologist at the UCSDVoice Disorders Clinic“…could clearly see on ascreen the polyp on onecord — like a blister — whichwas rubbing and forming agrowing callus on anothercord.… The doctor said there

was no alternative to surgery,no chance it would goaway.…”

The surgery’s cost is$7000, money required upfront. Bunky, Kill MeTomorrow, the Heartaches,

Widows, and Nightmares arethe SD acts scheduled toperform January 8 at theCasbah. Clothes items(Glossines underwear!) andbaked goods will be on sale.

— David Stampone

In a Better Place Theypassed on in 2007:• January 12: JimmyCheatham, 82/Jazztrombonist, UCSD educator,recording artist.• January 27: GlennaHazleton, 91/Founder of LaJolla Athenaeum noon mini-concerts, 1970.• February 6: Frankie Laine,93/1950s–1990s crooner, TVand movie star.• April 8: Carl McKellips,48/Owner of WingspanStudios and member of SanDiego Songwriters Guild.Multiple solo releases.• April 21: Gary Lynn Loftin,38/Singer, lyricist for punkrock band the Resentments.• April 22: Don Beck, 62/Saxplayer with the RhythmMasters, Nomads, KingBiscuit Blues Band, touredwith Loretta Lynn, theFortunes, Lena Prima.• April 25: Laurie BurkeShields, 47/Singer-songwriter,wife of Robert Shields (ofShields and Yarnell). Releasedtwo albums (More ThanRomance, 1996, and Dream

Songs, 1998).• July 28: Patricia Smith,88/Founder of the La JollaChorus, part of the La JollaSymphony.• September 5: Paul Bleifuss,

60/Custom drum maker,drummer with Nova.• October 2: Guy Lopez,42/Bass player with the Zeros,the Upbeats.• December 12: Ike Turner,76/Rock ’n’ roll founder,leader of Ike and Tina TurnerRevue.

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Thursday 3San Diego pop-rock quartet Drowning Men willwash up at Casbah tonight. Their self-released e.p.Kill the Matador flashes with guitar overtones,piano pounce, and driving bottom — ambitiousswell-and-burst takes on Arcade Fire and theWalkmen without the anthemic googaw. Little sourgrapes, lot of sour mash! It’s available on iTunesand at M-Theory and Lou’s. Acoustic duo ChinaClippers open.... Gram Parsons will be 26 foreverand forever considered grandaddy to Americanamusic. The Flying Burrito’s music will be paid tributeat Belly Up tonight when the Sin City Allstars, aSoCal collective including Slidewinders, MikeStinson, and Eve Selis celebrate Parsons’s hitlessbut bullshitless canon.... Hollywoodites ChelseaSmiles bring garage-punk power chords toZombie Lounge. Sampling last year’s debut Thirty-Six Hours Later convinced my kid he was listeningto Kiss, so there ya go. The Pegs and the Clap alsoon the bill.

Friday 4OC punk-n-pop trio Supernova made their nameby suing for the rights to it. The 2006 lawsuit wasfiled in San Diego federal court against CBS seriesSupernova for trademark infringement. The band’sbeen recording and touring their spacemen regaliasince 1993 and won the suit. (The show wasrenamed Rock Star: Supernova.) 2001 disc Pop as aWeapon remains the band’s highwater mark, land-

ing them Warpedtours and a cut(“Chewbacca”)

in KevinSmith’s cultflick Clerks.Supernova

hits CasbahFriday night,and hip-hophits indierock withopeners BadCredit....

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delivers hisRevelationsto Belly Up. Theroots reggaeband will bejoined by localJamaican ska

joint the Hi-Lites and dub act Black HeartWarriors Hi-Fi.... Local heavy-metal merchantsAnimal Corpse host a Marshall-stacked showcase atSoma featuring Animal Corpse, CrimsonKnight, Stiletto Silhouette, Sergulath,Abomination, and Diabolical Slaughter....Oceanside sextet Faded Chroniclez floods rap-core with horns for danceable beats and bleats.They drive it down to ‘Canes where they’ll share abill of beachside fare with Irieside, Kneehighs,and Resident Cain.

Saturday 5Golden shower of hits. Hermosa Beach hardcoreheroes the Circle Jerks have resurfaced and willhold forthSaturday

night at House of Blues. Fronted by the humor ofKeith Morris’s (Black Flag) raspy poetics and gui-tarist Duane Detson’s (Bad Religion) speedypyrotechnics, the erstwhile Jerks have beenprompting pits since 1979! The band hasn’t record-ed since 1987’s VI but have propped a new singleon their MySpace page, “I’m Gonna Live,” sug-gesting a full-length in ’08. Check ’05 DVD TheShow Must Go Off for a live primer.... Grammy-winner Ricky Lee Jones (Best New Artist 1980)swings her soul pop into Belly Up. The “lower-mid-dle-class-hillbilly-hipster” touts her latest, 2007’sThe Sermon on Exposition Boulevard — a collec-tion of devotional music.... Other mentionablesround town: trick triple bill at the Ché Café as GetBack Loretta, the Atoms, and Vision of aDying World welcome the kids back to campuswith punk’d indie pop.... Lords of Altamont andCreepy Creeps haunt Casbah with organ-grind-ing spook rock.... San Diego screamos HelloMarquee smack down Soma with Dull Scienceand Flight to Athena.... L.A. jazz chanteuseCharmaigne Clamor graces Anthology room....and Hialeah, Architect Sketch, Cinder Cone(LA), and Brigades Like This (SF) jam intoScolari’s.

Sunday 6Locals-only sets of the week go off at Tower BarSunday night, where the Sess, the Muslims, andthe Prayers prop dance-rock for the indie set....Back to Ché, where art-rock fills the bill. The UCSDcampus collective books shoe-gazey localsJapandi, Planets, Short Hair, and Manacle....At the Zombie, garage-rock comers Inigo worksout stage legs opening for Encinitas she-rockerWendy Bailey. Check Bailey’s independent collec-tion It Ain’t Rocket Science on her MySpace page.Looks and listens like Liz fare.

Monday 7Nada. Do your laundry.

Tuesday 8In 25 years, jazz guitarist Bill Frisell has releasedmore than 35 collections of originals and covers,scraping the palette from jazz standards to folkoriginals. The virtuoso is a musician’s musician,bending strings and blaring amps to suit a sound-scape. Frisell and percussionist Joey Baron settle inat Anthology for a two-night stint that’s sure todrop learned jaws and inspire interest from supper-club foodies.... Casbah hosts a med-expensefundraiser for clothing designer/Glossines bassistAmber Everson Tuesday night. Compatriots KillMe Tomorrow, Heartaches, Widows, Bunky,Nightmares, and DJ Dmitri of Booty Basementfill the bill.... Well-heeled indie oddities theModlins bolster what’s already been a catch-allweek for Zombie Lounge.(Keep it up, undead book-ing guy.) Check out lastyear’s Shins-y Here’s toBeing Happy and tell meagain San Dagans cain’tdo Baroque. Cherrybill includesLove Pent-agon,SecretApollo,Pan deSal, DJDingDong, andHorrorNate.... BellyUp’s got a“comedyshowcase

for mental health.” Comics include Dat Phan (LastComic Standing) and Kenny Kane, and the laughriot’s hosted by a dude named Bob Murphy.

Wednesday 9Indie pop hopefuls the Morning Benders willstay vertical Wednesday, least long enough tostagger onto Beauty Bar’s back-yard stage. TheBerkeley band’s premiering material from theirforthcoming ’08 release, which Pitchfork alreadyhates. But they coughed two quotes — could beworth a first-hand appraisal. (The drums aren’tthat loud.).... World musicman David Lindley willdisplay his multinstrumental skills for a Belly Upbrood Wednesday night. Primarily a guitarist,Lindley earned his stripes with Jackson Brownebefore this noncomsolo gig.Guitaddictsdon’t needme to tellthem howtalentedLindley is, buthe’s no BillFrisell (who’sdown at

Anthology for one last night, btw). Lindley’s gotpopular rock-writer Jack Tempchin on the bill,howev., and that inspires a “Peaceful, EasyFeeling.”

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Louis XIV formed in early 2003 when for-mer members of alt-country locals Convoychose sexed-up pop over redneck rock. In

January 2005 the Illegal Tender EP, self-releasedon their own Pineapple Recording Group label,popped up all over radio with thehit “Finding Out True Love IsBlind,” which also turned up ontheir 2005 album The Best LittleSecrets Are Kept.

Rolling Stone named Louis XIV one of its“Ten Artists to Watch” in 2005, while Enter-tainment Weekly included them on its list of“Eight Hot Bands.” Esquire cited Best Little Se-crets as one of “Four Records to Get You Aheadof the Game.”

Last September the band released a new dig-ital EP online, The Distances from Everyone toYou, with three new songs plus a cover of Queen’s“Flash’s Theme,” now heard on the Sci-Fi Chan-nel series Flash Gordon. A new full-length album,Slick Dogs and Ponies, is due this month. LouisXIV hits the House of Blues stage on February13 with the Editors and Hot Hot Heat. Singer/gui-tarist Brian Karscig answered our queries.

WHAT’S IN YOUR CD PLAYER? 1. Leon Russell, self-titled: “Probably one of thebest songwriters and piano players of all time,and my personal inspiration musically. I’ve beenlistening to this album for years, and it nevergets old.”2. Air, Moon Safari: “When you travel in a buswith 11 guys, every night someone in that groupis in a party mood. When I’m not, I retreat tomy bunk, close the curtain, and put my head-phones on with Air and read a book. Instantescape.”3. The Electric Light Orchestra, Eldorado: “Ourwhole band will agree that Jeff Lynne and LouisClark are geniuses, and the string arrangementsalways make my arm-hair stand up.”

4. Black Sabbath, self-titled: “Always a greatpreshow listener. Geezer, Bill, Ozzy, and Tony.‘The Wizard’ — enough said.”5. David Bowie, Hunky Dory: “Because I’m sureyou would expect something like this from our

band, and the song ‘Life on Mars’never gets old.”

DESERT-ISLAND DVDs? 1. Rushmore: “Max Fischer’s one-

liners have stood the test of time, and everythingabout it is genius.”2. Fletch: “Probably Chevy’s best.”3. The Last Waltz: “This concert film docu-menting the Band is a huge inspiration to ourgroup, and it’s one of the best ideas ever capturedon video. It’s the model for all rockdocumentaries.”4. Scarface: “We’ve all seen it a million times,but doesn’t everyone still stop and watch it ev-ery time you pass it while channel surfing?”

FIVE GUILTY PLEASURES? 1. Rock of Love with Bret Michaels2. The Food Network3. Kiss Alive! and Kiss Alive II4. Transsexual karaoke bars in Germany5. Hashish

BEST DRUNK STORY?“A well-known promoter once made posters ofthe group and was selling them without our per-mission. They were extremely ugly, and kidswere being ripped off. I walked up to him in theclub, asked him how many more were there,grabbed them out of his hands, unzipped mypants, and urinated all over them in front ofhim.”

DREAM LUNCH DATE? “Keith Richards. I must have a conversation overfood with him.”

WORST INJURY? “I used to skateboard a lot as a kid, so I’ve bro-ken everything, but one time I got my foot caughtin the side of an escalator at JCPenney. It cutoff four of my toes. They were sewn back on, butI’m still missing half of one toe.”

WHERE DO YOU HANG OUT? “The Casbah. Great music, Pabst in a tall-boycan, and running into Tim [Mays, owner] is al-ways a pleasure.”

SECRET CRUSH?“Christy Turlington. She came to one of ourshows in NYC. Didn’t know much about her,but now she’s the celebrity I’m most interestedin.”

WORST JOB?“I haven’t had many. Telemarketing sucked. I al-ways felt guilty about cold-calling people formoney; however, I did acquire shamelessnessfrom it, I suppose, and that’s always good for arock musician.” ■

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SATURDAYThe Circle Jerks: House of Blues,Saturday, January 5, 1055 Fifth Avenue,Gaslamp. 619-299-2583.

TUESDAYBill Frisell and Joey Baron:Anthology, Tuesday, January 8, 1337India Street, San Diego. 619-595-0300.

WEDNESDAYDavid Lindley: Belly Up Tavern,Wednesday, January 9, 143 South CedrosAvenue, Solana Beach. 858-481-8140.

Bill Frisell and Joey Baron:Anthology, Wednesday, January 9, 1337India Street, San Diego. 619-595-0300.

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JANUARYSkid Row and L.A. Guns: House ofBlues, Thursday, January 10, 1055 FifthAvenue, Gaslamp. 619-299-2583.

Xavier Rudd: House of Blues, Friday,January 11, 1055 Fifth Avenue, Gaslamp.619-299-2583.

The Blue Man Group: San DiegoSports Arena, Friday, January 11, 3500Sports Arena Boulevard, 619-224-4171.

Chris Hillman and Amy Loftus:Anthology, Saturday, January 12, 1337India Street, San Diego. 619-595-0300.

Lupe Fiasco: Belly Up Tavern,Tuesday, January 15, 143 South CedrosAvenue, Solana Beach. 858-481-8140.

Twista: ’Canes, Wednesday, January 16,3105 Ocean Front Walk, Mission Beach.858-488-1780.

Ben Kenney: House of Blues,Thursday, January 17, 1055 Fifth Avenue,Gaslamp. 619-299-2583.

Cross Canadian Ragweed: Belly UpTavern, Thursday, January 17, 143 SouthCedros Avenue, Solana Beach. 858-481-8140.

Pat Green: 4th & B, Friday, January18, 345 B Street, San Diego. 619-231-4343.

Fu Manchu: The Casbah, Friday,January 18, 2501 Kettner Boulevard, SanDiego. 619-232-4355.

Dilated Peoples: Belly Up Tavern,Friday, January 18, 143 South CedrosAvenue, Solana Beach. 858-481-8140.

Tiger Army: Soma, Friday, January 18,3350 Sports Arena Boulevard, San Diego.619-226-7662.

Social Distortion: House of Blues,Friday through Sunday, January 18, 19,and 20, 1055 Fifth Avenue, Gaslamp.619-299-2583.

Ryan Adams: Spreckels Theatre,Saturday, January 19, 121 Broadway,downtown. 619-235-9500.

Tower of Power: Viejas CasinoDreamCatcher Show Room, Sunday,January 20, 5000 Willows Road, Alpine.619-445-5400.

Lil Wayne: House of Blues, Monday,January 21, 1055 Fifth Avenue, Gaslamp.619-299-2583.

Steve Poltz: Belly Up Tavern,Thursday, January 24, 143 South CedrosAvenue, Solana Beach. 858-481-8140.

Fred Eaglesmith:AcousticMusicSanDiego, Friday, January25, 4650 Mansfield Street, NormalHeights. 619-303-8176.

Ozomatli: Belly Up Tavern, Friday andSaturday, January 25 and 26, 143 SouthCedros Avenue, Solana Beach. 858-481-8140.

Pepper: ’Canes, Friday, January 25,3105 Ocean Front Walk, Mission Beach.858-488-1780.

Stanley Clark: Anthology, Friday andSaturday, January 25 and 26, 1337 IndiaStreet, San Diego. 619-595-0300.

Molotov: House of Blues, Tuesday,January 29, 1055 Fifth Avenue, Gaslamp.619-299-2583.

Mary Gauthier and Mark Olson:AcousticMusicSanDiego, Wednesday,January 30, 4650 Mansfield Street,Normal Heights. 619-303-8176.

Robben Ford: Anthology, Thursday,January 31, 1337 India Street, San Diego.619-595-0300.

FEBRUARYPoncho Sanchez: Anthology, Fridayand Saturday, February 1 and 2, 1337India Street, San Diego. 619-595-0300.

“Brazil Carnaval 2008”: 4th & B,Saturday, February 2, 345 B Street, SanDiego. 619-231-4343.

Los Lobos: Belly Up Tavern, Saturday,February 2, 143 South Cedros Avenue,Solana Beach. 858-481-8140.

Raul Malo: Anthology, Sunday andMonday, February 3 and 4, 1337 IndiaStreet, San Diego. 619-595-0300.

Wyclef Jean: House of Blues,Monday, February 4, 1055 Fifth Avenue,Gaslamp. 619-299-2583.

Robin Trower: 4th & B, Tuesday,February 5, 345 B Street, San Diego.619-231-4343.

Pinback: House of Blues, Tuesday andWednesday, February 5 and 6, 1055 FifthAvenue, Gaslamp. 619-299-2583.

Jake Shimabukuro: Belly Up Tavern,Thursday, February 7, 143 South CedrosAvenue, Solana Beach. 858-481-8140.

Los Amigos Invisibles and SI*SE:House of Blues, Friday, February 8, 1055Fifth Avenue, Gaslamp. 619-299-2583.

Colbie Caillat: Viejas CasinoDreamCatcher Show Room, Friday,February 8, 5000 Willows Road, Alpine.619-445-5400.

The Wallflowers: Viejas CasinoDreamCatcher Show Room, Saturday,February 9, 5000 Willows Road, Alpine.619-445-5400.

Jimmy Webb:AcousticMusicSanDiego, Saturday,February 9, 4650 Mansfield Street,Normal Heights. 619-303-8176.

Rhett Miller: Belly Up Tavern,Sunday, February 10, 143 South CedrosAvenue, Solana Beach. 858-481-8140.

Rodrigo y Gabriela: 4th & B,Monday, February 11, 345 B Street, SanDiego. 619-231-4343.

Umphrey’s McGee: House of Blues,Tuesday, February 12, 1055 FifthAvenue, Gaslamp. 619-299-2583.

Jill Scott: Copley Symphony Hall,Wednesday, February 13, 1245 SeventhAvenue, downtown. 619-235-0804.

The Editors and Hot Hot Heat:House of Blues, Wednesday, February13, 1055 Fifth Avenue, Gaslamp.619-299-2583.

George Clinton and ParliamentFunkadelic: Belly Up Tavern,Thursday, February 14, 143 SouthCedros Avenue, Solana Beach. 858-481-8140.

Glen Phillips:AcousticMusicSanDiego, Friday,February 15, 4650 Mansfield Street,Normal Heights. 619-303-8176.

Fabolous: Viejas CasinoDreamCatcher Show Room, Friday,February 15, 5000 Willows Road, Alpine.619-445-5400.

Styx: House of Blues, Saturday,February 16, 1055 Fifth Avenue,Gaslamp. 619-299-2583.

Maceo Parker: Belly Up Tavern,Saturday, February 16, 143 South CedrosAvenue, Solana Beach. 858-481-8140.

Queensrÿche and Don Dokken:House of Blues, Thursday, February 21,1055 Fifth Avenue, Gaslamp. 619-299-2583.

Roy Zimmerman:AcousticMusicSanDiego, Saturday,February 23, 4650 Mansfield Street,Normal Heights. 619-303-8176.

Bone Thugs N Harmony: House ofBlues, Sunday, February 24, 1055 FifthAvenue, Gaslamp. 619-299-2583.

Marilyn Manson: House of Blues,Monday, February 25, 1055 FifthAvenue, Gaslamp. 619-299-2583.

Adrian Belew: Belly Up Tavern,Tuesday, February 26, 143 South CedrosAvenue, Solana Beach. 858-481-8140.

The Pat Metheny Trio: Anthology,Tuesday and Wednesday, February 26and 27, 1337 India Street, San Diego.619-595-0300.

MARCHMarcia Ball and John Hammond:Belly Up Tavern, Sunday, March 2, 143South Cedros Avenue, Solana Beach.858-481-8140.

The Foo Fighters: Cox Arena,Monday, March 3, SDSU campus,College Area. 619-594-0429.

Rufus Wainwright: Belly Up Tavern,Tuesday, March 4, 143 South CedrosAvenue, Solana Beach. 858-481-8140.

Bad Religion: House of Blues, Friday,March 7, 1055 Fifth Avenue, Gaslamp.619-299-2583.

The Blind Boys of Alabama: BellyUp Tavern, Sunday, March 9, 143 SouthCedros Avenue, Solana Beach. 858-481-8140.

Clutch: House of Blues, Wednesday,March 12, 1055 Fifth Avenue, Gaslamp.619-299-2583.

Angels and Airwaves: Soma,Thursday, March 13, 3350 Sports ArenaBoulevard, San Diego. 619-226-7662.

Built to Spill: Belly Up Tavern, Friday,March 21, 143 South Cedros Avenue,Solana Beach. 858-481-8140.

The Presidents of the UnitedStates of America: Belly Up Tavern,Saturday, March 22, 143 South CedrosAvenue, Solana Beach. 858-481-8140.

Janis Ian: AcousticMusicSanDiego,Thursday, March 27, 4650 MansfieldStreet, Normal Heights. 619-303-8176.

APRILBig Head Todd & the Monsters:House of Blues, Saturday, April 5, 1055Fifth Avenue, Gaslamp. 619-299-2583.

RBD: Coors Amphitheatre, Sunday,April 6, 2050 Entertainment Circle,Chula Vista. 619-671-3600.

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Phone: 619-677-BOWL (2695)

Now Booking: Every genre. Call Billy or Drew: 619-222-8131. www.myspace.com/kidslam

Friday 1/4

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Now Hiring Sound Engineers & Bartenders

Free Wi-Fi • DAILY HAPPY HOUR 4-7 PM • No Cover

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Thursday 1/3Karl Strauss Night featuring

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All shows start at 9 pm, doors open at 8 pm.

Thursdays 18+ • Fridays & Saturdays 21+

Jon Lovitz Comedy Club @ Aubergine500 4th Ave. and Island • Downtown San Diego • 619-857-7222

www.jonlovitzcomedyclub.com • myspace.com/lovitzcomedyclub

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Ministry: House of Blues, Monday,April 7, 1055 Fifth Avenue, Gaslamp.619-299-2583.

Avril Lavigne and Boys Like Girls:Cox Arena, Wednesday, April 30, SDSUcampus, College Area. 619-594-0429.

MAYNightwish: House of Blues, Friday,May 23, 1055 Fifth Avenue, Gaslamp.619-299-2583.

JUNEThe Cure: Cox Arena, Tuesday, June 3,SDSU campus, College Area. 619-594-0429.

JULYRichard Cheese & LoungeAgainst the Machine: House ofBlues, Saturday, July 26, 1055 FifthAvenue, Gaslamp. 619-299-2583.

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If you would like to include your DJevent, e-mail [email protected] orsubmit a listing online atSanDiegoReader.com by clicking onthe music section. Deadline is 5 p.m.Friday, the week prior to publication.The listings are free.

Air Conditioned: Wednesdays, ClubNigel, Steve West and DJ SG spin the’80s. Thursdays, Too Cool for School, old-skool hip-hop, and ’80s. Fridays, raregroove, funk, and disco. Saturdays,Cocktail Party, dance in your dazzlingduds. Sundays, guest DJ night. Mondays,

hip-hop, funk, and soul with DJ 1979.Tuesdays, Big Sonic Chill, dream-popbliss. 4673 30th Street, North Park.619-501-9831.

Brass Rail: Third Thursday of themonth, Pussy Galore, live bands with DJRobin Roth spinning electro, indie, and’80s. Second Friday of the month, ClubFashion Whore, fashion show anddiscotheque. Fourth Friday of the month,Sabbat, old skool’80s, gothic, andindustrial with DJs Atom, Liquid Grey,and guests. 3796 Fifth Avenue, Hillcrest.619-298-2233.

Candelas: Thursdays, deep soulfulhouse by DJ ALA and guests. 416 ThirdAvenue, downtown. 619-702-4455.

The Flame: Second Saturday of themonth, Sabbat, gothic and industrialwith DJs Robin Roth, Adam, andDiskdroid. 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.; 21 and up.3780 Park Boulevard, Hillcrest.619-295-4163.

Inferno Young Adult Nightclub:Fridays and Saturdays, DJ Kool T spinsTop 40, techno, and ’80s. 9 p.m. to1:15 a.m., high school students and up.775 Metcalf Street, Escondido.760-741-1271.

Kadan: First Saturday of the month,BrokenBeat Night, live electronic, crunk,and glitch hop. 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.; 21 andup. No cover. 4696 30th Street, NorthPark. 619-640-2500.

The Kava Lounge: First Saturday ofthe month, Ascension, undergrounddance music with DJs Robin Roth andTom King. No cover. 2812 KettnerBoulevard, Middletown. 619-543-0933.

Moondoggies Pacific Beach:Saturdays, What’s Good with DJs Enigmaand Cisco. Hip-hop, R&B, and Top 40.9 p.m. No cover. 832 Garnet Avenue,Pacific Beach. 858-483-6550.

Static Lounge: First Friday of themonth, West Coast mash-up sessions,drum ’n’ bass, jungle, and ragga. FourthFriday of the month, Club Pop Noir,electro, ’80s, and indie with DJGroundfloor and Edgartronic. 634Broadway (between Sixth and SeventhAvenue), downtown. 619-544-1609.

Tio Leo’s: Thursdays, zydeco dancewith DJ Gator Boy. 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

5302 Napa Street, Morena District.619-542-1462.

Whiskey Girl: Fridays and Saturdays,DJ Marc Thrasher mixes music videos.Sundays, 10 Spot Sundays, DJ FamousDave mixes video requests. Mondays,Manic Mondays, DJ Marc Thrasher mixes’80s and ’90s videos. Tuesdays andWednesdays, DJ Famous Dave mixesmusic videos. 9 p.m.; 21 and up. 600Fifth Avenue, downtown. 619-236-1616.

The Whistle Stop: Second Friday ofthe month, Pussy Galore Stripped, livebands with DJ Robin Roth spinningelectro, indie, and ’80s. 2236 Fern Street(corner of 30th and Juniper), South Park.619-284-6784.

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If you wish to submit a listing, call619-235-3000, ext. 405, night or day by5 p.m. Friday, the week prior topublication. To send weekly or monthlyschedules, fax to 760-788-1309 or mailto Reader Music Scene, P.O. Box 85803,San Diego CA 92186-5803. You mayalso submit information online atSanDiegoReader.com by clicking onthe music section.

BEACHESBahia Resort Hotel, 998 WestMission Bay Drive, Mission Beach.858-488-0551. Tangier Lounge:

Thursday, 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., Friday andSaturday, 9 p.m. to midnight, andWednesday, 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., John Cain,international/jazz/blues/Latin/pop/standards.

’Canes, 3105 Ocean Front Walk,Mission Beach. 858-488-1780. Friday,8 p.m., Faded Chroniclez, rock. Saturday,8 p.m., Mystic Roots, Shaka Buku,Carbine, and the Wylde Bunch,reggae/pop/hip-hop/funk/indie/rock.

Ché Café, UCSD Campus, 9500Gilman Drive, Student Center B-0323C,La Jolla. 858-534-2311. Saturday, 6 p.m.,Defiance, This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb, andVena Cava, 8:30 p.m., Get Back Loretta,the Atoms, and the Vision of a DyingWorld, indie/rock/soul/punk.

Dreamstreet, 2228 Bacon Street,Ocean Beach. 619-222-8131. Thursday,Blue’s Ruby, Bordertown Bust, and J.D.Combs and the Soul Stealers, rock/blues.Friday, Ayva, Big Tooth Comb, Muzzle,and Encurses, alternative rock. Saturday,Medius, the Dead Serial Killers, andHandguns and Heroin, hardcore/deathmetal. Wednesday, Alexxx and Dethrattle,hardcore/metal.

E Street Cafe, 128 E Street, Encinitas.760-230-2038. Music is acoustic/folkunless otherwise noted. Thursday,7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Joseph Angelastro,jazz. Friday, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. JenKnight, 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., DianeWaters. Saturday, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.,Scott Gates, bluegrass, 8 p.m. to9:30 p.m., the Smart Brothers.

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“I wasn’t a singer,” says Jeannie Cheatham

after I tell her how much I have enjoyed her

singing over the years. “I was always a

piano player that played for other vocalists.”

Maybe so, but I’m not the only person that

ever heard her belt out a Kansas City–style

rag or two. “Jeannie Cheatham,” a critic

once wrote, “sings the blues with remark-

able energy and in another era would have

been regarded as one of the greats.” Twice

nominated for W.C. Handy Awards (the

blues equivalent of the Grammy), Cheatham

toured the club circuit back East in the

’50s, ’60s, and ’70s and backed acts such

as Big Mama Thornton and Jimmy Rushing

and Larry Darnell. “I was an accompanist,”

Cheatham says, “all the way till I got to San

Diego.” That would have

been 1978, the year she

came here with her trom-

bone-playing husband,

Jimmy.

The Cheathams started

a weekly jam at the Bahia.

Jimmy took a job as music

professor at UCSD. Eventu-

ally the Cheathams launched

the Sweet Baby Blues

Band, a good-timing New

Orleans–influenced big band

that took off. They were fea-

tured guests at all of the

major blues and jazz festi-

vals across the country.

“We are the last and the

only band playing this type

of music in the world,” said Jeannie. The

group was scheduled to play the Kennedy

Center last year, a promise that Mrs.

Cheatham kept even though Jimmy died in

January. Jeannie recently published her auto-

biography — at her UCSD gig she will read

selections from the book and perform songs

that illustrate the era from which her memoir

was taken.

I ask her if the band is finished, and

she says, “No,” with this caveat: “My

mother told me — she’s 99 — she says,

‘Now listen, Jeannie. Remember: You’re 80

goin’ towards 90, not 80 goin’ towards 40.”

Cheatham laughs. “I said, ‘Thanks a lot,

Mom.’ ”

JEANNIE CHEATHAM, Geisel Library,

UCSD, Sunday, January 6, 4 p.m. 858-

534-8074. No cover.

BY DAVE GOOD

JEANNIE CHEATHAM

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All shows are 21 years and up.

Wednesday, January 98 pm • Sweet Soul Music

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Thursday, January 3

8 pm • Classic Rock

Rockola

Saturday, January 5Friday, January 4

6 pm • Motown The Corvelles

9:30 pm • Dance

AtomicGroove

9:30 pm • Latin Rock

Viva Santana

UPCOMING SHOWS

Friday, January 18

Crush

Friday, January 11

Roy Gaineswith Laurie Morvan

Saturday, February 2

JohnNemeth

Monday, January 7

7 pm • Blues

Chet Cannon’sBlue MondayBlues Party

Sunday, January 6

8 pm • Smooth Jazz

Tuesday, January 87 pm • Chicago Blues

Bill Magee

DaryllWilliams

Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., Doug Strock, jazzpiano.

Hennessey’s Tavern (PB), 4650Mission Boulevard, Pacific Beach.858-483-8847. Friday, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.,Ace Tropics, rock. Saturday, Willie, surfrock.

Jack’s Restaurant, 7863 GirardAvenue, La Jolla. 858-456-8115.Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, 6 p.m.to 10 p.m., Larry White, contemporaryjazz.

The Kraken, 2531 Old Highway 101,Cardiff. 760-436-6483. Friday, the BillMagee Blues Band. Saturday, Funky Pox.Sunday, the Blues Brokers, blues jam.

La Valencia Hotel, 1132 ProspectStreet, La Jolla. 858-454-0771. Friday andSaturday, 7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m., also,Sunday and Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., RickRoss, piano/jazz.

The Lodge at Torrey Pines, 11480N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla. 619-453-4420. Grill: Friday and Saturday,6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Mike Nelson, solojazz guitar.

Manhattan Restaurant (at theEmpress Hotel), 7766 Fay Avenue, LaJolla. 858-459-0700. Thursday, 8 p.m. to10:30 p.m., Tokeli and Friends, jazz.Saturday, 9 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., the TokeliJazz Quintet.

710 Beach Club, 710 Garnet Avenue,Pacific Beach. 858-483-7844. Friday,Media Lab, October Burning, and Kavena,metal/hardcore/rock/punk. Saturday,Strive Roots, reggae.

Shooters Bar and Grill, Sheraton LaJolla, 3299 Holiday Court, La Jolla.858-453-5500. Tuesday, 7 p.m. to11 p.m., John Cain, internationaljazz/blues/Latin/pop/standards.

Tiki House, 1152 Garnet Avenue,Pacific Beach. 858-273-9734. Friday,Canon Ball, rock. Saturday, Kevin NeverTalks, rock. Wednesday, the AncientSunrise, blues/rock.

Turquoise Cafe, 873 TurquoiseStreet, Pacific Beach. 858-488-4200.Thursday, jazz trio. Friday, jazz quartet.Saturday, Latin jazz. Sunday,eclectic/world music. Monday, Blue 44.jazz. Wednesday, blues.

Winstons, 1921 Bacon Street, OceanBeach. 619-222-6822. Thursday, 9 p.m.,S.A.T.O.R.I. Friday, 9 p.m.,Superunloader, alternative/rock/blues.Saturday, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Deepwater,blues, 9 p.m., the Devastators,reggae/dub. Monday, 9 p.m., the ElectricWaste Band, classic rock Tuesday,Pleasure Device and Early Autumn,alternative rock. Wednesday, 9 p.m., liverock.

DOWNTOWNAnthology, 1337 India Street, SanDiego. 619-595-0300. Friday, the DetroitUnderground, rock/soul. Saturday,Michael Ward, jazz.

Blarney Stone Pub, 502 FifthAvenue, downtown. 619-233-8519.Friday and Saturday, Steve Brewer, classicrock.

Borders Books and Music(Gaslamp), 668 Sixth Avenue, SanDiego. 619-702-4200. Saturday, 8 p.m.,Melissa Vaughan, folk.

The Casbah, 2501 Kettner Boulevard,midtown. 619-232-HELL. Thursday, theDrowning Men and China Clippers,rock/alternative. Friday, Supernova andBad Credit, rock/hip-hop/alternative.Saturday, the Creepy Creeps and the Lordsof Altamont, punk.

Croce’s Jazz Bar, 802 Fifth Avenue,downtown. 619-233-4355. Music is jazz.Thursday, 8 p.m., Warren Lovell. Friday,8:30 p.m., Yavez. Saturday, 8:30 p.m.,Primo. Sunday, the Archtones. Monday,Dave Scott. Tuesday, Shep Meyers.Wednesday, Sue Palmer.

Dakota Grill and Spirits, 901 FifthAvenue, downtown. 619-234-5554.Thursday, Friday, and Saturday,contemporary piano.

Dick’s Last Resort, 345 FourthAvenue, downtown. 619-231-9100.Thursday, 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., Blue Rockit,blues/rock. Friday, 7:30 p.m. to12:30 a.m., Private Domain, rock androll. Saturday, 7:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.,Blue Rockit. Sunday, 6:30 p.m. to10:30 p.m., the Ideas, classic rock.Tuesday, 8 p.m., Elvis at Dicks.Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.,Private Domain, unplugged, rock.

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Barrington Levy

Capleton

Midnite

Don Carlos

Sly & Robbie

Gentleman

Gregory Isaacs

Queen Ifrica

Cultura Profetica

Martin Campbell

Cherine Anderson

Tribal Seeds lineup subject to change

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Tickets available at all outlets: Arts Tix, 32nd Street NAS, SDSU Aztec Center, Cox Arena Box Office,

UCSD University Events Office, ROOTS OUTLETS: TRADE ROOTS • REGGAE WORLD • DREAM CRYSTAL • LOU’S RECORDS • EARTH CULTURE

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Redskins and Chargers Headquarters.Two new 12-ft. High-Def projectionscreens. All other games shown.

Comedy Open Mic 6-7 PM

Sat.1/5

5-8 PM: Winstons GameDay with the Wii

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NFL FOOTBALLWild Card Weekend

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Two 12´ High-Def TVsDrink and Food Specials

1/10: SWEETTOOTH

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1/25: HOT BUTTERED RUM

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San Diego. 858-270-7467. Saturday,8 p.m., Gilbert Castellanos, Latin jazz.

G5-Georges on Fifth, 835 FifthAvenue (between E and F Streets),downtown. 619-702-0444. Thursday,Friday, Saturday, and Wednesday, TomBarabas, pianist.

House of Blues, 1055 Fifth Avenue,downtown. 619-299-2583. Saturday, theCircle Jerks, punk.

Jimmy Love’s, 672 Fifth Avenue(corner of Fifth and G), downtown.619-595-0123. Thursday and Sunday,6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m., Masterpiece,jazz/R&B. Friday, 9:45 p.m., live dancemusic. Saturday, 9:45 p.m., Diva Soul,disco/Top 40. Monday, 6:30 p.m. to11 p.m., Insight, jazz. Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.to 11 p.m., Mystique, jazz/R&B.Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m., theSoul Revue, dance/Top 40.

Patrick’s II, 428 F Street, downtown.619-233-3077. Music is blues/soul unlessotherwise noted. Thursday, Ronnie Laneand the Texas Twisters. Friday, 5 p.m. to8:30 p.m., Ronnie Lane and the TexasTwisters, 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., Nik Simon.Saturday, Aunt Kizzy’z Boyz. Sunday,Chet Cannon and the Committee.Monday, Shelle. Tuesday, the 145th StreetDeluxe Blues Band. Wednesday, the BillMagee Blues Band.

Rock Bottom, 401 G Street, Gaslamp.619-231-7000. Friday, DJ Mylar.Saturday, Superfly and Crush, rock/funk.

Sevilla, 555 Fourth Avenue, downtown.619-233-5979. Club Salsa: Thursday,Primo, Latin jazz/salsa. Tuesday, WalterII y Rumbaney, salsa.

The Westgate Hotel, 1055 SecondAvenue, downtown. 619-238-1818. ThePlaza Bar: Monday through Friday,5 p.m. to 7 p.m., the Prince of Piano,piano/pop.

Evening Entertainment: Thursdayand Friday, 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., Fran

Loskota, pop/jazz. Saturday, 8 p.m. tomidnight, Karen Giorgio, cabaret. Sundayand Monday, 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., Julio dela Huerta, Latin. Tuesday andWednesday, 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., FaithPage, international/standards.

Worldbeat Center, 2100 ParkBoulevard, Balboa Park. 619-230-1190.Friday, 8:30 p.m., Tribal Seeds andRebelution, reggae.

SAN DIEGOAlbie’s Beef Inn, 1201 Hotel CircleSouth, San Diego. 619-291-1103. Friday,6:30 p.m., Saturday, 7 p.m., and Tuesday,6:30 p.m., David Timothy Smith, pianobar.

American Legion Post 310, 46547th Street, San Diego. 619-264-1919.Thursday, 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., thePost 310 Blues Band. Sunday, 5 p.m. to8 p.m., Willovealot, smooth jazz/funk.

Borders Books and Music(Mission Valley), 1072 Camino delRio North, Mission Valley. 619-295-2201. Friday, 8 p.m., Tom Boyer,acoustic.

Brass Rail, 3796 Fifth Avenue, SanDiego. 619-298-2233. Thursday,9:30 p.m., Rhythm and the Method,rock/blues.

Brick by Brick, 1130 Buenos Avenue,Bay Park. 619-275-LIVE. Friday, JeffBloom and the Reggae Allstars, GuavaBelly, Sandollar, and the Lloyd St. Rockers,rock/reggae. Saturday, In Every Breath,Soundescape, Lunar Fiction, Unbeknown,Feeling of Hate, and Alyssa Jacey,metal/rock.

Epicentre, 8450 Mira Mesa Boulevard,Mira Mesa. 858-271-4000. Saturday,Yovee and the Shenanigans,alternative/indie/ska/punk.

The Gordon Biersch Brewery,5010 Mission Center Road, San Diego.619-688-1120. Friday, Stranger,reggae/rock/soul.

The Handlery Hotel and Resort,950 Hotel Circle North, San Diego.619-298-0511. Friday, 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.,and Wednesday, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.,Christopher Dale, acoustic pop.

Humphrey’s, Half Moon Inn, 2241Shelter Island Drive, Shelter Island.

619-224-3577. Backstage Lounge:Thursday, 8 p.m. to midnight, Rockola,classic rock. Friday, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., theCorvelles, Motown; 9:30 p.m. to1:30 a.m., Atomic Groove, dance music.Saturday, 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., VivaSantana, Latin rock. Sunday, 10 a.m. to2 p.m., Aubrey Fay, smooth jazz; 8 p.m.to midnight, Daryll Williams, smoothjazz. Monday, 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., ChetCannon, blues jam. Tuesday, 7 p.m. to11 p.m., Bill Magee. Wednesday, 8 p.m.to midnight, the Soul Persuaders, sweetsoul music.

The Imperial House, 505 KalmiaStreet, San Diego. 619-234-3525. Fridayand Saturday, 7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.,Rick Lyon, pop standards/Top 40/variety.

JP’s Pub, 10436 Clairemont MesaBoulevard, Tierrasanta. 858-576-2509.Friday, 9 p.m., West of 5, classic tomodern rock.

Kadan’s, 4696 30th Street, San Diego.619-640-2500. Monday, MayhemMondays, punk rock.

The Kensington Club, 4079 AdamsAvenue, Kensington. 619-284-2848.Friday, Cabron!, Gorilla Guerilla, and theHomeless Sexuals,punk/hardcore/rock/indie. Saturday,Roman Spring, Roxy Jones, Chase Frank,and the Soft Hands,soul/experimental/indie/rock.

Lestat’s Coffee House, 3343 AdamsAvenue, Normal Heights. 619-282-0437.Music is acoustic/folk unless otherwisenoted. Thursday, Annie Bethancourt andWhitton. Friday, Mojave, the SmartBrothers, and Tempo No Tempo,rock/alternative. Saturday, Gregory Page.Sunday, Anna Troy, Johnny Nicholson,and Nathan Reich.

Martini’s Above Fourth, 3940Fourth Avenue, San Diego. 619-293-

0232. Saturday, 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.,Vintage Vegas, jazz.

Miami Grille (UTC), 4545 La JollaVillage Drive, San Diego. 858-552-0668.Thursday and Sunday, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.,Jeff Blum, Cuban jazz.

O’Connell’s Pub and Nightclub,1310 Morena Boulevard, Bay Park.619-276-5637. Friday, Just Like Jenna andthe Common Loon,rock/punk/alternative. Saturday, Ricksha,the Lonely Mattress Salesman, and theFUUSA, rock/alternative/pop. Monday,Mystery Train, blues. Tuesday, Batmanvs. Predator, the Royalty, and Lusitania,experimental/indie/pop/Americana.Wednesday, Soundbone and After theCrash, rock/alternative.

The Ould Sod, 3373 Adams Avenue,Normal Heights. 619-284-6594. Friday,Billy Midnight, rock/country. Tuesday,traditional Irish folk.

Padre Gold, 7245 Linda Vista Road,San Diego. 858-277-8681. Monday,7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., the Jazz Project BigBand, big-band swing.

Pal Joey’s, 5147 Waring Road, AlliedGardens. 619-286-7873. Friday andSaturday, the Blues Invaders, blues.

Ramada Inn, 5550 Kearny Mesa Road,Kearny Mesa. 619-596-9777. ProudMary’s Restaurant: Wednesday, 6 p.m. to9 p.m., Keith Jacobsen, smooth jazzsaxophone.

Second Wind, 8515 Navajo Road, SanCarlos. 619-465-1730. Friday andSaturday, Serious Guise, classic rock.

Soma, 3350 Sports Arena Boulevard,San Diego. 619-226-SOMA. Friday,Animal Corpse, Crimson Knight, StilettoSilhouette, Sergulath, Abomination, andDiabolical Slaughter, metal. Saturday,Hello Marquee, a Dull Science, Let Live,Flight to Athena, Invictus, a Shattered

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It’s probably a bad idea to name your band

with a Beatles reference, especially if you

write melodic, exquisitely arranged guitar-pop

songs with lots of vocal harmonies. That’s

like having a Led Zeppelin-y hard-rock band

and naming it Bustle in Your Hedgerow: You

don’t want to set your audience’s expecta-

tions too high before you’ve played a note.

But Get Back Loretta does something

a little different: The San Diego band takes

its name from the lyrics of one of the small

number of bad songs in the Lennon-McCart-

ney canon, from the album Let It Be. (Imagine

if the Beatles’ discography were released in

reverse order: After Let It

Be and Yellow Submarine

they would have been

dropped by their record

company before they ever

got to Abbey Road.)

Where was I? Oh,

yeah: The audience is sit-

ting there, with expectations

high, maybe, but a little con-

fused. And here comes Get

Back Loretta, five dorky-

looking, even dorkier-acting

guys. They’re smiling, and

they’re cracking jokes, and

the girls in the front row are

cheering, and everyone else

can’t decide if the band’s

shlubbiness is endearing or

sort of irritating. And then Get Back Loretta

starts to play, and they’ve got the melodies

and the harmonies and guitars and keyboards

and a really nimble-sounding drummer. They

come out singing the song “Mr. Brown,” which

has a line that goes: “So we march through

the trees/ With our two-part harmonies,” and

it doesn’t really sound like the Beatles. It

sounds like an updated, more commercial

XTC. It sure doesn’t sound like “Get Back,”

but it sounds really good.

GET BACK LORETTA, Ché Café, Saturday,

January 5, 8:30 p.m. 619-534-2311. $20.

BY WILLIAM CRAIN

GET BACK LORETTA

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Friday, January 4

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“Going the Distance”

(Leukemia Benefit) featuring

IN EVERY BREATH

SOUNDESCAPE

LUNAR FICTION

ESCAPE NOTE

FEELING OF HATE

ALYSSA JACEY

Friday, January 11

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BITCHFITS(All-Girl Misfits Tribute)

NOISEGOD


FADED CHRONICLEZ

BLUE SKY BLONDE

HAVEN BORN

THE OUTSIDE VIEW(Reunion Show)

Wednesday, January 23

PROJECT ANALOGUE

DAPPER DANS

MADDOX REVOLUTION

Friday, January 25

STARING AT STRANGE

CITY LIKES ADDICTION

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SAN DIEGO(continued)

Hope, and the Shenanigans,hardcore/punk/ska.

South Park Bar and Grill, 1946Fern Street, San Diego. 619-696-0096.Thursday, J.J. Lim’s Jazz Jam. Friday,7 p.m. to 9:15 p.m., live jazz. Saturday,blues jam session. Sunday, 6 p.m. to9 p.m., Tim Ninnink and Doug Walker,modern jazz.

Tio Leo’s, 10787 Camino Ruiz, MiraMesa. 858-695-1461. Saturday,Masterpiece, jazz/R&B.

NORTH COUNTYThe Alley, 421 Grand Avenue,Carlsbad. 760-434-1173. Thursday,Friday, and Saturday, the Love Rangers,dance.

Belly Up Tavern, 143 South CedrosAvenue, Solana Beach. 858-481-9022.Thursday, the Sin City Allstars, MikeStinson, the Slidewinders, and Eve Selis,rock/metal/country. Friday, 9 p.m., ElijahEmanuel and the Revelutions, the Hi-Lites,and Blackheart Warriors Hi-Fi,reggae/ska/roots/dub. Saturday, 9 p.m.,Rickie Lee Jones, pop/jazz/folk rock.Sunday, 8 p.m., Primo, Latin jazz/salsa.Wednesday, 8 p.m., David Lindley andJack Tempchin, acoustic/rock/blues/folk.

Bistro 221, 221 Grand Avenue,Escondido. 760-737-7398. Friday andSaturday, Donnie Finnell and CompanyEast, standards and light jazz.

The Book Works/Pannikin Cafe,Flower Hill Mall, I-5 at Via de la Valle,Del Mar. 858-755-3735. Friday, 8 p.m.,Josiah, solo guitar.

Borders Books and Music(Carlsbad), 1905 Calle Barcelona,Carlsbad. 760-479-0242. Friday, 8 p.m.,Derrick Boess, American folk/acoustic.

Borders Books and Music(Carmel Mountain), 11160 RanchoCarmel Drive, Carmel Mountain.858-618-1814. Saturday, 8 p.m., StevenYbarra, acoustic pop.

Carvers, 11940 Bernardo Plaza Drive,Rancho Bernardo. 858-566-2400. Fridayand Saturday, Nite Hawk, classic rock.

Coyote Bar and Grill, 300 CarlsbadVillage Drive, Carlsbad. 760-729-4695.Thursday, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., Boneyard,rock. Friday, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., theBackwater Blues Band. Saturday, 6 p.m.to 10 p.m., the Jerry McCann Band,rock/reggae/R&B. Sunday, 5 p.m. to9 p.m., Reggie Smith and Pressed for Time,jazz. Wednesday, Ronnie Lane,rock/blues.

Cuvee Restaurant, 2334 CarmelValley Road, Del Mar. 858-259-5878.Monday, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Sambajazz,Brazilian and American jazz.

The Flying Bridge, 1105 North CoastHighway, Oceanside. 760-722-1151.Sunday, 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., Z-Bop,jazz/swing/standards.

The Hot Java Cafe, 11738 CarmelMountain Road, Suite 182, CarmelMountain. 858-673-7111. Friday, 8 p.m.,Sharon Hazel Township, indie folk/rock.

The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe, 5951Linea del Cielo, Rancho Santa Fe.858-756-1131. Thursday, Tuesday, andWednesday, 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., JerryMelnick, jazz/variety piano.

The Jumping Turtle, 1660 CapalinaRoad, San Marcos. 760-741-7778. Friday,8:30 p.m., the Dajjal Persona and Downfrom the Gallows, metal/hardcore.Saturday, 8:30 p.m., Cage, Call ofThousands, Sator Square, and Mordium,metal.

La Costa Resort and Spa, 2100Costa Del Mar Road, Carlsbad. 760-438-9111. Spa: Friday, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.,Adrienne Nims and Spirit Wind, globaljazz.

Mas Fina Cantina, 2780 State Street,Carlsbad. 760-434-3497. Wednesday,8 p.m. to midnight, Mike Gardner,acoustic rock/folk.

McCabe’s Beach Club, 1145 SouthTremont Street, Oceanside. 760-439-6646. Friday, 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., theCalifornia Rangers, country.

Mille Fleurs, 6009 Paseo Delicias,Rancho Santa Fe. 858-756-3085.Wednesday through Saturday, Tad Sisslerand Randy Beecher, piano/lounge.

North Bar Sports and Spirits, 200West El Norte Parkway, Escondido.760-480-8228. Thursday, 6 p.m. to10 p.m., Mike Gardner, acousticrock/folk.

Ocean House, 300 Carlsbad VillageDrive, Carlsbad. 760-729-4131. Friday,9 p.m. to midnight, the Band in Black,rockabilly. Saturday, 9 p.m. to midnight,live rock.

Pounders, 125 West Grand Avenue,Escondido. 760-739-1288. Friday andSaturday, Stone Wolf, classic rock.

Rancho Bernardo Inn, 17550Bernardo Oaks Drive, Rancho Bernardo.858-675-8500. El Bizcocho Restaurant:Friday, 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., andSaturday, 6 p.m. to 11 p.m., Jerry Melnickand Tom Bishop, jazz/variety.

Surf N’Saddle, 123 West Plaza Street(Lomas Santa Fe and Highway 101),Solana Beach. 858-755-9474. Friday, theRepublic, rock.

SOUTHBAY/CORONADOBorders Books and Music (ChulaVista), 878 Eastlake Parkway, Suite 210.Chula Vista. 619-482-9883. Saturday,8 p.m., Jacqueline Grace, hip-hop/dance/pop rock.

The Butcher Shop, 556 Broadway,Chula Vista. 619-420-9440. Thursday,Friday, Saturday, and Wednesday,8 p.m., Ray Correa, standards/pop/Latin.

Galley at the Marina, 550 MarinaParkway, Chula Vista. 619-422-5714.Saturday, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., Toni Valdezand the Fahlguyz, blues.

Hotel del Coronado, 1550 OrangeAvenue, Coronado. 619-435-6611.Babcock and Story: Thursday throughSunday, 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., TonyLasley, Latin jazz. Friday and Saturday,8:30 p.m., Ray Briz, pianist. Monday,4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Gonzo Gonzales.Tuesday and Wednesday, Jim Gibson,guitarist.

1500 Ocean: Thursday, Friday,Saturday, and Sunday, 9 p.m. tomidnight, Tony Lasley, jazz guitar.

Crown Room: Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to2:30 p.m., Ray Briz, pianist, 9 a.m. to4 p.m., Ping Hu, harpist.

Island Sports and Spirits, 104Orange Avenue, Coronado. 619-435-3456. Friday, Ron’s Garage, classic rock.Saturday, Jesus Jackson, acoustic.

McP’s Irish Pub and Grill, 1107Orange Avenue, Coronado. 619-435-5280. Thursday, 8 p.m. to midnight, liveacoustic. Friday, Toni Valdez and theFahlguyz, blues. Saturday, 4-Way Street,classic rock. Sunday, Jim Moore, acousticfolk. Monday, Gene Warren, Irish folk.Tuesday, Jackson and Jesus, acoustic.Wednesday, Laguna, classic rock.

EAST COUNTYBorders Books and Music (ElCajon), 159 Parkway Plaza, El Cajon.

619-593-5119. Friday, 7 p.m., Johnson,Bosley, and Morin, acoustic trio.

Dirk’s Niteclub, 7662 Broadway,Lemon Grove. 619-469-6344. Friday andSaturday, Full Xposure, classic rock.

Fannie’s Nightclub, 9143 CampoRoad, Spring Valley. 619-698-2204.Thursday, the Cory Wilkins Band, rock.Friday and Saturday, live rock.

Second Wind, 8528 MagnoliaAvenue, Santee. 6019-596-8350.Thursday, 8 p.m., Paratrooper, alternativerock. Friday and Saturday, Nemesis,classic rock.

Tommy’s Italian Restaurant, 1190North Second Street, El Cajon. 619-440-2676. Friday, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., Franco Z,standards/swing/jazz.

ALTERNATIVE Abomination: Soma

Alexxx: Dreamstreet

Ayva: Dreamstreet

Big Tooth Comb: Dreamstreet

Chase Frank: The Kensington Club

China Clippers: The Casbah

The Circle Jerks: House of Blues

The Common Loon: O’Connell’sPub and Nightclub

The Creepy Creeps: The Casbah

The Dead Serial Killers:Dreamstreet

Defiance: Ché Café

Dethrattle: Dreamstreet

A Dull Science: Soma

Early Autumn: Winstons

Encurses: Dreamstreet

Feeling of Hate: Brick By Brick

Flight to Athena: Soma

Get Back Loretta: Ché Café

Gorilla Guerilla: The KensingtonClub

Handguns and Heroin: Dreamstreet

Hello Marquee: Soma

The Homeless Sexuals: TheKensington Club

Invictus: Soma

Roxy Jones: The Kensington Club

Medius: Dreamstreet

Paratrooper: Second Wind (Santee)

Pleasure Device: Winstons

The Royalty: O’Connell’s Pub andNightclub

A Shattered Hope: Soma

Soundescape: Brick By Brick

Superunloader: Winstons

This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb: Ché Café

Vena Cava: Ché Café

The Vision of a Dying World: ChéCafé

The Wylde Bunch: ’Canes

Yovee: Epicentre

ROCK Ace Tropics: Hennessey’s Tavern (PB)

After the Crash: O’Connell’s Pub andNightclub

The Ancient Sunrise: Tiki House

Animal Corpse: Soma

Atoms: Ché Café

Blue’s Ruby: Dreamstreet

Boneyard: Coyote Bar and Grill

Steve Brewer: Blarney Stone Pub

Cabrón!: The Kensington Club

Cage: The Jumping Turtle

Call of Thousands: The JumpingTurtle

Canon Ball: Tiki House

J.D. Combs and the SoulStealers: Dreamstreet

Crimson Knight: Soma

The Dajjal Persona: The JumpingTurtle

The Detroit Underground:Anthology

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“slightly talented beach jam-

band pabulum” and “over-

wrought pretentiousness.”

Agave goes out of its way

to be inaccessible; they’ve

specialized themselves to

death. They’re a post-reggae

beach jam band without an

island sensibility. The people

I let listen to Radiates Your

Head with me said either, “I

don’t like beach music” or

“I’m not really into jam bands.”

Agave is damned if they Phish

and damned if they Marley.

Look past their unmixed

style to their raw talent and

they’re not bad. Although,

their writing is a bit sopho-

moric (see track 2, “Drippin’

Bitches,” for an account of

how a “booty drive a man

insane,” if you dare), but the

poppy soft-rock rhythm held

down by Metzger’s bass and

Flores’s percussion is catchy

and crisp. Tony Goncalves’s

vocals can either grate on the

ears or drive with high-key

passion and precision…along

the lines of horrid crap rocker

Geddy Lee of Rush.

Agave incorporates light

sound effects that lend the

album a bit of a dub feel, but

the band never drives home

any connection to a Jamaican/

Polynesian heritage. If you’re

new to San Diego and want

a beachy, marijuana-haze

night in a local beach bar,

hit up Agave.

Nothing can be said of

track 5, “Lazy Naked Sun-

days,” except it is down-

right irritating. The other

songs reach the ear some-

where in the range of

>hometown CDsBY OLLIE

Album: Radiates Your Head (2007)

Artist: Agave

Label: self-released

Where available/price: Lou’s Records in Encinitas and M-

Theory Music in Mission Hills for $10. Online at iTunes for $9.99

and CDBaby.com for $12.97.

Songs: 1) Radiates… 2) Drippin’ Bitches 3) On My Mind

4) She Is Green 5) Lazy Naked Sundays 6) Walkabout 7) The Point

8) Blown Out Day 9) Huevos con Queso 10) Viva Salsipuedes

11) Wake Up 12) Pulse 13) South Swell 14) Radiates Your Head

Band: Rusty Bishop (guitars, vocals), Chris Flores (drums, percussion,

vocals), Tony Goncalves (vocals), John Metzger (bass, vocals)

Agave

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ROCK (continued)

Diabolical Slaughter: Soma

Down from the Gallows: TheJumping Turtle

The Drowning Men: The Casbah

The Electric Waste Band:Winstons, Winstons

Faded Chroniclez: ’Canes

Full Xposure: Dirk’s Niteclub

Funky Pox: The Kraken

Mike Gardner: North Bar Sports andSpirits, Mas Fina Cantina

Guava Belly: Brick By Brick

The Ideas: Dick’s Last Resort

In Every Breath: Brick By Brick

Just Like Jenna: O’Connell’s Pub andNightclub

Kavena: 710 Beach Club

Kevin Never Talks: Tiki House

Laguna: McP’s Irish Pub and Grill

Red Lane: Coyote Bar and Grill

Let Live: Soma

The Lonely Mattress Salesman:O’Connell’s Pub and Nightclub

Lords of Altamont: The Casbah

Lunar Fiction: Brick By Brick

Media Lab: 710 Beach Club

Billy Midnight: The Ould Sod

Mordium: The Jumping Turtle

Muzzle: Dreamstreet

Nemesis: Second Wind (Santee)

Nite Hawk: Carvers

October Burning: 710 Beach Club

Private Domain: Dick’s Last Resort

The Republic: Surf N’Saddle

Rhythm and the Method: BrassRail

Ricksha: O’Connell’s Pub andNightclub

Rockola: Humphrey’s

Ron’s Garage: Island Sports andSpirits

Sandollar: Brick By Brick

Sator Square: The Jumping Turtle

Sergulath: Soma

Serious Guise: Second Wind (SanCarlos)

The Sin City Allstars: Belly UpTavern

The Slidewinders: Belly Up Tavern

The Soft Hands: The KensingtonClub

Soundbone: O’Connell’s Pub andNightclub

Stiletto Silhouette: Soma

Stone Wolf: Pounder’s

Supernova: The Casbah

Jack Tempchin: Belly Up Tavern

Tempo No Tempo: Lestat’s CoffeeHouse

Unbeknown: Brick By Brick

Viva Santana: Humphrey’s

West of 5: JP’s Pub

The Cory Wilkins Band: Fannie’sNightclub

POP / TOP 40 Atomic Groove: Humphrey’s

The Corvelles: Humphrey’s

Jacqueline Grace: Borders Books andMusic (Chula Vista)

Rickie Lee Jones: Belly Up Tavern

The Love Rangers: The Alley

Rick Lyon: The Imperial House

David Timothy Smith: Albie’s BeefInn

The Soul Revue: Jimmy Love’s

JAZZ / BIG BAND Joseph Angelastro: E Street Cafe

The Archtones: Croce’s Jazz Bar

Tom Bishop: Rancho Bernardo Inn

Jeff Blum: Miami Grille (UTC)

Ray Briz: Hotel del Coronado

Gilbert Castellanos: Dizzy’s

Aubrey Fay: Humphrey’s

Donnie Finnell and CompanyEast: Bistro 221

Yvonne Flores: Buon GiornoRestaurant

Jim Gibson: Hotel del Coronado

Insight: Jimmy Love’s

Keith Jacobsen: Ramada Inn

The Jazz Project Big Band: PadreGold

Fran Laskota: The Westgate Hotel

Tony Lasley: Hotel del Coronado

J.J. Lim’s Jazz Jam: South Park Barand Grill

Warren Lovell: Croce’s Jazz Bar

Madera: Buon Giorno Restaurant

Masterpiece: Tio Leo’s (Mira Mesa),Jimmy Love’s

Kevin McCully: The Westgate Hotel

Jerry Melnick: The Inn at RanchoSanta Fe, Rancho Bernardo Inn

The Shep Meyers Trio: Croce’s JazzBar

Mystique: Jimmy Love’s

Mike Nelson: The Lodge at TorreyPines

Adrienne Nims and Spirit Wind:La Costa Resort and Spa

Tim Ninnink: South Park Bar and Grill

One Thousand Eyes: Buon GiornoRestaurant

Sue Palmer: Croce’s Jazz Bar

Dan Papaila: The Lodge at TorreyPines

Primo: Sevilla, Croce’s Jazz Bar, BellyUp Tavern

The Prince of Piano: The WestgateHotel

Rick Ross: La Valencia Hotel

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Generally speaking, I’d say I actuallyliked it. That in itself surprises mebecause I would classify it as “punk,”and that’s not something that I’m ahuge fan of. It’s not Bad Brains in 1983or something that’s just way beyondme, but it actually reminds me ofsomething that’s more commercial, likeBad Religion. It comes in at under aminute — like, 48 seconds — but themusic’s tight, the vocals are clear. Onthat particular song, they have apoignant message. He said, “The stuffyou want is not always the stuff you getand the stuff you’ve got sometimesyou’d rather forget.” Personally, I wouldbuy that album.

It was a very dramatic reverie,reminiscent of an Ástor Piazzolla tango.The accordion playing was in thebackground. It’s got an Argentinaflavor, but that transposes to Berlin orNew York…it’s pretty cosmopolitan, Ithink. It’s really “soundtrack” stuff. Itwas all instrumental. In terms ofcommercial radio, it has potential forrecording and touring. I think it hasmore potential for advertising than itdoes for selling records. You got tohand it to them for pursuing that flavor.That’s the kind of band where you wantto be out on the town and wander inwhere they’re playing.

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a plastic surgeon named

Dr. Batra had a Christmas party

for his employees at a house in

Cardiff. The place was nice, and

I said to my girlfriend, “We’ll

get to see what kind of house a

plastic surgeon can afford.”

Turned out it was someone

else’s home.

Dr. Batra, noticing that I

wasn’t an employee or former

patient, came over and intro-

duced himself. I told him who I

was and then asked him about

what he did.

Aside from raking in big

bucks from people who want to

change their looks, he told me

about an organization he

founded called D.O.C.S., which

stands for “Doctors Offering

Charity Services.”

He told me about going to

Mexico to work on cleft lips and

palates. He was detained at the

border once for six hours while

trying to cross in his scrubs.

There was a lot of food on

the counter. I assumed it was

Indian food and stayed away

from it. Then the doctor’s sister

said, “It’s all Italian food that

was catered. We wanted Indian,

but everyone gets tired of us

always having Indian food.”

Since she’s a writer, among

other things, she told me about

something she was planning

that needed actor Keifer

Sutherland’s help. She told me

that because he was recently

jailed, she was going to write

him a letter every day for 24

straight days — play on his

show 24.

I saw a news story a few

days later that reported how

bored he was in jail and that he

hadn’t had any visitors, just

books to read.

I grabbed a few meatballs,

and the bartender working the

party hooked me up with a

pomegranate martini.

As I sipped my drink, I

asked Dr. Batra to tell me more

about D.O.C.S. He said they help

migrant workers, Native Ameri-

cans, and victims of domestic

violence.

I think he forced himself to

smile when I said, “It’s nice

that you do charitable stuff like

that and take a break from all

those breasts you slave over

daily.”

He pointed toward one of

his employees and said, “I did

her breasts.” She smiled and

posed. I said, “They, uh, look

lovely.” As we spoke, I won-

dered if women who have breast

implants mind if you stare at

them as you’re talking. You’d

think that they’d want to know

that the money they spent

didn’t go unnoticed. Just the

same, I maintained eye contact.

I overheard Dr. Batra talk-

ing about a VA hospital not tak-

ing care of its patients: “In a

way, I’m like Robin Hood. I get

paid from all these rich people

having face lifts, and I go over-

seas to help poor people...or

military personnel who aren’t

taken care of.”

He told me that he worked

on the grandson of author Tony

Hillerman. He said that Tony

gave him signed copies of one

of his novels. I said, “I would’ve

told him nothing says thanks

like having a character in a book

named after you.”

The caterers announced

that dinner was served. I

thought the food on the kitchen

counter was dinner. Apparently,

those dishes were appetizers, as

a buffet was set up in the living

room.

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Top left: The scar on Boris’s arm; Top right: Dr. Batra (middle);

Bottom right: Dr. Batra's sister (right)

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I asked Dr. Batra about

rapper Kanye West’s

mother, who recently died

during surgery. He sug-

gested that many people

are practicing who aren’t

properly licensed. He then

told me that he was offered

the job working on the

show The Swan five years

ago. He didn’t like the

premise, how there’d be

people who felt like ugly

ducklings.

I sat next to a couple

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squeeze it?”

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interesting accents. I

thought they were from

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tive mortgage broker and I

can’t remember what Boris

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ments. I asked him if he

had any stories about the

doctor, and he rolled up his

sleeve and showed me a

huge scar. He said Dr. Batra

was in Temecula but rushed

back after a big piece of

glass got lodged in his arm.

They almost had to ampu-

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surgery, Dr. Batra saved

Boris’s limb.

Dr. Batra came over

and finished the story, say-

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proof that the surgery I did

was necessary. I went on

the national news talking

about what they were

doing, and the day before

one of the programs was

going to air, they called to

say they reversed their

decision.”

I had another event to

go to that night, and after

finishing my dinner, I was

going to sneak out. Then Dr.

Batra started talking about

each of his employees. I

thought it would be rude to

walk out in the middle of it.

Some of the stories

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was punctured three weeks

into his practice. Saline

shot into the air. They

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if he was going to hire the

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your ally. But he talks shit

about you, too.” Everyone

laughed.

Dr. Batra’s parents sat

on the couch and made con-

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mom was dressed in tradi-

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brief conversation with

them and was glad that they

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feel bad when someone has

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His parents are from

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The Year in Review. A woman at a localmall, recently interviewed on TV, summedup 2007 with one look. Asked why Christ-

mas shopping was down this season, she replied,“Well, we had these fires, and gas prices arethrough the moon, and…” —and as she continued, her eyessearched the reporter’s, as if toask, “Where the hell have youbeen?”

In theater, 2007 should be remembered, firstand foremost, as the year Craig Noel received theprestigious National Medal of the Arts. In aWhite House ceremony on November 19, Noelaccepted the award “for his decades of leader-ship as a pillar of the American theater. As adirector of hundreds of plays and a mentor togenerations of artists, his work has inspired au-diences and theater producers across the nation.”

Were the lifetime achievement award be-stowed 20 years ago, when Noel was 72 and hadalready earned it, the nation might have won-dered, “Craig who? San Diego what?” But sinceour theater community has expanded by leapsand bounds in the past two decades, and sinceNoel has been the constant, gentle force behindits growth — Obi-Wan in a Greek sailor’s cap —people around here say with civic pride, “It’sabout time!”

Noel, who began as the Old Globe Theatre’shat checker in 1935, became artistic director in1947. In 1981, he stepped down, handing the

reins to Jack O’Brien. On January 28, 2008,O’Brien will be inducted into the Theatre Hallof Fame for his work on Broadway: Tony Awardsfor directing The Coast of Utopia, Hairspray, andHenry IV, along with five other Tony nomina-

tions (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,The Invention of Love, The FullMonty, Two Shakespearean Ac-tors, and Porgy and Bess). OnJanuary 21, as part of the San

Diego Theater Critics Circle’s annual awardsceremony, we will pay tribute to Jack O’Brien,who picked up the banner and carried it high.

For details about the ceremony, which wenamed for Craig Noel, go to sdcriticscircle.org.

A Marker of How Far We’ve Come. In1983, O’Brien directed Thornton Wilder’s Skinof Our Teeth at the Old Globe. One performancewas televised, live, around the country. It was thefirst time San Diego theater received nationalattention, and I must admit, many of us were amite provincial about the prospect. People allover town hoped the performance would gowell, with no live glitches, and that we’d be goodenough for such a showcase. Aided by HaroldGould, Sada Thompson, and Blair Brown,O’Brien did a masterful job. Reviewers raved,and “we” were a coast-to-coast hit.

About six months ago two producers sentme an email. They wanted to know a good placeto try out their new musical.

“Why, here,” I replied with astonishment

and civic pride, “of course! This year five showsannounced themselves ‘Broadway bound’ evenbefore they opened!”

“But that’s the problem,” came the reply.

“San Diego’s become too well known these days.Critics from around the country attend yourmajor world premieres. Everyone keeps an eyeon you. We want someplace more quiet, less in

A Good Place“This year five shows announced themselves‘Broadway bound’ even before they opened!”

REVIEWJEFF SMITH

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Washington, during apple-picking. They said “thanks.” Isaid, “Hey — anytime.”

Another Marker: Seventheaters opened on Decem-ber 1, 2007. Since few mediahave more than two reviewers,at least five shows got delayednotices. In the olden days wehad three, maybe four open-ings a week, and rarely on thesame night. Last year we hadseveral bulge periods — April,late May through June, and alate-September/early-Octoberstampede — when everyoneopened at once. These periodsnot only dispersed regularfirst-night audiences, theyprompted many critics eitherto see a preview, which can beiffy, or come back later in therun.

Two requests, one simple,the other apparently not. Presspeople: at or near the top ofall press releases, please an-nounce the official openingnight, not the first preview, asmany do, so we won’t circle

the wrong date and have touncircle it and reschedulelater.

Second: back around thetime of The Skin of Our Teeth,others and I suggested the needfor a central calendar where alltheaters presented their open-ing-night schedules long inadvance. That way the smallercompanies, who usually getbumped by the bigger ones,could choose free prime timenights, or even open weeks(late February, mid-August,late October through earlyNovember are often vacant),and plan accordingly.

For years, Bill Purves’s the-ater league fulfilled thisfunction, and overlaps werefew. Nowadays, and this is thedownside of our bounty,they’re the norm. Ergo, a gen-eral calendar. Maybe at Actor’sAlliance?

A Friend and (Now) For-mer Colleague. For manyyears Anne-Marie Welsh hasbeen the theater critic for theUnion-Tribune. She has beenan indefatigable advocate oftheater, writing reviews andfeatures (around 5000, she es-timates), doing hours andhours of behind-the-scenessupport work for the arts, and

re-forming the theater criticscircle. About two weeks ago,she accepted a buy-out fromthe paper and will no longerreview for the U-T.

Anne-Marie told me she hasseveral irons in the fire. I sin-cerely hope she continues towork on our side of the prosce-nium. I also hope that herdeparture (as many allege lately)doesn’t signal a new U-T policyof deemphasizing “soft news”(i.e. arts coverage), especiallysince it flourishes in this city asnever before.

The U-T and other mediacontemplating downsizing ofthe arts should ask themselves:when Charles Foster Kane de-cided to start a newspaper, whowas the first person he hired? ■

THEATERL IST INGS

Theater listings and commentary areby Jeff Smith. Information isaccurate according to material givento us, but it is always wise to phonethe theater for any last minutechanges and to inquire about ticketavailability. Many theaters offerdiscounts to students, senior citizens,and the military. Ask at the boxoffice.

The Blessings of a Broken HeartSan Diego Repertory Theatre pre-sents a workshop production of

Sherri Mandell’s struggle, adaptedby Todd Salovey, to find strengthafter the murder of her son by ter-rorists in Israel. Salovey directed.

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760-749-8501.

National Comedy TheatreImprovisational comedy, makingup funny stuff on the spot, is dif-ficult enough. Years ago, how-ever, Keith Johnstone thoughtit’d be more exciting if gonecompetitively. He got the ideafrom pro wrestling (“where Ter-rible Turks mangled defrockedpriests while grannies wavedtheir handbags”). National Com-edy Theatre, an offshoot of John-stone’s TheatreSports (artisticdirector Gary Kramer says thetwo compare like “rugby andAmerican football”), resemblesan athletic event more than animprove. Teams wear uniformsand compete on ActroTurf. Us-ing suggestions from the audi-ence, they play “Emotional Sym-pathy,” “Blind Line,” and“Freeze Tag,” with judges award-ing points to the best scenes.Klunkers and groaners getbooed; quick wit rewarded (oneof the most refreshing parts ofthe contest: people acknowledgefailure, abundantly, then forgetit). It makes for a lively, oftenfunny evening. And Gary Krameris one talented comedian.

Worth a try.

MARQUIS THEATER, 3717 INDIA STREET.

MISSION HILLS, OPEN-ENDED RUN; FRI-

DAY AND SATURDAY AT 7:30 P.M. AND

9:45 P.M. 619-295-4999.

San Diego Theatresports:The FunhouseA cross between improvisationalcomedy and Family Feud, TheFunhouse combines improvwith competitive scene-making,with the audience awardingpoints to the winning team.Purists might balk at the odi-ousness of comparisons used inthis format, but the “gameshow,” on Fridays, is a kick. The90-minute evening offers differ-ent bits. The winner gets a ba-nana, the loser a “forfeit.” Someattempts went nowhere (improvis tough: I did it in my, as hind-sight reveals, callow youth).Others made amazing twists andturns. The group has more hitsthan misses, and their guru,Keith Johnstone, wrote one ofthe very best books I’ve readabout making theater. They puthis pearls to good use. Theirmotto: “Remember, when it’snot funny, it’s art.”Worth a try.

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Triple Espresso: A HighlyCaffeinated ComedyHugh Butternut’s done hislounge act at the Triple Espresso

Coffeehouse 20 years to the day.While patrons sip a houseblend — “Grape,” “Scandina-

vian Blizzard,” or “Mokoko Co-coa Mocha” — Hugh plays ’70stunes on the piano. He and his

companions, here to celebrateHugh’s anniversary, got stuck inthe ’70s. The trio used to beMaxwell, Butternutt, and Bean,a comedy group that never wentfar. They’re “losers,” they ad-mit, but not “ordinary” ones.And hey, their reunion couldhelp them face searing issuesfrom their mediocre pasts. Thestory line’s straight from ForeverPlaid. There’s also the ForeverPlaid problem: the three come-dians are far too talented to playinept characters. One’s a whiz atthe piano. Another’s a first-ratemime, and the third’s a cracker-jack magician. The trio’s so tal-ented, when the plot has themcomplain of difficulties to over-come, you wish they’d quittrumping up the pseudo-dramaand get on with this highly en-tertaining, if lightweight show.Worth a try.

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RESTAURANT, 505 KALMIA STREET, MID-

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If you and your eating buddies feel like tastingyour way through several Asian countries and arelooking for economy fare, then Chow is designedfor you.

It’s the latest venture of restaurateur Alex Thao,best known as the young entrepreneur who re-vived his parents’ original restaurant Celadonbefore opening the razzle-dazzly Rama in theGaslamp, which is still San Diego’s finest destina-tion for “royal Thai” palace-style cuisine. With hislatest venture, Thao has set his sights considerablylower. His Chow Noodle House offers a mix-and-match menu of noodle dishes and rice bowls fromThailand, Vietnam, China, and Japan. (Don’t knowwhy, but he omitted Singapore and Malaysia.) Theaverage entrée runs $9, which hits the spot duringthe post-holiday credit-card-bill shock-and-aweperiod. The simple cooking may also seem a reliefafter holiday indulgences.

Visually, Chow is the opposite of the low-down,crowded Chinatown noodle joints that sustainedmy crowd through and after college. The decor isstarkly modern in shiny black, white, and chrome,with contrasting red napkins. It’s a little like theinside of a tidy bachelor’s refrigerator — spacious,clean, cool. In fact, the tables nearest the windoware chilly on a cold night. If you arrive early, therestaurant’s soundtrack is cool and jazzy, too, butafter 7:00 p.m. it starts to pulse and thump with amore trendy rock format.

The staff is so accommodating that one night,when we ordered coconut ice cream and the kitchenwas out, a staffer hopped in a car and ran over toCeladon to pick some up for us. It was excellentice cream, studded with juicy bits of pineapple.

The menu changes often, and has done so asof January 1, while my two visits occurred priorto the switchover. But I was warned of the up-coming change in time for the second meal andmainly ordered items that would carry over intothe New Year.

The poser Chow presents is: Can one kitchensuccessfully prepare four different national cuisines?My posse and I chose dishes from all four to findout. To build up some suspense, let’s visit Thai-land (Thao’s own specialty) last and start withChina instead. I was surprised and delighted bythe pan-fried pork dumplings (a.k.a. potstickers),with their thin, crisped wrappers and well-sea-soned filling, a classic balance of sweet and savory.

They were not world-shaking potstickers but typ-ical of those served at good Chinese restaurantsand came with an appropriate hot-salty-sour soy-based dip.

The Chinese wonton soup we sampled was lesssuccessful, partly because it in-cluded noodles and dumplings. Onthe draft of the new menu (emailedby the publicist), the extra pastawill be replaced by vegetables, let-ting the wontons stand — or float — alone. I hopeso, because adding noodles to wonton soup is likegarnishing ravioli with spaghetti. The arbitrary ad-dition of tasteless, desiccated bits of chicken breastmade matters worse: The reason that wonton soupis typically garnished with char siu, sweet barbe-cued pork, is not because the soup needs randomcreature-protein but because char siu contributesflavor. The wontons fell short, too, with doughywrappers and bland filling. (If it’s the same force-meat as in the dumplings, it may have turned outless well than usual that evening.) But the ultimateproblem was the soup itself, a thin, mild chickenbroth with little fat globules on top. It’s missing sub-tle Chinese seasoning and lacks sufficient body to

fulfill that heartening Chinese comfort-food quo-tient. (I have tasted its like occasionally atultra-cheap, older Cantonese-American restau-rants.) A friend from southern China once toldme, “When you taste the soup in a Cantonese

restaurant, you’ll know whetherthe rest of the food will be good, be-cause the same broth will be inmost of the stir-fry dishes.” WhenI tasted Chow’s broth, my inner

Last Empress emerged, hissing, “Guei lo tref!”Japan seems to fare better, or maybe it only

seemed so because I didn’t grow up eating inJapanese restaurants. The shrimp tempura arepleasant, in any case. The shrimps aren’t the hugebutterflied prawns of the best tempuras, and thebatter is not airborne, but if you look at them asgeneric fried shrimp, they’re tender enough andtaste very good with the ginger-spiked dip. Japanesefried chicken (which may be off-menu by now) wasalso a fun dish. Surprisingly, it was neither thelightly floured, spicy karaage I’d hoped for, northe katsu McNuggets I expected but closer to “pop-corn shrimp” — small deep-fried breast-bites ina crackly cornstarch coating, glazed in a light,

sweetish sauce, all in all more reminiscent of Chi-nese sweet-and-sour pork than anything Japanese.

The Japanese “must taste” dish for me was ra-men. Years ago, after seeing Tampopo for the thirdtime, my partner and I slurped through San Fran-cisco’s Japantown, seeking Tampopo-quality ramenat different noodle houses. Don’t know whetherwe found it (since neither of us had eaten ramenin Japan), but we thoroughly enjoyed several topcontenders. Chow’s cha siu ramen (with pork, egg,fishcakes, and a few dark-green veggies) wouldhave come in, oh, second-to-last — although thesoup is reasonably tasty and easy eating. But here,too, the broth isn’t quite right — it’s lacking a fla-vor that I can’t name but miss. The noodles are alittle soggy, and the egg is too hard-cooked.

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Chow Noodle House★★ (Good)

540 University Avenue (at Sixth Avenue),619-269-9209.

HOURS: Open daily 11:00 a.m.–11:00 p.m.PRICES: Appetizers, $5–$8; entrées, $8–$11;desserts, $3.CUISINE AND BEVERAGES: Noodle dishes andrice bowls from Thailand, Vietnam, China, andJapan. Solid, adventurous wine and sake lists atreasonable prices, plenty by the glass, plus sakemartinis.PICK HITS: Potstickers (pan-fried porkdumplings); shrimp tempura; Tom Yum (Thainoodle soup); Japanese fried chicken; curries,desserts.NEED TO KNOW: No reservations accepted ex-cept for large parties. Small parking lot on SixthAvenue, north of University (or use Rite-Aid paylot on Robinson). Music on sound system getslouder and heavier as evening progresses. Kiddiemenu available as of January 1. Many dishes high-carb, with sugary sauces over starch.

Ratings reflect the reviewer’s reaction to food,ambience, and service, with price taken intoconsideration. Menu listings and prices are subject to change.

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Yummyfood!

Next stop, Vietnam. Bothappetizers from that countryshared a serious omission, asVietnamese cuisine values “doit yourself.” In homes andrestaurants, appetizers arrivewith a huge heap of lettuceleaves, fresh herbs (mint, basil,cilantro, rau ram, etc.), scallions,and other salad ingredients, and“lettuce wraps” are assembledaccording to the tastes of the in-dividual diner. If the appetizeris already some sort of a wrap,then the wraps get wrapped. AtChow, this custom is ignored.One leaf of lettuce doth not asalad make.

While spring rolls are com-mon to both Thailand andVietnam, the version we tastedaccorded more closely to Viet-namese recipes, stuffed withplump shrimps among crunchysprouts, julienned carrot, thinrice noodles, cucumber batons,and basil leaves. For all its fresh-ness and crunch, the filling wasa trifle bland, but the plate camewith only a single leaf of butterlettuce and two sprigs ofcilantro, plus an unimpressivedipping sauce. A Vietnamesecrèpe (banh xeo) was overstuffedwith shrimp, ground pork, beansprouts, and shredded wood-ears. Once again the salad wrap(two leaves of lettuce) was a to-ken, and the riot of herbage wassorely missed, especially sincethe pancake was greasy. Chow’sversion of nguoc cham dippingsauce was, to my taste, ruinouslysweet.

For a Vietnamese entrée, wechose “360 beef” (a.k.a. shaking

beef), served with rice. The beef(probably tri-tip) was suitablytender and decently seasoned —but it lacked the smoky, carameldepths and greater tendernessof the same dish made with sir-loin at Del Mar’s Le Bambou or,a block away from Chow, madewith filet mignon at Saigon onFifth. It came with a ramekin ofsalt and black pepper mixed to-gether, an authentic garnish, butthe pepper seemed to be bottledfine-ground, not coarse fresh-ground, as it should be.

By now, I’m sure you’repicking up a pattern. Withfarang (non-Thai) cuisines,Chow’s renditions are edible andpleasant but neither authenticnor optimal. For any dish youmight try here, a better versioncan be found at other restau-rants dedicated to that ethniccuisine. But since Chow’s ownerruns two of the top Thai restau-rants in San Diego, how doesthe kitchen do on his nativecuisine?

Bad news. Chow is notCeladon or Rama. It’s also notLotus Thai, or any other rea-sonably good Thai restaurant inthe area. It proves to be one ofthe least authentic, most deeplycompromised Thai kitchensaround.

The first problem is an evi-dent indifference to quality.Take the satays. The skeweredbeef was not only cardboardtough but uninteresting. Thechicken was overcooked and un-derseasoned. The dipping saucewas cloyingly sweet. A food-ven-dor with a sidewalk brazier on

any alley or temple courtyard inBangkok would be out of busi-ness in three days with skewerslike these. No Thai would trythem twice, and there aren’tenough dumb farangs in thewhole country to support them.

Second problem: In its ver-sion of an often spicy cuisine,Chow — attempting to pleaseall tastes — defaults to justabout no heat at all. (This is silly.Patrons who dislike spicy foodhave three other nations’ milderdishes to choose from.) Insteadof cooked-in chilies, you receivea condiment tray holding driedred peppers, pickled red pep-pers, pickled green serranos,and Sriracha sauce. Help your-self. The problem is, throwinghot chilies onto food that’s al-ready cooked creates a harshereffect than introducing the spicefrom the start, so that it has achance to mellow and blendwith its fellow ingredients.Here’s an example: With nobuilt-in chile, Chow’s som tum(green papaya salad) is tart andvaguely pleasant but shallowtasting. None of the table-condiments mirrors the typicalThai preparation, which beginswith pounding garlic and freshhot chilies in a mortar to arough paste. You can’t fix it atthe table with sprinklings ofcondiments — you don’t havethe raw materials or the tools.In contrast, when my Isaan-born friend Tuy in Nan Yang(on Phuket) makes som tum,she assembles it (except for thelast-minute chopped nuts) thenight before she serves it, so that

all the flavors can make friends(including a fair amount of hotpepper — she is from the spici-est culinary province ofThailand).

Finally, Chow substitutessweetness for fire. Take thenightmarish pad thai. To bor-row from Sweeney Todd, it’s gotto be “the worst pad thai in Lon-don” — or anywhere else.Rename it “Dentist’s Yacht” —it’s got enough sugar to rot yourmolars in three bites. In ChiangMai, the noodles, barely sweet-ened by a light sauce, are anexcuse on which to hang a riotof pungent dried shrimp, freshshrimp, dried radish, and freshvegetables. At Chow, the heavy,glutinous sauce tastes as if itwandered off from a Thai wed-ding dish called mee krob (madewith deep-fried “exploded” ricenoodles and about 40 other in-gredients, which is why youdon’t see it often in restaurants).At weddings, maybe all the sugaris appropriate.

Another evening’s “drunkennoodles” (large, soft egg noodleswith seafood in coconut-basedcurry sauce) were not reallydrunk — they were on a sugarhigh. From white sugar, I’msure — Thai palm sugar doesn’ttaste as sweet, and it doesn’tcome granulated but arrives insolid blocks of various shapes.(The ones in my cupboard looklike suntanned seashells.) Youhave to laboriously grate off theamount you need — a processthat automatically breeds re-straint. Cooks in Thailand tendto use palm sugar as a seasoning,

one flavor among many. InAmerica, Domino makes sugardominant.

We did find one truly pleas-ing Thai dish: Tom Yum,lemongrass noodle soup. Far lessfiery than usual, it revealed anunexpected soothing side to itspersonality. The tender shrimpin the broth were perfectlycooked. By now, however,Chow may be serving a differ-ent, beef-broth version withshort rib meat. (I’d gladly trythat, too.)

Our final Thai entrée wasgreen curry. Since the new menudraft seems to offer it only withchicken, rather than seafood,that’s how we had it — en-countering another flurry ofdried-out breast meat swampedin a sauce so lackluster, youcould do at least as well at homewith a quarter-cup of bottledThai Kitchen green curry pasteand a can of Chao Kuo coconutmilk.

In fact, you’d probably do itbetter, since you’d probably tossin some vegetables (how aboutJapanese eggplant?), and you’dtake better care of whatever pro-tein you were using. One of mytablemates at the second dinnerhas lived her life in a small townin Wisconsin, without much ex-perience with Southeast Asiancuisine. “They seem to use anawful lot of meat and starch andnot a lot of fresh vegetables,” shecommented, picking at thedrunken noodles. The rest of usburst into a chorus about howatypical Chow’s food is com-pared to more authentic

restaurants (especially in its Viet-namese dishes), much lesscompared to the veggie-richcooking of the four Asian na-tions it covers.

Over an excellent dessert ofsticky rice with mango, posse-regular Sam looked thoughtful.“Does it seem to you that all ofthis food has been heavilyadapted for gringos?” “The Thaiword for ‘gringos’ is farang, butyes,” I said. “Hard to believe thesame owner owns Celadon andRama,” said Mary Jo. “Lowerprice point here,” said Sam,“lower ambitions.”

Nevertheless, while Chow’scooking doesn’t have the light,wholesome balance of authen-tic Asian fare, if you navigatecarefully around the menu, youcan get a tasty, inexpensive din-ner without reservations orforethought. It’s the globalized,So-Cal equivalent of dear oldHong Hing and Hong Fat, theMott Street hangouts that fedmy generation of impoverishedManhattan hipsters — but un-like those institutions, it’s notgreasy or cockroach-scary butclean and pleasant. If I were inthe neighborhood and shortof funds, I’d eat at Chow againin a New York minute — butI’d eat there with loweredexpectations.

Jazz lovers, take note: Ja-son Weber, the sax playerwhose soaring music dis-tracted me from my “reviewdinner” at Anthology, returnsto Anthology this Sunday, Jan-uary 6. (No cover, $15–$20minimum.) ■

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‘Gang warily,” my Scottish grandpa said.“Go carefully, ’specially when it comesto birthday surprises. Women hate

them.”I was thinking of that the other day, because

here I was, deep in Carla terri-tory. Coronado. I wanted to checkout this place for her boithday,the day before New Year’s.

I was thinking Mexican Vil-lage. Mention it to Carla and hereyes go funny. As a kid, she’d gonethere for big celebrations, likebirthdays, first dates, or when herNavy stepdaddy returned from a West-Pac. Somany Navy flyboys practically lived there at the“Village” between tours, they called it “Mex-Pac.”

That’s why I came over here. Trouble is, Iheard the place had closed its doors after beingin business for, like, 60 years. Guess it’s found anew operator, because now a big sign says“OPEN.”

’Course I have to pop in. And, wow, it’s brightand beautiful inside. Big tile floor with a massivefountain in the middle, bars and lounge on theright, and straight ahead a kind of dining hall,with bright yellow faux-washed flowerpot-stud-ded walls, lit by a skylight that lets the sun floodin.

“Welcome!” says this gent coming towardme all the way from the back, the kitchens, prob-ably. “Lunch?”

Uh, hadn’t meant to, and haven’t evenchecked for prices, but what the heck. He leadsme down to a table under a big curly metal Span-ish chandelier, near some potted ferns. I put myantennas out for ghosts, spirits of the crazy daysgone by — Korean War, Vietnam War, first GulfWar — when this island was swollen with mili-

tary. I try to imagine the cacophony. Kinda likeTop Gun, I’m guessing.

Except, right now, the music ain’t “DangerZone,” it’s, well, I’d swear it’s either Julio Igle-sias or…d’ah, Pedro…the great Mexican icon?

“Infante, Pedro Infante,”says the guy, Pepe. “That’sAmorcito Corazón [Little Love ofthe Heart] he’s singing.” Turnsout this is Pepe’s place now.

A pretty gal comes up.Marisol. One of Pepe’s eightdaughters — wow. “And foursons,” says Pepe. Twelve kids? “I

have been blessed,” he says. Marisol and Aliciaare working out front, and their brothers Luis andRicardo are cooking. Nearly all the recipes comefrom their grandmother Elisa and uncle Robertoin Jalisco.

I ask for a coffee ($1.99, endless refills).Marisol brings me a plate of chips and mild salsaand a big shiny menu. I flash through it. Lord.The prices all look like $11, $15, $17 buckaroos.Then I see the back page. Mexican Village “sig-nature” burritos, $8.50, stuffed with everythingfrom “tripitas” to carnitas con papas (pork withpotato) to shrimp with Veracruzano sauce. Okay,the shrimp’s a buck more. Burgers go for $7.50,and, yes! You can get three soft tacos for $6.95.Now we’re talking. Carnitas, carne asada, tripas(tripe), shrimp, or fish. Deal.

Except, when it comes to it, I go pay out twiceas much just so I can have a crisp shell. I ordera combo beef taco and chicken taco plate withrice and beans ($10.95).

They come on a big oval platter, standard-looking crisp tacos, but gushing with gratedlettuce and cheese and big tomato wedges. I askfor some stronger salsa. Marisol brings out a lit-tle witch’s brew of thick, lethal sauce. It certainly

helps. I polish off the tacos lickety-split. Thechicken one’s fine, but the beef’s got all the fla-vor, savory, a little sweet, refreshingly crisplettuce, and a nice crunchy taco shell, thoughI’m kinda wishing I’d gone for, say, the carnitascon papas burrito.

I tell Pepe about the birthday idea. “I’m notmade of money,” I say. “But this’d mean a lotto her.”

“It’s the gesture that’s important,” he says.“When I was courting my wife, I’d turn up oncea month outside her home in Tijuana with tenmariachis and serenade her, say with the LuisMiguel song, ‘Entrega Total’ — ‘Total Surren-der.’ You have to surprise them.”

Huh. That’s not what Grandpa said.“Would you like me to sing you a song?” he

asks.“Absolutely,” I say.Pepe goes and gets a microphone, plugs it

into a tape box, and starts singing, with fullrecorded orchestral backing. “Por vivir en quintopatio…” It’s about a poor boy serenading fromthe street up to a rich girl on her swank fifth-floorbalcony. “El dinero no es la vida, es tan sólovanidad.” “Money is not life, it’s only vanity.”

All right! Man after my own heart. And abeautiful, powerful voice, too. This is just whatthis place needs. For the past 70 years it’s hadgringos playing at Mexican — and doing it well —but now the island has the real thing.

“Really, I am the wealthiest man in the world,”says Pepe. “Not money. I am 65, I have my life,my 12 children, my music, and this wonderfulplace.”

And then he excuses himself to go set up for

a party tonight.Me, I go to the front desk to pay Alicia.“Wow,” I say. “Your dad. Serenading your

mom. He’s something else. How would you likesomeone to serenade you with ten mariachis be-low your window?”

“I’d be weirded out,” Alicia says.Sigh. Somehow, I feel Carla would love to be

weirded out like that. If only I had the dinero tobe that weird. ■

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By the time Dan Berger joined the San DiegoUnion in 1979, he was already doing dou-ble-duty as a sportswriter and wine

columnist. (Today, after a couple of wine booksand a career that has seen his name in Gourmet,the Los Angeles Times, and a hostof other publications, he publishesDan Berger’s Vintage Experience,a subscription-based newsletterhe produces with his wife, JuliannSavage.) Sports and wine maysound like a slightly oddball com-bination, but it’s far from anisolated case. Heck, it’s not evenan isolated case at the San Diego Union.

Consider Linda Murphy, who worked as asportswriter and editor at the Union for years be-fore heading up to wine country. There, she foundodd jobs in the wine industry, and when she de-cided she wanted to get back into writing, sheturned her pen to her new passion. Freelancingfor the wine section at the San Francisco Chron-icle led to editing said section, and after a solidrun at the paper, she left to become West Coasteditor for both Decanter and JancisRobinson.com.

Or consider Bruce Schoenfeld, hired out ofHarvard to serve as a general sportswriter. Hemoved to Cincinnati to cover the Reds, then gottired of sports and decided to write a book onbullfighting. So he went to Spain. Recalls RobertWhitley, who worked as Schoenfeld’s editor, “Thiswas 10, 12 years ago, when Spanish wine was at

the cusp of its renaissance. And you can’t hardlygo to Spain and not drink wine.” Today, he’s acontributing editor at Wine Spectator.

And of course, there’s Whitley himself, whosewine column — syndicated nationally by Cop-

ley News Service — runs in theUnion-Tribune and who spentnine years as a sports editor at theUnion before the merger in ’91.For him, the connection betweensports and wine is no coincidence;covering the one pretty much re-quired knowing the other. “I was20 years old, covering the New

York Knicks for New York Newsday in the early’70s. We had Bill Bradley on that team, and DaveDubocher, Willis Reed, Walt Frazier — and PhilJackson. It was pretty amazing. Newsday was thetype of newspaper that expected you to cultivatesources. We had a very generous expense account,and we took sources out to lunch, out to dinner.When you’re the guy inviting somebody out todinner for a meeting and you’re picking up thetab, you’re the person who gets handed the winelist. I knew squat about wine, so I started goingto wine shops and asking questions. Back then,a lot of the shops would have bottles open — youcould taste things and ask about them.” Job-re-lated research gave way to affinity, and affinity gaveway to a full-blown collection.

So when Dan Berger left the Union in the early’80s, “Maureen Clancy, who was the food editor,

asked me if I was interested in writing the winecolumn. I declined, because I was grounded in Eu-ropean wines, and I thought if you were going towrite about wine for a California newspaper, youshould really be grounded in California wines. Itwas only after the merger years later” — whenWhitley was working for Copley in Los Ange-les — “that I went back and said, ‘If you’re stillinterested, I feel confident now.’ My palate is notas extremely tilted toward European-style, earthy,mineral-driven wines as it once was. The desirefor that type of wine is still there, but I try to beecumenical. A wine may not be my favorite style,but if it’s a legitimate style and it’s well made inthat style, then I try to give it its due.”

After leaving the Union, Whitley began to fo-cus more and more on wine — since ’97, he haswritten about nothing else. In 1994, he foundedthe Monterey Wine Competition. Five years ago,he took over the San Diego International WineCompetition. And four years ago, he had thebright idea of a wine competition in which all thejudges were professionals in the wine world. Peo-ple like Mary Ewing-Mulligan, MW. Like PaulLukacs, Elin McCoy, Leslie Sbrocco. “I hadenough good friends with whom I had tasted overthe years — people in whom I had a high level ofconfidence as far as their ability to reason througha wine. I knew that, even if they didn’t all agree,they would all have sound logic behind their opin-ions.” So was born the Critic’s Challenge.

And it was at the Critic’s Challenge that Whit-ley hit upon the idea for WineReviewOnline.com.“I was looking around the room at all of these greatwine journalists” — people who wrote for theBoston Globe, the Washington Post, Forbes, Wine& Spirits, Decanter, etc. — “and I thought to my-self, ‘What if I could have all of these people inone place, on a website?’ You wouldn’t want todo a publication — who has the money to do a

four-color slick and compete with Wine Specta-tor? If people sink all their resources into theproduct — the paper, the color, that sort ofthing — then they have less they can use to gohead-to-head with the Spectator in terms of hir-ing top talent. But, I thought, with a website, youcould actually do this.”

He found a dozen or so colleagues who weregame and found a couple of partners in wine-writers Michael Franz and Michael Apstein. Thesite just turned two and a half. “Over the last year,we averaged 78,000 visitors a month, and we did85,000 in November. In December, I expect we’llbreak 100,000. You always get a flood of new peo-ple who find you around the holidays, and theystay with you.” They come, in part, because of the

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name. “If you Google ‘wine re-view’ or ‘wine reviews,’ we’rethe number-one result. We geta tremendous amount of traf-fic from that. Same with Yahoo.People are looking for ideasaround the holidays, and theydo a search.” They stay for thestars. “We have name recogni-tion. These are people who areestablished. They’re well knownfor writing books, writing formajor publications.” Andthere’s a reason they’re wellknown — as I write this, PatrickComiskey has a clear-eyed andengaging story posted on thesite about Jess Jackson, a manwho has “transformed the in-dustry at least twice and in thelast ten years has emerged asone of California’s most enviedproperty owners, one of itsmost dedicated stewards, andby far one of its richest men.”

Besides the articles andcolumns, the site offers regu-lar features: “Wine With…,”“In the Kitchen,” “On MyTable,” “Today’s FeaturedWine”…and reviews. “I’mguessing we have about 5000in the database, and you cansearch them. It’s pretty cool.”And because it’s all digital, thedatabase has a certain…mo-bility. Says Whitley, “We justpartnered up with a companycalled Decidero that has cre-ated a proprietary technology to

deliver wine reviews by textmessage to mobile phones andPDAs. It’s nice if you’re in ashop, or even in a restaurant.”Type in your wine, and bam —rating, reviewer, price, and cri-tique. “It’s just a regulartext-message fee. I think it’spretty cool. It gives us more ex-posure, gets us out there.” ■

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The Armenian Cafe 3126 CarlsbadBoulevard (at Pine), Carlsbad,760-720-2233. At this large cottage witha year-round heated sundeck over-looking Highway 101, the menu offersArmenian specialties cooked with aLebanese accent as well as generic Mid-dle Eastern crowd pleasers, includinggyros made from scratch. Lamb shishkebab is the house specialty, a “lossleader” featuring tender premium lambcubes with assertive seasonings, grilledover gas. Even better are distinctivedishes from the owner’s family recipes:

his mom’s Lebanese kibbe (a large, glo-rified nut-filled lamb meatball) is out-standing, as is her kashta lea dessert —an exotic nutmeg sponge cake fragrantwith rosewater syrup, topped with pis-tachios and thickened cream. Dinnerplatters constitute a full meal, includ-ing a great “Armenian salad” and atasty dip for the meat, along with less-than-great egg-lemon soup, pilaf, andpita wedges. Wine list is dreary, butcorkage fee is reasonable. Three mealsdaily. Live music and belly dancer Fri-day and Saturday night. Moderate toslightly expensive. — N.W.

Blanca Beachwalk Plaza, 437 SouthHighway 101, Solana Beach,858-792-0072. The opening of sleek,sophisticated Blanca marks the arrivalof our first 21st-century restaurant,highlighting perfect seasonal ingredi-ents so radiantly and originally pre-pared that diners must rouse to rapt at-tention. Chef Wade Hageman, aprotegé of renowned SF/Vegas chefMichael Mina, has imported a similarlycomplex, labor-intensive style of cook-ing that appeals as much to the mindas to the senses. He’s imported a ma-jor Mina strategem — showcasing anindividual ingredient by presenting it inseveral different incarnations withinthe same dish, like musical variationson a theme. Blanca’s menu lists eachitem’s pedigree and primary garnishes,but those details don’t begin to describethe behind-the-scenes enhancementsof marinades, brines, rubs, soaks, andinfusions that play subtle roles in themultilayered flavors that come to thetable. Appetizers are especially adven-turous, the wine list is exceptional (ifmainly very pricey), and the restau-rant’s decor is as modern and polishedas the food. Dinner only. Reservationsrequired. Very expensive. — N.W.

California Bistro 7100 Four SeasonsPoint, Four Seasons Resort Aviara,Carlsbad, 760-603-6868. This restau-rant features fresh California cuisine ina beautiful, luxurious hotel diningroom. Open 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sun-day to Thursday (to 10:30 p.m. Fridayand Saturday). Reserve for the Fridaynight seafood buffet (5:30 p.m. to9 p.m.), which includes cooked

seafood, sushi, and sashimi. Moderateto expensive. — E.W.

Joey’s Smokin’ B-B-Q 6955 ElCamino Real, Carlsbad, 760-929-1396.Also Torrey Hills Center, 4645 CarmelMountain Road, Carmel Valley,858-350-1317. Joey Maggiore doesn’tproduce Southern “Q” so much as So-Cal “Q” — more an homage to Mem-phis than anything you’d find in Mem-phis itself — but the tables includepaper towel dispensers instead of nap-kins, a clear signal to go ahead and getmessy. All the meats are smoked, notgrilled, in true “Q” fashion. Pulled porkoffers reasonably credible Memphis-style flavor and tender-chewy texture.Baby back ribs come in three versions:sweet ribs glazed with the “suh-weet”sauce, wet ribs glazed with the mild-spicy sauce, and dry-rubbed ribs sprin-kled with spice rub. Sweet or wet are thebest. Chicken plates come in a varietyof sizes and parts. House-made hotlinks are well seasoned in the Louisianamanner, but extremely salty. The listof sides is long and varied. Lunch anddinner daily. Inexpensive to moderate.— N.W.

Juanita’s Taco Shop EstiloTepatitlan 290 North Coast High-way 101, Encinitas, 760-943-9612; alsoin Vista at 248 Main, 760-758-4531.Enticing aromas of fresh tortillas andfragrant frijoles greet you as you enterthis busy little taqueria, where thefood’s cooked in the style of Tepatitlan,a small city near Guadalajara. Its localspecialty is carnitas — which Juanita’sdoes up (by the plate or by the pound)as tender, non-greasy shreds, servedwith fresh, cilantro-laden mild tomatosalsita. Standard wraps are fine, too,and the beans taste as good as theysmell. Try a “Flying Saucer” — it reallytakes off, with shredded meat, onions,mild chiles, beans, sour cream, shred-ded orange cheese, and puréed gua-camole riding high on an airy crispedflour tortilla. Open daily, three meals,until midnight. Inexpensive. — N.W.

Kealani’s 137 West D Street, Encini-tas, 760-94-ALOHA. Tucked betweena 7-Eleven and a pizzeria, with an ex-terior sign that says “Saimin” (forHawaii’s version of Top Ramen), this

island of the Islands prescribes “LivingDa Aloha Spirit.” A ukulele playersometimes serenades the noondaycrowd at the sidewalk tables, and at anyhour the food is “plate lunch” — twoscoops of short-grain rice, mild house-made macaroni salad, and a choice ofauthentic “grines.” Don’t miss the out-standing kalua pig, zesty, smoky shredsof imu-style roast pork, resembling amoister version of Southern “pulledpork.” The menu covers the wholepanoply of island standards, frommalasadas (Portuguese donuts) tomusubi (Spam sushi), with a Saturdayspecial of a luau’s worth of “local food.”While you’re waiting, check out thedroll Hawaiian vocabulary lessons un-der the glass tops of the tables. OpenMonday through Saturday, lunch toearly dinner. Inexpensive. — N.W.

Milton’s Deli Flower Hill Mall, 2660Via de la Valle, Del Mar, 858-792-2225.This sprawling, family-friendly eaterystarted out as a non-kosher Jewish deli,but has come to embrace diner food,pub grub, and Italian and Mexican fa-vorites, along with a full cast of Ashke-nazi noshes. Sit down and stuff your-self with stuffed cabbage, overstuffeddeli sandwiches, crisp-skinned fatcheese blintzes, matzoh brei, hot brisketwith latkes — or chicken-fried steak, ifthat’s your bag. Or take out from the at-tached deli and bakery. The yummychopped liver will remind you of theBronx, the smoked whitefish and silkyNova will take you home to Flatbush,but the soft, cottony bagels — oy!, sogoy! Seven days, three meals. Inexpen-sive to low moderate. — N.W.

The Original 101 Diner 552 FirstStreet, Encinitas, 760-753-2123. This iswhere the caviar crowd from RanchoSanta Fe comes to remember theirroots. It’s got all the deliberately down-home cooking you could want, in-cluding all-day breakfast ranging fromreally cheap biscuits and sausage gravyto a pretty cheap top sirloin steak andeggs. For lunch, the bacon-Cheddarburger with fruit is a good surprisecombo. The turkey-cranberry saladsandwich is also good, and try thespinach salad, with bacon, feta cheese,olives, mushrooms, and chopped egg.

Even though this 101’s vintage (1983)in no way compares with the Oceanside101 Café’s (1928), it has become a gen-uine part of Encinitas life — lines onthe weekends will tell you that. Openfor breakfast and lunch daily. Inex-pensive. — E.B.

Pamplemousse Grille 514 Via dela Valle, Solana Beach, 858-792-9090.The locals’ favorite French provincialrestaurant offers exquisite, creativecooking. Favorites from an often-changing menu include white fishserved any style, mushroom cappucinisoup, and tarte Tatin. Serene atmos-phere with excellent service. Dinnerreservations urged. Dinner nightly,lunch Friday only. Dinners expensive.— E.W.

Poseidon 1670 Coast Boulevard(south of 18th Street), Del Mar,858-755-9345. The two dining roomsand bar here boast airy, stylish decorand ocean views, and the SRO um-brella-shaded patio is right at water’sedge. Lunches run to sandwiches, burg-ers, and fried seafood of ordinary com-petence and uneven preparation: won-derfully coconutty fried shrimp, forexample, share a sampler plate withdeadly-dry salmon croquettes. Dinnerdishes are modern Cal cuisine — thatis, a mix-and-match of Pacific Rim-Mediterranean-Mexican flavors, withsome emphasis on seafood. But theview’s the thing here. Full bar. Opendaily, lunch and dinner; breakfast onweekends. Moderate to expensive. —N.W.

Roxy Natural Foods Restaurant517 North Coast Highway 101 (at DStreet), Encinitas, 760-436-5001. Youdon’t have to be a Self Realization Fel-lowship follower to fit in in Encinitas,but it helps. Roxy was made for the veg-gie crowd who’ve grown up around thefamous seaside compound. These days,that includes surfers, vegans, and evenvisiting Hollywood stars picky abouttheir food. Actually, it is no longerstrictly a vegetarian eatery: the ownershave added chicken and fish for Encini-tas’s “new people” — the carnivoresbuying up property in the hills. But thevegan-veggie spirit still rules. Mostpopular item on the menu is owner

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When In Rome 1108 South CoastHighway 101 (at Encinitas Boulevard),Encinitas, 760-944-1771. This elegantrestaurant offers three dining areas anda menu with outstanding appetizersand pasta dishes. There are many un-usual preparations. Gorgeous presen-tation; warm, friendly service. A win-ner. Dressy-casual crowd. DinnerTuesday through Sunday. Expensive.— E.W.

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Centre City Cafe 2680 S. EscondidoBoulevard (frontage road along Cen-tre City Parkway), Escondido,760-489-6011. In the quiet little “mo-tel row” just north of Lake Hodges, thiscute, friendly café serves classic Amer-ican diner food, including all-daybreakfast. The chicken-fried steak is ex-emplary, with a crackly batter-crust anda smooth, peppery cream gravy. Severalcuts of USDA Choice steaks are offered

at rock-bottom prices, and early birddinners and daily specials offer amaz-ing bargains. You can eat inside, in acoffee-shop ambiance, or chow downon the dining terrace in front. Opendaily, three meals. Huge portions, lowprices. — N.W.

Fiore’s Harrah’s Rincon Casino, Val-ley Center, 877-777-2457. This is whereValley Center goes to celebrate specialoccasions. An island of serenity in thecacophonous casino, the restaurant of-fers fine certified-Angus grilled steaksand chops of various species. For astarter, the shrimp margarita is deli-cious. Choices include numerousseafood entrées, and for lighter eatingthere’s an Oyster Bar attached. The bestattraction is the long, adventurous winelist, offering international bottles atbargain prices with by-the-glass choicesgalore. Half the fun is matching winesto foods. The beer list is sophisticated,too, as are well-priced cognacs and agedports. Business-casual dress code. Kidsallowed in casino restaurants, not ingambling area. Reservations advised forweekends. Open for dinner daily.Moderate at Oystar Bar; uppermoderate to very expensive in restau-rant. — N.W.

The Grill 10920 Roselle Street, Suite104, Sorrento Valley, 858-587-7940.Sorrento Valley is where you commuteto work, not to live, so forget warmneighborhood eateries. At first glance,the Grill is what you’d expect — stan-dard strip mall, bare-bones furnishings,office-lunch oriented. But the Greekowners give it character with generousbut cheap breakfast dishes like theMediterranean omelet and lunch spe-cials such as the luscious Philly cheesesteak. And they’re flexible. Want ba-con, sausage, and ham in your break-fast pita? They’ll do all three, same price

as with a single meat. Breakfast andlunch weekdays. Inexpensive. — E.B.

Hacienda de Vega 2608 S. Escon-dido Boulevard (frontage road alongCentre City Parkway), Escondido,760-738-9805. This is a Mexicanrestaurant with a difference — or two.The setting is a gorgeous restored OldCalifornia-style hacienda set on twoacres, including a verdant courtyard(complete with fountain) for fair-weather dining. The menu is also a leapupward from standard fare. SeñoraVega offers authentic Mexican cuisinecooked in the sophisticated manner ofMexico City, her hometown — notborder-food compromises. You’ll findan array of fresh and interesting appe-tizers along with a wide choice of seri-ous entrées featuring complex, deli-cious sauces. Each dish is seasoned tothe optimum spiciness for its overallflavor — this is not the land of thebland. The Sunday all-you-can-eatbrunch offers a whole sampling ofgoodies brought to your table, with re-fills as desired. Five vegetarian entréesand a kiddie menu available; casualatmosphere. Full bar specializing inmargaritas, of course. Open daily,lunch (or brunch) and dinner. — N.W.

San Diego Artisan Bakers 1551South Escondido Boulevard (at 15th),Escondido, 760-740-5963. This Euro-pean-style bakery specializes in hearty,handcrafted, slow-fermented breadsmade from natural ingredients. Recipesof the 24 loaves are from France, Italy,Germany, and the U.S. These loaveshave textures and depths of flavor you’llnever find in supermarket-bakerybreads. And for breakfast or a snack,there’s nothing better than settling onthe front porch with a cup of espressoand one of the moist and chewy scones.Open Monday through Saturday,

morning to late afternoon. Inexpen-sive. — N.W.

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Barbarella 2171 Avenida de la Playa,La Jolla Shores, 858-454-7373. This pop-ular restaurant sits nestled in an Englishgarden just blocks from the beach. Youcan dine amidst the flora at street-side ta-bles, in the enclosed patio, or in the smalldining room. Once you’re seated, thefriendly staff provides fresh-out-of-the-oven sourdough wheat bread to nibbleon. The menu changes daily, offeringfresh fish, steak, chicken, pastas, soups,and pizzas, all cooked with a twist ofimagination that delivers on the flavor.For instance: pizza topped with smokedsalmon, crème fraîche, chives, and friedcapers. Or delicate Alaskan halibutserved over creamed spring onions witha watercress salad. If a fresh fruit crêpehappens to be on the dessert menu, leapon it! Open for lunch and dinner daily.— S.M.

Clay’s Hotel La Jolla (11th floor pent-house), 7955 La Jolla Shores Drive, LaJolla, 858-551-3620. In this oddly cozypenthouse with wide windows facingwest, the curtains rise at sunset to reveala panorama stretching to the sea. It’scomfortable, attractive, not too formal— casual-chic. Here, chef-owner Clay

Bordan cooks up a creative, sophisti-cated, seasonal California-Fusion menuwith international flavors seamlessly in-tegrated, featuring organic vegetables,wild fish, naturally raised meats and fowl.With his discerning palate, his fare is un-usually delicious. And it’s healthful, low-carb enjoyment with interesting veggies,little starch, minimal cream. Wine listincludes some high-end French bargains;good choices by the glass. Full bar. Freeparking. Elevator/ accessible restroomssame floor. Dietary restrictions accom-modated. No kiddie menu, but child-size plates half-price from regular menu.Reservations recommended. Live localjazz in lounge most nights after 7 or 8p.m.; big band Sunday nights. Can benoisy. Three meals daily. Expensive. —N.W.

Donovan’s Steak and ChopHouse 4340 La Jolla Village Drive,Golden Triangle, 858-450-6666. At thisexcellent traditional steakhouse, themenu includes a variety of appetizers,among them a cocktail of giant shrimpwith a spicy, tomatoey sauce and a large,lightly sautéed crab cake with house-made tartar sauce. The wet-aged primebeefsteaks are seasoned with sea salt andpepper and cooked on a gas grill pre-cisely to your order. Bleu cheese, béar-naise, and peppercorn sauces are avail-able at extra charge. Non-beef entréesinclude fish, seafood, veal chop, porkchop, or a delicate Australian rack of

lamb. Unlike many steakhouses whereyour money buys only the meat, entréesare served with vegetables and potato.Additional à la carte sides includecreamed spinach and sautéed mush-rooms. Among the house-made dessertsthe highlights are a light, creamy cheese-cake with fresh strawberry sauce and atraditional creme brûlée. The service isattentive, friendly, and knowledgeable, ina masculine setting with dark wood-pan-eling, dim lighting, and only a moderatenoise level. Cigar room off the bar. OpenMonday through Saturday. Veryexpensive. — N.W.

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George’s dressy, comfortable downstairsfine-dining restaurant, California Mod-ern Restaurant, chef Trey Foshee’s su-perb California cuisine is based on primeingredients, emphasizing local seafoodand produce and cooked to highlightrather than mask the natural flavors. Themenu changes seasonally, so don’t misssuch treats as squash soup, table-smokedsalmon, Sea of Cortez scallops, or wine-braised prime short ribs when available.A long and serious (but costly) wine listat fair prices offers plenty by the glass orhalf-bottle, including rare dessert wines.Leisurely pace, attentive service — makea special evening of it. Reservations nec-essary. An informal Café is one flight up,and on the rooftop is the wildly popularTerrace Bistro, with its fabulous seacoastviews, sharing with the Café a more ca-sual and affordable menu; reservationsadvised. Wheelchair-access by two ele-vators; front desk staff will guide you (ifarriving alone, ask valet parkers to fetcha staffer). Men’s restroom upstairs; dis-abled can use neighbor Pasquale’s facil-ities. Downstairs dinner only; upstairslunch and dinner daily. Downstairsexpensive to very expensive; Café andTerrace moderate. — N.W.

The Marine Room 2000 SpindriftDrive (off Torrey Pines Road), La Jolla,858-459-7222. High cuisine, high ad-venture, high seas — at only moderatelyhigh prices. With chef Bernard Guillas astop toque, the Marine Room has becomethe quintessential great San Diegorestaurant. The exhilarating coastal viewmeets Cal-French-Pacific Rim cuisinethat’s as exuberantly out-front as thewaves whacking the windows. Guillas’soceanic culinary inventiveness with ul-tra-fresh, exotic ingredients makes ev-ery visit a voyage of discovery, and prepa-rations are so elaborate that each listingon his precise menu reads like a wholetasting dinner. Reservations requested;slightly dressy but not stuffy. Easiestroute: Make a right from westbound

Torrey Pines onto Roseland or Vikingand go left on St. Louis, which runs intoSpindrift. Wheelchair ramp to the left offront door. Noisy when crowded. Din-ner Sunday through Thursday 6 p.m. to9:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday 5:30 p.m.to 10 p.m. Expensive. — N.W.

Sante Ristorante 7811 Herschel Ave-nue, La Jolla, 858-454-1315. The nameis Italian for “saint,” and the NorthernItalian/regional cooking shines here, es-pecially the fish and seafood dishes. Freshseafood specials are available every night,in addition to those on the menu. Ex-cellent pasta with mushrooms, ravioliwith quail, and lamb chops. Separateroom for bar; separate private diningroom. Lunch Monday through Satur-day, dinner nightly. Enclosed patio forlunch. Not to be missed. Moderate (pas-tas) to expensive. — E.W.

Sushi on the Rock 7734 Girard Ave-nue, La Jolla, 858-456-1138. (Also at1923 Calle Barcelona, Encinitas,760-436-6261.) This noisy, high-energyspot — a boxy, saloon-like space with asushi bar in back — draws a livelytwenty-something crowd (althougholder folks will have plenty of company,too). Unlike more traditional sushi bars,there’s a vast selection of “rock androlls” — huge, creative party sushi. Andthey’re fabulous, with sparkling freshseafood and immensely clever combi-nations. Try, for instance, the shrimptempura roll, which wraps fried shrimp,crab shreds, daikon sprouts and Japanesemayo in deep-fried salmon skin — thecombo would be just as impressive as anappetizer at a top Cal-French restaurant.The Orange Crush is another sublimeinvention, fresh and crunchy with veg-gies and tobiko wrapped in suave salmon.Even simple rolls are so well conceived,and the rice so nicely seasoned, youwon’t need soy-wasabi dip. No reserva-tions, long waits (in cramped entryway)on weekends. Good sake list. Lunchweekdays, dinner nightly, with deep dis-counts for happy hour specials.Moderate. Second (quieter, but with fullbar) location at 1923 Calle Barcelona,Carlsbad, 760-436-6261. — N.W.

Tapenade 7612 Fay Avenue, La Jolla,858-551-7500. This is not only one ofthe finest restaurants in the county but

in the country. Featuring sunnyProvençal flavors, famed chef-ownerJean-Michel Diot offers superb seasonalingredients treated with the consummateease of a master chef. Among the specialjoys here are a sophisticated foie gras tor-chon, luscious free-range veal, and top-quality seafood, with garnishes that dis-play an impressive balance ofventuresome creativity and rigoroustechnique. Desserts are worth the calo-ries, matching the style and flair of theearlier courses. And you don’t even haveto dress to the nines for your first-classdinner — the sixes will do in the easybistro atmosphere. Serving lunch (in-cluding a moderate two-course prix fixe)weekdays, and dinner daily (includingbargain-priced three-course prix fixe“sunset dinners” Sunday through Thurs-day). Otherwise, expensive to veryexpensive, and worth it. — N.W.

Zenbu 7660 Fay Avenue (at KlineStreet), La Jolla, 858-454-4540. It was anatural for fisherman-restaurateur MattRimel to open a sushi bar/fish house, fea-turing sparkling fresh catch, much of itfrom his own boats. Sashimi and thesimpler sushi are better here than the bigparty rolls, which can be lunkish. Don’tmiss the sashimi of live local uni (seaurchin) served on its shell most week-ends. Cooked fish entrées feature equallysparkling seafood, sometimes in almostgoofily elaborate preparations. No reser-vations; 30-minute wait likely on week-ends. Sushi bar is up a short staircase;dining room and patio tables arewheelchair accessible. Several vegetarianchoices. Full bar, good sake list. Dinnernightly. Upper moderate to expensive.— N.W.

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China Max 4698 Convoy Street (atEngineer), Kearny Mesa,858-650-3333. The decor is plain andbright, the sound level loud, but this isa major resource for authentic HongKong cooking — creative and multi-regional, filtered through the refinedwizardry of the genuine Cantonesestyle. The seafood aswim in the livetanks includes such delicacies as blackcod (bony but wonderfully sweet),Dungeness crab, and (if you’ve got themoney) abalone — but even inexpen-

sive, homey dishes (e.g., wonton soup,crabmeat cakes) sing with flavor. Callahead for reservations to avoid a waitat the door. A Pan-Asian communitythrongs here, for good reason. Lunchand dinner daily. Inexpensive to exor-bitant but mainly moderate. — N.W.

IKEA Restaurant & Cafe 2149Fenton Parkway, Mission Valley,619-283-6166, ext.1200. Central shrinefor San Diego’s 10,000 Swedes, so theysay. They come to taste open-facedsandwiches, salmon, shrimp, and meat-balls again. This restaurant inside Swe-den’s wildly successful “home interi-ors” chain is a great intro to Swedishtastes. The food’s more sensible thanexciting, of course. But healthy — beefand pork for the meatballs are guaran-teed hormone-free. You eat the meat-balls with Swedish lingonberry (notcranberry) sauce. Seafood is big: theshrimp open-faced sandwich, thesalmon plate with potatoes and broc-coli, and the Gravad Lox Plate (curedsalmon) are always on. And if you wantto be disgustingly healthy, chew ontheir fresh vegetable plate (raw carrotsticks, cauliflower, garbanzo beans, andmushrooms). All for a song. The onlyhealth hazard: hordes of babies andkids romping in the restaurant’smother-friendly play area. Inexpensive.— E.B.

King’s Fish House 825 Camino dela Reina (west of Mission CenterDrive), Mission Valley, 619-574-1230.(Also at 2015 Birch Road, Chula Vista,619-591-1690.) To find King’s in themega-mall, go slightly west of Koo KooRoo and follow the line of cars to thefree valet parking. It’s a chain, but it’sa classy chain, offering fish andseafoods of a quality that’s well aboveaverage, including crustaceans from alive tank and a half-dozen varieties ofpristine oysters. Generously-sized en-trées come with soup or salad (includ-ing a Caesar that’s above suspicion) andtwo hefty side dishes. The vast menuof American-style preparations changesdaily to reflect the fresh catch, and in-cludes some rotating regional special-ties (e.g., New Orleans, Hawaii, NewEngland). Don’t miss the prawn pot-sticker appetizer, if available, and fordessert, the miraculously light breadpudding. The atmosphere is good-timey (with two patios and a barroomas well as a dining room), the service isenthusiastic, and the management willaccommodate special requests if you

call ahead. Kiddie menu available.Open daily, lunch and dinner.Moderate. — N.W.

Lightnin’ Jacks BBQ ClairemontTown Square, 4705-H ClairemontDrive (near movieplex), Clairemont,858-270-8227. Clean, cute, and a littleself-conscious, this barbecue has black-and-white Western pictures on thewalls and some seating on barstoolswith metal “saddles” (more comfort-able than they look). The barbecuemechanism is a Texas-style pit smokerburning sweet hickory. The meats thatemerge from it aren’t the smokiest, butthey’re tasty enough. Pork ribs are ten-der and moist, and beef brisket carriesenough smoke flavor to pass muster inTexas; other meat choices are less suc-cessful. The tomatoey sauce is pleasantbut ordinary. A fried catfish platemakes a flavorful alternative (but be-ware the cat sandwich, awash in hotsauce). Hush puppies and sweet potatofries are the most savory sides. Checkyour take-out bag to make sure you’regetting what you ordered, as youthfulstaff is easily flustered. Kiddie platesavailable. Draft beer and wine avail-able. Open daily, lunch and dinner. In-expensive to moderate. — N.W.

The Philadelphia Sandwich Co.3904 Convoy Street (south of Othello),Kearny Mesa, 858-571-0888. This clas-sic luncheonette is a monument toPhilly culture, including sports pen-nants, historic photos, and colorfulmummers’ costumes. The menu isequally devoted to the city’s cuisine, es-pecially its two great cult sandwiches:the hoagie and the cheese steak. Themixed-meat hoagie is way more than ahero — its flavor array is similar to (andjust as intense as) a New Orleans muf-fulletta. As for the cheese steak, it startswith steak strips, onions and yourchoice of cheese, and expands fromthere. Philly natives may like the sim-ple version with Cheez Whiz, but theluscious “Everything” with provoloneis more likely to seduce the innocent.“Philly fries” (with garlic) are the rightgo-with. The menu also offers Penn-sylvania-packaged foods (“PhiladelphiaScrapple” to go, Tastykakes, Wisepotato chips) to nostalgic émigrés.Lunch to early dinner nightly. Inex-pensive. — N.W.

San Tong Palace 4690 ConvoyStreet (between Engineer and Balboa),Kearny Mesa, 858-571-6837. Thisunassuming, strip-mall restaurant is

easy to overlook, but once found, im-possible to resist. San Tong’s hybridKorean-Chinese menu draws fromthese regions’ tastiest styles. The Rain-bow Salad demonstrates this combina-tion deliciously, and San Tong’sdumplings are outstanding. Theseafood dumplings are especially re-markable. For the adventurous, I rec-ommend the jellyfish salad, a noveltreat for westerners. At San TongPalace, curious appetites are rewardedwell. Lunch and dinner daily. Inex-pensive. — M.N.

Seau’s Mission Valley Center mall,1640 Camino del Rio North (next toRobinsons-May), Mission Valley,619-291-7328. Footballer Junior Seaucontributes more to San Diego thanjust sacks. His extravagant multivenuesports pub is major league fun — a real-life reincarnation of some 1960sMcLuhanite media art show, with 70video screens (ranging from large-nor-mal to giant HDTV) runningsportscasts and a professional DJ onhigh, periodically spinning cool soundsover muted talking heads. The menuoffers mainstream “something foreveryone” choices, including pizza,hefty but so-so burgers, some elemen-tary sushi, all-American entrées, andSeau’s family recipe of Samoan teriyaki“plate lunch.” Above all, there’s pubgrub. The chicken wings are prettygood, and you can get all three sauces(Buffalo, BBQ, and Asian) on one or-der. Perfect hangout for mismatchedcouples with one sports fan and onefashionista (the latter can head forNordstrom and Saks discount outletsnearby). On game days, patrons are al-lowed just one game in the dining room($15 minimum), but you can lingerfrom wake-up to closing on the patioor in the bar. Open daily. Inexpensiveto moderate. — N.W.

Seoul B.B.Q. 4344 Convoy Street,Kearny Mesa, 858-505-8700. This Ko-rean restaurant means sitting before asizzling cast-iron grill, sipping hot sake,the smell of grilled beef, grilled onions,and fresh garlic in the air. Try the “Ko-rean B.B.Q.” marinated short ribs (tonggalbi) or thick marbled slices of sirloin(beef gui). You’ll enjoy all the accom-panying dishes that make the meal, likecrunchy seaweed salads, radishes ingarlicky tomato sauce, slow-cookedpotatoes with soy sauce and jalapeñopepper. Feeling adventurous? Go forthe goat meat hot pot or Korean steaktartare (yukhwoe). This is sensual, ele-mental, hairy-chested food. Lunch anddinner six days, closed Sunday. — M.N.

Tropical Star 6163 Balboa Avenue,Clairemont, 858-874-7827. A modestcafé and grocery offers Puerto Ricanand Latin American food and groceries.Very modest surroundings; good au-thentic inexpensive food. Same menuall day Monday through Saturday;closed Sunday. Inexpensive. — E.W.

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The Australian Pub 1014 GrandAvenue, Pacific Beach, 858-273-9921.A great place to take your kids after amorning at the beach. This relaxingpub, owned by a true-blue Aussie, of-fers heaps of good Aussie food. Try theRoad Kill (grilled chicken breast with

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pico de gallo sauce and cheese, “runover” between two pieces of sour-dough) or the Aussie Burger (1/2-pound patty, with a fried egg, cheese,bacon, grilled onions, beets, pineapple,and a side of steak fries). And for an“outback experience,” order up Veg-emite (a beefy kinda paste) and fourslices of bread — it’s the Aussie na-tional food, mate. Lunch and dinnerweekdays, three meals weekends. Inex-pensive. — E.B.

Cafe Athena Pacific Mall, 1846 Gar-net Avenue (at Lamont), Pacific Beach,858-274-1140. With a more upscale,eye-catching decor and a longer andmore serious menu than most Greekcafés, this is a popular destination, sobe sure to reserve for dinner or you’llrisk a long wait. The choices includegood soups and appetizers (except fora sub-par taramasalata), outstandingmoussaka, above-average gyros, andinteresting, unusual desserts. There’splenty for vegetarians. Rather noisywhen crowded. Open daily, lunch anddinner. Inexpensive to low moderate.— N.W.

Costa Brava 1653 Garnet Avenue (atJewel), Pacific Beach, 858-273-1218.Cordial owner-host Javier Gonzalezopened this charming restaurant sothat local Spaniards would have a placeto gather with an authentic atmosphereof home, and indeed, the “Euro”atmosphere and late hours give a trulyIberian feel. The lively garlic-rich disheshere include a wide array of tasty tapasand, among the entrées, a paella that’smade to order (sized to serve two orfour; call ahead for larger groups). Pa-tio seating in good weather. Parking lotand wheelchair access via the alley be-hind the restaurant. Open daily 11 a.m.to midnight, with bargain prices atSunday brunch. Reservations advisedfor weekend evenings. Moderate. —N.W.

Hancock St. Cafe 3354 HancockStreet, Loma Portal, 619-296-2060. Ifyou spot Marilyn, Elvis, and Lady Lib-erty waving at you from the sidewalk,you’re here. They are life-size fiberglasslookalikes, but Mario is real, and hisrestaurant is a living shrine to jazz pi-anist Herbie Hancock. Mario has pi-

anos, guitars, and drums inside — evena little stage where you’re often wel-come to perform. The food? Italianhome cooking. Mario is from NewYork and knows his pasta. You can usu-ally expect a good-value special, likespaghetti and meatballs. Sometimeshe’ll even throw in a bottle of red wine.Here among the little factories and autoshops of Loma Portal may be SanDiego’s most popping cultural phe-nomenon. Worth investigating, even ifyou just want to eat. Open daily, 7 a.m.to 10 p.m. Inexpensive. — E.B.

Humphrey’s by the Bay 2241Shelter Island Drive, Shelter Island,619-224-3577. Most diners at this re-sort/concert venue restaurant eat at theprix fixe pre-show dinners because theyguarantee good seats for the concerts atthe next-door ampitheatre. But betterfood emerges once the music-mavensleave the premises. The kitchen featuresfine seafood, juicy meats, and primesteaks with seasonal veggie garnishes.Preparations are pleasing but in no waystartling — it’s a hotel restaurant, afterall. Reserve for show-nights or to snarea window table with a gorgeous marinaview. Free parking when there’s noconcert, valet parking when there is.Dining room pleasantly quiet. Opendaily breakfast through dinner; brunchbuffet Sunday. Pre-show prix fixe up-per moderate, à la carte expensive/veryexpensive. — N.W.

Isabel’s Cantina 966 Felspar Street(at Cass), Pacific Beach, 858-272-8400.This cheerful café instantly became agathering spot for many PB-ites, in-cluding the forsaken population ofadults. Chef-owner Isabel Cruz, whocalls herself “Food Girl,” has importedmuch of her Mission Cafe menu ofLatin-Asian-sorta-health-food to thebeach. A self-confessed “lazy cook,” shefocuses on wholesomeness rather thanauthenticity. Breakfast and lunch arethe main meals here and include com-petent eggs, luscious scrambled eggs,huge sandwiches, and weighty slabs ofcoconut French toast. CompetentLatin-style dishes include tamales withairy masa. Devotees of Southeast Asiancuisines, however, may be disappointedby the simplistic stabs in that direction.

If your dish is too mild, house sauces(chili oil, salsa, chipotle sauce, etc.) areavailable on request. Beer and wine.Small, free front parking lot; pay lotacross the street at west end of theblock. Three meals daily; closed 3 p.m.to 5 p.m. Inexpensive to low moderate.— N.W.

Kaiserhof 2253 Sunset Cliffs Boule-vard, Ocean Beach, 619-224-0606.Even on weeknights, crowds fill thisrestaurant and biergarten, chowingdown on hefty, hearty German cookingin a festive atmosphere. Flavors are au-thentic, but can be monotonous due tothe kitchen’s reliance on commercialproducts (especially a heavy-flavoredbeef base that makes all the sauces tastealike). Good schnitzels, potato pan-cakes. The excellent apple strudel is theonly dessert made in-house. Reserva-tions advised, especially for patio seat-ing. Full bar. Lunch Friday throughSunday, dinner Tuesday through Sun-day. Moderate. — N.W.

Lamont Street Grill 4445 LamontStreet (between Grand and Garnet),Pacific Beach. 858-270-3060. PB’s mostromantic restaurant serves Californiacomfort food, punctuated by bold andsometimes strange Mexi/Asian/Cajunflavors, in a rambling converted resi-dence with several rooms and levels.Dinners come with soup or salad, andmany entrées are served over mar-velous house-made fresh pasta. Salmonover fettuccine in a delicate dill creamsauce is especially fine. The huge arrayof desserts is house made, too, withsomething for every palate. The mostdesirable tables (available first come,first served) are on a lovely fireplace-heated patio. Wheelchair ramp andparking in small lot behind restaurant(call ahead and they’ll save you a spot).Homey atmosphere; can get loud. Af-fordable wine list, full bar. Open daily,dinner only. Moderate. — N.W.

Red Sails 2614 Shelter Island Drive,Shelter Island, 619-223-3030. One ofthe city’s oldest eateries has been ren-ovated to look like it always has, butfresher. The dining rooms resemblethose on a river paddleboat or a small,rakish cruise ship, while the baysidepatio is a funky waterside pleasure, be-

set by pigeons. The menu runs to sim-ple seafood and steaks (wet-aged USDAChoice), but quality is uneven. Tastystarters include briny littleneck clamson the half-shell, an interesting clamchowder, and a classy house salad (butask for vinegar and oil on the side todress it). The coconut shrimp entrée isa good, guilty pleasure, but the fin-fishand fried entrées taste like supermarketfrozen food. For the starch accompa-niment, baked potato is the most fla-vorful option. Full bar, strong cock-tails, weak wine list. Kiddie menuavailable. Daily three meals until11 p.m. Low moderate. — N.W.

Saska’s 3768 Mission Boulevard,Mission Beach, 858-488-7311. Vener-able, local steak-and-seafood joint thattries harder, from the broth-thinhomemade teriyaki sauce (sweet upfront, fading to bitter ginger) for thewell-cooked (if mild-flavored) fish tothe cut-on-the-premises aged beef. Theinterior’s low wood-slat ceilings, drift-wood beams, dim light, and red-leatherbooths combine with the stay-up-latekitchen to make the space feel like acozy haven, a respite from the brighterbuzz of Mission Beach. The wine listruns the gamut from Cook’s sparklingwine to Cristal champagne, stoppingalong the way at an interesting (ifexpensive) collection of reserves. Nextdoor is the restaurant’s serviceablesushi bar (858-488-7255) and two-story patio dining. Lunch weekdays,brunch and lunch weekends; dinnerseven days. Sushi bar open nightly,5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Moderate. —A.M.

The Third Corner Wine Shopand Bistro 2265 Bacon Street, OceanBeach, 619-223-2700. Ed Moore’s ca-sual, loosey-goosey spot is first of all awine shop selling most global bottlingsfor just 20% over wholesale. It’s $5 topop the cork there if you plunk downat a table among the racks to enjoy ca-sual bistro-style food designed to gowith wine. You can snack on goatcheese salad, smoked duck salad, acheese plate or a pâté plate, or get seri-ous with braised short ribs or duck con-fit surprisingly paired with spicy Nawl-ins red beans and rice. No reservations

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accepted, so best to go at off-hours oryou’ll wait for a table. Comfortablelounge with fireplace for sipping. Fullbar. No corkage charge after 11 p.m.,when restaurant staffers drop in for af-ter-work noshing. Lunch and dinneruntil 1 a.m.; closed Monday. Low-moderate. — N.W.

Umi Sushi 2806 Shelter Island Drive(at Shafter, off Scott), Point Loma,619-226-1135. An instant neighbor-hood success, this large, cheerful sushibar and dinner house also offersJapanese and Korean entrées, includingteppanyaki (cooked in the kitchen, notat the table), Korean ribs, and excellentbeef teriyaki of gently grilled primebeef. Sushi highlights include lemonyama ebi, rich garlic tuna, and a “CrazyBoy” roll spicy enough to divert yourpalate from the presence of imitationcrabmeat. Free parking lot (often full).Special kids’ menu available. LunchMonday through Saturday, dinnerdaily. Sushi prices lower than most; en-trées inexpensive to moderate. — N.W.

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Big Kitchen 3003 Grape Street (be-tween 30th Street and Fern Street),South Park, 619-234-5789. This isn’tjust a restaurant, it’s the social center ofthe universe — and Judy “The Beauty”Forman is its queen. Blame her for theFern Street Circus, for driving the MissCalifornia beauty pageant out of town,and for disgustingly healthy dishes likeJudy’s Favorite (spinach, mushrooms,sherry, and eggs). Our favorite: the av-ocado, cream cheese, and chivesomelet. Vegans’ fave may be the “veg-gie option”: sautéed spinach, mush-rooms, onions, cilantro, brown rice,tofu, and roasted garlic. Her cooksmake pretty much everything on thespot, including muffins, waffles, andpancakes. While you’re waiting, theyalways have this “out there” eclecticcrowd, plus walls filled with picturesand bon mots like “Will Be President

For Food.” Breakfast and lunch only;closes at 2 p.m. Inexpensive. — E.B.

Chicken Pie Shop of San Diego2633 El Cajon Boulevard, North Park,619-295-0156. How much do peoplelove this place? Count the chickens lin-ing the walls — ceramic, wood, beaded,painted, even feathered. Hundreds.They’re gifts from generations of cus-tomers. Now, as in the 1930s when itstarted up, the basic chicken pie comesfilled with big chunks of chicken meat,doused with white gravy and accom-panied by mashed potatoes, veggies,coleslaw, a roll, and dessert — like thedelicious pineapple pie available Mon-days — all for one really low price. Themenu also offers fried chicken, burgersand steaks, but 90 percent of customersstill order that same old chicken pie.Seven days. Cash only. Inexpensive. —E.B.

Huffman’s Bar-B-Que 5039 Im-perial Avenue (at Euclid), ChollasView, 619-264-3115. This café has ahuge multigenerational following,some famous — check out their wallphotos, in which Jesse Jackson andMuhammad Ali are just two — andsome not so famous. The big draw isHuffman’s fabulous Southern soulfood. Try their gravy-smothered friedchicken served with collard greens, yel-low peppers, red beans, rice, and whitemopping-up bread, or their LouisianaCreole gumbo, thick with crab, shrimp,links, ham, and chicken. Other fine eatsinclude the catfish sandwich and half-pound rib tips. Open daily, lunch anddinner, to 11 p.m. weekdays, 1 a.m. Fri-day and Saturday. Inexpensive. — E.B.

Krakatoa 1128 25th Street, GoldenHill, 619-230-0272. This used to be anabandoned property. Now the swamp-green clapboard house is the coolest, if(reportedly) ghost-ridden, coffee-eatery hang-outery in Golden Hill. Itsgarden is lush and tropical, and on itswooden deck laptops unfold, essays getwritten, relationships get worked out.The menu is light, the names heavy: thebreakfast sandwich (scrambled eggs,cheese, fruit) is the Wonchi (anEthiopian caldera); the roast turkeysandwich with ham, cream cheese, andcranberry sauce is the Ubehebe (a dor-mant volcano in Death Valley); theAmboy (a Mojave Desert volcano) is apeanut butter, honey, banana, cinna-mon, and bacon sandwich. Open6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Sundays till6 p.m.). Inexpensive. — E.B.

La Dona 1784 Newton (at Beards-ley), Barrio Logan, 619-233-4939. Thiscafé is steeped in Mexican history, es-pecially Barrio Logan history. You halfexpect to see several L.A. Zoot-suitorsdrift in as you inspect the black-and-white shots of the late actress Maria Fe-lix (Mexico’s Marilyn Monroe) or thegreat photos of the Mexican Revolu-tion that include Zapata and PanchoVilla. The place has been here for 63years, and old-timers say it remindsthem of long-ago cafés in Los Angeles,Modesto, or Madera. The food is homecooking, Mexican style, with meals likescrambled eggs and chorizo with riceand refried beans. Watch out for thepot o’ salsa — it’s a real jaw-slammer.Other dishes to sample include chichar-rones, menudo, and pozole. Seven days,breakfast to late lunch. Inexpensive. —E.B.

The Linkery 3386 30th Street (atUpas), North Park, 619-255-8778. Theartisanal “slow food” cuisine here fea-tures local ingredients and made-from-scratch preparations. Despite the name,there’s a full menu that includes tastygrilled vegetable appetizers and somefine entrées. But the focus is on the sidedishes of fresh sausages made daily on-premises. These vary not only in com-position but in palatability. Good onesinclude chicken curry, linguisa, Poly-nesian pork. Venturesome interna-tional wine list at low markups, plusinternational beers and Mexican Coca-Cola (better tasting than U.S. made).Small parking lot (enter by alley onUpas just east of Jack in the Box). Noisyeven when nearly empty. No reserva-tions. Dinner daily, until 11 p.m.Moderate. — N.W.

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Antonio’s Hacienda 700 NorthJohnson Avenue, El Cajon,619-442-9827. If the decor hasn’t beenupdated from its original 1960s-fabu-lous Old California Spanish, it’s be-cause there’s been no need. The enor-mous dark-wood chandeliers, thepadded-leather wooden chairs, thechainsaw-weathered wood beams —all top-shelf and aging well. Familiesabound, reveling in the guitar trio andthe exposed kitchen station — such

atmosphere! And the flavors are user-friendly, sweetness muting the spice inthe salsa and the Ranchero sauce. TheCamarones Tequila is a little more ex-citing; the sweetness of its bacon-wrapped shrimp gets a fine counterfrom the bitter liqueur in the marinade.Excellent Enchiladas Suizas: pale,mush-tender shredded chickenwrapped in tortillas and doused withgood, tangy green sauce. Lunch anddinner daily; Saturday and Sundaychampagne brunch-buffet from 9 a.m.to 2 p.m. Inexpensive to low moderate.— A.M.

Geno’s Barbecue 291 West MainStreet, El Cajon, 619-444-3667. Theoriginal owner, Geno, was a real guy, arefugee from corporate America whoturned this ex-Taco Bell joint into asurfing-themed BBQ place. He was asurfer, but serious. He’d won lots ofprizes for his BBQ sauce, using a chilipepper he said nobody else had. To-day, a new owner has continued thetradition. Try #5, pulled pork and slaw,or #9, shredded beef, melted jack, andsautéed onions. Sides like dirty rice andcornbread are good, but if you’re lightof pocket go for the “Ripcurl” hot dog,the best deal on the menu. Open10:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Mondaythrough Saturday, closed Sunday. In-expensive. — E.B.

Sala Thai 6161 El Cajon Boulevard(College Plaza), College Area,619-229-9050. With purple cloth nap-kins, white tablecloths, green ban-quettes, butter-colored walls, and aportrait of King Chulalongkorn, SalaThai has all the trappings of a classjoint — except you’re only paying sixor eight bucks for main dishes. Thefood? A bit gentle on the spice front.Tom yum kung, the famous shrimpsoup, should make your neck hairsstick straight out, but if that’s what youwant you’ll have to ask the cooks tomake it spicier. Chicken mussaman, la-beled “medium spicy,” is pretty tamebut still delicious with its authentictaste-boosters like kaffir lime leaves.Hottest curry: “chicken green.” Healthtreat: Som tum, the famous papayasalad. Lunch, dinner daily; Sunday din-ner only. Inexpensive. — E.B.

Toshi Sushi 5943 El Cajon Boule-vard, College Area, 619-287-3536.Don’t ask what’s in the “dynamite”sauce (besides the obvious mayo andsmelt roe) — it’s a house secret, onethe restaurant dangles before you in

numerous contexts. Try it baked ontothe rich, everything-goes Garbage Roll,where deep-fried shrimp, freshwatereel, and tuna add flavor to the creamy-crunchy interplay of sauce and vegeta-bles. Rolls, both plain and elaborate,abound here. While some can be heavyon the rice and light on the fish, othersare triumphs. The Toshi Tempura Spe-cial Roll takes battered whitefish andwraps it around the seaweed casing,which is then filled with just-cookedwhitefish and a host of garnishes — anexotic-yet-homey fried-fish alternative.The Johnny Roll shows octopus at itsmost tender, but watch out for spot-light-hogging sweet cream cheese. Thesimpler sushi can vary — a brilliant,translucent slice of tuna offset by ablander, duller salmon. Japanese en-trées are also available. Inexpensive tomoderate. — A.M.

Valley House Restaurant 10767Woodside Avenue (at Magnolia), San-tee, 619-562-7878. This is for Cornbeltfolks, plus wannabes who enjoy plain-speaking, plenty-of-it Iowan food. Takethe morning special, “Iowa Breakfast”:breaded pork tenderloin, two eggs, andhash browns, fries, or grits, plus achoice of biscuits, muffins, or toast —it’s delicious. Lunch or dinnertime youcan’t go wrong ordering the signature“Iowa Porker” hot sandwich (breadedpork tenderloin in a bun with soup,potato salad, or steak fries) or the “IowaBeefers” (seasoned ground beef sim-mered in chicken broth, piled into aburger bun). Open three meals, sevendays. Inexpensive. — E.B.

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Mediterraneo 1347 Tavern Road(Alpine Creek Shopping Center),Alpine, 619-445-9902. The vibe in thistasteful little trattoria (with adjoiningbar) is young, and so is the chef, stillslipping new dishes into a menu stuffedwith local favorites. The pizzas are out-standing — such a lovely, airy, silkencrust! Such wafer-thin rounds of pep-peroni! Entrées change with the sea-sons. Desserts are big and sweet. Whenthe weather’s fine, dine on the patioand watch the sun drape light over thepiney hills. Daily, lunch and dinner,plus Sunday brunch. Expensive. —A.M.

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Alex’s Brown Bag 2550 Fifth Ave-nue (at Laurel), Suite 171, uptown,619-231-2912. The reborn Alex’s (nowin the Mr. A’s building) is rightly fa-mous for its “Original Philadelphiacheese steak sandwich” (with fried bellpeppers, onions, mushrooms, andmozzarella). The owners say whatmakes their sandwiches so special isthat they have the meat trucked in fromcheese steak central, South Philly itself.Other Italian-American goodies in-clude the Italian Stallion (Genoasalami, capocolla prosciutto, and mor-tadella sausage meat), eggplant parmi-giana with hot garlic bread, grilled pas-trami, and cheese on rye. Open forbreakfast, lunch, and just-after-workdinner weekdays. — E.B.

Blue Water Seafood Marketand Grill 3667 India Street (atChalmers), midtown, 619-497-0914.This bright, clean charmer a half-blocksouth of El Indio has a double identity:First, it’s a retail fish market; aside fromWhole Foods, this is the only restau-rant-quality fresh raw seafood south ofI-8 and west of City Heights. If you loveoysters, don’t miss the big, buttery bi-valves here. Second, it serves simple,terrific seafood to eat in or out. Platesare plastic, but don’t look for greasyfried stuff. Entrées are grilled gently un-til perfectly done, topped with yourpick of flavors (the lemon-garlic butteris especially tasty) and come with riceand a huge salad with your choice ofterrific house-made dressings. If inde-cisive, ask what’s best that day. Theoverstuffed grilled fish tacos are messyand perfect, with just the right propor-tions of ingredients. Reachable only bydriving north on India. Metered streetparking by day. Good choice of beers;a few affordable wines; $5 corkage forBYOW. Open daily, lunch and dinner.Inexpensive to low moderate. — N.W.

Bombay Exotic Cuisine Of In-dia 3975 Fifth Avenue (between Uni-versity and Washington), Hillcrest,619-298-3155. We’re talking northernIndia here, right? That means lots oflamb, potatoes, creamy sauces, tan-door-baked breads, chicken, and lessof the south’s mouth-scalding heat. Atleast in its daily buffet, Bombay’s a lot

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less spicy, (though their sag paneer —creamy, cheesy spinach — delivered asurprising punch). The buffet includestandoori chicken, assorted pakoras(lentil-batter fritters), mock duck,chicken tikka, and, if you hit the rightday, an addictive mango soup. If youwant meat or spicy food, best to orderfrom the menu — say, a creamy tikkamasala with lamb, or long kebabs ofminced lamb (kebab curry), or the richBombay Coconut Malai. Tell themwhether you want it mild, spicy or, forleather-mouths, tikhi. For a cheap, lightmeal, try a couple of lamb samosas. Andbe sure they bring the chutneys, India’sreal unexplored treasure. Lunch anddinner; buffet at lunch and Mondayevenings only. Sister restaurant, Mon-soon, 729 Fourth Avenue, Gaslamp,619-234-5555. Moderate. — E.B.

El Agave 2304 San Diego Avenue (atOld Town Avenue), Old Town,619-220-0692. Reservations recom-mended. Wheelchair access difficult(steep ramp). You’ll find upscale, un-usual Mexican specialties in an inti-mate Spanish-style dining room or ona small heated balcony. The menu cel-ebrates three great pre-Hispaniccuisines — Aztec, Mayan, Nahuatl —with discrete admixtures of France,Spain, and Italy. (It’s the history ofMexico on a plate.) Among the high-lights are the five different Oaxacanmoles (plus a sixth from Chiapas), lo-cal sea bass in tangy jamaica (hibiscus)sauce, and a unique appetizer, tlacogoscuitlacoche, ovals of blue corn masatopped with a sort of “mushroom” thatgrows on corn ears. (In English it’scalled “corn smut,” but it tastes muchnicer than that sounds.) The bar stocksat least 1700 tequilas and makes a food-friendly on-the-rocks margarita withfresh fruit juices. Open daily, lunch anddinner. Moderate. — N.W.

El Indio Mexican Restaurant3695 India Street, midtown,619-299-0333. El Indio, “the god ofMexican food,” presides over thisbustling (expect a line), airy restaurantin an atmosphere of pale blue 1940s so-lidity. The menu includes the usual sus-pects (burritos, tacos, etc.), plus slightlyless common items (machaca, chile rel-lenos). Excellent house-made corn tor-tillas help the standard fare to betterapproximate the divine. So do the sub-lime core flavors of the meats — thechicken in the taco and the beef in theenchiladas. The carne asada sports apleasant char, and the beans have araw-beany intensity. Less heavenly: sea-sonings (especially paprika and salt)tend toward the heavy side. Open daily,breakfast through dinner. Inexpensive.— A.M.

El Zarape 4642 Park Boulevard, Uni-versity Heights, 619-692-1652. Thisstylish little Mexican restaurant on atony stretch of Park Boulevard is proofthat not all taco shop food is equal. Trya shredded beef or chicken taco ortostada and you’ll know what we mean,with their generous mounds of juicy,slow-cooked meat. Many enjoy theirunusual scallop burritos, vegetarianpotato-filled burritos and rolled tacos,and well-prepared soups. We go for thestewed meat. El Zarape is dependable,serving Mexican with solid, home-made, handmade flavor. Three mealsdaily. Inexpensive. — M.N.

Extraordinary Desserts 1430Union Street (at Ash), Little Italy,619-294-7001; also 2929 Fifth Avenue,uptown, 619-294-2132. Patrons look-ing for a quiet dessert still cling to theoriginal charming cottage near BalboaPark. Those wanting more of a mealhead for the newer Little Italy location,a vast, noisy space with industrial-chicdecor and a menu of eclectic smallplates — mezze spreads, bruschettas,sandwiches, and cheese plates. Flavorstend to be intense; some creations(such as a bacon-cured salmon sand-wich and pantelleria, a celery-datespread) are wonderful, others are ex-hausting even in small portions. Bothlocations offer pastry cases full ofdesserts that live up to “extraordinary,”to eat on-site or to take home. Chef-owner Karen Krasne incorporates fla-vors inspired by the global reach of hertravels, from the cooking schools ofParis to the rice fields of Bali. The whitecakes are food for angels. Wines (in-cluding champagnes), beers, fruitelixirs. Vegetarian-friendly menu. Bothlocations open seven days, three meals.Uptown location desserts only, all day.Moderate. — N.W.

Gulf Coast Grill 4130 Park Boule-vard (between University and El Ca-jon), Hillcrest, 619-295-2244. TheGulf’s faux-rustic, woodsy diningrooms and patio are great hangouts ifyou like a restaurant with a noisy partyatmosphere. The menu focuses on thecuisine of the South and Southwest,with an emphasis on Louisiana and aheavy hand on the salt shaker. The

kitchen does best with the straightSouthern dishes, turning out divinefried soft-shelled crabs, airy hush pup-pies, and delicious little corn muffins.If you’re deeply familiar with Cajun-Creole flavors, though, don’t look forpure authenticity — you’ll do betterwith jambalaya, étouffée, or thelunchtime oyster po’ boy than with thesoulless gumbo or the misconceivedred beans and rice. Heated, smoker-friendly front patio. Wheelchair eleva-tor to restrooms next to stairs. Freeparking lot left of the door. Full bar.Lunch Monday through Saturday,brunch Sunday, dinner nightly (earlyclosing Sunday). Moderate to slightlyexpensive. — N.W.

Harney Sushi 3964 Harney Street(off Congress), Old Town,619-295-3272. This friendly little spoton a side street serves as a secret havenof pretty-good sushi just a few stepsfrom Old Town’s nonstop tacos andmargaritas. You can also get sashimi,Japanese appetizers, and a few mixed-ethnicity entrées (noodles, pasta,teriyaki, tempura) made with seafoodor chicken breast. Beef is served, butnumerous dishes are vegetarian. Goodsake list. Sound system runs loud in-side; patio dining available in warmweather. Reservations for sushi bar ac-cepted but not necessarily honored.Open weekdays for lunch, dinnernightly until midnight, with a DJ Tues-day through Saturday. Sushi priceslower than most, entrées inexpensiveto moderate. — N.W.

Hob Nob Hill 2271 First Avenue (atJuniper Street), Banker’s Hill,619-239-8176. It opened in 1944 as a14-stool lunch counter. Now, yousweep in under the maroon canopy toshiny red booth seats, deep blue car-pet, blond wood, paintings, and a half-wall of wine. You’re thinking “businessclass,” but don’t be fooled. We’re talk-ing coffee-shop prices, especially withthe all-day breakfasts and sandwiches,not to mention the burgers with a saladtossed in. It’s across the street from a re-tirement condo complex and at din-ner, says the owner, “We cater to se-niors.” While there are à la cartechoices, affordable three-course prix

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Izakaya Masa 928 Fort StocktonDrive, Suite #109, Mission Hills,619-542-1354. An izakaya is theJapanese equivalent of a tapas bar. Themenu here includes 12 cold appetizersand 19 hot ones, along with 12 deep-fried mini-kebabs and a host of morestandard dishes, plus sushi. Find ad-venture with the little dishes. Chukakurage, superb cold jellyfish salad, iscrunchy and spicy but lightly sauced,with no greasy chili-oil residue. Friedoysters (kaki), ethereal fried tofu inbroth, and kara-age (spicy friedchicken) stand out among the hot ap-petizers. Kushi-age, a variety of deep-fried kebabs on bamboo skewers, areinexpensive and delicious; try theJapanese sausage. Maguro yamakake, acold appetizer of raw tuna with gluti-nous grated mountain yam, is an ad-vanced course in Japanese cuisine — astrenuous challenge to a Westernpalate. Sushi rolls are a bit creative, butnot the restaurant’s forte. Go for thetapas and enjoy yourself. Lunch Tues-day through Friday and Sunday. Din-ner six nights. Closed Monday. Inex-pensive to moderate. — N.W.

Joe’s New York-Style Deli RoyalFood Mart, 3401 First Avenue (atUpas), Banker’s Hill, 619-295-7666.You enter a time machine: A cavernousconcrete-floored deli that dates back to1902, with a high ceiling, acorn-shapedhanging lights, and a big old-fashionedcooler-counter packed with cheeses,hams, and sausage meat. Old displaycases carry olives, pâté, Ryvitas. Asawed-off wooden barrel bulges withHungarian wines. Go for wraps, jumbohot dogs with sauerkraut, or EastCoast-generous sandwiches like cornedbeef, dry Genoa salami, cotto salami,bologna, or liverwurst. That BoarsHead liverwurst is da bomb. Caesarsalad with chicken or a cup of tortellinisoup are good light alternatives. Open

breakfast through early dinner daily.— E.B.

Lotus Thai 3761 Sixth Avenue (atRobinson), Hillcrest, 619-299-8272.Also at 906 Market (at Ninth Avenue),downtown, 619-595-0115. This restau-rant has taken a giant step up fromstandard Thai eateries. Most of themenu consists of the usual dishes, buteach branch also offers a selection ofchef’s specialties. Some of these aremore authentic; others are more cre-ative than the norm. The chefs are fromnorthern Thailand, and something intheir cooking hints of their region — acertain zestiness, a love of strong cit-ruses and fresh herbs that speaks of thePing River and the hills of Chiang Mai.Well-chosen, affordable wine list, Asianand American beers, and cocktailsbased on soju (Asian lower-proof riceliquor), including a yummy rambutancosmo. Noisy when crowded. Reserva-tions recommended for Hillcrest onweekends. Lunch and dinner daily. Lowmoderate. — N.W.

Jimmy Carter’s Cafe 3172 FifthAvenue (at Spruce Street), Hillcrest,619-295-2070. This comfy, middle-class eatery has a surprise — great In-dian breakfasts (until 11:20 a.m. week-days, 3 p.m. weekends). Try theirchicken curry or pessaratu (mung beancrêpe with onions, peppers, ginger,dhal, and chutneys). Or vegetarian vin-daloo. Jimmy (no, not the ex-pres) doesChinese too — like the Mongolian beef(Chinese vegetables and beef in a hotchili sauce over rice or noodles), orgood Mexican dishes such as chili verde(pork or chicken simmered in spicytomatillo sauce). But center stage is hisall-American Jimmy Burger (1/3-pound patty with potato or carrotsalad). One bonus: a fine tangentialview of Balboa Park’s lawns and trees.Open daily, breakfast through dinner.Inexpensive. — E.B.

Kous Kous Moroccan Bistro3940 Fourth Avenue, Suite 110 (down-stairs below street level), Hillcrest,619-295-5560. This could be the idealneighborhood restaurant — if you loveexploring Middle Eastern cuisines. TheMoroccan specialties at Kous Kous aredelicious, authentic, and healthful, andthe witty, entertaining staff treat youlike guests at an informal dinner party.Unlike most Moroccan restaurants inthe U.S., the menu is à la carte ratherthan prix fixe, and seating is at normalchairs and tables, not floor cushions,

so you can focus on the food and notsome Arabian Nights fantasy. Start witha lively Chutney Sampler appetizerplate of mezze, Moroccan style, and ifb’stila is on the menu, don’t pass upthis treat of minced chicken in a cin-namon-dusted filo crust. Entrée high-lights include Lamb Tagine, slow-braised, greaseless fall-apart shankswith prunes, almonds, Moroccan sea-sonings and a touch of honey; andChicken Mu’hammer, a tenderlybraised half-chicken with quarteredgreen olives and slivers of salty pre-served lemons. All entrées come withlively, flawless couscous. Kebabs (filetmignon, shrimp, etc.) also come witha mixed green salad served with re-freshing, lemony dressing. For dessert,housemade choices include refreshingfresh berries with orange liqueur androsewater and a creamy crème brulée,plus pastries from Bread & Cie. Dinnernightly. Reservations urged for week-ends. Restaurant is below street level,elevator is left of the staircase to Mar-tini’s. Moderate. — N.W.

Shakespeare Pub & Grille 3701India Street (at Washington), SouthMission Hills, 619-299-0230. Probablythe most convincing English pub intown. The Bard’s brew-house boastsbare-board floors, diamond lead-glasswindows, and authentic Brits sittingaround the bar quaffing ale from theirown pewter mugs. Pub grub is bluffand plain-spoken. Shepherd’s pie,bangers and mash, ploughman’s plate(the pickled onions and cheese, Scotchegg, and Branston pickle make it thereal thing) — all are great with richEnglish beer, say, a Boddington’s PubAle. Sunday’s roast beef dinner is worthdragging yourself out of bed for, too.The pub includes a shop that sellsBritish goods. Breakfast weekends,lunch weekdays, and dinner daily. In-expensive. — E.B.

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Bandar Fine Persian Cuisine 825and 837 Fourth Avenue, Gaslamp,619-238-0101. In a comfortable setting,the Persian menu offers just a “pick hitslist” of popular dishes culled from thisfabled cuisine, but the cooking is firstrate, featuring fine ingredients preparedwith care, skill, and healthfulness. The“Bandar Special” entrée combo lets you

choose any two kebabs (chicken, gamehen, or beef), beautifully marinated andcooked to your order. Entrées featuringrice with poultry are elaborate and re-fined, spiked with tangy barberries, sourcherries, or lentils and dates. The list ofPersian desserts now includes Persianice cream, a rose-scented exotic treat.Open daily for lunch and dinner.Moderate. — N.W.

Brickyard Coffee and Tea 675West G Street, downtown,619-696-7220. The problem, if you’rerich enough to live in the Marina Dis-trict, is the lack of café life. That is, un-til this modest little eatery and café set-tled in next to the tracks by the SeaportVillage trolley stop. You sit under elevenpoplar trees in a brick patio that has oneunusual downtown advantage — ex-cept for the wind sifting through thepoplars (or a trolley pulling in), it’scompletely silent here. Sipping coffeeand reading your paper is the thinghere, but you can fill up, too, with itemslike “Texas chili,” or grilled cheese andtomato sandwich with a cup of chili, orspinach and mushroom quiche with asmall Caesar salad, or panini. You canalso order half a sandwich — turkey,ham, beef, or tuna — with a cup of soupor Caesar salad. It’s the nearest thing toa French country café. Open earlymorning till 3 p.m. daily. Inexpensive.— E.B.

Broadway Pizza 1008 Broadway (atTenth Street), downtown,619-232-6264. This restaurant, near thedowntown Senior Center and City Col-lege, offers no-nonsense Italian-American food. And they’re notskimpy: from a pizza slice to barbecuebeef sandwiches to a Louisiana-stylesausage link sub, portions are generous.If you want a hearty dinner, try thewhole slab of beef ribs, with veggies,garlic bread, and salad. Unfortunately,the quality has dropped; the formerlyfine pizza, for instance, is now marredby oily, low-grade mozzarella and not-so-great optional deli-meat toppings.But the main thing is, while the rest ofdowntown snores, they’re still open,from 10 a.m. to to 3 a.m. Mondaythrough Saturday, closing midnightSunday. And they’ll even deliver tonearby neighborhoods. Inexpensive. —N.W.

Cafe Chloe 721 Ninth Avenue (at GStreet), East Village, 619-232-3242.How did we ever manage before this in-dispensable bistro opened? In a bright

and beautiful setting with small tables,bar-seating, and a patio, you’ll find lightand lovely Parisian-style bistro fare withsubstantial breakfasts, svelte lunchesand dinners, and sophisticated bar-nib-bles. Don’t miss breakfast’s poachedeggs with sage-truffle beurre blanc.Nightly specials keep the menu inter-esting, and desserts are worth everycalorie. Beverages include divine laven-der lemonade, root beer choices, andan intelligent wine list at modestmarkups, most available by the glass.Metered street-parking daytime. Noreservations except large groups.Moderate. — N.W.

Chive 558 Fourth Avenue (near Is-land), Gaslamp, 619-232-4483. Hereyou’ll find a new cuisine for the upscaleresidential neighborhood rising aroundthe restaurant. Diners can choose anadventurous meal or an evening of so-phisticated comfort food. Urbane mul-ticultural fusion dishes dance cheek tocheek with remade American classicsand the occasional sleek French luxurydish. A “grazing menu” features smallbites for folks on a diet or on the run.The menu changes seasonally, but youcan trust the kitchen any time of year.Very noisy. Full bar. Dinner nightly, un-til 11:30 p.m. weekends. Full mealsexpensive; “grazing” can be moderate.— N.W.

Dobson’s 956 Broadway Circle,downtown, 619-231-6771. This rep-utable downtown restaurant offers classand comfort, geared for people who en-joy eating well. The food is good, oftenvery good, as with chicken liver moussepâté, Mediterranean blue mussels, and,when available, the crude but virtuoussoft-shell crab. Their sweets, such asbrownies, are hefty, louche, and cheap.Bring a date to the upstairs diningroom. Dobson’s is suave, its confidenceinfectious. Lunch and dinner Mondaythrough Friday; dinner only on Satur-day. Moderate to expensive. — M.N.

Galileo 101 West Tower, HarborClub, 201 J Street (at Second Avenue),downtown. Also 10 Harbor Drive, Suite101, downtown, 619-702-7101. Whennew, Galileo 101 offered “avant-gardeItalian” food that has gradually evolvedinto adventurous Euro-Cal cuisine, itsdishes influenced by modern Frenchcooking with a few Pacific Rim touches.Chef Joe Craig is putting all his talentand imagination into the seasonalmenu, with generally splendid results.Moist, tender sea bass is served with

rarely seen Hawaiian ubi — huge yamswith rich-flavored deep-purple flesh.Flat-iron steak and short ribs are bothmade with ultra-tender, flavorful Kobebeef, accompanied by zesty sides. Thenightly specials are worth serious con-sideration — they’re where the cheffully stretches out and has some fun onthe job. Creative appetizers may includescallops with osso buco and a wild boartamale. Solid international wine list.Dinner six nights, closed Sunday. Reser-vations advised. Expensive to veryexpensive. — N.W.

Gourmet India 810 Fourth Avenue(south of F Street), Gaslamp,619-702-7967. Most local Indianrestaurants share nearly identical pan-regional menus (yawn). Gourmet In-dia, in contrast, serves authentic re-gional delicacies you won’t find at theclones. Don’t miss the distinctive ap-petizers, especially the crunchy sev poori(wheat wafers with a vibrant, spicy freshtopping), the bel poori (India’s favoriterailway snack), or southern India’s ut-tapam, pancakes (made of cream ofwheat) resembling soft, exotic mini-piz-zas, accompanied by a coconutty freshchutney. Peshawari naan is a spectacu-lar tandoor-cooked bread stuffed withcashews, raisins, and fresh cheese, andtandoori chicken wings are tender andsavory with their lively green dippingsauce. Entrées include the rarely seenmirchi tikka, tender boneless chickenfrom the tandoor, steeped in a bright,spicy, lime-juice marinade. MadrasiFish in coconut milk is a deliciousSouthern-style coconut milk curry, andthe house specialty, Bombay Chicken,is a salty and oddly homey-tasting stew.Interesting and appropriate wine list;numerous Indian and internationalbeers. You can eat royally on a pros-perous peasant’s budget. Lunch anddinner daily. (Parking not validated atHorton.) Moderate. — N.W.

Grant Grill U.S. Grant Hotel, 326Broadway (between Third and FourthAvenue), downtown, 619-232-3121.The hotel has reopened after its $52 mil-lion renovation, and it’s looking mag-nificent. The Grant Grill, too, ischanged and freshened. In days of yore,the bill of fare combined French hautecuisine with British hotel-grill staples.Now it’s thoroughly Southern Califor-nian (although they did resurrect thefabled mock turtle soup in response todiner pleas) with nods to the “SlowFood” movement. Well-raised meats,

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Harbor House 831 West HarborDrive, Seaport Village, downtown,619-232-1141. This two-story Mid-westerner-friendly eatery caters mainlyto tourist families and conventioneers,but the upstairs Oyster Bar is a prettyspot to chill out and watch the sailboatsover a good margarita and a plateful oficed bivalves. Upstairs preparationstend toward simple American coastaldishes; the menu includes more appe-tizers and the drinks include artisanbeers. The downstairs main diningroom features more old-fashioned“haute” preparations and has a longerwine list but no view. All foods anddrinks from both venues are availableby request on both floors (but not allservers know this). Parking free withvalidation for two hours. Reservationsstrongly advised for after 6:15 p.m. anyevening. Accessible via elevator frommain dining room, with entrance onthe park (south) side of the building.Lunch and dinner daily upstairs; dinneronly downstairs. Moderate toexpensive. — N.W.

House of Blues 1055 Fifth Avenue(north of Broadway), downtown,619-299-2583. HOB’s dining rooms(filled with vibrant folk art) are separatefrom the nightclub, so you don’t haveto attend a performance to eat there.Highlight of the week is the prix-fixeSunday “Gospel Brunch” in the base-ment (with near-hidden elevator ac-cess), a generous buffet of mainly tastymainstream and Southern goodies, in-cluding extraordinary smoked roastbeef. Upstairs, the regular menu min-gles soul and Cajun dishes with pubgrub. The gumbo is surprisingly suc-cessful (if not exactly personal or ec-centric) and the jambalaya is real. Oddlybittersweet Voodoo Shrimp (aka “BBQShrimp”) comes with irresistible rose-mary cornbread. A sampler of grilledLouisiana sausages is a hit. But somedishes denature regional flavors — theamiable, Tennessee-style baby back ribsare more Nashville suburb than down-town Memphis, while the humongousCajun meatloaf and the bronzed catfishboast all the right Cajun spices but noCajun flavor. Entrées come with veg-etables, but consider amending themwith tasty, inexpensive sides like superbsweet potato fries with housemadeketchup. Wine list is pitiful; have a Hur-ricane. Lunch and dinner nightly until2 a.m. (except Sunday until midnight).“Lightning Lunch” prix fixe weekdays.

Call for Gospel Brunch tickets. Dinnerreservations essential; dinner packagesavailable with access to shows.Moderate. — N.W.

La Casita 1247 C Street (at 13thStreet), downtown, 619-531-0044.Don’t be fooled by the li’l old blue-and-white clapboard house at the bottom ofCity College’s hill. Princes and politi-cians come to this full-service restau-rant to hammer out deals, mix with theLatino (or Anglo) community, and eatsome of the best chorizo con huevos(spicy pork sausage with eggs) in town.Fair-weather eaters flock to the spaciousgarden patio to chow down among thesongbirds. In the cozy Mexican-style in-terior, the pictures on the walls tell youwho-all comes here for the good tacosand enchiladas or the delicious porkburritos. Most delicious of all is watch-ing Anglo City-Hallers trying valiantlyto learn to love the house-made menudo(tripe soup). Delivery anywhere down-town 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Open six days6 a.m. to 2 p.m., closed Sunday. — E.B.

Lou and Mickey’s 224 Fifth Avenue(between K and L), Gaslamp,619-237-4900. The onetime ornateRoyale Brasserie across from the Con-vention Center finally had to bow toconventional tastes and simplify into afifties-style steak-and-seafood house.Kings Seafood is still the owner, so thefish quality remains fine. The fare issimple, with minimal sauce or garnish;vegetables cost extra, coming in largeportions but merely adequate prepara-tions. Best dishes include “BBQ Shrimp,Manales’ Style,” a buttery, spicy NewOrleans extravaganza (available asstarter or entrée), and the huge, juicyrib-eye “Cowboy Steak.” Valet parkingat door. Wraparound heated diningpatio. Noisy in dining room near bar;request “Nude Room” for quiet. For in-teresting wines at good prices, look into“Adventures” sections of the list. Din-ner nightly, weekends until 11 p.m. Fishmoderate, meats expensive. — N.W.

Napa Valley Grille 502 HortonPlaza, Gaslamp, 619-238-5440. Thisrestaurant at the top of Horton Plaza isstaffed by professionals and the food isvery good, including the excellentgrilled calamari. There is an eleganthomeyness to Napa Valley Grille, acomforting, satisfying dining experi-ence. Moderate to expensive. — M.N.

The Oceanaire Seafood Room400 J Street (at Fourth Avenue),Gaslamp, 619-858-2277. Oceanaireserves all manner of fresh seafood, in-cluding some rare species, from simplepreparations to complex dishes with in-ternational influences (France, Italy,Asia, Louisiana, fusion). Fusion-y ap-petizers range from crab cakes (amongthe best in town) and lively El Diablofried squid to disappointing oysters“Gatesafellar” and laughable “Cajun-rubbed” prawns. (“Eh, Soileau! C’mere,let me rub these prawns on you!”) Of amenu comprising some 30 entrées, thebest dishes tend to be the least ambi-

tious choices from the Simply Grilledand Broiled section. Or you can gam-ble on more elaborate but risky com-posed entrées — e.g., fire-roasted Manode León scallops in an Asian-style treat-ment are earthy and delicious, but spinylobster is buried under an overwhelm-ing, incoherent sauce. Let K.I.S.S. beyour guideline. Vegetables and sidedishes, served family size at extra charge,aren’t wonderful. Housemade dessertsare pretty good and sized for groups.The Oyster Bar is a pleasant separatearea for snacking or seasonal specialdinners; in season, the Kumamotos aresuperb, other varieties less thrilling.Reservations urged, especially on week-ends. Dinner daily. Happy hour at oys-ter bar moderate, dinner very expensive.— N.W.

Puerto la Boca 2060 India Street (atHawthorn), Little Italy, 619-234-4900.Argentines love their beef and they loveit lean and wholesome — free-rangeand grass fed. That’s what you’ll find atthis uncompromisingly authentic out-post of Buenos Aires cuisine. The greatnational entrée is the mixed grill (par-

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rillada) for two or more — a massivemeatarama featuring numerous grilledcuts of marinated beef, chicken, andsausages. Start with luscious beef orcorn empanadas or, if you’re feelinghungry and adventurous, matambre(rolled beef galantine). Not a steaklover? Try the shrimp “la boca.” Don’teat meat? There are vegetarian pastasand pizzas. Gnocchi are served only onthe 29th of each month. International,affordable choice of wines, plus Latinand U.S. beers. Full bar. Patio dining.Daily lunch and dinner hours, with din-ner menu all day Friday and Saturday.— N.W.

Sixth Avenue Bistro 1165 SixthAvenue (at B Street), downtown,619-239-4194. This charming, airy caféoffers some very credible New Orleans-style cooking at affordable prices.Among the sandwiches are an out-standing oyster po’ boy (with big juicyoysters and good light batter) and a fine,fully-packed approximation of a muf-faletta, albeit with a kaiser roll standingin for Central Grocery’s big, roundItalian bread. The jambalaya is tasty,too, even with the substitute for an-douille. Wine and beer. No reserva-tions. Breakfast to dinner (closes 9 p.m.Monday through Saturday, 4 p.m. Sun-day). Inexpensive. — N.W.

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Crown Room Hotel Del Coronado,1500 Orange Avenue, Coronado,619-435-6611. Let’s face it, this is oneof the grandest entrances you’ll makeanywhere, into the enormous, gloomy,vaulted timber dining room wherepresidents, princes and Marilyn Mon-roe have chowed down. It’s only openfor Sunday brunch these days. The gi-gantic eat-till-you’re-beat buffet feastranges from omelets to salmon, crablegs, prime rib, dizzying desserts, andeven a chocolate fountain for large par-ties, available upon request. The down-side? Monroe was here to shoot SomeLike It Hot, but (apart from the choco-late) most food ain’t. It’s either cold(like the croissants, though the choco-late chunk ones are delicious) or luke-warm (like prime rib and eggs Bene-dict — and those eggs could do with alot more Benedict). But this is an Ed-wardian-scale social occasion — seeand be seen. The food isn’t great, butthe atmosphere is grand. Open Sundayfrom 9:30 a.m to 2:30 p.m. Expensive.— E.B.

L’Escale Coronado Marriott IslandResort, 2000 Second Street, Coronado,619-435-3000. Probably the pinkflamingos and bay views bring you herefirst. But L’Escale (“Port of Call” inFrench) delivers to the taste buds too.For “Northern Mediterranean cuisinewith California flair,” read lots of pasta,fish, salads, sandwiches. Try the grilledsalmon niçoise salad with its richlysauced fish, crunchy green beans, redpotatoes, strong olives, and rosemary-flavored bun. Entrées like grilledchicken and mushrooms in Parmesancream with penne pasta are safeenough. Or bone-in filet mignon. Butfor sheer architecture, check out thetuna salad sandwich wrapped in lavosh:three vertical Armenian bread tubes,angle-sliced to reveal interiors of tunaand greenery. Eat on the pool and bay-surrounded patio if you can. Breakfast,lunch, dinner. Moderate to expensive.— E.B.

Spiro’s Gyros Ferry Landing, 1201First Street #4, Coronado,619-435-1225. The food, the music, theview — are we outside Athens? Is thisthe Aegean? This inside-outside Greekcafé is located at the water’s edge, andthe heated patio has a spectacular viewof San Diego, the bay, and the boat traf-fic. At sunset, sipping their excellentGreek wines (cheaper than their Cali-fornia), watch the sun set the city ablazein gold. The prices keep Spiro’s popu-lar with the locals as well as tourists.Try the moussaka (eggplant casserole)or the souvlaki chicken, marinated intzatziki sauce, served with tomatoes,onions, and pita bread. Open sevendays until 8 p.m. Inexpensive. — E.B.

Tango Grille Argentine SteakHouse 635 Broadway, Chula Vista,619-420-0384. Play gaucho and enjoythe most authentic Argentine parril-lada (mixed grill) in town at thischarming, warmly decorated bistroabout two minutes from the ChulaVista Shopping Center. Fine, smokywood-grilled Colorado beef appears inseveral unusual cuts (including succu-lent steak-cut short-ribs). You canchoose from two different mixed grills(sized for one or two), the first withconventional meats, the other — themore adventurous — includes organmeats and blood sausage. For starters,there are brilliantly seasoned mini-em-panadas of amazing lightness, as well asseveral interesting salads. Those not ina grilled-meat mood can opt for nu-merous pastas (including a big, meatylasagna) or the ubiquitous milanesa(breaded beef or chicken patties) of thepampas. Portions are more than gen-erous, and so are the flavors. Opendaily. Low moderate. — N.W.

Village Pizzeria 1206 Orange Ave-nue, Coronado, 619-522-0449.Mootime Creamery owner DavidSpatafore decided to set up what he’salways wanted: A cheap, back-eastItalian, red-and-white-tablecloth, dan-gling Chianti bottle eatery where localfamilies and amateur sports teams cancome in and pig out. He wisely didn’tdestroy what was half of the famous oldMexican Village. Instant atmosphere!Ancient murals of guys with guitars ser-enading señoritas, arches, illuminatedclusters of red grapes. The bad news:You might have to handle pumped-upkids’ sports teams cramming thebooths around you. The good news:Great calzones and pizza by the slice.(Pizza-by-slice portions stop at 6 p.m.)Open lunch through dinner, sevendays. Inexpensive. — E.B.

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El Cid Lopez Mateos #993 (just offBlancarte), Ensenada, Baja,646-178-1809. This restaurant is at theheart of the tourist district, but thecooking and service are way abovecoach class. Look to the “Specialties”section of the huge menu for the mostinteresting selections. Crisp quail withrose petal sauce (famed from Like Wa-ter for Chocolate) proves outrageouslydelicious, and the seasonal chiles en no-gada (meat-stuffed poblano chiles withwalnut-cream and pomegranate) gainrefinement from greaseless ground sir-loin. Fish dishes are fresh, rich, and ten-der, and you’ll find nine different ways

to enjoy a steak. If you can handle a ta-bleside production number, crêpeswith cajeta (caramel sauce) makes avery grand finale. Fully bilingual staff;English menus available. Vegetarian onrequest. Sidewalk patio dining avail-able. Reserve for weekends duringtourist peaks. Full bar, with excellentmargaritas, Baja wines. Open daily,continuous service breakfast throughdinner. Moderate. — N.W.

La Espadaña Avenida SánchezTaboada #10813, Zona Río, Tijuana,634-1488 or 634-1489. If you learn onlyone word of Spanish, learn this one:Borrego. Because this place does thegreatest oven-cooked leg of lamb ever.The meat tastes as if it was cooked inwine, garlic, and herbs, but the ownersinsist it’s just Tecate lamb baked slowlyin its own juices with a bit of oregano.But most folks come here for beef —steaks and the popular beef fillet, sizzledat a big flame-and-smoke displaycounter BBQ grill. Vegetarian upon re-quest. All terra-cotta and timber, this iswhere the local middle classes come fortheir cross-border food fix. Think Ti-juana’s version of Mission Valley. Still,it’s charming, and you can have fun.For instance, don’t forget to ask themto ring the bells set in their espadanas(holes cut in the Mission frontage)above the great arched wooden en-trance door; they clank tunelessly, butthey’re great for celebrating your 21stbirthday, Mom getting her degree —whatever. Open for breakfast, lunch,dinner, seven days. Moderate. — E.B.

Rica Torta Niños Héroes Avenida#890, between 2nd and 3rd Streets (op-posite Dorian’s department store), Ti-juana, 685-8579. This café may havethe best tortas (call them Mexican-stylehamburgers) in Tijuana. Six-inch rash-ers of marinated carne asada, slices ofham, squares of cheese, chopped salad,tomato slices, fresh-scooped avo-cado…it’s a double-wide, double-highburger. The menu has 16 differentkinds of tortas, from chorizo with eggsto beefsteak ranchero, all served inhuge, three-ribbed, crisp-toasted Mex-ican bread buns. There’s other stuff,but to a burger buff, one of these isquite enough. Vegetarian upon request.Open seven days. Inexpensive. — E.B.

Vallarta Natural 1252 BoulevardAgua Caliente (just before El Toreo deTijuana), 686-1560. Maybe the onlysmoke-free restaurant in Tijuana, thisvegetarian haven was started in 1996by health-conscious Doctor GeorginaVallarta de Alcántar. They make theirown yogurt, soy hash, breads, rolls, sal-sas — and “meats” like a veal from theirown wheat gluten — daily. You sit at

wood tables and chairs next to blue-framed yellow walls splattered with Ta-lavera ceramic suns. At breakfast, trythe tartaleta vallarta, a mix of eggs,spinach, mushrooms, onions, andchile. For lunch (and it’s usually busi-est around three), their excellent soup,caldo tlalpeno, packed with cheese, rice,avocado, and chile, will fill you nicely.The soy hamburguesa is good, but gofor the torta, which has that gluten mi-lanesa along with cheese, avocado, andjalapeño. Good organic coffee. Won-derful juices, especially the cactus — ifyou need cleaning out. Open 7 a.m. to7 p.m. daily. Inexpensive. — E.B.

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D’Lish Pizza and Pasta 386 EastH Street, Suite 211, 619-585-1371; andEastlake Village Center South, 2260Otay Lakes Road, Suite 101,619-216-3900; both in Chula Vista.This chain has always prided itself onits Italian/California pastas, pizzas, andsalads. Now it has gone carnivorous,adding marinated flank steak and a ribeye to the “bistro entrées.” If you’re or-dering the flank, well-done is a no-no.That will toughen it. But a rare flank is,well, d’lish in its marination and espe-cially its pesto-like chimichurri sauce.Also good: fire-roasted vegetables

pizza, where the quick roasting makesfor great-tasting, Technicolor-brightbroccoli, zucchini, eggplant, and bellpeppers. And “Mediterranean chickensalad” works well, partly thanks to thetang of pepperoni chips. Moderate. —E.B.

La Costa Azul Mariscos 1037Broadway, Chula Vista, 619-691-9812.Great family-run hangout for tradi-tional seafood from Sinaloa and Na-yarit, Mexico’s crackling-hotdesert/coastal states. Their ancientSinaloa dish aguachile (shrimp in spicybrine) is simple, mouth-sizzlingly ef-fective, langostinos are lush, but maybemost satisfying are whole-fish disheslike pescado Veracruzano.Truly tradi-tional offerings come in giant three-legged molcajetes. Even their less-tra-ditional signature dish, CamaronesCosta Azul (crab and cheese-stuffed,bacon-wrapped shrimp) arrives in aburning hot molcajete. Also delicious:the sizzle-plate fajitas mixtas, withshrimp, beef, chicken. Many customerscome around sunset, just to sit with acool drink under palm fronds on thepatio. Even if you’re actually on ChulaVista’s Broadway, it feels strangely likeCabo. Open daily, lunch and dinner.Moderate. — E.B.

Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza It’snot Italian or New York pizza, it’s…SanDiego pizza! The crusts are Californian:thick and slightly sweet. The toppingsrange from ordinary to exotic. Themenu includes many salads and a

handful of American-Italian entrées.Continuous service, same menu lunchand dinner. Open daily. Inexpensive.702 Pearl Street, La Jolla, 858-456-5222;770 Fourth Avenue, Gaslamp,619-230-8888; 8650 Genesee Avenue,Costa Verde, 858-404-9898; 12925 ElCamino Real, Del Mar, 858-259-6600;1620 Camino de la Reina, Mission Val-ley, 619-298-8222. — N.W.

St. Tropez If you love continentalbreakfast, these bright cafés with in-door-outdoor seating offer scores ofhouse-baked pastries (includingbrioche) and good coffee. Parisian-stylebrunch/lunch choices embrace croquemonsieur and croque madame (grilledham and cheese sandwiches, toppedwith either light cream sauce or an egg),crêpes, quiche, onion soup gratinée, orchicken-filled puff-pastry. Omelets arerather weighty. Some of the sandwichesoffer Mediterranean flavors — try a panbagnat (salade nicoise on a baguette) orone of the grilled panini. Desserts rangefrom cookies on up to elaborate cakes.Beer and wine. Open daily, breakfastto early dinner. Inexpensive. Encinitas:947 South Coast Highway 101, Lum-beryard Shopping Center #103D,760-633-0084; downtown: 926 Broad-way Circle, 619-696-8695 and 600 WestBroadway, 619-234-2560; Hillcrest:3805 Fifth Avenue, 619-497-0297; Ran-cho Bernardo: 16625 Dove Canyon#109, 858-673-6824. — N.W.

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The best new movie I saw in thelast twelve months was PrivateFears in Public Places by the now

eighty-five-year-old Alain Resnais. Isaw it in Los Angeles on Cinco deMayo and again on Seis de Mayo at thestart of my summer-long sabbatical, andwrote about it (by thenobtainable on DVD) atthe end of that sabbati-cal. In the interim, the same-day deathsof Ingmar Bergman and MichelangeloAntonioni gave me occasion to reflect,if it’s not indecorous to express areservation, that those two rough con-temporaries of Resnais, big as they’vebeen in my moviegoing life, wear theirseriousness on their sleeve (like anarmband of black crepe), dress as iffor a funeral, convey their meaning intheir mien, whereas Resnais, while noless serious, does not. He seems inconsequence the more human, themore complex, the more courageous,to say nothing of more artful. PrivateFears looks and acts cheery, but isn’t.It haunts me still. Because it neveropened in San Diego, however, it isnot eligible for inclusion in my TopHowever-Many List. The critics in LosAngeles and New York don’t have suchan out, yet I haven’t been seeing it on

their lists either.Nor have I been seeing on those

lists the film that by default tops myown, Emanuele Crialese’s Golden Door(not to be confused with anybody’sGolden Compass), which opened and

closed very early in myabsence, and aboutwhich I have writtennext to nothing. All Ineed say in this con-

text is that it’s a film that really andtruly does its subject — the historicalimmigrant journey — from beginningto end, bottom to top, forwards andbackwards, rustic Sicily to Ellis Island.It does it with taste, with telling detail,and with artistic vision, such that theelemental material is made fresh again:the solid mass of people suddenly di-vided by water, a sort of parting of theRed Sea of Humanity, as the boat pullsaway from the dock, leaving half themass ashore; the storm at sea stagedexclusively below deck, without to-day’s compulsory crutch of PerfectStorm computer software; the post-card exaggerations of giant vegetables,taken into the foreigners’ imagina-tions and fantasies as literal truth of thenew Promised Land. In short, it’s afilm that is really and truly directed,though not ostentatiously or self-

indulgently. From assorted critics cir-cles and Oscar touts, I have seen thenames bruited about as the year’s BestActress, but I have seen no name todisplace Charlotte Gainsbourg in myesteem.

Into Great Silence, next in line,stands as a corrective to the gainingnotion that the highest purpose of adocumentary is to represent one’s own

viewpoint on an issue of national ur-gency (No End in Sight, The EleventhHour, Sicko, et al.). German filmmakerPhilip Gröning illuminates, in sug-gestive rather than declarative fashion,and at almost three hours in duration,a tiny little out-of-the-way corner ofour world, the contemplative life at aCarthusian monastery in the FrenchAlps. The result is an invaluable doc-

ument of no pressing timeliness,merely unflagging timelessness.

Alfonso Cuarón’s Children of Menand Clint Eastwood’s Letters from IwoJima come third and fourth in orderof preference, although in the realworld, which is to say the media mec-cas of New York and Los Angeles, bothof these belong to the previous year of2006. That’s just life in the little city.

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The provincial city. The second-classcity. I thought that Cuarón’s dazzlingand harrowing vision of a dying worldwithout children got the short end ofthe stick in relation to the two con-current films of his friends andcountrymen, Alejandro GonzálezIñárritu’s Babel and Guillermo delToro’s Pan’s Labyrinth. I thought itshould have gotten pretty much theentire length of the stick. And I wasagain in the minority in thinking thatEastwood’s Japanese-language,Japanese-perspective complement tohis Flags of Our Fathers, a couple ofmonths earlier, was the lesser half ofthe diptych. It was something specialand essential, even so.

Which brings me in due course toJoel and Ethan Coen’s intense and in-volving chase film, No Country for OldMen, and to the apparent and in-escapable conclusion that I concur inthe widespread opinion that this is thefinest American film of 2007, regard-less of how far it may be from the finestCoen film. That says a lot about theyear just past.

The best revival I saw, for that mat-ter the best film of any type in any venuein any format, was Yves Allégret’sdoom-laden French noir from thepost-WWII heyday, Une Si Jolie Pe-tite Plage, once again seen only in LosAngeles. The best one I saw locally wasAlberto Lattuada’s Mafioso, in its timea little-noticed Italian seriocomedy,and unstuffy sociological study, dated1962. It would have gone straight tothe top of my list if I could considerrevivals to be eligible. That, too, saysa lot about the year just past, and alittle something about the year 1962.To say a little something more aboutit, at random: Yojimbo, The Extermi-nating Angel, Barren Lives, FamilyDiary, The Eclipse, Winter Light, Knifein the Water, Kanchenjungha, Le Dou-los, Thérèse Desqueyroux, Hatari!,What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?,Whistle Down the Wind, Ride the HighCountry, The Man Who Shot LibertyValance, Light in the Piazza, Lolita, etc.Unlikely that the Lattuada could crackthe Top Ten.

Honorable mentions, from higherhonors to lower: Joon-ho Bong’s TheHost, a South Korean creature feature,not in all facets as good as its am-phibian creature; Craig Brewer’s BlackSnake Moan, an unjustly shunned exploitation film of admirable daring;Mike White’s Year of the Dog, flatter-ingly tailored to the talents of MollyShannon, an offbeat comedy that bur-rowed deeper than its surface quirks;Rescue Dawn, Werner Herzog’s un-compromised mainstream VietnamWar film; the tough French policierby Xavier Beauvois, Le Petit Lieutenant;the well-constructed Argentine caperfilm by the late Fabián Bielinsky, ElAura; Paul Haggis’s In the Valley ofElah, the most successful of Holly-wood’s several grapples withdevelopments in the Middle East; WesAnderson’s gleamingly colorful TheDarjeeling Limited; Jason Reitman’sgradually ingratiating Juno; ShariSpringer Berman’s and Robert Pul-cini’s The Nanny Diaries, a ticklingpiece of fluff predictably underrated;Danièle Thompson’s Avenue Mon-taigne, French fluff underrated justthe same; the Coen brothers’, WalterSalles’s, Oliver Schmitz’s, and espe-cially Alexander Payne’s segments inthe omnibus film, Paris, Je T’Aime,dragged down as a whole by the four-teen other segments; How to Cook YourLife, Doris Dörrie’s talky yet capti-vating portrait of the Buddhist masterchef, Edward Espe Brown; Sicko,

Michael Moore’s characteristicallyamusing and appalling documentaryon health care, however sick you maybe of Michael Moore; and, with itspowerhouse face-off between JudiDench and Cate Blanchett, RichardEyre’s Notes on a Scandal, a last strag-gler from 2006.

The book, for all the old and ob-vious reasons, remains open on WorldCinema 2007. San Diego Cinema 2007is a shorter book. Now closed. ■

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Across the Universe — Two-and-a-quarter-hour promo for the Beatles withoutever mentioning them by name. A gener-ous, even overgenerous sampler of theirsongs (thirty-three of them, by the count inthe press notes, leaving aside the number-less others that are quoted from or alludedto) has been re-recorded, or “covered” asthey say in the business, by a fictitious castof characters plunked down against the bil-lowing backdrop of the Sixties: the war, thedraft, the protests, the drugs, thepsychedelics, the Sexual Revolution, allthat. To link the Beatles with the upheavalmakes a certain sense. Unlike, say, the moreenduring Rolling Stones or the going-nowhere Dave Clark Five, the Beatles werea group that really did evolve (or, as somewould prefer, devolve) swiftly and dramati-cally, making them a useful weathercock forthe winds of change. You are here re-minded afresh of their range and their

riches; and in new mouths, you hear thesongs with new ears. (The tremulous,down-tempo rendition, for example, of “IWanna Hold Your Hand” by an Asian-American high-school cheerleader,T.V. Carpio, brings the song a new, a re-newed feeling, all by itself almost worth theprice of admission.) By the second half,however, the inspiration irreversibly runsout of steam en route to a spluttering cli-max of “All You Need Is Love.” (Wearily,now: yeah, yeah, yeah.) Part of the problemis that, as the counterculture gains momen-tum in the sequence of events, there’s a vis-ible increase in music-video vulgarity, or-namental surrealism, Fellini-esque fantasy,all the elements that go into director JulieTaymor’s fabled “vision.” Another part ofthe problem may be that the later songs,even though the playlist in the film doesnot observe a strict chronology, tend to bemore turgid. Part, too, may simply be thattwo-and-a-quarter hours are too long for apromo. With Evan Rachel Wood, JimSturgess, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, Mar-tin Luther McCoy, and cameos by Bono,Eddie Izzard, Joe Cocker, Salma Hayek.2007.★★ (LA PALOMA)

Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem — Thecross-series combat continues on a crash-landed spacecraft in Colorado, and spillsinto the small town of Crested Butte. Thebrothers Colin and Greg Strause, visual-effects technicians in their feature directingdebut, appear to be on very poor termswith human beings, and not a whole lotbetter terms with extraterrestrials. StevenPasquale, Johnny Lewis, Kristen Hager,John Ortiz, Reiko Aylesworth. 2007.● (CARMEL MOUNTAIN; CHULA VISTA 10; DEL

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American Gangster — Formula under-world drama poured into an epic template.Like Jiffy-brand waffle batter spread overan iron the size of a billiard table. “Basedon a true story,” it traces, in separate inter-twined storylines, the converging upwardpaths of criminal and cop: the former(Denzel Washington) starting out as theservile driver and bodyguard for the leg-endary Bumpy Johnson, a big fish in thesmall pond of Harlem into the late Sixties,then expanding the pond, upon his boss’sdeath, into an ocean; and the latter (Russell

Crowe) working his way up as an under-cover narc in New Jersey, studying for thebar in his spare time. Their eventual meet-ing comes, and drags on, as something ofan anticlimax, after an excitingly stageddrug raid from which the ganglord is luckyto be absent. The opposing paths up to thatpoint are smoothly graded and wellgreased; and director Ridley Scott, the epit-ome of slick (Alien, Blade Runner, Thelmaand Louise, Gladiator, Black Hawk Down,and so on), moves things along at a tolera-ble pace, although there’s the distinct im-pression that even if he knew any shortcuts,he wouldn’t take them. His goal is epic, and

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he would gladly drag his feet to get there. Attwo and a half hours plus, he indeed doesget there. Washington, to pay him a back-handed compliment, is never quite as credi-ble as a through-and-through baddie, eventhough that seems to be the way to the Os-car (i.e., Training Day). Crowe on the otherhand is a perfectly credible crusader, over-coming no greater obstacles on the road torespectability than his buoyant whitesneakers and his unflattering, inexpensiveperiod haircut, framing his face with foldedwings. With Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin,Lymari Nadal, and Ruby Dee. 2007.★ (GASLAMP 15)

Atonement — British, bookish periodpiece, from an Ian McEwan novel, about ayoung girl’s misreading of the amorous ac-tivities of her elders, and its tragic conse-quences. (A mole on the right cheek linksthe three different actresses who play therole, Saoirse Ronan in the Thirties, RomolaGarai in wartime, and Vanessa Redgrave inmodern day.) The movie starts rather se-dately, despite some point-of-view tricks, ina commonplace country estate; and it thengets rather overblown in the war sequences,including a marathon Steadicam single takeof the evacuation at Dunkirk. But all in allit’s well-mounted, well-dressed, well-acted,and, well, dull. With Keira Knightley, JamesMcAvoy, Brenda Blethyn, and Harriet Wal-ter; directed by Joe Wright. 2007.★ (ESCONDIDO 16, FROM 1/4; FLOWER HILL 4;

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Before the Devil Knows You’re

Dead — Interesting attempt by the eighty-three-year-old Sidney Lumet to keep upwith the Tarantinos, piloting a caper film ofback-and-forth time jumps and alternatingpoints of view. The caper itself, a jewelrystore stickup, is strictly small-time. “Wedon’t want Tiffany’s,” the mastermind, adrug-dependent real estate accountant(Philip Seymour Hoffman), pitches the ideato his younger brother, a deadbeat dad

(Ethan Hawke): “We want a mom-and-popoperation.” More specifically, the operationof their own mom and pop (RosemaryHarris and Albert Finney), squeezed be-tween Claire’s and Foot Locker in a cookie-cutter Westchester shopping mall. The rob-bery goes very wrong very early, and theensuing time scramble dispenses informa-tion and revelations on an unpredictableschedule. We meet “Grandma,” for exam-ple, at a school play after we have seen hershot in the holdup and before we find outshe was not supposed to be at work thatday. And we find out that the recruited

younger brother is having an affair with hissister-in-law, the mastermind’s wife(Marisa Tomei, more extensively attractivethan ever), before we even know that themastermind has any part in the plan. Thetotally botched robbery, leaving noprospect of success and profit, quicklyeliminates much of the standard suspensein this sort of thing (cueing instead abrooding Fargo-esque musical score fromFargo’s actual composer, Carter Burwell),and it permits the focus to shift to thedeeply jaundiced view of family life — fam-ily discord, family disloyalty, family dys-function. That view, while it lets in a fairshare of malicious humor, is not to betaken lightly. Lumet, whose long list ofcredits runs along the lines of Twelve AngryMen, Long Day’s Journey into Night, Fail-Safe, The Pawnbroker, Serpico, Dog Day Af-ternoon, Network, The Verdict, and the like,is by nature banished from lightness. 2007.★★ (GASLAMP 15)

Charlie Wilson’s War — Didactic poli-sci lesson on How the System Works, en-tertainingly illustrated by screenwriterAaron Sorkin and director Mike Nichols.The titular war is the one between the Sovi-ets and the Afghans in the Reagan era, andCharlie Wilson is a nonfictional Texas con-gressman (played with supreme compla-cency by Tom Hanks) who, ideally situatedfor budgeting purposes, spared some timefrom his enjoyment of the perks of power(single malt, cocaine, strippers in the hottub) in order to do the bidding of a rabidRight-wing fundraiser in his home state(Julia Roberts, fully surrendering to hernatural or enhanced grotesquerie, at onepoint intrepidly separating her gluey eye-lashes with an open safety pin) and brokera covert alliance between the Pakistanis andthe Israelis, combatting the Evil Empirefrom discreetly behind the scenes. This isnot your typical tale of the cavalier cynicgetting involved, finding religion, commit-ting himself to a cause. The protagonist’sprofligate ways are typical enough, and therefugee camp that opens his eyes is depictedvery straight, but there remains, even afterthat, a sense of irony about his crusade —no more solemnity in his demeanor than inthat, let’s say, of the surgeons in MASH —so that his commitment is forever perceivedas something of a pose, something withinquotation marks. The job gets done all thesame. Philip Seymour Hoffman, sporting alush mustache and full head of dark hair in

testimony to the character’s Mediterraneanethnicity, goes Hanks one better (severalbetter, in fact) as a disgruntled CIA spookwho, irked at not getting the Finland as-signment after studying Finnish, cannoteven throw a tantrum without a wink. Notonly does Hoffman walk away with theshow, he also gets to recite the Buddhistparable whose punchline frames the entirepicture, turning an ostensibly happy endinginto an up-in-the-air ending, or in otherwords no ending at all. We know too wellwhat happened next. With Amy Adams,Emily Blunt, Ned Beatty. 2007.★★ (CARMEL MOUNTAIN; CHULA VISTA 10; ES-

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The Darjeeling Limited — One thing tobe said for a Wes Anderson film, and it’s nosmall thing, is that it bears an individualstamp. A stamp as flat as a postage stamp,as emphatic as a rubber stamp. (Whap,whap.) A well-known commodity after Bot-tle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tennen-baums, The Life Aquatic of Steve Zissou, An-derson favors fastidiously balanced,nailed-down compositions, the figurespinned to a shallow background like but-terfly specimens. Stressing their separate-ness, he has no intention to hinge his shotstogether into a smooth and seamless line,but instead slots them into place as if ondisconnected planes, setting up a clumpingrhythm of starts and stops, glazing thescreen with the deadest of deadpans, anderecting an invisible wall (invulnerable evento the occasional uncharacteristic zoom)between the filmmaker and his characters,freakishly feckless people, abject puppetsmanipulated by a man with little regard forhuman diversity and volition. The effect —the unhumanness of these humanoids — isoften amusing and always distancing. Thedanger in the director’s method is that itcan be too distancing and therefore notamusing enough. (Since he always clamps atasteful mute on the audience’s merriment,the standard laugh-meter is an unreliablemeasure.) If this outing seems a cut aboveall previous ones, it may be the benefit of areal, a tangible, a substantial background

against which to display his specimens:three, thirty-something brothers who havenot spoken to one another in the year sincetheir father’s funeral, now heading out to-gether on a “spiritual journey” in a first-class sleeper car across India, with the ulti-mate aim of tracking down their mother (ano-show at the funeral) in a convent at thefoot of the Himalayas. In other words, atypical Wes Anderson operation, bringingabout the insecure bonding of misalignedoddballs, but in an atypical exotic setting,the better to draw out their oddness. OwenWilson, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman,Amara Karan, Anjelica Huston, Bill Mur-ray. 2007.★★★ (LA PALOMA)

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly —Julian Schnabel relates another true-life talefrom the wide world of art, this one a littlemore liberated from convention than hisBasquiat or his Before Night Falls (though itimmediately and continually brings tomind Alejandro Amenábar’s The Sea In-side), the tale of Jean-Dominique Bauby, aneditor at Elle magazine, who in the prime oflife suffered a stroke that left him paralyzedbut for his left eyelid (and his imaginationand his memory), and who dictated amemoir, letter by letter, through a systemof blinks. The first three-quarters of anhour or so are reasonably audacious, sub-jectively visualized through the eyes of theinvalid (Mathieu Amalric, at this point un-seen), with cropped faces and figures,blurred edges, off-kilter angles, etc., and yetthe camera looks awfully free-swinging andthe editing awfully jumpy for the P.O.V. ofa paralytic, as if Schnabel felt he had to lenda helping hand to keep things hopping.(The rotation of comely coquettes to serveas speech therapist, physical therapist, andamanuensis seems to have been assembledout of similar motives.) Much of the re-mainder of the film feels drawn out andpadded, with the major exception of a tensescene in which the wife, operating thespeakerphone in the hospital room, is re-quired to mediate a call from the mistress.The essential subject matter is one that de-mands in its treatment purity and rigor,and that receives instead disorder and in-dulgence. (This really wasn’t the time andplace for further proof of the director’s hiptaste in music, U2, Velvet Underground,Tom Waits.) A big critical favorite,nonetheless, perhaps owing to the specialdispensation granted the handicapped, thequickness to applaud the least little show ofhumor, verve, perseverance. With Em-manuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, AnneConsigny, and Max von Sydow. 2007.★ (HILLCREST CINEMAS)

Enchanted — In an overlong prologue, ageneric fairy-tale princess, rendered in apastiche of old-time Disney animation, isdispatched by a generic wicked witch to “aplace where there are no happily-ever-afters,” namely modern-day Manhattan inlive action, whither she’s soon followed byher betrothed prince, a CG chipmunk, anda witch’s minion. The slothful working-outof this inspiration should pass as sophisti-cated among grade-schoolers. And maybeonce in a while among grown-ups. (With asong, the princess rallies pigeons, sewerrats, and cockroaches to help with the do-mestic chores.) Amy Adams, far from themost plasticky actress, maintains a pluckyair of innocence bordering on BlancheDu Bois delusion. With Patrick Dempsey,James Marsden, Timothy Spall, and SusanSarandon; directed by Kevin Lima. 2007.★ (FASHION VALLEY 18; GASLAMP 15;

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The Golden Compass — Unstirring epicfantasy, set in a parallel universe wherepeople’s souls walk beside them in the formof talking animals, called “daemons.” In ad-dition, there’s a whole glossary of made-upproper nouns, an obligatory oppressive,thought-policing Ruling Power, and ayoung girl singled out by destiny to be theSavior, aided by a good witch, a gypsyband, a dirigible-flying cowboy, a CG ar-mored polar bear (cousin of the Coca-Colapolars), and the truth-telling gizmo of thetitle. A four-pronged last-minute rescue

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settles nothing, for this is but Part One ofPhilip Pullman’s “His Dark Materials” tril-ogy. With Dakota Blue Richards, NicoleKidman, Daniel Craig, Eva Green, and SamElliott; directed by Chris Weitz. 2007.★ (CARMEL MOUNTAIN; ESCONDIDO 16; FASH-

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Gone Baby Gone — Directing debut ofBen Affleck, who stays behind the cameraand cedes the spotlight to his youngerbrother Casey, in the role of Patrick Kenzie,the Boston missing-persons private eye (“Ifind the people that started in the cracksand then fell through”), along with his“snooty” partner Angie Gennaro (MichelleMonaghan), featured in a series of detectivenovels by Dennis Lehane. The plot, startingsensibly enough with the vanished daughterof a drug-addicted and derelict single mom,proves in the long run to be preposterous.But Affleck, meaning Casey more than Ben,works wonders to humanize Lehane’srather embarrassing literary creation, partlyjust by his youthful delicacy and his chip-on-the-shoulder defensiveness about it. Asingularly unprepossessing hero, he gainsstature by holding his ground, however sul-lenly, against some highly showy perform-ances (Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, AmyRyan, Morgan Freeman, among them).And the other Affleck, Ben, does some niceimpressionistic detailing of his native BeanTown, and some candid thumbnailing ofassorted lowlifes, before he succumbs to amuddying plot and a gagging resolution.2007.★ (GASLAMP 15)

The Great Debaters — An Oprah film(or anagrammatically, a Harpo Film) forOprah’s audience, with their insatiable ap-petite for uplift. The fact-based story of thedebate team at little Wiley College, an all-black institution in segregationist Texas,and of their climactic showdown on thetopic of Civil Disobedience against the na-tional champs of Harvard University, playsas a sort of two-hour spot for the UNCF.Denzel Washington, as both the debatecoach in front of the camera and the direc-tor behind it, may be somewhat unimagi-native, even embarrassingly unimaginative,in his complete and precise merger of thetwo roles into one: the great edifier. (Notjust my character but me myself.) Still, if theremedial elucidation of racial issues seems abit behind the times, it’s not so much be-cause the action is set in the 1930s as be-cause racial progress continues to lag in the2000s. The edifier has plenty of just cause.Nate Parker, Jurnee Smollett, DenzelWhitaker, Forest Whitaker. 2007.★ (CARMEL MOUNTAIN; ESCONDIDO 16; FASH-

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Hitman — Video-game idiocy around apeerless assassin with a shaved head, a barcode tattooed on the back of it (assuringhim the anonymity demanded of his job),and a voice mistakable for Clint East-wood’s. The prevalent fog indoors is a sym-bol, a symptom, of a fog in the brain. WithTimothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott, andOlga Kurylenko; directed by Xavier Gens.2007.● (PALM PROMENADE 24)

I Am Legend — The third screen treat-ment of Richard Matheson’s post-apoca-lyptic vampire tale is the first to retain theoriginal title (cf. The Last Man on Earth andThe Omega Man), and the first to bring toit the total commitment of top dollar, mosthelpful in creating a weed-overgrown NewYork City. It also brings to it some very wetsentimentality, with Will Smith having ahard time shouldering the burdens of beinga Renaissance man amid a population ofnocturnal zombies: he’s a brilliant scientist,a hardbodied soldier, a tender dog lover, aBob Marley aficionado, a Shrek memorizer,and so on. The situation nevertheless keepsa good grip until the fortuitous appearanceof a second (and third) human being, afterwhich the grip loosens. With Alice Braga,Charlie Tahan, and briefly an uncredited

Emma Thompson; directed by FrancisLawrence. 2007.★ (CARMEL MOUNTAIN; CHULA VISTA 10; DEL


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DIEGO 15; RIVER VILLAGE 6; SAN MARCOS 18;

SANTEE DRIVE IN; TOWN SQUARE 14; VISTA VIL-

LAGE)

I’m Not There — Todd Haynes blows an-other cloud of mist into the mystique of

Bob Dylan. The filmmaker, who once en-listed Barbie dolls to tell the Karen Carpen-ter story, now borrows a gimmick used byTodd Solondz in Palindromes, employing arotation of dissimilar actors to play a singlerole, a multiplication of a gimmick used byLuis Buñuel in That Obscure Object of De-sire. (Not a gimmick, in other words, exclu-sive to filmmakers named Todd.) The factthat Bob Dylan is a real person and a publicfigure, about whom we may have our ownideas, further complicates matters, and it iseasy to lose track of the subject of the filmwhen we are looking at a prepubescentblack boy, Marcus Carl Franklin, hoppingfreight trains in Depression-period hobo-

style, or looking at Richard Gere in grannyglasses on horseback in the era of themodel-T, and all the easier when they aremasquerading under the aliases of WoodyGuthrie and Billy the Kid, respectively. Thesongs in the film (sometimes sung by Dylanhimself, sometimes by others) leave nodoubt as to the protagonist’s identity, andno doubt as to his uniqueness, but betweenthe half-dozen different faces andpseudonyms, the film seems to be not somuch about the “many lives of Bob Dylan”as about a half-dozen different lives alto-gether. The elusiveness of the man, the

multifacetedness of him, would presumablybe The Point, but that point could havebeen made more subtly: the dissimilarity ofMarcus Carl Franklin and Richard Gereamounts to gross overstatement. Adding tothe confusion is a visual patchwork stitchedtogether out of grainy black-and-white,glossy black-and-white, jaundiced color,and peachy color (Edward Lachman, cine-matographer), not even counting the di-verse cinematic allusions, catch them if youcan, to Fellini, Godard, Peckinpah. WithChristian Bale (who gets the speaking voice,the cadence, just right), Cate Blanchett(who additionally, cross-dressingly, gets thelook just right), Ben Winshaw, HeathLedger, and Charlotte Gainsbourg. 2007.★ (GASLAMP 15)

Into the Wild — Illustration, in a sketchyhand, of the Jon Krakauer nonfiction bookon Christopher McCandless, a 1990 collegegraduate, on the doorstep of Harvard LawSchool, who gave away his tuition fund toOxfam, obliterated his identity, renamedhimself Alexander Supertramp, andswapped the evils of society for the purityof the northern wilderness (“No longer tobe poisoned by civilization,” he carved intoa wooden shingle at his encampment),where ultimately he starved to death in1992. It may not sound like much of anidea for a film. It isn’t. A Seventies-styleroad movie, redolent of Seventies-style dis-affection, it has a strong element of travel-ogue, as our happy-go-lucky hobo rides hisaging Datsun westward to South Dakota,abandons it at Lake Mead, kayaks down theColorado River, drifts into Mexico, train-hops up to L.A., thumbs his way to theSalton Sea, Anza Borrego, and Alaska. Inthat final destination, the travelogue veerstoward nature documentary. At nearly twoand a half hours, the film feels very, verylong, albeit short on relatable incident: theprotagonist goes places, he meets people,and then he goes to a place where he won’tmeet people, where he will meet only hisend, a martyr to something or other. Direc-tor Sean Penn unmistakably takes himselfvery seriously, and takes his protagonist al-most reverently, painting him as somethingof a holy fool (a reader of Tolstoi, eventhough an eater of meat when he can getit), and offering up this speculative re-enactment as nothing less than an endorse-ment. At the top, he sets the tone with ahigh-flown epigraph from Lord Byron: “Ilove not man the less, but Nature more” —

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that one. The kid sister periodically suppliessome explanatory narration (“I understandwhat he was doing”), and Pearl Jam’s EddieVedder chimes in with a half-dozen or soacoustic songs in sympathy and support. Ofthe real protagonist’s earnestness and con-viction, the film can tell us next to nothing.Of the filmmaker’s, it can tell us much. Andthen it can tell us again. And again. WithEmile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, WilliamHurt, Jena Malone, Vince Vaughn, and HalHolbrook. 2007.★ (GASLAMP 15)

Juno — A slow starter. In the title role of apregnant Minnesota high-schooler (namedafter the Roman goddess of marriage, fi-delity, fertility), the dry flat sardonic line-delivery of Ellen Page, the angelic avengerof Hard Candy, is not easy to warm up to,no matter how much we might try to see itas an adolescent defense mechanism, or

how much as humble emulation of JaneaneGarofalo. And the garishly colorful dia-logue, from first-time scripter and formerstripper Diablo Cody, often tends to pushtoo hard (“Being pregnant makes me peelike Seabiscuit”). The heroine, interested insimply finding a good home for the baby,not in making a profit off it, finds a possibletaker in the weekly PennySaver (“next tothe exotic birds”), a neat-freaky suburbancouple in the gated confines of Glacial Val-ley Estates. It’s there that things really beginto get interesting. Our initial arrival at thehousing development is alone sufficient toconvince us of Jason Reitman’s directorialbona fides: a series of static shots of anti-septic House Beautiful after House Beauti-ful as the car passes across the screen, left toright, in front of each. And the prospectivemother, Jennifer Garner (her piano-wiretautness put to good use), turns out to bethe neater of the pair, someone who will

studiously ponder “custard” versus“cheesecake” as the color for baby’s room,while the prospective father, Jason Bate-man, proves to be the freakier, a stay-at-home composer of advertising ditties and afrustrated rock-and-roller. A curious, po-tentially dangerous after-school relation-ship blossoms between him and the hero-ine: he may be a commercial sell-out as acomposer, but he’s a person who can talkmusic to a teenager, and he demonstrates“decent taste in slasher movies” (e.g., Her-schell Gordon Lewis’s The Wizard of Gore,another impediment to our warming up tothe heroine). Over time, the film builds,and it does so with proficiency, patience,and foresight. If the heroine is never whollyembraceable, the surrounding characters gofar to compensate, specifically J.K. Sim-mons as her droll laconic dad, Allison Jan-ney as her worldly-wise, even-keeled mom,and above all, Michael Cera as her shunted-

aside, unassertive, but ever-faithfulboyfriend, the baby’s biological father, anda cooler dude than you’d ever guess fromhis track-team togs. And if the dialogue isunabatingly overcolored, at least the huesare spread around democratically. 2007.★★★ (ESCONDIDO 16; FLOWER HILL 4;

GROSSMONT CENTER; HILLCREST CINEMAS;

LA JOLLA 12; MIRA MESA 18; OCEANSIDE 16;


PLAZA CAMINO REAL; RANCHO DEL REY 16; SAN

MARCOS 18; TOWN SQUARE 14; TOWN

SQUARE 14; VISTA VILLAGE)

The Kite Runner — From the KhaledHosseini novel, directed by Marc Forster(Finding Neverland, Stranger Than Fiction),a story about a storyteller, and in large parta story truly worthy of a storyteller. The re-maining parts are hackneyed and/or hokey.Main elements: two boyhood pals in Kabul,1978, the sons of master and servant, andthe psychologically penetrating betrayal ofthe second by the first, our evolving story-teller. Notwithstanding the graphic barbari-ties of the Taliban in the year 2000, the filmtakes a tactical and tactful approach to theIslamic topic, and the nostalgic re-creationof life in the Afghanistan of yesteryear(handsomely photographed in the bargain)is highly beneficial: the competitive, com-bative, and colorful kite flying, the Pashto-dubbed print of The Magnificent Seven(Charles Bronson’s accent giving him awayas a native Iranian), the swanky comforts ofthe hero’s home, the imposing figure of hisprincipled, civilized, dignified father (ablyembodied by the star of Taste of Cherry,Homayoun Ershadi), destined to run a gasstation in Fremont after fleeing the Sovietinvaders. The besetting problems of divid-ing a screen role between a younger and anolder actor are brutally spotlighted in thescene where a Taliban bully tells the nowadult hero that he never forgets a face,when in truth the face little resembles theone that the bully last saw. It is not surpris-ing that the hero, in turn, doesn’t recognizethe bully. With Khalid Abdalla, ZekeriaEbrahimi, and Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada.2007.★★ (FASHION VALLEY 18; FLOWER HILL 4; HOR-

TON PLAZA 14; LA JOLLA VILLAGE; SAN

MARCOS 18; TOWN SQUARE 14)

Kurt Cobain: About a Son — In-his-own-words documentary on the late leadsinger of Nirvana, directed by A.J. Schnack.(KEN, FROM 1/4)

National Treasure — Juvenile adventureyarn about a treasure hunt for the leg-endary booty of the Knights Templar,handed down to their natural successors,the Masons, and squirreled away by theAmerican Founding Fathers, with clues toits whereabouts written in invisible ink onthe back of the Declaration of Indepen-dence. The Jerry Bruckheimer treatment(Jon Turteltaub the nominal director)blends bombast and grandiosity with inso-lence and insouciance, in such a way as toappeal strictly to the tone-deaf or tone-in-different (or more exactly, juveniles). Nico-las Cage reverts to his action-hero mode,which is to say his take-the-money-and-runmode. Justin Bartha, the mentally chal-lenged younger brother in Gigli (if you’reone of the forty-two people who saw it), isthe sardonic sidekick who seems to be do-ing an impression of Dennis Miller. DianeKruger, the Face That Launched a Thou-sand Ships in Troy, is Just Another PrettyFace. And Sean Bean is just another Britishbaddie, albeit slightly more justifiable as apresent-day descendant of the Redcoats.With Jon Voight, Harvey Keitel, Christo-pher Plummer. 2004.● (CARMEL MOUNTAIN; CHULA VISTA 10; DEL


VALLEY 18; GROSSMONT CENTER; HORTON





PLAZA CAMINO REAL; POWAY 10; RANCHO DEL

REY 16; RANCHO SAN DIEGO 15; RIVER

VILLAGE 6; SAN MARCOS 18; SANTEE DRIVE IN;

TOWN SQUARE 14; VISTA VILLAGE)

No Country for Old Men — The Coenbrothers’ first literary adaptation, from aCormac McCarthy original, an overflow-ingly bloody pulp thriller, plumped up with

folksy first-person social commentary initalics, about a Texas good ole boy whostumbles upon the internecine scene of adrug deal gone bad, makes off with asatchel of cash, and tries to ditch the impla-cable hired killer (among others) on histrail. Sharing the writing credit as alwaysand sharing the directing credit as they onlybegan to do with The Ladykillers, the broth-ers were smart to cut down the social com-mentary — the Decline of Western Civi-lization as viewed by an agingthird-generation lawman — to a singleblock of voice-over at the outset (“Some ofthe old-time sheriffs never even wore agun”), and to sprinkle any additional suchcommentary lightly into the dialogue(“Once you quit hearing ‘sir’ and ‘ma’am,’the rest is soon to follow”). Without thoserepeated and repetitive interruptions, thesimple pursuit narrative — the killer pursu-ing the filcher, the lawman pursuingboth — unfolds as lean, linear, streamlined,and yet slow, steady, and long, never verydeep. And on the Coens’ part, never veryinventive. They have followed McCarthy’sblueprint scrupulously, even slavishly, andhave bountifully harvested his lip-smackingdialogue; and the major unconventionali-ties in this mostly conventional thriller areall his. (For better or for worse.) To be sure,the Coens are meticulous technicians,supremely skillful, attentive to the minutestdetail. And while the body count climbsnumbingly high, the tension in individualset pieces is teased out to an exquisiteagony, and with no artificial boost fromany background music. (The Coens’ regularcomposer, Carter Burwell, gets credited forthe exit music.) Certainly a personal touch,a personal sense of humor, comes into thelocal-color cameos of gas-station attendant,motel clerk, hotel clerk, trailer-park man-ager, etc., etc. And perhaps a somewhat un-seemly humor, or at least unseemly delight,comes into the characterization of the psy-chopathic killer, with his robotic delivery oflines, his torturous banter, his gimmickyweapon (a compressed-air tank for blowinglocks out of doors and blowing holes inheads), and above all his EngelbertHumperdinck haircut circa 1972 (hair hu-mor always being big with the Coens).Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, JoshBrolin, Kelly Macdonald, Woody Harrel-son. 2007.★★★★ (HILLCREST CINEMAS; LA JOLLA VIL-

LAGE; PALM PROMENADE 24)

One Missed Call — French director EricValette remakes a Japanese horror film inEnglish, with Shannyn Sossamon and Ed-ward Burns.(CARMEL MOUNTAIN; CHULA VISTA 10; ESCON-

DIDO 16; FASHION VALLEY 18; GASLAMP 15;

LA JOLLA 12; MIRA MESA 18; MISSION VAL-

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PARKWAY PLAZA 18; POWAY 10; RANCHO DEL

REY 16; RANCHO SAN DIEGO 15; SAN MAR-

COS 18; TOWN SQUARE 14; FROM 1/4)

The Orphanage — Spanish spook showby first-time filmmaker Juan Antonio Bay-ona, starring Belén Rueda.(HILLCREST CINEMAS; LA JOLLA 12; FROM 1/4)

P.S. I Love You — A widow (HilarySwank) receives guidance from her latehusband (Gerard Butler), directed byRichard LaGravanese.(CARMEL MOUNTAIN; CHULA VISTA 10; DEL MAR

HIGHLANDS 8; ESCONDIDO 16; FASHION

VALLEY 18; GASLAMP 15; GROSSMONT CENTER;

LA COSTA 6; LA JOLLA 12; MIRA MESA 18; MIS-

SION VALLEY 7; MISSION VALLEY 20; OCEAN-

SIDE 16; OTAY RANCH 12; PALM PROME-

NADE 24; PARKWAY PLAZA 18; POWAY 10;

RANCHO DEL REY 16; RANCHO SAN DIEGO 15;

RIVER VILLAGE 6; SAN MARCOS 18; SANTEE

DRIVE IN; TOWN SQUARE 14; VISTA VILLAGE)

The Savages — Philip Seymour Hoff-man in the male lead, blond and bearded,as a Buffalo drama professor at work on atome on Bertolt Brecht. And Laura Linneyin the larger female lead, brunette andbedraggled, as an unproduced dramatist atwork on a “subversive, semi-autobiograph-ical play” (as she describes it in her grantapplications) inspired by the works of JeanGenet, Eugene O’Neill, and cartoonistLynda Barry. They are brother and sister,forced into the same yoke to deal with theirdemented father (Philip Bosco) after his

FRANCIS WEIDINGER

Independent filmmaker

Lost Horizon: Garden of Eden in

black-and-white. Frank Capra

can be awesome, funny, and

satirical. But in Lost Horizon, he

got lost. It’s still fun to take the

trip and see utopia through the

eyes of one of America’s great-

est filmmakers.

Wizard of Oz: Finally, color

in the middle of the movie even

though we had to kill a witch to

get it. Makes you want to join

the Lollipop Guild. Damn

munchkins, ruby slippers, and

that yellow brick road. Still a

frickin’ great movie. Pay no

attention to the man behind the

curtain.

Monkey Business:

Watching a Marx Brothers movie

is like strolling through the

Garden of Eden. Harpo helping

out at customs — and lip

synching to Maurice

Chevalier — is beyond heaven. I

laugh my ass off every time I see

this scene. Groucho steers the

ship; Chico adds flavor; and I’m

still not sure what Zeppo does.

LOST HORIZON (USA) 1937,

Columbia Pictures

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THE WIZARD OF OZ (USA) 1939,

Warner Home Video

List price: $26.98 (two discs)

MONKEY BUSINESS (USA) 1931,

Universal

List price: $14.99

DEBORA KLOCHKO

Director, Museum of

Photographic Arts,

mopa.org

In the current MoPA exhibition,

Picturing Eden, photographers

deal with the idea of the Garden

as a metaphor for good and evil,

heaven and hell. To continue

with these concepts, try When

Worlds Collide, which takes us

from destruction to redemption.

Scientists discover Earth’s on a

collision course with a rogue

star. A rocket ship’s built to save

a small group so humans can

start life on a new planet.

In The Island, two clones

(Ewan McGregor, Scarlett

Johansson) live in what appears

to be paradise but in gaining a

new awareness and a loss of

innocence they uncover what

they really are.

Finally, the original Blade

Runner (pre-director’s cut)

depicts a future where life’s cre-

ated and manipulated on a cel-

lular level. The creator’s

destroyed and a new Adam and

Eve (Harrison Ford, Sean Young)

run away to a more idyllic place

where being real or fabricated

doesn’t matter.

WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE (USA)

1951, Paramount

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THE ISLAND (USA) 2005,

Dreamworks

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BLADE RUNNER (USA) 1982,

Warner

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SHANE FLORES

Curator, Secret Cinema

Code 46 has the sense of closing

a circle, when all the elements

of our fabled Edenic fall collapse

into a terminal near-future,

distorted and corrupted by our

“tumble down the staircase.”

Proscribed self-knowledge,

persecuted sensuality, and

circumscribed geographies

where “inside” and “outside”

are defined by the most drastic

of consequences.

Remember the ’60s, when

Eden was something to be found

here, now and within? Before we

decided to get all Book of

Revelations medieval on our

own collective ass. The Valley

Obscured by Clouds is a

postcard found between the

pages of the book, a testament

to how earnest the impulse was

then, and how close a seeker

can come even now, if only he’s

willing to step off the grid.

Derek Jarman’s The

Garden — Eden remembered

through a plague fever and cast

before you in shards by a vision-

ary in memoriam of a time

before sex could be murder.

CODE 46 (England) 2003,

MGM

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THE VALLEY OBSCURED BY

CLOUDS (France) 1972,

Homevision

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THE GARDEN (England) 1990,

Artificial Eye

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Sun City “girlfriend” of twenty years kicksthe bucket and her family kicks him out.These are big performances in a small filmmade up of small moments, a life-is-messycomedy of small (but not few) laughs.Writer and director Tamara Jenkins, notheard from since her (subversive, semi-autobiographical) Slums of Beverly Hills,seeks the universal in the individual — theparticulars, the peculiarities, the normal ab-normalities (the lachrymosity of Hoffman,the mendacity of Linney) — which is theright way to go about it. The peculiaritiesneedn’t have been so artsy-fartsily peculiar.With Peter Friedman and Cara Seymour.2007.★★ (HILLCREST CINEMAS; LA JOLLA VILLAGE)

Starting Out in the Evening — Liter-ary indie, not just in source material (awell-regarded novel by Brian Morton) or intalky, articulate, literate treatment, but alsoin subject matter: a stiff-necked New YorkJewish intellectual (he wears a tie whenhome alone), a drinker at the well of LionelTrilling, Alfred Kazin, Irving Kristol, et al.,struggling to complete his fifth and finalnovel before his demise, parrying the time-consuming advances of an adoring,auburn-haired grad student who has se-lected him as the obscure topic of her mas-ter’s thesis, and who has set herself the dif-ficult goal of getting him back in print.(Subplot: his unmarried daughter and herticking biological clock.) Small, slow, seri-ous film, not without humor, in spite of thestraightness and narrowness (or because ofthe straightness and narrowness) of FrankLangella’s committed performance, his to-tal avoidance of anything like comic loopi-ness and broadness. Lauren Ambrose andLili Taylor give him plenty of credible trou-ble as the chief women in his life, new ad-mirer and aging daughter respectively.With Adrian Lester; directed by AndrewWagner. 2007.★★ (KEN, THROUGH 1/3)

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber

of Fleet Street — The Grand-GuignolBroadway musical (words and music byStephen Sondheim), Tim Burtonized forHollywood. Which means, among otherthings (such as less music), a ton-of-bricksproduction design, an ashen color schemesometimes edging up to the border ofblack-and-white (excluding the rivers,lakes, geysers of rich red blood), and thede rigueur Johnny Depp, showing off a dif-fident singing voice, as a frightfully frigidavenger, chilling in quite the wrong way.(Whoever said revenge is a dish best servedcold can’t have meant straight from thefreezer.) Helena Bonham Carter, AlanRickman, and Timothy Spall are likewisenot singers. 2007.★ (DEL MAR HIGHLANDS 8; ESCONDIDO 16;

FASHION VALLEY 18; GROSSMONT CENTER;

HORTON PLAZA 14; LA JOLLA 12; MIRA MESA 18;

MISSION VALLEY 20; OTAY RANCH 12; PALM

PROMENADE 24; PARKWAY PLAZA 18; RANCHO

DEL REY 16; RANCHO SAN DIEGO 15; SAN MAR-

COS 18; TOWN SQUARE 14; VISTA VILLAGE)

24-Hour Party People — Michael Win-terbottom’s re-creation of the Manchesterpop scene from the mid-Seventies throughthe Eighties: i.e., from punk to rave.Breathless, chaotic, self-consciously “post-modern” — which translates into raggedy,uneven visuals and a main character whoaddresses the camera with full knowledgeof future events and full awareness that he’sin a movie (soon to be a DVD). This char-acter — real-life TV personality and musi-cal entrepreneur Tony Wilson, portrayedby comedian Steve Coogan — emerges as areal character all right, a little full of him-self, given to exaggeration, an aspiring mes-siah, yet an earnest enthusiast. Shirley Hen-derson, Paddy Considine, Sean Harris,Danny Cunningham. 2002.★ (KEN, 1/5 MIDNIGHT)

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story —In essence a spoof of Walk the Line, to dowith a sort of cut-rate Johnny Cash (aJohnny Wampum maybe), although theprotagonist’s music branches out furtherthan the real Cash’s into the groves of BobDylan, The Beatles, punk rock (ahead of itstime), trend-setters and -followers in gen-eral. The comedy mostly aims low, low, de-pressingly so. The scene with the Beatles in

India is a relatively high, high highlight(particularly Paul Rudd’s squeezed enunci-ations as John Lennon), and in the lead roleJohn C. Reilly’s innate amiability helps tocounteract depression. With Jenna Fischer,Kristen Wiig, Raymond J. Barry, and TimMeadows; directed by Jake Kasdan. 2007.★ (CARMEL MOUNTAIN; DEL MAR HIGHLANDS 8;

ESCONDIDO 16; FASHION VALLEY 18;

GASLAMP 15; GROSSMONT CENTER; LA

COSTA 6; MIRA MESA 18; MISSION VALLEY 7;

MISSION VALLEY 20; OCEANSIDE 16; OTAY

RANCH 12; PALM PROMENADE 24; PARKWAY

PLAZA 18; RANCHO DEL REY 16; RANCHO SAN

DIEGO 15; SAN MARCOS 18; TOWN SQUARE 14)

The Water Horse: Legend of the

Deep — A fatherless lad during WWIIfinds the egg of “the rarest of all

creatures” — only one on the planet at atime — and nurses the hatchling into theLoch Ness Monster, easily mistakable for aNazi submarine. Spectacular scenery (NewZealand supplementing Scotland) as thebackdrop for a gruesomely cute CG critterand some strong-arm manipulation. WithAlex Etel, Emily Watson, Ben Chaplin,David Morrissey, and Brian Cox; directedby Jay Russell. 2007.● (CARMEL MOUNTAIN; CHULA VISTA 10; DEL


VALLEY 18; HORTON PLAZA 14; LA JOLLA 12;

MIRA MESA 18; MISSION VALLEY 20; OCEAN-

SIDE 16; OTAY RANCH 12; PALM PROME-

NADE 24; PARKWAY PLAZA 18; POWAY 10; RAN-

CHO DEL REY 16; RANCHO SAN DIEGO 15; SAN

MARCOS 18; TOWN SQUARE 14)

Youth without Youth — Francis FordCoppola’s first film in a decade (The Rain-maker, just to jog your memory), althoughin truth he hasn’t been a force since thedecade of the Seventies. His comeback, oranyway his return to action, should securehis position in the margin: an English-lan-guage (variously accented) art film, repletewith “painterly” light, monochrome flash-backs, experimental dream scenes circa1925, upside-down and sideways images,mirror-multiplied images-within-images,doppelgänger dialogues, Nazi boogeymen,Eastern mysticism, decades of period set-

tings. Inspired by a philosophical novella ofMircea Eliade, it revolves around a hoaryold Romanian linguist (Tim Roth) who,when struck by lightning, miraculously re-verses the aging process and runs into adead ringer for the long lost love of hisyouth (Alexandra Maria Lara). It progressesfrom abstruseness to absurdity. 2007.★ (HILLCREST CINEMAS, THROUGH 1/4)

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CENTRALCLAIREMONT

Town Square 144665 Clairemont Drive (858-274-1234)Alvin and the Chipmunks (PG) Fri.-Sat.(11:00, 1:15, 3:30) 5:45, 7:55, 10:00 Sun.(11:00, 1:15, 3:30) 5:45, 7:55, 10:05; Atone-ment (R) Fri.-Sun. (10:40, 1:20) 4:10, 7:00,9:50; Charlie Wilson’s War (R) Fri.-Sat.(11:55, 2:20) 5:10, 7:50, 10:20 Sun. (11:55,2:20) 5:10, 7:40, 10:00; The Golden Compass(PG-13) Fri.-Sun. (11:25) 6:50; The Great De-baters (PG-13) Fri.-Sat. (10:55, 1:40) 4:30,7:15, 10:05 Sun. (10:55, 1:40) 4:30, 7:15, 10:10;I Am Legend (No Rating) Fri.-Sun. (11:30,2:00) 4:25, 7:10, 9:35; Juno (PG-13) Fri.-Sun.(11:45, 2:15) 5:00, 7:20, 9:40; The Kite Runner(PG-13) Fri.-Sun. (11:20, 3:40) 7:05, 9:45; Na-tional Treasure: Book of Secrets (PG)Fri.-Sat. (10:45, 1:45) 4:40, 7:35, 10:25 Sun.(10:45, 1:45) 4:35, 7:20, 10:00; No Country forOld Men (R) Fri.-Sun. (3:55) 9:25; OneMissed Call (PG-13) Fri.-Sun. (11:15, 1:25,3:35) 5:35, 7:45, 9:55; P.S. I Love You (PG-13)Fri.-Sat. (11:05, 1:50) 4:35, 7:25, 10:15 Sun.(11:05, 1:50) 4:35, 7:25, 10:10; Sweeney Todd:The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (R) Fri.-Sun. (11:10, 2:10) 4:50, 7:30, 10:10; The WaterHorse: Legend of the Deep (PG) Fri.-Sun.(10:50, 1:30) 4:15, 6:55, 9:30

DOWNTOWN

Gaslamp 15701 Fifth Avenue (619-232-0400)American Gangster (R) Fri.-Sun. (1:05) 5:00,8:15; Awake (R) Fri.-Sun. (1:25, 3:30) 5:35,7:50, 9:55; Before the Devil Knows You’reDead (R) Fri.-Sun. (2:15) 4:50, 7:25, 10:00;Enchanted (PG) Fri.-Sun. (2:25) 4:45, 7:10,9:35; Fred Claus (PG) Fri.-Sun. (2:05) 4:45,7:15, 9:50; Gone Baby Gone (R) Fri.-Sun.(2:10) 4:55, 7:30, 10:05; I’m Not There (R)Fri.-Sun. (1:15) 4:05, 6:50, 9:40; Into the Wild(R) Fri.-Sun. (2:40) 6:10, 9:25; P.S. I Love You(PG-13) Fri.-Sun. (1:30, 2:35) 4:15, 5:25, 7:00,8:10, 9:45; The Perfect Holiday (PG) Fri.-Sun. (1:10, 3:25) 5:40, 7:55, 10:10; Walk Hard:The Dewey Cox Story (R) Fri.-Sun. (1:20,2:30, 3:35) 4:40, 5:50, 7:05, 8:05, 9:20, 10:20

Horton Plaza 14Horton Plaza (619-444-FILM)Alvin and the Chipmunks (PG); CharlieWilson’s War (R); The Golden Compass(PG-13); The Great Debaters (PG-13); I AmLegend (No Rating); The Kite Runner(PG-13); National Treasure: Book of Secrets(PG); Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber ofFleet Street (R); The Water Horse: Legendof the Deep (PG)

LA JOLLA

La Jolla 128657 Villa La Jolla Drive (858-558-2262)Alvin and the Chipmunks (PG) Fri. 1:00,3:20, 5:35, 7:55, 10:20 Sat.-Sun. (10:50) 1:00,3:20, 5:35, 7:55, 10:20; Charlie Wilson’s War(R) Fri. 1:55, 4:45, 7:25, 10:05 Sat.-Sun. (11:20)1:55, 4:45, 7:25, 10:05; Enchanted (PG) Fri.12:50p.m. Sat.-Sun. (10:35) 1:10; The GreatDebaters (PG-13) Fri. 1:25, 4:15, 7:10, 10:10Sat.-Sun. (10:40) 1:25, 4:15, 7:10, 10:10; I AmLegend (No Rating) Fri. 1:40, 4:30, 7:15, 9:55Sat. (11:10) 1:35, 4:30, 7:15, 9:55 Sun. 1:40,4:30, 7:15, 9:55; Juno (PG-13) Fri. 12:45, 3:10,5:40, 8:15, 10:45 Sat. (10:30) 12:50, 3:10, 5:40,8:15, 10:45 Sun. (10:30) 12:50, 3:10, 5:40, 8:15,10:40; National Treasure: Book of Secrets(PG) Fri. 1:30, 4:35, 7:45, 10:55 Sat. (10:35)1:30, 4:35, 7:45, 10:55 Sun. (10:35) 1:30, 4:35,7:45, 10:45; One Missed Call (PG-13) Fri.1:05, 3:15, 5:25, 8:00, 10:30 Sat. (10:45) 1:05,3:15, 5:25, 8:00, 10:30 Sun. 1:05, 3:15, 5:25,8:00, 10:30; P.S. I Love You (PG-13) Fri. 1:35,4:25, 7:20, 10:25 Sat. (10:55) 1:40, 4:25, 7:20,10:25 Sun. 4:25, 7:20, 10:25; Sweeney Todd:The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (R) Fri.1:20, 4:05, 7:00, 10:00 Sat. (10:40) 1:20, 4:05,7:00, 10:00 Sun. 1:20, 4:05, 7:00, 10:00; TheMetropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel En-core - NCM Event Sun. 12:00p.m.; TheWater Horse: Legend of the Deep (PG) Fri.2:00, 4:40, 7:05, 9:45 Sat.-Sun. (11:30) 2:00,4:40, 7:05, 9:45

La Jolla Village8879 Villa La Jolla Drive (619-819-0236)Atonement (R) Fri.-Sun. 11:20, 1:40, 2:15,5:00, 7:00, 8:15; The Kite Runner (PG-13)Fri.-Sun. 11:10, 1:55, 4:50, 8:00; No Countryfor Old Men (R) Fri.-Sun. 11:00, 4:20, 9:40;The Savages (R) Fri.-Sun. 11:30, 2:05, 4:40,7:15, 9:50

MIRA MESA

Mira Mesa 1810733 Westview Parkway (858-635-7700)Call theater for program information

MISSION VALLEY

Fashion Valley 187037 Friars Road (858-558-2262)Alvin and the Chipmunks (PG) Fri.-Sun.(11:25) 1:50, 4:30, 6:55, 9:25; Charlie Wil-son’s War (R) Fri.-Sat. (10:45) 1:20, 4:05,6:40, 7:30, 9:15, 10:05 Sun. (10:45) 1:20, 4:05,6:40, 7:30, 9:15; Enchanted (PG) Fri.-Sun.(11:05) 1:45, 4:20, 7:05, 9:45; The GoldenCompass (PG-13) Fri.-Sun. (11:35) 2:10, 4:55;The Great Debaters (PG-13) Fri.-Sun.(10:35) 1:35, 4:35, 7:35, 10:30; I Am Legend(No Rating) Fri.-Sat. (11:00) 12:15, 1:30, 2:50,4:10, 5:25, 7:15, 8:00, 9:50, 10:35 Fri.-Sat.12:15, 2:50, 5:25, 8:00, 10:35 Sun. 12:15, 2:50,5:25, 8:00 Sun. (11:00) 12:15, 1:30, 2:50, 4:10,5:25, 7:15, 8:00, 9:50; The Kite Runner(PG-13) Fri.-Sat. (10:30) 12:40, 1:40, 3:45,4:40, 6:50, 7:40, 9:55, 10:40 Sun. (10:30) 12:40,1:40, 3:45, 4:40, 6:50, 7:40, 9:55; NationalTreasure: Book of Secrets (PG) Fri.-Sat.(10:50) 12:35, 1:30, 3:40, 4:35, 6:45, 7:45,10:00, 10:45 Sun. (10:50) 12:35, 1:30, 3:40,4:35, 6:45, 7:45, 10:00; One Missed Call(PG-13) Fri.-Sun. (11:50) 2:15, 4:50, 7:10, 9:40;P.S. I Love You (PG-13) Fri.-Sun. 12:25, 3:25,6:25, 9:35; Sweeney Todd: The Demon Bar-ber of Fleet Street (R) Fri.-Sun. (10:30) 1:25,4:15, 7:20, 10:20; Walk Hard: The DeweyCox Story (R) Fri.-Sun. 12:45, 3:10, 5:35, 8:05,10:25; The Water Horse: Legend of theDeep (PG) Fri.-Sun. (10:40) 1:15, 3:50, 6:30,9:10

Mission Valley 77510 Hazard Center Drive (619-685-2841)Alvin and the Chipmunks (PG); Candyland:Great Lollipop Adventure (G); Charlie Wil-son’s War (R); I Am Legend (No Rating);National Treasure: Book of Secrets (PG);P.S. I Love You (PG-13); Walk Hard: TheDewey Cox Story (R)

Mission Valley 201640 Camino Del Rio North (858-558-2262)Alvin and the Chipmunks (PG) Fri.-Sun.(10:35) 12:10, 12:55, 2:30, 3:15, 4:50, 5:35,7:55, 10:05; Atonement (R) Fri.-Sat. (10:50)1:45, 4:40, 7:35, 10:35 Sun. (10:50) 1:45, 4:40,7:35, 10:25; Charlie Wilson’s War (R) Fri.-Sun. (11:35) 2:05, 4:35, 7:15, 9:50 Fri.-Sat.(11:35) 12:20, 2:05, 2:50, 4:35, 5:20, 7:15, 8:00,9:50, 10:30 Sun. (11:35) 2:05, 2:50, 4:35, 5:20,7:15, 8:00, 9:50; Enchanted (PG) Fri.-Sat.12:05, 2:40, 5:15, 8:00, 10:40 Sun. 5:15, 8:00,10:30; The Golden Compass (PG-13) Fri.-Sat. (11:40) 2:25, 5:10, 7:40, 10:20 Sun. 2:25,5:10, 7:40, 10:20; The Great Debaters(PG-13) Fri.-Sun. (10:35) 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 9:55;I Am Legend (No Rating) Fri.-Sat. (11:50)12:40, 2:20, 3:05, 4:55, 5:40, 7:30, 8:10, 10:00,10:45 Sun. (11:50) 12:40, 2:20, 3:05, 4:55, 5:40,7:30, 8:10, 10:00; National Treasure: Book ofSecrets (PG) Fri.-Sat. (10:05, 10:40) 12:15,1:00, 1:40, 3:20, 4:05, 4:45, 6:25, 7:10, 7:50,9:25, 10:10, 10:55 Sun. (10:05) 12:15, 1:00,1:40, 3:20, 4:05, 4:45, 6:25, 7:10, 7:50, 9:25,10:10; One Missed Call (PG-13) Fri.-Sat.(10:15) 12:30, 2:45, 5:05, 7:20, 9:35, 11:55 Sun.(10:15) 12:30, 2:45, 5:05, 7:20, 9:35; P.S. ILove You (PG-13) Fri.-Sun. (10:50) 1:35, 4:25,7:25, 10:20; Sweeney Todd: The Demon Bar-ber of Fleet Street (R) Fri.-Sat. (10:45, 11:30)1:30, 2:15, 4:15, 5:00, 7:00, 7:40, 9:45, 10:25Sun. (10:45, 11:30) 1:30, 2:15, 4:15, 5:00, 7:00,7:40, 9:45; The Metropolitan Opera: Hanseland Gretel Encore - NCM Event Sun.12:00p.m.; Walk Hard: The Dewey CoxStory (R) Fri.-Sat. (11:45) 2:10, 4:30, 7:05,9:20, 11:40 Sun. (11:45) 2:10, 4:30, 7:05, 9:20;The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (PG)Fri.-Sat. (10:00) 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:05, 10:40Sun. (10:00) 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:05, 10:30

STATE UNIVERSITY

Ken4061 Adams Avenue (619-819-0236)Kurt Cobain About a Son (Not Rated) Fri.4:50, 7:15, 9:40 Sat. 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40 Sun.2:25, 4:50, 7:00, 9:40; 24 Hour Party People(R) Sat. 11:55p.m.

UPTOWN

Hillcrest Cinemas3965 Fifth Avenue (619-819-0236)Juno (PG-13) Fri. 2:30, 5:15, 8:00, 10:15 Sat.-Sun. 11:45, 2:30, 5:15, 8:00, 10:15; No Countryfor Old Men (R) Fri. 1:40, 4:25, 7:10, 9:55Sat.-Sun. 10:55, 1:40, 4:25, 7:10, 9:55; TheSavages (R) Fri. 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:05 Sat.-Sun. 11:15, 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:05

Museum of Photographic Arts1649 El Prado, Balboa Park (619-238-7559)Call theater for program information

Reuben H. Fleet Science Center1875 El Prado, Balboa Park (619-238-1233)Call theater for program information

San Diego Natural History Museum1788 El Prado, Balboa Park (619-232-3821)Ocean Oasis (Not Rated) Fri.-Sun. 12:00,4:00

EAST COUNTYEL CAJON

Parkway Plaza 18405 Parkway Plaza (619-401-3456)Call theater for program information

LA MESA

Grossmont CenterGrossmont Center (619-465-7100)Alvin and the Chipmunks (PG) Fri.-Sat.(11:00, 1:15, 3:35) 5:55, 8:25, 10:35 Sun.(11:00, 1:15, 3:35) 5:55, 8:10, 10:15; Atone-ment (R) Fri.-Sat. (11:10, 2:05) 4:45, 7:35,10:20 Sun. (11:10, 2:05) 4:45, 7:35, 10:10;Charlie Wilson’s War (R) Fri.-Sat. (11:55,2:35) 5:10, 7:40, 10:05 Sun. (11:55, 2:35) 5:10,7:40, 9:55; I Am Legend (No Rating) Fri.-Sat.(12:05, 2:45) 5:25, 8:05, 10:30 Sun. (12:05,2:45) 5:25, 8:05, 10:25; Juno (PG-13) Fri.-Sun.(11:30, 2:10) 4:35, 7:00, 9:25; National Trea-sure: Book of Secrets (PG) Fri.-Sat. (12:30,3:55) 7:15, 10:15 Sun. (12:30, 3:55) 7:15, 10:05;One Missed Call (PG-13) Fri.-Sat. (11:20,1:30, 3:45) 5:50, 8:15, 10:25 Sun. (11:20, 1:30,3:45) 5:50, 8:00, 10:00; P.S. I Love You(PG-13) Fri.-Sun. (12:25, 3:40) 7:05, 9:50;Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of FleetStreet (R) Fri.-Sat. (11:45, 2:25) 5:05, 7:55,10:40 Sun. (11:45, 2:25) 5:05, 7:45, 10:20

RANCHO SAN DIEGO

Rancho San Diego 152951 Jamacha RoadCall theater for program information

SANTEE

Santee Drive In10990 Woodside Avenue (619-448-7447)Enchanted (PG); I Am Legend (No Rating);National Treasure: Book of Secrets (PG);P.S. I Love You (PG-13)

SOUTH BAYCHULA VISTA

Chula Vista 10Broadway between H and I (619-338-4214)Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (R); Alvin andthe Chipmunks (PG); Candyland: GreatLollipop Adventure (G); Charlie Wilson’sWar (R); I Am Legend (No Rating); NationalTreasure: Book of Secrets (PG); OneMissed Call (PG-13); P.S. I Love You(PG-13); The Water Horse: Legend of theDeep (PG)

Otay Ranch 12Eastlake Parkway at Olympic (858-558-2262)Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (R); Alvin andthe Chipmunks (PG); Charlie Wilson’s War(R); Enchanted (PG); The Golden Compass(PG-13); I Am Legend (No Rating); NationalTreasure: Book of Secrets (PG); OneMissed Call (PG-13); P.S. I Love You(PG-13); Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barberof Fleet Street (R); Walk Hard: The DeweyCox Story (R); The Water Horse: Legend ofthe Deep (PG)

Palm Promenade 24770 Dennery Road (858-558-2262)Alvin and the Chipmunks (PG) Fri. (10:55)12:10, 12:40, 1:30, 2:25, 3:10, 3:50, 4:45, 5:30,6:10, 7:35, 8:30, 10:05 Sat. (10:15, 11:05) 12:10,12:40, 1:30, 2:25, 3:10, 3:50, 4:45, 5:30, 6:10,7:35, 8:30, 10:05 Sun. (10:15, 11:05) 12:10,12:40, 1:30, 2:25, 3:10, 3:50, 4:45, 5:30, 6:10;Charlie Wilson’s War (R) Fri. (11:45) 12:45,2:10, 3:35, 4:50, 6:15, 7:30, 8:35, 9:55, 11:10Sat. (10:10, 11:45) 12:45, 2:10, 3:35, 4:50, 6:15,7:30, 8:35, 9:55, 11:10 Sun. (10:10, 11:45)12:45, 2:10, 3:35, 4:50, 6:15, 7:30, 8:35, 9:55;Enchanted (PG) Fri.-Sun. (11:15) 2:05, 4:40,7:20, 9:50; The Golden Compass (PG-13)Fri.-Sat. (11:40) 2:20, 5:20, 7:55, 10:30 Sun.(11:40) 2:20, 5:20, 7:55, 10:25; The Great De-baters (PG-13) Fri.-Sun. (10:30) 1:20, 4:15,7:05, 10:10; Hitman (R) Fri.-Sat. 10:45p.m.Sun. 10:35p.m.; I Am Legend (No Rating) Fri.(11:10) 12:30, 1:10, 1:55, 2:55, 3:40, 4:30, 5:40,6:25, 7:10, 8:15, 8:50, 9:40, 10:40, 11:20 Fri.1:10, 3:40, 6:25, 8:50, 11:20 Sat. (10:45, 11:10)

12:30, 1:05, 1:55, 2:55, 3:40, 4:30, 5:40, 6:25,7:10, 8:15, 8:50, 9:40, 10:40, 11:15 Sat. (10:45)1:; Juno (PG-13) Fri. (10:45) 1:05, 3:25, 6:05,8:25, 10:50 Sat. (10:40) 12:55, 3:25, 6:05, 8:25,10:50 Sun. (10:40) 12:55, 3:25, 6:05, 8:25,10:45; National Treasure: Book of Secrets(PG) Fri. (11:00) 12:00, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00,5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 Sat.(10:00, 11:00) 12:00, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00,5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 Sun.(10:00, 11:00) 12:00, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00,5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00,; No Country for OldMen (R) Fri.-Sat. 7:45, 10:35 Sun. 7:45, 10:30;One Missed Call (PG-13) Fri.-Sat. (11:30)1:45, 4:05, 6:20, 8:40, 10:55 Sun. (11:30) 1:45,4:05, 6:20, 8:30, 10:40; P.S. I Love You(PG-13) Fri. (10:35) 1:25, 4:25, 7:15, 10:15Sat.-Sun. (10:20) 1:25, 4:25, 7:15, 10:15;Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of FleetStreet (R) Fri. (11:55) 12:50, 2:45, 3:55, 5:25,6:45, 8:10, 9:30, 10:50 Sat. (10:35, 11:55) 1:10,2:45, 3:55, 5:25, 6:45, 8:10, 9:30, 10:50 Sun.(10:35, 11:55) 1:10, 2:45, 3:55, 5:25, 6:45, 8:10,9:30; Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (R)Fri.-Sat. (11:20) 1:40, 4:25, 6:40, 8:55, 11:15Sun. (11:20) 1:40, 4:25, 6:40, 9:15; The WaterHorse: Legend of the Deep (PG) Fri. (11:50)1:35, 2:30, 4:20, 5:10, 6:50, 7:50, 9:20, 10:20Sat. (10:50, 11:50) 1:35, 2:30, 4:20, 5:10, 6:50,7:50, 9:20, 10:20 Sun. (10:50, 11:50) 1:35, 2:30,4:20, 5:10, 6:50, 7:50, 9:20

Rancho Del Rey 16East H Street (619-216-4707)Call theater for program information

IMPERIAL BEACH

South Bay Drive-In2170 Coronado Avenue (619-423-2727)Call theater for program information

NORTH INLANDCARMEL MOUNTAIN

Carmel Mountain11620 Carmel Mountain Road (858-674-9770)Alvin and the Chipmunks (PG) Fri.-Sat.(1:20, 3:25) 5:30, 7:40, 9:50 Sun. (1:20, 3:25)5:30, 7:40; Charlie Wilson’s War (R) Fri.-Sat.(1:00, 3:10) 5:20, 7:45, 10:00 Sun. (1:00, 3:10)5:20, 7:45; Enchanted (PG) Fri.-Sun.(1:05p.m.); The Golden Compass (PG-13)Fri.-Sat. (1:55) 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 Sun. (1:55)4:45, 7:15; The Great Debaters (PG-13) Fri.-Sat. (1:25) 4:15, 7:00, 9:40 Sun. (1:25) 4:15,7:00; I Am Legend (No Rating) Fri.-Sat. (1:00,1:45, 3:10) 4:50, 5:20, 7:05, 7:45, 9:30, 9:55Sun. (1:00, 1:45, 3:10) 4:50, 5:20, 7:05, 7:45;National Treasure: Book of Secrets (PG)Fri.-Sat. (1:05, 3:30) 5:00, 6:45, 7:45, 9:30 Sun.(1:05, 3:30) 5:00, 6:45, 7:45; One Missed Call(PG-13) Fri.-Sat. (1:15, 3:15) 5:30, 7:35, 10:00Sun. (1:15, 3:15) 5:30, 7:35; P.S. I Love You(PG-13) Fri.-Sat. (1:15) 4:15, 7:00, 9:40 Sun.(1:15) 4:15, 7:00; The Water Horse: Legendof the Deep (PG) Fri.-Sat. (2:00) 4:30, 7:10,9:45 Sun. (2:00) 4:30, 7:10

ESCONDIDO

Escondido 16350 W. Valley Parkway (760-291-0119)Call theater for program information

FALLBROOK

River Village5256 S. Mission Road (760-945-8784)Alvin and the Chipmunks (PG); Candyland:Great Lollipop Adventure (G); Charlie Wil-son’s War (R); I Am Legend (No Rating);National Treasure: Book of Secrets (PG);P.S. I Love You (PG-13)

POWAY

Poway 1013475 Poway Road (858-646-9423)Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (R); Alvin andthe Chipmunks (PG); Candyland: GreatLollipop Adventure (G); Charlie Wilson’sWar (R); I Am Legend (No Rating); NationalTreasure: Book of Secrets (PG); OneMissed Call (PG-13); P.S. I Love You(PG-13); The Water Horse: Legend of theDeep (PG)

SAN MARCOS

San Marcos 181180 West San Marcos Boulevard at OldCalifornia Walk (760-471-3711)Call theater for program information

VISTA

Vista VillageHighway 78 at Vista Village Drive(760-945-7469)Alvin and the Chipmunks (PG) Fri.-Sun.

(11:25, 12:15, 1:45, 2:35, 4:20, 5:00) 7:20, 9:40;Atonement (R) Fri.-Sun. (10:45, 1:30, 4:15)7:10, 10:00; Charlie Wilson’s War (R) Fri.-Sun. (11:00, 1:30, 4:00) 7:25, 10:00; Enchanted(PG) Fri.-Sun. (12:05, 2:40, 5:15); The GreatDebaters (PG-13) Fri.-Sun. (10:45, 1:45, 4:35)7:25, 10:20; I Am Legend (No Rating) Fri.-Sun. (12:00, 2:40, 5:20) 7:15, 8:00, 9:45, 10:35;Juno (PG-13) Fri.-Sun. (10:00, 12:20, 2:50,5:15) 7:40, 10:05; National Treasure: Book ofSecrets (PG) Fri.-Sun. (10:00, 10:45, 1:00,1:45, 4:00, 4:45) 7:00, 7:45, 10:00, 10:45; OneMissed Call (PG-13) Fri.-Sun. (10:50, 1:00,3:10, 5:30) 7:50, 10:15; P.S. I Love You(PG-13) Fri.-Sun. (10:45, 1:40, 4:35) 7:30,10:25; Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber ofFleet Street (R) Fri.-Sun. (11:10, 2:00, 4:45)7:35, 10:20; Walk Hard: The Dewey CoxStory (R) Fri.-Sun. 7:50, 10:15; The WaterHorse: Legend of the Deep (PG) Fri.-Sun.(10:50, 1:35, 4:20) 7:05

NORTH COASTALCARLSBAD

Plaza Camino Real2385 Marron Road (760-729-7469)Call theater for program information

DEL MAR

Del Mar Highlands 8El Camino Real at Del Mar Heights Road(858-646-9420)Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (R); Alvin andthe Chipmunks (PG); Candyland: GreatLollipop Adventure (G); I Am Legend (NoRating); National Treasure: Book of Secrets(PG); P.S. I Love You (PG-13); SweeneyTodd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street(R); Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (R);The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (PG)

Flower Hill 42630 Via de la Valle (858-646-9425)Atonement (R); Charlie Wilson’s War (R);Juno (PG-13); The Kite Runner (PG-13)

ENCINITAS

La Paloma471 South Coast Highway 101(760-436-SHOW)Across the Universe (PG-13); The Darjeel-ing Limited (R)

LA COSTA

La Costa 66941 El Camino Real (at Aviara/Alga)(760-599-8221)Alvin and the Chipmunks (PG); Candyland:Great Lollipop Adventure (G); Charlie Wil-son’s War (R); I Am Legend (No Rating);National Treasure: Book of Secrets (PG);P.S. I Love You (PG-13); Walk Hard: TheDewey Cox Story (R)

OCEANSIDE

Mission Marketplace 13College Boulevard and Mission Avenue(760-806-1790)Call theater for program information

Oceanside 16401 Mission Avenue (760-439-1733)Call theater for program information

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ALCOHOL AND DRUG TREATMENTCounselors. We are seeking treatmentcounselors to help us meet the needs ofour dual-diagnosed clients at our li-censed facility in the Flynn Springs areaof El Cajon. Treatment Specialist I ($9.25/hour) requires HS/GED willingness to en-roll in A&D certification program. Treat-ment Specialist II ($10-$11/hour) requiresA.A. degree or CAARR certification andrelated work experience. Requires pass-ing criminal background check. Full and

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APARTMENT MANAGER. Experiencedmanager for an onsite 92 unit complex inEl Cajon. Substantial salary. Lodging.Nice atmosphere. Couples welcomed.Fax resume to 619-303-2080.

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CNAs AND HHAs, Caregivers/Homemak-ers, come join us help others in needwhile making extra money for the holi-days. We offer weekly pay, flexibleschedules, and training. Hourly and live-ins wanted. Apply: Right at Home. 858-451-7844; or e-mail resume:[email protected].

COMMUNITY TRAINING Specialist/JobCoach. $9.75/hour to start. Assist devel-opmentally disabled adults in the commu-nity. Behavioral and instructionalprograms. Implement schedules. 32.5hours/week. Benefits. E-mail: [email protected]. Fax resume: 619-281-0453.Apply weekdays, 9am-4pm, Stein Educa-tion Center, Attention: HR, 6145 DecenaDrive, San Diego CA 92120.

CONSTRUCTION. Immediate long-termpositions. Labor, Home Prep, CustomerService, Finish-Frame-Form Carpenters,Apartment Maintenance, Hang-Tape-Mud Drywallers, Commercial/ResidentialPlumbers, Painters. Full benefits availableimmediately. Call 858-292-8562, fax 858-292-0230, e-mail [email protected], ap-ply online www.gostaff.com.

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January 9, 2008 • 5:30 pm ArrivalSheriff’s Administrative Center

9621 Ridgehaven Ct., San Diego, CA 92123Registration by e-mail or phone is required

prior to the Ridgehaven test [email protected]

18-year-olds eligible to apply!

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• Tally Equipment Operator – Basic use of PCand modern office equipment, basic math,driver’s license. Able to lift up to 40 lbs.,prolonged standing.$8.76-$17.61/hour.

• Official Canvass Operations – Basic use of PC and modern office equipment, basic math, driver’s license. Able to lift up to 20 lbs.,prolonged standing.$8.76-$12.29/hour.

• Drivers – Drive regular vehicles or small vansto pick up items, able to lift up to 40 lbs. (ClassC driver’s license required).$12.29/hour.

Excellent customer service skills required. Must be 18 years of age.

If interested, attend on:Saturday, January 5, 2008 • 9 am-1 pm

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Immediate Long-Term PositionsConstruction

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Delivery Drivers• Class A & B — Local/Intrastate

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Call: San Diego and Imperial Counties 858-292-8562Riverside and Orange Counties 951-760-7100

Fax: San Diego and Imperial Counties 858-292-0230Riverside and Orange Counties 951-760-7101

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CONSTRUCTION: Project Managers, Ser-vice Technicians, Installers. Seeking mo-tivated, organized people experiencedwith design, blueprints, A/V systems in-stallation. Benefits offered. Send resume:[email protected]; fax 619-461-9469. EOE.

CORRECTIONAL DEPUTY PROBATION Of-ficer I. County of San Diego Probation De-partment now hiring. Test Dates: January 5,2008, 8am or February 2, 2008, 8am. Mont-gomery Middle School, 2470 Ulric Street,San Diego 92111. Must be 21 years, goodphysical condition, no illicit drug usage.U.S. citizen or becoming a citizen. Passcriminal/personal background investiga-tion. No felony convictions. High schooldiploma/GED. $35,068-$44,740/year.www.sdcounty.ca.gov/probation. Jobline:858-514-8558.

COSMETOLOGISTS. We provide benefitsfor Licensed Cosmetologists that are un-matched in the industry: health, wealth,training, and life crisis management re-sources. Call 877-870-8087 or [email protected].

CUSTOMER SERVICE. Bilingual a plus.60 Reps needed for bank call center. Beavailable 3-4 months/weekends ifneeded. Inbound calls, data entry, excel-lent communication, flexible shifts. Calltoday! 858-597-4000. E-mail: [email protected].

CUSTOMER SERVICE. Setup and dis-play. No experience necessary, we willtrain. Call for interview, 619-448-2294.

CUSTOMER SERVICE. Start the New Yearwith a great job! Up to $500-$1000+weekly setting appointments! www.monarchjobs.com. Paid weekly. AM/PMshifts. Full, part time. Medical, dental. NearGrantville trolley. Call today, start today!Mission Valley: 619-516-4276.

CUSTOMER SERVICE/DISPATCHER. ARSof San Diego is seeking a motivated multi-tasker with good communication and lead-ership skills for a fast-paced environment.Must be a team player with a minimum of 5years experience. Kevin, 858-677-5444x113. [email protected], www.jobswithars.com. Drug-free work environ-ment. License #ARS San Diego 791820.

CUSTOMER SERVICE/DIGITAL BondPrinting of Architectural Drawings at MayerReprographics in Mira Mesa. Computer

skills required. Full time with benefits.8:30am-5pm Monday-Friday. Apply afterJanuary 1, 2008 at: 6331 Nancy RidgeDrive.

DEPUTY PROBATION OFFICER. County ofSan Diego Probation Department isnow hiring. Test Dates: January 26,2008 or February 23, 2008. Qualifiedapplicants will be notified by mail of thetime and location of the test. Applica-tions must be submitted no later than15 days prior to exam date. Qualifica-tions: Bachelor’s degree with experi-ence. Must be 21 years, good physicalcondition, no illicit drug usage. U.S. cit-izen or in process of becoming a citi-zen. Pass criminal/personalbackground investigation. No felonyconvictions. $50,752-$61,672/year.Safety Retirement-Sworn Officers 3% atage 50. Bilingual men/women encour-aged to apply. Applications can be ac-cessed online from the Job/CurrentRecruitment section of the County web-site at: http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov.Jobline: 858-514-8558.

DEPUTY SHERIFF and Deputy Sheriff De-tentions/Courts. San Diego County Sheriff’sDepartment. Hiring for two types of posi-tions; take one exam, apply for either orboth! Exam Date: Saturday, January 5,2008, 7:30am arrival, Southwestern Col-lege Cafeteria, 900 Otay Lakes Road,Chula Vista CA 91910 or Wednesday, Jan-uary 9, 2008, 5:30pm arrival Sheriff’s Ad-ministrative Center, 9621 RidgehavenCourt, San Diego CA 92123. Registrationby e-mail or phone is required for theRidgehaven test ONLY at: [email protected]. Detention/Courts: $39,796-$61,608 annual salary, plus benefits. 18-year-olds eligible to apply! Deputy Sheriff:$49,704-$71,099 current annual salary,plus benefits. U.S. citizen or applied for cit-izenship; 20-1/2 years old. High schoolgraduate or G.E.D. required. Bring validphoto ID and $3 for parking at Southwest-ern. Valid California Driver’s License priorto appointment. Effective oral and writtencommunication in English. EOE. Additionaltest dates: www.joinsdSHERIFF.net. 858-974-2000.

DISPATCHER. Experience preferred. Parttime, 25-35 hours/week. Nights and week-ends. Benefits. Old Town area. Apply inperson: 3140 Moore Street, San Diego

92110. 619-778-3807. Email [email protected].

DISPATCHER/CUSTOMER SERVICE. ARSof San Diego is seeking a motivated multi-tasker with good communication and lead-ership skills for a fast-paced environment.Must be a team player with a minimum of 5years experience. Kevin, 858-677-5444x113. [email protected], www.jobswithars.com. Drug-free work environ-ment. License #ARS San Diego 791820.

DRIVERS WANTED. Requires valid CAdriver’s license, current H-6 DMV printoutand good, safe driving skills. Must be 25years or older. Apply in person at XpressShuttle, 1065 Bay Boulevard, Suite B,Chula Vista, CA 91911.

DRIVERS, TOW TRUCK. Full-time. All shifts.No experience required. Top pay/benefits.Requires 21+ years, clean driving record,background/drug screen. 3140 MooreStreet (92110). Old Town area. email:[email protected] or call 619-778-3807.

DRIVERS. Bonus paid! Auto parts deliverywith late model pickup truck, car or van.Clean DMV. Local and North County open-ings. $1750 to $2400 a month. Fuel paid.Independent contractors. 619-233-4374.

DRIVERS. Dominion Distribution is lookingfor part-time Drivers to deliver free publica-tions on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri-days. You must have a truck, van or SUVand be currently insured. Call Monday-Fri-day, 8am-5pm, 858-279-3137 x243.

DRIVERS. Must have Class B license withpassenger endorsement and at least 6months experience. Fixed route, Monday-Friday, 36-40 hours/week with benefits. Call619-287-0628.

DRIVERS. Now hiring Patrol Drivers!$11.00 per hour. Call now, 619-294-3200.

DRIVERS. Teams earn top dollar plus greatbenefits. Solo drivers also needed for West-ern regional. Werner Enterprises, 800-346-2818 x123.

DRIVERS. Transportation services providerfor seniors and disabled. Great pay! AtYour Home Familycare. E-mail:[email protected]. Call toll free: 1-877-903-JOBS.

DRIVERS/DELIVERY. Employees wanted!Use your own mini-pickup. $440/weekstarting. Openings county-wide. Gasbonus paid. Growth opportunity. 619-230-1532, 858-578-7812, 760-639-5400. www.databay.net/applicant/formsd.asp.

DRIVERS/DELIVERY. Immediate long-term positions. Class A & B— Local/In-

trastate, Class C— Local/Intrastate. ClassC drivers must have 1 year of experience,pass drug screen, and be able to readThomas Guide. Full benefits available im-mediately. Call 858-292-8562, fax 858-292-0230, e-mail [email protected], applyonline www.gostaff.com.

ESTHETICIAN. Experienced, full-time.$360/week guarantee plus commission, in-surance. Eastlake location. Ultra, 619-980-8907.

FAMILY SERVICES COORDINATOR. Seek-ing licensed-eligible intern or licensedMFT/LCSW. Exciting full-time opportunityworking with SED, high-risk youth, families.Positions available throughout San DiegoCounty, including North County region.Bilingual a plus. MHS, Inc is an EOE, offersexcellent benefits/competitive salaries.Please send resume and cover letter [email protected] or fax 858-569-1873.

FINANCIAL SERVICES Marketing. Rapidlyexpanding financial services marketingcompany seeks local sales representa-tives. Ideal candidate will be motivated,honest, outgoing, entrepreneurial, with 4years of college or equivalent. Call our of-fice and leave message (or fax) 24 hours:877-286-5339.

FITNESS CENTER. Independent PersonalTrainers wanted. Centrally located, fullyequipped training studio. 1/2-off firstmonth! Call Ian for details, 858-569-9911.

FITNESS CENTERS hiring Front Desk Staff,Sales Consultants and Group Exercise In-structors. Part/full time. Being Fit FitnessCenters. Clairemont, 858-483-9294; www.beingfit.net.

FITNESS TRAINER with strong fitnessbackground. Personal training experiencerequired. Must be able to work full/part timehours. E-mail resume: [email protected] or call 858-451-6051.

FLIGHT ATTENDANTS: Group interview5pm Monday, January 7, at Holiday InnBayside, 4875 North Harbor Drive, SanDiego, CA. Please bring a copy of your re-sume and apply online. www.skywest.com/careers.

FUNDRAISING for national charities andDemocratic Party. Full-or part-time(evening and Sunday shifts). Paid training.Medical, dental, 401(k). Hourly plusbonuses, regular raises. Apply at Gordon &Schwenkmeyer, 9620 Chesapeake Drive,Suite 108, San Diego 92123-1369. Call858-496-2100.

GENERAL EMPLOYMENT. Earn extramoney immediately! Part time/temporary,set your own hours! Anyone needing im-mediate money, start immediately. Earn apaycheck by delivering telephone directo-ries in the Northern San Diego and Temec-ula areas. Must have a car and insurance,be 18+ years. Get paid within 48-72 hoursof completion of route, plus a car allowanceClerical and warehouse positions alsoavailable. Call today, start today, referenceJob #1260: 888-628-7593. www.deliverphonebooks.com. Directory Dis-tributing Associates.

GENERAL OFFICE. North County. Busy of-fice requires multitasking, organizationskills, phones and typing. Background/drug test required. Benefits. Fax resume888-369-9229 or e-mail [email protected].

GENERAL. Free employment and trainingservices for individuals with disabilities,ages 18-21 on probation or parole. Able-Disabled Advocacy, Inc., 2850 6th AvenueSuite 311, San Diego, CA 92103. 619-231-5990 x305.

GENERAL. Gain skills to succeed. Are you16 to 21, low income, need high schooldiploma or GED and work experience?Turning the Hearts Center, 619-691-9643.

GROCERY/NATURAL FOODS. Now hiring!Vitamin Specialist, Cashier, Grocery Clerkand Produce Clerk (Del Mar), GroceryClerk and Scanning Clerk (4S Ranch), Jan-itor (Escondido). $9.00-$15.50/hour. Greatenvironment, competitive pay, bonus andbenefits. Jimbo’s Naturally! 12853 ElCamino Real, Del Mar. Fax [email protected]. www.jimbos.com.

GROUP FITNESS INSTRUCTORS: Corpo-rate, Luxury and Residential exercise envi-ronments. Locations all over San Diego. Alltypes of classes, all days and times. Waterand Mind/Body Instructors strongly encour-aged to apply. Certification and experiencerequired. E-mail: [email protected]. Fax: 858-715-8681. Call 858-715-8611.

GUARDS/SECURITY. Join the #1 SecurityTeam where people make the difference.Call Securitas, the largest, most respectedsecurity company in the world! Countywidepositions available. Free Guard Card train-ing. Medical/dental/vision and 401(k), ex-cellent working environment, free uniforms.For fastest response, apply online now!www.securitasjobs.com. Thank you for ap-plying online! Or call San Diego: 619-641-0049; San Marcos (North County):

760-591-3733; Temecula: 951-676-3954.EOE/M/F/V/D, drug free. PPO #14827.

HAIR DESIGNERS. Busy Gaslamp salonseeking booth renters. Walk-ins available!Great urban loft environment, convenientparking. Move-in incentives. 619-231-7588.

HAIRSTYLIST. Lower your expenses! LaJolla/UTC. Relaxed, established easy-goingsalon seeks weekly booth renters:$200/week. Call Paul Gerard Hair Salon,858-625-0555.

HAIRSTYLIST. Professional, experiencedstylist, full-time includes some evenings.$360/week guaranteed plus commission,insurance, vacation. Mission Valley location.Ultra, 619-980-8907.

HAIRSTYLISTS needed for a hip, new sa-lon. No clientele needed! Walk-in clientsavailable. Will train. We need you now.Great benefits package includes health in-surance. 858-380-5882.

HEALTHCARE. Now hiring. Caregiver. Fulland Part Time. Experience in Dementia aplus. Belmont Village is an employee fo-cused senior living community, near High-way 15 and Poway Road. We offer greatpay, medical coverage, and a quarterly in-centive bonus. Stop by to apply, call: 858-486-5020, or fax resume: 858-486-3540.Belmont Village at Sabre Springs, 13075Evening Creek Drive, San Diego, CA 92128.EOE.

HEALTHCARE: RNs, LVNs, AIDES. Join LaJolla Nurses! Looking for Home HealthAides, ongoing assignments. Also per diemwork—you pick the days, hours and shifts!Competitive pay rates, excellent work as-signments. Employee-owned agency—youreceive shares of company stock free!State-licensed home health agency. Medi-cal, dental and vision benefits; 401(k) plan,referral bonus. La Jolla Nurses HomeCare,858-454-9339.

HEALTHCARE: Palomar Pomerado Healthis hiring!. Skilled Nursing Facilities: CertifiedNursing Assistants and Licensed Voca-tional Nurses. General Services: Cooks,Food Service Workers, Nutrition Care Assis-tants, Environmental Service Workers, andDistribution Cart Technicians. Home Health:LVN, Home Health Aides, CNA/PersonalCare Assistants, Homemaker/Companion/Sitter. For consideration, please apply on-line: www.pph.org or apply in person, Mon-day-Friday, 7:30am-4:30pm at PalomarMedical Center, Human Resources: 660East Grand Avenue, Escondido, 92025 orPomerado Hospital, Human Resources:15615 Pomerado Road, Poway, 92064.

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Recreation Assistant$10.33/hr. to start, with benefitsSupervise direct care of children with autism and other disabilities. 12 units ECEor related field, CA driver’s license. Pre-employment screening/backgroundcheck. Monday-Friday 9:30 am-6 pm.

Community Training Specialist/Job Coach$9.75/hr. to start, DOETo assist developmentally disabled adults in the community. Behavioral and instructional programs. Implement schedules. 32.5 hours/week. Benefits.

Transition Specialist • $9.75/hr. to start, DOEAssist teachers in group- and community-based instruction for developmentallydisabled adults. Implement behavioral management programs. 30 hours/week.

Classroom Aides $9.75/hr. to start, DOEWork with developmentally disabled children in a nonpublic school. Experience preferred. Allied Gardens, Chula Vista, La Mesa. Monday-Friday 7:30 am-1 pm.

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HOME CARE COMPANIONS, Live-in CareCompanions for older adults. We offercompetitive salary of $10/hour, $135/dayfor live-in, mileage reimbursement. Musthave valid California Driver’s License andtransportation. One year experience pro-viding care to seniors or CNA license.Angie, 858-485-7100; fax: 858-485-7106;email: [email protected].

HOME HEALTHCARE/CNAs/HHAs. Enjoythe rewards of volunteering while earninga paycheck; make extra money for theholidays. Hourly and live-in assignmentsavailable. We’re seeking caring, compas-sionate, and dependable people with per-sonal transportation. Benefits: flexiblehours, competitive compensation, paidweekly. Apply weekdays: 9am-4pm. Rightat Home, 8369 Vickers Street #203, SanDiego CA 92111. www.rahlajolla.com.858-277-5900.

HOSPITALITY JOB FAIR. Sheraton Carls-bad Resort & Spa scheduled to openFebruary 2008. Join us Friday 1/4/0810am-6pm or Saturday 1/5/08 1pm-6pmat Grand Pacific Palisades Resort, 5805Armada Drive, Carlsbad, 92008. Fax: 760-827-2410, Jobline: [email protected]. EEO.

HOTEL. Old Town Inn seeks experiencedPart-Time Night Auditor, Monday/Tues-day. Competitive pay! Apply at 4444 Pa-cific Highway, fax resume to619-296-0524 or e-mail [email protected].

HOUSECLEANING. Weekly pay. Paidmileage. Merry Maids offers flexible hours.No nights, weekends, holidays. Work inteams. Insured car required. Must speakEnglish. South Coast/all south areas only,619-336-1612; 619-226-2621.

HOUSEKEEPERS. Immediate openings!Part time and full time. Earn up to $462weekly after 5 weeks full time plus tips.Paid weekly. Must have car and phone.Call today, start [email protected]. Dana’s House-keeping Personnel Service. 619-298-6110.

HVAC TECHNICIAN. ARS of San Diego isseeking career-minded HVAC Technicianwith minimum three years experience. Ifyou like the idea of working for a nationalleader in the service industry, with bene-fits that rival the the industry standard, andhave the motivation and desire to earn anincome that would make many collegegraduates envious, please call us today toarrange an interview that just mightchange your life forever! Kevin, 858-677-5455 x113. [email protected], www.jobswithars.com Drug-free work environ-ment. License #ARS San Diego 791820.

IN-HOME CARE. Caregivers and Com-panions. Minimum 1 year experience non-medical home care for seniors. ValidCalifornia Driver’s License. Serving San-tee/La Mesa/Del Cerro/San Carlos. Mau-reen, Visiting Angels, 619-749-7525.

JOB COACH/COMMUNITY Training Spe-cialist. $9.75/hour to start. Assist develop-mentally disabled adults in thecommunity. 32.5 hours/week. Benefits.EOE. Apply Monday-Friday, 9am-4pm:Stein Education Center, 6145 DecenaDrive, San Diego 92120. E-mail:[email protected]. Fax: 619-281-0453. www.vistahill.org.

JOB COACHES. Community-oriented Cen-ter for Independent Achievement is seek-ing dependable individuals in EastCounty. 1:4 group ratio maximum. $8.50-$9.50/hour. Annual raises. Bonuses for ex-ceptional performance. Benefits withfull-time. [email protected]. Fax 619-440-6864. 619-440-6802.

JOB FAIR! Registrar of Voters. Saturday,1/05/08, 9am-1pm. 5201 Ruffin Road,Suite I, San Diego 92123. Now hiring 1day workers for the February 5, 2008election. Tally Equipment Operator: ba-sic use of PC and modern office equip-ment; basic math; drivers license; able tolift up to 40 pounds; prolonged standing;$8.76-$17.61/hour. Official Canvass Op-erations: basic use of PC and modern of-fice equipment; basic math, driverslicense; able to lift up to 20 pounds; pro-longed standing; $8.76-$12.29/hour.Drivers: drive regular vehicles or smallvans to pick up items; able to lift up to 40pounds; Class C driver’s license re-quired; $12.29/hour. Excellent customerservice skills required. Must be 18 yearsof age. Job applications available onlineat sdvote.com under Temporary Employ-ment. Please attend with completed ap-plication. For directions, call858-495-5153.

JOB FAIR. Ride the wave of opportunityat SeaWorld! January 16, 10am-2pm,SeaWorld Adventure Camp Facility, 500SeaWorld Drive, San Diego 92109(across from SeaWorld Security). Nowhiring: Park Operations, Merchandise,Culinary Operations and Education. Mustbe at least 16 years of age. $9/hour tostart. E0E. Drug-free workplace. For de-tailed information, visitSeaWorldJobs.com. Apply in person:Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm: 500 SeaWorld Drive, San Diego 92109. 619-226-3842.

LAW ENFORCEMENT. Deputy Sheriff andDeputy Sheriff Detentions/Courts. SanDiego County Sheriff’s Department. Hir-ing for two types of positions; take oneexam, apply for either or both! ExamDate: Saturday, January 5, 2008, 7:30amarrival, Southwestern College Cafeteria,900 Otay Lakes Road, Chula Vista CA91910 or Wednesday, January 9, 2008,5:30pm arrival Sheriff’s AdministrativeCenter, 9621 Ridgehaven Court, SanDiego CA 92123. Registration by e-mailor phone is required for the Ridgehaventest ONLY at: [email protected]. De-tention/Courts: $39,796-$61,608 annualsalary, plus benefits. 18-year-olds eligi-ble to apply! Deputy Sheriff: $49,704-$71,099 current annual salary, plusbenefits. U.S. citizen or applied for citi-zenship; 20-1/2 years old. High schoolgraduate or G.E.D. required. Bring validphoto ID and $3 for parking at South-western. Valid California Driver’s Li-cense prior to appointment. Effectiveoral and written communication in En-glish. EOE. Additional test dates: www.joinsdSHERIFF.net. 858-974-2000.

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MACHINE OPERATORS (Paper ma-chines), Production Workers (3rd shift),Mail Sorters, and Engineering. MDI offerspaid holidays after 520 hours and vaca-tion bonuses after 2000 hours. Apply atMDI Staffing: 858-277-5680.

MAID SERVICES. Relax. It’s done. Nonights, weekends, holidays. Merry Maidsoffers flexible hours, weekly pay, paidmileage. Work in teams. Insured car re-quired. Must speak English. South Coast/all south areas only, 619-336-1612; 619-226-2621.

MAINTENANCE TECHS for North Countyluxury apartments. Must be experienced.Background/drug test required. Benefits.Fax resume to 888-369-9229 or [email protected]. Call 888-252-7976.

MAINTENANCE. Full/part-time. Days/weekends. Residential hotel. Basic main-tenance skills required. Plumbing, electri-cal, carpentry. $11/hour and up. Studio819, 819 University, Hillcrest. 619-542-0819.

MANICURIST. One of the lowest boothrentals available! Relaxed, establishedeasy going La Jolla/UTC salon.$100/week. Lower your expenses. CallPaul Gerard Hair Salon, 858-625-0555.

MARKET RESEARCH Telephone Inter-viewers. No selling. Friendly, outgoing.San Diego’s fastest-growing market re-search company. Bilingual Spanish aplus. Hourly, bonuses, medical. Ad-vancement opportunities. www.luthresearch.com. Apply: Luth Research,1365 Fourth Avenue, Downtown. Job Hot-line: 619-243-8045.

MARKETING ASSISTANT, Best Windows& Doors. $15/hour plus bonuses, poten-tial $35K-$50K yearly. Need transporta-tion, valid license and good work ethic.Call Jack: 800-657-BEST (2378).

MARKETING. Promote well-known naturalfood companies at local events. Interestin nutrition/organics, able to lift 35-pounds, computer-literate. E-mail resumewith 1-paragraph personal statement:[email protected].

MECHANICAL TECHNICIAN. ASE Certi-fied Jaguar Technician. Part time or fulltime with full benefits. Great salary! CallJaguar Specialists, 858-274-5191.

MENOPAUSE STUDY FOR WOMEN ages50-75. UCSD conducting 5-month re-search study to determine effects of hor-mone replacement therapy, and/oranti-depressants, on hot flashes, mood,sleep and behavior. Evaluation/6overnight stays required. 619-543-5575.

MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR. Excitingfull-time opportunity working with SED,high-risk youth/families. BA in psychologyor related; minimum 1-year experienceworking with the population. Bilingual pre-ferred. MHS, Inc. is an EOE, offers excel-lent benefits/competitive salaries. Pleasesend resume/cover letter to [email protected] or fax 858-569-1873.

MYSTERY SHOPPERS: Get paid to shop!Earn up to $200/day. Experience not re-quired. Call now: 800-486-7204.

NURSING. Casa de las Campanas, a re-tirement community in Rancho Bernardo,is searching for a Part-time Unit Clerk/Re-ceptionist to work weekends only, in our

skilled nursing facility. Assists with theneeds of the Medical Records Depart-ment, experience preferred. Neat ap-pearance, customer service andexcellent organizational skills is a must.We offer competitive wages and a greatworking environment. Please apply inperson, Monday thru Friday, 8:30am-12:00noon and 1:00-4:00pm, Human Re-sources Department, 18655 WestBernardo Drive, 92127. Or fax your re-sume to 858-592-1853. EOE.

OFFICE SUPPORT: Part time. $14-$17,depending on experience. 20 hours. Re-quires some college, good telephoneskills, light typing, willingness to learn.Send resume to [email protected].

OFFICE SUPPORT: marketing. $13-$17/hour. Must be available up to 20hours/week, some college, good tele-phone skills, attention to detail. Email re-sume to [email protected]

OFFICE. Immediate long-term positions.Managers, Recruiters, Receptionist, Ac-count Managers and Sales Staff. Full ben-efits available immediately. Call858-292-8562, fax 858-292-0230, [email protected], apply online www.gostaff.com.

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OUTDOOR YOUTH COUNSELOR. Do youlove the outdoors and helping troubledteens? Immediate openings at Eckerdoutdoor therapeutic programs in NorthCarolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida,

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PLUMBERS. ARS is seeking career-minded Plumbers with minimum 2 yearsexperience. If you like the idea of workingfor a national leader in the service indus-try, with benefits that rival the industrystandard, and have the motivation anddesire to earn an income that would makemany college graduates envious, pleasecall us today to arrange an interview thatjust might change your life forever! Kevin,858-677-5444 x113. [email protected], www.jobswithars.com. Drug-freework environment. License #ARS SanDiego 791820.

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POLICE OFFICERS. San Diego Police De-partment is hiring! Ready for a careerchange? See our upcoming test blockdates on our website. Police Recruitearns $42,723 per year. Police Officer Iearns $43,596 per year. Police Officer IIearns $61,110 per year. For more infor-mation, Call 619-531-COPS or visit ourwebsite at: www.sandiego.gov/police.

PROBATION CAREERS. CorrectionalDeputy Probation Officer I. County of SanDiego Probation Department now hiring.Test Dates: January 5, 2008, 8am orFebruary 2, 2008, 8am. Montgomery Mid-dle School, 2470 Ulric Street, San Diego92111. Must be 21 years, good physicalcondition, no illicit drug usage. U.S. citi-zen or becoming a citizen. Pass crimi-nal/personal background investigation.No felony convictions. High schooldiploma/GED. $35,069-$44,741/year.www.sdcounty.ca.gov/probation. Jobline:858-514-8558.

PRODUCT DEMONSTRATORS. NCiM.$76 per event. Sample products to con-sumers in local stores. Must be 18 years.800-799-6246 x131 for English; x186 forSpanish. www.ncim.com.

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RESERVATION AGENTS. Hourly pay plusbonuses. Full or part time. AM/PM shifts.Paid weekly. Medical, dental. NearGrantville trolley station. Other positionsavailable. www.monarchjobs.com. Calltoday, start today! Mission Valley: 619-687-0070.

RESPITE CARE for children and teenswith developmental disabilities. Criticalneed, Countywide! Great pay! New-hirebonus! Nonmedical, in-home help. Caringheart more important than experience.Training. 12-and 24-hour shifts. Flexibleschedules, benefits, retirement, childcare.At Your Home Familycare. E-mail:[email protected]. Toll free: 1-877-903-JOBS.

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SALES. Outside Sales, eLiveLife.com—sell Salon & Spa certificates door-to-doorand/or frin promotional trade showbooths, must be outgoing, positive! KioskSales, eLiveLife.com— Mission Valley. In-side Sales, American Satellite-MissionValley, 2667 Camino del Rio South#204— DirecTV phone center, $300-$500/day. 619-398-5050 or e-mail re-sume to [email protected].

SALES/CALL CENTER representative tocontact former customers of majortelecommunications company askingthem to switch back services. Excellenttraining/support. Best commissions plusresidual income on all sales. Average$500-$750/week. Top producers $1,000-$1,500/week. Prior sales experience re-quired. Make $40,000-$60,000 first year.619-717-2939.

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SAN DIEGO POLICE Department is hiring!Are you ready for a career change? Seeour upcoming test block dates on ourwebsite. Police Recruit earns $42,723 peryear. Police Officer I earns $43,596 peryear. Police Officer II earns $61,110 peryear. For more information, Call 619-531-COPS or visit our website at:www.sandiego.gov/police.

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SECURITY GUARDS. Shield Security hasimmediate openings, full and part time.Higher paid Rover positions are available.Assistance in guard card. Career ad-vancement opportunities. Profit sharing.

Employee-paid medical and dental. If youhave no criminal convictions, and have ahigh school diploma or GED, a good workhistory, phone and transportation, applyin person: 2144 El Cajon Boulevard, SanDiego. Equal Opportunity Employer. Call619-497-6333.

SECURITY GUARDS. With East-Tech Pri-vate Security. $8-$12/hour depending inNorth County. Armed and unarmed posi-tions. You need guard card. Call AndrewAllen for an interview: 760-433-9477 for619-282-1933. www.easttechsecurity.com.

SECURITY OFFICERS, Special ResponseOfficers. Full or part time. High startingpay. Excellent benefits. Training avail-able. Drug/background. EOE. M/F/D/V.Apply: Weekdays, 9am-4pm, ABM Secu-rity Services, 1620 Fifth Avenue, Suite875, San Diego. Email: [email protected]. 619-338-9360.

SECURITY OFFICERS. Allied Barton Se-curity Services. Up to $12/hour, medi-cal/dental/vision, 401(k) with companymatch, holiday pay, paid vacation, freeuniforms, Guard Card assistance, freebasic and advanced training, career ad-vancement. Must be at least 18 years ofage and have a high schooldiploma/GED. DOD clearance, secret orhigher, a plus. Criminal backgroundcheck and drug screen required. Applyonline: www.greatsecurityjobs.com. Orapply in person 8am-4pm Monday-Fri-day: 7670 Opportunity Road, Suite #210,San Diego. Call: 858-874-8200.

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SOCIAL SERVICES. Promising Futures,Inc., is hiring reliable, caring individualsto work with the developmentally dis-abled in East County and Ramona. Part-and full-time positions. $8-$10/hour plusbenefits. Overtime opportunities avail-able. [email protected]. Fax resume:619-440-6864. Call 619-440-6802.

SOCIAL SERVICES. Work with develop-mentally disabled children and adults.Experience preferred. Allied Gardens,Chula Vista or La Mesa. Monday-Friday,27-32 hours/week. Start $9.75/hour. EOE.www.vistahill.org. E-mail: [email protected]. Fax resume: 619-281-0453.Apply weekdays, 9am-4pm, Stein Educa-tion Center, Attention: HR, 6145 DecenaDrive, San Diego CA 92120.

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SWIMMING INSTRUCTORS. $11-$19/hour, North County: 760-744-7946 or SanDiego: 858-273-7946.

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TEACHERS and Support Teachers for 2-5year olds. Part/fulltime positions for NA-EYC-accredited preschool program.Must be nurturing, motivated and love toplay. Benefits a plus. Call Patty or Thanh:858-278-2571.

TELE-FUNDRAISING. Raising money forlocal nonprofit organizations for less for-tunate children. Monday-Friday, 5pm-9pm and Saturday mornings, 9am-1pm.Hourly plus commission plus bonuses.Call today. Start tonight! Mission Valley.619-291-2113.

TELE-SALES. Inbound and outboundcalls. Market award-winning educationalservices. Seasoned telemarketers earn$65,000-$85,000/year. Top rep:$110,000 for 2006. $10/hour plus gener-ous commissions. Full benefits package.WordSmart is rated as one of SanDiego’s fastest growing privately-heldcompanies (San Diego Business Jour-nal). Contact Ben Chapman, 858-565-8068 x343, [email protected].

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PHARMACY TECHNICIAN. Be job-readyin just 8 months. Get the skills employerslook for, from instructors with real-worldexperience Day or evening classes avail-able. Evening classes in just 9 months.Small classes, free tutoring, in-the-fieldtraining scholarships available, WIA, VAbenefit approved, job placement assis-tance, financial aid available (if qualified),accept non-high school graduates. ValleyCareer College, 878 Jackman Street, ElCajon, 1 block west of Parkway Plaza.619-593-5111.ValleyCareerCollege.com.

POKER DEALING/CASINO and Bartend-ing careers. $50,000+ for Casino Dealingcareers; $40,000+ potential for Bartend-ing careers. Lowest tuition. Job place-ment. Professional instruction. BPPVEState-licensed. Academy of InternationalBartending and Casino Dealing. 858-560-MIXX (6499). 858-278-DEAL (3325).

PROFESSIONAL CODER, Certified (CPC).80-hour program in San Diego. AAPC ap-proved curriculum and preparation forCPC exam. The Coding Source. Contact:[email protected], or call tollfree: 866-235-7553. www.thecodingsource.com.

RADIOGRAPHY (Associate of Occupa-tional Science)—this career is in demand!Take X-rays and administer contrast me-dia for diagnostic purposes. Train in lessthan two years for this degree. Pima Med-ical Institute offers morning, afternoon,evening classes; financial aid if qualified;lifetime job placement assistance. 888-239-9445. 780 Bay Boulevard, ChulaVista.

RESPIRATORY THERAPY COURSE. Getstarted without a High School Diploma!Concorde offers: A.S. in Respiratory Ther-apy, Massage Therapy, Surgical Technol-ogy, Medical Assistant, Dental Assistant,Vocational Nursing, Insurance Coding &Billing courses. Now enrolling, call today!Concorde Career Institute, 4393 Imperial

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RESPIRATORY THERAPY Training (lim-ited scope). Now offering laptops withprograms! See Job Giant, Page 5. Medi-cal, Computers, and Business. OfferingAssociate’s, Bachelor’s degrees, jobplacement assistance, financial aid (ifqualified). Day, online and eveningclasses begin each month. CCSD, 2820Camino Del Rio South, #300, Mission Val-ley. 1-800-495-1943. www.cc-sd.edu/2.

RESTAURANT/BAR MANAGEMENT:Learn the ins and outs of restaurant andbar management at National Schools.Free career placement assistance, withmany jobs available. Call: 619-461-2800for a tour and sit in a class. Learn why weare different. Visit us on the web, and seeour Photo Gallery and curriculum of allour training. Financial Aid available. www.nationalschools.com.

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SECURITY: BECOME A PROFESSIONALSecurity Guard. Guard Card testing.Firearms testing. Pepper spray/macetraining. Baton training. Live Scan unit onpremises. 619-518-4279.

SPEC TECH. Become a specialist in un-derwater inspections, testing and qualityassurance. Earn your Associate of Sci-ence degree in Marine Technology. Be-come qualified, not just certified.Experienced professionals teach skillsthat employers demand. Job placementassistance/financial aid for those quali-fied. Visit: www.natpoly.edu, NationalPolytechnic College of Science: 619-563-7430.

SPRING SEMESTER BEGINS 1/28/07.Just $20/unit for California residents. Fi-nancial aid, career/adult reentry center,job placement services, and veterans

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STARTING, CHANGING OR movingahead in your career? UCSD Extensionprovides a wealth of opportunities to helpyou grow. Business, Science, Technologyfields, 54 certificates, 300+ courses.UCSD Extension classes begin in Jan-uary! www.extension.ucsd.edu.

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS. See our ad inJob Giant, Page 5. Laptops now includedwith programs! Call for details! Degrees,certificates, job placement assistance, fi-nancial aid (if qualified). Day, online andevening classes begin monthly. CCSD,2820 Camino Del Rio South, #300, 92108.1-800-495-1943.

TRUCK DRIVER. Office with a view! Wehave a job for you, if qualified! 4 weekstraining: full commercial Class A & B,forklift certification. 30-year company.Possible Veteran’s assistance. Flexibleclasses. Visa, MasterCard accepted.Western Truck School, San Diego. SanDiego, 800-929-1319.

TRUCK DRIVING. Drive your way into anew career! Great pay and benefits.Class A/Class B training. Placement as-sistance. Campuses in San Diego,Temecula, Riverside and Santa Ana.United Truck Driving School, 800-764-2020. www.drivetrucks.com.

TUITION-FREE TRAINING: Programs:Anesthesia Tech, Personal Trainer, Medi-cal Office, Orthopedic Tech, Group HomeTraining, Telemetry Tech, Insurance, In-Design (or QuarkXPress), Culinary Arts,Web Graphics, Emergency Dispatch, Se-curity & CPR/First Aid. ROP GrossmontCollege. www.grossmont.edu/rop. 619-644-7550.

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VOCATIONAL NURSING. Get startedwithout a High School Diploma! Con-corde also offers: A.S. in RespiratoryTherapy, Massage Therapy, SurgicalTechnology, Medical Assistant, DentalAssistant, Insurance Coding/Billingcourses. Now enrolling, call today! Con-corde Career Institute, 4393 Imperial Av-enue, Suite 100, San Diego 92113.888-254-6904; www.ContactConcorde.com.

WEB DESIGN/INTERACTIVE Media.Classes begin January 7! Dreams don’thave expiration dates. Bachelor of Sci-ence degree programs. Financial aid ifqualified. Job search assistance. www.artinstitutes.edu/sandiego. The Art Insti-tute of California, 7650 Mission ValleyRoad, San Diego 92108. 866-275-2422;858-598-1200.

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EXCELLENT BUSINESS Opportunity!Market, Deli, Beer and Wine, Dry Clean-ing Store for sale with repeat customers -La Jolla. No competition for miles.$190,000. www.honestreid.com.Agent/Rob, 619-328-0844.

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INTERNET/E-COMMERCE. Own your ownbusiness and build residual income usingthe Internet. Call 866-325-4491. www.Roadmap2Happiness.com.

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NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE: $28,000 indays, not weeks, simply returning phonecalls. No selling! No explaining! No con-vincing! 888-593-8287.

ONLINE BUSINESS. Earn 6 figures; workfrom home! San Diego entrepreneur andcollege professor is building a team forprofitable online business. It’s smart, it’sreal, and it’s fun! Paid training provided.Serious and ambitious individuals only.www.successincalifornia.com. 1-800-891-8451.

POST OFFICE JOBS available. Averagepay $20/hour or $57K annually includingfederal benefits and overtime. Paid train-ing, vacations. Part time, full time. 1-866-616-7019 USWA. (AAN CAN)

RETIRE YOUNG, retire rich. Change yourlife and your income. Business/marketingopportunity. 800-439-1160. www.swanlifestyle.com.

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A WAY TO MOVE from “wanting” into“having”! Release Technique in SanDiego, January 18-20. Go to www.releasetechnique.com.

ACCLAIMED INTERNATIONAL singer/pi-anist/songwriter/recording artist/produceroffering voice/piano lessons. Fully-equipped studio. Launch your music ca-reer! $50/hour. Celeste, 858-467-0776.www.celestecenter.com.

ART CLASSES! San Diego’s newest artschool! Pottery, stained glass, painting,and more! All ages. Beginning to ad-vanced. Visit: sandiegoartdepartment.comor call 619-299-4ART (4278).

DANCE LESSONS. Salsa, swing, ball-room, weddings, and more! PacificBeach and North County locations. Con-tact Amanda, 619-206-1101; [email protected]; www.dancehealthy.

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DANCE LIKE THE STARS!Brides/grooms-learn fusion of salsa, Latinballroom, hip hop for first dance! $10adult/kids’ group salsa classes: Monday-Friday in Pacific Beach, La Jolla, OldTown, Mira Mesa. Private lessons, $50.www.susienguyen.com, 858-488-6900,cell-805-252-6900.

DANCE! Winter salsa is hot! Build rhythmwhile dancing like the stars. Call for holi-day specials and gift certificates. Begin-ners/couples/styling, www.serenacuevas.com, 760-224-7474.

DRUM INSTRUCTION. I teach what youwant and need to know. Get more playingenjoyment. Be musical! All levels ac-cepted. Hoffman Drum Studio, Kirk, 619-287-6518.

DRUMS, CONGAS, BONGOS and tim-bales. Study rock, fusion, Latin, jazz, andclassical. Hour and half-hour lessons of-fered. Beginners and advanced.Academy of Music. 619-295-7062.

ENGLISH TUTORING. Master’s degree in-structor. English as a second language,TOEFL, grammar, writing, pronunciation.Native speaker grammar refinement.Reasonable rates. [email protected], 619-528-8663 or 619-410-2002.

FRENCH CLASSES. General languageand conversational classes at AllianceFrancaise. Instructors are native Frenchspeakers. Classes start on January 22ndat Lawrence Family Jewish CommunityCenter in La Jolla. Registration opensJanuary 4th. Information: www.afsandiego.org or 858-254-2253.

FRENCH LESSONS. The best, most pop-ular French lessons in San Diego, from$9.99/hour. Learn with a teacher fromParis! Materials included. www.fromenglishtofrench.com. Sophie, 619-339-7993.

GUITAR INSTRUCTION. Concert profes-sional from Spain, with 23 years touringexperience, now offering private classesin authentic flamenco and classical gui-tar. 619-282-0369.

GUITAR INSTRUCTION. San Diego’sfinest lessons! I offer the most profes-sional, comprehensive, insightful guitarinstruction available in Southern Califor-nia. State-of-the-art learning from a truemaster player/teacher. Get dramatic re-sults quickly! Tim Quinn, 858-569-6088.View website before calling! www.QuinnGuitar.com.

GUITAR LESSONS/RECORDING. Learnto play, sing your favorite songs. Experi-enced instruction tailored to your goals.Record a demo; session work. CraigBlaine, 619-417-4080, www.jcbmusic.com.

GUITAR LESSONS. Freeway close. GuitarTrader of San Diego, 7120 ClairemontMesa Boulevard. Toll-free: 877-687-4276.

GUITAR. BLUE GUITAR. Lessons with SanDiego’s best teaching staff. Blues, rock,classical, flamenco, banjo, ukulele andmandolin. 619-283-2700. 5959 MissionGorge Road. www.theblueguitar.com.

KID’S WATERCOLOR Painting Classes.Ages 6 to 12 years. Saturdays, 10am to12 noon or 2pm to 4pm. Learn to paintcreatively. 619-295-3583.

PIANO ACHIEVEMENT proven with freelesson. Ages 5 to 95. Classical, popular,jazz. Very patient teacher/performer of-fers top quality, individualized instruction,beginning through advanced. 30 years’experience. Lee Galloway, 619-281-8118. www.leegalloway.com.

PIANO LESSONS by graduate of Julliard,Oberlin, University of Michigan. Over 30years of experience. All levels. Very pa-tient. Reasonable rates. 858-457-4067.

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PREPARETODAYFOR A NEWCAREER

Construction ManagementEarn your associate degree in construction

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Marine TechnologyEarn your degree or commercial diving certificate.

Hyperbaric MedicinePrepare to use state-of-the-art equipment to treat

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Homeland SecurityWork in the growing field of homeland security by

earning your associate’s degree online from National

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Emergency Medical Technician-BasicNational Polytechnic can prepare you to take the

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National Polytechnic College of Science is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Community

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For more info858-309-3500www.natpoly.edu

Located in Kearny Mesa3580 Aero Court

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Assistance with job placement • Classes two days a week

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7650 Mission Valley Road

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Programs offered in:Advertising (AS/BS)

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and tour the school.

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Classes Begin January 7!Call us at Toll-Free: 866.275.2422Local 858-598-1200

Or visit us online at www.artinstitutes.edu/sandiego

PIANO LESSONS. Master’s degree MusicEducation. Member of Music TeachersAssociation of California. Any age, anystyle. Flexible hours. Individual programsfor each student. 858-625-0053.

PIANO LESSONS. Mission Valley, LaMesa, Clairemont, Mira Mesa, Balboa ar-eas. Accepting new students ages 5/up,all skill levels. $25/lesson, 30minutes/week. [email protected],619-972-2338.

PIANO, VOICE, GUITAR, strings, brass,percussion lessons, etc. Ages 4-94. Inyour home or studio! For details, visit ourwebsite: www.CaliforniaMusicStudios.com or call Jennifer, 800-227-6222.

SAT PREP/PRIVATE TUTORING: SAT,ACT, Math, English, Science, Languages,GRE, GMAT, study skills, K-12 instruction.Company founded by Harvard graduate.College consulting also available. 858-273-TUTOR(8886). www.mcelroytutoring.com.

SAT TEST PREPARATION. USD TestPreparation Courses. Sharpen your skills!Experienced faculty. Practice Exams.Convenient schedules. Free RefresherClasses (within 1 year of paid coursecompletion). www.sandiego.edu/testprep. 619-260-4579.

SINGING LESSONS. Learn the tech-nique of the stars! Speech-levelsinging works. Seth Riggs, certified in-structor. Guitar lessons also available.NorwoodMusicStudios.com. 619-262-7464.

SPANISH LESSONS. Private tutoring.Master’s degree and credentialed in-structor. Conversation, writing, and gram-mar. Bilingual. Competitive rates.References. E-mail: [email protected]. Jay619-528-8663 or 619-410-2002.

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MARIA’S MASSAGE. Imperial Beach.First-time clients only, $55 for 75-minutemassage. Swedish and energy healing.www.mariasmassagesandiego.com. 619-781-7577.

TOUCHED BY A CHRISTMAS ANGEL!Sensitive gifted hands soaring you into di-vine state of therapeutic delight, leaving

you beautiful, self renewed, and rejuve-nated. Heaven can’t wait! Hotels wel-comed. Incalls/outcalls. Lic-MTP6352.760-724-3793.

SPIRITUAL, ENERGETIC HEALING. Enjoya custom tailored professional massagein a beautiful, cozy office. 10am-6pm.Monday-Saturday. Nationally certified/li-censed. HHP#07003950. Sandy, 858-405-2688.

CERTIFIED MASSEUR offers Swedish-based full body massage. Balancedblend of techniques deepens relaxation.Locals/travelers welcome. Daytime/evening. Lic#22248. John, 619-248-1865.

TOUCH, COMFORT, STYLE, privacy. Afew expectations of your massage. I’mreasonable, very experienced and enjoymassaging. Flexible availability. Lic-13375. Available during holidays! Donna,619-886-3333.

HILLCREST LOCATION. 14 years’ experi-ence. Swedish, Craniosacral, Shiatsu,deep tissue, Thai, Reflexology and LomiLomi. ATM, credit cards accepted. Lic-96009525. Frank, 619-294-8559. www.frankarce.com.

YVONNE’S MAGIC HANDS! Enjoy a nur-turing light touch for deep relaxation.These are hands you will never forget.Lic-93004782. For appointment, call 619-260-1950.

MASSAGE SO WONDERFUL, it’s guaran-teed to be the best part of your day.Come explore the magic of my touch.Heidi, 619-280-7784.

INCREDIBLE LIGHTNESS of touch! Rein-vigorate yourself with my nurturing deeptissue/light touch massage. 100% satis-faction guaranteed! Melt away tension,relieve stress. Morena Boulevard and I-5.HHP-98000184. Courtney, 970-201-4671.

LOVELY HANDS BY DESTINY. Best lighttouch, deep and sweet massage withwarm oil. Incall available. MTP-0969. Call760-415-8155.

DREAM STATE! Mystical. This side of par-adise. Allow Aphrodite to take you on ajourney into the divine. Sublime gratifica-tion! Underground secret of the elite.Seven days. www.aphroditesmassage.com. 858-454-6664.

PROFESSIONAL MASSAGE. 1-1/2 hours,$75. Absolutely first-rate, healing, deep-muscle Swedish massage. Excellent

shoulder work. Legitimate, experienced,references. Lic-97005459. Jim, 619-523-1982; cell, 619-459-6872.

MASSAGE BY BODYBUILDER, for yourhealth and pleasure. Consistently told,“The best massage I’ve ever had!”Friendly. Professional. IPSB [email protected] or call Robert,619-232-2142.

FEELING A LITTLE ROUGH around theedges? It may be time for a massage.Call Vivi for your appointment. Lic-21708.619-379-5992.

SUPER LIGHT EXTRAORDINARILY divineloving touch. Cranio-sacral balancing.Night appointments available. Georgiana,HHP-0317, 760-966-1672.

90 MINUTES FOR $90! A haute flourish-ing eclectic buzz. Massage and holisticspa therapies infused with essential oils.Seven days. 858-454-6664.

PROFESSIONAL MASSAGE bodywork byMary Ann. Therapeutic, pain/stress relief,calming, energy balancing, deep muscletherapy, structural alignment. Aromather-apy/essential oils. Advanced techniques.MT-0089. 760-942-9375.

STAR MASSAGE-HOLLYWOOD STYLE!Release tension. Light touch to deeptouch. Surrender to a 2-4 hand massage.Personalized, energetic bodywork. In-call/outcall. 7 days. 760-828-2618.

DIANA’S $99 HOLIDAY SPECIAL! Try arelaxing full body massage in front of awarm, cozy fire. Showers available. Cen-trally located. 619-876-7988.

MAGIC CARPET RIDE MASSAGE by Mer-cedes. Disappear on a magical journey.Beautiful touch. Serenity at its best! Out-call. Hotels welcome. Last minutescheduling available. Gypsy, 760-726-1100.

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WRITERS WANTED. The Academy for Al-ternative Journalism, established by pa-pers like this one to promote diversity inthe alternative press, seeks talented jour-nalists and students (college seniors andup) for a paid summer writing program atNorthwestern University’s Medill Schoolof Journalism. The 8-week program (June22-August 17, 2008) aims to recruit tal-ented candidates from diverse back-grounds and train them in alt-weekly stylefeature writing. Ten participants will bechosen and paid $3000 plus housing andtravel allowances. For information and anapplication visit http://aaj.aan.org. Youmay also e-mail us at [email protected]. Applications must bepostmarked by February 8, 2008. North-western University is an equal opportunityeducator and employer. (AAN CAN)

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PA SPEAKERS, Sunn (2), model #1205,rugged work horses, sound great, per-form well, 8 ohms each, 100 watts, 2 par-allel inputs, 15”, $300/best. Steve,858-715-1455.

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DRUMMER WANTED strictly for joy, socialjams, occasional recording. Keep the dayjob. Rock, pop, blues, reggae, punk.Bring your originals. [email protected].

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SINGERS WANTED. Masterwork ChoraleMozart/Schubert choral concert on4/13/08. Rehearsals: Tuesdays, 7:30pm,First Methodist Church beginning Jan-uary 15. No auditions. 619-297-4366 x135or [email protected].

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It was this meat train thing I got.I’m a vegetarian. I was able to give

it to my husband, though. I also gota sweater. It was from the same per-son. My sister-in-law. It had theseknitted balls. One was on each shoul-der and one over each of my breasts.They were walnut size, and theylooked like fabric pasties. It was anugly sweater.

Ivette Sanchez

Waitress

Del Mar

Idon’t know. I can’t think of any-thing I received that I didn’t like.

Oh, wait…last Christmas. It was a gift-exchange thing. I got this plasticsnowman. It wasn’t a snow globe oranything remotely cool. It was justthis plastic piece of junk. If you getbatteries, it lights up. I still have itsomeplace. But the other gifts theyhad were a DVD player. There wasa bed set I wouldn’t have mindedgetting.

Nicole Gonsalves

Lab Tech

La Jolla

The thing that comes immedi-ately to mind is clothing. I’ve

gotten some ugly clothing over theyears. Some really hideous sweatersthat had reindeers all over them. Imight wear it once in front of the per-son that gave it to me and then neveragain. I’ll try to keep the clothes fora length of time. That takes awaythe guilt I have when I get rid of it.I might subconsciously leave it atsomeone’s house or it just some-how disappears and is no longer inmy closet.

John May

Guitarist

Mira Mesa

It was from my first wife. She keptasking me over and over what I

wanted for Christmas. I said thatthe only thing I wanted was an annualpass to Disneyland. That was it. Asimple request to follow. So, whatdoes she get me? A year pass to the zoo.That is not the same thing! Was Imad? Well…we are no longer married.

Jeff Dreifuss

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bad gifts from grandparents. Theygave me these patent white leathershoes. They had big, silver shoelaces.They didn’t even have a black sole.I think it was a manila color.And theywere way too big for me. They werethe ugliest shoes I’ve ever owned.

Nicohl Doss

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San Marcos

It was either the losing lottery ticketI got as a gift or a bra. It was way

too big. I guess I was a bit flattered byit, at first. But it is a bit of a bummerthat I couldn’t fit into it. My bossgot a singing Jesus, though. I thinkshe mentioned that once as beingher worst gift.

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RECORD AT EPICENTRE STUDIO. ProTools HD-quality recording. Full servicedigital recording, mixing and mastering.

Library of pre-made beats. 5-hour blocksfor $125 or $30/hour. www.epicentre.org,858-271-4000 x15.

RECORD AT CV STUDIOS. San Diego’sbest value! ProTools, professional gear.Rates from $25/hour. Get the sound youwant without pressures of expensive stu-dios. Jon, 858-414-2143.

RECORD AT EMPIRE STUDIOS.$30/hour, engineer included. Specializingin Electronic, Rap, and Urban music.High-end equipment, radio quality guar-anteed. Visit our facility at www.empirerecordings.com. 619-249-8355.

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REHEARSAL IN OCEAN BEACH at Spot-less. 1922 Bacon Street across from Win-ston’s. 3 air conditioned rooms with PA,available for hourly rentals. Parking, load-ing. 619-523-3073.

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REHEARSAL STUDIOS. $20/hour with PA.Equipment rentals, overnight PA rentals.Open 24 hours by appointment. Monthlystudios now available starting$350/month. Goblin Studios, 760-599-4627. www.goblinrecords.net.

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REHEARSE AT ADDER. Upscale KearnyMesa facility. All rooms have individual airconditioning, high ceilings and 24-houraccess. Monthly rooms available. 858-505-8644. www.adderstudios.com.

REHEARSE AT HINDSIGHT- Miramar.Hourly rooms, fully equipped (drum kit,two half stacks, bass rig, PA), starting$18/hour. PA only, $16/hour. 858-635-9611, www.hindsightrehearsal.com.

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ALLIED GARDENS. Share gorgeous 3bedroom, 2 bath home with 1 male. $800month to month (2 rooms, private bath),$600 deposit, share utilities. 619-261-3775.

BAY PARK/CLAIREMONT. $695. Beachclose. Ocean, bay, canyon views 3 sides.End unit. Large deck, laundry, gated. Nosmoking/pets, private, quiet, country-like.619-913-0473.

CARLSBAD. $750. Share 2 bedroom, 1bath beach cottage. Patio, Utilities in-cluded, HBO, water, trash. Near CarlsbadVillage and Tamarack Resort. Block frombeach. 760-622-0245.

CARLSBAD/LA COSTA. $775, includesInternet cable. Master bedroom, privatebath, walk-in closet. Condo on 16th greenof resort. Pool, tennis. My home is yourhome atmosphere. Melissa, 760-519-6244.

CARMEL MOUNTAIN RANCH, Masterbedroom with walk-in closet, shared bath-room. $600/month including utilities. Fe-male only. Available now. No depositrequired, 858-472-7881.

CHULA VISTA, $550. New spacious pri-vate home. Near Southwestern College.Kitchen, washer/dryer privileges. Wire-less connection. No smoking/drugs/pets.Female only. Hablo espanol. 619-347-2115.

CHULA VISTA. Room for rent. Large 4bedroom, 2 bath home. $600/month, nodeposit. Washer/dryer, pool, jacuzzi. PetsOK. 619-254-1658.

CHULA VISTA. $550 plus $200 deposit,1/2 utilities. 2 bedrooms plus private bathin 4 bedroom house. Male preferred.Shared kitchen, washer/dryer. John, 619-427-4777.

CLAIREMONT, Master bedroom, bath,furnished. Garage, pool, utilties4s/cableincluded. Quiet area. Share with owner.Female only. Available January 10,$700/month $400/deposit, 858-229-7412.

CLAIREMONT, $500. Bedroom in 3 bed-room home. Pet OK. Utilities, cable paid.Washer/dryer. Off-street parking. Avail-able 1/1/08. No drinking/drugs. Call Gary858-573-2354.

CLAIREMONT. Nonsmoker. Room, privi-leges, in luxury condo complex. Longpool, game, weight room, sauna. Greatlocation. $500, utilities included. Attachedcarport. Shared bathroom. Bob, 858-337-8694.

CLAIREMONT. Share incredible canyonhome. Available 2/1/08. Beautiful andsunny 3 bedroom, 2 bath. Incredible bar-becue/sunset backyard. $675/month, 1/3utilities, $200 deposit. Joe, 858-504-0714.

COLLEGE AREA, $550/month, $550/de-posit. Share house with 1-1/2 bath. Splitbills, 5 blocks from SDSU. Canyon view,laundry. Available now. No pets. Hans619-583-1354.

DOWNTOWN. Room available in 3 bed-room house. $500, includes cable, utili-ties, yardwork, storage, off-street parking,washer/dryer in house. 2832 L Street.Gene, [email protected], 619-206-1325.

EL CAJON. Male preferred to share 2bedroom apartment with male non-smoker, no drugs/alcohol, and his pooch.Lawn and fireplace. $440. [email protected]; 619-440-4011; 619-368-3516.

ENCINITAS. Share 4 bedroom, 2 bathhome. Choice of 2 rooms, attached bath,separate entrance. Female preferred.Small pet OK. $1000. Credit application,$25. 858-335-3995.

ENCINITAS. $650/month. Room in clean,quiet modern house. Cable, laundry,kitchen privileges, phone line/Internetavailable. Deposit. Won’t last long! Call760-753-1686; 619-235-2415, x23951.

ESCONDIDO. Bedroom/bath. Securedbuilding in nice, quiet area. Pool, jacuzzi.Cats on premises. No smoking. Femalepreferred. $530/month, 1/2 utilities, $100deposit. 760-737-0495.

LA COSTA. $775 includes utilities. Largefurnished room with private bath in luxuri-ous townhome. 2-car garage.Laundry/storage. Large fenced yard. 2-patios. 760-431-9926.

LA MESA. Share 2 bedroom, 2 bathacross from Grossmont Center.$500/month plus $500 deposit, 1/2 utili-ties. Quiet complex, off-street parking,pool. Male preferred. 619-813-1203.

MIRA MESA, Beautiful master bedroom,12x13 washer/dryer, air conditioning.Covered patio, kitchen, living room. Out-side smoke. $780, $75 non-refund keyfee, [email protected], 714-948-8404,714-613-2193.

MIRA MESA. 2 rooms available. Goodneighborhood. $450. Discount possible.Large kitchen, stove, refrigerator, dish-washer, dining room, living room, laundry.Satellite TV. Female only. 858-752-1804.

MIRA MESA. $600. Single room, residen-tial neighborhood. Large house. All utili-ties: gas, electric, water cable TVincluded. Washer/dryer. No pets or smok-ing. 858-699-7870; 619-235-2415,x10749.

MIRA MESA. $800. Master bedroom withbath, large house. Nice neighborhood. Allutilities, gas, electric, water, cable TV in-cluded. Washer/dryer. No pets/smoking.858-699-7870; 619-235-2415, x19471.

MIRA MESA. Miramar College, I-15.$545, utilities included. Large, quietroom. Clean, remodeled home. Granitekitchen, pool. Petless, male nonsmoker.Near bus. Available 2/1/08. 858-695-9892.

MISSION HILLS. Corner downstairs fur-nished room, bright, with large bath.Quiet, traditional neighborhood. Centrallylocated. $850 (utilities included), $850deposit, $25 credit check/references. Noalcohol/drugs/smoking. 619-295-0905.

MISSION VALLEY. $699, $300 deposit.Furnished, cable, high-speed Internet,washer/dryer. Near shopping mall. Share2 bedroom, 2 bath condo. Male non-smoker. No pets. 619-948-3868.

NORTH PARK. $550. Room with walk-incloset, 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartment.Laundry onsite. Centrally located. 1/2 util-ities. WiFi. No pets. $450 deposit. 619-741-3939.

OCEAN BEACH, Spacious bedroom bath,fully furnished and equipped with view,beach, freeway stores close. $800 plusdeposit, bills paid. No smoking/pets. Jan-uary. 619-929-4450.

OCEANSIDE. Roommate needed immedi-ately. $650/month. No pets. Call for ap-pointment, 760-310-1106.

OCEANSIDE/FIRE MOUNTAIN, $530plus utilities. Share quiet house, vegetar-ian kitchen. Includes private bathroom,

laundry, housekeeper. Nice neighbor-hood, near shopping. No smoking/pets,760-439-9965.

POINT LOMA/OCEAN BEACH. $600 fur-nished room in newer home. 4 blocks toocean. Parking. Laundry. Microwave, re-frigerator. Quiet environment. Nodrugs/nonsmoking. Moderate alcoholuse. Female only. 619-226-4010.

POINT LOMA/SUNSET CLIFFS. $650,one bedroom available, utilities/Internetincluded. Ocean view home. No smoking,no pets. Male preferred. 619-269-6626.

RANCHO BERNARDO. 2 bedroom, 2 bathcondo to share. Includes maid, utilities,club privileges, beautiful views,washer/dryer, Internet access. Nopets/smoking. Prefer female. References.$800/month. No deposit required for firevictims. Call for other discounts. 858-675-0568.

SAN CARLOS. 10 minutes from SDSU.Near 8E, 8W. Bedroom with bath. 1/2 util-ities, 1/2 cable. Pool. Female preferred.No drugs. $500. Nancy, 619-265-1843.

SAN CARLOS. Large master bedroom inbeautiful condo overlooking golf courseto share with female. $600, 1/2 utilities,deposit $600. Female only. Available2/1/08. 619-302-6838.

SAN CARLOS. Large, sunny room. Fe-male nonsmoker only. Share with same.Have 2 cats. All amenities. Includes maidservice. $550/month, $50 utilities, $250security. 619-698-7350.

SAN MARCOS. $625. Share large luxuri-ous sunny home. DishNetwork/utilities in-cluded, private bath. CSUSM/Palomar.Fireplace. Jacuzzi. No smoking/pets.Photos online, 858-361-5500.

SERRA MESA. No stairs. Master bed-room, private bath, $750. Bedroom,shared bath, $550. Split utilities.Washer/dryer. No smoking/drugs. De-posit $350. North Qualcomm. 858-496-9211.

SOUTHEAST SAN DIEGO. $80-$100/week. New sober living 5000-square-foot massive home. Satellite TV,Internet, 2 kitchens, workout room,pool/jacuzzi, sanctuary. Thomas, TheTree House, 714-787-8744.

TIJUANA. $250/month $50/deposit. Fur-nished. Secure. Utilities included.Washer/dryer. DirecTV. Nosmoking/drugs. On the border! I.D./in-come required. Truck/storage available.619-634-6485.

TIJUANA. Upstairs bedroom with oceanview of Rosarito Playa. Block to Calimaxshopping center. Rent $150, all utilities in-cluded. Cats OK. Kitty, 619-964-6729 or619-964-0051.

UNIVERSITY CITY/UTC. 1 furnished, 1unfurnished room, bathroom,$700/month/each, $600/deposit. NearUCSD. Laundry, parking, close to bus,shopping. Available 1/01/08, 619-954-4190.

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS. Share 2 bed-room, 2 bath townhouse, balcony, hugecloset. Female nonsmoker, no pets. $600,1/2 utilities, first/last, $250 security. Greatneighborhood. 619-291-7887.

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PACIFIC BEACH. Office space, $800.Second floor office, 2 rooms, ample park-ing. Easy access. 4455 Lamont Street.858-270-4492 x203.

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PACIFIC BEACH. Storefront/retail spacefor lease, $1950/month. 1451 Garnet Av-enue, approximately 920 square feet.Good location and visibility. 858-270-4492, x203.

HOT SPOT IN LITTLE ITALY. Beautifulfirst-floor loft, zoned fully commercial—can be downtown pad, small restaurant,wine bar, office. $3000 or make offer.619-889-4389.

LA JOLLA OFFICE SPACE. 600 squarefeet. Recently carpeted, painted. Nearocean. $1300, kitchen, bath. Designatedparking. New air conditioning. Lease.6525 La Jolla Boulevard. 619-260-0752.

STOREFRONT/OFFICE. Over 1350square feet. Street level. High ceilings. 2private bathrooms. Central location. 2053Garnet Avenue. Space can be divided forless rent. 858-272-9614.

NORTH PARK OFFICE SPACE availablefrom 315-1130 square feet at only $1.00per square foot. 3930 Oregon Street.www.utopiamanagement.com, 619-291-5555.

OFFICE/RETAIL SPACE. $975/month. 3rooms, 1 bathroom. Pacific Beach. Avail-able immediately. 1761 Garnet Avenue.Alta Vista Properties. 858-274-3600.www.altavistamanagement.com.

CARLSBAD. $100-$125. 1-car sizegarage for parking and/or dry storageonly. 1000 Chinquapin. 760-729-8681.

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ALLIED GARDENS. Beautiful, like new 2bedroom, 2 bath. All appliances. Ceilingfans. 2-car garage. Fireplace. Walk-incloset. Patios, Jacuzzi. Yard. No pets.Nonsmoking. Near shopping, more.$1895. 619-286-2634.

CARLSBAD. Gorgeous model home! 2large bedroom, 2-1/2 bath plus bonusroom. 2-car garage. Yard. All amenities.Recreation area. Gated. $2250. 760-602-0145 or cell, 760-803-1742.

CARLSBAD. Brand new! Great location! 3bedroom, 4-1/2 bath. 2-car garage. Allamenities. Landscaped yard. Retreat,gameroom, clubhouse, fitness, pool, ten-nis. $3600. 760-602-0145, 760-803-1742.

CARLSBAD. $3995. 3 bedroom plus of-fice, 3-1/3 bath. 2-story. Move-in special!Hardwood, granite, stainless. 2-cargarage. Built-ins. 7343 Paseo Capuchina.858-514-8201.

CARLSBAD. La Costa Oaks. $3700. 3bedroom plus bonus room, 2-1/2 bath. 2-story. Fireplace. Granite, stainless.Jacuzzi. Barbecue. Garage. 3486Camino Cereza. 858-514-8201.

CARLSBAD. Move-in special! $3995. 4bedroom, 4-1/2 bath. 2-story. Fireplace.Hardwood, granite, stainless. 2-cargarage. Built-ins. 6830 Jade Lane. 858-514-8201.

CITY HEIGHTS. $1595. Brand new!Rent/rent to own. Spacious 3 bedroom,1.5 bath. All new appliances. Gorgeous,livable, fenced. Conveniently located.Shawn, 619-315-6665, 619-698-4473.

CLAIREMONT. $2400. Very nice, 3 bed-room, 2 bath. Family room, fireplace, allnew. Fenced, landscaped, canyon. Openhouse Saturday/Sunday 10-4pm. 5244Cole Street. 858-273-7241.

CLAIREMONT/BAY PARK. $1795. 3 bed-room, 1-1/2 bath home with view of Mis-sion Bay. 2-car garage. New carpet.Small pet negotiable. Holiday special-Free rent until 1/15/08. 3578 & 3586 Tren-ton. TPPM, 858-699-3851.

COLLEGE AREA. 2 and 3 bedroomhomes. Some with hardwood floors andyard. Several to choose from. Washer anddryer connections, garages and garden-ers included. Apartment Finders. Freeservice! 619-296-2787.

CREST. 2 bedroom, 1 bath. Air condition-ing. New laundry. Dishwasher, mi-crowave oven. Fenced yard. Off-streetparking. No pets, no smoking.$800/month plus utilities. 619-447-8920.

EL CAJON. $1650. 3 bedroom, 1-1/2 bathhouse. Appliances, garbage disposal.Laundry hookups. No pets. 636 SouthMagnolia. Available 1/15/08. Section 8OK. 619-971-1145; 619-579-8027.

EL CAJON. $2000/month. 1634 estimatedsquare feet. 4 bedroom, 2 bath. Pets OK.Large fenced yard. New carpet. Extraden/office. Central heat/air. Agent, 619-471-2201.

ESCONDIDO. $1250-$1500. Tired ofapartment living? Beautiful 2 & 3 bedroommanufactured homes offer spectacularhilltop views. Full-sized washer/dryer,some small yards. Peaceful community,sorry no pets. 1924 Sheridan Avenue.760-745-1677.

LA JOLLA. 4 bedroom, 2 bath house. $2950.Spacious backyard. Close to TourmalineBeach. Stop by leasing office at 5060 LaJolla Boulevard. 655 Wrelton. TPPM, 858-483-7412, www.casadelmar.info.

LA MESA. 3 bedroom, 2 bath plus officeon mountain. Fantastic view to ocean!2000 square feet. Garage. Family room.Fireplace. $2675. Lease. Agent, Bill, 619-823-1674.

LA MESA. 3 bedroom, 2 bath. 8805 Fabi-enne Way. Estimated 1125 square feet.$1850/month. Great backyard with deck.Large driveway, fireplace, washer/dryerand dishwasher. Call 619-471-2201.

LA MESA. 3 bedroom, 2 bath. 8805 Fabi-enne Way. Estimated 1125 square feet.$1850/month. Great backyard with deck.Large driveway, fireplace, washer/dryerand dishwasher. Call 619-471-2201.

LEMON GROVE. Quiet, secluded, spa-cious 3 bedroom, 2 bath 3000+-square-foot house, laundry hookups, central air,appliances, hardwood, 2 fireplaces, dou-ble carport, formal dining, largepatio/yard. $2600/month includes wa-ter/gardener. 619-698-8497, 619-888-0319.

LEMON GROVE. $1650. 2 bedroom, 1bath house. All new bathroom, newlypainted and carpeted throughout. Largefenced yard with separate storage.Garage converted into workroom. Nearshopping. Pets negotiable. 619-271-2250.

LEUCADIA. $2300. 3 bedroom, 1 bath,West of Highway 101. Fenced yard, hard-wood floors, new bath and kitchen. 427La Veta Avenue. Leasing Unlimited, 760-436-7273.

MISSION BAY. Beautiful 2 bedroom, 2bath manufactured home. Full water view.4-parking. Washer/dryer. All amenities.Pet possible. $2000/month. 858-270-8991.

MOUNT HELIX. $3600. 5 bedroom, 4 bathhouse plus den on private 1/2 acre. Pool.Citrus trees. 2 fireplaces. Upper andlower decks with magnificent views. Mustsee to appreciate! 1 year lease. Includesgardener and pool service. Shown by ap-pointment only, 619-427-5533.

MT. HELIX. 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath home.2400 square feet. Quiet neighborhood. 2-car garage. Pool. No pets. Deposit.$2300 includes gardener/pool service.619-443-9192.

MT. HELIX. 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath home.2400 square feet. Quiet neighborhood. 2-car garage. Pool. No pets. Deposit.$2300 includes gardener/pool service.619-443-9192.

NORMAL HEIGHTS. Sparkling 2 bedroomrenovated top to bottom! New paint. Newlaminate floors. New Berber carpet. Newkitchen cabinets, refrigerator, stove/oven.Stack washer/dryer. Landscaped. Off-street parking. Like new home! $1350.4411 39th Street. See at northcuttproper-ties.com. Agent, 858-505-1300.

NORMAL HEIGHTS. 3 bedroom, 2 bathdetached house. Fenced-in patio area.4653 Wilson Street (back house). Monthto month. $1700/month, $1700/deposit.Pets considered. 619-276-7640.

NORMAL HEIGHTS. $850. Small 1 bed-room house near bus lines, shopping andAdams Avenue. Small yard. Pet OK. 457632nd Street. Agent, 619-692-0234.

NORMAL HEIGHTS. 2 bedroom cottage,attached garage with driveway, yard, newpaint/appliances, refinished hardwood

floors, many windows. $1295. Nopets/smoking. 4548 38th. 619-729-3460.

NORTH PARK. Large 3 bedroom, 2 bathhome. Garage. Living room. Fireplace.Large fenced yard. Pets OK. $2500 in-cludes gardener/water. Available 2/1/08.Appointments, 619-296-2873.

NORTH PARK. 2 bedroom, 1 bath newlyremodeled Craftsman. New hardwoodfloors, newly remodeled black and whitebathroom. Formal dining room with Gum-wood built-ins and French doors, break-fast nook, laundry room with washer/dryerhookups. New landscaping. Off-streetparking galore plus storage.$1795/month. Available now. 3330 31stStreet. 619-683-9274.

NORTH PARK. $1450-$1800. 2 bedroom,1 bath homes. Close to Downtown. Re-frigerator, stove. Laundry hook-ups. Nopets. 3658-3660 Louisiana. 619-435-1139.

NORTH PARK. Newly remodeled Crafts-man home. 4 bedroom, 2 bath. Stainlessteel appliances. New paint and carpet,granite countertops, fireplace. Some utili-ties included. Garage available. Largefront porch. Washer and dryer. $2395,858-598-1111 x190. www.utopiamanagement.com.

NORTH PARK. $1650. 1/2 off first month.Large 2 bedroom, 1 bath house with den.Garage, wood floors, stove, refrigerator,washer/dryer hookups. Pets OK. Section8. 3149 Boundary Street. 619-804-3325.

OCEAN BEACH. Ocean view! 1 bedroomduplex. Large garage. Hardwood floors.Sunny, quiet. Laundry hook-ups, sharedyard. Pets OK. $1660. Available now.4656 Niagara. 619-920-4022.

OCEAN BEACH. $2195. 2 bedroom houseon top of hill in Ocean Beach! Huge back-yard with garage and washer/dryer!Hardwood floors and partial ocean view!Small pet on approval. 4437 Newport Av-enue. Call 619-222-4836 x14 or www.sunsetpacificrealty.com.

PACIFIC BEACH/DEANZA COVE. $2200.Cute, cozy 2 bedroom, 2 bath mobilehome on the cove. Includeswasher/dryer, utilities/cable. Mike, 858-456-0407; 858-344-1033.

PACIFIC BEACH. $2250. Large 3 bed-room, 2 bath house. Washer/dryer. Fire-place. Stove, refrigerator. Heat. Fencedyard. Covered carport. Available 1/07/08.1810 Chalcedony. 619-884-3399.

PACIFIC BEACH. Move-in special!$1675. Quiet 2 bedroom, 1 bath house.Blocks to Garnet, beach. 1 parking. Pri-vate patio. No pets. Nonsmoking. 964Emerald. 619-286-3400.

PACIFIC BEACH. 3 bedroom, 2 bathhouse $2250. Large front patio, mastersuite, washer/dryer, fenced yard, offstreet parking. No pets. Agent, 619-296-3189.

PACIFIC BEACH. $1300. 2 bedroom, 1bath house, refrigerator, stove, walk tobay or beach, comes with 1-car garage.Fee. Free search at www.westsiderentals.com. 619-367-3333.

PACIFIC BEACH. $2995. House withviews of the Bay. 3 bedrooms, 3 baths. 2-car garage. Washer, dryer. Patio. Newcarpet. New paint. Available now. 1-yearlease. Pets negotiable. Call ColdwellBanker Property Management, 858-488-2228.

PACIFIC BEACH. 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 4blocks to beach. Large yard, washer/dryer, garage. $2700. Available January15. 1140 Diamond Street. Call 858-273-4812.

POINT LOMA, Designer Remodeled 4bedroom 3 bath, 2400 square foot,garage. Yard, patio/fountain. Kitchenstainless steel/granite countertop, stain-less steel appliances, lighted cabinets.

Hardwood floors travertine/slate through-out. Spa tub, rainfall shower, dual sinks,large walk-in closet. Fireplace, wine cel-lar, $2950, lease option. 619-368-9410.

POINT LOMA, Spacious 3 bedroom 1-1/2bath. Washer/dryer, fireplace, woodfloors, 2 car spaces. Water included.$1750/month, won’t last. Hablamos es-panol. 619-395-3015.

POINT LOMA. 3240 Lowell Street. $2850.City, bay views! Great room! 2 bedroom,2-3/4 bath house. Cathedral ceilings. Tileand carpet. 2 fireplaces. Built-in bar.Garage. Yard. Pets OK. About 2900square feet. 619-435-0387.

SAN MARCOS. Move-in special. $2499.3 bedroom plus loft, 2-1/2 bath. 2-story.Hardwood. Deck. Garage. Laundryroom. Calistoga. 1716 Kenwood Place.858-514-8201.

SOLANA BEACH. $1895. Large 2 bed-room, 2 bath house. 2-car garage. Nopets. Fireplace. New carpet. Washer/dryer. Patios. Appliances. 103 GuerreroCourt. Juno, 619-275-3455.

SOUTH BAY. Like new! 6 bedroom, 3bath home. Washer/dryer, stove, refriger-ator, microwave. $2375/monthly includesgardener. $2000/deposit. No pets.Lease. $35/adult application fee. StevensReal Estate, 619-422-3810.

SOUTH BAY. $1800, 3 bedroom, 1 bathhouse. $1600, 2 bedroom, 2 bath, 2-cargarage. Beautiful security. Large yard.All appliances included. 858-254-4469.

SOUTH PARK. $1550/month plus de-posit. 3 bedroom, 1 bath house, woodfloors, washer/dryer, yard. Available now.Small pet OK. 2609 Montclair. 619-669-9953.

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SOUTH PARK. $1800 rent plus $1800 de-posit. 2 bedroom, 1-1/2 bath house, hard-wood floors, large deck, jacuzzi. 1645Grove Street. 1000 square feet. Ownerpays water. Nonsmoking. No pets. 619-640-7530. www.sdforrent.com.

SPRING VALLEY. Home with pool! 3 bed-room, 2 bath. 2406 Coach Drive. 1559 es-timated square feet. 2-car garage,fireplace, dishwasher, heating/air condi-tioner. Gardener/pool service included.$1900. 619-471-2201.

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS. $1600. 2 bed-room, 1 bath Craftsman, stove, refrigera-tor, dishwasher, laundry hookups. Fullbasement. Deck. Off-street parking. Nopets. 4438 Alabama. 619-302-1598.

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS. $1295. 2 bed-room, 1 bath with garage. House/Duplex$1295 Deposit. Newly renovated unit,new tile, new paint, convenient location,coin-operated laudry. Move In Special:$500 off 1st month’s rent OAC. Availablenow. 3024 Madison Avenue. www.cethron.com. 619-295-1100.

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS. 2 bedroom, 1bath, wood floors, granite/tile kitchen, fire-place, yard, garage, workshop. Pet OKwith deposit. (No pit bulls). 4404Louisiana. $1500. 619-445-0799.

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS. $1395. 1 bed-room, 1 bath, vintage cottage with hard-wood floors, new paint, kitchen withnewer stove, refrigerator, new stackwasher/dryer. Quiet neighborhood on cul-de-sac. Large front and back fencedyard, off-street parking. Walk through his-toric neighborhood, lots of nearby shops.4583 Delaware Street. 619-683-9274.

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS. $1325. Pictureperfect cottage, 1 bedroom, 1 bath.Wood floors. Huge den. Fenced yard.Parking. Freeway access. Laundry. 2720Monroe Avenue. Agent, 619-692-4121.

VALLEY CENTER. Woods Valley. $4000.Over 4500 square feet. 4-car garage. Oncul-de-sac. Brand new, move in anytime.Nonsmoking. No pets. Call for details,Top Notch Realty, Inc., 858-715-0688.

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ALLIED GARDENS. $1175. 2 bedroom, 2bath. New custom two tone paint and car-pet throughout, blinds! Parking, laundry,pool onsite. Very spacious. Sorry, nopets. 4550 Vandever. Manager, 619-282-8000.

ALPINE. $900. Spacious 2 bedroom, 1bath. Air conditioning, on-site laundry,pool. Small pets welcome. Call 619-445-0805. www.sdaptbrokers.com.

ALPINE. December rent free! Relaxedcountry living at its best! From $800 1, 2bedroom floor plans with dishwasher,heated pool, spa, fitness center and 24hour laundry facilities. Dogs under 25pounds and cats welcome! Call for moredetails, current specials! Alpine CountryApartments, 2660 Alpine Boulevard. 619-445-8022. www.alpinecountryapartments.com.

BALBOA PARK. $975. 1 bedroom, 1 bathcharming cottage available. Across fromBalboa Park. No pets. 528 Olive Street.Call 619-222-4836 x14 or www.sunsetpacificrealty.com.

BALBOA PARK, EAST. Newly remodeled2 bedroom, 1 bath apartment. Patio andyard. $899. 2649-1/2 B Street (behindhouse). 858-568-5081.

BANKER’S HILL. Studio, $900. 1 bed-room, $1050. Downstairs, facing pool,gated. Newly remodeled, all brand new.

Cats/small dogs OK. Deposits $600, pet$300. 413 Olive Street. 619-291-5788.

BANKER’S HILL/DOWNTOWN. $2195.Super nice 2 bedroom condo, hardwoodfloors, 2 patios, fireplace, teriffic view,washer/dryer. Pets OK. Available now.Call Steve at 619-696-7500.

BANKER’S HILL. Nice 1 bedroom, woodfloors, second floor corner, small view, airconditioning, forced air heating, $900.References. 2149 2nd Avenue. Also, 1bedroom with deck $915. 619-992-7791or 619-992-0078.

BANKER’S HILL. $1695. 2 bedroom, 2bath condo, fireplace, porch. Nonsmok-ing unit. Under 25 pound pet with $500additional deposit. Street parking. 2930Columbia Street #B. CCPM, 619-296-6699.

BANKER’S HILL. $675-$910. Lovely stu-dio and 1 bedroom. Well-kept, classicbuilding designed by Gill. Stove, refriger-ator, gas included. Laundry onsite. Nearbus. 619-236-0452.

BANKER’S HILL. $2275. Extra nice 2bedroom townhouse with den. Open andbright! Garage, fireplace, large storage.Cat OK. 2233 5th Avenue. Agent, 619-469-7790. www.westmanproperties.com.

BANKER’S HILL. $995. 1 bedroom, 1bath. Parking, laundry, available now. 304West Hawthorn Street #5. Agent, 858-560-1178.

BANKER’S HILL. $1450. 2 bedroom, 1bath. Fenced yard, laundry, parking,

small to medium pet OK. 316 WestHawthorn. Agent, 858-560-1178.

BANKER’S HILL. $1395. 2 bedroom, 1bath. Beautifully upgraded apartment.Tile and hardwood floors, view fromwooden deck. Move-in special: 1/2 monthfree OAC. 310 West Hawthorn. Agent,858-560-1178.

BANKER’S HILL. $995. Utilities included.1 bedroom. Completely renovated. Ce-ramic tile throughout. Hardwood floors.$700 deposit. Cat OK. 2105 Brant Street.OAC. 619-549-9726.

BANKER’S HILL. Upstairs 1 bedroom,$895. Victorian building. Completely ren-ovated. Fantastic view of Downtown andbay. $600 deposit. OAC. Cat OK. 2142Second Avenue. 619-549-9726.

BANKER’S HILL. $1000-$1200/lease.Fully restored, luxury studios with newstainless appliances, granite counters,stone tiled kitchen and bath, clawfootbathtubs, hardwood floors, ceiling fans,top-of-the-line fixtures, on-site laundry,rooftop deck with views. No pets. Non-smoking. 2408 Second Avenue. Call forappointment, 619-232-0153 or 858-361-8234 or 619-851-4521. www.sdreader.com/rent/2159.

BANKER’S HILL. $825. 1 bedroom apart-ment, laundry, close to all. Wood floors.1915 4th Avenue #5. AMI Property Man-agement. 619-697-6314.

BANKER’S HILL. $795. Studio apartment,security building, laundry, large, close toall. 2117 Front Street #8. AMI PropertyManagement, 619-697-6314.

BANKER’S HILL. $995. 1 bedroom apart-ment, great location. Quiet, close to all.1955 Front Street. AMI Property Manage-ment. 619-697-6314.

BANKER’S HILL. $895. 1/2 off 1st Month.Large studio, wood floors, huge closet,gated, appliances, laundry. Pets ok. 23114th Avenue. 619-804-3325.

BANKER’S HILL. Will go fast! $800-$900per month. Deposit $500. Spacious stu-dios in secured vintage building withgreat views. First Avenue/Hawthorn. Fullsize kitchen and bath. On-site laundry.On street parking. Only cats with $200deposit. 619-325-7332.

BAY PARK. $1420. Deluxe 2 bedroom, 2bath, panoramic sailboat views/your ter-race! Dishwasher. Berber. Gated. Laun-dry. Parking. No stairs. Cat friendly!Beach/freeway. 2805 Morena. 858-459-1544.

BAY PARK. 3907 Gresham Street. 2 bed-room, 2 bath condo. Awesome view! Fire-place, balcony, dishwasher,washer/dryer. 2 underground parking.$2425/month, deposit $2425. www.timcassidy.com. Cassidy, Broker, 619-275-LIST.

BAY PARK/CLAIREMONT. $1175. Up-graded 2 bedroom, 1 bath. On-site laun-dry, parking, upper unit. 2537 ChicagoStreet #10. Agent, 858-560-1178.

BONITA. Great view. $1200, utilities in-cluded. 1 bedroom cottage. Balcony,deck. Across from golf course. Parking.619-894-0536.

CARDIFF. 2 bedroom spacious apart-ments $1395. No pets. Parking included.Only 3 blocks from the beach. Easy ac-cess to I-5! Rent special, 1/2 off the firstmonth OAC, 760-430-4444 x190. www.utopiamanagement.com.

CARDIFF. Not on the beach! East of I-5!$1450. 2 bedroom, 1 bath Park Placecondo. 925 square feet. 2-parkingspaces. Fireplace. Hardwood/tile/carpetflooring. Washer/dryer. All appliances.Water/trash included. Community pool.No pets! Available now. (Credit check re-quired, $30 fee.) [email protected].

CARLSBAD from $1200. Beautifully re-modeled 1 and 2 bedrooms. Fantasticviews. Walk to beach. Spacious floorplans. No pets. 2303 Ocean Street. 760-434-7721.

CARLSBAD. $1175. 2 bedroom, 2 bathgarden apartment. Fireplace, new fix-tures, Berber carpet, clean. 760-729-2908.

CARLSBAD. $1375. 2 bedroom, 2 bathapartment, pet OK with deposit, parkingincluded, pool, fitness center. Fee. Freesearch at www.westsiderentals.com. 619-367-3333.

CARLSBAD. $1025. Beautiful 1 bedroom.Bright and airy. Laundry, pool, dish-washer, parking. Easy access to freewayand shopping. Garages available. Nopets. 1000 Chinquapin. 760-729-8681.

CARLSBAD. $1325. 2 bedroom, 2 bathtownhouse-style apartment with large pa-tio. 3 blocks to beach. Secluded gardencomplex. 2 parking spaces. No pets. 362Chinquapin Avenue. TPPM, 760-729-8132.

CARLSBAD/LA COSTA. $1625. Large,luxury 3 bedroom, 2 bath in beautiful gar-den complex with views over La Costagolf course. Fireplace, washer/dryer, airconditioning, pool, spa, sauna. 2385Caringa Way. Alicante Views. TPPM, 760-431-7575.

CARMEL MOUNTAIN. $1395. 2 bedroom,2 bath Palo Alto condo. Parking. All appli-ances. Fireplace. Air. Patio. Pool/spa. Nosmoking/pets. 619-887-0995.

CARMEL VALLEY. Looking for affordableluxury living? 1 and 2 bedrooms. Flexibleleases; call for current rates. Nearbeaches, shopping, easy freeway ac-cess, great school district! Free tennis,swimming lessons! Washer/dryer. Park-ing. Fitness center. Pool. No pets. ClubTorrey Pines, 12646 Torrey Bluff Drive. 1-866-354-2096. www.sdreader.com/rent/2106.

CARMEL VALLEY. Super luxurious newlyremodeled 1 bedroom condominium,hardwood/natural stone floors, granitecountertops, stainless steel kitchen appli-ances, washer/dryer. No pets.$1375/month. 858-722-3987.

CASA DE ORO. Half off first month, OAC!$1050, 2 bedroom. $1300, 3 bedroom, 2bath. Spacious. Laundry, balconies, pool.Military accepted. Espanol. 619-857-0365.

CHULA VISTA. $855, including garage,large 1 bedroom apartments. Walk-inclosets, laundry on site. Pool, jacuzzi, gasgrill, park-like setting. 619-425-0670.

CHULA VISTA/OTAY RANCH. $975. 1bedroom with full bath, kitchenette andliving room. Private entrance. Air condi-tioning/heater. Utilities included. Mi-crowave, refrigerator. 619-656-3652;619-253-4786.

CHULA VISTA. $100 off first month’s rent!Spacious 2 bedroom, 1 bath, $1100 with$900 deposit OAC. 1 bedroom, 1 bath,$900 with $800 deposit. Pool, laundryroom. Close to mall/freeway. Availablenow. 433 D Street. 619-632-0080.

CHULA VISTA. $775/month. $250 de-posit. 1 bedroom, fully furnished. 2 blocksfrom Chula Vista Center. Off-street park-ing. Laundry room. Lots of trees. 521 ParkWay. Office open daily (near Fifth and G).619-420-5084.

CHULA VISTA. Large 2 bedroom, 2 bath.Gated, central air/heat, dishwasher, bal-cony, laundry, off-street parking. Section8 OK. No pets. $1125. Deposit $800. 619-425-6511.

CHULA VISTA. $875. Charming 1 bed-room, 1 bath cottage. Clean, quiet, se-cure. On-site laundry. New paint/carpet.Garage available. If you can find one bet-ter; rent it! 215 Glover #A. Call Rachael619-804-1044 or Jeff 619-713-1044.

CHULA VISTA. $795. 1 bedroom, 1 bath,“All Utilities Paid.” New carpet, paint,clean, quiet, secure and ready now. On-site laundry, pool, parking. Best deal inSouth Bay! 540 Flower Street. If you canfind one better, rent it! Please callRachael, 619-804-1044.

CHULA VISTA. $1100. Bungalow-style 2bedroom, 1 bath Remodeled unit. Garage

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HOMEBATHROOMS

Tubs RefinishedRefinish your old, worn-out bathtubs/sinks tolook like new! Fiberglass and porcelain. Allwork guaranteed. Lic-560438. Bathtubs &Sinks Refinishing Company. 619-464-5141.

CARPENTERS

No Job Too TallNo job too small -Tall-T Carpentry/GeneralContractor does it all! Dry-rot, additions,decks, patios, remodels, repairs. Tall-TCarpentry, Lic-B649090. 619-672-1164.

CARPETS

U.S. Carpet Care2 rooms/hall $59. Call us first! Professionaltruck mounted carpet/upholstery/tile. Abso-lutely no hidden charges. Clean guaran-teed. Since 1989. 619-298-9106.

Super Team SteamFree room carpet cleaning! (no strings at-tached). I.I.C.R.C. Certified Technician.Truck mounted equipment. Carpet clean-ing. Upholstery fabric cleaning. Licensed.Satisfaction guaranteed. 619-339-6232.

Special! 3 Areas $45$45 Sofas! Superior Carpet/UpholsteryCleaning. Spot treatment, steam clean andspin-dry. 25 years experience. 100% satis-faction guarantee. JPC Cleaning, 619-322-3673.

CHILD CARE

Infant/PreschoolClairemont Academy Kids enrolling now.Preschool focusing on phonics, math, sci-ence, art, music. School age care with tu-toring and activities available.619-665-7878.

CLEANING

Liza’s CleaningWe clean until it shines! Residential. Mov-ing: in/out. Weekly, bi-weekly, and monthlyrates. We do windows! Free estimates!BBB member. 619-864-0210.

Dust Bunnies?Personalized service by experienced pro-fessionals. Move-outs, spring cleans, vaca-tion homes, remodeling cleanup, smalloffices, residential.Phone quotes! Art ofClean Agency, 858-270-5558; 619-276-5558.

Country Cleaning!Homes, offices, rental properties. Take pridein doing it right! I am someone people trust!Good references. Owner, Patti Lomeli, 619-402-5143. E-mail: [email protected].

QSolutionsWe’re ready to clean your vacant or occu-pied house, apartment or office. Profes-sional service, reasonable rates, freeestimate. Monday-Friday. Call for appoint-ment, 619-274-2575, 619-425-8243.

CONCRETE

ING ConcreteAffordable quality. Driveways, foundations,block retaining walls, stamped concrete,patios, etc. Free estimates! 18 years expe-rience. Lic# 891739. Bonded/Insured. 619-846-4499.

CONSTRUCTION

ContractorTermite, fungus, dry-rot repair specialists.Decks, patio covers, home improvements.15 years experience. Lic#614165. Promptresponse. BBB member. Call MichaelHardy now! Cell 619-787-7082.

Garcia’sConstruction. Specializing in: New homes,remodels, additions, roofing, drywall,plumbing, stucco, framing, tile, and con-crete. Lic#898089. Free estimate. CallJesse, cell 619-788-1646; Juan, 619-254-9503.

Kitchen and BathStart the New Year with a remodeledkitchen or bath. Licensed contractor#791211. References. All trades. CustomKitchen & Baths, 619-287-5578.

CONTRACTORS

California CoastQuality, reliability, and affordability for yourremodeling projects. All types of remodel-ing including new construction, room addi-tions, kitchens/baths. Lic#896062. Freeestimates. 858-733-1126.

Roof Repair ExpertHome improvements/HVAC/room addi-tions/patio decking/balconies/roof repairs-all types/pressure washing/restoration oftile roofs. Bonded. Lic#701057. 619-665-0547.

Beat Any QuoteAll San Diego County. Commercial/residen-tial/tenant improvements. Doors/windows,garages, fencing. Flooring, tile. 30 yearsexperience. Free estimates. Holloway Con-struction, 619-319-2154.

CROWN MOLDING

Moldings for LessProfessional crown molding installation.Materials can be provided. Baseboards,wainscot, painting. 10 years experience.Mention Reader ad-10% off! Free estimate!619-606-7623.

DOORS

Got Doors?We specialize in doors! Interior, exterior,new construction or replacement. AlliedContracting, local contractor with 20+years experience. Please call 619-795-2930. No job too small.

ELECTRICAL

Quality AffordableClean, quality work. All types electricalwork. Residential/commercial. Service/re-pair, panels, custom lighting, spas.Bonded/insured. Lic#903497. Free esti-mates! Jacobs Electric, 619-843-9291.

Free Estimates!All your electrical needs. Fast and friendlyservice. Commercial/residential. Serviceupgrades, remodels, troubleshooting, ceil-ing fans, can lights. Satisfaction guaran-teed. Unlicensed Journeyman.619-818-9726.

FENCES

California FenceWood, chain link, iron, guard rail, trashenclosures, barricades, welding. New,repair, installing. Lic#804726. Califor-nia Fence Company, 619-754-1016;[email protected].

FLOORING

Flooring Special!Carpet, $1.67/square foot includes installa-tion and pad. Hardwood, $4.99/squarefoot. Laminate and tile, $1.29/square foot.Lic#818658. Call Unique Flooring, 760-945-0010 or 760-908-3947.

GLASS AND MIRROR

Tub and Showerdoors. Mirror doors. Patio doors. Windowsand screens. Textured glass. Heavy glassto 3/4” thick. Install/repair/sales. Lic-471954. Jeff, 858-576-4321.

HANDYMAN

Honeydew List ManExperienced in plumbing, electrical, car-pentry, painting, all repair work. No repairtoo small. $9 service fee. Commercial orResidential. License #769631. 619-726-3039.

24 Hour ServiceQuality service; reasonable rates. Small re-pairs, painting, drywall, electrical, hauling,wooden fences, pressure washing.Gregg’s Maintenance & Repair. Gregg,619-249-8365. John, 858-449-6569.

SERVICES DIRECTORY 619-235-8200

included. Call 619-420-2205. www.sdaptbrokers.com.

CHULA VISTA. $1475. 3 bedroom, 2 bath.Award-winning complex. 2-car garage.Washer/dryer. No pets. 265 Ash Avenue.TPPM, 619-585-1959.

CITY HEIGHTS. $995. 2 bedroom, 1 bathcondo. Pools. Laundry. No Section 8.Gated community. Near freeway/shop-ping/downtown. Cats OK. Year lease. Su-san, 619-588-2370.

CITY HEIGHTS. Move-in special! 2 bed-room, 1 bath, $995. 2 bedroom, 2 bath,$1200. Huge apartments with parking,pool, laundry. $500 deposit OAC. 619-284-1045. www.melroyproperties.com.

CITY HEIGHTS. $1300. 3 bedroom, 2 bathon 2nd floor. Stove, refrigerator, carpet,blinds, dishwasher, fireplace, patio, laun-dry on-site. Gated parking. No pets. 441647th Street #10. Agent, 619-298-7724.

CITY HEIGHTS. $675, rent. $600 deposit,OAC. 1 bedroom duplex. New carpet. Nopets. At 4331-1/2 41st Street. 619-299-8515.

CLAIREMONT. $870. 1 bedroom, seniorcomplex. Courtyard. Clean and quiet. Onbus line. Laundry. No pets. By appoint-ment only. Call 858-735-4099 or 858-560-8362.

CLAIREMONT/KEARNY MESA. WexfordManor. Large 1 and 2 bedrooms in beau-tiful complex with pool, spa, laundry, airconditioning, dishwasher. Sorry, no pets.$995-$1295. Photos at www.WexfordLiving.com. 7870 Stalmer Street.858-277-4843.

CLAIREMONT. $1200. Utilities included.Pleasant 1 bedroom, 1 bathapartment/cottage. Private patio. Lovelycanyon view. Quiet cul-de-sac. Off-streetparking. Laundry. Cat OK. Nonsmoking.760-420-1411.

CLAIREMONT. $1200. 2 bedroom, 1-1/2bath townhouse. Private patio. Parking.Gated. Dishwasher. Pool. 5188 BalboaArms. Call 858-541-7683. www.kandrproperties.com.

CLAIREMONT. Studio available for im-mediate move-in! Centrally located.Easy access to freeways, dining,beach, and much more! Lots of up-grades. $895/month, 6 month leaseavailable. 619-291-5555 x190. www.utopiamanagement.com.

CLAIREMONT. $1125, 2 bedroom withbalcony. Upstairs. Pool. Laundry. Newcarpet. Off-street parking. No pets. Avail-able now. 7322 Mesa College Drive. 858-560-6204.

CLAIREMONT/MISSION BAY. Up to$500 off! 1 bedroom, 1 bath from $1085.2 bedroom, 1 bath from $1300. Dish-washer, microwave. Tennis, basketball.

Mov ie thea t re , poo l , gym, yogalessons. Pet with deposit. Availablenow. Monday-Saturday, 9am-6pm.Sunday, 10am-5pm. Coral Bay Park,3309 Cowley Way. www.CoralBayCanyonAndParkApartments.com. Call : 1-877-585-1146. www.sdreader.com/rent/ 1070.

CLAIREMONT/MISSION BAY. “Unbeat-able move-in Specials!” Up to $500 offmove on select units. Newly remodeled 1,2 bedrooms. 1 bedroom starting $1085, 2bedrooms starting $1300. Air condition-ing. Movie theatre. Pet deposit. Gym.Yoga. Pool. Coral Bay Canyon, 3309Cowley Way. Toll free: 1-877-585-1146.www.CoralBayApartments.com. www.sdreader.com/rent/1031.

CLAIREMONT. 4247 Mount Henry Av-enue. 4 bedroom, 2 bath. 2 carport. Fire-place, workshop, washer/dryer. Petsconsidered. $2225/month, $2225/de-posit. www.timcassidy.com. Cassidy,Broker, 619-275-LIST.

CLAIREMONT. Bay Ho. $1095. 1 bed-room. Remodeled. Parking. Pool. Laundryin complex. Close to freeways and beach.Available now. 1-year lease. Call ColdwellBanker Property Management, 858-488-2228.

CLAIREMONT. $1195. Large corner up-per 2 bedroom, 1.4 bath, appliances,washer/dryer, balcony, fireplace, off-street parking. 4910 Longford Drive. 619-804-3325.

COLLEGE AREA, $850. Remodeled 1bedroom, 1 bath garden apartments. Am-ple off-street parking. Laundry facilities.Lots of light. Walking distance to SDSUand shopping. No pets. 619-287-9890;numeric page 619-407-1535.

COLLEGE AREA. $1350. 3 bedroom, 2bath apartment in contemporary building,central air conditioning. security, under-ground parking. Year lease. 4742 Semi-nole Drive. Call 619-469-0031.

COLLEGE AREA. $1350. Deposit $600.Extra large 3 bedroom, 1 bath, parking,laundry, close to all. No pets. Availablenow. 4205 49th Street. 619-564-8764.

COLLEGE AREA/TALMADGE. Extremelylarge 2 bedroom, 2 bath. Controlled entry.

All amenities. Parking. Laundry onpremises. Park-like grounds. Near shopsand bus. 619-287-1996. 619-461-9415.

COLLEGE AREA. 1 bedrooms from $995.High-speed Internet access. Gourmetkitchen. Microwave. Gas range. Centralair conditioning and heating. Large walk-in closet. Controlled access. Pool. Barbe-cue and picnic areas. Cat-friendly.Parking. Walking distance to campus!Aztec Pacific, 6663 Montezuma Road.Toll free: 1-800-433-6120. See www.pacificliving.com; www.sdreader.com/rent/1042.

COLLEGE AREA/TALMADGE. $735. Nice1 bedroom apartment. Quiet building,downstairs, large rooms. Coin laundry.Cat OK. 4438 Menlo Avenue. Agent, 619-469-7790. www.westmanproperties.com.

COLLEGE AREA. $1325, 2 bedroom, 2bath. Fireplace. Central heat/air. Mi-crowave, dishwasher. Balcony. Gated. In-tercom entry. 4828 Art Street. Agent,619-298-7724.

COLLEGE AREA. $1300. 3 bedroom, 2bath apartment. 1200 square feet. Off-street parking. New paint/carpet. Pool/spa. No pets. 5493 Adobe Falls, #12. Call619-222-6020.

COLLEGE AREA/TALMADGE. $725 rent.$600 deposit. OAC. Large 1 bedroom.New carpet. Parking. Laundry. No pets.At 4423 Menlo Avenue #12. 619-990-5021 or agent, 619-299-8515.

COLLEGE AREA. $775 rent, $775 deposit.Charming downstairs 1 bedroom, 1 bathlocated in small quiet complex nearSDSU. On-site parking and laundry facil-ity. Available now. No pets. 4546 54thStreet, #3. Call agent, 619-698-1400 orwww.allenrealpropertyservices.com.

COLLEGE AREA. 1 bedroom, $750/monthwith move-in special. Very clean! Readynow. 6024 Estelle Street. Call manager at619-820-2584.

COLLEGE AREA. $750. Charming, lower 1bedroom, 1 bath, new carpet, paint, on-site laundry. 1 mile to SDSU. Cat OK.Section 8. 4644 Soria Drive. 619-804-3325.

COLLEGE/LA MESA. $950. Large 2 bed-room, 1 bath. New carpet, paint and ap-pliances. Clean, secure, ready now!

On-site laundry. 7240 El Cajon Boulevard#12. Call Rachael 619-804-1044.

COLLEGE/LA MESA. $845. Remodeled 1bedroom. Clean, secure. New carpet,paint. Close to everything. This is a beauti-ful apartment. On site laundry. Readynow. If you can find one better; rent it.7240 El Cajon Boulevard #25. Rachael,619-804-1044.

DEL MAR, WEST. $1450. 2 bedroom, 2bath. Top floor. Wood flooring. Gated. Halfmile to beach. 2 carports. Laundry. Pool.Jacuzzi. 909-266-0138; 909-569-4581.

DEL MAR. $1750. 2 bedroom, 2 bath(dual masters), fireplace, air conditioning,2-car garage, patio, in-unit washer/dryer,pool/Jacuzzi. 3560 Voyager Circle. 619-336-6021, 619-247-6813.

DEL MAR. Ocean view 2 bedroom, $1995,3 bedroom, $2495. Non-view 2 bedrooms,$1595-$1795, 3 bedrooms, $1995-$2195.Block to ocean. 201 Fourth Street. Call forspecial! 858-481-9585; [email protected].

DEL MAR/SOLANA BEACH. Ask aboutour holiday specials! $1175. Newly re-modeled studio located close to Del MarBeaches, Cedro’s Design District. Perfectfor the Southern California lifestyle. Bal-conies/patios. Pool. Parking. Electricity in-cluded. Medium dogs welcome!858-755-1466. sandpiper.rasnyder.com.

DOWNTOWN, NORTH. $1125. Large 1bedroom, top floor with view of harbor anddowntown. Stove, refrigerator, dish-washer, private balcony, elevator, entrysystem, coin laundry, parking. Cat OKwith additional $300 deposit. Available1/20/08. 215 West Grape. Del Sol PropertyManagement, Broker, 858-270-2071,www.delsolpm.com.

DOWNTOWN. San Diego’s first hip hostelhotel. From $49/night. From $245/week.From $19/bed in hostel. Free wireless In-ternet. Near bus/trolley. Flat screen TVs.European-style detached bathrooms.Restaurant serving breakfast, lunch anddinner. 500 West Hotel. 500 West Broad-way. Toll free: 1-888-895-0875. 619-234-5252. www.500WestHotel.com, www.sdreader.com/rent/2114.

DOWNTOWN/EAST VILLAGE. Januarymove-in special! Only $613-$736/monthwith 12 month lease! Utilities included! Of-

fice hours: daily 8am-6pm. Near PetcoPark, bus/trolley. Fully furnished. Bay/ball-park views. Underground parking. Airconditioning. Laundry. Internet. Club-house/library. Income qualify! Island Vil-lage. 1245 Market Street. For details,1-800-351-0613. www.sdreader.com/rent/2070.

DOWNTOWN. Brand new rooms near CityCollege. Single rooms with kitchenettesfrom $150/week plus deposit (long-term).Includes utilities/cable. Quiet, secure.Shared bath/laundry. Hotel Mediter-ranean. 619-231-8656. www.hotelmed-sd.com.

DOWNTOWN. 3 bedroom, 1 bathroomVictorian 4-plex. New everything! Close to

Petco/Gaslamp. 321 20th Street.$1195/month, $1000/deposit. Section 8OK. Small pet. Bob, 619-760-6055.

DOWNTOWN. $1635. Cortez Hill. 2 bed-room, 2 bath Park View condo. Courtyardview. Parking. Washer/dryer. All appli-ances. New paint. Secure, gated building.760-740-0345, 951-733-0565.

DOWNTOWN. Beautiful building, new fur-nished rooms. Refrigerator, microwave,TV, cable. Starting at $175 weekly. 920Beech Street. Call 619-234-1952.

DOWNTOWN. Studios with kitchen andbath, $625-$700. Single room with privatebathroom, $500-$550. No smoking orpets. 10th and E Street. Hughes Manage-ment, 619-239-1639 x103.

DOWNTOWN. Comfortable rooms, $450/up. Studios, $650/up. Near Gaslamp Dis-trict. Very quiet and clean. Free cable TV,on-site laundry, vending machines, com-munity kitchen, shared bathrooms. Nearshopping, restaurants, movie theatres andHorton Plaza. No pets. Arlington Apart-ments, 701 7th Avenue. Hughes Manage-ment. 619-231-2385. www.sdreader.com/rent/2097.

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ContractorContractor quality/handyman prices! Car-pentry, plumbing, electrical, drywall, con-crete, roofing, repairs, remodels, more.Licensed, insured, workers’ compensation.All work guaranteed. Lic-827834. Visa/MasterCard accepted. ADM, 619-469-2341; 888-ADM-2-FIX.

HAULING

3 Men Will HaulClean 24’ enclosed truck with lift gate/dol-lies. Fully equipped. Furniture, recyclables.Residential/commercial heavy lifting. Reli-able, experienced. All areas. 619-528-1877.

Lowest Rates!Haul almost anything. Why pay more?We’ve got the lowest rates, guaranteed!10% off with ad! Open 7 days. Junk, demo,concrete, brush, yard/vacancy cleanups.Visa/Mastercard. 619-234-5530. 858-551-9376. AmericanHaulAway.com.

A & R HaulingWill haul anything 7 days a week! Dirt andcement included. Lowest prices and imme-diate service! For free estimates, call 619-962-6014.

HEATING

Hurn MechanicalEnergy efficient heating, cooling and airpurifying solutions for your home or busi-ness. Sales, service and preventativemaintenance. Free installation estimates.Credit cards accepted. 619-312-1924.www.hurnmechanical.com.

MOVING

Birditt MovingResidential, office, or piano. Low rates.Serving all of Southern California. Free esti-mates and wardrobes. No hidden costs.Quick, friendly, professional. Fully insured.(CAL-T-176377.) Birditt Moving, 619-258-8155.

All About MovingFirst class, full service moves at reasonablerates. Exactly what you expect and de-serve. Locally owned. Licensed/insured,CAL-T-189508. Tom Floodberg, 619-247-8018.

Stern MovingWe will be proud to move you. Individuallyowned. Terrific references. Experienced.The most reasonable rates. Insured/li-censed. Cal-T-145775. Please call 619-697-1694.

ORGANIZING

Procrastinating?Spend more time looking for things than liv-ing? Clean it out and clear it up. Experi-enced. “At Ease” Home and OfficeOrganization, 619-733-8139.

PAINTING

A-List PaintingInterior/exterior. Stucco repairs,drywall/texture, power sanding, priming,sealing. Professional service, honestprices. Bonded/insured. BBB member. SanDiego. Lic#B-710231/B-C-33. John, 619-665-0754.

PLASTERING

AC PlasteringInterior plastering, repairs. Exterior, re-stucco. Custom quality work, clean, reli-able. 20 plus years experience.Reasonable. Work guaranteed! Lic-694956. Arlex, 619-846-2734; 619-265-9294; pager, 619-418-5693.

PLUMBING

Bill Harper’sPlumbing & Heating. Senior discounts. Selfemployed. BBB member, Repairs, repipes,drain cleaning, fixture installation, waterheaters, all plumbing. Lic-#504044. Bill,619-224-0586.

Liberty Plumbingand drain cleaning. Great prices. All starservice. Lic#863184. Insured. MC/Visa ac-cepted. 24 hour service. Mention ad re-ceive $10 off. 619-672-0590.

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DOWNTOWN. Cozy rooms, $450-$625,grab these little jewels today! Very com-fortable, convenient location, historicbuilding near C Street trolley. Choice ofshared or private bathrooms. Free cableTV, on-site laundry, vending machines,modern elevator, no pets. Southern Hotel,1159 6th Avenue at B, Hughes Manage-ment, 619-239-3808. www.sdreader.com/rent/2099.

DOWNTOWN. Economical furnishedrooms, $400-$500, best price, savemoney. Conveniently located on C Streettrolley line, near restaurants, free cableTV, shared bathrooms, on-site laundry fa-cilities, vending machines, elevator ser-vice, no pets, 636 C Street (between 6thand 7th). C Street Inn, Hughes Manage-ment, 619-234-4165. www.sdreader.com/rent/2098.

DOWNTOWN. Gaslamp area. Move-inspecial, $280. Community kitchen,shared bath, on-site laundry, vending ma-chines, no pets, Star Hotel, 522 7th Av-enue. 619-235-6068. HughesManagement.

DOWNTOWN. Outstanding furnishedrooms, $400-$500. Heart of Gaslamp.Shared bathrooms. Community kitchen.Free cable TV. No pets. 843 4th Avenue.Windsor Hotel. 619-235-6068. HughesManagement.

DOWNTOWN. Attractive rooms. Sharedbath. Utilities included! Near City Col-lege! $400-$595 per month. Weekly ratesfrom $125! 719 14th Street, Villa Victoria.Hughes Management, 619-231-2385.

DOWNTOWN. Furnished studios. From$59/daily, from $210/weekly rates! Ideal,affordable, short-term stays. Private bath-room, kitchenette, microwave, refrigera-tor, cable TV. Air conditioning, laundry,voice mail. High speed Internet. Food ser-vice daily. Near trolley/bus/freeway, Bal-boa Park, Gaslamp. West Park Inn, 18404th Avenue. www.westparkinn.com. 619-236-1600. www.sdreader.com/rent/2037.

DOWNTOWN. 2 bedroom, 2 bath withpanoramic view of the city! 300 W. BeechStreet. Over 1000 square feet of luxury liv-ing. Many upgrades. All appliances andgreat community amenities. $2450, 619-291-5555 x190. www.utopiamanagement.com.

DOWNTOWN. $675. Studio, 1 bath apart-ment, great views, all utilities paid, nearPetco Park, controlled access building.Fee. Free search at www.westsiderentals.com. 619-367-3333.

DOWNTOWN. $775. 1 bedroom, 1 bathapartment, cat OK with deposit, hard-wood floors, paid water/trash/gas. Fee.Free search at www.westsiderentals.com.619-367-3333.

DOWNTOWN. $1250. 2 bedrooms, 1 bathduplex, tile floors, 2-car parking included,extremely large backyard. Fee. Freesearch at www.westsiderentals.com. 619-367-3333.

DOWNTOWN. $1750. 2 bedrooms, 2baths apartment, pet OK, covered park-ing, barbecue/picnic area, business cen-ter, spa, fitness center. Fee. Free searchat www.westsiderentals.com. 619-367-3333.

DOWNTOWN. $1900. 2 bedroom, 2 bathnew condo, breathtaking view, perfectlysituated for fresh air, warmth and sun-shine. Fee. Free search at www.westsiderentals.com. 619-367-3333.

DOWNTOWN/LITTLE ITALY. From$800/month. Private bath, cable TV, mi-crowave, refrigerator. Utilities included.Secure, quiet, charming. Efficiency apart-ments with laundry. Near trolley/bus lines,blocks from harbor. On-site manager.Villa Caterina, 1654 Columbia Street. 619-232-3400.

DOWNTOWN/EAST VILLAGE. Newly re-modeled studios, $600 plus $300-$400security. Controlled access, shared bath-rooms/kitchens. Full size beds. Laundryfacility. Patio area. Palms Hotel, 619-233-0408.

DOWNTOWN/HARBOR VILLAGE. Move-in special! $750. Unique 1 bedroom. Bal-cony. Laundry. Parking. Close to base,Downtown, Coronado, NASSCO. Bayviews. 2850 Main Street. 619-246-1275.

DOWNTOWN/GASLAMP From $1395. 1bedroom, 1 bath apartments. Move-inSpecial, 1/2 off first month! 9-foot ceilings,all appliances, central heat/air, controlledentry, parking included. William PennBuilding, Corner 5th and F. Agent, 619-298-7232; visit www.sbayproperties.com.

DOWNTOWN/EAST VILLAGE. Studiosfrom $650. 1 bedrooms from $725. Totallyrenovated. Vintage building. 10 blocksfrom water. Authentic hardwood floors.Fresh paint. New tile. New appliances.Cats OK. 619-997-1133.

DOWNTOWN/LITTLE ITALY. Great loca-tion! 1 bedroom, 1-1/2 baths lofts $1750.Banker’s Hill, 2 bedroom withwasher/dryer $1650. Available now. Call619-255-0526.

DOWNTOWN/GASLAMP. $99 moves youin! Live/work lofts. Penthouse, 1546square feet, $2750. Loft, 1463 squarefeet, cement floor, $2425. Loft, 1163square feet, carpeted, $1600. Pets OK,parking available, keyless entry system,laundry facility, high speed Internet capa-bility, central air/heat, high ceilings. Pent-house extras: granite kitchencountertops, Brazilian cherry wood floors,stainless steel appliances, 9 Frenchdoors. 1014 Fifth Avenue. Toll free: 1-888-241-3523. www.sdreader.com/rent/2145.

DOWNTOWN/LITTLE ITALY. Bright, cor-ner studio, $940. 9’ ceilings, three clos-ets. Ideal location. Charming, secure,quiet building with laundry. 1534 Front,near Beech Street. 619-233-7428.

DOWNTOWN/GOLDEN HILL. Large stu-dio with full kitchen in very nice neighbor-hood. Hardwood floors. Close to busstop. 942 23rd Street. $695. 619-994-0449.

DOWNTOWN/GASLAMP. Las Flores Ho-tel. Small, quiet. $120/week and up. Four-week minimum. Color TV with basiccable. Refrigerator in most rooms. Se-cure. 619-235-6820.

DOWNTOWN/GASLAMP. Move-in Spe-cials. Live/Work Lofts in the heart of TheGaslamp! Roof decks with barbecue.

Laundry on every floor. Parking available.Seven locations Downtown. Select petsOK. Visit loft leasing office: 315 Fourth Av-enue. 619-231-1505 x12. www.trilogymanagement.com. Also visit www.sdreader.com/rent/2064.

DOWNTOWN/LITTLE ITALY. Rooftoppenthouse, 900 square feet, $1495. 1bedroom, 360 degree windows, 9’ ceil-ings. Charming, secure quiet buildingwith laundry. 1534 Front Street, nearBeech Street. 619-233-7428.

DOWNTOWN/SHERMAN HEIGHTS.Small 1 bedroom. View of the city, gated,large storage unit, washer/dryer, $750/month. 207 19th Street. Call 619-994-0449.

EL CAJON, $775. 1 bedroom. New car-pet, refrigerator, air conditioning. Barbe-cue, pool, laundry, parking, gated. 718South Magnolia. Ask about move-in spe-cial! Section 8 OK. 619-312-0606.

EL CAJON. $715. 1 bedroom. Just remod-eled! Beautiful landscape with gated en-try. No pets. 1018 East Lexington Avenue.TPPM, 619-838-8088. www.eastwindsapts.com.

EL CAJON. $695. 1 bedroom. Fabulouspool/courtyard complex. Super cleanapartments. No pets. $895 moves you in!314 Wisconsin Street. TPPM, 619-742-7600. www.palmestates.info.

EL CAJON. Spacious apartments. 1 bed-room, $800/up. 2 bedrooms, $950/up.Pool, onsite laundry, assigned parking,freeway close. Pets welcome! Ask aboutmove-in specials! Anabel Court Apart-ments, 303 East Madison Avenue. 619-579-5640.

EL CAJON. $850. Large 2 bedroom, 1bath. Parking space. Onsite laundry. Airconditioning, fans. Small complex. Nopets. $850 deposit. 355 Emerald Avenue.619-520-7830.

EL CAJON. 1 bedroom, $700. Large 2bedroom, 1 bath, $800 & up. Greatamenities, air conditioning, laundry on-site, pool, recreation room, parking.Lushly landscaped. No pets. 294 Ballan-tyne. 619-334-7934.

EL CAJON. $1150 2 bedroom townhome.New carpet, new wood floors and tile,new paint. Coin-operated laundry facilitywith community pool. Move In Special:1/2 off first month’s rent OAC. Availablenow. 294 Chambers Street #9. www.cethron.com. 619-295-1100.

EL CAJON. $900/up. 2 bedroom, 1 and 2stories. Amenities. Pool, park-likegrounds, parking. Near town, shops, bus.743 South Magnolia Avenue. Call 619-579-0174, 619-464-1818.

EL CAJON. Cajon Villas. $785, 1 bed-room. $1000, 2 bedroom, 2 bath. $1325,3 bedroom. Pool. Parking. Air condition-ing. No pets. 933 Peach Avenue. 619-447-9193.

EL CAJON. $200 off first month! 2 bed-room, 1-1/2 bath townhome, $1100.Freshly painted. New appliances, carpet.Patio. Small gated community. Laundryfacilities. Pool. No pets. 1397 East Wash-ington. 619-593-6602. stratfordarm-sapts.com.

EL CAJON. Starting at $695. 1 bed-rooms. El Cajon’s best maintained prop-erty with beautiful courtyard andsparkling pool. No pets. 1072 EastMadison Avenue. TPPM, 619-444-1614.www.fourwindsapts.info.

EL CAJON. $705. 1 bedroom. Beautifullymaintained apartments with sparklingpool. No pets. 234 West Park Avenue.TPPM, 619-850-9722. www.palmtowers.com.

EL CAJON. $705-$840. Spacious 1 bed-room and 2 bedrooms. Beautiful propertywith sparkling pool. Walk to courthouseand Main Street shopping. No pets. 163Ballantyne Street. TPPM, 619-990-5900.www.palmtowers.com.

EL CAJON. $850. Large 2 bedroom, 1bath. Upstairs. Carpet. Dishwasher.Laundry room. One assigned parking. Nopets. Available now. 1423 Peach Avenue.Phillips Realty, 619-291-6686 or Pablo,619-249-2770.

EL CAJON. Spacious 2 bedrooms from$825. $300 move-in special! Townhomes.Private patios. Great location with on-siteparking and laundry. 432-441 DominguezWay. TPPM, 619-405-4500.

EL CAJON. Fully furnished, totallyequipped 2 bedroom, 1 bath apartment.Quiet, gated complex. Maid servicesavailable. Flexible terms-Bimonthly,monthly or lease. $1200. 619-884-6088.

ENCINITAS. Treat yourself to this ele-gantly furnished 1 bedroom at MoonlightBeach. Walk to shops, restaurants,Coaster. Gourmet kitchen, washer/dryer,dishes, linens. $2195/month. 760-753-4101.

ENCINITAS. $900 & up. Sick of room-mates? Cozy beach trailers in quiet park.Near beach, Coaster, restaurants, shops.152 North Coast, Highway 101. 760-753-4101.

ENCINITAS. Ocean view 2 bedroom, 1bath condo. Fireplace, decks, garage. Allappliances, washer/dryer on premises.Village, Coaster, beach close. Nonsmok-ing. $1625/month. 858-481-2604.

ESCONDIDO. $1250-$1500. Tired ofapartment living? Beautiful 2 & 3 bedroommanufactured homes offer spectacularhilltop views. Full-sized washer/dryer,some small yards. Peaceful community,sorry no pets. 1924 Sheridan Avenue.760-745-1677.

ESCONDIDO. Call for specials! Spacious1 bedrooms from $835, deposit $400. 2bedrooms from $995, deposit $500.Great floor plan. Pool, spa. Covered park-ing. Laundry. RV parking. Cats are wel-come. 640 West Lincoln Street.760-489-8989.

ESCONDIDO. 1 bedroom, $850. 2 bed-room, 2 bath, $1025. Resort style living.$1/2 off first month’s rent! Open houseSaturday, 11am-2pm. 1960 East GrandAvenue. 760-489-6932. www.melroyproperties.com.

FASHION VALLEY/USD. $1250. 2 bed-room, 1-1/2 bath upper unit with view ofSeaWorld and the bay. Parking. Cat OK.

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AKC MINIATURE PIN PUPPIES. 1/01/08,(8 weeks). 50% deposits. Black/Rustmales, $500. Blue/Tan male, $1000.Shots, dewclaws removed, tails docked.Good homes! 619-423-8395.

AQUARIUM SALE at Octopus’s Garden.20H aquarium $20; 29 for $29; 40R $40.Even a 60E is just $60. Other tank spe-cials also. Lots of healthy saltwater fishand beautiful corals. Protein skimmers.Lighting systems, pumps, decorationsand supplies at low prices at Octopus’sGarden. Noon-9pm, 7 days. Call 858-576-7449.

AQUARIUMS AND PONDS! Freshwater/saltwater fish. Extensive reef animals.9000 square feet. Low warehouse prices!Expertise not found in Southern Californiacookie-cutter stores! Aquatic Warehouse.5466 Complex Street #204, San Diego.Behind Superior Courthouse, off Claire-mont Mesa Boulevard. www.aquaticwarehouse.com. Daily, 10am-7pm. Saturday, 10am-6pm. Sunday,11am-6pm. 858-467-9297.

BAN BACKYARD PUPPY MILLS. Pleasevisit your local humane society and adoptone or more of the sweetest pets you’llever love. They need you!

BENGAL LEOPARD BABY. Take a walkon the mild side of wild. Drop dead gor-geous. TICA registered. Canaries alsoavailable. North County/Vista. 760-724-9316.

BUY/SELL/TRADE reptiles, amphibians,turtles, tortoises, snakes, lizards. Largestreptile selection in Southern California.Voted #1 in San Diego. Pet Kingdom,619-224-2841.

DOGS. FOCAS is a trusted name in petadoptions. Call for information on a vari-ety of wonderful rescued pets. Always al-tered, microchipped, vaccinated. Most$150 donation. 619-685-3536.

GET A LIFE! Visit your local animal shelterand adopt a new best friend.

KITTENS/CATS, 10+ weeks, need re-sponsible, lifetime homes. Cute, friendly,virus tested, neutered, vaccinated, de-wormed, defleaed. Tuesday/Thursday, 6-8pm; Saturday/Sunday, noon-4pm.PetsMart La Jolla, 8657 Villa La Jolla

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KITTENS/CAT ADOPTIONS. Spayed/neutered, combo tested, shots, mi-crochipped. January 5, 2008, 1-4pm, atPetPeople, 8843 Villa La Jolla Drive, LaJolla. 858-457-2036.

KITTIES, rescued. Beautiful, all ages. Allfull of love! Give them the wonderfulhomes they deserve. Adoption fee in-cludes medicals and spay/neuter. 760-591-1211x1.

KOI PONDS AND WATER GARDENS.Equipment and supplies, free water test-ing, service and maintenance, construc-tion and design, commercial andresidential. Koi-Koi Living Jewels’s 20thyear. 1975 Jamacha Road, El Cajon.Monday-Saturday, 10am-5pm, Sunday11am-4pm. 619-441-9275.

PEKINGESE, purebred, white, neutered,2 years, housebroken. Plays ball, mellow.Has license, microchip, shots. Has someissues. $100. No small kids. 619-583-5122.

POODLE PUPS, standard, healthy, beau-tiful. Born 11/5/07. Tails docked, dewclaws removed. 3 males, 3 females. AKCregistration. $1500. San Diego area. 619-944-6245. E-mail hjgarden@aol.

PUG CHIHUAHUA MIX, neutered, 1 year,6lbs., black and tan, lovable lapdog, notbarky, likes other dogs, $150. No smallkids. 619-466-0426.

SIAMESE KITTENS! Companion animals.CFA Pedigree: Blue Point, Lilac Point,Chocolate Point, also Balinese, Oriental,and Oriental long Hair. $300. 619-819-9112, 760-690-3973, 202-903-0274, 909-522-4338.

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FASHION VALLEY. $1250 rent. $600 de-posit, OAC. Large 2 bedroom, 2 bath.Granite counters. 2 parking spots. Nopets. At 1355 Brunner Street. 619-298-5820.

FASHION VALLEY/USD. $1250 rent.$600 deposit, OAC. 2 bedroom, 2 bath. 2open parking spaces. Laundry. No pets.At 1340 Eureka Street #24. 619-298-5820.

FASHION VALLEY. The Bluffs, 2 bed-room, 2 bath condo, central heat/air, bal-cony, pools, tennis, clubhouse. Laundryfacilities. Nonsmoking. Cat OK. Yearlease. $1750. 619-701-3549.

GOLDEN HILL. $795. 1 bedroom, 1 bathduplex. Fenced patio. Off-street parking.Convenient location. 1239 33rd Street.Hughes Management, 619-239-1639x102.

GOLDEN HILL. Contemporary furnishedstudio in upcoming community. Availablenow. Minutes from Downtown. $1300/month. All utilities, underground parking,DSL, balcony. For detail and viewing.619-595-0111. www.vantaggiosuites.com.

GOLDEN HILL/DOWNTOWN. 1/2 monthoff! Free application fee! 1 bedroomsfrom $1120. 2 bedrooms from $1405. 2bedrooms townhomes from $1685. Cityviews. Controlled access. Washer/dryer,microwave, central air/heat. Rooftopdeck. Spa. Barbecue. Parking. Petfriendly! Golden Pacific, 1015 19th Street.1-800-433-6156. www.pacificliving.com.www.sdreader.com/rent/2028.

GOLDEN HILL, (2) Charming 1 bedroom,1 bath $795/$850. Hardwood floors.Great neighborhood, laundry on-site.Available now. No dogs. 2412 E Street.619-857-3706.

GOLDEN HILL. $1695. Cityscape. Nice 2bedroom condo. Dramatic Downtownviews! 3rd floor, granite, stainless appli-ances. Cat OK. 1233 22nd Street #14.Agent, 619-469-7790. www.westmanproperties.com.

GOLDEN HILL. $875. 2 bedroom 1 bath.Bottom floor, corner unit. Laundry on-site.Pet under 20 pounds considered. Veryclean. 1021-28 28th Street. Manager,619-929-8127.

GOLDEN HILL. $825. 1 bedroom, 1 bath.Downstairs unit. Laundry. Clean andbright. Assigned parking. Close to Down-town/Balboa Park. 2631 A Street. Call858-571-1970. sunriseliving.com.

GOLDEN HILL/SOUTH PARK. $1350. 2bedroom duplex with private yard for pet.Hardwood floors, large closets, built instorage. Breakfast nook in sunny kitchen.Great residential neighborhood with am-ple street parking, 9 blocks from BalboaPark, 5 minutes to Downtown San Diego.Rent includes water and gardener. 3303Beech Street. Please call 619-921-1695or [email protected].

HILLCREST, Luxury condo, 3 bedroom, 3bath. Granite, stainless, 2-car garage,fireplace, washer/dryer, Jacuzzi tub. Likenew. 2 blocks park, $2700/month, 619-889-8508, 619-920-4719.

HILLCREST. $800. Sunny studio incharming, gated Spanish building. Nice,recently remodeled kitchen with gasstove. Ceiling fan. Tile shower. Laundryon-site. Cat OK. 1830 Robinson Avenue.Call 619-298-1961.

HILLCREST. Spacious 1 and 2 bed-rooms! Berber carpet, fireplace, spa,gym, intercom, elevator. Sorry, no pets.Hillcrest Summit, 4134 4th Avenue. Seephotos at www.WexfordLiving.com. 619-299-0047.

HILLCREST. $850 studio. 2 bedroom, 2bath, $1550. Pool, canyon view. Close toall. Rec room. Cat OK. Sleepy HollowApartments, 4201 Sixth Aenue. 619-298-1059.

HILLCREST. $1050. 1 bedroom, 1 bath,storage closet, dishwasher, built-in bookshelf, laundry on site, parking. No pets.1224 Pennsylvania Avenue. CCPM, 619-296-6699.

HILLCREST. Hillcrest Palms. Senior com-plex. 55+ living! $900. 1 bedroom apart-ments. Gated community. Convenientlocation. Near hospitals, restaurants,shopping. No pets. 4042 Albatross Street.619-574-0784.

HILLCREST. $895. 1 bedroom, upstairs.Remodeled. Stove, refrigerator. Dish-washer, microwave. Coin laundry. Greatlocation. Cat OK with additional $300 de-posit. Available now. 3730 First. Del SolProperty Management, Broker. 858-270-2071. www.delsolpm.com.

HILLCREST. $800 rent. $600 deposit,OAC. Large 1 bedroom duplex. No pets.At 3853-1/2 First Avenue. Agent, 619-299-8515.

HILLCREST. $1275. 2 bedroom, 2 bathend unit. Bright. Dishwasher. Balcony.Laundry. Private garage. Gated. Gardensetting. No pets. Available now. 3672Georgia Street. 619-301-9958.

HILLCREST. 1/2 off first month! $1100. 1bedroom. Patio. Ceiling fan, microwave.Gated entry. Garage. Lush garden set-ting. Laundry. Cat OK. 3914 Centre. 619-294-7044.

HILLCREST. Ask about our move-in spe-cial! 1 bedrooms from $875. 2 bedroomsfrom $975. Great floor plan. Easy freewayaccess. 4124 Campus Avenue. 619-294-2871.

HILLCREST. Studio, $835. Great location,quiet area. Off-street parking, laundry.Cat OK. 4166 4th Avenue. 619-298-7868.hilltopterrace.rasnyder.com.

HILLCREST. $1395. 2 bedroom, 2 bathcondo. Secured parking, 4th floor, greatviews! Stove, refrigerator, dishwasher. Nopets. Available now. 1907 Robinson.Michael 858-597-6100 x321.

HILLCREST. Quiet, charming, cozydeluxe 2 bedroom, 2 bath, $1300. Gated,fireplace. All appliances, washer/dryer,skylight, private patio, 2 parking spaces.Cats OK. No smoking facility. 3680 Al-abama Street. Available now. 619-269-5237.

HILLCREST. Remodeled,luxury withgarage! All redone granite countertops,stainless steel appliances, maple woodcabinetry. Community sundeck courtyardwith water-wall. 1 bedroom, $1295/month.Month to month. Lease option available.4077 3rd Avenue. Sorry, no pets. CallNicol at 619-807-7053.

HILLCREST. Newly remodeled, pool,washer/dryer. Month to month. Barbecue,clubhouse featuring a pool table, flatscreen TVs and bar. Granite countertops,stainless steel appliances, maple woodcabinetry and large storage rooms. Large1 bedroom, 1 bath $1495/month. Sorry,no pets. Lease option available. 1030

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HILLCREST. Newly remodeled, pool,washer/dryer. Month to month. Barbecue,clubhouse featuring a pool table, flatscreen TVs and bar. Granite countertops,stainless steel appliances, maple woodcabinetry and large storage rooms. 2bedroom, 2 bath $1795/month. Sorry, nopets. Lease option available. 1030 Robin-son Avenue, San Diego. Call Nicol at 619-807-7053.

HILLCREST. Studio, $800/month withmove-in special. 1/2 off first month’s rent!New carpet and paint. 3740 Sixth Av-enue. Call manager at 619-820-2584.

HILLCREST. $1150. Lovely 2 bedroom, 1bath cottage. Carpet. Breakfast nook.New kitchen. New bathroom. Fenced sideyard. Street parking. Laundry roomshared with tenants. No pets. Availablenow. 3819 Park Boulevard, behind “Num-bers.” Phillips Realty, 619-291-6686 orPablo, 619-249-2770.

HILLCREST. $825. 1 bedroom, 1 bath.Downstairs. Carpet. One assigned parkingspace. Laundry room. No pets. Availablenow. 3820 Georgia Street between RobinsonAvenue and University Avenue. Phillips Re-alty, 619-291-6686 or Pablo 619-249-2770.

HILLCREST. $1200. 2 bedroom. Quiet.Canyon hideaway. Hardwood floors. Pet OK.Walk to Uptown, shops. 4166 Tenth. 619-322-5701.

HILLCREST. $995. 1/2 off 1st month. Charm-ing lower 1 bedroom, stove refrigerator, laun-dry, next to Balboa Park, UCSD. Petnegotiable. Storage $75/month. 3533 6th Av-enue. 619-804-3325.

HILLCREST. Holiday Special: 1/2 off firstmonth’s rent! $1050, 1 bedroom, 1 bath.Cats welcome! Controlled access, gatedparking, elevator access. Very clean unit.Small, private balcony. Dishwasher, centralair and heat. Ceiling fan. Tons of cabinetspace. Close to Downtown, Balboa Park andOld Town! 858-571-1970. www.sunriseliving.com.

HILLCREST. $1025. 1/2 off first month. Largelower 1 bedroom, 1 bath. Gated, appliances,washer/dryer, underground parking. Cat OK.Section 8. 4155 Georgia Street. 619-804-3325.

IMPERIAL BEACH. $1495. Newly remodeled2 bedroom, 1-1/2 bath condos. Steps tobeach. Heated pool, views. All appliances.1111 Seacoast. Agent Bill, 619-823-1674.

IMPERIAL BEACH. 2 bedroom, 2 bath com-pletely remodeled condo, $1595 unfur-nished, or $1895 furnished. Pool/spa. Mustsee! 1979 Avenida del Mexico #123. Agent,858-560-1178.

IMPERIAL BEACH. $795. 1 bedroom in wellmaintained garden setting. Pool. Parking.Laundry. No pets. 1445 Grove Avenue.TPPM, 619-575-0778.

IMPERIAL BEACH. $895. 2 bedroom, 1 bathin well maintained garden setting. Pool. Park-

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KEARNY MESA/CLAIREMONT. $1295. Holi-day Special: 1/2 off first month’s rent! 2 bed-room, 1 bath condo. 1 small pet welcome!!Private, cul-de-sac, corner unit. Large frontgrassy yard. Hardwood floors. Ceramic Tile.Upgraded fixtures. Walk-in closet. Washer/dryer hook-ups and community pool. 858-967-7330. Sunriseliving.com.

KENSINGTON. $1295-$1350. Extra large 2bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, skylights, fullyequipped kitchen. All amenities, coin laun-dry, off-street parking. No pets. Call 858-456-2098.

KENSINGTON. $895. 1 bedroom, 1 bath.Hardwood floors. Very nice! Available01/10/08. 4118 Adams Avenue #2. www.cethron.com. 619-295-1100.

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Black’s Beach, famous for being “clothing optional,”

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might make for waves in the ankle- to knee-high

range at some beaches, Black’s can have surf that’s

chest to shoulder high.

“When it’s not great, like today, [waves are]

a foot [high at some breaks]; here [at Black’s] it’ll

be two feet, three feet,” says Lisa Carulli. She says

that the waves are larger because, “It’s an unin-

terrupted wave; there’s a submarine canyon below

the surf, so there’s nothing to stop the swell. It’s

not a gentle rising of sand toward the beach; it’s

a canyon that doesn’t interfere with the swell.”

Black’s Beach is officially known as Torrey

Pines State Beach and sits below the glider port in

La Jolla. Access to Black’s from the glider port park-

ing lot is via a 300-foot hike down a steep cliff. Because

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KENSINGTON/TALMADGE. $1125. Spa-cious, 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartment.Condo quality building. Washer/dryer in-cluded, fireplace, carport. No pets. 4452Highland Avenue. Agent, 619-469-7790.www.westmanproperties.com.

LA COSTA/CARLSBAD. $1200. 1/2 offfirst month! Move in special! 2 bedroom,2 bath. Cats OK with deposit, no dogs.Assigned parking. Quiet community.Gunney, 760-943-7590.

LA JOLLA SHORES. $1700. 2 bedroom, 2bath. Light cooking. 2 blocks to ocean.New master suite. 2 reserved parking.Shared laundry. No pets. 619-286-3400.

LA JOLLA VILLAGE from $1000. Charm-ing and cozy 1 bedroom flats. Pool, laun-dry, elevator. Walk to the Cove andbusiness district. No pets. 858-459-8254.www.casalindaapartments.com.

LA JOLLA Woodlands. Large 1 bedroomtri-level loft townhouse with attachedgarage. Includes all appliances, pool,spa, and sauna. $1695. 214-500-8349.

LA JOLLA, SOUTH. Luxury 1 bedrooms/2bedrooms starting at $1540. Steps tobeach, balcony, pool, spa, views, con-trolled access. No pets. Nonsmoking. Of-fice at 5060 La Jolla Boulevard. OpenMonday-Saturday, 9am-5pm or callTPPM, 858-483-7412 for information.www.casadelmar.info.

LA JOLLA. $1495 rent. 2 bedroom, 1bath. Quiet. Close to beach. View. 6061La Jolla Hermosa. Call 858-490-1600.

LA JOLLA/UCSD. $1475. $500 off firstmonth! 2 bedroom, 1 bath. Near shops.Balcony. Laundry. No pets. 8849 Villa LaJolla Drive. 858-457-4509.

LA JOLLA. Studio. Amazing location. Oneblock to Starbucks, beach and bus.Prospect Street. Kitchen with appliances.Walk-in closet, laundry. $1195-$1450, in-cludes utilities. 858-336-0252.

LA JOLLA. $2350 rent. 3 bedroom, 2.5bath duplex. 2 parking spaces, dish-washer, washer/dryer, fireplace. Sharedrooftop deck with view of WindanSea.7112 La Jolla Boulevard. Call 858-490-1600.

LA JOLLA. $995, studio. $1520, 2 bed-room. $300 off first month! Garden set-ting. New windows. Laundry. Walk toshops. No pets. 7555 Herschel Avenue.858-459-1102.

LA JOLLA. $1400. Luxury 1 bedroomcondo with enclosed patio, open floorplan. Granite countertops, beautifulkitchen cabinets. Large closets. Full bath.Washer/dryer in unit. Cabana and pool onpremises. Close to freeways and shop-ping. Available 1/15. 858-277-3410.

LA JOLLA. Windansea Beach, 2 bed-room, 1 bath apartment, off-street park-ing, coin-laundry. No pets. $2000/month.311 Nautilus. 619-508-1513.

LA JOLLA. $1800. 2 bedroom, 2-1/2 bathapartment. 1 block to WindanSea Beach.Off-street parking and on-site laundry.329 Rosemont Street. Alta Vista Proper-ties. 858-274-3600. www.altavistamanagement.com.

LA JOLLA/UTC. 2 bedroom condo. 2-parking. Appliances. Laundry. Hard-wood. Patio. 4070 Porte la Paz, #16. I-5south, exit 27. $1795. [email protected]. 1-805-340-2814, 1-888-684-5263.

LA JOLLA/WINDANSEA. 2 bedroom, 2bath condo. Parking. Newpaint/carpet/appliances. $1950/monthly.For immediate occupancy. Call 858-485-8121 or cell, 858-722-6851.

LA JOLLA/WINDANSEA Beach. $1850. 2bedroom, 1 bath with fireplace andgarage. One block to surf and sand. Gar-den courtyard. No pets. 340 Palomar Av-enue. TPPM, 858-699-3851.

LA JOLLA/BIRD ROCK. Quaint cottage.Charming 1 bedroom, 1 bath starting at1500. Close to beach. Laundry facility.Off-street parking. Cat OK. Walking dis-

tance to the village. Toll free: 1-800-490-6372. www.pacificliving.com.

LA JOLLA/BIRDROCK. $1495. Very large1 bedroom. Updated penthouse. Hard-wood floors. Fresh paint. Storage.Garage, $90/month. 6 month lease. 858-720-1063. E-mail: [email protected].

LA JOLLA/UTC. $1220. 1 bedroom, 1bath apartment in the heart of Golden Tri-angle, clubhouse. Fee. Free search atwww.westsiderentals.com. 619-367-3333.

LA JOLLA/UTC. $1645. 2 bedroom, 2bath apartment, 2-car parking included,pool, Jacuzzi, sauna, business center.Fee. Free search at www.westsiderentals.com. 619-367-3333.

LA JOLLA/UTC. $895. Studio, 1 bathapartment, parking included, new paint,minutes to beach/village, near cove. Fee.Free search at www.westsiderentals.com.619-367-3333.

LA MESA. $1125. 2 bedroom apartments.Brand new carpet, custom paint. Largeprivate patio or balcony with laundryhookups. Nonsmoking. No pets. Yearlease. 619-464-0416.

LA MESA. $925. 1 bedroom. Hardwoodfloors, new appliances, freshly painted.Laundry facilities. Garage available.Small pets OK. Section 8 OK. Availablenow. Call Tony, 619-316-3473. e-mail:[email protected]

LA MESA. $400-$600/monthly. 25’-30’fully furnished trailers and spaces. Quietpark. Laundry onsite. No pets. Conve-nient location close to all/bus. Referencesrequired! 619-461-0264.

LA MESA. $920/up, 1 bedroom. $1220/up, 2 bedroom. Across Grossmont Cen-ter, trolley, Costco. Quiet, spacious units.Pools. Mellmanor Apartments, 8750 Mell-manor Drive. 619-461-1940.

LA MESA. $700, studio, 600 square feet.$825, 1 bedroom. Parking. Laundry. Pool.Balcony. 4851 73rd Street. Call 619-697-8458. www.kandrproperties.com.

LA MESA. $1025. 1 bedroom, 1 bath.Garage. Laundry. Cat OK. 5027 GuavaAvenue. Call 619-980-5177. www.kandrproperties.com.

LA MESA. $825 rent. 1 bedroom, 1 bath.Gated, air conditioning, laundry, parking,pool. 4905 73rd Street. Call 619-697-8458.

LA MESA. $975. Spacious 2 bedroom, 1bath triplex. Laundry hook-ups. Patio.Cul-de-sac. Parking. No pets. 7410 LimeStreet #C. Agent, 619-298-7724.

LA MESA. $795 rent. $600 deposit, OAC.Large 1 bedroom, detached cottage.Open daily, 3:30-6pm. No pets. At 4859or 4861 Jessie Street (east of 73rd). 619-299-8515.

LA MESA. $795, 1 bedroom. Balcony. Airconditioning. Garden courtyard. Dish-washer. Intercom entry. Laundry. Off-street parking. 4311 Parks Avenue.619-460-5406.

LA MESA. $1500. Quiet unfurnished 2bedroom, 2 bath end unit condo. Or fur-nished inquire. 2-car garage. Availablenow. Aztec Drive. Near park, SDSU, all.Washer/dryer. Patio. Pool. Jacuzzi. Nopets. 619-260-0752.

LA MESA. $900, 1 bedroom, 1 bath. De-posit $450. Air conditioning. Dishwasher.Carport. Storage. Pool. Gated. No pets.Available 2/07/08. 5435 Morengo Av-enue. 619-698-7926. villaknollsapts.com.

LA MESA. $1125. Extra large upper 2bedroom, 1 bath, extra large balcony,stove, refrigerator, air conditioning, laun-dry, off-street parking. Pet negotiable.

6006 Lake Murray Boulevard. 619-804-3325.

LA MESA. 1 bedrooms, $890/up. Spa-cious apartments. Near Grossmont Cen-ter. Great neighborhood. Convenient toall! Villa Morocco. 5545 Morro Way. Avail-able. 619-985-3500.

LA MESA. 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 1100square feet, balcony. Quiet community,near Grossmont, I-8 and Highway 125and trolley. Off-street parking, 24-hourlaundry room, air conditioning and pool.$1375/month. 619-464-5557.

LA MESA. Huge 2 bedroom, 1 bath,$1250. New carpet, air conditioning, cov-ered parking, laundry. Available now.5430 Lake Murray Boulevard. Agent, 619-260-1368. View at www.sevillemgmt.com.

LA MESA. Spacious 1 bedroom apart-ments from $890-$910. Upper and lowerunits available. Balcony or patio, stoveand refrigerator. On site laundry andparking. Units with garage available$930. 4751-4757 Jessie Avenue. 619-634-5772; 619-460-8011.

LA MESA. Very large apartment homes ina lush garden complex. Most with bal-conies or private yards. No Section 8. 1bedroom, 1 bath $900, 2 bedroom, 2 bath$1195-$1225. Townhomes, $1275. 619-697-3285. For photo, floor plans, mapand directions, see website: www.sdreader.com/ rent/1035.

LA MESA/CASA DE ORO. 1 bedrooms,$945-$995. 2 bedroom, 2 bath, $1195. 3bedroom, 2 bath, $1325. Air/heat. Hugepatios/balconies. Gated access andparking. Small pet OK. Elegant, sculp-tured courtyards with flower gardens,fountains, gas lamps, park benches.Charming, New Orleans ambiance. 3903Conrad Drive. 866-894-6343. www.sdreader.com/rent/1017.

LA MESA/FLETCHER PARKWAY. Superspacious 1 bedrooms, $995. $250 move-in incentive. Award winning community.Pool and spa. Great location. No pets.Open Saturday 9am-5:30pm. 5500 MorroWay. TPPM, 619-884-7900. www.villageaptslamesa.com.

LEMON GROVE. $800. 1 bedroom, 1bath. Nice, spacious, upstairs unit. Closeto all. Laundry. Small backyard. Availablenow. 3320 Vista Avenue #7. www.cethron.com. 619-295-1100.

LEMON GROVE. $1135. 2 bedroom, 1-1/2bath. Washer/dryer hookups. Balcony.7165 Central Avenue. Call 619-697-8458.www.kandrproperties.com.

LEMON GROVE. $725. 1 bedroom, 1bath. Lush community. On-site laundry,pool, parking. 7465 Pacific Avenue. Call619-303-1694.

LINDA VISTA. $685-$1200. Studios withutilities included, 2 bedrooms, 3 bed-rooms. Laundry, gated parking. $400-$800 deposits! No pets. Astro VistaApartments, 2249 Ulric Street. 858-565-6400.

LINDA VISTA. 2 bedroom, 1 bath house,$1500. Totally remodeled, new kitchen/bath, washer/dryer, shed for storage. Petallowed. 2717 Wheatstone. 858-277-1760. housing.molamini.com.

LINDA VISTA. $1175. 2 bedroom. Cornerunit. Sunset views! Assigned parking. Re-modeled kitchen, hardwood floors. Laun-dry. Clubhouse, pool, tennis. $900deposit. No pets. 858-775-3036.

LITTLE ITALY. $2090. 2 bedroom, 1 bath,modern-style condo, super nice, quiet,view, balcony. Hardwood floors, Italianglass tile. Move-in ready. No pets. Non-smoking. 619-819-8246.

LOGAN HEIGHTS. $1000. 2 bedroom, 1bath plus bonus room, upstairs. Off streetparking. Laundry on site. No pets. 3142

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MISSION BEACH. Very attractively fur-nished and completely equipped condo.New construction. $4500/month. 3 bed-room, 3 bath. 810 Ensenada Court.Agent, 866-830-3196. www.sdvr.com.

MISSION BEACH South/Pacific beach.$825. Studio, on-site parking, utilitiespaid. 2980 Mission Boulevard, south ofRoller Coaster. Call 714-505-3006.

MISSION BEACH. Half block to ocean!Super clean 1 bedroom with parking.Nonsmoking. No pets. $1200. Availablenow. Call 562-445-7493.

MISSION BEACH. $795. Studio, 1 bathapartment, 1-car parking included, excel-lent condition, 3 blocks from BelmontPark. Fee. Free search at www.westsiderentals.com. 619-367-3333.

MISSION BEACH, SOUTH. $1850. 2 bed-room, 2 bath. Upstairs. Year round. Park-ing. No pets. Available approximately1/07/08. 733 Ensenada Court #B. MoreProperty Management, 858-514-8201.

MISSION BEACH. $1095. Charminglower 1 bedroom, 1 bath. Stove, refrigera-tor, covered carport. Close to beach.Small pet negotiable. 717 Dover Court.619-804-3325.

MISSION HILLS/HILLCREST. $1580-$1690, 1 bedrooms. $2175, 2 bedroom, 2bath. Central air/heat. Dishwasher. Gasstove. Underground parking. Crownmoldings. Vaulted ceilings. Fireplaces.Walk-in closets. Washer/dryer. Internetaccess. Elevator. Gym. Cats welcome.Mission Hills Commons Apartments, 4021Falcon Street. [email protected]. Please call today, 619-220-0707.www.sdreader.com/rent/2032.

MISSION HILLS. $1200/up. 1 bedroom, 1bath. 2 bedroom, 2 bath. Laundry. Park-ing. Pets OK. La Paloma Apartments.Open daily, 1-5pm. 3911 Dove. 619-297-1134.

MISSION HILLS. $775. Large studio. Re-modeled kitchen/bath. Yard. Availablenow. For more information, please call619-203-1713 or 954-456-8918.

MISSION HILLS. $995. Holiday Special:1/2 off 1st month’s rent! 1 bedroom, 1bath. Immaculate community. Bright andairy. Fresh paint. Laundry on site. Closeto I-5, Downtown and Balboa Park. 2822Reynard Way. Call 858-571-1970. sun-riseliving.com.

MISSION HILLS. $1395. Holiday Special:1/2 off 1st month’s rent! 2 bedroom, 1bath. Completely upgraded! Hardwoodfloors. Granite countertops. New cabi-nets. Laundry on site. New window cover-ings. Very bright and spacious. Close toI-5, Downtown, Little Italy and Balboa.2822 Reynard Way. Call 858-571-1970.sunriseliving.com.

MISSION VALLEY. $1595. Newer 2 bed-room, 2 bath, 2 underground parkingspaces, washer/dryer in unit, dishwasher,pool, jacuzzi, gym. Available now. 619-301-9427.

MISSION VALLEY. Brand new 1 bed-room, 2 bedrooms, 3 bedrooms from$1505. Furnished apartments available.Gated parking garage. Courtesy patrol.Washer/dryer. Fitness center. Movie the-ater. Pool/spa. Pets allowed. Steps to trol-ley, restaurants and shops! Village atMorena Vista, 5395 Napa Street. Toll-free,1-888-571-0840. www.sdreader.com/rent/2153, www.villageatmorenavista.com.

MISSION VALLEY. Autumn special! From$375/weekly, Renovated fully furnishedstudios/suites! Pool, spa. Full kitchen. On-site laundry. Complimentary continentalbreakfast. Off-street parking. Free highspeed Internet, cable-80 channels, HBO!Near SDSU, Qualcomm, more! Days Inn& Suites, 5343 Adobe Falls Road. 1-800-492-9471; 619-287-1911. SanDiegoHo-telsDaysInn.com. www.sdreader.com/rent/2139.

MISSION VALLEY. $850, studio. $1350, 2bedroom, 2 bath with 2 parking. Free ba-sic cable. Pool, jacuzzi. Close to all free-ways and shopping. Agent,619-692-4121.

MISSION VALLEY/TALMADGE/Kensing-ton. 1 bedrooms starting at $1115. 2 bed-rooms, 2 bath at $1410. Gatedcommunity! Pool, spa. WiFi access. Out-door billiards, barbecue lounge. Fitnesscenter. Computer lab with printer. Laun-dry center with flat screen TVs! Under-ground parking. Pet friendly! MissionPacific. 4454 44th Street. 1-800-372-9146. [email protected]. www.pacificliving.com.www.sdreader.com/rent/1010.

MISSION VALLEY/COLLEGE Area. Askabout our holiday specials! 1 bedroomsfrom $960! 2 bedrooms from $1400. Min-utes to shopping, dining, transit, SDSU.Gated community. Pool/spa. On-site laun-dry. Fitness center. Carports available.4929 Collwood Boulevard. 619-287-3020.collwoodpines.rasnyder.com.

MISSION VALLEY. $1060. 1 bedroom, 1bath apartment, parking included, fitnesscenter, fireplace. Fee. Free search atwww.westsiderentals.com. 619-367-3333.

NATIONAL CITY. $695 plus utilities. 1bedroom apartment off 16th and High-land. Close to all. No pets. Year lease.$35/adult application fee. Rick, 619-422-3810.

NATIONAL CITY. $750/month. 1 bedroomfully furnished. Low $150 deposit. NoSDGE deposit or hookup required. 624East 24th Street. Office open daily. 619-474-3787.

NATIONAL CITY. Move-in special: $200off first month! 2 bedroom, 1 bath, re-cently upgraded, $950/month. Parkingspace. Water paid. 116 Palm Avenue.Call 619-474-4441.

NATIONAL CITY. $1100. Deposit $1000. 2bedroom, 2 bath duplex. 1000 squarefeet. Range, refrigerator, dishwasher, mi-crowave. Garage. Hookups. Landscap-ing, water, refuse paid. Ed,619-224-8454.

NORMAL HEIGHTS. $750 1 bedroom,4263 42nd. $795 1 bedroom, 4670Cherokee. $925 2 bedroom, 4133 37th.Very nice, on-site laundry. No pets. 760-672-0425.

NORMAL HEIGHTS. $995. 2 bedroom, 1bath. Downstairs. New paint. Ceramictiled floors. Gated. Laundry on-site. Avail-able 01/15/08. 4582 39th Street. www.cethron.com. 619-295-1100.

NORMAL HEIGHTS/KINGSTON. $975. 2bedroom. Newly renovated. Garden set-ting. Specious and quiet. 619-987-0001.

NORMAL HEIGHTS/KINGSTON. $795.Sunny, spacious, 1 bedroom quiet gar-den apartment. Just refurbished. 619-987-0001.

NORMAL HEIGHTS. $1095. Downstairs 2bedroom, 2 bath corner apartment.Berber carpet, air conditioning, parking.4527 39th Street. Xilarent.com, 619-683-7638.

NORMAL HEIGHTS. $695. Studio. Gas,water, trash paid. New cabinets. Ceramictile floors. Laundry. No pets. 3355 Madi-son Avenue. www.SeeTheUnit.com.Agent, 619-298-7724.

NORMAL HEIGHTS. $975. 2 bedroom, 1bath. Downstairs. Gated. Storage. Laun-dry on site. Parking. No pets. Availablenow. 4678 Ohio Street #2. Agent, 619-298-7724.

NORMAL HEIGHTS, $775 rent, $600 de-posit, OAC. 1 bedroom detached cot-tage. Parking, no pets. 4826 MansfieldStreet, 619-299-8515.

NORMAL HEIGHTS. $975. 2 bedroom, 1bath. New carpet/paint, parking, upperunit. 4563 38th Street #6. Agent, 858-560-1178.

NORMAL HEIGHTS. $775. 1 bedroom.Brand new paint and carpet! Completelyrenovated. Single-story complex. Laun-dry. Parking onsite. Cat OK. 3064-68Adams Avenue. Agent, 619-820-2584.

NORMAL HEIGHTS. $800. Large 1 bed-room, 1 bath. Cats welcome. Communitybarbecue area. Gated complex. Off-street parking. Available now. 4664 34thStreet. 619-255-1472.

NORMAL HEIGHTS. $775. 1 bedroom, 1bath, remodeled kitchen, new vinyl. On-site laundry. Garage parking. Gated com-munity. 619-255-0382. www.sdaptbrokers.com.

NORMAL HEIGHTS. $800, 1 bedroom.$1075, 2 bedroom, 2 bath. Gated. Laun-dry. 1-car garage. 4379 Swift Avenue.More Property Management, 858-514-8201.

NORMAL HEIGHTS. 4474 33rd Street #6.Spacious 2 bedroom, 2 bath. Dish-washer, air conditioning, andwasher/dryer. Off street parking. No pets.$1050/month, $1050 deposit. www.timcassidy.com. Cassidy, Broker, 619-275-LIST.

NORMAL HEIGHTS. 2 bedroom, 1 bathapartment, $1050. Large kitchen, newpaint. 2-car garage. On-site laundry. Nopets; nonsmoking. Mr. A’s Property Man-agement, 619-697-1888.

NORMAL HEIGHTS. $995 rent. $600 de-posit, OAC. 2 bedroom, 1 bath. New car-pet and paint. No pets. At 4742 EastMountain View Drive #10. 619-299-8515.

NORMAL HEIGHTS. Holiday Special: Firstmonth’s rent moves you in! $725. Studio.All utilities included. Coin laundry. Park-ing. Pergo floors. Custom paint and fix-tures. Close to freeways. On-sitemanager. Cat friendly! 3185 Madison Av-enue. Call Brandon, 619-584-2588 and858-571-1970. sunriseliving.com.

NORMAL HEIGHTS. $1250. $200 off!Nice, upgraded 2 bedroom, 1 bath non-smoking triplex. Gated. Attached stor-age. Porch. Laundry. Garage. Cat/tinydog OK. 4461 32nd, #1. 619-283-8359.

NORMAL HEIGHTS. $1000. All new 2bedroom, 1 bath apartment in quiet com-plex. Just redone completely. No dogs.No section 8. Good credit. Agent Neil,619-254-8703.

NORTH PARK, $745. 1 bedroom, up-stairs. $1000, Upstairs, 2 bedroom.Laundry onsite. Cats OK, no dogs. Avail-able now. 3952 Iowa Street. 619-339-4311.

NORTH PARK. Beautiful 3 bedroom, 2.5bath townhome. Duals masters, walk-inclosets, granite countertops, stainlessappliances, washer/dryer, patio, 2-park-ing. Pet negotiable. $1900. 858-254-1017.

NORTH PARK. $950. Half off first month!1 bedroom with office. Upstairs. Gated12-unit building. New Berber carpet. Din-ing area. Off-street parking. Laundry onsite. Lots of storage. www.goldenhillpm.com. Agent, 619-234-9553.

NORTH PARK. $900. Spacious 2 bed-room, upstairs. 2 story, Small complex.Laundry. Off-street parking. No pets.Available now. Mission Gorge Realty.619-229-0231.

NORTH PARK. $995. 2 bedroom, 1 bath,upstairs unit. Newer cabinets, carpet andpaint. Laundry and parking onsite. Nosmoking or pets. Call for appointment.619-640-6958.

NORTH PARK. $775. 1 bedroom, 1 bath.Laundry. Parking. New carpet. Availablenow! 4553 Texas Street #8. www.cethron.com. 619-295-1100.

NORTH PARK. $1000, 2 bedroom, 1bath. Nice, bright and airy upper apart-ment. Plenty of cabinet space. Laundryand parking on site. 1 year lease. Avail-able now. 4119 Kansas Street #4119-1/2.www.cethron.com. 619-295-1100.

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NORTH PARK. $825 1 bedroom, 1 bath.Small complex, great area, quiet lowerunit. Gated entry. parking. Great location.Laundry on-site. Move In Special $300 offFirst Month’s Rent OAC! Available01/01/08. 4177 Illinois Street #2 and #7.www.cethron.com. 619-295-1100.

NORTH PARK. $1100/$1000. Nice, brightupper unit and a detached cottage withhardwood floors, built-in china cabinet.Set in lushly landscaped gated complex.Laundry on site. 1 year lease. Available1/10/08 and now. 4058 Hamilton Street#4060 and 4064-1/2. www.cethron.com.619-295-1100.

NORTH PARK, $815. 1 bedroom, beauti-ful remodel. Great kitchen, maple cabi-nets, dishwasher, hardwood floors,laundry, air conditioning, roof deck, streetparking. No pets. 3080 University. 619-954-3777.

NORTH PARK. $930. Nice 2 bedroomapartment. Upstairs. Quiet building, newcarpet. Off-street parking. Coin laundry.

Cat OK. 4136 Iowa Street. Agent, 619-469-7790. www.westmanproperties.com.

NORTH PARK. $875. 1 bedroom, down-stairs condo in quiet canyon setting.Stove, refrigerator, dishwasher, mi-crowave. Heat and air conditioning. Tan-dem parking. Shared deck and jacuzziarea. Ask about pet. Available 1/15/08.2044 Robinson. Del Sol Property Man-agement, Broker, 858-270-2071; www.delsolpm.com.

NORTH PARK. $750. 1 bedroom, 1 bathapartment. Ceiling fans. New carpet.Parking. 4174 Wabash Avenue #B. Xilar-ent.com, 619-683-7638.

NORTH PARK. $825. Low $300 securitydeposit. 1 bedroom, 1 bath. Hardwoodfloors. Cat OK. 3107 Polk. 858-866-5636.

NORTH PARK. Large 3 bedroom, 2 bathspacious second floor apartment. Newappliances, carpet and paint. Withvaulted ceilings and 1 car garage. Cen-trally located with easy access to I-15 and

I-805. No pets please. $1500 619-291-5555 x190. www.utopiamanagement.com.

NORTH PARK. 2 bedroom, 1 bath, $1025.Dishwasher, parking, laundry, patio. $200off first month. 3162 Monroe. Call 619-284-1314. www.melroyproperties.com.

NORTH PARK. $815. 1 bedroom, 1 bath.Special: $200 off 1st month’s rent! Waivedcredit check fee. Swimming pool. Parking.Garden Vista Apartments. 4121 Chero-kee. 619-284-8363. sunriseliving.com.

NORTH PARK. $1200. 4661 Utah Street.Available 1/7. 2 bedroom, 1 bath duplex.Laundry on-site, street parking. No pets.Section 8 OK. 619-640-7530.

NORTH PARK. $1000 rent. 2 bedroom, 2bath. Seniors building, 55+. Laundry on-site. Section 8 OK, seniors 55+. 3776 Al-abama Street #C-114. 619-640-7530,www.sdforrent.com.

NORTH PARK. $800. 1 bedroom, 1 bath.Downstairs. Parking. Laundry. No pets.Available approximately 1/7/08. 416036th Street #3. More Property Manage-ment, 858-514-8201.

NORTH PARK. $800, 1 bedroom, 1 bath.$1100, 2 bedroom. Upstairs. Renovated.

Granite. New windows. Parking. Laundry.4053 Cherokee Avenue #8. More Prop-erty Management, 858-514-8201.

NORTH PARK, THEATRE DISTRICT.Bright, clean, private little studio. Deli-cious bathroom, no real kitchen, sharedlaundry, small pet OK. $625 including util-ities. 619-987-0001.

NORTH PARK. $1175. Upper 2 bedroom,2 bath, fireplace, underground gatedparking, cat ok, dishwasher, balcony,storage, laundry. Close to freeway andbus. Call 619-795-1723.

NORTH PARK. $950 rent. $600 deposit,OAC. 2 bedroom, 1 bath. New paint.Parking spot. No pets. At 4541 HamiltonStreet #2. 619-299-8515.

NORTH PARK. $1145. 1/2 off 1st month.Extra large, lower 2 bedroom, 2 bath, allappliances, new paint, tile, on-site laun-dry. Cat OK. Section 8. 3345 Herman Av-enue. 619-804-3325.

NORTH PARK. $1200, 2 bedroom, 1 bath.Holiday Special! New carpet. Washer/dryer in unit. Private patio. Upstairs. Spa-cious. Ceramic tile. Fresh paint. Centrallylocated. 3813 Bancroft. Call 858-571-1970.

NORTH PARK. $725. Secluded 1 bed-room, 1 bath, triplex, appliances, newcarpet. Small pet OK. 3787-1/2 FloridaStreet. 619-804-3325.

NORTH PARK. 1 bedroom apartment,$750. Small complex, off-street parking.Laundry, security gate. Very quiet. Man-ager on site. Call 619-563-9727.

OCEAN BEACH. $935. Manager’s Spe-cial. Blocks to the beach! 1 bedroom.Clean. Parking. Laundry. No pets. Sea-coast Apartments, 5030 Lotus. Call Doris,619-204-1651.

OCEAN BEACH. $925. Large 1 bedroomapartment. Patio, laundry, 2 blocks tobeach. No dogs or cats. 5045 LotusStreet. Available now. 858-292-6046.

OCEAN BEACH. $1400. Large 2 bed-room, 2 bath. All amenities. Fireplace.Swimming pool. Onsite laundry. Off-streetparking. No pets. 4825 Del Mar Avenue.619-758-9565.

OCEAN BEACH. $1095. 1 bedroom,large, upstairs, remodeled. Stove, refrig-erator, dishwasher, microwave, coin laun-dry, parking. Close to cliffs. No pets.Available now. 4784 Bermuda. Del Sol

Property Management, Broker, 858-270-2071; www.delsolpm.com.

OCEAN BEACH. $1400. Deposit $1000. 2bedroom, 1 bath duplex. 1 year lease.Close to beach. Parking. Available now.4955 Brighton Avenue. 619-226-7368 orwww.bkbinc.com.

OCEAN BEACH. $1650. $1000 deposit. 2bedroom, 2 bath. Upstairs. Many up-grades. Ocean view. Parking. Laundry.Available now. 4714 Point Loma Avenue.619-226-7368 or www.bkbinc.com.

OCEAN BEACH. $995. 1 bedroom nearbeach. Small building, roomy, clean,quiet. No pets. Non-smoking. Nice home.5050 Santa Monica Avenue. Manager#14. Call 9am-5pm, 619-222-3897.

OCEAN BEACH. Beautiful beachfrontocean view! Studio, $995. 1 bedroom,$1075-$1200. 2 bedroom, $1400-$1600.Serene security garden buildings. Hard-wood floors, ceramic tile, laundry.Garages available. Pets considered. Foraddress and availability, call 619-224-1748. For applications, call 619-501-5553.

OCEAN BEACH. Ocean front 2 bedroom.$1650, deck ocean view! Gated. Offstreet parking. Washer/dryer. Stairwaydown to beaches, cliffs. 5034 Cabo SantaCruz. No dogs. Garage available. 619-316-0407.

OCEAN BEACH. $1250. Large 2 bed-room, 1-1/2 bath apartment available withdishwasher, balconies, etc. Laundry on-site! No pets. 4231 Voltaire Street #5. Call619-222-4836 x14 or www.sunsetpacificrealty.com.

OCEAN BEACH. $1050. 1 bedroom, 1bath attached cottage with hardwoodfloors! Block to beach. Pet on approval.5067 Brighton Avenue. Call 619-222-4836 x14 or www.sunsetpacificrealty.com.

OCEAN BEACH. $1375. Large 2 bed-room, 2 bath downstairs apartment withparking and laundry! New carpet, paintand vinyl. Blocks to beach! No pets. 4965Muir Avenue #1. Call 619-222-4836 x14or www.sunsetpacificrealty.com.

OCEAN BEACH. $1175. 2 bedroom, 1bath duplex unit with parking! Close tobeach! No pets. 4660 Green Street. Call619-222-4836 x14 or www.sunsetpacificrealty.com.

OCEAN BEACH. $950. 1 bedroom, 1 bathcottage available. Located 1 block frombeach. No pets. 5024.5 Cape May Av-enue. Call 619-222-4836 x14 or www.sunsetpacificrealty.com.

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OCEAN BEACH. $950. 1 bedroom, 1 bathdownstairs apartment with parking andlaundry. Blocks to beach. No pets. 2243Abbott Street Apt B. Call 619-222-4836x14 or www.sunsetpacificrealty.com.

OCEAN BEACH. $950. 1 bedroom, 1 bathapartment, month-to-month lease, refrig-erator, stove, newly painted, new carpet,parking on site. Fee. Free search at www.westsiderentals.com. 619-367-3333.

OCEAN BEACH. $1350. 2 bedroom, 1bath apartment, refrigerator, stove, ap-proximately 800 square feet, paid waterand trash. Fee. Free search at www.westsiderentals.com. 619-367-3333.

OCEAN BEACH/POINT LOMA. $1900. 2bedroom townhome. Move-in special!Washer/dryer. Hot tub. Garage. 4554West Point Loma Boulevard. More Prop-erty Management, 858-514-8201.

OCEAN BEACH. $950. Remodeled 1 bed-room. Block and half from beach! Park-ing. Newly refinished hardwood floors. Nopets. Small 6-unit complex. Newport Av-enue. 619-244-0725.

OCEAN BEACH. $1350. 1 bedroom. 1-1/2blocks to beach! Completely renovated!Hardwood floors. New stainless appli-ances. Granite counters. Parking. Patio.No pets! Newport Avenue. 619-244-0725.

OCEAN BEACH/SUNSET CLIFFS. Large2-level 3 bedroom, 2 bath apartment.View, garage, deck, laundry. 2 blocks toocean. No smoking. Cat?/dog? 4742-1/2Orchard. $2700/month. 619-221-9047.

OCEAN BEACH. 2 bedroom, 1.5 bathtownhouse, on park, view, on-site laun-dry, parking. No smoking. Cat?/dog?4676 West Point Loma Boulevard #5.Available 1/5/08. $1550/month. 619-221-9047.

OCEAN BEACH. $1875. Small 3 bedroom.Hardwood floors. Off-street parking. 1-1/2blocks from ocean. Pets accepted. 5060Brighton Avenue. 619-692-1136.

OCEAN BEACH. $750. Studio apartment.Available now. 1-1/2 blocks to beach. Nopets. $400 deposit. 5081 Lotus. 858-695-3759.

OCEANSIDE. $925, 1 bedroom, $1195, 2bedroom apartments. Closets. Privateyards/balconies. Great location. Pool.Laundry. Barbecue. Free garage, gasutilities, heat. No pets. 760-757-4641.

OCEANSIDE. Large 2 bedrooms from$1300, west of Interstate 5, just 8 blocksto beach, in vibrant downtown village.Beautiful remodeled units. 508 NorthNevada Street. Visit www.WexfordLiving.com. 760-433-8810.

OCEANSIDE. 1 bedroom, $785. $785 de-posit. All utilities paid. New carpet. Closeto beach. Parking. Laundry. Availablenow. No pets. 209 Surfrider Way #C. 619-226-7368.

OCEANSIDE. $750. Studio, 1 bath apart-ment, close to the beach, paid utilities.Fee. Free search at www.westsiderentals.com. 619-367-3333.

OCEANSIDE. $925. 2 bedroom, 1 bathtriplex, nice and clean, 950 square feet,nice city view. Fee. Free search at www.westsiderentals.com. 619-367-3333.

OLD TOWN. $555. Studio. Near trolleyand buses. Utilities paid. On-site laundry.No pets. EOH. 619-299-8746.

OLD TOWN. $650-$695. Low $150 de-posit. Fully furnished studios-alcoves onexcellent hillside location. Free basic ca-ble. 1616 Guy Street. 619-298-6242.

OLD TOWN. $885. 1 bedroom, upper, off-street parking, laundry on-site. NearThomas Jefferson School of Law. Nopets. Leave message, speak slow. 2065San Diego Avenue. 858-270-9086.

OLD TOWN. 2 bedroom, 2 bath. 1912 SanDiego Avenue #5. San Diego Bay view.Includes two-car garage. No pets.$1250/month, deposit $1250. www.timcassidy.com. Cassidy, Broker, 619-275-LIST.

PACIFIC BEACH. 2 bedroom, 2 bath. 2-parking spaces. Laundry. Closet. Near I-5/bay. Complex amenities. 4833 BellaPacific Row, #119. $1900. Agent, Micki:858-454-3076, 619-861-3076.

PACIFIC BEACH. 3 bedroom, 2.5 bathtownhouse. New-built 2005! High endcustom construction. Tiled kitchen/bath.Quality Berber carpet. Built-in closets.Nonsmoking. $1950. 858-270-2576.

PACIFIC BEACH. Bay front penthouse. 4bedroom, 3 bath. 3000 square feet. Spec-tacular bay/ocean view! Parking. Eleva-tor. 3740 Rivera. $5000. Agent,866-723-9456. www.sdvr.com.

PACIFIC BEACH. $1795. 2 bedroom, 2-1/2 bath luxury townhouse. All appli-ances, 2 fireplaces, patio. Quiet. Drive by1932 Missouri Street #2. Available imme-diately. Call 760-744-2129.

PACIFIC BEACH. Near beach! $1300. 2bedroom, 1 bath apartment, quiet four-plex, 962-A Wilbur Avenue. No pets.Stove, refrigerator, off-street parking.619-275-2858.

PACIFIC BEACH. $1100. Studio, top floorwith private balcony. Vaulted ceilings,skylights, secured parking space, laun-dry on site. Near beach. Call 12-5pm forinformation, 619-992-6760.

PACIFIC BEACH. $2400. 3 bedroom, 3bath apartment. $1250 deposit. No pets.Laundry, fireplace, patio. Available now.1452 Diamond Street. 1 parking space.858-336-7997.

PACIFIC BEACH. Great values, nice,clean, convenient apartments in multiplePacific Beach locations. Studios from$765. 1 bedrooms from $955. 2 bed-rooms from $1395. Parking, laundry.Some buildings with gated entry, pooland/or deck. No pets. 858-483-3796.

PACIFIC BEACH. 1 very large bedroom, 1bath. $900/month. Close to beach. Onsitelaundry and pool. Quiet community. 858-272-8790.

PACIFIC BEACH. $1300. 2 bedroomlower unit near bay. 4021 Lamont Street.No pets. Laundry facility. Off street park-ing. Available 1/2/08. (858)274-1446email: [email protected].

PACIFIC BEACH. Security deposit $250,OAC! January move-in specials! Studiosfrom $945. 1 bedrooms from $1195. 2bedrooms from $1650. Air conditioning/heat. Cats welcome! Heated pool, wateraerobics. Fully equipped gyms. Spas.Tennis. Basketball. Business center. BayPointe, 3866 Ingraham Street. www.progressmanagement.net. Toll free: 1-888-759-7435. www.sdreader.com/rent/2081.

PACIFIC BEACH. 2 bedroom, 1 bath cot-tage. Close to bay. $1250/month,$1000/deposit. Parking, laundry facility, nopets. 4115 Ingraham Street. 858-270-4674.

PACIFIC BEACH Studio, $850/month.Parking. Close to all, walk to bay. No pets.$850/security deposit. 1606-1/2 PacificBeach Drive. 858-270-4674.

PACIFIC BEACH. 1/2 off first month’s rentthis week only! Rent extra large 850square foot 1 bedroom apartment homesin Pacific Beach at $1250. 2 bedroomsfrom $1595. Bike trail to Mission Bay. Fit-ness center, TV lounge, pool, spa. Sun-deck. Barbecue lounge. Storage.Covered/garage parking available. Catfriendly. Fabulous floor plans! Spectacu-lar bay views, Mount Soledad! The Pacificat Mission Bay. 2636 Grand Avenue. 1-800-490-6372. [email protected]. www.pacificliving.com. www.sdreader.com/rent/1049.

PACIFIC BEACH. $500 off first month’srent! Charming 2 bedroom apartmentsfrom $1555. Only 1 block from the beach!Located in the north Pacific Beach neigh-borhood with beachfront access onlyminutes away. Short distance to down-town La Jolla shopping and dining. Ourquaint apartment homes include on-sitelaundry facility, extra storage and a quietlocation. Cat friendly. Call our rental officetoday! 858-272-7464.

PACIFIC BEACH. $1195. 1 bedroom inquiet 4-plex. Stove, refrigerator, coin

laundry, garage with opener. Nice sharedlawn area. Available now. 1360 Reed. DelSol Property Management, Broker, 858-270-2071; www.delsolpm.com.

PACIFIC BEACH. $925. 1 bedroom,downstairs. Stove, refrigerator, gas fire-place, coin laundry, parking, 7 blocks toocean. No pets. Available now. 1452Grand. Del Sol Property Management,Broker, 858-270-2071; www.delsolpm.com.

PACIFIC BEACH, NORTH. $1200. 1 bed-room, downstairs, large, remodeled.Stove, refrigerator, dishwasher, mi-crowave, coin laundry, pool. No pets.Available 1/8/08. 812 Tourmaline. Del SolProperty Management, Broker, 858-270-2071; www.delsolpm.com.

PACIFIC BEACH/CROWN POINT. $1395.2 bedroom, 2 bath. Large, upstairs unitwith new carpet, vaulted ceilings, stove,refrigerator, dishwasher, fireplace, coinlaundry, garage. No pets. Available now.4122 Jewell. Del Sol Property Manage-ment, Broker, 858-270-2071; www.delsolpm.com.

PACIFIC BEACH/CROWN POINT. $1375.2 bedroom, 1 bath cottage, on quiet 2 unitproperty. Stove, refrigerator, garage, nicefront lawn, water/gardener paid. Cat OKwith additional $300 deposit. Easy free-way access. Available now. 2145 Thomas.Del Sol Property Management, Broker,858-270-2071; www.delsolpm.com.

PACIFIC BEACH/CROWN POINT. $1195.2 bedroom, 1 bath. Upstairs. Parking.Coin laundry. Easy freeway access. CatOK with additional $300 deposit. Avail-able 1/22/08. 2150-1/2 Reed. Del SolProperty Management, Broker, 858-270-2071; www.delsolpm.com.

PACIFIC BEACH, NORTH. $1475-$1495.2 bedroom, 1 bath. Downstairs. Largeunits. Stove, refrigerator. Open parkingspace or garage space. Coin laundry. Pri-vate patio. 2-1/2 blocks to ocean. Cat OKwith additional $300 deposit. Available1/10/08. 945 Chalcedony. Del Sol Prop-erty Management, Broker, 858-270-2071;www.delsolpm.com.

PACIFIC BEACH, NORTH. $1475. 2 bed-room, 1 bath. Large, upstairs. New car-pet, stove, refrigerator. Private balcony.Parking. Coin laundry. No pets. Available1/11/08. 1032 Beryl. Del Sol PropertyManagement, Broker, 858-270-2071;www.delsolpm.com.

PACIFIC BEACH. $1350. 2 bedroom, 1bath. Stove, refrigerator. Downstairs uniton 3-unit property. Parking. Will con-sider small pet with additional deposit.Available 1/12/08. 1130 Reed. Del SolProperty Management, Broker, 858-270-2071; www.delsolpm.com.

PACIFIC BEACH, NORTH. $1445. Large2 bedroom, 1 bath, downstairs, frontunit. Stove, refrigerator, coin laundry.No parking. No pets. 2-1/2 blocks toocean. Available 2/1/08. 959 Chal-cedony. Del Sol Property Management,Broker, 858-270-2071; www.delsolpm.com.

PACIFIC BEACH. $1190/month. Up-graded 1 bedroom and 2 bedroomavailable. Second floor apartment.Close to beach! Friendly gated com-plex. Dishwasher, carpet/tile, courtyard,barbecue, laundry facilities. 1216-1/2Felspar. 858-483-2504.

PACIFIC BEACH. Large 2 bedroom, 1-1/2 bath, downstairs, new paint, newcarpet, with garage. Newly remodeled.Lots of storage. Near all. No pets. Avail-able now. 1663 Diamond Street #1.$1650. 858-483-5111 x10 or apply on-line at www.melroyproperties.com.

PACIFIC BEACH. 2 bedroom, 1-1/2bath, $1375. New granite kitchen, newcarpet/tile for both units. 2 bedroom, 1-1/2 bath, $1450 and 1 bedroom plusden with balcony/ocean view, $1195. Nopets. Lease. 4467 Dawes. 858-483-4553.

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PACIFIC BEACH. $975. 1 bedroom, 1bath apartment in a small quaint complexclose to shops and the bay. Fee. Freesearch at www.westsiderentals.com. 619-367-3333.

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When it comes right down to it, I think I’mtoo young to have any sort of real concept oftrue love — the kind that brings not only greatpleasure but real torture, the kind that youwould die for but would rather live with. I tellmyself this optimistically.

I remember meeting him, that guy. Wewould go through times that were transitional,and I think a lot of a college experience is allabout that. I was young and still living where Igrew up, a small suburb of Boston. Sometimes Ifelt as though I had the whole world was infront of me to conquer, and sometimes I felt asif I’d never get out alive.

I suppose he seemed a little nerdy at first,sort of awkward, but he was different than any-one I’d ever met. At 21 I had met a whole messof people, but no one like this. Hanging outturned into talking the whole night through,about everything, about anything, about thetime I didn’t fit on the school bus because I waswearing a dice costume four times the size ofmy body. I was blown away by how close I feltto someone that I didn’t really know yet.

So I fell in love, and I fell fast. It’s true thatsometimes love blooms too quickly, only to wiltand wither before it gets a chance to really grow.But right then I felt rejuvenated, inspired, andmost importantly, alive. I thought I had foundwhat I was looking for and had found a per-spective on all that love crap you see in moviesand read about. I tossed all my old doubts andfears aside. I decided that maybe true love didexist and suddenly thought all those adages andproverbs about love must be true, such as, “Ithappens when you least expect it.”

I fell deeper and deeper in love, and one

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thing became clear: When you’rethis far in it’s either going to workor it isn’t — and if it doesn’t, youknow it’s going to hurt like hell.

As time went on, it felt less per-fect, and I tried my best to get thelove back to its original, flawlessstate. Truth of the matter is, nothingis perfect. But, at the time, I wasunwilling to accept this, and I triedto somehow magically fix the rela-tionship. In the beginning I was ontop of the world, and the possibilityof that changing scared me.

But it was what it was. I nolonger felt “funny”; I no longerlaughed all the time. I spent mytime writing five-page letters to myboyfriend, trying to explainmyself — but even I realized that Iwasn’t making any sense. I had lostcontrol of the situation. This inde-pendent and intelligent person Ihad worked my entire life tobecome had suddenly turned intothis insecure person that even Ididn’t like.

Out of a panic I suggested tak-ing a break. I was so scared of losingwhat I had worked on and loved fora year, and I think this was my wayof trying to prevent it. This breakturned into the inevitable breakup,and at first I was okay with it. Beingfriends sounded good. Being friendswas something I could handle. After

all, if you love someone, you lovethem enough to keep a friendship.

The nice idea of a friendshipturned into months of fighting andcrying and misery. I assumed wewould get back together, and whenwe didn’t, that pain I had been set-ting aside sank in. I found myselfpraying for some sort of lobotomy.Suddenly, the movie EternalSunshine of the Spotless Mindseemed like a great plan, if only Icould find a way to execute it. If theone I loved found someone else — Ididn’t want to stand around andwatch this happen. I did my best toavoid all contact, which is harderthan it sounds.

You start to realize that life doesgo on, and sometimes that’s noteasy to accept, but I did eventuallystart to feel more and more likemyself. I was free of that attach-ment. I wasn’t trying to live forsomeone else’s happiness anymore.Being free of commitment meant Icould live for me and only me, andwhat a prospect. Dreams I’d har-bored — of living in a new city andbreaking out of my small town —were now a possibility. I decided Iwouldn’t mourn anymore.

I don’t live in Massachusettsnow, and sometimes I don’t evenfeel like the same person.Sometimes I look back, and I don’t

know what to make of it. I don’tknow if the time makes the loveseem smaller or that distance makesme forget or that there really issomething bigger, more real, than Icould ever even imagine. I guesshuman nature is unpredictablesometimes. It’s something we haveno control over, and overanalyzingour lives and the people we love, orused to love, will only make uscrazy. I realize you cannot be mad atsomeone for wanting what theywant. You might not ever get theanswer you’re looking for, but aftera while you won’t need it.

I now know that when I loveagain it will be different. I don’t feellike a kid anymore. The weird thingis, I feel as if I can actually let gonow.

I think I’m starting to like thatfeeling.

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LEAD STORY— In parts of India’s Uttar Pradesh state, accord-ing to a November BBC News dispatch, womenare oppressed by poverty, abusive husbands, andcorrupt officials. Two years ago, Ms. Sampat PalDevi got fed up. She organized several hundredwomen and began protecting women using bothnonviolence (heaping public shame on wrong-doers) and violence (with axes and the tradi-tional Indian stick, the “lathi”). Said SampatDevi, “Village society in India…refuses to edu-cate [women], marries them off too early [age nine,in her case], barters them for money. Villagewomen need to study and become independentto sort it out themselves.”

The Litigious Society— A few days after professional skier Stoil Popowwas killed while kite-surfing in the rough win-ter waters off of Connecticut’s Long Island Soundin 2004, his widow told the Connecticut Post thatshe had “begged” her husband not to go out“because it’s January.” In November 2007, shefiled a wrongful-death lawsuit in federal court,charging that her husband’s tragic demise was actu-ally caused by the town of Stratford, Conn., whichwas negligent in not posting warning signs along

the stretch of beach used by Popow (of “haz-ardous and unsafe conditions”) and for not hav-ing lifeguards on duty.

Ironies— On Nov. 7, news media reported that NewYork City’s Serendipity 3 restaurant had beennoted by the Guinness Book of World Records forhaving the planet’s most expensive dessert (a$25,000 chocolate sundae, featuring, among otherdelicacies, edible gold flakes). On Nov. 16, thesame news media reported that the city’s Depart-ment of Health had ordered Serendipity 3 closedafter inspectors found a live mouse in the kitchen,along with mouse droppings, fruit flies, house flies,and more than 100 cockroaches.— A 21-year-old man was seriously injured bya hit-and-run driver in the early morning hoursof Nov. 3 in Suffolk County, N.Y., as he waswalking away from his disabled SUV. Police saidthat the victim was probably the same driverwho, a few minutes earlier, had rear-ended asedan and driven off without stopping.

Compelling Explanations— Dr. Paul Schum, 50, the principal of theCatholic Bethlehem High School in Bardstown,

Ky., was arrested in October on prostitution-related charges after he was discovered loiteringin an alley dressed as a woman in leather andfishnet stockings and with fake breasts. A localpriest, presumably intending to help Dr. Schum,said dressing as a woman didn’t sound like some-thing Schum would be involved in, “but again, we’rein the Halloween season.” Dr. Schum eventuallyresigned and the prosecutor dropped the charge.— Simple Explanations: (1) Alex Noel, 16, afinalist in Rhode Island’s Great Pumpkin Weigh-Off in October, said his success raising his 1224-pound pumpkin was because “You spend allyour time with it. No sports. You just come homeand be with the pumpkin.” (2) Darren Mack,46, pleading guilty in Las Vegas in November tomurdering his wife and also accepting a judgmentfor attempting to kill the judge handling hisdivorce: “I do understand…in my [current] stateof mind that shooting at the judiciary is not a properform of political redress.”

Creme de la Weird— Mr. Sandy Wong, 45, was sentenced in Novem-ber in Edmonton, Alberta, to 90 days in jail forthree counts of indecent exposure, includingmasturbating with his pants down while sitting

on the roof of a BMW at a local agriculture fair.According to a psychiatrist, Wong said he is sex-ually attracted to the BMW’s roof because “it’scurved like a woman’s body,” but he also hasbeen aroused by a 1967 Camaro, a 1965 ChevyBel Air, a 2005 Mini Cooper, and a 1991 BuickCentury.

Least Competent Criminals— Failed to Master the Art of the Getaway: (1)Robert Hickey Jr., running from a HamiltonCounty (Tenn.) sheriff’s deputy in October,dashed into nearby woods, fell into a well, andhad to be rescued. (2) Rudy Aguas, 25, runningfrom a Reno, Nev., police officer in Novemberafter a failed carjacking, ducked into a buildingbut got stuck in a freshly poured concrete floor.(3) A suspect in car break-ins, running fromMiccosukee Indian Reservation police near Miamiin November, dove into a retention pond butapparently failed to notice a “Live Alligator” signand was killed by “Poncho,” a gator well knownto locals.

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SANTEE. Mobile home, 3 bedroom, 2bath, senior park, central heating, air con-ditioning, swamp cooler. Space rent,$485. Open house: 1-4pm, Sundays.$48,000. 619-442-4514.

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GOLF PUTTING GREEN with electric ballreturn, like new, Putt ‘N Hazard,20”Wx9’L, includes box of 3 new balls, nobatteries needed, $40. 858-483-4615.

GYM, Weider Pro 4300, 1 year old, paid$300, sell $130. 619-278-9201.

KAYAK, Nautiraid, Hyplon skin woodframe, 2 years old, very little use, $3000new, now $1000/best. 858-864-8960.

KAYAKS FOR SALE, new and usedtandems. New from $900-$1200 andused from $590-$690. Complete withseats and paddles. Call San Diego Sail-ing Center, 858-488-0651. For photos,see www.kayaksforsale.com.

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SOFTBALL PLAYERS. Team wants ashortstop and center fielder. Text or call619-517-5791.

SOFTBALL WINTER LEAGUE wantsteams and individual players. 619-295-0385.

SOFTBALL-ADULTS; SPRING 2008. Men/co-ed team registration. Competitive/recreational divisions. Register now, re-serve your place. Starts 3/1/2008. Infor-mation: www.softballsd.com or call John619-261-0826.d

SURFBOARD RACKS, By Yakima withsurf pads and straps. Paid $525 new.One year old. Complete gutterless set.Selling $295. Call 858-449-2760.

SURFBOARDS. Wave Weapon surf shophaving 50% off sale on every board. From5.8 fish to 10.2 noserider. 24-hour dingrepair. Hurry! Call 760-809-8642.

TENNIS LEAGUE. Intermediate to ad-vanced skill levels. Join the year-roundfun at the #1 League in San Diego.Leagues starting now. 858-794-1800;www.tennisleague.com.

WATER SKIS, One pair and single ski,$75, 858-538-5926, 619-977-3433.

WET SUIT, O’Neill, O’no. Good condition,man’s medium-large, $25/best. 619-280-9083.

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CAMERA with case, Canon AE-I program,$55. Canon and Kiron lenses, Vivitarflash. Tripod with case, Philips, $25. 760-631-3826.

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COMPUTER CIRCULATION CENTER. Buy,sell, trade. Laptops, PCs. Repairs, up-grades, virus/spyware removal. 24-48hour turnaround. 9350 Clairemont MesaBoulevard, San Diego 92123. Call 858-573-0411.

COMPUTER HELP? Call the best! Fast,friendly, reliable. Repairs, upgrades,training, cable/DSL, networks, wireless!$35/hour plus $10 onsite. Music record-ing. 858-735-6680.

LAPTOP BLOWOUT. FREE Diagnostic.Laptops starting from $298 for ACER,Dell, IBM, Toshiba and more. Laptop/pro-jector rentals-$25/$75. 3 locations! Goingfast, call now: 1-888-861-8347.

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PRINTER, Panasonic KX-P1124 dot ma-trix, like new, $75. 858-277-5011.

SOFTWARE. MS Office XP Pro full ver-sion, never opened, $75. MS Office Pro2003 upgrade, never opened, $150. 858-277-5011.

TOTAL COMPUTER. Commercial service.We do everything. Installation, set-up,training, repair, networking, telephones,wiring, upgrades. $20 in-home diagnos-tics. 619-941-1809; cell, 619-607-0221.

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FAST CASH FOR CARS! Cars, trucks,boats, RVs, motorcycles-running or NOT.Loft title OK. Fast, free towing! We cometo you. 619-328-2691.

FISHING TACKLE, Collector wants for hispersonal collection wooden lures, reels,miscellaneous by Heddon, Pflueger,Creek Chub, South Bend, Shakespeare,to name a few. 619-972-3488.

INDIAN ARROWHEADS/ARTIFACTS.Must be authentic. Call Steve at 619-985-8562.

LIGHT BULB EXTENDER, allows light bulbto be put into deep light socket. 858-272-9795.

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Fifteen Years Ago

The death of shopping center czar Ernest

Hahn last week got plenty of coverage in the

San Diego Union-Tribune. There were three

stories and one editorial the day after his

death, and a fourth story and a Neil Morgan

column after his funeral. All trumpeted

Hahn’s accomplishments and legacy. Morgan

even referred to the developer as “Mr. San

Diego,” an honor he received in 1990 from the

San Diego Rotary Club.

Oddly enough, there was no mention at

all of Hahn’s ties to another one-time Mr. San

Diego, C. Arnholt Smith, who had received the

honor in 1961. The failed financier bankrolled

Hahn’s very first shopping center back in

1967, La Cumbre Plaza in Santa Barbara.

Smith also made Hahn a director of his

United States National Bank, the notorious

San Diego financial institution whose collapse

in October 1973 ultimately led to the fall of

the House of Arnholt.

Smith and Hahn initially met in the mid-

dle 1960s, when U.S. National Bank — then at

the peak of its bank-buying spree — pur-

chased Pacific State Bank, which Hahn had

co-founded. Hahn, who also served as Pacific

State’s president, was promptly elected to U.S.

National Bank’s 18-member board of direc-

tors. In a telephone interview, Smith, now 93,

recalled the deal: “We were looking for bank

locations in that general area there, so we

made a cold call on them to see if they would

like to merge with U.S. National Bank. And

out of that conversation came the deal.”

— CITY LIGHTS: “WHAT THEY DIDN’T TELL YOU ABOUT

MR. SAN DIEGO,” Thomas K. Arnold,

January 7, 1993

Ten Years Ago

I had seen Convoy play the previous night at

’Canes in Mission Beach. They opened for

Lucy’s Fur Coat, a San Diego band that in

1994 was poised on the brink of stardom.

Behind the antics of manic frontman Charlie

Ware, Lucy’s rode the wave of a media-

induced buzz: for a time in the early- and

mid-’90s, San Diego was going to be the sec-

ond Seattle. That never happened. Lucy’s Fur

Coat released an album; then Ware quit the

band to attend law school. A lawyer now with

his own telephone extension, Ware rejoined

the band, and on this night they headlined a

show for a loyal local audience.

’Canes seemed more like a dance club

than a live-act venue, with its tiered floors,

drinking too much. The Chardonnay is going

down like a soothing brain balm, making the

night seem even more magical. I’ve got to be

careful. Seven years ago I got a DUI, and that

experience convinced me never again to drink

and drive. But here I am at a party, drinking

and having to drive home. The thought

crosses my mind, “I’ll call a cab,” but it’s fleet-

ing. “I’m not that drunk,” I tell myself.

— “DUI,” Fred Moramarco, January 2, 2003

BACK WHENII nn tt hh ee RR ee aa dd ee rr

San Diego Reader, January 7, 1993


disco balls, and DJ booth. The crowd of beau-

tiful and fit college-age kids had dressed up —

even wore cologne and perfume — to come

hear music; I spotted several cigar smokers,

flirting, lifting their chins to blow smoke. This

crowd was here for Lucy’s Fur Coat, not

Convoy.

The two bands have little in common.

Lucy’s plays a guitar-driven hard rock, and

Ware’s intensity incites something just short of

moshing. Convoy plays original country rock,

what [Jason] Hill calls “American music.”

— “SOUNDINGS,” Justin Wolff, January 8, 1998

Five Years Ago

I’m at a party in Point Loma celebrating the

successful conclusion of a literary event that

took a great deal of time and effort to put

together. Everyone involved is letting go after

months of preplanning, meeting deadlines,

corresponding with finicky writers who

demand this and that. We’re partying hearty,

as they say in San Diego. I’m talking poetry

and literature with several of the country’s

best writers. The food is delicious; we’re

standing outdoors on the terrace of a lovely

Point Loma home with a magnificent view.

Life is good. There’s just one problem. I’m


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BEDROOM. California king pedestal bedframe, mirrored bookcase headboard, 6-drawer pedestal, light dimmer, 2 outlets,phone jack, new condition, originally$660 (receipt), asking $300. 858-405-4995.

CHINA CABINET, mahogany, DuncanPhyfe style, lighted display case, with 3shelves, drawer, enclosed storage onbottom. Store value $895. Yours for $650.Photo available. 760-729-6571.

CREDENZA DESK, 71x18x28”, particleboard with simulated wood laminate,brown with a black top and silver legs,$50. [email protected].

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AIR RIFLE, RWS model 34, woodstock,.177 caliber, $175, still in box. 619-574-7530.

ARTIST SUPPLIES. 2 handmade,stretched canvases, 36”x60”x2-1/2” and48”x60”x2-1/2”, sized with rabbit skinglue, clear poplar stretcher bars, $75each. Anthony, 619-543-0712.

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CORVETTE, radio controlled, unopened,transmitter/controller charger, 3 batteries,beautiful red, 15” long, 20mph long runtime, new Bright, originally $175, sell $80.619-295-2551.

DESK, CHAIR, 6 drawers, 38”Wx78”L,$50. Wedding dress, hat, shoes, size 8,$100 all. Off-road tires, 18” and 21”, 2each, $5 each. Table glass top, $25. 858-277-7197.

DICTAPHONE ANSWERING EQUIPMENT.Pitney BPWES Co. Made in Japan notChina $25. 2 portable typewriter CannonES13 memoryword spelling, color codedkeyboard $25. 619-286-9170.

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GRAM SCALE, triple beam, Ohus, $45.Kirby G2 vacuum with attachments andshampooer, self-propelled, $150. 619-449-8069.

HAVE 4 DEER MOUNTS, 1 beer rug, sev-eral elk antlers and dear antlers. Goodcondition, 619-428-7966.

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HOT WATER PRESSURE WASHERS,Hotsy 1290SS, 3000psi, Honda 20hp en-gine, 6.5GPM diesel fired burner flow,heats 240 degrees, gas burning engine,both $11,500. 602-325-5527 x36668.

ICE SKATES, men’s medium size. Ladies’large leather jacket. Celebrity auto-graphs, movie stills and posters, the stuffdreams are made of. 619-420-1028.

JACKET XXL, New, excellent for cold win-ter nights, for men or women. $9.95. 619-222-7290.

LAMP, copper arm, swing light, must see,$185. 619-296-7185.

MACADAMIA NUTS. Organic, in shell orshelled and roasted. Can mail order. In-shell orders, $6/pound. Shelled, roasted,unsalted, bagged. Small batches,$10/pound. No chemicals. 619-788-2849.

MICKEY MOUSE OLD PHONE, Collector.New in box. Antique French lord statue13” pewter, brass teddy bear, $15. Brasshi-top hat and small one $15-$45. 702-334-2350.

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SINK, new, white ceramic, drop in, $30.Toilet, new, white, $80. Oak organ bench,51”L, $50. Radio, Packard-Bell, whiteplastic, excellent condition, $30. 858-272-4812.

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One:

We sit silently together for an hour

every day, each of us pretending to

be engrossed in the iPod/the book/

the computer/the knitting/the cell

phone/the journal we brought to

entertain us for the duration of the

bus ride — the diversionary tool

whose real purpose is to prevent

others from speaking to us. We

never make eye contact with each

other, except (in apologetic

embarrassment) when the bus

driver stops so abruptly that each

of us ends up in the lap of the per-

son sitting next to us, or (in sweaty

commiseration) when the bus

driver sees fit to blast the heater in

spite of the 80-degree weather out-

side. Or when we catch someone

watching us with our diversionary

tool a little too intently so we

respond by smiling at them with-

out showing our teeth. Showing

teeth is a sign of aggression, so we

opt for a tight-lipped, toothless

smile — universal sign of passive

aggression. We know these people

by heart, have memorized these

dozens of faces: the Asian Heming-

way, the pink-haired lesbian, the

lady-with-springs-in-her-shoes,

the angry vegan guy, the girl who

knits socks. We come to know

their schedules, and we wonder

about them when they are missing,

or when we see them on a different

bus than our usual because we

overslept or worked late. We love

these real-life caricatures because

we know them so well, and when

Scrubs and House and Grey’s

Anatomy.

Four:

Ronnie sighs as I sit down next to

him on the bus on a Friday

morning in March. His shoes are

shiny black-and-white leather,

not brand-new, but as though

they have been recently polished.

I accidentally sit on the corner of

his leather jacket, as is wont to

happen on a crowded bus, and

apologize as he pulls it out from

under my thigh. I tell him that I

like his shoes, and the three peo-

ple nearest to us all turn to stare

at his feet and remark on how

new they look. They are over a

year old, he says, but he has a lot

of shoes, and he clearly takes

good care of them. As soon as the

gawkers have returned to their

computering or iPodding or

reading, Ronnie whispers to me,

“I’ve got the cancer in my liver,”

and he complains of thirst and

hunger. He is going in for a battery

of tests — no food or drink after 11

p.m. last night, not even a sip of

water. He tells me that all he

wants is coffee, bacon, eggs. He

has cancer in his liver, and this is

all he wants. “I hope the progno-

sis is good,” I say (what does one

say when a stranger has confessed

that he may be dying?). “It’s not,”

he says, and quotes Confucius

that “we should live each day as

though it were our last and learn

each day as though we were to

live forever.”

one disappears, we miss their pres-

ence in our day.

Still, we do everything we can

to avoid speaking to each other.

We work on the same campus,

perhaps in the same building,

but still we do not speak. We

see them at lunch on campus

or at the grocery store in our

neighborhoods and pretend

not to recognize them — we

see the recognition in each

other’s eyes, and we know

that they, too, are consciously

resisting the instinct to say

hello. Quickly we each divert

our eyes, so as not to risk

making a new friend. And if

we should happen, on the

bus, to meet someone we know in

real life, we cordially say hello, and

make an effort to say as few words

as possible for the duration of the

commute, sitting at opposite ends

of the bus and focusing more than

necessary on our packaged

diversions.

Two:

A sick man in a hospital gown is

wandering the hospital grounds

on a hot November morning. His

balding head surrounded by long,

greasy, dark hair; he has not

bathed in many days and is cov-

ered in his sickness. His gown is

clean and open in the back as

hospital gowns generally do. It is

sharing with all those in proxim-

ity a view of his white cotton

boxer shorts (thank heaven he is

wearing boxer shorts). His walk is

laden with pain, and it is clear

that he doesn’t care that the

world can see his boxer shorts; he

is busy worrying about how he is

going to overcome the agonizing

pain and about the morphine and

the Vicodin that are not quite

helping him cross the next few

dozen feet to the hospital

entrance and back to his

shared room where he can

close a pale green curtain

and pretend that he is not

alone; that someone is there

beside his sick bed, praying

for his recovery.

Three:

Any day of any week, a prison

inmate in his orange jump-

suit is dripping blood from

his stab wounds onto the

wheelchair, to which he is

handcuffed, and onto the sidewalk

below. Tired-looking sheriffs (you

can hear their eyes rolling; they

know the stabbing was just a ploy

for an early-morning field trip)

accompany the softly smiling

inmate, who is happy to be on

“the outside,” if only for a few

hours. And hospitals are fascinat-

ing places. They know this because

in prison they watch ER and

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REMOTE CONTROL KING | The Reader’s Eye on Television

You really have to fight through

the tough ones, ignore most of it,

and pick at your lips with wet

fingers. Wait. Then, no, Friday-

night TV is not like that at all. I

take it back. I’m not sure where

I was going with that. Carry on.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 5

GOOD MORNING SAN DIEGO, WEEKEND

KUSI 7:00 A.M.

Every Saturday morning since

being dumped, I have sat up from

my spot on the couch, wiped the

white ring of snot and narcotic dust

from my nose and the snot trough above my

lip, shot green liquor with beer backs, and

thought to myself, It’s a long drive; I can sober

up on the freeway. 2008, here I come.

MEET THE PARENTS

FAMILY 5:30 P.M.

Since I’m single and using this column as an

online dating tool, I’d like to get some prefer-

ences out of the way. My new favorite shape

is umbrella, and my new favorite taste is oblong.

My favorite smell is the checks-and-balances

system. Oh, I’m one to take home to mom.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 6

AMERICAN GLADIATORS

NBC 9:00 P.M.

Oof! Nobody remembers that spandex + hair

gel + Nerf weapons doesn’t equal cool? Allow

me to refresh any TV producers who may be

reading. Spandex + hair gel + Nerf weapons

= sad, confused teenagers wearing high heels

and a powder wig and crying in the shower.

Not cool. (God, how supremely uncool I was.)

MONDAY, JANUARY 7

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

FOX 5:15 P.M.

Come on, Edwards! Bring home our 44th win

for the white males! Here we go, Edwards!

Here we go! Wait. Is this the same thing? I

get American ritualized entertainment mixed

up sometimes.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 8

ELVIS PRESLEY TRIBUTE

QVC 10:00 A.M.

As if Michael Jackson’s camouflaged picnic

surprise hovering around his daughter’s furry

forearm were not insult enough...

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9

THE JEWISH AMERICANS

PBS 9:00 P.M.

I can only imagine Mel Gibson’s consterna-

tion at this program’s airing. I’m sure he puts

on a yarmulke, lipsticks up, and does the Silence

of the Lamb’s tuck and wiggle in front of a mir-

ror every time something like this is played.Out-

side his Malibu ranch, you can hear the shouts

of “Put the lotion in the basket! They’ll never

take our freedom!”

THURSDAY, JANUARY 10

CELEBRITY APPRENTICE

NBC 9:00 P.M.

We should hope that pancake makeup is made

from something other than petroleum because

the supply drain created by this show may

bring crude oil over the 100-dollar-per-barrel

mark. Four bucks for a gallon of gas so we can

see one of the Baldwins row a duck-shaped

boat across a pond and then do long division

isn’t a trade I’m willing to make.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 3

CURIOUS GEORGE

PBS 7:00 A.M.

In other news, I’m rapidly losing my memory.

Since I hit my 30s, I’ve noticed a startling for-

getfulness. There’s a disease, but I can’t think

of the name right now. I’m pretty sure I have

that. I’ve heard of medication that can help

with...whatever we’re talking about. Who are

you?

GREY’S ANATOMY

ABC 9:00 P.M.

This cold is my own damn fault. Riding bikes

drunk in the rain to ease depression really only

works to add misery to one’s life. However,

this cold’s shining bright spot is that it has

revealed to me the nastiest phrase in the Eng-

lish language, found on the side of a cough-

syrup bottle,“encourages a productive cough.”

The imagery. Oh, the imagery.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 4

1 VS. 100

NBC 8:00 P.M.

Friday night on TV is like that dozen or so

strands of hair that magically appear in your

mouth anytime you make out with someone.

Grey’s Anatomy

BY OLLIE

WOW. 2008 CAN CHOKE ON IT.

First day, I was shot in the butt with a BB gun. I’m not kidding. Some little terroristwith a pump-action Daisy and a swift bicycle lay in wait to ambush me at my mailbox.Before the sweet sting of copper and a short spasm of my left butt cheekie, I heardrustling and giggling in a nearby bird of paradise plant. When I leaned over to investi-gate, there was a darling little Himalayan girl built like a stout Sherpa, only about twofeet high.

When I said, “Hello there. Are you lost?” I felt the hot sizzle of a ball bearing in mycan, right next to my cell-phone pocket. As I jerked upward, covered my wounded rearwith both hands, and let out an alarmed holler, the Sherpa girl bolted from the bird ofparadise plant and her older brother dashed from an alleyway behind me; the little ban-dito waving a chintzy rifle around, its barrel smoking in the sunlight, and he hopped ontoa waiting red-and-white Schwinn — his daring steed.

I spun back to catch the Sherpa girl flip me the bird and throw a gluey stick of greenswirly candy that affixed itself to my T-shirt between my left nipple and bellybutton.“Why you little...” I shouted and dragged the candy away from me, trailing behind itlong arcs of goo and leaving a viscous puddle of gunk.

“Happy New Year!” I called to the fleeing juvenile delinquents.Second day I was run over by a schoolteacher on a Vespa. I was bicycling up 35th

Street when from a cross street a bright blue scooter shot through an intersection andglanced against my rear wheel. The tiny front wheel of the aspiring motorcycle-to-beknocked me down. I was lying sideways on the asphalt with my shoulder in the gravel anda black trashcan against my face.

“I’m late,” the woman shouted. “It’s my first day teaching third grade!”“Well, then, we better sort all this...”Before I could convey my sentiment, she had untangled my twisted bike from her

uninspired moped and sped off. I stood up stiff and bleeding through my clothes andresolved to not step one foot out of my bedroom the rest of the year. Now, if you’llexcuse me, I have to order TiVo and tend to some wounds.

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