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- LOGAN JENKINS
Some driving laws steer clear of common sense
So where are we headed with driver safety laws? Last week, the state Assembly passed a bill banning drivers from holding live animals on their laps. Evidently, dead – or stuffed – pets are OK. Now don't assume I'm going off on a Rush Limbaugh-style rant over the richly lampoonable “Paris Hilton law.”
- This day in our region's history
- DUI checkpoint yields 6 arrests, 2 citations
VISTA: Deputies arrested six motorists and cited two others at a DUI checkpoint Saturday night in Vista.
- Photo: Glider grab
- City chooses oaks to replace eucalyptus trees
The city's decision to fell the Old Globe Theatre's 100-foot sugar gum tree for safety reasons attracted a lot of hoopla last month. The 73-year-old eucalyptus will likely be replaced by two English oaks, a hearty, stately tree that was chosen as an homage to the theater's summer Shakespearean festival.
- Rod Luck of KUSI arrested near S.F.
Award-winning television reporter Rodney “Rod” Luck of KUSI NEWS was arrested Friday in the Bay Area on suspicion of misdemeanor domestic violence/battery.
- Two reports discuss face-lift for City Hall
DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO – San Diego's City Hall is in pretty bad shape, according to reports that looked at what it would take to bring the downtown civic complex to modern standards.
- SHORT TAKES: REGIONAL EDITION
Superior Court hopefuls will answer questions
SAN DIEGO: Two candidates seeking seats on the San Diego Superior Court are expected to answer questions from members of the public tonight at an open house in La Jolla.
- PUBLIC SAFETY: REGIONAL EDITION
Man shot six times is expected to survive
DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO: A man who was shot six times early yesterday as he was driving away from a Gaslamp Quarter nightclub is expected to live, police said.
- Road closures
- OBITUARY
Bo Yang; controversial Taiwanese writer; 88
Taiwanese essayist Bo Yang, who infuriated both Nationalist and Communist authorities with his tart critiques of abusive leaders and anti-democratic behavior, died April 29 of lung disease in Taipei. He was 88.
- OBITUARY
Bill Hargrove; oldest league bowler; 106
By the time Bill Hargrove was recognized last year as the nation's oldest league bowler, his eyesight had deteriorated so much he could hardly see the pins.
- OBITUARY
Murray Jarvik; co-inventor of nicotine patch; 84
Dr. Murray Jarvik, a pioneering researcher of smoking addiction and co-inventor of the nicotine patch, has died. He was 84.
- OBITUARY
Kate Phillips; actress who christened “The Blob”; 94
Kate Phillips, who played mostly supporting roles on Broadway and in more than 50 films in the 1930s and '40s and who later was a co-writer of the 1958 horror film “The Blob,” died April 18 in Keene, N.H. She was 94.
- OBITUARY
Jerry Wallace; sang 1959 hit 'Primrose Lane'; 79
Jerry Wallace, who shot to fame in the late 1950s with a pair of hit songs including “Primrose Lane,” has died. He was 79.
- County Obituaries A-Z
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