Of course I can tell it's nearly winter... All the news reports show other areas having problems with snow.

The "Gaslamp Quarter" trolley station, downtown San Diego, directly across the street from the Convention Center:


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I love getting the chance to watch the mountains grow.

It happens on a scale so vastly unfamiliar to the short time we have on the planet, that it is rarely thought about.

;)

In this seasonal time when the Eastern seaboard is still shoveling snow and Texas had a record amount (12 inches at DFW airport)... and now even the Deep south is getting hit with the wintry nip of Jack Frost's mastication, it's nice to know that I live in San Diego, where the worst weather we have to deal with was a week-long series of rainstorms ( Read more... )

The third storm in a series of winter storms pasing through this week has just landed on San Diego. The trees outside my office window are taking a beating ( Read more... )

Fry the Delta smelt and send San Diego county and the inland agricultural valley their much-needed water ( Read more... )

Not being able to see the sun before Noon (or not at all some days) is called "June Gloom" here in So.Cal coastal areas, especially in San Diego ( Read more... )

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Mistrial Declared After Defendant Smears Feces on Lawyer

The Associated Press
January 28, 2009

A San Diego home-invasion robbery trial abruptly ended when the defendant suddenly smeared feces on the face of his attorney and threw more at jurors.

Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Fraser declared a mistrial and hiked 37-year-old defendant Weusi McGowan's bail ( Read more... )

The traditional Southern Californian Santa Ana (or Santana) easterly dry desert winds started blowing in last night... and it did a really good job of drying out the air and adding allergens by replacing our normal westerly onshore flow ( Read more... )