• Living the American dream at Drift Cafe in Pacific Beach,Dave Schwab

    Living the American dream at Drift Cafe in Pacific Beach

    Marlee Becker is living her dream of being a restaurateur.But it was a long time coming.She worked next door at Dirty Birds for 11 years, where she was a server and bartender before working her way up to general manager.Finally, she got her shot at running her own restaurant. “We saw this space and

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  • LJHS boys soccer: Returners and newbies look forward to new season, new coach,Ed Piper

    LJHS boys soccer: Returners and newbies look forward to new season, new coach

    From CIF Division III finals last winter to a whole new set of coaches, a different way of instruction, and a new season.That’s the slate Pilar Flores, a 1993 graduate of La Jolla High, is facing as he “builds a better beast” (thanks, Don Henley) with eight returning seniors, a bunch of JV-bred newc

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  • Mistrial over police dog stabbing,Neal Putnam

    Mistrial over police dog stabbing

    After 7 1/2 hours of deliberations over two days, a jury Nov. 18 convicted a man of brandishing a knife to police officers but deadlocked over whether he assaulted a police dog by stabbing the dog. Jurors also deadlocked 6-6 over whether the action of Dedrick Daknell Jones, 36, was felony animal cru

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