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Escondido Grapevine/Dan Weisman
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“‘Tragedy,” in drama, is concerned with shock, suffering and sorrow, but there is more to it than that. The suffering is not random. Individuals inherit fallout from events in the remote past, through no fault of their own. The next move is the test."
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Escondido Grapevine/Dan Weisman @escondidograpevine.bsky.social · 1d
Daylight saving time: It's backward time again when clocks step off one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. Don't forget to do the right thing clockwise or you'll be out of sync.
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Daylight saving time running out of time? | Escondido Grapevine
Daylight saving time: It's backward time again when clocks step off one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. Don't forget to do the right thing clockwise or you
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Escondido Grapevine/Dan Weisman @escondidograpevine.bsky.social · 1d
As people in the U.S. prepare to turn back their clocks on Nov. 2, I find myself bracing for the annual ritual of media stories about the disruptions to daily routines caused by switching from standard time to daylight saving time.
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Why daylight saving time is unhealthy | Escondido Grapevine
As people in the U.S. prepare to turn back their clocks on Nov. 2, I find myself bracing for the annual ritual of media stories about the disruptions to daily r
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Escondido Grapevine/Dan Weisman @escondidograpevine.bsky.social · 3d
If you’re the type who likes the smell of hay, the sound of hooves, and the faint taste of risk on the ocean breeze, you’ll find Del Mar’s gates wide open for the next 30 days.
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Del Mar’s sprint to the Breeders Cup begins in earnest | Escondido Grapevine
If you’re the type who likes the smell of hay, the sound of hooves, and the faint taste of risk on the ocean breeze, you’ll find Del Mar’s gates wide open
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Escondido Grapevine/Dan Weisman @escondidograpevine.bsky.social · 4d
Dateline: Rancho Santa Fe — Somewhere between the second cup of coffee and the third phone call from City Hall, hunger strikes.
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Unknown Eater Presents: Four lazy afternoon lunches | Escondido Grapevine
Dateline: Rancho Santa Fe — Somewhere between the second cup of coffee and the third phone call from City Hall, hunger strikes. You’ve got five minutes, an
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Escondido Grapevine/Dan Weisman @escondidograpevine.bsky.social · 7d
Silvergate, silvershmate. Somewhere at the corner of Via De La Valle and Calzada Del Bosque — where the horses once snorted in the dawn fog and the rich came to escape the noise of the other rich — a new frontier is being staked out on 28 acres.
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Silvergate Rising: Fear and loathing at Rancho Santa Fe | Escondido Grapevine
Silvergate, silvershmate. Somewhere at the corner of Via De La Valle and Calzada Del Bosque — where the horses once snorted in the dawn fog and the rich came
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Escondido Grapevine/Dan Weisman @escondidograpevine.bsky.social · 10d
Governor Gavin Newsom today said that President Trump’s federal government shutdown will likely delay food benefits for millions of Californians who rely on CalFresh cards to feed themselves and their families.
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Government shutdown delays Nov. CalFresh benefits | Escondido Grapevine
Governor Gavin Newsom today said that President Trump’s federal government shutdown will likely delay food benefits for millions of Californians who rely on C
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Escondido Grapevine/Dan Weisman @escondidograpevine.bsky.social · 10d
We are going to consider a few outstanding three-dot items stripped from below, well below, today's sundry headlines. But first, a reminder and salute about he who pioneered the three-dot way...
Herb Caen at his office, Dec.
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Three Dot Lounge…people behaving badly special edition | Escondido Grapevine
We are going to consider a few outstanding three-dot items stripped from below, well below, today's sundry headlines. But first, a reminder and salute about he
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Escondido Grapevine/Dan Weisman @escondidograpevine.bsky.social · 13d
September 30, 2025 may mark the day communities in Southern California first took initiative to protect themselves from deadly nuclear waste stranded indefinitely at San Onofre.
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Store deadly San Onofre nuclear waste or else, already | Escondido Grapevine
September 30, 2025 may mark the day communities in Southern California first took initiative to protect themselves from deadly nuclear waste stranded indefinite
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Escondido Grapevine/Dan Weisman @escondidograpevine.bsky.social · 13d
What happens now?
That may well be the question being asked by “No Kings” protesters, who marched, rallied and danced all over the nation on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025.
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What happens now? Walk the talk after ‘No Kings’ing | Escondido Grapevine
What happens now? That may well be the question being asked by “No Kings” protesters, who marched, rallied and danced all over the nation on Saturday, Oct.
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Escondido Grapevine/Dan Weisman @escondidograpevine.bsky.social · 14d
You can’t say America doesn’t know how to celebrate a birthday. For the Marine Corps’ 250th anniversary down at Camp Pendleton, they decided to party the old-fashioned way — with artillery.

A 155-millimeter shell was fired in salute.
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Camp Pendleton Marines go boom, Vance detail shelled | Escondido Grapevine
You can’t say America doesn’t know how to celebrate a birthday. For the Marine Corps’ 250th anniversary down at Camp Pendleton, they decided to party the
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Escondido Grapevine/Dan Weisman @escondidograpevine.bsky.social · 15d
I owe my Trump-supporting family and friends an apology.

I’ve been critical of the Trump presidency and — truth be told — still exhausted from the experience.
But to be fair, President Trump wasn’t that bad.
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Mr. Wonderful: To be fair, President Trump wasn’t so bad | Escondido Grapevine
I owe my Trump-supporting family and friends an apology. I’ve been critical of the Trump presidency and — truth be told — still exhausted from the expe
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Escondido Grapevine/Dan Weisman @escondidograpevine.bsky.social · 19d
Jimmy Breslin. That's my lede. Jimmy Breslin. Or rather, AI Jimmy Breslin.
Breslin was OK. Not a great writer, but an OK muckraker. So, sue my story tag, you're it, Kevin Breslin, Jimmy's apparent self-appointed nepo baby defender of the family jewels.
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Welcome to Kevin Breslin’s Harmony Grove rabbit hole | Escondido Grapevine
Jimmy Breslin. That's my lede. Jimmy Breslin. Or rather, AI Jimmy Breslin. Breslin was OK. Not a great writer, but an OK muckraker. So, sue my story tag, you'r
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Escondido Grapevine/Dan Weisman @escondidograpevine.bsky.social · 21d
San Diego’s got sunshine, surf, and—who knew—synthetic journalism. #AIjournalism #ChatGPT #danweisman #futureofjournalism #independentonlinecommunityjournalism #newsscams #pinkslimejournalism #sandiegocountypolitics
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Pink slime and the phantom newsroom: When bots like ‘San Diego City Wire’ pretend to be your neighbors | Escondido Grapevine
San Diego’s got sunshine, surf, and—who knew—synthetic journalism. Lately, a site called San Diego City Wire has been popping up in social feeds and sear
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Escondido Grapevine/Dan Weisman @escondidograpevine.bsky.social · 22d
Starting Nov. 1, just in time for Thanksgiving, people using the Calfresh food assistance program  known as SNAP nationally, will have three months to find work before they are kicked off of the program.
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Trump ends food aid to thousands here starting Nov. 1 | Escondido Grapevine
Starting Nov. 1, just in time for Thanksgiving, people using the Calfresh food assistance program  known as SNAP nationally, will have three months to find wor
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Escondido Grapevine/Dan Weisman @escondidograpevine.bsky.social · 24d
Fire doesn’t care about zoning. A bridge won’t save you when the hills are already burning. Harmony Grove? Try irony grove.

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors did it again. Five officials in a bright, air-conditioned room downtown on Oct.
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Harmony Grove, My Foot: When San Diego County officials call it “progress,” keep a fire extinguisher handy | Escondido Grapevine
Fire doesn’t care about zoning. A bridge won’t save you when the hills are already burning. Harmony Grove? Try irony grove. The San Diego County Board of
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Escondido Grapevine/Dan Weisman @escondidograpevine.bsky.social · 24d
When Jonathan Berman came to Cal State San Marcos as a film professor in 2004, he was close to finishing a documentary about a Northern California commune during the counterculture era.
The documentary was released the following year.
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CSUSM prof’s ‘Commune’ doc gets a 20-year redux tour | Escondido Grapevine
When Jonathan Berman came to Cal State San Marcos as a film professor in 2004, he was close to finishing a documentary about a Northern California commune durin
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Escondido Grapevine/Dan Weisman @escondidograpevine.bsky.social · 25d
Every dog has its day, they say, and apparently so does every cause, effect and plain old thing.

Welcome to Wednesday Oct. 8, 2025. It’s National Fluffernutter Day.
Correct, National Fluffernutter Day is observed annually on Oct.
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It’s National Fluffernutter Day. Hip Hip Hooray? | Escondido Grapevine
Every dog has its day, they say, and apparently so does every cause, effect and plain old thing. Welcome to Wednesday Oct. 8, 2025. It’s National Fluffernu
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Escondido Grapevine/Dan Weisman @escondidograpevine.bsky.social · 26d
Let’s show up and do the work. Ain’t no superhero comin’ to save the country from Donald J Trump, Project 2025, and the freaks around the White House.
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Neighbor to neighbor: Vote YES YES YES on Prop 50 | Escondido Grapevine
Let’s show up and do the work. Ain’t no superhero comin’ to save the country from Donald J Trump, Project 2025, and the freaks around the White House.
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Escondido Grapevine/Dan Weisman @escondidograpevine.bsky.social · 27d
Christian Ramirez was on his way to school 35 years ago when a Border Patrol agent approached him at gunpoint. Then just 15 years old, the San Diegan was apparently handcuffed on the streets of the Nestor border community, wrongly and racially profiled.
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Border Patrol goons racially profile San Diego migrants | Escondido Grapevine
Christian Ramirez was on his way to school 35 years ago when a Border Patrol agent approached him at gunpoint. Then just 15 years old, the San Diegan was appare
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Escondido Grapevine/Dan Weisman @escondidograpevine.bsky.social · 27d
I have left the Daily Memphian.

Dan Conaway, 2017/Grace Rossi-Conaway

They refused to run my column this week. Too critical of Trump, they said. Trump is not not local, they said. This week, of all weeks, Trump is not local?

Enough, I said.
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Letter from Memphis: Tyrants must not stand unopposed | Escondido Grapevine
I have left the Daily Memphian. They refused to run my column this week. Too critical of Trump, they said. Trump is not, NOT local, they said. This wee
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Escondido Grapevine/Dan Weisman @escondidograpevine.bsky.social · Oct 2
Tucked inside Vallecitos Town Center at 1254 E. Mission Road in San Marcos, stands a small storefront with a big reputation. #sanmarcosgrooming
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Dog Whisperer of San Marcos is now open for business | Escondido Grapevine
Tucked inside Vallecitos Town Center at 1254 E. Mission Road in San Marcos, stands a small storefront with a big reputation. San Marcos Grooming, owned and oper
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Escondido Grapevine/Dan Weisman @escondidograpevine.bsky.social · Sep 21
Used by permission, this rather comprehensive look at Lake Hodges, Del Dios Highway and sites far and wide, first appeared at Postcards and Passports, San Diego resident Tami Zehrung Wilcox's extensive travel blog.
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Traveling Lake Hodges and the Del Dios Highway | Escondido Grapevine
Used by permission, this rather comprehensive look at Lake Hodges, Del Dios Highway and sites far and wide, first appeared at Postcards and Passports, San Diego
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Escondido Grapevine/Dan Weisman @escondidograpevine.bsky.social · Sep 12
The California Department of Food and Agriculture declared a new citrus quarantine in northern San Diego County and part of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Sept. 9.
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Huanglongbing citrus greening quarantine now in effect | Escondido Grapevine
The California Department of Food and Agriculture declared a new citrus quarantine in northern San Diego County and part of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Sep
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Escondido Grapevine/Dan Weisman @escondidograpevine.bsky.social · Sep 12
Two event-related items from Sabrina Cadini's La Dolce Idea - The Charm of Honey, followed by fine glasses toast the perfect party.
Honey always has been a pantry item in our house.
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Charm of honey; fine glasses toast a great party | Escondido Grapevine
Two event-related items from Sabrina Cadini's La Dolce Idea - The Charm of Honey, followed by fine glasses toast the perfect party. Honey always has been a pan
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Escondido Grapevine/Dan Weisman @escondidograpevine.bsky.social · Sep 10
Sept. 11, 2001: Local ironworker Paul Pursley spent 10 weeks at "Ground Zero" following the terrorist attack. #9/11 #AmericanHistory #danweisman #GroundZero #ironworkersat9/11 #Joelmeyerowitz #NewYorkCity #PaulPursley #Sept11
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Local ironworker Paul Pursley spent 10 weeks at Ground Zero following Sept. 11 | Escondido Grapevine
Sept. 11, 2001: Local ironworker Paul Pursley spent 10 weeks at "Ground Zero" following the terrorist attack. His major complaint in the years following concer
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