SAN DIEGO — A San Diego-based Marine Corps reservist is under investigation by the Marines after membership interviews with a white supremacist hate group were leaked by activists and highlighted in a subsequent Southern Poverty Law Center report on th…
Bryce Miller: Former Chargers star Antonio Gates asked to flash fancy footwork again
SAN DIEGO — In 16 NFL seasons, former Chargers tight end Antonio Gates used his talented feet to assemble a Hall of Fame-worthy career with 11,841 yards and 116 touchdowns. There’s still magic left in those route runners, apparently. Gates, 41, used th…
Karla Peterson: A new documentary on choreographer Alvin Ailey examines the difficult art of making history
Before his death in 1989 at the age of 58, choreographer and modern-dance giant Alvin Ailey accomplished many groundbreaking, boundary-busting things. He helped establish modern dance as a popular art form capable of packing theaters and riveting audie…
Self-driving big-rigs will haul freight in Arizona
Since late December, San Diego autonomous driving outfit TuSimple has run seven semi-truck trips between Tucson and Phoenix without a driver in the vehicle. These driver-out demonstrations aim to prove that TuSimple’s artificial intelligence autonomous…
Karla Peterson: In her breezy new novel, author Swan Huntley looks at the dark side of her La Jolla High life
SAN DIEGO — For author Swan Huntley, the truths embedded in her third and latest novel were not stranger than fiction. But they were just as dramatic as anything she could have made up. Like the heroine of “Getting Clean With Stevie Green,” Huntley gre…
SeaWorld is looking to acquire owner of Knott’s Berry Farm and more than a dozen other parks
SeaWorld Entertainment has made an unsolicited offer to purchase longtime theme park company Cedar Fair, which owns a dozen amusement parks, including Knott’s Berry Farm in Orange County. Cedar Fair, in a statement released Tuesday, confirmed that it h…
Bad Bunny to make history as first artist to ever do 2 back-to-back full stadium concerts at Petco Park
SAN DIEGO — Bad Bunny is making San Diego concert history for the second time in a week. Last week, the Puerto Rican superstar became the first reggaeton and Latin trap-music artist to be booked for a headlining stadium concert at San Diego’s Petco Par…
Bryce Miller: List, Zalatoris shake ghosts of big-name hitters in thrilling Farmers finish
SAN DIEGO — The ghosts of the Farmers Insurance Open rattled their chains Saturday at Torrey Pines, spooky specters dotting the final-round fairways. In one direction strode Jon Rahm, the man who bagged the most recent U.S. Open on the savage South Cou…
Farmers Scene & Heard: The gravitational pull of the 18th green
SAN DIEGO — Ted and Debbi Sawyer have their routine for the Farmers Insurance Open. They leave their home in Temecula at 7:30 a.m. They get to Torrey Pines an hour later. They make their way to the course entrance and then make a beeline to the ropelin…
Pat Perez enjoys strong week at home in Farmers Insurance Open
SAN DIEGO — Pat Perez capped the week by waving his cap — left, right and center — to all the fans surrounding the 18th green at Torrey Pines South who shouted congratulations. Perez couldn’t wipe the smile off his face as he left the green, handed his…