Sand One bursts into San Diego and gets crowd to North Park dental office “[Do] you guys know the Reader?” Sand One asked. The crowd then cheered. One girl from her entourage said “that’s the one I was telling you about.” On July 1, Sand One, an East Los Angeles based graffiti artist, busted out […]
By Mike Madriaga Two former City College students took home six Emmy awards on June 24. The 43rd Annual Pacific Southwest Emmy Awards was held at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina. This is where David Brooks won four awards and Alejandro Tamayo won two awards. “It’s a peculiar feeling to win,” Brooks said, […]
By Mike Madriaga “[Do] you guys know the Reader?” Sand One asked. The crowd then cheered. One girl from her entourage said, “That’s the one I was telling you about.” On July 1, Sand One, an East Los Angeles-based graffiti artist, busted out her spraypaint and hit up the sidewall (by the alleyway) of the North Park […]
By Mike Madriaga “An Oakland-based artist was commissioned to create a massive piece for the San Diego International Airport,” Joshua Alcala said. “Shouldn’t you give it to San Diego artists?” On June 16 and 17, The Aja Project hosted a meeting at their location at 4089 Fairmount Ave. in City Heights. Aja, a photography-based educational […]
By Mike Madriaga “I witnessed a few guys make amends with each other,” said Spek One, 44, “as well as myself with one of the guys that I actually got into a fist-fight [with] back in the day.” Spek was one of the organizers for the NOF (Nineteen Oh Four) annual reunion on May 20 […]
For many City College students, it may seem impossible to be among the other 130,000 fans inside the San Diego Convention Center on July 20-23 – do not fret though, you can still come and have fun outside of the Comic-Con. We’ve created a map to all of the hot-spots around the convention center. We […]
“This year we expect a slow quinceañera season, it’s going to be tough,” said Marco Salcedo from Chula Vista. Salcedo said that there were about 300 visitors at his Quinceañeras Magazine Expo event on Sunday (April 30) held at the San Diego Marriott Hotel Del Mar. This is his 12th year promoting events to connect the vendors and the […]
By: Mike Madriaga “You don’t see the chola look very often nowadays,” said Jesse Amaro after he posted a photo of four girls wearing men-fitted khaki pants walking past him. “I seen about 15 to 20 in the park that day,” On April 22, it was the 47th Chicano Park Day at Logan Heights, where […]
Fredcel is located in the oddest place for a Filipino restaurant — in Cherokee Point, at 3876 38th St., behind the Family Dollar store. “Pare (dude in tagalog), we made [and sold] about 6,000 lumpias today (April 15),” said Erick Rodriguez, as he helped his patrons load their aluminum trays overflowing with lumpias, into their minivans. Erick, […]
Pizzeria Luigi is only an eight-minute walk from City College. It is an affordable Italian restaurant located in the heart of Golden Hill at 1137 25th Ave. The place serves pizzas, ricotta pies, pasta, wings, sandwiches, beer and much more. For students, they have a great deal: two large slices of pizza and a soda […]
Royce Green sit-in on C Street from Mike Madriaga on Vimeo. San Diego police blocked a key street through City College for more than an hour around midday Nov. 16, while an African American alumnus lay on the ground accusing officers of roughly removing him from a class and injuring him. More than 20 students […]
“Que Viva El Chunky y que Viva La Causa,” were her last words on a post to memorialize her father, Ramon “Chunky” Sanchez. Ixcatli A. Sanchez confirmed on Facebook the passing of her father, a leader of the San Diego Chicano movement, on Oct. 28. Sanchez was a musician, songwriter, educator, and activist. He […]
A fictional steampunk character from 1890 roams our campus; his name is Col. Malcolm Weatherby. Richard Ferrell is a 39-year-old San Diego Community College District Police officer that attended the Gaslight Gathering during a recent weekend — in full steampunk fashion. The steampunk term was coined in 1987 when author K.W. Jeter combined the two words […]
“We gave Snoop Dogg some Tokyo OG [a marijuana strain] and he enjoyed it,” says Heidi Rising, the general manager of the Point Loma Patient Consumer Co-Op. On August 27, the Grammy-nominated rap star dropped by the pot dispensary to sign autographs for the hundred or so fans who had lined up in the parking […]
Escrito por Mike Madriaga para la revista Vochomania Scroll down to view the story in English. El cliché “la belleza es sólo superficial” por lo general no se aplica para mostrar a las personas que modifican autos. Sin embargo, en el caso de Mario Peña, él tuvo el derecho de evaluar lo que es bello […]