Welcome to draft season! This is the eighth of 11 positional breakdowns leading up to the NFL draft (Thursday-Saturday). Here are my top 10 cornerbacks: — 1. Ahmad Gardner (Jr., Cincinnati, 6-foot-2, 190 pounds) Gardner made it through the playoff loss…
New evidence continues to surface about agents’ search for ‘Fat Leonard’ prostitutes
SAN DIEGO — A hearing to determine if prosecutors in the “Fat Leonard” Navy bribery trial improperly withheld evidence has been postponed a day to give time for defense attorneys to continue to sift through hundreds of pages of discovery handed to them…
Bonnie Raitt soars ‘Just Like That’ on new album and savors her fans’ feedback: ‘It’s absolutely gratifying’
Bonnie Raitt can pinpoint exactly how she has impacted her most devoted listeners. And it has little to do with her eight Grammy Award wins between 1990 and 1992, her 2000 induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Lifetime Achievement Grammy she…
Prosecutors accused of improperly withholding prostitute evidence in ‘Fat Leonard’ Navy bribery trial
SAN DIEGO — The trial of five former naval officers charged with taking bribes from the military contractor known as “Fat Leonard” abruptly ground to a halt this week with accusations that prosecutors withheld exculpatory evidence that casts doubt on a…
John Doe will perform, minus X, at Adams Avenue Unplugged: ‘People love to see their singers screw up!’
SAN DIEGO — X will — and will not — mark the spot when John Doe headlines the 2022 edition of Adams Avenue Unplugged on April 30. And, no, that’s not a Zen Buddhist koan along the lines of: “What is the sound of one hand clapping?” The veteran singer-s…
Should California shorten the workweek to 32 hours?
Prompted by the Great Resignation, state lawmakers are proposing to redefine the workweek from 40 hours to 32 hours for companies with more than 500 employees. Under the bill, AB 2932, employees would be entitled to the same total weekly compensation, …
Car collecting world turns its eyes to San Diego for annual La Jolla Concours
Chuck Spielman grew up around cars because his father had a Chevy dealership in New York. He’s around cars now by choice. They’re choice, all right. Spielman has one of San Diego’s most admired collections, a rotating cast that currently includes a 192…
Biologist Ursula Bellugi, who helped establish authenticity of American Sign Language, dies at 91
SAN DIEGO — Ursula Bellugi, the Salk Institute neurobiologist who helped erase the stigma attached to American Sign Language by proving that it is a rich, authentic and nuanced way to communicate, died Sunday in La Jolla. She was 91. The institute said…
Gore gets first win as Padres complete sweep of Reds
SAN DIEGO — If the purpose was retaliation, it served to only make things worse for the woebegone Cincinnati Reds. They came to town on a six-game skid, got mad and got swept by the Padres. The Padres won the finale of the three-game series 6-0 Wednesd…
Déjà boom: Machado answers Pham again as Padres beat Reds again
Like he did Monday, Manny Machado looked over his shoulder as Tommy Pham’s first-inning rocket sailed deep over the wall in left field. Like he did Monday, the Padres’ third baseman erased it quickly, following Austin Nola’s leadoff single with a homer…