Eric S. Page

2 weeks ago | gscene.com | Eric S. Page |Graham Robson |Leslie Pumm

Brighton Fringe’s Mannequim is billed as a”ploem” – a mashup of a play and a poem, and it truly is, as much of its speech is cleverly  in rhyming couplets. What Ted Gooda and Lexy Medwell have created is the dialogue between lifelong friends Alex and Michaela – Alex a boy desperately wanting to be a girl when we first encounter them; and Michaela – Micky for short -an unhappy tomboy of a girl desperately wanting to be male.

2 weeks ago | nbcsandiego.com | Eric S. Page

Two kittens found zip-tied together at a shopping center were "fighting for their lives" Wednesday at Helen Woodward Animal Center in Rancho Santa Fe.The orange tabbies, tentatively named Frodo and Sam, were found along with two other kittens tied together beneath a shopping cart up in Riverside by a rep for Blue Buffalo pet food who has a relationship with the animal shelter, officials said.

2 weeks ago | nbcsandiego.com | Eric S. Page

San Diego sheriff's detectives arrested a woman on Wednesday who now stands accused of having a sexual relationship with a student at Mar Vista High School, in Imperial Beach. Investigators were summoned by patrol deputies Monday, who had been called about allegations against Lisette Ortega Veles, 31, who detectives believe committed sexual assault on a 17-year-old.

2 weeks ago | nbcsandiego.com | Eric S. Page

A swimmer off the coast of San Diego had a close encounter with a large shark on Tuesday. According to Jorge Moreno with Cal State University Long Beach's Shark Lab, shark-warning signs were posted off Torrey Pines State Beach after the swimmer encountered what Moreno described as a 7-8 foot shark. The shark was spotted at about 10:30 a.m. in the water near Lifeguard Tower 5, according to Moreno, who was not sure how far out to sea the swimmer was when it happened.

3 weeks ago | nbcsandiego.com | Eric S. Page

Smoke is rising above Escondido and other communities close to the San Diego Zoo Safari Park after a brush fire sparked on Friday afternoon. The 10-acre #AcademyFire began burning after 2 p.m. on state Route 78 near the San Pasqual Academy on San Pasqual Road. There is a threat to a nearby structure on Highland Valley Road, Cal Fire tweeted at 2:55 p.m.The fire has the potential to burn 30 acres, which is burning in light vegetation, according to Cal Fire.