Thomas Melville

Jul 17, 2024 | sdnews.com | Thomas Melville

More than 3,500 people attended Freedom Fest at Belmont Park in Mission Beach on July 6. The Fourth of July beach rave celebration, put on by Almost Nakey, was spread out across three stages during the day and into the evening, featuring live music from artists like Bauer, Ying Yang Twins, Mr. Carmack, Justin Jay, DJ Susan, Strawberry Disco Circus, and more, which led to a lot of dancing and fun.

Jun 29, 2024 | sdnews.com | Thomas Melville

A woman has been ordered to stand trial as an accessory to murder in a case where she is suspected of being the getaway driver for someone who killed a man in a McDonald’s parking lot in the Midway District. Four police detectives testified against Brittany Marie Wolf, 35, in a June preliminary hearing before San Diego Superior Court Evan Kirvin regarding the 2023 slaying of Joshua Goodman, 44, according to court records. Armando Manuel Parras, 32, is charged with murder in the Aug.

Jun 15, 2024 | sdnews.com | Thomas Melville

At age 73, Donna Melville slipped on her kitchen floor and broke her hip. Four days later, her neighbor, whom she had known for nearly 50 years, discovered her barely conscious, but alive. Her house in the Endwell, N.Y. neighborhood of Park Manor, her pride and joy for more than half her life, almost became her tomb. But there was no way this tough Irish lass from Johnson City, N.Y., would let that happen. She’d been through worse.

Mar 7, 2024 | sdnews.com | Thomas Melville

It jolted me up straight in my seat. Bam! Katie Boulter’s first service ace smacked the sideboard of the court just to the left of me. I went from slouched over iPhone browser to engaged observer in a split second. The photographer to my left moved closer to me. “I don’t want to get by one of those,” she whispered. Boulter is about 6 feet tall and most of that is legs. When she uses that leverage to drive her first serves, the result is usually loud.

Mar 7, 2024 | sdnews.com | Thomas Melville

Growing up in the suburbs of a Northeastern city in the 1980s meant tacos came out of a box shelved in the "international" aisle at a grocery store. One day a week – usually Wednesdays – we were exposed to "tacos" with greasy ground beef, shredded iceberg lettuce, and mounds…