Food and Drink Blotter – Dec. 2022

Pinky fingers outFancy tea service tailored for the holidays will be held throughout December at The Westgate Hotel. One of them is kid-friendly. It’s called Santa’s Story Time Tea, which features teas, pastries, finger sandwiches, and a storytelling Santa in the hotel’s decked-out Le Fontainebleau

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Long sentence for man who shot at Harbor Patrol officer

A man who opened fire on a Harbor Patrol police officer and who also missed hitting a pedestrian Downtown has been sentenced to 45 years to life in state prison.Daniel Quiroz, Jr., 31, received such a long sentence because a jury found he personally used a firearm in shootings in March, 2021. He rec

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Belle Goldschlager Baranceanu, ‘Miss B,’ known for La Jolla murals

In 1936, artist Belle Goldschlager Baranceanu painted a colorful Works Progress Administration lobby mural installed in the La Jolla Post Office (built in 1935) at 1040 Wall St., which is still intact; the building is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places.The painted oil-on-canvas mural

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