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	AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER FOR CAFÉ SOCIETY  May 11, 2008 PDT

Chicano Park Fire Relief Effort Burned by Scorn Home Depot Cheats on Water Heaters, Class Action Suit Says Jessop’s Clock Marks 100 Years of Keeping Time Starbucks’ Mermaid Shows Its Achilles Heel By John A. Rippo British Study Finds Higher Cellphone Cancer Risk After Decade’s Use By David Laszlo FORGOTTEN SAN DIEGO By John A. Rippo Battle Between Hospital CPA's and Janitors Means Deadly Staph Infection Advances on Patients' Lives By John A. Rippo New C’house Openings Have Sharp Style High end means high profits as new places tend toward better service, presentation and cup quality Liar With A Camera Humorous, mysterious and supremely clever camera work

Heard in the Houses * Playing around at at Influx * Line angst at Rebecca's * Freud's spirit at the Living Room * Anon diseases to go * Brickyard conference  * Scooters crowd BMW at Gelato Vero * Yet another BMW at  Solana Coffee * Legless at the Other Side * Exacting looks at  Chicana Perk * Civil War at Rose’s Donuts * Fired from the courthouse * Duelling patches at Gelato Vero * Espresso-infused Guiness at SD Coffee, Tea & Spice I Dine Alone Excellent, imaginitive food and a lot of class in a very small space. Mistress of Rhetoric Presents... Controlling your preoccupation...with control News Notes By Robert Leone & ESPRESSO News Staff Shenanigans Focusing on the task at hand ? it's the secret to success, if?

Stopping the Next Firestorm Fighting a firestorm is like stopping a blitzkrieg; time to adapt military tactics to fire fighting. Booze Ban at the Beach? No thanks, but meters at the beach might help Time to Get on Track for Balboa Park’s Centennial The park deserves a first class celebration; San Diego needs to make it pay. Paint, facades and clearing out the cars is a good beginning to polishing SD’s prized jewel. What’s Old Should Be New Again: Getting Water From Gasoline What part of hydro-carbon do we fail to understand? Is it the part about the water in the petroleum? ACLU Warns of The Proliferation of Secret Surveillance: More sinister technology coming to spy on you A Late Night Walk Home A car in the shop means getting reacquainted with the nightlife We Want Answers Mr Aguirre Jacob Faust was shot to death by SDPD Officers Keaton and Holliday on April 4, after a traffic stop downtown. The cops allege that Faust, 25, reached for what was later described as a fake gun and this resulted in his death.   The City Kills Another Coffeehouse Bean Bar, a unique drive through coffeehouse in Point Loma, was a first rate house with fine fare and a wonderful espresso. Unfortunately, it needed a second driveway. The city said it needed 20 months to decide the issue. That was too long for Bean Bar to wait. Gelato Vero Cited for Smoke Threatened by city functionary after a complaint by irate customer Alternate Vehicle Makes Bean Runs Daily The newest piece of rolling stock at La Jolla’s Bird Rock Coffee Roasters...   Principles of the ESPRESSO I Will:    1) Provide a watch on the media. 2) Provide a watch on the   holders and users of power   in society. 3) Promote civil liberties   and justice. 4) Respect diversity and   promote tolerance. 5) Promote individual initiative   and action. 6) Speak accurately, honestly,   clearly and directly. 7) Respect my reader.       John A. Rippo   Publisher