Keyboard phenom and composer Chase Morrin will perform two North County dates with his borders-leaping IZE group, while singer Allison Adams Tucker and an all-star band do an album-release gig at Humphreys
County Supervisor Jim Desmond wants to close the border. He says Hamas fighters could enter the country illegally, but Middle East experts say those concerns are preposterous, unhinged and irresponsible. In other news, California utility regulators are looking ahead to the winter to see if natural gas prices will spike like they did last year. Plus, we have details on arts events happening in San Diego County this weekend.