The Sounds of Silence

Will Mayor Gloria restore $12 million? “Phones off please.” We’re at Correia Middle School in Point Loma for the San Diego Youth Symphony’s season-ending concert to support our trombone-playing son. Concert’s about to start. But first, Kate Battenfield, the youth symphony’s still-new executive director, informs a packed audience of predominantly first-generation Americans/San Diegans that its […]