From the hills of Los Angeles hails Everest, a five-piece band that’s come into the limelight very naturally, just as the members wanted it to. Each of the musicians has played with a slew of other bands through the years, such as The Watson Twins, Great Northern and John Vanderslice. They finally realized that they should put a halt to the other projects and come together to form what is now known as the band Everest.

It’s getting to be that time of the year when the leaves fall, the air becomes a little crisper and everyone’s inner child becomes giddy for the scariest holiday of the year. This week’s City Scene will be the first installment of your musical guide to Halloween festivities. Children are not the only ones who get to dress up. More often than not, adults are indulging themselves in costumes, candy and all-around debauchery in remembrance of more sober times as adolescents. This guide will lead you to all of the above, plus oh-so-scary musical performances.

If you have never heard of Jerry Kuyper, take a look at the logos for Touchstone Pictures, the World Wildlife Fund, ExxonMobil or the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. He designed them.

“I’ve let you down,” Associated Students President James Poet said yesterday during a statement to the A.S. Council and in front of about 50 people at the weekly A.S. meeting.

Staff Photographer Jon Glass captured this amateur skater, Brian Winche, busting out a wall ride in Middletown 8212; a nook of downtown San Diego.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but we are all going to be sucked into a black hole of our own creation within the near future.

Oh holidays, the season of sharing, loving and gaining weight. Right? Everyone knows that winter is the scariest time of year for us gym rats.

If your best quality is that you don’t stand out, then you need to work on some social skills. But if a piece of software’s best quality doesn’t stand out, then something is being done right.

The 70-7 beatdown the San Diego State football team suffered this past Saturday to New Mexico in Albuquerque, N.M., was one of the worst losses in SDSU history. The 63-point shellacking marked the first time in Aztec history that an SDSU team had given up 70 or more points in a game. After the match, a subdued head coach Chuck Long called the game embarrassing and at Tuesday’s press conference, he offered an apology.