Decades ago, in the early days of Jack in the Box, the fast-food hamburger chain promoted itself by distributing small plastic balls consisting of mascot Jack’s head that motorists stuck on the top of their car’s radio antenna.
More recently, Jack’s noggin now towers over Petco Park, atop the right field foul pole.
Starting this spring, Jack in the Box has announced that its legendary antenna ball with Jack’s iconic head will be installed on foul poles at select Little League baseball fields in San Diego. The first installation is set for April 11 at Sports Park, 425 Imperial Beach Blvd., Imperial Beach.
A Jack in the Box statement said the partnership with San Diego youth baseball will give big-league vibes to the next generation of sluggers.
“Whether it’s the pros at Petco or the rising stars on neighborhood fields, we’re celebrating every win, every hustle play and every `we’ll get ‘em next time’ moment,” the statement said.
“Every kid deserves to feel like an MVP when they step up to the plate.”
The company did not announce a schedule for future installations or the planned locations.
Founded in 1951, Jack in the Box Inc. operates 2,220 restaurants across 22 statements, along with 600 Del Taco restaurants across 17 states.
San Diego Press Club’s Panel Hopes to Bridge Political Divide
The San Diego Press Club will present “Bridging Divides and Staying Sane: Strategies for Fruitful Political Interactions and Maintaining Equilibrium,” an in-person panel discussion, from 7 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, April 8, at San Diego City College. The event is open to the public. Admission is free for Press Club members and a $10 donation is requested for nonmembers.
A statement said the panel will discuss when journalists need strategies to communicate effectively with all sides of the political divide and stay sane.
Panelists will include: Gina Simmons Schneider, an author and licensed psychotherapist with 25 years of experience specializing in helping people manage emotions and conflicts; Brady Young with the Franciscan School of Theology at the University of San Diego and lead event organizer at Braver Angels, a nonprofit that organizes online workshops, debates and conversations about political issues; and Albert Fulcher, longtime managing editor, editor, freelance writer and photographer.
A post-panel reception will be held at the Punch Bowl Social, 1485 E St., San Diego. To register for the panel discussion, send an email to admin@sdpressclub.org.
The Press Club said its event comes at a time when the news media industry is increasingly striving to maintain balance while adapting to a rapidly shifting journalism landscape.
Indeed, the White House Correspondents Association last week made a surprising decision to remove Amber Ruffin, a comedian known for her critical stance on the Trump administration, from their upcoming 2025 annual dinner on Saturday, April 26 at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C.
Ruffin, when selected for the dinner in February, indicated her intention to criticize the Trump administration, labeling them as “kind of a bunch of murderers” and expressing her refusal to offer balanced commentary.
“There’s no way I’m going to be freaking doing that, dude,” she stated, when asked to provide equal treatment to both political sides. She said playing to both sides “makes them feel like human beings, cause they’re not.”
Ruffin told CNN’s Jake Tapper in February of her plans to deliver anti-Trump sentiments during her dinner performance. She told Tapper, “I don’t know that anyone’s looking forward to being in the same room as him.”
The WHCA dinner has been frequently criticized in the past for its perceived lack of objectivity, as well as the appearance of coziness between the White House and the media.
According to multiple news reports, the WHCA’s decision to part ways with Ruffin was unanimous. In a statement, WHCA President Eugene Daniels, who works as an anchor at MSNBC-TV, emphasized the organization’s desire to focus on celebrating journalistic achievements and fostering the next generation of journalists rather than engaging in divisive political rhetoric.
“At this consequential moment for journalism, I want to ensure the focus is not on the politics of division but entirely on awarding our colleagues for their outstanding work and providing scholarship and mentorship to the next generation of journalists,” Daniels said in a statement released March 29.
The WHCA’s decision to remove Ruffin also underscores the ongoing tension between legacy media outlets and the public’s growing skepticism towards them. Trust in mainstream media has reached historic lows, and the WHCA appears to be acutely aware of the potential backlash that could arise from hosting a figure such as Ruffin, whose performance might have been perceived as just another instance of media bias.
The WHCA’s decision also highlights the growing influence of new media, which may force traditional outlets pressured to address public concerns about bias and objectivity.
The annual White House dinner began in 1921. U.S. presidents usually attend, though President Trump chose not to during his first term in office. In 2019, Trump instead hosted a political rally in Wisconsin.
Former TV Anchor Dick Carlson, Father of Tucker Carlson, Dies at 84
Richard “Dick” Carlson, a former San Diego TV news anchor and banking executive who ran unsuccessfully for San Diego mayor, has died. He was 84.
Dick Carlson head shot. (Rick Griffin/MarketInk)Carlson’s son, former Fox News Channel host turned right-wing podcaster Tucker Carlson, who spent part of his childhood — ages 6 to 14 — living in La Jolla, confirmed his father’s March 24 death with a posting on X, saying he died at his home in Boca Grande, Florida, after six weeks of illness.
“He refused all painkillers to the end and left this world with dignity and clarity, holding the hands of children with his dogs at his feet,” Tucker Carlson wrote.
The elder Carlson was an award-winning journalist, political lobbyist and diplomat.
According to Tucker Carlson’s post, his father was born Feb. 10, 1941, at Massachusetts General Hospital to a 15-year-old girl who spoke only Swedish. Richard Carlson developed rickets because of malnutrition and was left at a Boston orphanage. After years in foster homes, he was placed with the Carlson family in Massachusetts. His adoptive father died when he was 12. .
In 1962, in search of adventure, Dick drove to California where he found his calling in journalism.
“Over the next decade, he was a copy boy at the LA Times, a wire service reporter for UPI and an investigative reporter and anchor for ABC News, covering the upheaval of the period,” Tucker Carlson wrote. “He knew virtually every compelling figure of the time, including Jim Jones, Patty Hearst, Eric Hoffer, Jerry Garcia, as well as Mafia leaders and members of the Manson Family. In 1965, he was badly injured reporting from the Watts riots in Los Angeles.”
In 1975, Richard Carlson was living in San Diego, working in TV news and married with two small boys, Tucker and his brother, Buckley, “when his wife departed for Europe and didn’t return,” wrote Tucker Carlson. His father “threw himself into raising his boys, whom he often brought with him on reporting trips” and educated them at the dinner table “on topics that ranged from the French Revolution to Bolshevik Russia, P.G. Wodehouse, the history of the American Indian and, always, the eternal and unchanging nature of people.”
After leaving San Diego TV station KFMB, Dick Carlson joined Great American Federal, a San Diego-based savings and loan. He toyed with a career in politics, making an unsuccessful bid to become mayor of San Diego in 1984 against incumbent Roger Hedgecock.
In 1985, Carlson moved to Washington to work for the Reagan administration. He spent five years as director of the Voice of America, and then moved to the Seychelles as the U.S. ambassador. In 1992, he became the chief executive of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides federal funding to public media.
In 1997, Carlson joined King World, the syndication company that distributed “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” “Jeopardy!” and “Wheel of Fortune” before it was sold to CBS in 1999.
He later served as vice chairman for the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, a Washington-based conservative think tank.
Tucker Carlson wrote on X, “The last 25 years of his life were spent in work whose details were never completely clear to his family, but that was clearly interesting. He worked in dozens of countries and breakaway republics around the world, and was involved in countless intrigues. He knew a number of colorful national leaders, including Rafic Hariri of Lebanon, Aslan Abashidze of Adjara, Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire, and whomever runs Somaliland. He was a fundamentally nonjudgmental person who was impossible to shock, and he described them all with amused affection.
“He spoke to his sons every day and had lunch with them once a week for 30 years at the Metropolitan Club in Washington, always prefaced by a dice game. Throughout his life he fervently loved dogs.”
Along with his two sons, Carlson is survived by five grandchildren.
“He was the toughest human being anyone in his family ever knew, and also the kindest and most loyal,” said Tucker Carlson in a post to social media. “RIP.”
Rick Griffin is a San Diego-based public relations and marketing consultant. His MarketInk column appears weekly on Mondays in Times of San Diego.
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