Many fathers, including myself, know the feeling: a strange and heady mix of joy, wonder, and fear, brought on by the first meeting with our progeny. We went into the hospital as supportive partners for …

My introduction to the writer and artist Edward Gorey came on some cold, dark midwestern evening about 30 years ago, as I sat with my father and first beheld the animated opening sequence of PBS’ …

Video:COVER: Why parrots, godwits, and bushtits are so good for San Diego“Get there by dusk,” says my friend Larry, “and prepare yourself for a whole lotta noise.”Photograph by Jim Brown, iStock / Getty ImagesSo here …

Video:COVER: San Diego 19-year-old tries ketamine for eating problemNineteen-year-old Sara looks like the ‘70s supermodel Twiggy minus the bob cut. Her blonde hair is long and wavy and falls halfway down her back. She has …

Video:COVER: Walked by Coyote (2024 Reader Writing Contest Winner — Second Place)Editor’s note: this was a live one. One judge said that it wasn’t really about a neighborhood. Most of the neighbors mentioned aren’t human, …

Video:COVER: Everything in Hillcrest is fleeting. First-place winner – Reader neighborhood writing contestThe raccoon was homeless and pregnant and wanted to live under my house. But since it’s really my landlord’s house, I couldn’t allow …

Video:FEAST! At Flour Atelier, cupcakes are in full bloom“Look at those pretty flowers!” I hear, followed by, “Oh! There are pretty cupcakes too!” I’ll hear some version of this conversation several times in the fifteen …

Some musicians see forming a tribute group as a way to get into the music industry. Copping someone else’s successful act may seem their only chance at earning a bit of applause, adulation, and — …

Whew. Something has been made right in La Jolla. For the last decade, everybody I’ve spoken to has talked as if a little piece of this town’s soul had been ripped out. A piece that …

As I make my way up the long and very dark climber’s trail toward El Cajon mountain, I can’t help but think of ghosts. Part of it is the place: there’s another path up to …