He’s waiting as we come in: my window-cleaner friend Tim. His motto is “Your Panes Are My Pleasure.” Cheeriest chappie I know. He gets around, and he’s always steering me to the places near where …
Charlie’s Family Restaurant: “a wetter omelet is a better omelet.”
Gaslamp ugly sweater pub crawl, Coronado ice skating, Nutcracker tea party, Del Mar Red Nose Run
December Nights Balboa Park Join your fellow citizens on December 2 and 3 for the City of San Diego’s largest free holiday festival in beautiful Balboa Park. The family friendly event brings San Diegans together …
San Diego Reader 2023 Music & Arts issue
On May 11, the Federal Department of Health and Human Services will end the Covid public health emergency. But the bureaucratic behemoth is a slow-footed beast; John Q. Public knows the pandemic ended some time …
March 29, 2023
Who got cited at East Valley Parkway and Beven Drive checkpoint?
On April 14, between 6:30 pm and midnight, of the 717 drivers the Escondido Police Department pulled over at a checkpoint at East Valley Parkway and Beven Drive, police cited four drivers for driving with …
April 17, 2023
Four Tunas Fish & Bar: survivors’ big dreams in North County
The intersection of North Broadway and Washington is buzzy and busy. If you’re not careful, you might miss the signage for Four Tunas, which is bumped up against Adriana’s Insurance Services in one corner of …
May 11, 2023
As anniversary nears, Stone prepares to get social
It’s August, and that means, just as surely as you can expect your favorite beach to be overrun by tourists from Arizona, you can also anticipate an anniversary release from Stone Brewery. And if we’re …
August 17, 2023
San Diego teens attack their elders
In the last couple of months, over a dozen San Diego County teenagers reportedly partook in the harassment and assaults of much older people. The most recent assault was the attack by three 14-year-old females from …
September 12, 2023
Stone rolls on
Stone, the best brewery in San Diego? What is this, 1999? Sure, it’s a bit of an obvious choice — and there are plenty of amazing smaller breweries in the county that deserve attention — …
October 4, 2023
Covid masks rebound – for San Diego burglars
Given the rise in Covid-19 hospitalizations, local mask-wearing criminals have again taken advantage of the normalcy of wearing masks outdoors.On September 18, a ziadalyadago on TikTok posted a clip of a man wearing a mask …
October 24, 2023
Escondido man gathered 2500 Engelmann acorns this year
It’s the rarest oak species in the U.S., it’s endangered, and 93 percent live right here in San Diego. In the 1840s German doctor George Engelmann, studying plants along the U.S.-Mexico border, noticed some distinctions …
January 3, 2024