Courtney and Leon Copeland of San Diego Scoop Squad, a pet waste removal company, felt the highest spike in gas prices over the weekend. "We are spending about $60 more per week on gas between …
March 22, 2022
San Diego tow truck, Uber, semi drivers watch their gas prices
PurpleAir fire sensors dotting San Diego's North County
On June 25, Steve Sedio noticed a fire blazing in Carlsbad about 30 miles west of his Valley Center home. "An arsonist started the brush fire in Carlsbad," he told me on July 9. The …
July 12, 2022
Monarch butterflies in San Diego up against the wall
The monarch butterfly was added to the IUCN Red List as "now endangered" last month — for many reasons. The insect is eaten as an egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, or bright orange and black colored butterfly. …
August 16, 2022
The holy mountain in Valley Center
From Oberlin to the Forest Back in the late 1960s, when Thanissaro Bhikkhu was a college student at Oberlin and was still called Geoffrey DeGraff, he signed up for an inter-term practicum taught by two …
October 19, 2022
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 …
Hidden video cameras pervade Mexican border
Spy cams among us San Diego, a city that for years seemed unaware of the spy cams in its midst, is again being reminded of its ever-present network of surveillance devices. The first exposure came …
December 14, 2022
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
North County homeowners try everything to keep fire insurance
Steve Sedio noticed a few brush fires in his Valley Center area in the last three weeks. "We did have one fire that alerted us quickly because it was very close to my [PurpleAir] sensor," …
August 14, 2023
Athena's organic farm in Fallbrook draws in the Wwoofers
I discovered WWoofing back in 2012 when I spent a day picking kale at the <a href="http://www.sandiegoreader.com/places/morning-star-ranch/">Morning Star Ranch</a> in Valley Center for a story on Farmers Markets. The ranch belonged to the Twelve Tribes, …
November 15, 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