San Diego Reader

• National Parks
• Northern California
• Outdoors
• Travel

How to survive Yosemite in July

Get off the tourist track and head for the High Country.

With limited free time and a bucket list growing by the day, a return trip to Yosemite National Park had been on the cards for a while, but sadly the only weekend we could spare ...

• Amy Beddows
• June 18, 2013
• Comment

• Colombia
• History
• Off the Beaten Path
• Travel
• Caribbean

Providencia, Colombia

Tales of pirates and Puritans in this Caribbean island paradise.

Below us, the island came into view, encircled by a brittle ring of coral reefs made distinguishable by whitewater ripping at the edges. A turquoise iris skirted the white sandy edges of the Caribbean island ...

• Richard McColl
• June 18, 2013
• Comment

• Baja
• Imperial Beach
• San Ysidro
• Tijuana

Incursions on the rise, says Border Patrol

Two vehicles with 35 people make attempt to cross

Faced with huge budget cuts at the midpoint of their fiscal year, Border Patrol agents from the Imperial Beach station (and other stations along the border) are doubling up in many of the patrol vehicles ...

• Lucy D. Barker
• June 18, 2013
• Comment

• Baja
• Neighborhood News
• Tijuana

Baja prostitution on the increase this summer

Warm weather, more tourist clientele

The warm weather and improved tourist climate have reportedly attracted prostitutes to Rosarito, Ensenada, and Tijuana, according to a recent report in Tijuana’s daily Frontera. The three cities, coastal and vacation-oriented, represent the axis of ...

• T.B. Beaudeau
• June 17, 2013
• 2 comments

• Hillcrest
• Neighborhood News
• University Heights

Vermont Street bridge gets a paint job

Work to be completed by end of July

A makeover is under way for the Vermont Street bridge, which crosses Washington Street from University Heights to reach the Uptown shopping center in Hillcrest. The City of San Diego is overseeing the work, being ...

• J. Vincent Piluso
• June 17, 2013
• Comment

• Ancient World
• Eat & Drink
• Germany
• History
• Travel

Go Gallic in Trier

Germany's oldest city is chock-full of ancient history.

Germany’s most ancient city is Trier, its name derived from the Roman name Augusta Trevororum under Caesar Augustus. It was known as the “Second Rome” before Constantinople. While the Romans had been in neighboring Gaul ...

• Tamar Fleishman
• June 17, 2013
• Comment

• Escondido
• Neighborhood News

Two Charros groups stand up in Escondido

Decisions to be made on 1.5-acre site

For the past 40 years, an equestrian group named the Asociación de Charros de Escondido has occupied a 1.5-acre area in northeastern Escondido just below Dixon Lake. Ensconced in a secluded, mostly wooded area also ...

• Michael Mullenniex
• June 16, 2013
• 2 comments

• Neighborhood News
• Oceanside

Petitioner seeks to ban plastic bags from Oceanside

State bill fails; now citywide ban sought

An online petition to ban the use of plastic shopping bags in Oceanside had acquired 586 signatures by June 15. Several weeks ago, Belinda Martinez-Canez, who wrote the petition in late April, was surprised to ...

• Shelli DeRobertis
• June 15, 2013
• 6 comments

• Linda Vista
• Neighborhood News

Car drives onto trolley tracks in Linda Vista

Tow-truck #2 pulls it off the rails

Eastbound San Diego Trolley traffic came to a standstill at the Linda Vista/Morena station from 7:15 to 7:45 p.m. on June 14, as did all traffic at the Friars Road/Morena Boulevard intersection. A car had ...

• Russel Ray
• June 15, 2013
• 2 comments

• Concert Reviews

Rocket roars back at Ink-N-Iron

And you thought Rocket from the Crypt ended abruptly the first time around... Nearly eight years after prematurely bidding its career farewell, Rocket roared back to life as part of the 2013 Ink-N-Iron Festival on ...

• Mark Carpowich
• June 14, 2013
• Comment