Cover Stories

Nathan Fletcher’s Untold Stories

Mayoral candidate Nathan Fletcher’s somewhat tumultuous upbringing.

San Diego's 10 Best Movie Theaters

Movie theaters still maintain the magic of moviegoing and, boy, do we need it now. In this issue, we present San Diego's 10 best theaters to get lost in.

100 Reasons to Love San Diego

Our 2012 Activities Issue, wherein Reader writers explore the elements of America's Finest — water, air, fire, land.

Your Gardener Could Be a Banker

Miguel Herrero, a Oaxacan native living in Oceanside has deep roots and profound trust in both places.

UPS Can't Find Me. FedEx Can't Find Me. Visitors Always Get Lost.

San Diegans outside the bubble.

What’s it like to live in what passes for “the wilds" of San Diego County? Bill Manson finds out.

Christian Card Counters

What would Jesus bet?

Nate is unassuming. He has brown hair and an average build. He wears khakis and collared three-button shirts. He isn’t flashy. He makes Christian jokes. For instance: “We should just have barcodes tattooed on our ...

Paul People

Why San Diegans like Ron Paul.

Ron Paul, a 12-term congressman from Texas, is attracting an intense and dedicated cadre of voters in the 2012 primary election season. But, to date, at least, their numbers suggest he is not a viable ...

People Will Tell You That You're Late and You'll Hate Them for It

January 15, 2010 — I’m hired into the USPS as a Transitional Employee (TE) in the city of San Diego. The job description states that this will never lead to a career position. The base ...

The City Was Offering Up to $70,000 at 0% Interest

On October 12, 2011, my husband and I signed two hours’ worth of paperwork and forked over a $2450 earnest-money deposit on a four-bedroom, four-bath townhome in Chula Vista. For years, we’d fantasized about escaping ...

The Recruiter Loved Me

When Tom (not his real name) decided to enlist with the United States Marine Corps in 2008, he had been renting a bedroom in his older sister’s El Cajon home for over a year. His ...

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