Cover Stories

San Diego's 10 Best Movie Theaters

We’re a gregarious lot and one that can stand being cooped up in front of a television set for only so long. Compared to what they soak you for to attend the opera or live ...

100 Reasons to Love San Diego

Reader writers explore the elements of America's Finest — water, air, fire, land: Have Fun on Land Seek Adventure in the Air Explore a Water Wonderland Stoke Your Creative Fire

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 ...

Bad House

Neighbor Hoods...

When my cell phone rang at 9:17 p.m., it was Officer Rohatan calling to tell me that he and a few colleagues were planning a surprise visit to our street. "Tomorrow night, between 7:00 and ...

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