Cover Stories

A Few Yards of Lace

San Diego Fashion Week (the first ever) will involve more than flip-flops and bathing suits.

My Friend Kelly, a Prostitute?

Author Jessica Swenke writes about her troubled friend and her struggle to remain a friend.

Cheerleading Is More Dangerous than Fighting

Cage-fightin’ rock stars.

Most mixed martial arts fighters don’t worry about brain damage.

Showdown on the Rio Alamar

The government plans to develop the last remaining wild stretch of the Rio Alamar in an outdated fashion.

Guys Are Gross

Men are still from Mars.

The girls kill them with kindness... Interviews with young ladies who frequent San Diego nightclubs.

Made in San Diego

Yard to table.

Strange fruit and the unique people who grow them.

Man Tries to Kill Wife... Twice

Larry Hoagland never really believed in divorce.

How did Larry Hoagland manage to blow up his wife while he ran a business, raised children, and juggled a girlfriend? Oh, yeah. He didn’t. After many surgeries, she testified against him.

The Story Store

Hang on. We must have it somewhere. We've got everything.

Author John Brizzolara interviews thrift-store magnate Jeff Clark.

100+ Places to Go After Dark in San Diego

Nighttime to-dos

Nighttime to-dos: Speakeasies, dive bars, hipsters, art exhibitions, brewskies, craft cocktails, and more!

Debt: Upside-Down and Empty

How some San Diegans (including the author) paid their way out of sleep-depriving debt.

That Could Never Happen to Me

The bullets flew.

Victims talk of crimes visited upon them.