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Female vocalist wanted for Black Sabbath tribute band

Call in your FREE classified ad (619) 450-4293 voice mail. Or text it to us (619) 272-2772. Or visit sandiegoreaderstore.com and fill in classified ad form. (Businesses can use this too for $5 classified ads) …

August 7, 2019
Meet Beetlejuice, Thor, Optimus Prime, and “Welcome to Good Burger” Ed

Where was the heart of Comic-Con 2019? Out on Fifth Avenue, where the glorious amateurs play. “I am Colonel Richard Ferrel of Her Majesty’s Coldstream Guards at your service, suh!” says this guy dressed in …

August 7, 2019
Comanche San Diegan Gene Miller searches for his identity

“I don’t know who I am,” says Gene Miller. “I feel like that saying: red on the outside, white on the inside.” Right now, it’s 100 degrees on the outside. We have just come from …

August 7, 2019
The scandalization of Steve Martin’s The Underpants

The German satire Die Hose, by Carl Sternheim, depicts the aftermath of a Dusseldorf hullabaloo surrounding a lady’s undergarments having fallen down, in public. Predictably, some men are scandalized by the perceived immorality of it. …

August 7, 2019
Reader 2019 Feast restaurant issue

Food you’ll talk about later – Ian Anderson You may not think you want to drive 90-minutes beyond the Mexican border for a meal, but from the moment you take a seat, the reasons for …

Mara Elliott gets Morgan Dene Oliver money

Mara’s marred Morgan Dene money San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliott, a Democrat, has been raking in super-sized campaign contributions from some of Republican Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s most stalwart backers, including one mixed up in …

August 7, 2019
Joe Harper, CEO of Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, eases up on PETA

‘Well, I know the headlines won’t be about big hats.” Joe Harper, longtime CEO of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, is candid. It’s race time at Del Mar, where the humid days of summer usher …

August 7, 2019
VA mutes ventilator alarm, paralyzed patient dies

Sloppy supervision, a muted alarm, and lack of training led to the suffocation death of a severely paralyzed patient at San Diego's Veterans Administration hospital last year when an alarm failed to sound after a …

August 7, 2019
Squirrel killing reserved for serial killers

Squirrely behavior You start off with the specifics of “hairspray” burn magic and move smoothly into your story about how by association, you and crew almost got caught during target practice squirrel hunting (“Who killed …

August 7, 2019
Caught between Chernobyl and the slaughterhouse

Well, the rumors of a Pavement pre-reunion reunion proved unsurprisingly false. I regret nothing. Unfortunately, my return to “Ask a Hipster” will be delayed yet another week. You see, before I even made it halfway …

August 7, 2019
Villagio And Arroyo Vista Trails connect inland areas to Batiquitos Lagoon

The Villagio and Arroyo Vista trail segments in southern Carlsbad are part of a series of wildlife corridors which allow animals to move from coastal Batiquitos Lagoon to inland areas and vice versa. This suburban …

August 7, 2019
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