The idea of writing about old places in San Diego County has been something I’ve been mulling around for years – but I kept putting it off because coming up with the parameters was a …
June 25, 2025
News & Stories
Tom Arnold's Old Places: Hamel's Action Sports Center
Writer Pat Daugherty meets other Pat Daughertys
The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical …
June 25, 2025
Consider the goldfish
For the past 20 years or so, PB Shore Club has hosted goldfish races. Typically, two goldfish are placed in a long, narrow tank of water, whereupon select Shore Club patrons — mostly, inebriated 20- …
June 25, 2025
Your Week: Chili cook-off, Rhythm & Brews, tractor show, nature walk, Third Eye Blind, Air Guitar battle
Friday | 27US Air Guitar ChampionshipsPart rock concert, part comedy spectacle, this free all-ages showdown features competitors shredding invisible axes. Points are scores according to everything from attitude to accuracy, acrobatics, and outrageousness. Winners receive …
June 25, 2025