As the Gifford Fire swept through Los Angeles’ Padres National Forest, flames moved southward, blanketing Las Vegas under a suffocating haze that sent the city’s air quality index (AQI) plummeting to a two-year low. From …
November 19, 2025
News & Stories
When Wildfire Season Turns Breathing Into a Challenge — Are You Truly Prepared?
Jacumba – our unloved border town
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 …
November 19, 2025
The Waymo challenge for Uber drivers is here
Uber and Lyft drivers knew this day would come. Now it’s here: Waymo’s driverless cars are rolling through San Diego, and human gig workers say the robo-taxis are slicing into their livelihoods.Many local drivers describe …
November 19, 2025