Matt Potter and the Reader
Cheetah's strip club, Copley and Scripps families, Fotomat and Jack Kemp, Bruce Henderson and Chargers, Bali Hai, Kennedy assassination insider, UCSD Polyheme experiments, Bin Laden's brother
Matt Potter 8:30 a.m., Oct. 19
Cover Stories
Art history, Korean beef at The Prado
“San Diego’s greatest sculptor, yet people like you don’t even know him.”
Little things mean a lot: the first little thing that makes me like this place is the, well, amuse-bouche. Wedges of crisp flatbread stacked vertically like surfboards. They have sesame and other seeds baked on ...
They named Mt. Helix after a snail
There are so many La Mesas
“I hear them screeching” Frank Arredondo has seen them, romping down his La Mesa street as if they owned it: coyotes. “I sit out on the front porch, and I smoke and drink coffee. Usually ...
San Diego book clubs – what's the point?
Are they just for girls?
In the Seinfeld episode “The Couch,” George joined a book club through his girlfriend. “So, she got you to join a book club?” Jerry asked. “I got a feeling I’m gonna be much smarter than ...
Comedy in San Diego has its glass ceiling
Five tips on how to make it
“Hey buddy, you waitin’ for the doors to open, too?” I turn around and see a man in his early 40s wearing cargo pants and a graphic t-shirt showing The Joker from 2008’s The Dark ...
Adams Avenue gone funky
The beginnings of a genuine scene.
I had intended to arrive at Rosie O’ Grady’s well before the music started. Like most of life’s good intentions, that plan was thwarted by a personal inertia more powerful than wishful thinking. As I ...
San Diego Reader 2019 Burgers issue
From Oceanside to Escondido to Sherman Heights to Mount Laguna
Ian Anderson Look out for the burger of the day A hub for carnivores in Escondido’s historic downtown, it might be tough to notice the burgers past all the smoked meats and poutine. You’ll do ...
Poway – why the rodeo still does well
It really changed in the ‘80s
It’s rodeo time: seven seconds of hell on an angry bull. That’s what many San Diegans picture when they think of Poway. But times have changed in the “City in the Country,” as old-time Kiwanistas ...
Lincoln High teacher sued for sex talk
Used connections with Nick Cannon "to get the girls all over him"
Girl v. world, mother, teacher On October 15, 2018, Lincoln High School psychologist Freddy Moreno summoned Sara to his office. A teacher wanted him to find out what was traumatizing her “shy, sweet, and respectful” ...
San Diego's weird backcountry real estate
No traffic, but you need septic tank, well, propane
Bad foundations. Leaky pipes. Illegal garage conversions. Death (owner or otherwise) on a property. These are all things that have at least once derailed the sale of a piece of real estate during my 20 ...
San Diego State – an elite school
69,725 apply for 5400 freshmen spots
The Event: College Fair Night. The Venue: San Diego Convention Center. The Scene: A big-box room rowed with white linen-covered tables behind blue-curtained backdrops. The Hosts: More than 300 college admissions table-sitters selling the glories ...
Reader 2019 Feast restaurant issue
New and old, from the Guadalupe Valley to Carlsbad
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 ...
Who killed the giant squirrel of the Cuyamacas?
Oceanside boys on a Confirmation retreat
We’re not talking about a backyard squirrel, the kind your dog chases up trees at the neighborhood park. This was a burly mountain squirrel, a western gray with steely black eyes and the hind legs ...
San Diego altruists
Eyes aimed at: homeless, El Cajon highschoolers, Camp Kesem, Habitat for Humanity
“After I graduated from high school, I went to Honduras. I stayed for a year in a little neighborhood where I developed relationships with teenagers, and moms at home taking care of their kids. These ...
Comic-Con – 50 years in San Diego
The cosplayers, homeless at the Con, Balboa Park's shrine to Comic-Con
The real stars of Comic-Con By Jay Allen Sanford Not long ago, few had ever heard the word “cosplay.” Nowadays, pretty much any pop culture convention will be overflowing with costumed role-players posing for snapshots ...
Ryan Burch and Carl Eckstrom – outlier surfboard designers
The asymmetricals all clicked
While the world seems geared toward breeding out individuality, surfing celebrates those who successfully break predetermined boundaries. Still, in a time not long ago, fog shrouded our tribe’s favorite activity, and we tumbled into what ...
