A Boston Marathon bombing victim's story
Stronger's director David Gordon Green
Scott Marks 3 p.m., Sept. 20
Cover Stories
We'll always ride with Emilio
Rady Children's chemo patients get some solace
Emilio Nares was three years old the first time he went to Rady Children’s. He had just started preschool and had come down with something. At first, his parents, Richard and Diane, thought it was ...
Burgers: Urge is the root word
Flavor bombs and gut grenades, all good.
Burgers with a side of ambience Brewski's, Bruski, Legacy, Banzai, Sunrise Deli, San Marcos Brewery, Tivoli, Balboa Bar. By Chad Deal Burgers for those with exquisite taste Craft & Commerce, Barleymash, Mastiff, Fathom, Notorious, Burger ...
Ocean Beach — seven blocks surrounded by reality
"This isn't PB"
As I walk among the pastel buildings of Newport Avenue as evening approaches, it’s not hard to tell why Ocean Beach is identified by locals and tourists alike as the most relaxed, bohemian neighborhood in ...
He said he would destroy our neighborhood
Albatross Street loses its canyon
A developer’s plan to build on a canyon property in Hillcrest sparked an ever-escalating two-year dispute with the project’s immediate neighbors. As the differences have become more contentious, one or the other side has appealed ...
Redbeard carries a backpack and a sacred calling
He ministers to the Sweetwater jungle
I once saw Redbeard riding his skateboard along Otay Lakes Road. It was close to midnight, there were only a few cars on the road, and the light from the streetlamps was dim. As he ...
You left water in the desert for illegals?
Most of plastic bottles left by volunteers are slashed
A Border Angels water drop near Jacumba in 109 degrees.
Feast — 2017 Restaurant Issue
San Diego unique bites from far across the county
It's a mess. A glorious mess. Azerbaijan on Adams Ave., the Buzz Burger with bacon jam, Surf Check in Shasta travel trailer, old-school Japanese in Chula Vista. — Ed Bedford Save room for the Mexican ...
Camp Pendleton: A hell of a place to grow up
In a good way
We were nearing the end of a late-afternoon soccer practice, trying to squeeze in a few more minutes of scrimmage time before the sun set when coach blew his whistle. The long, shrill tweet stopped ...
Rob Stone, Lemon Grove's Soulja Boy
I want to be a legend
Rob Stone twisted his neck to reveal a tattooed pair of lemons, accented with citrus blossoms and lush leaves. I had asked the 22-year-old rapper from Lemon Grove how he hopes to stay connected with ...
It's 9:30 p.m., and the Gaslamp crackles with anticipation
"It seems like it's getting younger.”
It’s half past 9:00. The happy hour/dinner crowd is packing into their vehicles, creating precious new parking spaces for the new guard. Apart from a few locals blaring hip-hop from a boombox, the sidewalk of ...
How Navy culture may have caused the Fitzgerald disaster
Standing orders
It is a big ocean. Until you’ve been far into it, it’s really hard to appreciate how big it is. Bringing a ship back from Japan to Hawaii, I once went ten days without seeing ...
Grunioneers
I'm in a rush. It's Ocean Beach. The grunion are running.
It’s 11:40 p.m. on a Thursday night in Ocean Beach. I’m wolfing down a burrito from Roberto’s while padding across Dog Beach to the river. Salsa and greasy frijoles ooze between my fingers into the ...
Between Indifference and Hope — C Street: the manifestation of our vitality and gloom
The oracles of doom go unheeded
It’s decision day in the city-council chambers, Two Broke Girls vs. Billions. Call it a classic smackdown between local architectural preservationists who want to save any Spanish Colonial Revival building (and think someone should pay) ...
Fun things to do in San Diego
Choose the company of pigs, cats, or naked people, for example
Climb the California Tower in Balboa Park Balboa Park’s California Tower at the San Diego Museum of Man was closed to the public in 1935, but after extensive construction and safety renovations it reopened for ...
Trail angels: From Campo to Canada on foot
Bread Stick = Trail Food
“Each day on the trail was the only possible preparation for the one that followed.” — Cheryl Strayed, from her introduction to Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
