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25 years later, Stone Brewing finds a new way to provoke us

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San Diego State’s WWII letters

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Best San Diego food in most hidden corners

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Oceanside car guy finds the Holy Grail – and proves it

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25 years later, Stone Brewing finds a new way to provoke us

Just when I thought Stone Brewing had run out of surprises, the announcement reached my inbox: “Stone Brewing Announces Buenavida Hard Seltzer.” I looked at the date: April 1. Haha, ...

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San Diego State’s WWII letters

When the United States entered World War II, numerous San Diego State College (now University) students joined up and shipped out. Doctor Lauren Post, a professor of geography, recalled the ...

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Best San Diego food in most hidden corners

Most restaurants count on location, location, location to help make a name for themselves. Others make do with whatever space they’ve got. The restaurants featured here don’t necessarily operate in ...

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Oceanside car guy finds the Holy Grail – and proves it

These days, many family garages function as little more than halfway houses for discards on their way to the Goodwill. Or maybe home-adjacent storage facilities: a place for keeping holiday ...

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San Diego stupid

Sign of the Times: The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity by Carlo M. Cipolla, written and published privately in 1976 and reissued in April, is a sudden bestseller. Hardly unexpected, given the times. If you’ve ...

June 30, 2021

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Unsheltered: ‘Homeless’ doesn’t tell the whole story in San Diego

Karina Martinez is 32 and a native of Oceanside. She was born and raised in the Los Arbolitos neighborhood, just west of where El Camino Real meets Mission Avenue. She has four children, who are ...

June 23, 2021

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June 16, 2021

San Diego is not going to get rid of its coyotes

December 1, 2020, around 6 in the morning; that was the first time I saw a coyote. I didn’t see it in person, just on camera. I saw the upper half of its face as ...

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June 9, 2021

San Diego Reader Fun issue

Breakdance with Olympic prospects Kearny Mesa/Old Town Breakdancing will be an official sport at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, and local b-girls and b-boys have been practicing breakdance maneuvers in hopes of repping Team USA. ...

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June 2, 2021

San Diego's surf stars and those who've settled for next best thing

“Whenever some kid tells me they want to become a pro surfer, I suggest they take up a tennis racket.” — Four-time World Surfing Champion Mark Richards There are an estimated 17 to 35 million ...

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May 26, 2021

San Diego live music is back

Phil Keaggy at Legacy International Center June 27 Built on a locale that formerly hosted a motel and liquor store, Mission Valley’s newest concert venue is part of an 18-acre Bible-themed resort complex that offers ...

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May 19, 2021

The smoke and magic of Louisiana Purchase’s Voodoo Carré

Rob McSheaLousiana Purchase2305 University AvenueNorth ParkEllington Inline - does not appear at previewLook no further than North Park for a taste of the French Quarter. In keeping with the theme of Louisiana Purchase, Rob McShea ...

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May 12, 2021

San Diego live jazz bounces back

I have a vivid memory of the last live concert I attended in town. It was a show featuring pianist Anthony Davis, bassist Mark Dresser, and trombonist Michael Dessen held in the acoustically pristine Conrad ...

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San Diego's worst white collar crime these days

White-collar criminals come in all sizes and styles, but they share a motive: to steal money. Anyone’s stash will do. According to the FBI, they are experts at “deceit, concealment, [and] violation of trust.” Of ...

May 5, 2021

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French bulldogs are the 'it' dogs for San Diego pet thieves

On February 3, a neighbor’s camera caught Brody wandering away from his San Lorenzo, Northern California home. The next day and 500-plus miles south, Brody mysteriously crossed into Tijuana. Brody is a four-year-old French bulldog, ...

April 28, 2021

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April 21, 2021

Oceanside grandma comes home from San Felipe, gets beat up and tortured

It took about five hours for Cindy and Ray to drive from their hacienda in San Felipe, Mexico, to their home in Oceanside. “The sun was out,” Cindy recalled that spring day in May 2018 ...

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April 14, 2021

San Diego's vinyl records surge, but why?

Nicholas Friesen is a 38-year-old native San Diegan – he grew up in Southeast – who has been working in used record stores all his life. “I’ve got this 10,000-hour thing going for me,” he ...

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25 years later, Stone Brewing finds a new way to provoke us

San Diego State’s WWII letters

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Oceanside car guy finds the Holy Grail – and proves it

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