India Hawthorn (Rhaphiolepsis indica) is one of the most common flowering shrubs used in landscaping as hedges and dividers in San Diego. It is blooming best right now, with blossoms ranging in hue from pinkish …
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Ben Larkin was careful when he parked his 2007 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon on the street overnight outside his Pacific Beach condo. No key or fob inside. Doors locked. Windows too. So it was a shock …
Dock Totals 3/10 – 3/16: 903 anglers aboard 40 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 24 bluefin tuna, 13 calico bass, 6 halibut, 24 lingcod, 11 lobster …
Saturday | 23Celebrate HoliHoli is a Hindu festival celebrating vibrant colors, love, and spring. Wear your white clothes and prepare to get colored and throw colors. There will be a DJ playing Bollywood music, dancing, …
Thursday | 21Tyler FarrTyler Farr became the only solo male Country artist in the past decade to have his first two studio albums debut in the Top 5 on the Billboard 200 Chart.40 year-old Tyler …
The opening of The Jacobs Music Center at Copley Symphony Hall will not be happening this spring. The hall was initially scheduled to open in November of 2023 and then in March of 2024. Delays …
Video:GONZO REPORT: Stinkfoot Orchestra conjures Zappa at Winstons“Don’t ever fucking do that again!” yells the security guard at Winstons Beach Club in Ocean Beach. The recipient of his instruction is a guy named Steve, who …
The property line melts into forest, its late winter browns speakAn unknown beast’s pelt; felled oaks hunch over like sleeping bears While beech and birch extend into ugly candid possum hair,And elms and maples muster into …
“This is well-known among Powegians,” says my buddy Larry.“‘Powegians’?”“The good burghers of Poway, probably the least-known of all our cities.”“But I hear it’s a city for somewhat fat cats,” I say. “Not somewhere you’d find …
Video:LIVE FIVE: Gilbert Castellanos, Buddha Trixie, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Shane Hall, Brian JonesBorn in Guadalajara, Mexico, trumpet whiz Gilbert Castellanos first earned local cred with the Charles McPherson quintet. He attended Berklee College of …
Video:BLURT: Hip-hop artist Don Elway makes movies for his musicIn late 2023, hip-hop artist Don Elway dropped his six-song EP Not Ordinary. In order to create autobiographical mini-movie to accompany the EP, he collaborated with …
Video:GOLDEN DREAMS: Escondido doula gets a taste of celebritySometimes, you get reminders that Escondido is still a country town in some ways. Like today, this gal comes into one of the coolest coffee hangouts here, …
Volvo politicsYet another editorial staffer has departed under Alden Global Capital, new owner of the faltering San Diego Union-Tribune. The departure edges the paper further to the right, a move celebrated in some quarters. And …
Video:COVER: Walked by Coyote (2024 Reader Writing Contest Winner — Second Place)Editor’s note: this was a live one. One judge said that it wasn’t really about a neighborhood. Most of the neighbors mentioned aren’t human, …
Reader seeker’s lamentWe’re long-time residents in San Diego, and one of the highlights of Wednesday has always been a walk to the local market to get our copy of the Reader in order to plan our …