If you walk into a restaurant with Lee Ann Kim, it is a bit like that fabulous and continuous shot by Martin Scorsese in Goodfellas. In the movie, Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) escorts his date …
June 24, 2026
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Koreans are everywhere on Convoy Street
Wax brings guitar-driven rap back home for June 26 OB gig
"For the last 20 years, I have spent a good amount of time sitting on top of those cliffs with a guitar, writing songs,” says Michael Jones, AKA local rapper Wax, who has lived in …
June 23, 2026
Confetti for Gino tells the start of Little Italy
One of the most famous bits of literary advice in the 20th Century was Sherwood Anderson’s suggestion that William Faulkner write not about aviators and New Orleans bohemians (the subjects of his first two novels) …
June 23, 2026
Dialing and crying in a La Jolla call center
My name is Jim West — at least that’s what you’ll hear when you pick up the phone in the middle of dinner as I launch into my pitch for the hundredth time today. I …
June 23, 2026
I study the Coronado bridge close up
It’s a slash of light blue against the bay’s darker blue.Photo by Sandy Huffaker, Jr.“How could mere toil align thy choiring strings!” Hart Crane, the great and doomed American poet wrote in astonishment about the …
June 22, 2026
The Reader's Father's Day extravaganza
To commemorate Father's Day, this issue contains a collection of reflections from Reader writers about their fathers:The Last Tag Sale — Jeanne SchintoAn Air of Exoticism — Duncan ShepherdKinder Than I Would Think Possible — …
June 20, 2026
Physical media rules: MUTT AND JEFF NO. 1
Mauricio Alvarado and Brandon Adams, the impassioned production partners behind the Mutt & Jeff project, both had the same response when asked why they chose to devote their time and effort to the ridiculously obscure cartoon …
June 19, 2026
The ambiguous position of Chinese in San Diego
Murray Lee runs a finger across a family tree he’s displayed in the Chinese Historical Society Museum on Third Avenue downtown. On the left of the big white board, Lee taps at a solitary name, …
June 19, 2026
Live Five: Anthony Cullins, Big Mountain, Greg Douglass, Whatevr, Countryfest
Anthony Cullins at California Center For the Arts, EscondidoJune 18Guitarist, singer, and multi-instrumentalist Anthony Cullins, once known as The Fallbrook Kid, has been performing since being declared a teenage blues prodigy. he’s become a seasoned …
June 18, 2026
Pop goes San Diego: Kenny G, Khalid
Kenny GUpcoming EventKenny GSaturday, June 20, 2026, 7 p.m.Thornton Winery, 32575 Rancho California Road, Temecula, CAAge Limit: Not availableMoreSoprano saxophonist and composer Kenneth Bruce Gorelick, best known as Kenny G, is widely considered the best-selling …
June 18, 2026
San Diego North County drug dealer turns into serial bank robber
I robbed my first bank out of sheer fear. But once I walked in with my gun, the fear was gone and I knew just who I was. It started in the Encinitas drug scene, …
June 18, 2026
Anna Ballew will be in full Bloom at the Casbah on June 30
"My music is an exploration of the complexities of mental health, navigating loss, heartbreak, and our cultural and political climate," says singer-songwriter Anna Ballew. "I intend for my music to bring people together and to …
June 17, 2026
Downtown San Diego's night jumpers take risks you and I wouldn't
Fences surrounding construction sites are rickety, and there's always something noisy on the other side. I roll into a shadow, willing the clamor to subside. A security guard stands 20 yards away watching the girls …
June 17, 2026
How well are San Onofre nuclear plants run?
It was one of those days when the beach is living cloisonne. Luminous layers of smooth gold, dappled brown, and rippling indigo. San Onofre State Beach on a bright February afternoon. To the north of …
June 16, 2026
Bus ride from Mexico City to Tijuana – we suffer with equanimity
At one of the spacious, French-built Metro stops in Mexico City in the northern suburbs, a crowd descends at certain hours of the day looking like a band of earthquake victims with their bundles of …
June 15, 2026