It’s been fifteen years since Adam Jones made his debut at The Blarney Stone Pub in Clairemont. “One evening back in 2009, when I stopped in for a weekend nightcap, I heard another band covering …
June 27, 2024
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Adam Jones breaks the fourth wall at The Blarney Stone
A fraught ride on a freight train, San Diego to Kansas City
One morning, after surfing at Imperial Beach, my friends and I were hanging out and bragging about one thing or another. Someone shared a story they had heard about how easy it was to catch …
June 26, 2024
Toni Atkins will allow no one to escape density tyranny
Waste much, want moreGiven the Democrats firmly in charge of both the San Diego County Board of Supervisors and San Diego’s City Council, plus a group of well-heeled contractors and labor unions lurking in the …
June 26, 2024
Elvin Bishop vs. Steven Bishop
Can’t we all just get along?Your article in the June 6 edition of the San Diego Reader entitled. (“Filipino Flex- Race and Politics in National City”, Cover Story, June 6, 2024) shows how far we …
June 26, 2024
Jomaru Korean Hot Pot offers three meals in one
Video:FEAST!: Jomaru Korean Hot Pot offers three meals in oneOur server takes one look at me and decides I will need a bib. What she hands me is more like a plastic smock, or apron: …
June 25, 2024
Four heritage Torrey pines added on Melba in Encinitas
Four more trees in Encinitas will join the Melba Heritage Grove approved last year, and the developer of an adjacent housing project is uneasy about the expanding protected forest."Let's not let this complicate something that's …
June 25, 2024
The vulnerability of San Diego's fire hydrants
San Diego fire hydrants have been reportedly getting hit or stolen in the last few weeks.On June 18, a semi-truck driver hit a fire hydrant just east of the UTC Mall, and more than a …
San Diego's older neighborhoods are still colorful
Colorful Foliage along San Diego’s Coastline Lingers, despite the lack of rainfall and warmer, drier days. In the older, landscaped neighborhoods of Coronado, Point Loma, Pacific Beach, and La Jolla, you’ll find oleander and hibiscus …
June 24, 2024
San Diego Union and San Diego Reader writer Don Bauder passes away
In 1960, I entered the journalism profession with a Master’s degree and an addiction to work in a field I already knew that I loved: writing and reporting. I had worked 40 hours a week …
June 24, 2024
Bluefin tuna biting well day and night
Dock Totals 6/16– 6/22: 3116 anglers aboard 132 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 14 barracuda, 1862 bluefin tuna (up to 90 pounds), 939 bonito, 2501 calico …
June 23, 2024
Mainly Mozart unleashes a storm of liquid Mercury
Thursday, June 20, saw the awakening of happy feelings upon arriving at The San Diego Mainly Mozart Festival. The concert was held at The Epstein Family Amphitheatre on the campus of UC San Diego. The …
June 21, 2024
Old Testament figure blocks San Diego Diocese’s request to enter bankruptcy
Last week, the Diocese of San Diego announced its intention to seek bankruptcy protection for a second time as it grapples with the prospect of huge payouts to the victims of sexual abuse who filed …
June 21, 2024
Mayor’s Office tackles twin problems of homelessness and housing
“It’s no secret that San Diego has a big homeless problem,” said Mayor Gloria’s head of creative thinking Ron Brightside at yesterday’s conference announcing the city’s intention to go ahead with the purchase of an …
June 21, 2024
Missiongathering San Diego seeks to move away from Christian Nationalism
Missiongathering San DiegoContact: 8693 La Mesa Blvd., La Mesa 619-354-3993 www.missiongatheringsd.orgDenomination: Disciples of ChristMembership: 85 (Attendance: 30-40)Pastor: Braeden StorkersenAge: 30Born: Fullerton Formation: Antioch Bible College, Temecula; Meadville Lombard Theological School, Chicago; Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA; Claremont …
June 21, 2024
Two breweries, two hops, one beer
Collaborations are common among many of San Diego’s best breweries, but The Original 40 Brewing Company and TapRoom Beer Company have found a way to incorporate a little friendly competition into a cross-promotional tactic. Soo …
June 20, 2024