Q: What are you doing in San Diego?A: The quick answer is, I fell in love with a woman who lives here. And one good thing about being a writer is, you can do your …
March 11, 2026
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March is the windy month, Orchid trees thrive in San Diego
March Is the Proverbial Windy Month here in San Diego, as in most places. From midday to late afternoon, sun-warmed air expands and rises over the county’s interior, drawing in an influx of cool air …
March 10, 2026
Not so bad being sick in Tijuana
Deep-Fried QuesadillasEverything was just out of reach as I lay on my left side in a bed at Tijuana's newest and most modern hospital. I had to sit up or lie down only on my …
March 10, 2026
Unlikely murder of Voice and Viewpoint publisher
In September 2003, Brian Burritt rode the elevator down to the basement of the San Diego Police Department where the "murder books," the binders of the department's cold cases, many decades old, are kept in …
March 9, 2026
Red Steps and Lomas head up San Diego gang wars
On May 26, 1989,18-year-old Edgar Hernandez, a.k.a. “Huero,” was acquitted of the charge of murdering a rival gang member, Rudolpho Rios, a.k.a. “Nene.”Judge Elizabeth Zumwalt Kutzner presided over the trial.After the jury returned its verdict, …
March 7, 2026
Theater Review: The Recipe at La Jolla Playhouse
My family lived in Boston from 1978 to 1980, which happens to be the same two years that the great culinary ambassador Julia Child made her second series at WGBH, Julia Child & Company. (The …
March 6, 2026
Theater review: Hedda Gabler at The Old Globe
At the end of the Old Globe’s adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s masterful, quietly scathing Hedda Gabler, someone asks about the title character, “What kind of person does something like that?” It’s a fine question for …
March 6, 2026
San Diego Padres inimitable pitcher Eric Show
To understand Eric Show, you must meet his dog Willie. The white bull terrier has a stout, compact body and the pointy face of a pterodactyl; and if he likes you, he’ll kill for you. …
March 6, 2026
Gonzo Report: Almost Monday at The Music Box
My first concert of the new year invovled catching San Diego’s very own Almost Monday performing a sold-out show in their hometown on a pleasant, mid-January night. The venue was the multi-level Music Box — …
March 5, 2026
Pop goes San Diego: Jonah Kagen, Nine Inch Nails, Umphrey's McGee
Jonah KagenUpcoming EventJonah KagenSaturday, March 7, 2026, 7:30 p.m.Belly Up Tavern, 143 S. Cedros Avenue, Solana BeachAge Limit: 21+MoreGeorgia-born singer-songwriter Jonah Kagen has earned hundreds of millions of global streams with his friendly blend of …
March 5, 2026
Live Five: Jonathan Karrant, MohaviSoul, Vokab Kompany, Irving Flores, Celebration of The Black
Jonathan Karrant at Lou Lou’s Jungle RoomMarch 5Pop-jazz crooner Jonathan Karrant grew up in Fort Smith, Arkansas, but now lives and works in San Diego. He works straight out of the American songbook, citing among …
March 5, 2026
San Diego Reader writers tell their dream stories never written
STEPHEN ESMEDINAStephen EsmedinaA number of years ago, I was persuaded by a guileful siren with designs on the music biz to share my lowly downtown apartment for “a couple of days” with the great but …
March 5, 2026
Local Chapman Stick player scores documentary film Prairie Prophecy
Tom Griesgraber's new album The Split features the music he wrote and performed for the full-length documentary film Prairie Prophecy. The album features all 19 tracks from the film, as well as two bonus songs …
March 4, 2026
Teamsters man Rodger Whitehead mysteriously dead on K Street
About 5:15 Wednesday evening, March 7, Will Vukmanic arrived home from his job as a mail carrier and heard a strange sound coming from his locked garage. It was a low rumbling, like an idling …
March 4, 2026
Big Screen: Sheepdog was daring me to laugh
Gotta give it to the marketing campaign behind this film. FanboyNation.com hailed it as “A rare perfect film.” Fox 13 Utah hailed it as “One of the best films of the year,” and short clips …
March 3, 2026