“The story actually dates to 2019 before we were open,” recalls Jamie Minotti, managing partner at My Yard Live, which recently released 4 Wise Dudes Winter IPA, a collaboration with 4DUDESBREW. “I received an email …
January 18, 2024
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Travel Agents, Coral Bells, Pinback, aMiniature & No Knife, and Jazz at the Athenaeum
Video:LIVE FIVE: Travel Agents, Coral Bells, Pinback, aMiniature & No Knife, and Jazz at the AthenaeumFounded in Solana Beach circa 1987 and largely influenced by the psychedelic sounds of the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, …
January 18, 2024
Gonzo Report: A sasscore soiree with SeeYouSpaceCowboy at the Che Café
December 17: I was moving a little slower than usual that Sunday afternoon. Hangover? Nah. More likely lethargy. But after stirring up a quick kratom-and-water cocktail, I perked up like a proud poppy and texted …
January 18, 2024
The late Reverend Stickman did what many claim to aspire to
Video:BLURT: Reverend Stickman Memories: "Who We are Now" Behind the scenes and live performanceReverend Stickman left for the great gig in the sky on December 22 of last year, at the age of 59. “He …
January 18, 2024
San Diego's 10% killed by strangers
You are more likely to be murdered by someone you know than by someone you don’t. The latest FBI statistics show that fewer than 10% of the 20,000 people who were murdered in the United …
January 17, 2024
San Diego ship USS Preble lasers slow to track drones
HELIOS hits and missesCostly new high-energy laser weapons — installed and tested on San Diego-based ships — aren’t being used against deadly Houthi drones and rockets in the Red Sea, causing consternation in the Defense …
January 17, 2024
The two Mary Beths break out, buy a truck camper, and hit the road
Video:GOLDEN DREAMS: Two Mary Beths break out, buy a truck camper, and hit the road.What are the odds? Two women sitting next to each other. Strangers. They introduce themselves.“Hi. I’m Mary Beth.”“Well actually, I’m Mary …
January 17, 2024
Del Mar Beach Club seawall needs fix
The Solana Beach city council has approved emergency repairs to a large section of a failing seawall below the Del Mar Beach Club condominium complex.Upper bluff – currentSitting at the edge of a bluff above …
January 16, 2024
Oodles brings The Nood Bar’s noodle fetish east
Video:FEAST!: Oodles brings The Nood Bar’s noodle fetish eastWhat’s your favorite type of noodle? If you’re not sure, here’s where you can go to find out: La Mesa, home to the newly opened Oodles By …
January 16, 2024
Sunset Cliffs December collapse part of a series
Right before Christmas Eve, 619newsmedia shared a video taken at Sunset Cliffs of a cliff that had just split. The footage was terrifying for some of its 62,000 viewers, as the person filming approached the …
January 16, 2024
January and February are our rainiest months, wild lilac begins to bloom
Highest Monthly Rainfall totals in San Diego are most likely to occur in January and February (about 1.9 inches each, on average) according to weather-service statistics. If low temperatures accompany the typical Pacific storms of this …
January 15, 2024
40-pound homeguard yellow boated on a half-day run
Dock Totals 1/7 – 1/13: 229 anglers aboard 13 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 60 bonito, 7 calico bass, 3 croaker, 2 halibut, 1 lingcod, 29 …
January 14, 2024
Tamar Berk is ready for a Permanent Vacation
Video:TAMAR BERK — Permanent Vacation video premierIndie pop singer-songwriter Tamar Berk will debut her new music video for "Permanent Vacation" on the Reader Youtube page at midnight, January 18/19. "This little mini-movie is everything that …
January 12, 2024
No choir in San Diego
I was speaking with a friend who is a music professor and a choir director. One of the institutions he works for would like him to build a bigger choir program which he is definitely …
January 12, 2024
A poem for the New Year by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
From “In Memoriam” (CVI)Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,The flying cloud, the frosty light:The year is dying in the night;Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.Ring out the old, ring in the …
January 12, 2024