“In recent years,” says San Diego Zookeeper Randy Cage, “many zoos, including the world-famous zoo here in San Diego, have come under fire from various disgruntled animal lover-types who say we really shouldn’t keep wild …
January 12, 2024
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San Diego Zoo’s entry in 2024 Rose Bowl Parade wins prize for honest reckoning with its own existence
Activists express disappointment in local trend of women hiring hitmen to do their dirty work
On August 2 of last year, failed horse show promoter Tatyana Remley met with an undercover sheriff’s detective and tried to hire him to kill her husband Mark. On December 28, she confessed to the …
January 12, 2024
December 31 marks last conception at Santee Drive-In
Though they don’t know it yet, Lakeside teens Tommy Tootense and Audrey Friendly were the final pair of youngsters to conceive a child at the Santee Drive-In, ending a longstanding tradition of sexual shenanigans and …
January 12, 2024
Hong Kong Restaurant: the great walnut shrimp of China
Video:TIN FORK: the uber-cool Chocolat, around the corner at Fifth and University“Please, darling. Not Chinese. Not tonight.”We’re outside the Hong Kong restaurant. The place looks fine to me — but not to the beautiful Diane. …
Daring Greatly, Uncle Joe’s Big Ol’ Driver, Cowboy Jack Johnson, Beat Farmers, Jamie Shadowlight
Video:LIVE FIVE: Daring Greatly, Uncle Joe’s Big Ol’ Driver, Cowboy Jack Johnson, Beat Farmers, Jamie ShadowlightDaring Greatly relocated from Calgary, AB Canada to San Diego in 2015. Nominated Best Rock Artist at the 2022 San …
January 11, 2024
Gonzo Report: Beer and Benny in Balboa Park
It was the day of my company’s holiday luncheon at Eddie V’s in La Jolla. That meant happily filling up on filet mignon and beers on the company’s dime. Afterwards, a couple of my supervisors …
January 11, 2024
The Goodies bring their separate reggae roads together
The Goodies, known up until recently as Jus Goodie, are Justin “Goodie” Goodman and a collaborator who calls herself Zan. Between them, they’ve hung their hats in Chula Vista, Ramona, South Park, Mt. Helix, El …
January 11, 2024
Six-week prep school at Miramar for therapy dogs
It’s an evening in early October, and Charli King, co-founder of Pawsitive Teams, is opening a new class for dog owners, canines in tow, who aspire to help people in need. That need is great …
January 10, 2024
FPPC warns Faulconer not to use lists from previous campaigns
Campaign money mazeA December 27 advice letter from the California Fair Political Practices Commission has drawn back the curtain on the convoluted fundraising for GOP ex-San Diego mayor Kevin Faulconer and his county supervisor race …
January 10, 2024
Ramona Potato Chip Rock populist protests
Piqued Potato Chip populist protestsRyan Brothers, we get it. All of your journalists, (I mean you too, Siobhan), are displeased with the dystopian potato chip (“Potato Chip Rock from Poway”, Roam, January 5, 2024). While …
January 10, 2024
High weekend surf at Windansea
These were shot 1.6.24 at Windnsea Beach with a Nikon and a 600mm Sigma lens and sent to the <em>Reader</em> by H. Hart Photography [email protected]. Hart PhotographyH. Hart PhotographyH. Hart PhotographyH. Hart Photography
January 9, 2024
Del Mar couple gets to keep alley improvements
A Del Mar homeowner whose lush greenery has overtaken an unimproved alley can continue. Such public streets are shown on maps but remain unimproved — or are intended to.The city council on Monday voted 3-2 …
January 9, 2024
Sicilian-ish in Little Italy, or driving past it
I’m pretty sure there used to be a Subway franchise in this nonglamorous Little Italy location. Laurel Street marks the northern border of the neighborhood, where restaurants and piazzas give way to industrial zoning and …
January 9, 2024
San Diego stolen bikes fenced on Offer Up and Facebook
Before New Year's Eve, Joy Boe's black-colored Retrospec Beaumont bike was stolen from her yard in Hillcrest."It has Pee Wee Herman stickers on it and a Pee Wee-inspired lion ornament on the front handlebars," she …
January 8, 2024
Recent big surf moves lots of sand, extreme tides this week
Recent Big Ocean Swells and wild surf conditions left some area beaches partially or wholly denuded of sand. The powerful waves pulled sand off the beach and moved it into deeper waters offshore, leaving behind …
January 8, 2024