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Fishing great between weather systems in fresh and saltwater
Dock Totals 12/23 – 12/29: 960 anglers aboard 44 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 92 bonito, 104 calico bass, 5 halibut, 2 lingcod, 63 lobster (89 …
December 30, 2023
The Best of San Diego 2023
2023 was an interesting year in classical music for San Diego. We saw a resurgence of the San Diego Opera. We saw delays in the renovations of The Jacobs Music Center at Copley Symphony Hall. …
December 29, 2023
San Diego's mural maestro, Hanna Daly
Hanna Daly is putting finishing touches on the larger-than-life dancing lady she has painted, freehand, on the alley-side wall of a dance studio in Coronado. It’s the kind of mural Daly can knock off on …
December 29, 2023
The Schizophonics, Transfer, Barefoot Hockey Goalie, Almost Monday, Allison Adams Tucker
Founded in 2009, <a href="http://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/schizophonics/">the Schizophonics</a> plays fuzzy, psychedelic rock. Singer-guitarist Pat Beers fronts the band with his wife Lety Mora (the Rosalyns), who attended high school with him in Arizona. The little Italy bill …
December 28, 2023
From Arapaho to SONSOFSAVAGE: Brett Savage's musical odyssey
In the mid-’90s, the band Arapaho were the rock darlings of Durban, South Africa. With multiple chart-topping hits — including “Dump Truck,” which stayed at number one for multiple months, and “Butterfly Angel,” written by …
December 28, 2023
Man of the Year Nathan Fletcher undergoes psychoanalysis
[Note: None of this actually happened. Well, some of it did.]Scene: The dated and faded but still warm and inviting interior of the office of Dr. Walter Mencken, Doctor of Psychiatric and Career Restoration. There is …
December 27, 2023
San Diego Union-Tribune ends up with no Spanish version
Fin de U-T San DiegoIt’s the end of the line for the all-Spanish weekly tabloid published by the Union-Tribune, a newspaper that’s been shrinking all over under current owner Alden Global Capital. “The last issue …
December 27, 2023
Tracing the vibrant history of cochineal
Tuna found in the desert? OK, fair enough: that’s tuna, as in the Spanish for prickly pear, the fruit of the nopal. Ken Factor and I have spotted an ancient cactus tree growing close to …
December 27, 2023
Loveland Reservoir trail money eyed for bridge, parking lot, fish stocking, more water
Sweetwater Authority officials and Loveland lake users are discussing what to do with a $750,000 state grant the agency has received for trail improvements. In the first workshop this month, which a late change of …
December 26, 2023
In La Mesa Village, Papalo blends herbs, moles, and smoke to create Sonoran BBQ
When my ribs plate arrives, it doesn’t look all that different from the average BBQ order. There’s a metal serving tray, lined with butcher paper, and there are smoked ribs in a glistening coat of …
December 26, 2023
What desperate San Diegans resort to for parking
San Diego was proclaimed the worst city in the U.S. for parking in November by a Finn.com study..How does that play out for ordinary people?"My wife has a condition that makes it difficult to walk …
December 26, 2023
Whale watching season begins, California Fan Palms bearing fruit
Gray Whale Migration Off San Diego County’s Coast peaks from now until February. The best view spots from land are high points close to the surf. Aside from the whale watching overlook at Cabrillo National …
December 25, 2023
Comparing 2022 to 2023 after the rockfish depth change
Dock Totals 12/17 – 12/22: 257 anglers aboard 14 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 6 bluefin tuna, 1 bonito, 52 calico bass, 1 halibut, 6 lobster …
December 23, 2023
Christmas finally done right in San Diego
“Noel Noel”, the San Diego Symphonies Christmas concert, was fun, festive, and full of holiday spirit. It was everything that December Nights in Balboa Park is not. “Noel Noel” had traditional Christmas songs instead of …
December 22, 2023