“What made you think the world needed another brewery?” I ask Burning Beard Brewery co-founder Mike Maass. He doesn’t miss a beat, laughing as he explains the art of brewing, and the environment he and …
May 25, 2023
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11-year-old upright bassist Ned Hobson is making connections
The upright bass is in some ways the most essential instrument in a jazz ensemble. The trouble is that there just aren’t enough bass players to go around, and the really good ones end up …
May 25, 2023
San Diego Reader's 2023 Summer Fun Issue
May 27-28North Park Music FestivalNorth ParkPast EventNorth Park Music FestSunday, May 28, 2023, noonNorth Park Mini Park, 3812 29th Street, San DiegoAge Limit: Not availableMoreA music, food, and art festival as unique as North Park …
May 24, 2023
Sara Jacobs learns about hunger at 5-star hotels in Kenya and Somalia
Sara’s care package It was off to Kenya for a week starting April 8 for House Democrat Sara Jacobs, who hasn’t been wasting any time catching up with her predecessor Susan Davis in the free …
May 24, 2023
Attorney Miranda is snake in the grass
Miranda’s malign message Danielle Thomassen’s interview in San Diego Reader of vapid divorce attorney Tim Miranda (“Divorcée talks with Antonyan Miranda, king of divorce billboards”, Cover Stories, May 3, 2023) gave him much more credence …
May 24, 2023
Pickleball edging out tennis on San Diego courts
As I recall, it was around the middle of the last decade when I first encountered pickleball. My friend Andy Cox and I were nearing the end of a game of tennis at Collier Park …
May 24, 2023
El Cajon tries to crack down on hotels – state says no
El Cajon planning commissioners last week voted 4-0 to revoke the "deemed approved" status of a motel where adults had rented rooms for minors, and a teen was found shot in the head. The motel …
May 23, 2023
Food missionaries serve migrants trapped between two border walls
Since the March 11 end of Title 42, which requires asylum seekers to stay in Mexico while their process is worked on, migrants crossed the first wall of the two existing border walls. Small groups …
May 22, 2023
Land Bird Migration in Full Swing, Coastal Clouds Linger
“June Gloom,” the generally dreary, overcast, late-spring weather along San Diego’s coastline, has already begun and could intensify next month. Occasionally, the low clouds will stick around for several days. This is usually triggered by …
May 22, 2023
People drive past Linda Vista on their way to somewhere
Linda Vista in conflict with itself Linda Vista is San Diego’s cucuy room. People drive past it on the way to somewhere. Sometimes they go there for a specific place like Skate World but don’t …
May 22, 2023
From Baja Malibu to San Miguel – best Baja surf
Waves bigger than your house We are on the road to Playas de Tijuana, the stretch where the border fence acts as guardrail on the right. Jeff has agreed to tutor me in the ways …
May 21, 2023
Deep look at Mayor Pete Wilson's aides
All the mayor's men White, 35, has been with Wilson longer than any of the mayor's advisors, and has made it a personal policy not to get within writing distance of reporters. He ducked back …
May 20, 2023
Symphonies by Mendelssohn, Dvorak, and Bruckner
When it comes to symphonies, very few composers have all of their symphonic utterances consistently performed. Of course, Beethoven sits atop the heap even if his First, Second, Fourth, and Eighth symphonies don’t get the …
May 19, 2023
Coastal Vineyard: building a community of love
Coastal Vineyard Contact: 5663 Balboa Ave. #605, San Diego ( Sunday gatherings: 10 am at Kavod Charter School, 6991 Balboa Ave.) 858-456-5045 www.coastvineyard.org Membership: 70 Pastor: Michelle Wilson Age: 53 Born: Lawrence, KS Formation: University …
May 19, 2023
Hoxton Manor: Asia without rules
Hoxton Manor’s theme of Southeast Asian inspired food with a California flair might seem a bit heady: the influences lean on Thailand and Vietnam, but there are no rules when it comes to flavor combinations, …
May 18, 2023