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December 10, 2025
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They thought Dr. Seuss was the Cat in the Hat
Mary Lang – San Diego girl covers all the angles
The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical …
December 8, 2025
Short days and long nights, the White-crowned sparrow is visiting
With Only About 10 Hours Of Daylight, San Diego must endure its darkest and gloomiest nights of the year during this week and next. After rising, the sun struggles to an altitude of only 34 …
December 8, 2025
Fish Report: No Bluefin in the count? They’re still there!
Dock Totals 11/30 – 12/6: 586 anglers aboard 33 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 908 bonito, 80 calico bass, 2 halibut, 7 lingcod, 1 mako shark, …
December 8, 2025
A castrated man in San Diego
The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical …
December 5, 2025
Friends surprised by snakebite in Baja
The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical …
December 3, 2025
Liquidambar trees are still showing their fall colors, Full super moon on Thursday
Liquidambar Trees, Or Sweet Gums, the colorfully deciduous trees gracing front yards, parks, and campuses throughout the San Diego area, have been putting on a good show for the past month. The maplelike leaves of …
December 3, 2025
What drives San Diego men to hit their wives
The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical …
December 1, 2025
Extreme Elvis love in San Diego's North County
The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical …
November 28, 2025
Gonzo Report: No ICE allowed at costumed Casbah triple-bill
I get a good view of the costumed crowd attending this Halloween shindig at the Casbah from the entrance, where doorman Alfredo Tellez and I go full film nerd in a discussion instigated by my …
November 28, 2025
John Waters brings his own brand of Christmas cheer to Lou Lou's Jungle Room
He filmed a 300-pound transvestite eating dog manure. He made a movie about a guy with a singing asshole. He filmed two folks having sex — with a chicken in between them. So perhaps you …
November 28, 2025
San Diego's Black Orchids
The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical …
November 26, 2025
Fish Report: A wet week slows fishing off SoCal and northern Baja
Dock Totals 11/16 – 11/22: 396 anglers aboard 22 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 3 bluefin tuna, 112 bonito, 21 calico bass, 1 halibut, 3 lingcod, …
November 24, 2025
San Diego straight-A students 20 years later
The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical …
November 24, 2025
Monarch butterflies are here for the winter, our earliest sunset is not on the shortest day
Monarch Butterflies Arrive Along The California Coast this month, migrating from their summer homes in the Sierra Nevada and the Rocky Mountains. Some 25 of their 260 wintering sites on the West Coast lie within …
November 24, 2025