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Phanksy Punks Padres

Shortly before the Padres’ ill-fated National League Championship Series against the Philadelphia Phillies, the artists behind Ground Floor murals felt inspired to create a work showing the San Diego Chicken standing over the Phillie Phanatic …

SDGE rebrands, hikes rates in anticipation of new regulations

Statement from company spokesman Max Power: “Look, California is going to ban the sale of gas-powered heaters by 2030. And the city is going to phase out funning gas lines to new construction over the …

Transportation Secretary Buttigieg visits San Diego amid rail closure crisis

As both companies and commuters struggle to deal with the closure of rail service between Los Angeles and San Diego due to unstable bluff conditions beneath the coast-hugging tracks, the Biden Administration has sent Transportation …

Glass Box’s Local Shito: less is more

My latest craft cocktail discovery comes — somewhat unexpectedly — from a sushi restaurant at the Del Mar Highlands’ Sky Deck. Bartender Jennifer Hamilton explains the name of Glass Box’s popular cocktail, the Local Shito: …

November 3, 2022
Ed Fernandez Birrieria voted by Yelp as the best taco joint in America

“That used to be the beef jerky place,” says Will. He lives around here. “See? It’s in one of the apartments of that building. Weird. Pretty popular, though.” We’re sitting in Will’s ’95 Bronco, in …

November 3, 2022
Jonathan Karrant’s holiday, Psychosally’s death, Casmalia’s collab, Ken Lehnig’s wish, Javier Escovedo’s paradise

Crooner Jonathan Karrant’s last full-length was Shadows Fall, a 2021 collaboration with local jazz pianist Joshua White. “I’m releasing a new holiday album this year called Christmas Wish and will be touring with it,” says …

November 3, 2022
Gonzo Report: Vetting Van Halen while Belmont Park blonde bawls

Stumping for Sammy: The blonde woman at Belmont Park’s Beach House Tequila + Taqueria says she’s done with “fat old ladies and douchebags with 619 tattoos that can’t keep their fucking hands to themselves.” The …

Sean Hicke takes his upright bass to the rails

Bassist Sean Hicke didn’t always play the upright. In fact, the San Diego native got his musical start on its electric cousin. “I was playing in punk bands and whatnot in middle school,” says the …

November 3, 2022
Charley’s Famous Hamburgers, including a Skippy goober

Early on a Friday night, and I approach the back end of a line cars waiting our turns at a drive-thru window, a hundred feet below the interchange linking highways 94 and 125. Lemon Grove …

Best Reader stories in 50 years

Lately, I’m getting the feeling that I came in at the end. —Tony Soprano, The Sopranos The Sopranos television series ended its remarkable run in 2007, right around the time when this final batch of …

Vargas aides feted by Israel, Vargas defends ally

Juan vs. Rashida Kyle Bligen, a staffer for South Bay Democratic Congressman Juan Vargas, took off September 3 on a free eight-day junket to Israel, thanks to the American Israel Education Foundation, according to a …

November 2, 2022
Tyler Reid catches bluefin tuna from waverunner 20 miles off Rosarito

Fish Pix Win Fish Tix!Submit your best fishing photo and every 2 weeks we’ll pick our favorite and run it in this column. Winner will also receive 2 half-day passes ($65–$75 value each) for a …

San Diego planners want dense housing near your bus stop

Planners last week voted unanimously to recommend the city council approve most, but not all, of the changes to the 2022 land development code update. A few still had rough edges - especially the one …

November 1, 2022
Ironsmith Coffee owner shot in neck and face

Jmar Teyvan Tarafa, 31, is now held without bail, after he allegedly tried to shoot an Encinitas coffee shop owner point-blank in the face, according to statements by a prosecutor late yesterday, October 17, 2022. …

October 31, 2022
Bat populations increase, Beaver Moon, Daylight Savings Time

Autumn Color in San Diego County’s mountain areas reaches its greatest intensity in late October and early November. The forested heights of Palomar Mountain are especially colorful right now. Black oaks on Palomar’s rolling uplands …

October 31, 2022

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