Sugar in your ears Chino didn’t start picking enough corn to sell until more than two weeks after Mother’s Day. A few days after he started harvesting, I met him at 7:00 a.m. near the …
October 15, 2022
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Conductor Rafael Payare takes no prisoners in Escondido
When Rafael Payare conducts the San Diego Symphony it’s not a concert, it’s an event. Such was the case on Saturday, October 8, at The California Center for the Arts Escondido. The first virtues of …
October 14, 2022
Three poems for October by Henry David Thoreau
On Fields o’er Which the Reaper’s Hand Has Pass’d On fields o’er which the reaper’s hand has pass’d Lit by the harvest moon and autumn sun, My thoughts like stubble floating in the wind And …
October 14, 2022
St. Mark’s Lutheran: God worshipped in four languages
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church Contact: 580 Hilltop Dr., Chula Vista 619 427-5515 www.stmarkschulavista.org Membership: 190 Pastor: Karla Halvorson Age: 54 Born: St. Paul, MN Formation: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; Lutheran Bible Institute, Issaquah, WA; Pacific …
October 14, 2022
North County colleges halt newspaper runs
The fate of traditional newspapers in San Diego appears to be on the line in more ways than one, as two North County colleges shutter their print editions and a chain of weekly county papers …
October 13, 2022
Howlin Rain wheels, Just in Case reacts, Sven-Erik Seaholm returns, DJ Pnutz reimagines, the drabs hurry
The new Howlin Rain album, Under The Wheels Vol. 5: Live from Pioneertown was recorded last December at Pappy & Harriet’s and includes a 19-minute version of “Dharma Wheel.” Due October 14 on bandleader Ethan …
October 13, 2022
IZOLA Bakery policy works for some, angers others
“IZOLA Bakery will not exploit this local artist any longer,” reads a recent Instagram post from local singer Fre3sty13, “as they expect us to art inside their shop for free; that’s modern-day slavery… You want …
October 13, 2022
Fifty years of the Reader’s best stories
A half-century of San Diego stories from the ReaderIllustration by Margarita Chastikova, Getty ImagesSo much of identity is memory. There’s experience; maybe we chase it, maybe it just washes over us. But memory is what …
October 12, 2022
The Union-Tribune meets its match
Will Cox’s Axios clobber the Union-Tribune? San Diego’s news and politics landscape may get a lot more interesting with the imminent arrival of an online outfit owned and bankrolled by Atlanta, Georgia-based Cox Enterprises, owner …
October 12, 2022
A bit of metropolitan flair on Harbor Drive
San Diego locals probably don’t think much about “city living.” Sure, there are no fewer than 19 locales within the county’s borders that bear the “City Of” moniker, but we’re not New York, Chicago, or …
October 12, 2022
Gonzo Report: Navajo Live’s open mic night - eclectic covers from Warren Zevon to Living Colour
Navajo Live is nestled in a remote corner of the Navajo Shopping Center on Lake Murray Boulevard. The place has been on my radar for a while now, because every Thursday night is Open Mic …
October 12, 2022
JCPenney, Macy’s, Marshalls, TJ Maxx push back against thieves
After California lawmakers changed the threshold for felony theft to $950, the surge of shoplifters has become notorious. But retailers apparently have organized in Southern California in effort to survive. At a recent court hearing …
October 11, 2022
Eyeing the fine lines of Hommage Bakehouse
If you’d happened to pass by Pacific Beach restaurant La Clochette du Coin last week, you might have spotted me, leaning over a sidewalk table, paying unusually close attention to a ham and cheese croissant. …
October 10, 2022
San Diego firebugs ignite late summer blazes
On October 5, someone called the Chula Vista Police Department regarding a burglar alarm on 3rd Avenue and F Street, says 911 Video News on their YouTube video. The police found a fire at the …
October 10, 2022
Chinese Flame Trees, Orb Spiders, Jupiter's Galilean Satellites
Chinese Flame Trees all over the San Diego region are displaying colorful clusters of orange, reddish, or salmon-pink seed pods. Good specimens line the south end of Balboa Drive in Balboa Park, and Lake Murray …
October 10, 2022