“Handfasting,” says Donna Lynn, “is an ancient way to get married.” My novia Diane and I are interested. We are engaged. We want to know if we can get married this way. “It is going …
September 28, 2022
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Handfasting: a unique, ancient, Celtic ceremony on the rise
Kayakers lifted out of La Jolla Cove
On September 24, before 2 pm, Erica was eating lunch at Eddie Vs on Prospect Street in La Jolla; she noticed a fire truck crane extended over La Jolla Cove across the street. So she …
September 27, 2022
Oceanside stabber admits manslaughter
“You are going to get out of prison while you are still a young man,” the judge spoke directly to Carey Reid, who turned 25 this month. Reid made a plea deal, admitting that he …
September 27, 2022
San Diego in books - the Joy Fielding mention, Englishmen snap up city blocks in 1885
"HOW ABOUT SOME OF THAT PATE you’ve been stuffing your face with, Peter?” “God, women!” Peter groused, fixing his wife a cracker heaped with pate. “I suppose now you’ll want one too,” he asked Jane.... …
September 26, 2022
Southwest Border Patrol agents trashed migrant records, audit finds
A performance audit covering the period from August 2021, through last month has found that the U.S. Border Patrol, besieged by growing waves of immigration, has encountered big problems keeping track of more than a …
September 26, 2022
Coastal SageScrub Stays Alive and Migrant Birds Return
San Diego’s Coastal SageScrub Vegetation is now at the very nadir of its growth cycle. But the late-summer rain we had a few weeks ago shattered the usual summer drought, and our “summer-deciduous” vegetation bounced …
September 26, 2022
Joe Nicholson flays San Diego's bayside look
Editor: The following feature stories appeared in the interior pages of the Reader in the 1970s and 1980s and have just been converted to digital form. Seaport Village is a Walt-Disney solution Seaport Village is …
September 26, 2022
Donutopolis and the three-tier donut birthday cake
I first caught on to Donutopolis a few months ago, but I had to wait for a special occasion to justify visiting the Poway donut shop. That’s because I needed an excuse to order the …
September 25, 2022
White Berkeley math major falls for Tecate drug-addict, woman-beater
When opposites attract In Tecate I cooked over fires, on a camping stove, on a two-burner Mexican propane rig, and with electric “stingers,” as circumstances allowed. I bought cooked food from the other side, we …
September 25, 2022
1977 Reader guide to record stores, overnight bike rights
Record stores Chameleon, Swap-a-Tape, Monty Rockers, Blue Meanie, Arcade, Scratching the Surface, Flipside, Folk Arts Overnight bike rides San Clemente, Lake Elsinore, Julian, Borrego, Tecate Miniature golf La Mesa, Kearny Mesa, Escondido, Del Mar, Pacific …
September 24, 2022
Len on the Lam: last known photo of the man known as Fat Leonard, here seen sprinting through the streets of Tijuana.
September 23, 2022
Navy reinstates Catholic worship at base chapel after unspeakable incident
Statement from Father Gerald Riptide, Navy Chaplain for San Diego, regarding the military branch’s announced and then retracted decision to cancel Catholic Masses at North Island Chapel: “As Christians, we believe that our prayers are …
September 23, 2022
A Home for the Homeless
On September 14, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment (CARE) act into law. The law will allow courts to order treatment plans for mentally ill homeless individuals for up to …
September 23, 2022
Buccaneers, Saints, Steelers, and Ravens get their classical music pairing
As we continue to pair NFL teams with classical music indicative of their style, location, or history, we arrive at the NFC South and the AFC North. For decades, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were pirates …
September 23, 2022
Capital of Craft pulls into Port
“I approached Pizza Port this year to host the collaboration brew because they met the requirements for the size of the batch (90 bbls), packaging needs, and distribution,” says San Diego Brewers Guild Executive Director …
September 22, 2022