“It’s in no way, shape, or form an awards show,” says Jefferson Jay, founder and President of the San Diego Music Hall Of Fame. Rather, the New Jersey transplant fell in love with this city …
October 21, 2021
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Jefferson Jay’s San Diego Music Hall Of Fame chooses legacy over the latest
Gloria’s claims of tackling homelessness seen as cringey
Talking Todd’s debacle Democratic San Diego mayor Todd Gloria’s first comic video turn on behalf of the Downtown San Diego Partnership, an economic development association that sometimes dabbles in partisan politics, went viral for all …
October 20, 2021
San Diego Reader’s Best Of issue 2021
Best Friend to Joshua TreesIs there anything to be done about the plight of the Joshua tree? While state and federal agencies dither over whether the imperiled desert dweller deserves endangered species protections, one local …
October 20, 2021
Ideal round of golf: “any Wednesday evening at Mission Bay with three friends and 12 Stellas”
Hey Hipster: So my friend and I were having a conversation the other day about sports. He’s a PE teacher in North County. He says to me, “The only sport that you can win with …
October 20, 2021
Guadalupe Valley draws the line at an amphitheater
On October 8 more than 300 neighbors held a demonstration against the construction of an amphitheater for massive events in the wine tourist area of Valle de Guadalupe. The Facebook group Por un Valle de …
October 19, 2021
Villa Montezuma re-opens one more time
Villa Montezuma Museum has been dead for a while. No tours, no events, no living souls walking the enchanted hallways. That changed on a recent weekend, when the Palace of the Arts (so called by …
October 19, 2021
Property astir on El Cajon Blvd.
Legendary El Cajon Boulevard has had a checkered past since its early days, when it was once the major East-West highway (CA 80) into San Diego. It consisted of car dealerships, motels, shops, and eateries …
October 19, 2021
Rose Canyon Fault’s annual slip is about 2-3mm per year.
The California Geological Survey released new earthquake fault zone maps in late September – and San Diego-area homeowners may be surprised to learn their property sits atop a fault. A press release from the agency …
October 19, 2021
Tom Morey – the Boogie Board's early years
Tom Morey, creator of the Boogie Board, died on Thursday, Oct. 14 at age 86. The following is a Reader cover story on Morey by Gordon Smith in 1978. For the last seven weeks the …
October 18, 2021
San Diego in books - Henry Miller, Rick DeMarinis, Max Miller, Alfred Alcorn
THE MOST IMPORTANT ENCOUNTER of my life was with Emma Goldman in San Diego, California. She opened up the whole world of European culture for me and gave a new impetus to my life, as …
October 18, 2021
Here’s what vegans were lining up for in Encinitas
If you told me last week I would show up in Encinitas to find a long line of people waiting to order food, I would have offered a few guesses what that food might be. …
October 18, 2021
Son of L.A. councilman indicted in USC scandal backed Gloria's mayoral campaign
An ex-state Assembly Democrat who last year kicked in $1150 to help onetime colleague Todd Gloria get elected mayor is the latest player in the University of Southern California's long-running admission bribery scandals. Plagued by …
October 18, 2021
The conspicuous Floss Silk Tree has flowers like hibiscuses
The Floss Silk Tree, a conspicuous “autumn bloomer” here and there around San Diego, has been showing off its pinkish or purplish, hibiscus-like flowers for at least a month now. The broad, heavy trunks of …
October 18, 2021
Women at the Elephant Bar, Carlos Murphy’s, the Belly Up Tavern helped my career as doctor
Show Me Your Saphenous Vein, James! I had wanted to be a doctor since graduating from elementary school; I never seriously considered anything else. I did not have any doctor role models in my immediate …
October 18, 2021
Bisbee’s Los Cabos tournament has a record weekend
Dock Totals 10/10 – 10/16: 2,325 anglers aboard 121 trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 168 bluefin tuna (up to 194 pounds), 95 bonito, 241 calico bass (80 released), 256 dorado, …
October 17, 2021