Taking up the rear The people of Ocean Beach should start a petition to recall Todd Gloria (“Ocean Beach and Pacific Beach – open-air insane asylums?” Neighborhood News, September 2). I guarantee once the petition …
October 13, 2021
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#MeToo, from here to Africa
“I was sexually abused as a child,” says Benie Kouyate. By making that simple statement, she has broken a thousand taboos. If publicly admitting such abuse is difficult here, it is impossible in Africa, she …
October 13, 2021
Mead and other boozy revivals
Dear Hipster: At this point, I have heard of hipster bars putting just about everything into a cocktail, or even straight up opening entire bars devoted to obscure alcohols. However, I have yet to run …
October 13, 2021
Craft Café is here to improve Balboa Park mornings
Outside holiday lights season, there’s no better time of day to visit Balboa Park than a quiet morning. And while that’s likely been true for more than a century, such mornings at the park have …
October 12, 2021
Chaos in Tijuana's city council
On Wednesday, September 29 the last session of Tijuana's city council under the administration of Arturo Gonzalez was disrupted by a bomb threat. This happened during a discussion for voting over a law that aims …
October 12, 2021
UCSD medical campus gets Dickinson St., parts of Front, First, Arbor
A quiet dead-end street in Hillcrest will become a main entry for the new University of California San Diego medical campus. Last week, the city council approved the privatization of portions of four public streets, …
October 12, 2021
Second person killed in Pershing Drive bike lane
On September 28, City of San Diego personnel installed reflective bollards along Pershing Drive by the Balboa Park Golf Course across the street from the Morley Field Golf Disc Course by North Park. "The dividers …
October 12, 2021
Eastern Dynasty duck answers the call
The table next to us is large and round, with a lazy susan built into its center. As it rotates, we get a clear view of terrific-looking dishes we might have ordered instead: whole steamed …
October 11, 2021
Will CVS offer liquor quicker in University Heights?
Even though there’s a CVS Pharmacy in North Park (3151 University Ave.) and another in Hillcrest (313 E. Washington St.), the company wants another one. This time it will open in University Heights, as part …
October 11, 2021
Chinese flame trees – an early sign of San Diego fall
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 11, 2021
The 1930s Depression in letters from San Diego, early hunting in Mission Valley
Depression Letters “He had been working since May at Balboa Park, cutting wood, gardening, cleaning up ravines, canyons, etc. When he was put on the Federal work card, a foreman's name was on the card. …
October 11, 2021
San Diego is tops in live bait sportfishing
Dock Totals 10/3 – 10/9: 3552 anglers aboard 185 trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 1352 bluefin tuna (up to 340 pounds), 35 bonito, 255 calico bass (64 released), 1429 dorado, …
October 10, 2021
Fritz Lang’s Metropolis — ninety-four years after its release
It’s all out there somewhere: the Pomona preview print of The Magnificent Ambersons; the missing reels of Eric von Stroheim’s Greed; Lon Chaney’s uncut London After Midnight; even the pie fight from Dr. Strangelove is …
October 10, 2021
John Brizzolara looking forward and backward
John Brizzolara wrote for the Reader from 1989 to 2013, including a weekly column, TGIF. John died in his sleep at Father Joe’s Villages on October 11, 2016. He was 65. John Brizzolara’s Last Column …
October 10, 2021
Barbara Bry readies run for San Diego County Assessor
Barbara Bry, who lost out to fellow Democrat Todd Gloria in her bid to become San Diego mayor last year, has filed a campaign statement with the county Registrar of Voters to run for County …
October 9, 2021