The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical …
September 17, 2025
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Your Week: Jon Batiste, Trolley Dances, EV Oktoberfest, Adams Ave. Street Fair, U.S.-Mexico War history
Friday | 19Jon BatisteJon Batiste is a Grammy-winning and Oscar-winning musician known for a genre-blending style influenced by his New Orleans roots. He gained widespread recognition as the musical director for The Late Show with …
September 17, 2025
Tesla fires in Vista and Carmel Valley, and at Potato Chip Rock
Just when it seemed like Tesla and other autopilot EV fires were a thing of the past, a couple of recent incidents in San Diego County proved otherwise.On September 6 in Vista, three electric vehicles …
September 16, 2025
Pumpkin-spice season is here, twilight periods are at their shortest
Fall Officially Begins at 11:19 am local time on Monday, September 22. It's not just the day that marks the beginning of PST (Pumpkin Spice Time), but also a good excuse to throw an equinox …
September 16, 2025
Santee, Carlsbad, Encinitas, La Jolla go after underage e-bike riders
Kids like bikes and kids like tech, so it stands to reason that kids would love e-bikes. But as the accidents pile up, it's becoming clear that grownups don't love kids on e-bikes. They fume …
September 16, 2025
Theater review: The Heart at La Jolla Playhouse
The Heart — Book and some lyrics by Kait Kerrigan, music and most of the lyrics by Anne Eisendrath and Ian Eisendrath, based on Maylis de Kerangal’s Réparer les Vivants, which translates to “Mend the …
September 15, 2025
Paul Krueger earned $45 a week as Reader cub reporter
How Krueger came to the Reader:I had just graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 1975 with a bachelor's in U.S. history. I hadn’t taken any journalism classes in college but always liked to write, and …
September 15, 2025
Fish Report: Good fishing in spite of blustery conditions
Dock Totals 9/7 – 9/13: 3120 anglers aboard 135 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 16 barracuda, 884 bluefin tuna (to 150 pounds), 619 bonito, 5 cabezon, …
September 15, 2025
Now Playing: THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)
THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965) Robert Wise / Screenplay: Ernest Lehman from the stage musical by Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse, Maria Von Trapp's autobiography, and with the partial use of ideas by George Hurdalek …
September 13, 2025
A poem from TTL
Seasons, Mirrors -for Shelia Sherwin, on her sixtieth birthdayIWe tell ourselves: objects in mirrors areAlways forced revisions of …
September 12, 2025
Fantasia football
I am currently trapped in the throes of a fantasy football fever. I never thought this would be the case, but as it turns out, I'm a micromanager. I have been poring over stats and …
September 12, 2025
Harder hardcore punk in San Diego
The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical …
September 12, 2025
Gonzo Report: Prime Spoon and Pixies Lite at Gallagher Square
I don’t know if the Pixies and Spoon have ever toured together before their recent month-long jaunt across the US, but the pairing seems as natural a fit as jeans and a T-shirt. San Diego …
September 11, 2025
Pop goes San Diego: Steven Wilson, Anella, Chris Brown
Steven WilsonUpcoming EventSteven WilsonThursday, September 11, 2025, 7:30 p.m.Magnolia Performing Arts Center, 210 East Main Street, El CajonAge Limit: Not availableMoreSteven Wilson rose to prominence as the guitarist, lead vocalist, and songwriter for the progressive …
September 11, 2025
Ypsitucky: How the Hell? was worth the wait
By 2019, local roots rockers Ypsitucky had been playing around town for about five years and were looking forward to recording and releasing an album. Now, six years later, that wish is finally coming true. …
September 11, 2025