Christmas always has a nip of melancholy in the eggnog for me these days. It could be because my children are growing older. It could be because I myself am growing older. For many of …
December 24, 2020
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How to fight Christmas melancholy
KPBS donors thin out, but not grants from taxpayers
KPBS donor sick-out It’s been a bad year for the KPBS broadcasting stations, the public television and FM radio operation run by San Diego State University, per a newly released financial statement and report for …
December 23, 2020
San Diego Reader writers alone at Christmas
Christmas JerkI managed to avoid being homeless on Christmas Eve 1979, but just barely. Unemployed since that summer, I found a cheap flophouse on 12th and Island where 70 bucks a month got me a …
December 23, 2020
Send the street RVs to Seaworld Drive
Attack of the 30-foot RVs 30-foot-plus RVs and trailers have gotten out of control around Mission Bay! (“San Diego cracks down on anyone living in his car,” Cover Stories, December 16) The city should have …
December 23, 2020
2020, signing off
A few weeks ago, I wrote about a sign that’s been cropping up around my neighborhood of late. A few days ago, I spotted a rejoinder. On the one hand, I tend to agree that …
December 23, 2020
Like wearing Ugg boots and board shorts
Dear Hipster: My roommate and I worked our way through a half dozen cans of Steel Reserve the other night while we watched the majority of a new Netflix documentary series about obscure competitions called …
December 23, 2020
Exquisite sushi at Catalina Offshore
There have always been many great reasons to visit Bay Park fish market Catalina Offshore Products, most of them having to do with seafood you take to prepare at home. But if you’ve stopped by …
December 22, 2020
Un-Boll-Weevil-ble
The South San Diego Boll Weevil is the latest casualty among San Diego original restaurants closing this month. "We had to take the condiment trays away once Covid hit," explained Alisha Russell. "To me, it …
December 22, 2020
Last gasp for Famosa Slough
A favorite splash of open space in Point Loma is still being fought over. Every step towards creating affordable rental housing on the five-acre lot on the southeast corner of Nimitz and Famosa Boulevards has …
December 22, 2020
7-gill shark caught off OB Pier – the world's record?
It took Danny Reid nearly four hours to haul in his "shark of a lifetime" early Sunday evening off the Ocean Beach Pier. “It is a 7-gill shark, the actual measurement of this 7-gill is …
December 22, 2020
Sundara, an Indian kitchen with distinction
Despite being a repeat customer at plenty of all-you-can-eat Indian food buffets, I don’t yet feel as though I have eaten all I can. Though I have left most of them well satiated, from a …
December 21, 2020
Sempra's last-minute money fueled anti-Bry hit campaign
A torrent of October campaign cash accompanying San Diego Gas & Electric's sole bid to remain the city's exclusive gas and electricity supplier for the next two decades is likely to carry the day for …
December 21, 2020
The Green Flash – go to the ocean for sunset, the mountains for sunrise
The Fabled “Green Flash” at sunset or sunrise can sometimes be seen on crystal-clear days in December and January. At the instant the sun’s upper rim is last visible at sunset, and also at the …
December 21, 2020
9/11 affects San Diego business, average citizens, Middle Easterners living here
Al Qaeda Effect Le Travel Store sells luggage, travel equipment, and books from its Gaslamp Quarter store on Fourth Avenue. Owner Joan Keller believes the 9/11 attack nearly destroyed the travel industry. "It was immediately …
December 21, 2020
Temple Beth Shalom, Vajrarupini Buddhists, prayerful pro-lifers in Ramona
Temple Beth Sholom, Chula Vista After service, Lipschultz said his family is scheduled to leave for a three-week trip to Israel. "Our body may be in America, but our spiritual heart will always be in …
December 20, 2020