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 …
July 23, 2025
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The man who built San Diego, C. Arnholt Smith, in his own words – part 1
Bee helps kill bridge buzz
In January of 2021, Max Lenail drowned in the San Diego River while attempting to cross over a swollen section of the water near the Jackson Drive entrance of Mission Trails Regional Park. He had …
July 23, 2025
Your Week: Comic-Con at the Hilton, carousel, Water Stories, makers fair, The Two Lips
Thursday | 24Level Up Your Comic-Con Experience at the HiltonVisit the photo stop in the lobby and fuel up with a Scooby-Do! menu featuring the G-G-Ghost! horchata frappuccino, Scooby Snack chai cold brew, and Jeepers! …
July 23, 2025
Blaze on board
Over past few months, multiple vessels across San Diego County have gone up in flames under varying circumstances. Oddly, a couple of the boats weren’t even in a body of water when they burned. At around …
July 22, 2025
The playfully cruel world of backgammon
It’s a rarity to be able to walk into a room as a relative newbie and beat a world champion in their respective sport. But therein lies the playful cruelty of backgrammon: anybody is welcome, …
July 22, 2025
County loses State Supreme Court appeal over rural traffic measurements
The county has lost another round in its long battle with environmental groups over the way it measures the traffic generated by rural developments. This time, it was a ruling by the California Supreme Court, making …
July 22, 2025
Thunderheads forming in the East county, Elderberry is still in bloom
Cumulonimbus Clouds, Or Thunderheads, Are Most Likely To Form over San Diego County’s deserts and mountains during the latter part of the summer season, beginning around late July. The clouds appear by mid-afternoon — often …
July 22, 2025
Fish Report: Mako my day
Dock Totals 7/13 – 7/19: 4596 anglers aboard 187 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 30 barracuda, 2696 bluefin tuna (to 220 pounds), 31 bonito, 3 cabezon, …
July 21, 2025
C. Arnholt Smith and the Reader
C. Arnholt Smith was a giant among San Diego businessmen for most of the 20th Century. Toward the end of his life he suffered prosecution by federal authorities for his activities at U.S. National Bank, …
July 21, 2025
Theater review: Noises Off! at The Old Globe
It feels funny calling Noises Off! a sturdy, reliable comedy — perhaps even misleading. “Sturdy” and “reliable” are words not usually associated with “meta,” “madcap,” and “naughty.” And yet. Theater lovers have been grooving to theater …
July 18, 2025
New Yorker's Janet Flanner, my mother, and me
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 …
July 18, 2025
La Mesa's Coin Haus gets a beer of its own
Even when brewers leave San Diego, it’s hard not to be drawn back to “The Capital of Craft.” Take for example Tarantula Hill Brewing Company, a Thousand Oaks brewery with strong San Diego connections that …
July 18, 2025
Three poems by E.B. White for his 126th birthday
A Natural HistoryThe spider, dropping down from twig, Unfolds a plan of her devising, A thin premeditated rig To use in rising. And all that journey down through space, In cool descent and loyal hearted, She spins a ladder to the …
July 18, 2025
Looking forward to the 39th La Jolla SummerFest
As July proceeds, you may begin to detect a certain festivity in the air — a summer festivity, if you will. It could be because the 39th La Jolla Music Society SummerFest is about to start cranking …
July 18, 2025
Now Playing: ATLAS (2018)
ATLAS (2018) David Nawrath / Script: David Nawrath & Paul Salisbury / Cinematography: Tobias von dem Borne (1.85) / Design: Uli Friedrichs / Composer: Enis Rotthoff / Editor: Stefan Oliveira-Pita / Acted by: Rainer Bock, …
July 17, 2025