“I’ve been crucified,” said Cardiff by the Sea resident Crista Curtis, as she surveyed what she helped to create on April 19. “I’ve had death threats. I’ve had weird men telling me they were going …
April 21, 2020
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Encinitas surfers' protest reveals other fault lines
What is filling San Diego's Comic-Con gap?
On April 17, Ellis Zeraus from Chula Vista woke up to “a bad” Facebook notification. “We have made the sad decision to cancel Comic-Con for the first time in its 50-year history,” posted the non …
April 21, 2020
Florida Canyon, Mission Trails bike paths re-opened
As roads have emptied under the coronavirus shutdown, new turf has opened up for bicyclists. More people are turning to bikes to get outdoors – or just to get around. "We have increased in business …
April 21, 2020
Japanese goes plant-based at The Yasai
This spring was supposed to be sort of a moment for vegan sushi in San Diego, a reminder that — minus the fish — rice, rice vinegar, and seaweed fit well within the plant-based ethos. …
April 20, 2020
Mission Beach – true character
Tiny Island Court has 31 short-timers Bayside Walk listed 121 rentals spread out between 15 blocks, with 50 rentals on just two blocks. Mission Boulevard listed 81 rentals on 17 blocks. It then dropped to …
April 20, 2020
San Diego history you never knew
90 Years of Curl Elwell says Kahanamoku surfed the OB Pier, and when he did, he asked a teenaged lifeguard named Charlie Wright if he could store his board in Wright's beach shack. By Jeannette …
April 19, 2020
That pesky natural San Diego light
A Single Mother Alone in the World If the child-support check is late, I let it be. I resent having to beg for anything. I used to be on my ex like white on rice, …
April 18, 2020
Restaurant delivery, without the delivery apps
It’s been a dozen years since I first started getting tacos and burritos from Los Reyes Mexican Food in Golden Hill. The family business has been at it since 1991. But only since restaurant dining …
April 17, 2020
Soon-Shiong folds two ex-Copley newspapers
When billionaire physician Patrick Soon-Shiong bought the L.A. Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, and a raft of other papers two years ago, many hoped that he was finally the Daddy Warbucks with enough free cash to …
April 17, 2020
Image Reha-bat-itation
Clockwise from upper left: 1. Bat soup served at Wuhan wet market, likely epicenter of the coronavirus. (Well, either that or the Wuhan Institute of Virology, but let’s stick with bats for the moment.) 2. …
April 17, 2020
Convention Center braces for an itinerant iteration of its annual showpiece
COVID-CON promises to bring more than 800 homeless people to the Convention Center floor for a cultural gathering unlike any other! Unfortunately, the event is not open to the general public, but those lucky enough …
April 17, 2020
Reminder: San Diego Reader approved by FDA*
FDA statement: “While many print publications have succumbed to the coronavirus due to their advanced age and underlying market conditions — we’re thinking here of San Diego Magazine, San Diego Home & Garden, and wow, …
April 17, 2020
OAN v CNN re: FDR
President Trump’s regular, televised briefings on the coronavirus and our nation’s efforts to fight it have proven hugely popular, but not universally so. Cable news outlet CNN has regularly provided truncated or no coverage of …
April 17, 2020
Masao Abe: securing the spiritual foundations of humanity
Masao Abe All I-Thou relationships among men and between man and God are possible only within an endlessly expanding self-awakening. Zen calls this our “Original Face,” the face we have before we are born. “Before …
April 17, 2020
Seven poems from the Man’yoshu
(Translation by Ian Hideo Levy) (40) On Ami Bay, the girls must now be riding in their boats. does the tide rise to touch the trains of their beautiful robes? (41) On Cape Tafushi, hung …
April 16, 2020