Night people of San Marcos Miss Rincon said it was her habit to spend the night in the public bathrooms at Richmar Park, at the corner of Firebird Lane and Richmar Avenue, around the corner …
March 2, 2020
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Escape to the Mojave: Joshua Tree's must-sees
We set off one recent morning on a trip to forget suburbia: to immerse ourselves in the high desert enclaves of the Mojave and Colorado, where San Bernardino’s sprawl can no longer reach through the …
March 1, 2020
Best Reader stories from 2010
Reader writers on why Christmas is magic By Dorian Hargrove, Elizabeth Salaam, Ernie Grimm, Jay Allen Sanford, Melissa Wiley, Ollie , Walter Mencken, Dec. 22, 2010 San Diego women who have converted to Islam Over …
March 1, 2020
Best Reader stories from 2009
A San Diego Charger football game is one thing, fandom is something elseSilva's powder blue coffin was trimmed with gold — Charger colors. His body was dressed in a jersey honoring his favorite player, Lance …
February 29, 2020
Will trade my $800 violin for new HF ham radio
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February 28, 2020
The Great Behest: favor seekers line up to tithe for San Diego lawmakers
Behesting, the practice by elected officials of raising money for charitable, governmental, and semi-political causes by soliciting special interest donors for the cash, has burgeoned over the past decade as a major tool of influence …
February 28, 2020
Stefan Jackiw's sound tone rang out to the back of the house
The San Diego Symphony is on a roll! The previous two concerts, which I have attended, have been nothing short of spectacular. The most recent endeavor was Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 11: …
February 28, 2020
Found in a tiny room in southern India
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church Contact: 1087 W. Country Club Lane, Escondido 760-743-2478 www.gdlutheran.org Membership: 150 Pastor: Jeffrey Horn Age: 50 Born: San Fernando Valley Formation: Pepperdine University, Malibu; Christ College (Concordia University), Irvine; Concordia Theological …
February 28, 2020
Ta ta Toronado
The great North Park revival was teetering toward critical mass in 2008. It had exciting new clubs, restaurants, coffee shops, an art scene pumping blood back into the neighborhood, but it was thirsty. There were …
February 28, 2020
“Galentine’s Day” with mimosas and dangly earrings
Over Valentine’s weekend, I went to Mission Hills to put the bottomless mimosas at Harley Gray Kitchen & Bar to the test. Waiting for my veggie omelet to arrive, I noticed two ladies who had …
February 27, 2020
Hayden Carruth: used rural New England imagery like Jane Kenyon and Donald Hall
Scrambled Eggs and Whiskey Scrambled eggs and whiskey in the false-dawn light. Chicago, a sweet town, bleak, God knows, but sweet. Sometimes. And weren’t we fine tonight? When Hank set up that limping treble roll …
February 27, 2020
Yellow Deli believer
A couple of years ago, up in Valley Center, I found this li’l farmhouse where the Twelve Tribes early Christian group had set up their shop and eatery, in the middle of nowhere. Fresh, healthy, …
Underage and underground
Ignant Benches was founded in 2014 by Chula Vista 8th graders Anson Kelley (guitar, vocals) and Andy Tistoj (guitar), who wanted to play that year’s school talent show. Subsequent gigs were scored at the Casbah, …
February 27, 2020
Ordinary Love: Worth fighting for
A January or February release — when half the country is either deep in hibernation, or worse, catching up on award-winners — has become the time of year designated as Hollywood’s dumping ground for films …
February 27, 2020
Resurrection of Louis XIV
Dishwater was in the midst of one of their greatest scores when the band began to fall apart. Guitarists Jason Hill and Robbie Dodds had become more interested in country music driven by the likes …
February 27, 2020