For decades, a debate has raged over how best to balance the desire to preserve California's threatened chaparral and coastal sage scrub plants while at the same time mitigating the risk of deadly fires fueled …
June 10, 2025
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Appellate court rules against Cal Fire plan to clear chaparral
Don’t take away affordable legal help for small businesses
The cost of doing business in California is high — and small businesses in Hillcrest are feeling the pressure. When legal issues come up, we need affordable, flexible options — not more red tape.Section 2 …
June 10, 2025
Bluefin probably not spawning off of California
Dock Totals 6/1 – 6/7: 2481 anglers aboard 117 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 15 barracuda, 1126 bluefin tuna (to 210 pounds), 31 bonito, 4 cabezon, …
June 9, 2025
Reader first-place writing contest winners over the years
The mudflats sometimes stank at low tide; it wasn’t really a bad smell, but a grassy, muddy smell that could be pleasant if you associated it with the kinds of things you did on the …
June 9, 2025
Now Streaming: WHEN FALL IS COMING (2024)
WHEN FALL IS COMING (2024) François Ozon / Writers: François Ozon & Philippe Piazzo / Cinematographer: Jérôme Alméras (1.85:1) / Design: Christelle Maisonneuve / Editor: Anita Roth / Composers: Evgueni Galperine & Sacha Galperine / …
June 9, 2025
Desert willows and smoke trees continue to bloom
The Blooming Of Desert Annuals Is Over, but not that of the region's stolid desert willows and smoke trees. Rooted in the beds of dry washes throughout Anza-Borrego’s lower valleys, both plants gather enough energy …
June 9, 2025
Burrito Bill vs. Soppressata Sara
Congresswoman Sara Jacobs easily defeated El Cajon mayor Bill Wells in last year's race for San Diego's 51st congressional district. "But that was before the rioters set LA on fire last weekend," says Wells, who …
June 9, 2025
Sara Jacobs: Bella figura at Buona Forchetta
"Perhaps the only thing worse than a fascist-minded conservative Republican," says Ann Archy, Chief Disorganizational Officer for Antifa San Diego, "is an insufficiently progressive liberal Democrat. The former is a clearly defined enemy: he stands …
June 9, 2025
U-Haul trucks mark San Diego civil decline
Across the country, U-Haul vehicles and trailers are showing up in headlines for all the wrong reasons — from a recent hate group demonstration in Kansas City to a Missouri man sentenced to eight years …
June 9, 2025
The night we ate Mighty Dog
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 …
June 6, 2025
Welcoming the 2025 San Diego Mainly Mozart Festival
The 2025 San Diego Mainly Mozart Festival promises an exhilarating celebration of classical music, bringing together world-renowned musicians, innovative performances, and a rich array of events that cater to both seasoned aficionados and newcomers to …
June 6, 2025
Now Streaming: THE TUNDRA WITHIN ME (2023)
THE TUNDRA WITHIN ME (2023) Written & Directed by Sara Margrethe Oskal / Cinematographer: Anders Hoft (2.35:1) / Editor: Anna Løvlund / Costume Designer: Anne Margaretha Oskal / Sound Designer: Håkon Lammetun / Acted by: …
June 6, 2025
Now Playing: DROP DEAD CITY (2024)
DROP DEAD CITY (2024) Produced & Directed by Michael Rohatyn & Peter Yost / Cinematographer: Jerry Risius / Editors: Anna Auster & Don Kleszy / Talking Heads: Charles Rangel, Donna Shalala, Herb Elish, Howard Rubinstein, …
June 6, 2025
Three poems by William Butler Yeats for his 160th birthday
When You Are OldWhen you are old and grey and full of sleep,And nodding by the fire, take down this book,And slowly read, and dream of the soft lookYour eyes had once, and of their …
June 6, 2025
Will vagabond vendors vamoose from Comic-Con 2025?
Comic-Con International is set to take over the San Diego Convention Center from July 24–27. Each year, the pop culture extravaganza draws cosplayers, collectors, celebrities, and families into the 2.6 million-square-foot convention center and surrounding …
June 5, 2025