Turning up the volume On the 4th this year we went to the Point Loma Cabrillo Monument to watch the fireworks with another couple (“Bring it, 2019,” Best Buys, January 2). We brought a small …
July 10, 2019
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Unfriendly crowd at Cabrillo on the 4th
Father of Naval Aviation Glenn Curtiss 1911 flight detailed in Joe Ditler’s Coronado Confidential
“‘It was a Thursday morning in January of 1911, I was 13 at the time, and that particular morning I was floating around in my rowboat looking for ghost shrimp in the Spanish Bight.’” This …
July 10, 2019
Sex on the Beach, Pousse-cafe, and other incongruous beverages
Dear Hipster: A while ago, I went to a bar that has a reputation for divey-ness. I won’t say which one, because I get the sense that would be unhip, but suffice to say the …
July 10, 2019
Hear water bubbling over boulders in Santa Ysabel Creek in Boden Canyon
From the staging area, follow the trail leading east. In 0.14 mile, it curves around a ridge and heads south into Clevenger Canyon, parallel to Hwy 78, but well below it. In about half a …
July 10, 2019
Oceanside awards for pot-growing questioned
According to a lawsuit filed last week, it can’t hurt to do business in Oceanside if you have ties to a well-connected local family. “There seems to be a strong nexus between local government and …
July 9, 2019
Streetlight spy shakeup hits San Diego city hall
The ex-chief of San Diego mayor Kevin Faulconer's controversial streetlights that spy program has filed suit against the city, charging gender discrimination and retaliation for leading an investigation into an "egregious" sexual harassment case at …
July 9, 2019
Natural Style Chicken Hillcrest goes Korean fried
Late last year, news spread that longstanding Point Loma rotisserie chicken joint, Natural Style Chicken, was opening a second location on a busy corner of Hillcrest. The new space boasts a larger kitchen than the …
July 9, 2019
Do Del Mar fair and racetrack workers count in state housing mandates?
Time is ticking, deadlines loom. Del Mar needed affordable housing yesterday, and they will need it tomorrow. The city has until 2021 to fulfill their low-income housing allocation for the current housing element. That's 12 …
July 9, 2019
Protect your catalytic converter
“I see about one of these cars with stolen catalytic converters a week, go through my repair shop in Rancho Bernardo,” said Justin Goen. “It pisses me off and I think recyclers need to figure …
July 9, 2019
Going off the sajj at Mama's Bakery & Deli
For over thirty years, Mama's Bakery & Deli has been dishing up Lebanese food just off El Cajon Boulevard in North Park, and I’ve been ordering chicken shawarma there nearly half that time. However, it …
July 8, 2019
2016 holds record for Del Mar Fair
Like the scarecrow without a brain, this year’s Oz-themed San Diego County Fair had individually cataloged hundreds of lost and found items. The most unusual lost item? “A gold grill with diamonds in it,” said …
July 8, 2019
Funeral hustlers work Palm Avenue
On June 30, Rick noticed five individuals soliciting for donations on Palm Avenue and Saturn Boulevard at south San Diego — a block west of the I-5. “I saw a young man with a cut …
July 8, 2019
Warner Springs – place of contention
The blackest of crimes committed against Warner Ranch Indians Lummis rode past sturdy, whitewashed adobe houses with thatched roofs. When he reached the center of the village, anxious eyes approached. The Cupeños were desperate for …
July 8, 2019
Leslie Ryland and the Reader
Ryland, a mother of five and an attorney, wrote for the Reader from 1996 through 2004. Editor's picks of stories Ryland wrote for the Reader: What San Diego lawyers wear to court “My favorite suit …
July 7, 2019
Other San Diego summers
Phoenix without apologies Traveler, consider our Phoenix. An hour away by air, this flat, posh suburb of Greater L.A. is your finest summer vacation bargain. For the price of a bad weekend in a tacky …
July 6, 2019