The race to succeed termed-out Republican Kevin Faulconer as mayor of San Diego reached a new level of intrigue with the Monday, April 29 announcement by city councilman Mark Kersey that he is departing the …
April 30, 2019
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No one wants to talk about Oceanside's Sparsha Pharma
I happened to be at the May 16, 2018 Oceanside City Council meeting when David Newman gave an emotional rant during the “items not on the agenda” segment. He and his wife Amber had been …
April 30, 2019
Roots Bowls and superfoods overloads
Maybe it’s just California, but the açaí bowl concepts appear to be multiplying, especially around Hillcrest. I stumbled upon one with the achingly San Diego appropriate name, Roots Bowls; it serves açaí bowls, smoothies, pressed …
April 30, 2019
North Park and South Park – say goodbye to 30th Street as it is
The main roadway connecting North and South Park may be on the eve of a massive transformation. Councilmember Chris Ward is spearheading an ambitious plan to improve the bikeways on 30th Street that run from …
April 30, 2019
A pilsner from another hemisphere at Kairoa Brewing
New Zealand hops have been very much a part of San Diego’s beer lore since Alpine Beer Co. introduced Nelson IPA in 2004. The Nelson Sauvin hop used to brew that beer was just one …
April 30, 2019
Craft brew spot goes Anthem Vegan
Sausage. Steak. Burgers. Those are the kinds of meals beer fans have grown accustomed to eating at craft beer bar Toronado over the past decade or so. But times have changed. When I bellied up …
April 29, 2019
The moral dilemma of the chicken on La Rumorosa
At about 8 am on April 19, motorists ascending La Rumorosa’s windy two-lane road witnessed a truck hauling a trailer plunge down an 80-meter embankment into a canyon. La Rumorosa, a municipality of Tecate about …
April 29, 2019
Car theft thwarted by Stronghold Jiu Jitsu teacher and students
A man was arrested Thursday night after attempting to steal – for the second time – a 2011 Porsche Carrera parked outside of Stronghold Brazilian Jiu Jitsu academy in Point Loma. “My fiancé had just …
April 29, 2019
Allied Gardens – a fight for serenity
Superior Ready Mix dusts Allied Gardens “We sweep the streets three times a day, at 4:00 am, mid-day and then mid-afternoon. We paved the interior street that is the extension of Princess View several months …
April 29, 2019
Robert Kumpel and the Reader
Robert Kumpel wrote for the Reader from 1993 through 2007. He lives with his family and teaches school in Georgia. Editor's picks of stories Kumpel wrote for the Reader: She let me know what she …
April 28, 2019
Tim Brookes and the Reader
Tim Brookes, born and raised in England, living in Vermont, founded Writers Without Borders and the Endangered Alphabets Project. Brookes has been an essayist for NPR. He wrote for the Reader in the 1990s and …
April 27, 2019
A happy Khmer New Year with Po's Cambodian Street Food
I can’t explain exactly what led me to attend the Maha Sangkran Festival the third weekend of April. Better known around these parts as the Cambodian New Year, or Khmer New Year, the two day …
April 26, 2019
Notre Dame – more modern than you think
The fire which consumed the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has been out for a few weeks now. What many of us may not have realized at the time is the Notre Dame …
April 26, 2019
A flight of vodka at 619 Spirits
If you walk into 619 Spirits without knowing better, it’s easy to mistake the place with any other North Park bar and restaurant. A kitchen turns out dishes including wings, loaded fries, burgers, and wraps. …
April 26, 2019
Influential Modernist Movement poet Marianne Moore’s wit pushes boundaries of form and meaning
Poetry I, too, dislike it: there are things that are important beyond all this fiddle. Reading it, however, with a perfect contempt for it, one discovers in it after all, a place for the genuine. …
April 26, 2019