Local sports team gear — an SD hip-hop firstWord on the South Bay streets is much of the 619-based hip-hop movement started at the Vista Terrace Hills apartments in San Ysidro. “We’ve been repping SD …
April 24, 2019
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Restoring a 1936 Mercedes-Benz 500K Special Roadster with Craig Hopkins
Craig Hopkins of Dallas, Texas has a collection of model cars in a cabinet, organized “by how much I like them. This car is on the top row.” “This car” is his restored and very …
April 24, 2019
Nostalgic about Mexican radio, angry about Soapy Joe's
Commoners’ guide to classical music Please, please, please let the essay/article on classical music be some kind of twisted satire (“Classical music not for dummies”, Classical Music, April 2). You have to train to understand …
April 24, 2019
Colonel Sanders as a Coachella-bound influencer?
Dear Hipster: What the heck do I have to do to become a multi-millionaire hipster Instagram influencer with lucrative contracts from big companies? I want free hotel stays, toys for my kids, treats for my …
April 24, 2019
Anza-Borrego’s Lycium Wash via Split Mountain Road: a more primitive experience
Located south of Ocotillo Wells, Lycium Wash via Split Mountain Road is about 45 minutes from Anza Borrego Desert State Park’s Visitor Center, making it an ideal hike for those wishing to have a more …
April 24, 2019
The sewage that Imperial Beach wants to put near San Ysidro
San Ysidro residents were stunned and angry when they learned that neighboring Imperial Beach and the Surfrider Foundation are pushing a plan for an 80-acre capture basin for sewage, sediment and trash within a mile …
April 23, 2019
AEG and H&S lobbyists vying for fresh Sports Arena deal
After more than a year of closed-door negotiations with AEG Worldwide to extend the company's lease of what is currently known as Pechanga Arena San Diego, the city has launched a public solicitation for possible …
April 23, 2019
Returned to Carnitas Uruapan and ordered the burrito again
Every so often, a meal comes along that is so memorable, it plants a flag in your appetite and becomes a landmark to look back upon and fondly remember for the rest of your life. …
April 23, 2019
Will San Diego aquaculture bring back abalone?
Port officials looking to expand local aquaculture heard some good news this month. A two-year project by federal scientists that mapped the potential for aquaculture in the U.S. found ample promise in San Diego. And …
April 23, 2019
San Diego Marine pilots handicapped by tight airspace and ammo
A formerly secret, still redacted Pentagon audit has revealed key "capability and capacity gaps" at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma across the state line in Arizona, the top desert training ground for Marine fighter pilots …
April 22, 2019
Moshe Krafchow's plan to prevent San Diego wildfires
When Moshe Krafchow talks about his novel approach to reducing the risk of fueling wildfires, he looks like a true believer. “The best thing we can do is work with the plants to get them …
April 22, 2019
Everybody was Kung Fu drinking
It took family in town for me to catch on to how big boba has gotten. I’ve been walking around under the impression the bubble tea trend peaked 25 years ago. That’s when I recall …
April 22, 2019
Ghost rider in Escondido
On April 20, Jonathan W. from Clairemont saw a Facebook photo of a teenager climbing out of the sunroof of a Mercedes-Benz W210 in Escondido, while the vehicle “was going fast up a hill.” “They’ll …
April 22, 2019
Campo –small town rich in drama
Complications of Tijuana to Tecate to Campo train Ten federal agents waiting at the railway museum are demanding that the train continue onto its last stop in Campo and be cleared through customs before anybody …
April 22, 2019
Paul Krueger and the Reader
How Krueger came to the Reader:I had just graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 1975 with a bachelor's in U.S. history. I hadn’t taken any journalism classes in college but always liked to write, and …
April 21, 2019