In 1940, the recently widowed and wealthy Clara Clemens Gabrilowitsch bought a small estate in the Hollywood hills and sought counsel from a medium named Sardoney about her love life. Known also by his epithet …
April 20, 2026
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The sad life of Mark Twain's daughter ends in Mission Beach
San Diegans who married into money
"Your wife has an ownership interest of approximately 11 percent in the Miracle Recreation Company, a Missouri company which designs, manufactures, and sells playground equipment. This interest is a separate property interest arising from your …
April 18, 2026
Now playing: NORMAL (2025)
NORMAL (2026) Ben Wheatley / Writers: Derek Kolstad & Bob Odenkirk / Cinematography: Armando Salas (2 :35 : 1) /Design: Jean-Andre Carriere / Editing: Jonathan Amos / Composers: Harry Gregson-Williams & Ryder McNair / With: …
April 17, 2026
Mission Valley's river– a field day for homeless
We heard him screaming even before he broke out of the underbrush, crashing through the giant reeds on either side of the narrow path. The sun had just set, and the riverbed area was no …
April 17, 2026
Pop goes San Diego: My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, Langhorne Slim, Patrick Wilson
My Life With the Thrill Kill KultUpcoming EventMy Life With The Thrill Kill KultFriday, April 17, 2026, 7:30 p.m.Music Box, 1337 India Street, San DiegoAge Limit: 21+ / $30 - $35MoreFounded in 1987, My Life …
April 16, 2026
Live Five: Tigers in Cairo, Fred Benedetti, Joshua White, Ypsitucky, The Swedish Models
Tigers in Cairo at Brick By BrickCelebrating the 20th anniversary of Suck Out The Poison, He Is Legend will headline a Linda Vista bill that includes A Lot Like Birds, Lost in Separation, and locals Tigers …
April 16, 2026
Max Miller – San Diego's literary giant of the 1930s
Early in the past century, Riverside, Washington, was a disreputable dockside community on a bluff above the Snohomish River. Max Carlton Miller, born in Traverse City, Michigan, spent his youth in Riverside, as some residents …
April 16, 2026
Dizzy's Celebrates International Jazz Day on April 30
Acclaimed vocalist Allison Adams Tucker will headline the 15th annual International Jazz Day San Diego at Dizzy's on April 30. Declared in 2011 by UNESCO, Jazz Day recognizes jazz music as a worldwide force for …
April 15, 2026
Fallbrook home ec teacher kills her daughter
The body lies in a position of repose, a 12-year-old girl in pajamas, on her bed, in Fallbrook, California. Her blue eyes, though open, see nothing, and for ten more minutes, no one sees her. …
April 15, 2026
Folksinger Judy Henske finds Reader story idea on train to San Diego
I was riding on the 8:35 a.m. train from L.A. to San Diego. About halfway between Oceanside and Solana Beach, we had pulled to a side track to wait for the southbound Amtrak to pass. …
April 14, 2026
That first Padres game at Qualcomm Stadium in 1969
After 35 years, the San Diego Padres have a home of their own. Today, the local nine will jog onto the field and play their first regular-season game in Petco Park.October 14, 1968: baseball held …
April 13, 2026
Carlsbad flower fields open up to the public
The people who grow the flowers overlooking the freeway in Carlsbad at Flower Fields did something last spring that diverged from San Diego floricultural tradition: they encouraged the public to come onto the growing grounds. …
April 11, 2026
San Diego – blonds and blondes everywhere
I’m allowed to write this article only because I’m a 7. I don’t mean that I’m a 7 the way Bo Derek was supposedly a 10. I mean that I’m a 7 on the Natural …
April 10, 2026
Pop goes San Diego: FKA Twigs, The Moss, Matisyahu
FKA TwigsUpcoming EventFKA TwigsThursday, April 9, 2026, 7:30 p.m.Sound, 2260 Jimmy Durante Boulevard, San DiegoAge Limit: 21+MoreBritish singer, songwriter, producer, dancer, and director Tahliah Debrett Barnett, aka FKA Twigs, kicked off her showbiz career as a backup …
April 9, 2026
Live Five: Ashley E. Norton, Julia Sage, Rip Carson, Dave Gilbert Band, Sutton James
Ashley E. Norton at Grand Ole BBQ Flinn SpringsApril 9Beginning her career in the Arizona music scene with folk-rock band Delcoa, Americana singer-songwriter Ashley E. Norton moved to Nashville in 2010 to pursue her love …
April 9, 2026