Neighborhoods
It’s the twilight years for tobacco stores in National City, where the city council narrowly approved an ordinance last week that bans new permits for such businesses within 1,000 feet of schools.In the small city, …
I've never quite learned my way around cheese. I thought I would, during that first trip to Paris, when I rushed into a fromagerie like a kid squealing into an ice cream shop, only to …
The Fearless Freaks is a 2005 documentary about the long-running Oklahoma City-based alternative rock act The Flaming Lips. When the film came out, the band was already 22 years into its run, but they were …
Just when it seemed like Tesla and other autopilot EV fires were a thing of the past, a couple of recent incidents in San Diego County proved otherwise.On September 6 in Vista, three electric vehicles …
Kids like bikes and kids like tech, so it stands to reason that kids would love e-bikes. But as the accidents pile up, it's becoming clear that grownups don't love kids on e-bikes. They fume …
I don’t know if the Pixies and Spoon have ever toured together before their recent month-long jaunt across the US, but the pairing seems as natural a fit as jeans and a T-shirt. San Diego …
Toyotas in San Diego County have become prime targets for thieves in 2025. Some of the stolen vehicles reportedly end up across the border, but others are said to ship overseas to places like Africa, …
It’s been delay after delay for the proposed Sage Canyon apartments in New Encinitas. Now, the 102-unit project located at the southeast corner of El Camino Real and Sage Canyon Drive is stalled again, this …
There’s a flea market going a couple streets down from the Observatory in North Park. I’m in the racks mining for an Alice in Chains shirt, thinking I could wear it to the Jerry Cantrell …
Credit (or blame) the internet for all the smashburgers. The world used to value thick patties and stacked toppings that could make a burger three-, maybe four-inches tall. Burgers that could cast a shadow.PlaceEat Crispy …
In Leucadia Oaks Park, over a former flower field, the city of Encinitas plans to grow a native plant garden that will teach residents how to achieve similar results in their own yards.Last week, the …
Earlier this month, a fire broke out along Hotel Circle South. Fire trucks, engines, water tenders, battalion chiefs, and even a helicopter were reportedly called in to battle the flames before they reached the Legacy …
At the trolley stop, I ask Brenden Walton if he and his girlfriend Ting Goskrra are taking the trolley downtown to see King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. When he says yes, I can’t help …
Max Miller - “San Diego’s first big-league literary figure”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 …
Imagine not being served at a local business because of your clothes and accessories."I'm at West Marine in Chula Vista, this gentleman right here is asking me to leave the store for no rhyme or …