Neighborhoods
El Cajon drivers have found a way to avoid idling at certain busy intersections and stoplights: just take a side street. They use Dorothy Street to cut from Jamacha to Washington, avoiding the intersection of …
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 make up for the loss of its physical …
Twenty years living in this city and there's one quintessentially San Diego activity I've never gotten around to: boating. But if I ever do get out on the water, I'll know where to pick up …
The long-running indie/roots band Dispatch made a stop at SDSU’s Open Air Theatre on a Thursday night in late July. With three openers in tow — John Butler and band/G. Love and Special Sauce/Donavon Frankenreiter …
Tesla made national headlines this week after a jury ruled against the company in a fatal autopilot crash out of state. But recently, Elon Musk's electric cars have been making an impact across San Diego …
A major sporting venue proposed for the Chula Vista bayfront promises jobs, tourists, local visitors, and recreation — but what will it bring to the Bay itself? Environmental advocates fear the answer to that question …
Did I want to spice my curry with bhutlah pepper? According to the menu here at The Curry Club, it rated a zesty 1.5 million on Scoville heat index, and the restaurant made you sign …
“Every time we work with an outside company, I have to keep them from trying to steal our sound guy,” says Luke Harmon, Director of Entertainment Operations at the Training, Education & Resource Institute (TERI) …
San Diego cyclists and their political allies fought hard for the lanes, and they won. But now, some riders are pedaling straight into a prickly new problem—overgrown weeds, low-hanging branches, and yes, even sunflowers obstructing …
Nine protesters showed up at the El Cajon city council meeting last week to demand the city roll back a resolution that allows police to cooperate with federal immigration officials.While that is a much smaller number …
Tacos El Franc, one of Tijuana's most esteemed taquerias, officially brought its delectable adobada to the United States last month, opening a bright new shop at the Westfield Plaza Bonita shopping mall in National City. …
The sanctuary of Westminster Presbyterian Church is about to swap hymns for heated cross‑examination. This Saturday, New Fortune Theatre Co. presents American Monkeys, a free, five‑hour mash‑up of courtroom drama and county fair that marks …
“He’s staring at your ice cream,” says a woman working the information booth at the Julian Town Square Music Festival. This by way of explaining her husband’s hungry stare in my direction. I can’t blame …
“See?” says my wife Shelley, “you can pee here too!” She’s not talking to me; she's talking to her friend Chrissy’s Shih Tzu puppy, while watching a large yellow dog pause his stroll along Newport …
I can count on one finger the number of times I've ordered a wrap in the past ten years. I'm not talking about burritos, obviously, or gyro meat wrapped in a pita. When I say …