Neighborhoods
Susan tells me that Luke Harmon is around here somewhere — right after she makes sure I don’t have to pee. Just now, she’s directing people to the restroom and answering questions at the TERI …
Clout chasing with cars and motorcycles in 2025 has spun out of control across San Diego County — or maybe I'm just getting old. Picture this: a guy climbing out of his truck window while …
Despite rising fears about rising sea levels, some bayside communities are trying to attract more shoreline development. Imperial Beach, which may face some of the region’s greatest risks from sea-level rise, is tackling coastal adaptation …
Security stops my buddy as he attempts to enter The Magnolia in El Cajon. Whatever is in his pocket has set the metal detector beeping. He calls it a nail file. Security calls it a …
The last time I attended a Reader meeting at Starbucks, I noticed that most of the soft, comfortable chairs were gone. The days of lingering with friends, toasting Frappuccinos and lattes, or drinking a Trenta …
Paradise Point Resort in Mission Bay is facing more scrutiny of its latest proposed remodel, which includes over 100 modifications.In a letter to the coastal commission, which postponed a vote on a coastal development permit …
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 …
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 …
Hillcrest is getting a new theater in a peculiar place. The Point Loma Playhouse company is abandoning its former stage near the harbor for a former auto repair shop next to Jimmy Carter’s Mexican Cafe …
I have two tickets to the Billy Idol show that’s going down at North Island Credit Union amphitheater in Chula Vista. Joan Jett is opening. When I was offered the tickets via e-mail a few …
She started out busking on the streets in OB; now Doah Lee now fronts the genre-breaking island grunge band Doah’s Daydream. Born in Seoul, raised in Hawaii, and now rooted in San Diego, she moved …
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 …
A chicken factory farm in Ramona is being ordered by regulators to manage its waste better. To some of its neighbors, the new plan amounts to an expansion of operations at Pine Hill Egg Ranch, …
On September 17, Normal Heights resident Melissa Alvarado heard a knock on her door. It was “someone claiming they were from EBT" — Electronic Benefit Transfer — "looking for whoever was on EBT,” she told …
Bartering in San Diego is having a moment. Long a practice between neighbors, friends, Facebook groups, farmers, businesses, and maybe some not-so-above-board operators, trading this for that has not been, typically, a consumer-facing activity. But …