Neighborhoods
It's a good sign when just about everything on the menu sounds tasty. Except I only have so many quarters on me, and they get you just six minutes apiece at downtown parking meters these …
The man with lemur hands is being mindful about touching anything. It’s not because his hands are actually lemurian; it's because he’s just exited the men’s room at the Tower Bar, which is bereft of …
A Hindu temple in northeastern Escondido, 25 years in the works, is one step closer to approval. The planning commission last week voted 4-1 to recommend it to the city council. It’s a smaller version …
As he drove home yesterday, September 29, Ian Bogan was stunned to see a plane sitting on the 15. "Traffic was stop and go until I got past the big tow truck and crane that …
Husker Du is one of the few highly successful punk acts of the 1980s that never reunited for a tour. Any chance of the original members coming together ended after their drummer/vocalist Grant Hart passed …
Rafael Pondé moved from Brazil to Ocean Beach to play reggae in 2022. He spent a year living — and meditating — in a minivan. His music — meditational reggae, heavy on the metaphysics — …
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 …
This year, a number of San Diego County residents were hit with delays getting their Amazon and USPS packages after delivery trucks and cars were involved in crashes and collisions. (Although in one case, after …
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, …