Neighborhoods
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 …
In a move that could help with food insecurity, the National City city council has introduced an ordinance to allow up to 12 chicken hens per 1000 square feet on single-family zoned lots. If passed, …
A man will drive at least three and a half miles for soup dumplings, it seems. I will, anyway, because Joyee’s Dumpling House has recently added new location just about that far from my home. …
“I developed into a bit of a shut-in during Covid,” Kayla tells me outside of The Music Box in Little Italy. “Then I transitioned, and the nerves were amplified. But when the ad for this …
Santee has taken almost three decades to come up with a citywide plan to protect its open space, putting it behind Poway, San Diego, La Mesa and Chula Vista. But earlier this month, the city …
Electric bikes are fast, quiet, and showing up all over San Diego County. And as with most technological and vehicular innovations, not everybody is happy about it.On August 7, Diah from South Park filmed several …
“Are you a swing dancer?” asks the woman from a table adjacent to mine. She smiles, verifying that the question is indeed intended for me. I tell her no, I’m a writer, but this doesn’t …
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 …