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College Area Events

Feeling Fit Club Wesley United Methodist Church	Monday, January 21, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Feeling Fit Club Wesley United Methodist Church	Wednesday, January 23, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Kiss Viejas Arena	Thursday, February 7, 7:30 p.m.
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band Viejas Arena	Thursday, February 21, 7:30 p.m.

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College Area News & Stories

Best driving shortcuts for 2019

Kearny Villa to Ruffin as alternative to I-15

On Oct. 9, 1975, the Reader published a story on driving shortcuts. It was written by then cabbie Ray Lilly and contained 14 San Diego shortcuts when gas went for about $.57 per gallon. In ...

Give this pollo a good home

It must be what backyard barbecues in Acapulco taste like

In the parking lot in front of the Rainbow Farms Supermarket (4727 Federal Blvd., Chollas Creek) sit a grill and smoker, a back of mesquite charcoal, and flag sign reading: “Pollos Estilo Acapulco.” Chicken, Acapulco ...

Order one of everything

Deli cookies to inspire a sweet tooth

What’s the opposite of a sweet tooth? Because for a number of years in my early adulthood I was that. Making student loan payments instead of ordering dessert. Quitting soda and taking up coffee. Learning ...

Jolar shutters nude dancer booths at College Grove

"Convoy is going to be flooded with girls"

"Jolar just let all the girls go and they are getting rid of the booths," reports a former employee of the longtime College Grove adult boutique where women have been performing private nude dance shows ...

Soul in a surf town

Fried pork chops bring out the pearly whites

If you’d told me two months ago I’d be sitting in a church banquet hall eating soul food, I’d have bet I was taking a trip to the South. Instead it was a short drive ...