North County Coastal
Jerry Garcia was born on August 1, 1942 and died on August 9, 1995. He was best known for being a founding member The Grateful Dead, a band born in the days of ‘60s counterculture …
One day in late March, I got a call from Louise Wyatt. I had just interviewed her for a story on how genetic genealogy had enabled detectives to solve the murder of her daughter Michelle, …
Ken Harrison wrote freelance submissions for the Reader from 2009 through 2019. He died on July 21 in Bishop, California, where he had become a radio newsman for KIBS. Harrison's favorite stories he wrote for …
“Don’t notorious and inglorious kind of mean the same thing?” The question’s come up thanks to the quirky pairing of restaurants on a stretch of El Camino Real in Carlsbad’s La Costa neighborhood. The first …
At first glance, you might not peg guitarist Nate Jarrell as a high school teacher — maybe it’s the modified mohawk. The heavily tattooed Jarrell still looks every bit the punk rocker he was nearly …
The city of Encinitas has taken a step toward banning all public smoking of tobacco, leaving only private property or inside a moving vehicle for lighting up. Smoking is already prohibited on beaches, parks, and …
Christopher Rodriguez appeared four years ago as one of North County’s most promising Republican up-and-comers. An Iraq war veteran who was awarded a Purple Heart, he still sports a high-and-tight Marine haircut. During Oceanside City …
Oceanside’s most recognized yet most neglected building is about to get its first major upgrade since it was built in 1950. The beachfront “bandshell” immediately south of the Oceanside pier has hosted high school graduation …
(Editor’s note: The listing was removed after this piece was submitted, but we are presenting the story anyway, in part because, given the house’s history on the market, it seems likely that it will be …
Something happened last month when I went down to New Zealand. I fell in love. Again. It was Diane. I had known her in student days. She was bright, shy, that unexpected laugh, those unexpected …
Where is everybody? This was last Tuesday, in Oceanside. I was looking for food. Don’t look for food on Tuesday afternoons. So many places are closed. Specially last Tuesday, the day the whole nation fell …