It was going to happen—it was just a matter of time. I have written a book. Not surprisingly, it is a guide to all of the breweries, brewpubs, brewery-restaurants, and other tasting venues in San …
October 2, 2013
Don Bauder moonlighting at Kensington Video?!
August 29, 2013 · Scott Marks
Here's something I failed to mention in this week's cover story on Kensington Video. When Guy Hanford shaves in the morning, he sees Don Bauder's face in the mirror. Thanks to dwbat, Reader lifer and President of the Don Bauder …
Review: The Family
September 13, 2013 · Scott Marks
I’d issue a SPOILER ALERT!, but how does one go about curdling something as putrescent as The Family? By now we have all grown accustomed to THE GREATEST ACTOR OF HIS GENERATION using the eeny-meeny-miney-moe method of script selection. With …
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County Office of Education hit with warning letter over travel freebies
October 15, 2013 · Matt Potter
Long running state political watchdog's investigation of controversial conduct of education office ends with a whimper as agency told not to break law again
The San Diego County Office of Education has long been a troubled patch on the corpus of local government. http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/oct/15/54782/ As reported here in February 2010 by Dorian Hargrove, whistleblower Roger Hartnett has spent years in a legal battle with …
Interview with film and television star Jeffrey Tambor
Jeffrey Tambor has been a fixture on movie and television screens for the past 40 years, so it’s safe to assume that by now he has become somewhat of an authority on the subject of …
November 27, 2013
Scott Marks responds to a critic
Scott Marks replies to a letter to the editor while getting his hair cut.
In San Diego clubs Thursday–Saturday, January 23–25
Thursday 23The Casbah crowd will be celebrating the club’s 25-year run as San Diego’s credible showcase of up-and-coming alternative bands and a must-play stage for many underground and international acts. The Birch North Park Theatre …
January 22, 2014
Castle Park Middle School principal punches back!!
Throughout 2013, the Reader reported on Castle Park Middle School’s extracurricular priorities: recruiting Sweetwater students to Alliant, a costly private university; extending the Steven Hawking charter school into the Castle Park Middle site; questionable spending …
February 5, 2014