PhotosDeadly Mosquitoes Breed in Our Urban Drool Of the 40 “sentinel chickens” used for early detection, 13 have converted to West Nile, including all 10 in Los Peñasquitos Lagoon, 2 in Oceanside, and 1 in ...
May 30, 2020
Jeannette DeWyze has written for the Reader since 1975. She is the co-author with Allan Mallinger of Too Perfect When Being In Control Gets Out Of Control (1993).
Some of her notable feature stories from the archives include:
I Cover the Watercress (Burl Stiff - San Diego Union society editor), Feb. 15, 1979:
Don't Call Me at Home (Mayor Maureen O'Connor), March 8, 1979
What High School Did You Go To? (Cameron Crowe), Dec. 3, 1981
An Encounter with Bill Coulson (Disciple of psychologist Carl Rogers apostasizes), Aug. 20, 1987
When an Indian Language Is Gone (linguist tries to re-construct Kumeyaay), Jan. 30, 1997
Childhood's End (94-year-old Dr. Spock living in La Jolla), Nov. 20, 1997
Three Bullets and Nine Years Later (Betty Broderick in prison), Nov. 5, 1998
Articles by Jeannette DeWyze
San Diego's mosquitos, ferrets, sea lions
A close look at religions in San Diego
There Is One God "The equality of all people and all religions is central to our faith. We didn't want to seem as though we were saying, 'No! We're not Muslims! Don't attack us! Those ...
May 2, 2020
San Diego history you never knew
90 Years of Curl Elwell says Kahanamoku surfed the OB Pier, and when he did, he asked a teenaged lifeguard named Charlie Wright if he could store his board in Wright's beach shack. By Jeannette ...
April 19, 2020
That pesky natural San Diego light
A Single Mother Alone in the World If the child-support check is late, I let it be. I resent having to beg for anything. I used to be on my ex like white on rice, ...
April 18, 2020
Opposums, rats, pigeons, plus San Diego's geologist who hates roadside landscaping
Our Panther Our fair city does have one black jaguar resident, downtown, in Cat Canyon, near Sun Bear Forest, across from the Hunte Amphitheater, in the San Diego Zoo. He was born October 1992 at ...
April 11, 2020
Normal Heights – you want to be involved
We the people of Normal Heights Adam Deutsch and his wife Claire moved to Normal Heights in 2014. Shortly after their move, the couple went to a meeting of the Normal Heights Community Planning Group ...
March 30, 2020
Best Reader stories from 2017
Spruce Street suspension bridge brings out demented thoughts It’s early, the marine layer still a veneer over the city, when we park the car just shy of the suspension bridge. The day promises to be ...
March 28, 2020
Best Reader stories from 2005
Salvation Mountain The Slabs are Slab City, three miles east of Niland, between the sultry Salton Sea and the Chocolate Mountains. Years ago the concrete slabs supported the barracks of Camp Dunlap, where General George ...
February 15, 2020
Best Reader stories from 2001
How San Diegans reacted to 9-11 “Where were you when the World Trade Center was hit?” “At home.” “And you happened to have the TV on?” “No, my little sister called. She woke me up ...
February 1, 2020