Newly discovered artifact points to alternate, original version of San Diego-scribbled song "Peaceful, Easy Feeling."

If you believe the history - and up until now, you would have had no reason to doubt it - then you think that songwriter Jack Tempchin penned the last verse of "Peaceful, Easy Feeling," which was later recorded by …

Virtual guide: "At the NRC, we're committed to transparency and accountability, even if weEEAAAARRRGH!"

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/30/36247/ Bob the Virtual Tour Guide leads visitors into the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station's main control room. RELOADING AT SONGS - Ever since the San Onofre nuclear power plant's sudden shutdown over this year, controversy and uncertainty has hung …

Poop! RECONSIDERING OUR ORDER, BROCKTON VILLA, LA JOLLA - "It started with the seals," recalls Eloise McKinley-Braeburton, who famously spearheaded the La Jolla Women's Club effort to have Children's Beach renamed Sealshit Cove "in the interest of truth, justice, and …

Controversy erupts over dual versions of David Copley's will

Who got the yacht? According to Hornblower Cruises owner Larry Longshore, today should be a banner day for the local cruise company, because, he says, "in a final act of Herculean charity, former Union-Tribune owner David Copley left his 160-foot …

Salk Institute launches Kickstarter campaign to fund its research, offers awesome pharmacological rewards to donors

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/26/36011/ In what many are calling a breakthrough in the field of crowdsourced medical innovation, La Jolla's Salk Institute has turned to the popular fundraising website Kickstarter.com in its effort to secure the $300 million necessary to keep its 35 …

SeaWorld buys Knott's Soak City, plans "tasteful" renovation, "because that's what people expect from a water slide park."

Simon Blowhole, Sea World's head of aquatic aesthetics, sat down with SD on the QT to discuss some of the changes that attendees can expect to see when the Soak City re-opens as Aquatica in March of 2013. "Overall," spouted …

The Zen question for the day: How many Chargers are required to stop a Raven running back on 4th and 29 with 1:50 to go in the game?

The answer is, of course, is unknowable. Seek instead for understanding of your own desire to keep the Chargers in San Diego.

Overheard in the U-T San Diego editorial offices: "Dammit, that should read 'publisher;' do you hear me? 'Publish-ER!'" http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/21/35823/

Local biotech struggles to penetrate market via "miracle" application of stem-cell research

Ever since the passage of Proposition 71 eight years ago, California has been leading the nation in stem-cell research. And here in San Diego, the biotech industry has been at the forefront of several breakthroughs in grant-writing related to the …

Godless atheists demand removal of Christian minister's image from embankment along 94 freeway

When San Diego State School of Art Design and Art History instructor Phillip Matzigkeit's mural honoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "power to move people" was unveiled in October, many San Diegans applauded the work, calling it "a fitting …

Once upon a time, there was a little girl who worked and worked and saved her money... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/16/35553/ She hoped that someday, she would have enough to buy a Disney Princess Kit that would transform her into a magical princess... …

Stronger mayor begins putting together super-team of super-governors to save city

First Up: Donna Frye, aka The Tranparency Woman, capable of making even the most smoke-filled room behind even the most closed door look like a public forum in Civic Center Plaza! "From now on, whatever hits San Diego, whether it …

Coach-Provocateur Norv Turner points to demotivational banner posted in Chargers' locker room during halftime of the team's November 11 game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. At the half, the Chargers led 21-17, but they ultimately lost 34-24. It was the …

We here at SD on the QT thought we had seen the last of this sort of thing, but apparently, fate had other plans... City Council grants Mayor-elect Filner sole power over $30 million in city contracts, fully 30 times …

First of all, I would like to thank Walter Mencken for giving me this opportunity to address the government of the City of San Diego. I myself live in Chula Vista, but I figure it's best to start at the …

Chris Anderson, longtime editor of the nerd-journal Wired, has taken up residence in San Diego as the CEO of 3D robotics, a do-it-yourself drone company that is seeking to put a user-friendly face on an industry normally devoted to the …

With just one day to go before America's Finest City selects its new mayor, local youth groups submitted questionnaires to both candidates, asking them for their views on issues that face kids today. "We know we can't vote, and that …

Halloween was two days ago, and he's still dressed as a ghost! Concerned Parent Hallie Copter: "He's cancelled his appearance at our community forums three times already. Now he seems to be taking this invisibility thing to heart." http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/02/34833/

The saga continues! Following the news that the Chula Vista City Council had held a series of emergency Happy Hour sessions at local tavern Wetbacks, Eyecandy Cabaret manager Randy Bumregard was quick to respond. "They put in a law saying …