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Old Town
Old Town News & Stories
What makes the light in San Diego different?
The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical …
Young Baja men bring Passion Play to San Diego's Old Town
The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical …
September 24, 2025
Why disturb San Diego's dead?
In recent months, there have been troubling reports of disrespect, vandalism, and accidents at cemeteries and memorials across San Diego County.On March 20, at around 9:00 pm, Irene T. saw a woman at the historic …
April 1, 2025
What Is the Whole Story?
For a couple of decades now, I’ve worked in the memoir trade — writing about the form, teaching and facilitating the craft to hundreds, and yes, actually writing one of my own. My students were …
February 12, 2025
San Diego's 10% killed by strangers
You are more likely to be murdered by someone you know than by someone you don’t. The latest FBI statistics show that fewer than 10% of the 20,000 people who were murdered in the United …
January 17, 2024
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