Tom Morey, creator of the Boogie Board, died on Thursday, Oct. 14 at age 86. The following is a Reader cover story on Morey by Gordon Smith in 1978. For the last seven weeks the …
October 18, 2021
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Tom Morey – the Boogie Board's early years
San Diego in books - Henry Miller, Rick DeMarinis, Max Miller, Alfred Alcorn
THE MOST IMPORTANT ENCOUNTER of my life was with Emma Goldman in San Diego, California. She opened up the whole world of European culture for me and gave a new impetus to my life, as …
October 18, 2021
Here’s what vegans were lining up for in Encinitas
If you told me last week I would show up in Encinitas to find a long line of people waiting to order food, I would have offered a few guesses what that food might be. …
October 18, 2021
Son of L.A. councilman indicted in USC scandal backed Gloria's mayoral campaign
An ex-state Assembly Democrat who last year kicked in $1150 to help onetime colleague Todd Gloria get elected mayor is the latest player in the University of Southern California's long-running admission bribery scandals. Plagued by …
October 18, 2021
The conspicuous Floss Silk Tree has flowers like hibiscuses
The Floss Silk Tree, a conspicuous “autumn bloomer” here and there around San Diego, has been showing off its pinkish or purplish, hibiscus-like flowers for at least a month now. The broad, heavy trunks of …
October 18, 2021
Women at the Elephant Bar, Carlos Murphy’s, the Belly Up Tavern helped my career as doctor
Show Me Your Saphenous Vein, James! I had wanted to be a doctor since graduating from elementary school; I never seriously considered anything else. I did not have any doctor role models in my immediate …
October 18, 2021