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Linda Vista's servile colonial subject eager to impress

As the KPBS crew interviewed the Reader's editors this Tuesday on the switch to digital-only, the sound man asked founder and longtime editor Jim Holman a final question: "So do …

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Marilyn Monroe will always be in Coronado

At the turn of the millennium, the American Film Institute named Billy Wilder’s 1959 comedy Some Like it Hot the number one funny movie in American cinema. One of the …

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Stolen Louis Vuitton wallet ruins San Diego Christmas

Picture this: You finish a workout at 24 Hour Fitness, head to Target for a quick errand, and leave your shopping cart unattended for just a moment. When you return, …

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San Diego, look to the bluefin

It wasn’t always bluefin. Albacore came first, just as A comes before B in the alphabet. Back in the ‘60s, while I was still in my single-digit years, I remember …

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The border wall not built by Trump

Video:FEAST!: The border wall not built by TrumpThe wall of instant noodles confounds me at first. Not because I can't reach the top shelf—though I can't—but because there's over a hundred ramen options looking back …

January 22, 2025

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Pirate King of river island near Santee

Nota Bene: This tale is one way of coping with a seemingly insurmountable problem. It does not contain a shred of disrespect for the unhoused. <inline type="photothumb" id="159038" href="" align="right" />I was piloting my drone near …

January 15, 2025

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January 8, 2025

What you did in 1960s San Diego to get a starter job

When I turned 16 years old, my dad strongly urged me to find a part-time job. This was also happening to most of my buddies. The problem was that none of us wanted to work. …

Cover Stories Golden Dreams

January 1, 2025

Yuha Man’s skeleton was stolen before it could be dated

In 1971, Morlin Childers — an amateur archaeologist who had discovered the mysterious sunken ship under the surface of Laguna Salada — brought Imperial Valley College archaeology instructor Dr. Erlinda Burton and her field class …

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December 25, 2024

Ray Kroc and Hunter S. Thompson had nothing on Trump

[Note: None of this actually happened. But eight years ago, I sat down with some political luminaries to discuss the shocking election of Donald Trump to the presidency. Looking back, what's most remarkable — touching, even — …

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December 18, 2024

Mary Catherine Swanson wants every San Diego student going to college

In 1980, Cameron Crowe was an undercover student at Clairemont High School, situated in one of San Diego’s original planned communities, or suburbs. Five years after the end of the Vietnam war, Crowe was there …

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December 11, 2024

94th Aero Squadron – French farmhouse still works

Video:TIN FORK: 94th Aero Squadron – French farmhouse still worksIt was one of those gifts a cash-strapped cuss like myself always dreams of.I heard about it first in 2013: this crazy eat-drinks place with World …

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December 4, 2024

SD Symphony singer tells what it’s like behind the scenes

I’ve been a singer — around town and internationally — for a long time. Opera, operetta, musical theatre, variety — these were my stomping grounds. My talents, and the experience I brought to the table …

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San Diego Reader 2024 Holiday Guide – like none other

Holiday Candle Making Workshop3138 Fifth AvenueGaslamp“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” That line from the beginning of John’s Gospel goes a long way toward explaining the raw appeal …

November 27, 2024

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Now what can they do with Encinitas unstable cliffs?

Life guardsAt the top of the Grandview stairway sits a bench, dedicated to the memory of the three women who died under the weight of a 50-ton blockfall in 2019. In a late-July meetup, Dr. …

November 20, 2024

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November 13, 2024

Fateful picnic at Grandview beach in Encinitas

The cliff collapseOn August 2, 2019, at around 1 pm, Dr. J. Patrick Davis, his wife, Julie Davis, Julie’s sister, Elizabeth Charles Cox, and Pat and Julie’s daughter, Annie Davis Clave — all three of …

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November 6, 2024

The Encanto girl who wouldn’t give up writing

When I was a ninth-grader growing up in Encanto, I used to struggle with poems that just wouldn’t work out. After a whole day of fussing and revising, I’d still end up with something like …

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