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The Frights, The Sleepwalkers, Sandollar, Back to the Garden, Andra Day

Video:LIVE FIVE: Surf-punk, roots, world, 60s, and R&B music in Midway, OB, San Carlos, Solana Beach, and Shelter IslandThe Frights at SomaSept 13Surf-punkers the Frights were teens when their recording career was launched in 2013 …

September 12, 2024
Gonzo Report: Gary Wilson rises again

“Excuse me, I have to put this fire out,” says Joseph Bursey, the doorman at The Tower Bar. I see he’s being literal as I nosily follow him to the corner of the building, where …

September 12, 2024
One of the Kidz goes running with Rogues of Chaos

Jerry Flack’s lifelong devotion to music was sealed at an early age. “I was three or four and my father’s band was practicing in the living room, and they were playing ‘Day Tripper’ by The …

September 12, 2024
Unrelenting T.J. sewage, sand loss in Oceanside, closed O.B.pier, Mission Beach seawall cracks, aggressive La Jolla sea lions

San Diego County’s oceanfront beaches have long been showered with praise by everyone from local tourism officials and travel writers to hotels, travel agencies, and even universities. Platitudes about our “70 miles of glorious coastline” …

Todd Gloria sucking out-of-town money to raise our taxes

Sports and taxesTorrents of political cash to support passage of the sales tax measure backed by San Diego mayor Todd Gloria and his fellow Democrats on the city council have begun pouring in from out …

September 11, 2024
Why Otay Mesa reader will not ride trolley

SD as bad as LA?The Reader sank to a new low publishing this piece of rot (“Less Lonely Out Here”, Cover Story, August 29, 2024). The self-described Chinese female chronic pain patient revealed herself to …

September 11, 2024
I like Glutenus Maximus Bakehouse and I cannot lie

Video:FEAST!: I like Glutenus Maximus Bakehouse and I cannot lieAm I above driving an hour just because a new bakery in Vista has a funny name? I am not.PlaceGlutenus Maximus Bakehouse3265 Business Park Dr # …

September 10, 2024
Costs to update The Wave in Vista come under scrutiny

The Wave, San Diego County's first municipal water park, opened in Vista in 1994. Over the years, the costs to maintain it have ballooned. An assessment finds it will take somewhere between $6,100,000 and $16,800,000 …

September 10, 2024
Hip-hop has seeped into our parents' Fil-Am gatherings, karaoke

If the scent of lumpia and the thump of bass-heavy rap tracks about Filipino culture caught your attention while driving along the 805 or 54 freeways recently, you were within earshot of the "Party With …

September 9, 2024
Native shrubs are hanging on to their leaves, germinating plumeria seed pods

The Chaparral, The Tangled Assortment of low-growing, drought-resistant native shrubs covering most of San Diego County’s lower mountain slopes, has managed to remain somewhat green this summer. Unlike many of the scrubby natives near the coast, …

September 9, 2024
Get ready for the San Diego Symphony's Mahler by listening to it a few times

We live in an age where entertainment is fading. I’m not talking about the performing arts, I’m talking about Marvel, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Superman. These enterprises are losing money faster than a crypto-bro …

September 9, 2024
Cool water, lots of bluefin, and nice ‘buts

Dock Totals 9/1– 9/7: 4027 anglers aboard 161 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 15 barracuda, 3498 bluefin tuna (up to 220 pounds), 1 blue perch, 77 …

September 8, 2024
David Wagoner took on the Pacific Northwest

LostStand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here, And you must treat it as a powerful stranger, Must ask permission to know it and be known. The forest breathes. …

September 6, 2024
San Diego Symphony unveils new home at Jacobs Music Center

“At last,” says Sandy Flopsweat, director of community engagement for the Jacobs Music Center, which has just re-opened following a four-year, $125 million remodel. “At last, we have what it takes to make classical music …

Hillbilly Elegy author J.D. Vance forced to use servant’s entrance at Rancho Santa Fe fundraiser

Yesterday, Republican Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance spoke at a $50,000-a-plate fundraiser luncheon in Rancho Santa Fe, hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Randall Goldwell-Cashgrab at their 40,000-square-foot villa. But while many in the ultra-wealthy community …

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