Our man Peter Navarro has been in the news again of late...Video:Boys will be boysMr. Musk actually went even further than the "dumber than a sack of bricks" comment, dubbing his opponent in the tariff …
April 9, 2025
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Peter Navarro gets caught up in the Trump-Musk nexus
Eleanor Widmer – queen of San Diego's cafe critics
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 …
April 9, 2025
Local author exposes Johnson & Johnson's dark history
If you search for “Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder” on Wikimedia Commons, you will find the above image from an old edition of The Canadian Nurse, the official organ of the Canadian Nurses' Association. The text …
April 9, 2025
Del Mar: bikes and e-bikes – stay off sidewalks and streets where we tell you
Since the pandemic, e-bikes have been a growing share of the transportation mix of objects moving at different speeds on roads, trails, and sidewalks. Riders of all experience levels jostle and merge — or try …
April 8, 2025
River art gallery, Arise Roots, Coronado flower show, Lagoon project, Day at the Docks
Thursday | 10The San Diego River Artists’ Alliance is a collective of eighteen visual and 3D artists dedicated to spending time along the San Diego River — from its source in mountains near Julian to …
April 8, 2025
Fish report: First bluefin of the season for the Polaris Supreme
Dock Totals 3/30 – 4/5: 1055 anglers aboard 39 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 14 bocaccio, 2 calico bass, 7 halibut (5 released), 151 lingcod, 2773 …
April 7, 2025
Warblers and flycatchers return, rhizomes are effective reproducers
Land bird migration is in full swing this month in San Diego County, with warblers and flycatchers among those most commonly seen. Warblers crawl along tree limbs and branches to dine on their favorite insects, …
April 7, 2025
Jeannette DeWyze – reporter of so many San Diego beats
The author of this week's Midweek and Weekend Reads is Jeannette De Wyze. Her own words:How DeWyze came to the Reader:In the early ‘70s, my best friend at Northwestern University, Randy Barnett, got a job …
April 7, 2025
San Diego restaurants wising up to dine-and-dashers
Dine-and-dashers are striking in droves, according to restaurant and bar workers in San Diego County. Photos and videos of these hungry thieves are frequently posted online by frustrated business owners and managers hoping someone will …
April 7, 2025
The day Ritchie Valens came to town
September 1958: Rock and roll originator Ritchie Valens had two hits on the charts, "La Bamba" and "Donna," when a longtime local DJ, the late Harry "Happy Hare" Martin, persuaded him to perform at the …
April 5, 2025
Starting things off with a Lupo e Luna at Wolf in the Woods
The first thing worth mentioning about Wolf in the Woods is its location, which used to belong to Espresso Mio and, well before that, to a branch of Siesel’s market. This compact restaurant and wine …
April 4, 2025
Poems by William Shakespeare for his birth (and death) day
110Alas, ’tis true, I have gone here and thereAnd made myself a motley to the view,Gored mine own thoughts, sold cheap what is most dear,Made old offenses of affections new.Most true it is that I …
April 4, 2025
Theater review: Roustabouts' True West at Diversionary Theater
I was fortunate enough to attend the San Diego Theater Critics Circle’s Craig Noel Awards as a guest earlier this year, so I can attest that they do not give an award for Best Performance …
April 4, 2025
He crawled 700 miles on his hands and knees
A lift of baseboard is a volume of material that measures 4x4x16 feet, two cords. It’s what a forklift can handle, hence a lift. The size of the baseboard determines the number of linear feet …
April 4, 2025
Movie Review: ERIC LARUE (2023)
ERIC LaRUE (2023) Michael Shannon. Writer: Brett Neveu, based on his stage play / Cinematographer: Andrew Wheeler (1.85:1) / Designer: Chad Keith / Editor: Mike Selemon / Composer: Jonathan Mastro / Title Designer: Adam Brustein …
April 4, 2025