Become a child again — and give your body a workout, to boot. Over on the west side of the 4275-acre beach paradise known as Mission Bay Park, there’s a playground with a lot more …
October 3, 2024
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A rope course designed to resemble the Giant Dipper at Belmont Part
The ups and downs of Cel Cerro on a bike
In 2015, my wife and I moved from Los Angeles County to San Diego. The Del Cerro home we picked on Dwane Avenue has a view of San Diego State University. On a clear day, …
October 3, 2024
San Diego Reader Best of 2024
Thanks for noticingLost Abbey finds a new wayAnderson’s apogeesAntique modernHeavenly hall undergroundMounting MadraParent-friendly playgroundThe van man canPeaceful, eaze-y feeling
October 2, 2024
Experience Hendrix, Falling Doves, Peter Sprague, Sandi King, Clikatat Ikatowi
Video:LIVE FIVE: Tributes, listening parties, and screenings in Kensington, Carlsbad, La Mesa, Little Italy, and downtownExperience Hendrix Tour at Rady ShellOCT 3Celebrating the music and legacy of Jimi Hendrix, this year’s Experience Hendrix Tour features …
October 2, 2024
Scott Peters aide gets free travel and hotel from Big Pharma
Summer of drugsDillon Cooke, an aide to House Democrat Scott Peters of La Jolla, picked up some free travel and a stay in San Francisco from Center Forward, a non-profit group known for pushing pro-Pharmaceutical …
October 2, 2024
When Rafael Payare met with Irwin Jacobs
After decades of limping along with concert venues based on old movie theaters and whatever the Civic Theatre is based on, San Diego now has a world-class classical music hall. For the past three years, …
October 2, 2024
Sea Hive Station – not a Victorian antique store
San Diego’s best antique store isn’t really an antique store — at least, not of the old school variety, the sort of place where the merchandise consists mostly of Victorian dressers, cane-back rocking chairs, Depression-era …
October 2, 2024
Ian Anderson’s apogees
This year makes it 10 that I’ve been visiting San Diego restaurants and writing about it for the Reader’s Feast column, so I’m taking a look back at a few the best things I’ve eaten …
October 2, 2024
Lost Abbey finds a new way
It is surely appropriate that Lost Abbey has religion as its motif; in the 18 years since Tomme Arthur’s Vista-based brewery first opened, it has earned a devoted following among beer fans, one that stretches …
October 2, 2024
Timken museum among best in world
This summer, a friend gave me a copy of Daniel Gross and Tyler Cowan’s book Talent (maybe he thought it would help). He also suggested I listen to Cowan’s podcast, Conversations with Tyler. I started …
October 2, 2024
Air toxins plague Escondido, Imperial Beach, Chula Vista, Tijuana
Since last month, concerns over air toxins sparked chaos across San Diego County. Schools abruptly canceled physical education classes in the southern part of the county after a "chemicals of war" warning from a local …
October 1, 2024
USD more than doubles student housing in Linda Vista
The University of San Diego is preparing to increase the number of beds for full time students from 1,262 to 3,101.Planning commissioners last week praised the private university for being "proactive" on housing, and voted …
October 1, 2024
Bluefin tuna, three subspecies vary greatly in size
Dock Totals 9/22– 9/28: 3558 anglers aboard 157 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 2777 bluefin tuna (up to 90 pounds), 133 bocaccio, 974 bonito, 1 cabezon, …
September 29, 2024
Won't be waiting for horn section in Mahler
As we embark upon the first masterworks season at The Jacobs Music Center I’ve been thinking about my expectations. Apparently, expectations are bad and are destined to create disappointment—for the most part. Intentions, on the …
September 27, 2024
Pronto payments cause confusion
A few months ago, MTS instituted a new payment system for their buses, one that enabled its Pronto machines to take credit cards as payment. But there was no formal announcement. When MTS switched from …
September 26, 2024