“Little Amal” is a 12-foot puppet of a Syrian girl who has been traveling the world in an effort to raise awareness of the plight of refugees all over the world. And her arrival at …
November 17, 2023
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Biden bumps up building on wall in wake of puppet’s border visit
County to ban public camping to help protect precious homeless population
Last week, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to draft an Unsafe Camping Ban that would prevent homeless encampments from being set up on public land. The ban would “remove improperly stored …
November 3, 2023
NBA scouts express concern over San Diego phenom’s long-range game
San Ysidro basketball standout Mikey Williams has been a top prospect since his freshman year of high school. He already has an endorsement contract worth millions with Puma, millions of followers on Instagram, and a …
November 3, 2023
Coronado turns to the past to meet future housing goals
Last week, the city of Coronado avoided a showdown with the state of California, and agreed to build the 912 housing units demanded by the Regional Housing Needs Allocation program. (If it hadn’t, it might …
November 3, 2023
Newly declared Senate candidate seeks to memory hole San Diego affiliation
Last week, former Major League Baseball star Steve Garvey, who played four seasons with the San Diego Padres after 14 years with the Los Angeles Dodgers, entered the race for the U.S. Senate Seat vacated …
October 20, 2023
Unsmart SDSU students march in support of Israel in wake of Hamas attack
“It’s sad, really,” says Sara Esjaydublyu, the brilliant President of Harvard Students for Palestinian Decolonization. “These poor state-school kids somehow think they’re smart enough to weigh in on this famously complicated situation. They see the …
October 20, 2023
Flailing SDSU chases Prime shine, hires former star
“Nick Canepa was right,” admits SDSU Head of Football Revenue Bill Dollar. “He wrote in the U-T that 'Colorado is the hottest Prime steak on the national grill. And it’s all because, against all the millions of …
October 6, 2023
How Scholder Got His Groove Back
RETRACTION: Troy Scholder did not, in fact, say any of the things attributed to him below. That is why this story appeared in the Almost Factual News section of the San Diego Reader. However, it is …
October 6, 2023
Federal Government responds to County
Last week, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors declared a humanitarian crisis in response to the public concern over the number of migrants being dropped in San Diego County by U.S. Border Agents. “We …
October 6, 2023
Coastal Commission unanimously approves permanent Point La Jolla closure to protect sea lions
At one point during the hearing, Commissioner Hart chastised a La Jolla resident who had risen to protest: “You still have the Children’s Pool. Well, for half the year, anyway. And you will note that …
September 22, 2023
Rally for “clean beaches” draws sharp words from Governor
Last week, outraged citizens of Coronado and Imperial Beach staged a protest over the steady influx of sewage slipping over the border from Tijuana and fouling the waters off the county’s southern beaches. They hoped …
September 22, 2023