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Thomas K. Arnold

Arnold wrote news and features for the Reader in the 1980s and 1990s.

Some of his early writing:

Nov. 17, 1983 Doors Opened in Past for Mayor (Hedgecock history as concert promoter)

Apr. 26, 1990 A Town Called Bob

Jan. 7, 1993 What They Didn't Tell You About Mr. San Diego

Articles by Thomas K. Arnold

Local volcano tucked between Carlsbad and Oceanside

Who needs a gym, or even a treadmill, when you’ve got … this?<inline type="photothumb" id="158490" href="" align="right" />Tucked between Carlsbad and Oceanside, Lake Calavera Preserve is a natural fitness center, with miles upon miles of …

October 16, 2024
Oceanside's Parlor Donuts – best in the galaxy

Everyone has their favorite donut shop. Donut Bar in Pacific Beach gets high marks, as does The Goods in Carlsbad, whose website promises “artisan doughnuts crafted with the finest locally sourced ingredients.” VG Donuts in …

October 16, 2024
Linger at Agua Hedionda Lagoon

After your North County excursion has taken you to Legoland, the Flower Fields, Oceanside Harbor, and the San Diego Botanic Garden, you may start wondering what else there is for you to do. Here’s something: …

October 16, 2024
A rope course designed to resemble the Giant Dipper at Belmont Part

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
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
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 …

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” …

Oceanside – finally hip

I’m sitting at a table in the Q&A Oyster Bar in the restored Brick Hotel complex in downtown Oceanside, a block and a half from the pier. The decor is elegant, but not overdone: polished …

June 12, 2024
Serra Mesa bike lanes are out of control

Two years ago, in late March 2022, the city of San Diego added bike lanes to Gold Coast Drive in Mira Mesa. It was one of hundreds, if not thousands, of similar road reconfigurations taking …

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