Sunday | 24San Diego Dim Sum TourBrunch on Cantonese-style dim sum, served fresh from traditional push-carts and steamer baskets. Dim sum means “to touch the heart”. You’ll learn about dim sum’s Silk Road roots, flavorful …

Thursday | 21Birding & Brews: Breakfast EditionJoin Ocean Connectors and sip on smooth, nitro cold brew as you learn about the conservation mission. Ocean Connectors has reached over 40,000 students in underserved communities in San …

Writing is not always thanklessMs. Georgeanne Hotchkiss, Mahalo for a beautiful read. (“The Encanto girl who wouldn’t give up writing”, Cover Stories, Nov. 6, 2024)Kip MeisterSanteeBan bad driversTime for San Diego drivers to confess the …

Saturday | 16World Naan FestivalEnjoy a tasting of naan: some classics and some uniquely flavored. Then pair naan with Indian dishes from vendors. Watch the naan competition with chefs and home cooks battling to create …

Thursday | 14Black LipsBlack LipsFounded near Atlanta, Georgia circa 1999, garage rockers Black Lips have released over a dozen full-lengths, including three live albums and a slew of split singles with other artists. Known for …

The White-Crowned Sparrow Is A Common Winter Visitor throughout San Diego and even deep into southern Mexico. Its range is due to its unihemispheric slow-wave sleep, in which one half of the brain rests while …

Friday | 8Laurence JuberLaurence Juber is internationally renowned, and widely recognized for his work as lead guitarist for Paul McCartney's Wings.Join Guitars and Ukes in the Classroom for music from two-time Grammy winning guitarist, recording …

The Smoggiest Days of the Year are most likely to occur during the next several weeks. Persistent temperature inversions (warmer air overlying cool marine air) are frequent this time of year, and those inversions conspire …

Saturday | 2Dia de los Muertos CelebrationJoin us as Downtown Chula Vista transforms into a beautiful and lively, cempasúchil filled celebration for the 4th Annual Día de los Muertos Celebration!Community altar, Las Jefas market with …

Best Of is best readThis week’s edition title Volume: 53 Number: 40 BEST OF 2024 ‘Who do you love’. (October 10, 2024) – Was an enjoyable mix of weird and outrageous, accompanied by challenging puzzles …

Linger at the lagoonBeer and big boss battlesLayered love affairThe Royal RomerosLocal volcanoDripping the light fantasticA word on bespokeCannabis Counsel

The Surf Scoter Is A Small Sea Duck that typically arrives in Southern California in the fall. By winter, they are the most common bird found in the San Diego Bay. Males are mostly black …

Saturday | 19University Heights Fall FestivalEnjoy live music, food zone, craft beer and wine, a pumpkin patch, tons of free and ticketed fall activities for adults and children including lawn games, face painting, and hayrides.When: …

Thursday | 17Less Than JakeLess Than Jake is a ska-influenced punk band formed in the early 1990s out of Gainesville, Florida. Following a series of independent seven-inch singles, the group released its debut album Pezcore …

Almost PalindromeThe article (“A Man, A Plan, A Banana?”, Cover Story, Septmber 26, 2024) is teasing us with an almost-Palindrome (sentences that read the same backwards or forward). Great title for a fascinating story of …

Leaves Are Beginning to Turn in coastal San Diego County’s riparian woodland and oak woodland habitats. The summer-green crowns of willows and sycamores are slowly fading to yellow and brown. Beneath the oaks, the deciduous …

Lead lamentHello, I am a concerned citizen living underneath the flight path from Montgomery Airfield (“Why lead still falls from sky at Montgomery airport”, Neighborhood News, June 29, 2021). My husband and I moved into …

Dense Ground Fogs Are A Trademark of the onset of autumn along San Diego’s coastal strip. The fogs arrive during the night and early morning hours when the moist marine air that has settled in …

We're Witnessing A Drastic Seasonal Change as the county goes from record temps to Fall weather in a matter of weeks. You can feel the slight chill in the air as the days get shorter …

Saturday | 21Vista Viking Festival 2024: Year of Thor<inline type="photothumb" id="158282" href="" align="left" />Celebration of viking culture and history. Live music from Highland Way, Blindfold Monks, Silk Button Butchers, Damekor, and more. Includes vendor village, …

Thursday | 19Future Islands<inline type="photothumb" id="158279" href="" align="left" />Baltimore synth-pop band Future Islands first came to prominence with the release of their fourth album in 2014, after the lead single “Seasons (Waiting On You)” was …

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 …

Our worst ever?The cover story this week has got to be THE WORST article you’ve ever published (“Less Lonely Out Here”, Cover Story, August 29). There’s nothing cute or funny about all the strung-out junkies …

The Time of Sunset Changes Most Rapidly this time of the year. This is mainly because the sun is swinging rapidly south along the ecliptic (its apparent path through the background stars). From the latitude …

San Diego’s Warmest Weather, on average, should be occurring right now, according to statistics compiled from several decades of measurements taken near the San Diego International Airport. In an average year, coastal residents enjoy an …

More parking tickets, pleaseThe eyesore, oversized RVs should not be allowed to park on any public, business or residential, street (“Escondido drafts rules for RV camping”, Neighborhood News, August 15, 2024).In Chula Vista, there are …

June Bugs In August? June bugs are still emerging as the summer’s warmth is finally reaching the coastal regions of the county. In San Diego, the two most common species of these beetles, which belong …

The Gold Medallion Tree (Cassia leptophylla) is one of San Diego’s most popular trees, and it is blooming in most parts of San Diego right now. The yellow flowers bloom in clusters at the tips …

More taxes, pleaseThis is in regards to your story about the gas tax vs. use tax question. ("Do EVers deserve the swerve?", Neighborhood News, July 25). Apparently, the state has come up with another goddamn …

Towering Thunderheads Have Been Seen Hovering over the wall of mountains east of San Diego recently. Afternoon rainshowers have already dampened Palomar, Cuyamaca, and Mount Laguna on several occasions, with more of the same expected …

Developing disasterAs a life-long resident of California and a San Diego native I have historical memory that the build, build, build push of years past has never brought down the cost of housing, not even …

Elderberry, Two Species Of Which Range Over Most Of San Diego County, is in full bloom this month. The flat-topped, creamy white blossoms of this large shrub (or small tree) can be seen in natural …

Cumulonimbus Clouds, or thunderheads, are most likely to form over San Diego County’s deserts and mountains during the latter part of the summer season, beginning in late July. The clouds appear by mid-afternoon — often …

Birdwatchers Need Not Despair simply because the winter migrants are gone. Plenty of shore birds can still be found on summer evenings in the natural coastal wetland areas of San Diego County. From south to …

I knew Don BauderI’m calling regarding the death of Don Bauder (“Farewell to a professional love”, Neighborhood News, July 4, 2024) who was a financial contributing editor for you guys for a long time, and …

The Heat of Summer will most likely reach its feverish peak in inland San Diego County during July. (Coastal San Diego is different: since its weather is greatly affected by the slowly warming mass of …

2024's Second Round Of Grunion Fishing Is Open for the evenings of Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, July 5-8. Roughly between the hours of 9:30 pm and 1:30 am, following the nocturnal high tide. The …

Can’t we all just get along?Your article in the June 6 edition of the San Diego Reader entitled. (“Filipino Flex- Race and Politics in National City”, Cover Story, June 6, 2024) shows how far we …

Colorful Foliage along San Diego’s Coastline Lingers, despite the lack of rainfall and warmer, drier days. In the older, landscaped neighborhoods of Coronado, Point Loma, Pacific Beach, and La Jolla, you’ll find oleander and hibiscus …

Diet data disputedI recently read your article, (“What Gets Lost in a Road Diet”, Cover Story, May 30, 2024) in the San Diego Reader. I appreciate the effort you put into exploring the complex issue of …

Ocean Water Temperatures are Rising into the mid- or high 60s this month, perhaps to reach the low 70s in July or August. The usual early-summer cool weather along San Diego’s coastline, disappointing to many …

Western Azalea, A Native Rhododendron, is blooming this month in scattered locations throughout the county’s higher mountains. Fond of moist forested areas, it’s often found along creeks and in shaded canyons. Like its ornamental cousins, …

Kettlebell complaintI was an Alaskan river guide. I also guided in N. Carolina (Ocoee, Nantahala, Chattooga) and in Oregon (Rouge/Deschutes) I have summited Mt. Shasta and Mt. Whitney several times and have hiked around base …

Will We See The Aurora Borealis in San Diego This Year? We don’t often see the famed Northern Lights this far south, but in March 1989, the aurora borealis was visible down in Mexico, and …

Fuming over funding(“UCSD accedes to protesters’ demand for divestment”, SD on the QT, May 23, 2024) So to get rid of all the companies that fund the slaughter of millions of Palestinian people, we the …

Blue-Blossoming Jacaranda Trees are taking a paintbrush to the streets of San Diego. They’re a little late this year, but as the warm weather increases, these Brazilian imports will be putting on a dazzling show. …

The sweet scent of Mock Orange is wafting through parts of San Diego. Also known as Japanese Pittosporum or Australian Laurel. Pittosporum Tobira is an evergreen shrub that is native to parts of Eastern Asia …

Mayor Pete Wilson targeted by staffI just finished reading Tom Larson’s interesting and informative portrait of Pete Wilson (“The Pete Wilson legacy in thirty pieces”, Cover Story, May 9). Focusing on his time as mayor …

Wild Rose, A California Native, Is In Bloom in San Diego County’s foothills and mountains. In moist, lowland areas and along small watercourses, wild rose shows off small, open-faced flowers in shades of pink that …

The Annual Green-to-Golden Transition of San Diego’s wild grasslands normally takes place in late March or early April, but another year of  late and heavy precipitation has again delayed the dry-out phase. These rains also …