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October 16, 2024
The Surf Scoter is arriving in numbers, great tidepooling opportunites
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 …
October 14, 2024
University Heights Fall Festival, Haunted Ghost Town
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: …
October 13, 2024
Less Than Jake, Spooky Circus In El Cajon, San Diego International Dragon Boat Race
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 …
October 12, 2024
More on San Diego inventions – Spike Bite and disappearing ink
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 …
October 9, 2024
Our riparian woodland begins to look like fall, Orb Weavers help decorate
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 …
October 7, 2024
Just read 2021 story on Montgomery Field lead emissions
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 …
September 25, 2024
Ground fog blankets coastal zones, Chinese flame trees begin to bloom
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 …
September 23, 2024
The seasons are changing, Fall migrant birds arrive, full moon, high tides
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 …
September 16, 2024
Vista Viking Festival 2024: Year of Thor, Adams Avenue Street Fair
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, …
September 15, 2024
Future Islands, Nissan Super Girl Surf Pro, Latino Conservation Week: Journey Through the Wetlands
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 …
September 14, 2024
Why Otay Mesa reader will not ride trolley
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 …
September 11, 2024
San Diego Reader writer should have her head examined
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 …
September 4, 2024
Sun is setting 9 minutes earlier per week, moths are great daytime pollinators
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 …
September 2, 2024
We're experiencing our warmest weather now, Katydids "sing" for mates
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 …
August 27, 2024
Otay Ranch reader wants the RVs in Escondido ticketed
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 …
August 21, 2024
August Beetles is more accurate, last call for grunion season
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 …
August 19, 2024
Golden Medallion tree and the Cloudless Sulfur butterfly
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 …
August 13, 2024
More taxes on electric cars, please
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 …
August 7, 2024
Thunderheads bring rain to the county, true jasmine scents older neighborhoods
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 …
August 5, 2024
San Diego no longer beautiful or livable
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 …
July 31, 2024
Elderberry fruit is ripening, Orioles head West for the summer
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 …
July 29, 2024
Thunderheads to the east, add native bulbs to your garden
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 …
July 22, 2024
Shorebirds active in local tidal zones, full buck moon on Sunday
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 …
July 15, 2024
Black man helped Don Bauder in J. David case
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 …
July 10, 2024
Inland heat peaks this month, native lilies blooming in higher elevations
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 …
July 8, 2024
Grunion season opens again, the moon and jupiter will be in conjunction
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 …
July 1, 2024
Elvin Bishop vs. Steven Bishop
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 …
June 26, 2024
San Diego's older neighborhoods are still colorful
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 …
June 24, 2024
Elvin Bishop vs. Stephen Bishop
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 …
June 19, 2024
Ocean temperatures are rising, the summer solstice is on June 20
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 …
June 17, 2024
Western azalea blooms in the higher mountains, elderberry decorates Tecolote Canyon
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, …
June 10, 2024
Ryan Brothers torn limb to limb
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 …
June 5, 2024
Northern lights in San Diego?
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 …
June 3, 2024
Parent takes bait on UCSD divestment satire
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 …
May 29, 2024
Jacaranda trees brighten our streets, wild grasses are still green
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. …
May 27, 2024
The sweet scent of mock orange, mule deer roam Cuyamaca State Park
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 …
May 20, 2024
Staffer admits to shooting rubber bands at Mayor Pete Wilson
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 …
May 15, 2024
Wild Rose will bloom through July, snakes are coming out
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 …
May 13, 2024
Green-to-gold late again, Silk Oak tree's short-lived glory
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 …
May 6, 2024