5 things to know before your toes touch the ocean
This is Nick. He is the lifeguard on duty today at Grandview Beach in Leucadia. He is the only one on duty right now and is determining critical information that could help ensure a good time with minimal injury. He …
Going to the Mall
“Sir, you look a little lost, can I help you with something?” Mark trudges up to the fashion-diva salesgirl. She looks amused. This disconcerts him. “Why is she looking at me like that?” He wonders as he rubs beads of …
A La Jollan Family
Bittersweet Memories and a Will This is our summer of profound discontent. Ma passes. For the first time in ten years, we are together, staring at our Ma in disbelief while the cremators reel her out. Some scream out “Mama, …
Jaime Valle and the Colors of Latin Jazz
A full camera crew from San Diego State filmed the concert.
Guitarist Jaime Valle brought the all-star Colors of Latin Jazz to Dizzy's on Sept. 20, for an exciting evening celebrating the wide arc of the art form -- and featuring lithe vocalist Coral MacFarland-Thuet, virtuoso pianist Allan Phillips, with the …
Enigmatic Party: sights and sounds of Baja in the Barrio
Voz Alta hosts exploratory art and music from Tecate, Tijuana, and Mexicali.
Barrio Logan art collective Voz Alta (1754 National Ave. - Barrio Logan) has a knack for showcasing the exotic and eclectic sounds of Latin America. You can stop by weekly for the energetic family ambiance of Latin jazz Thursdays with …
PLAYTIME IN THE LAUNDRY
It seems like Mommy has been gone for days. She went to do laundry this morning, and I know that she'll be back soon, but I want her to get home quickly so that I be with her when she …
Chinese hackers gathering info on drone technology
San Diego center of U.S. drone manufacturing
A story in today's (Sept. 21) New York Times tells how Chinese hackers have been gathering information about drone manufacturing. China wants to expand its drone-making capability in a big way. San Diego is the nation's biggest drone-making location, dominated …
Dodgers rest their stars and Padres prevail
After clinching on Thursday, the Dodgers rolled out little-known names and the Padres shut them down
In a game where the Dodgers fielded a team that looked more like their AAA affiliate Albuquerque Isotopes, the Padres shut down Los Angeles 2-0 on Friday at Petco Park. But it did get a little hairy the last inning …
Mark Kotsay to retire at end of season
Although announced on the road, Kotsay says goodbye to local media at Petco Park
After a Major League Baseball career that lasted for 17 years, Padres outfielder Mark Kotsay will be hanging up his cleats at the end of the season. The question is if and when he might again don a uniform in …
Love and the Skull: It's In Your Mind
San Diego/Tijuana rock and roll quartet bring back Britpop.
True children of borderlandia, all four musicians who make up Love and the Skull were raised between the post-u/dys-topian sprawl of Tijuana and the arid folds of the Whale’s Vagina. But their debut LP, It’s In Your Mind (available on …
Meet the Saxations!
First, Poway. Then the planet.
Wednesday night the Saxations, a quartet of saxophone-playing women consisting of LeiLani Vidal (she's the band's creator and leader and plays alto and soprano saxes), Shannon Bates (alto sax), Allison Boles (tenor sax), and Kyrie Lombard (baritone sax) debuted at …
Repeat DUI driver admitted manslaughter after head-on collision
Brian Joseph Webb II expects 15-years-to-life when sentenced
After more than a year in custody, a repeat DUI offender admitted gross vehicular manslaughter, resulting from a head-on collision in which he killed a man on a motorcycle. Brian Joseph Webb II, now 35, was driving the wrong way …
Padres take series at Pittsburgh
The Padres come home to face the Dodgers after Los Angeles clinches the division
The Padres left Pittsburgh without a series sweep but taking three of four from the Pirates is quite an accomplishment on the road. In fact, the road trip itself was successful, with the Friars tallying a 6-4 record, including 5-2 …
Archivists unearth fresh Stooges!? Moe, Larry, the cheese!
It's the Holy Grail of Stoogedom. Forget about finding the flabby 10 hour cut of Greed or the missing reels of pinko Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons and say, Hello, Pop! For seven decades it remained the long-lost Stooge. A fire …
“They were putting in work for their gang” prosecutor said
Alleged Escondido gangsters made plea deals
Two young men from Escondido made plea deals in which they admitted assaulting other young men in their community, in San Diego’s North County Courthouse this past week. Diego Nunez, 18, and Alvaro Rangel, 18, had both faced felony assault …
GYNO - opening scene
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/sep/20/53498/ This is the first result when you Google Image search for "women." Well, the cocaine and the cash arrived just now in a satchel on my front doorstep, so I guess I'd better get to work. GYNO is the …
Art!Power presents Indian-flavored 'Foovie' in October
What do you get when you cross dinner and a movie? As portmanteaus go, 'Divey' lacks the selling power needed to get across the experience Art!Power's food and film pairing is aiming for. Fortunately, the folks over at UCSD came …
Real estate and casino money gushes to GOP and Faulconer as mayoral cash race heats up
Douglas Manchester's mini media empire may be part of political play as newspaper omits mention of publisher's big money contributions
Does San Diego have the best politicians money can buy? It's not clear just yet, but based on a flurry of campaign disclosure filings over the past forty-eight hours, and a report in a newspaper whose publisher is a major …
Heath Bell claims insurance salesman ripped him off
Former Padre says local agent talked him into too big a policy, didn't disclose costs
Major League Baseball All-Star and former Padres closer Heath Bell says in a lawsuit filed Tuesday (September 17) that he was duped into buying an extravagant $25 million life insurance policy by San Diego resident Jason Huntley, an agent with …
New releases opening this week: You Will Be My Son, A Single Shot and more
The big releases this week are Prisoners and Thanks for Sharing. Neither was dazzling. Prisoners did a hell of a job giving us cloudy skies with 100% chance of wincing, and Thanks for Sharing did a hell of a job …