San Diego Reader

09/23/2025

New rules ban transfers of licenses to sell to***co

It’s the twilight years for to***co stores in National City, where the city council narrowly approved an ordinance last week that bans new permits for such businesses within 1,000 feet of schools.

09/23/2025

Recreational lobster season begins Friday

Dock Totals 9/14 – 9/20: 3227 anglers aboard 151 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 4 barracuda, 3991 bluefin tuna (to 249 pounds), 23 bocaccio, 985 bonito, 4 cabezon, 422 calico bass, 2 dorado, 9 halibut, 144 lingcod, 1 mako shark, 4304 rockfish, 1 rubberl...

09/23/2025

The reason your package was delayed

This year, many in San Diego County were hit with delays getting their Amazon and USPS packages after delivery trucks and cars were involved in crashes and collisions. Although in one case, after the reported hit and run, one driver continued onto their route, and a few parcels still arrived on sche...

09/23/2025

Seasonal change is in the air

Recent Thundershowers, Having Blessed most of San Diego County with welcome (if spotty) precipitation of late, have triggered a minor growth spurt among certain kinds of vegetation. In the desert, for example, the spidery ocotillo can grow an instant crop of green leaves after a storm, only to drop....

09/23/2025

Sip, savor & win! 🍻 Enter for your chance to score 4 tasting tickets to the Wine & Beer Garden at the La Jolla Art & Wine Festival!

Deadline to enter is Friday, October 3.

The La Jolla Art & Wine Festival is back October 11–12, and we’re giving away 4 Sunday Wine & Beer Garden tasting tickets! Sip and savor samples from 35 regional wineries, craft breweries, and more during the free, weekend-long arts festival in the heart of La Jolla Village.

09/22/2025

Why no one don’t know nuthin abut music around here

In 1972, I was an associate professor in the Literature Department at UCSD. I had an office on the Muir Campus, with my door usually left open in case any students might show up with problems.

09/22/2025

Everything happens all at once for Super Sometimes

This year, everything happened all at once for Super Sometimes (formerly known as New Aesthetic): a new name, new record label, and a new album drop. It’s arguable that pop-punk popularity has always come and gone in waves. Without going too far back or straying too far from the local scene: Blink...

09/22/2025

Tomato water brings the umami

This month’s cocktail recipe comes to you from the most stoked bartender I’ve yet spoken to for this little column. That would be Adam Sanchez, who has been “in the hospitality game for more than 20 years." Sanchez currently works as Head of Beverages and Head of Experience for Chef Trev Prese...

09/22/2025

An exercise in counting backwards from 50 to 1

THE LONG WALK (2025) Francis Lawrence / Screenplay: JT Mollner based on the novel by Stephen King / Cinematographer: Jo Willems (2.35 : 1) / Design: Nicolas Lepage / Editors: Peggy Eghbalian & Mark Yoshikawa / Composer: Jeremiah Fraites / Acted by: Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Tut Nyuot, Charlie P...

09/22/2025

✨ Don’t miss Thee Sacred Souls live at Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU on Thursday, Oct. 2!

🎶 Tickets are going fast — grab yours today!

09/20/2025

Enjoying the last few days of summer in La Jolla 🤙🏄‍♀️⁠
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Brilliant capture by on Instagram

09/19/2025

'It all comes down to drugs'

The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical edition, which was once large enough to hold whole oceans of print. These stories will feature all the original ...