Cover Story
Why Local Radio Is No Longer Local
Published Dec. 30, 2008
If San Diego has a voice, it may be the plummy bass of Chris Cantore. Until December 2007, the Brooklyn native was an audible fixture on 91X’s Cantore in the Morning, his 5:00–10:00 a.m. show, an ...
City Lights
The Uncertain Fate of the Falls
Published Dec. 30, 2008
Mel Vernon leans against a black steel fence behind Quarry Creek Shopping Center, on the border of Carlsbad and Oceanside. Above him towers a massive signpost facing the traffic on State Route 78. Below him ...
No More Bragging Rights
Published Dec. 30, 2008
The San Diego City Employees’ Retirement System always likes to brag about its investment performance. It endlessly points out that among its peers (other municipal employees’ funds) and among benchmarks by which various funds are ...
Weekly Features
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- Cover Story - Front Page Feature
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- Diary of a Diva - San Diego Woman Tells All
- Dumped - Relationship Failures
- Letters - Letters and Email to San Diego Reader
- Matthew Alice - Every Question Answered
- Musician Interviews - Local Artists Interviewed
- Obermeyer - San Diego Politics Illustrated
- Off the Cuff - Tough Questions for Man on Street
- Picture Story - San Diego in Photos
- Reading - The Hunt for Intellectuals
- Remote Control - Nothing Like TV Guide
- Roam-O-Rama - San Diego Best Hiking/Biking Trails
- Roommates From Hell - People You've Known Up Close
- Say What - San Diego Slang
- Seen on DVD - Local Experts Share Favorites
- Sheep and Goats - San Diego Churches Reviewed
- Sporting Box - Athletics Without Gush
- Surf Diego - San Diego Surfers Explain Their Background
- T.G.I.F. - Offbeat Observations on the Weekend
- Yo DJ! - Local Radio Guys Drop Names
- What the Chef Eats - Local Chefs Share Recipes
Stories
Happy Birthday, Spreckels Organ!
Balboa Park | News from Stringers - Jan. 6, 2009
San Diego’s unique and historic outdoor pipe organ in Balboa Park celebrated its 94th birthday on Sunday January 4, 2009, in honor of which the San Diego Park and Recreation Department, in cooperation with the Spreckels Organ ...
No Justice, No Peace
Downtown | News from Stringers - Jan. 3, 2009
On the afternoon of January 2, 2009, at Broadway and Front Street, a demonstration was staged with approximately 500 demonstrators holding signs and chanting "No Justice No Peace." "These demos have been staged to inform the ...
The Pirates of Chula Vista
Chula Vista | Neighborhood News - Jan. 3, 2009
The City of Chula Vista’s financial ship is sinking. With a projected deficit of $20 million for the next fiscal year, the city is slashing services and tossing programs overboard, trying to stay afloat. One cut ...
Playoff Fever
Mission Valley | News from Stringers - Jan. 3, 2009
On the afternoon of January 2, 2009 at Seau's in Mission Valley, it was apparent that NFL playoff fever has already taken ahold of San Diego. Hundreds of Chargers fans gathered inside and outside of Seau's ...
Homeless Man Struck Down
Mission Hills | News from Stringers - Jan. 1, 2009
At approximately 8:30 pm on Tuesday, December 30, 2008, a pedestrian was struck by a red pick-up truck near the intersection of Washington Place and Randolph Street in Mission Hills. Witnesses to the accident said that ...
Free Rice!
Linda Vista | News from Stringers - Jan. 1, 2009
On December 13, 2008, Thuan Phat Market celebrated its grand opening in Linda Vista at the site of the former Vien Dong Vietnamese supermarket at 6935 Linda Vista Road. The first 500 lucky shoppers on opening ...