AltWeeklies Wire
Why the Yukon will continue to kill diversnew
Staci Johnson, a 26-year-old Marine , recently became the fifth diver to die while diving the Yukon, a Canadian escort ship sunk off of Mission Beach in 2000. Because the vessel is on its side, it is disorienting.
San Diego Reader |
Russell Gotz |
12-20-2012 |
Recreation
We went to Mexico to get ahead. We smuggled cheese to get back.new
An American couple moves to Tijuana to avoid the high cost of living in the U.S. They become food smugglers for Mexicans living in the U.S.
San Diego Reader |
Steven Strasser |
12-20-2012 |
Immigration
ResMed: Please refuse to play the subsidy gamenew
Sleep-apnia device-maker ResMed threatens to leave San Diego because CEO says it’s too hard to run a business in California. Valid gripe or jobs blackmail for taxpayer funds?
San Diego Reader |
Don Bauder |
12-20-2012 |
Economy
Concussions Trump Guns in the NFLnew
NFL shows sympathy for Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher; minimal thoughts for his 22-year-old girlfriend Kasandra Perkins after Belcher's act of murder-suicide.
San Diego Reader |
Patrick Daugherty |
12-07-2012 |
Sports
Tags: Kasandra Perkins
Give a man a fish...new
Solutions Farms has a staff of formerly homeless people who produce lettuce and tilapia in Vista, California.
San Diego Reader |
Candice Reed |
12-05-2012 |
Homelessness
Still Fatnew
Joan Jackson’s mom told her that being female and black were two strikes against her. She couldn’t be fat as well.
San Diego Reader |
Joan Jackson |
12-05-2012 |
Culture
Will Work for Foodnew
A columnist goes undercover as a freeway off-ramp beggar.
San Diego Reader |
Ken Harrison |
10-24-2012 |
Poverty
Come to Romney Countrynew
Southern California is old turf for the Romneys. The first of the Romney clan came to Southern California to fight Mexicans.
San Diego Reader |
Matt Potter |
10-24-2012 |
Features
Misspelled Accounts Add Upnew
Utility Consumers' Action Network director Michael Shames neutered the consumer watchdog organization by skimming over $400,000 in “intervenor fees,” among other dubious tactics.
San Diego Reader |
Don Bauder |
10-18-2012 |
Business & Labor
The Jousternew
Jouster Jeffrey Hedgecock of Ramona, California is one of just three Medieval armourers in the U.S.
San Diego Reader |
Patrick Daugherty |
10-18-2012 |
Culture
Look Out for that Loopholenew
Labor council official Lorena Gonzalez claims California's Prop 32 would limit unions' political clout while doing little to rein in that of businesses'.
San Diego Reader |
Joe Deegan |
10-10-2012 |
Elections
Smarter Cities Richernew
New census bureau data show the direct link between percentage of bachelor’s degrees and median income in urban areas.
San Diego Reader |
Don Bauder |
10-03-2012 |
Economy
Throwing Frisbee in Alaskanew
It's freezing, it's dark, it's time for Frisbee golf.
San Diego Reader |
Patrick Daugherty |
10-03-2012 |
Recreation
Scan Diego?new
A cockeyed look at the businesses that look inside your body; namely, Heart Check and Life Score Clinic.
San Diego Reader |
Don Bauder |
08-30-2012 |
Health
Letters from the End of the Worldnew
The letters of Testuzo Hirasaki, a Japanese-American interned at the Santa Anita racetrack (dubbed "Santa Japanita") following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
San Diego Reader |
Jeff Smith |
08-30-2012 |
History
Tags: Japanese Internment
