AltWeeklies Wire
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
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
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
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
Mexican President-Elect Peña Nieto vs. #yosoy132new
Mexico's president-elect may not look like he's got problems, but he does.
San Diego Reader |
Lorena Mancilla |
08-16-2012 |
International
Over the Cliff? Nope.new
Will legislators allow America to drive off the edge of a cliff? Two San Diego political scientists say no.
San Diego Reader |
Don Bauder |
08-15-2012 |
Policy Issues
An Old Truth Made New Againnew
How many people assassinated Mexican presidential hopeful Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta in 1994?
San Diego Reader |
Bill Manson |
08-08-2012 |
International
Screw U: The Next Bubble May Be Higher Educationnew
In economics, a bubble is something that trades at prices far beyond its intrinsic value. Fasten your seat belt: the next bubble may be higher education.
San Diego Reader |
Don Bauder |
08-02-2012 |
Economy
Tags: higher education bubble
League of California Cities Touts Openness but Shuns Disclosure Requirementsnew
What does San Diego get out of the Sacramento-based League of California Cities?
San Diego Reader |
Don Bauder |
07-25-2012 |
Policy Issues
Cal Fire’s Mission Has Changednew
California State Assembly Bill x1 29 calls for an annual “fire prevention benefit fee” of up to $150 per “habitable structure.”
San Diego Reader |
Sheila Pell |
07-25-2012 |
Policy Issues
Year-Round Santanew
At least 550 Southern California homeowners have been victimized by the Zepeda brothers — their scheme to rake in foreclosure funds.
San Diego Reader |
Thomas Larson |
06-27-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Caught in China's Netnew
It seemed U.S. interests didn't want publicity for State of Control, a documentary inspired by the work of Dhondup Wangchen, a Tibetan filmmaker in jail since 2008.
San Diego Reader |
Joe Deegan |
06-27-2012 |
Civil Liberties
Could Imperial Valley Become Owens Valley?new
Political and drought conditions could turn Southern California's Imperial Valley into another Owens Valley.
San Diego Reader |
Don Bauder |
06-25-2012 |
Environment
