• Weevils Are Coming—CA’s Date Industry is at Risk,Amelia Rodriguez

    Weevils Are Coming—CA’s Date Industry is at Risk

    Mark Hoddle lifts the top off a hanging trap and points down at about 20 wriggling, hefty, snout-nosed, black weevils. “They are charismatic-looking,” he says.His job is to destroy them.Hoddle is an entomologist at the University of California, Riverside. We are standing in the middle of the Sweetwa

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  • Restaurant Review: Cellar Hand,Cole Novak

    Restaurant Review: Cellar Hand

    The Perfect Order: Chicken Liver Pate | Summer Squash | Berkshire PorkSure, when starting any venture—business, family, cult—many would prefer a lovingly restored Victorian home, nuzzled between always-blooming jacarandas and a pint-sized lending library. We want our dream restaurant in a structure

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  • Tako Vibrant Sushi Opening in Old Town,Nicolle Monico

    Tako Vibrant Sushi Opening in Old Town

    I’ve lived in San Diego for 16 years and still unashamedly love Old Town. What other place in San Diego has so many kitschy shops, ghosts (totally real!), restaurants, breweries, and approximately one thousand different kinds of margaritas? Sure, there are a few obvious tourist traps, but there’s a

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