Meet Kleptomom

July 18, 2012 | Elizabeth Salaam

(Originally published in the San Diego Reader February 14, 2015.)

Alyssa Jones (not her real name) and I are five minutes or so into my visit to her Point Loma home one afternoon when she … Read More

Go Ahead, Try Some Tamales

July 18, 2012 | Elizabeth Salaam

(Originally published in the San Diego Reader July 18, 2012.)

At the corner of 30th Street and Polk Avenue, 200 yards from a café where graphic designers and graduate students sip coffee and pound away on their laptops, José … Read More

Twitter Addict

July 11, 2012 | Elizabeth Salaam

(Originally published in the San Diego Reader February 15, 2012.)

You know that commercial where a man and a woman sit across the table from each other, engaged in what appears to be an intimate conversation, but the guy … Read More

One Wolf Returns to Julian

July 11, 2012 | Elizabeth Salaam

(Originally published in the San Diego Reader July 11, 2012.)

Four miles outside Julian, off KQ Ranch Road, a wooden notice board displays the words “California Wolf Center. Wait here for escort.” Beyond the signboard three quarters of a … Read More