A clatter against the window of my second-story room in Golden Hill awoke me. Then, shouts. What the hell? “Eh, Miguel.” “Miguelito.” “Barba de Chivo, levántate, cabrón.” Only Rodolfo called me Barba del Chivo, followed …
Kitchen Spanish
San Diego graff artists confess
KAHLEE I rock a dark hoodie when I walk these streets. A scribe with streaks, no heat. My steps discrete. Brass knuckles for these suckas with beef. I need graffiti in cities surrounding me to …
Valencia Park, Golden Hill offer some help to homeless with vacant lots
Many San Diegans living on the street were not accounted for in the May 19 report released by the Regional Task Force on Homelessness. During the count, some of the unaccounted San Diegans lived in …
June 7, 2022
Golden Hill finally gets attention
At the southeastern edge of Balboa Park, Golden Hill Park doesn't usually get the same polishing as the adjacent golf course and other more popular facets of the city's "gem." It's still nice, no doubt, …
August 9, 2022
Why La Jolla and Pt. Loma areas lack sidewalks and Burlingame exults in them
This lowly but common part of every city’s infrastructure, as the National Association of City Transportation Officials so eloquently states on its website, plays “a vital role in city life. As conduits for pedestrian movement …
Golden Hill’s 1910 Ed Fletcher Spec House — a notable one-off
Colonel Ed Fletcher made quite a name for himself in turn-of-the-last-century San Diego. Arriving in town at age 16 with just $6.10 in his pocket back in 1888, Fletcher turned a job selling produce in …
April 26, 2023
San Diego planning commission decides not to jump off cliff just yet
The planning commission for the city of San Diego last week voted unanimously to hold off on adopting a state housing law that would add a lot more homes around San Diego for people of …
June 6, 2023
Golden Hill ring camera finds pet-sitters not honest
Caryn White of Point Loma was heading to a concert recently, she hopped online to find a dog sitter for her four-month-old puppy. "I was only going to be gone for four to five hours," …
July 18, 2023
Golden Hill nixes Kentucky Fried Chicken
No drive-through in my drivewayThe fast-food vendor that owns Kentucky Fried Chicken, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell is concocting a new recipe for San Diego's Golden Hill community. Tricon Global Restaurants Inc. proposes to rebuild …
October 8, 2023
So many potholes in San Diego – which to fix first?
San Diegans have logged 458 pothole repair requests to the city in the last two weeks. And they're not all in Mira Mesa, which has the most pothole reports in 2023.According to a study released in …
November 28, 2023