Since the 2.25-mile bike lane replaced over 460 parking spots on 30th Street from Normal Heights down to North Park last year — 34 businesses shut down, and some are boarded up, said Pat Sexton …
December 26, 2022
The effect of parking spots deleted from North Park
Where’s the weed when Ziggy Marley christens new Del Mar venue in February?
“Hi, hi, hi, high / Marijuanaman, marijuana man / Say we gonna save the land.” So go the lyrics of Ziggy Marley’s 2016 joint “Marijuanaman.” On February 3 and 4, the oldest son of the …
January 12, 2023
Fortunate Son: “Working class American-Chinese food”
“Och, dreich. Ye coulda picked a better night, sailor,” says Annie. “It’s chucking it down.” Annie’s my Scottish friend. She’s right about the rain. Says it takes her back to “Caledonia.” That’s the old name …
January 26, 2023
Little Shepherds Nature Lab’s Red Rover bus gets a kid-sized composting kitchen
The bus you see here being readied for a new paint job is Red Rover, or at least, it will be. That’s Gina Tang, Creative Director of Little Shepherds Nature Lab, applying some tape before …
May 3, 2023
When will San Diego's lithium-ion fires stop?
On May 18, a Zero electric scooter caught fire at an apartment complex in Normal Heights. The Thursday night fire by the hillside overlooking Mission Valley and just west of the 805 was the fifth …
May 30, 2023
Which to eat first at Young Cluck: the fried chicken or the eggs?
What’s something they eat for breakfast in Uganda? Offhand, I couldn’t have told you. Google cites a cooked banana dish called katogo, while the Peace Corps web site claims it’s typically porridge. Were I to …
June 27, 2023
Enter Jeff Berkley, new host of the Songwriter Sanctuary Series
The Songwriter Sanctuary Series is an intimate monthly concert series featuring San Diego songwriters, produced in partnership with Normal Heights United Church, which formerly hosted the ambitious Acoustic Music San Diego concert series. Upcoming EventSongwriter …
August 26, 2023
Normal Heights – it's not what you think
Nothing normal about Normal HeightsEveryone who lived on that stretch of 34th Street, between Meade and Monroe, was used to finding things on their lawn — condoms from hookers and their tricks, malt-liquor bottles, garbage, …
November 25, 2023
Axe wielder in Normal Heights and Hillcrest, machete man in La Mesa stir uptick in Ring videos online
Recently, axe and machete wielders have been terrifying San Diegans—a change from last year's swords. Some neighbors are capturing videos on their Ring, Blink, and phone cameras and posting scary videos on social media to …
April 3, 2024
Normal Heights transplants
Video:The couple next door were next: a thick stack of no-fault eviction papers were left taped to their door.I moved to San Diego after college almost seven years ago. Originally, I’m from northern Georgia, where …
April 17, 2024