As thousands of people were stuck at the San Diego International Airport during and after Christmas because of canceled flights, many people rented cars inside and near the airport and drove to their destinations. One …
January 2, 2023
Uber drivers share war stories of Southwest melt-down
January near misses in Tourmaline, Windansea, Sunset Cliffs surf
Last month, San Diego's gnarly surf kept lifeguards busy towards the tail end of January. The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department lifeguards even helped rescue folks from a plane that landed on the surf. On January …
February 7, 2023
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 …
Antique collectives gone in Solana Beach, Ocean Beach, Carlsbad, Ramona, almost gone in Normal Heights
Antique stores and malls are fast becoming antiques themselves. The famed “Antique Row” along Adams Avenue in Normal Heights, which at its peak numbered 25 stores — and gave the stalwart Antique Row Cafe its …
June 28, 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
How will the Padres fix Gallagher Square?
Daniel Hendy, in his book Noise: A Human History of Sound and Listening, writes of the aural confusion in an airport terminal, “its burbled announcements, the steady tread of feet on linoleum floors, the squeak …
August 23, 2023
High Tech High can't shake the Covid absenteeism
Agenda unsettingHave San Diego Republicans abandoned any serious attempt to unseat incumbent Democratic mayor Todd Gloria? Such a surrender could be indicated by the October 3 filing of a campaign committee calling itself the San …
October 11, 2023
Local Krave isn’t just about buttered coffee
I’m not a butter in your coffee kind of guy, but if I were, I’d probably wind up grabbing mine from Local Krave. Instead, what drew me to the Point Loma coffee shop was its …
December 20, 2023
San Diego's architectural marvels and misfires
There’s a hilltop house in Cardiff, at 959 Cornish Drive, that is not like the others in the tony seaside neighborhood. The house itself resembles a giant box, light yellow in color, with the front …
December 20, 2023
Sunset Cliffs December collapse part of a series
Right before Christmas Eve, 619newsmedia shared a video taken at Sunset Cliffs of a cliff that had just split. The footage was terrifying for some of its 62,000 viewers, as the person filming approached the …
January 16, 2024