Ben Wanicur Quartet live at Dizzy's
Robert Bush 6:31 p.m., May 18
Neighborhood News
Carlsbad memorial for fallen cyclist Eric Ringdahl
Flowers gather under ghost bike
About 50 cyclists gathered in south Clairemont on May 15 for a ten-mile “ride of silence.” It was the second memorial ride held this month to honor Eric Ringdahl, 45, who was killed April 21 ...
Roadwork resumes (in time for Memorial Day) on Carlsbad Blvd.
Delayed due to permitting and contractor concerns
In April, coastal drivers on Carlsbad Boulevard (Coast Highway) may have wondered why the city sandblasted away all the pedestrian crosswalk markings, especially in light of the reported overkill by the city in pedestrian signage ...
Sweetwater school district board approves Alliant partnership
Trustee Jim Cartmill: "Tonight we are beginning the dance."
The Monday, May 13, meeting of the Sweetwater Union High School District was raucous…again. The potential agreement with Alliant University was one source of contention. Trustee Bertha Lopez said while she supported choices for students, ...
Wounded baby dolphin rescued in Tijuana
Picked up by SeaWorld later
Swimmers and lifeguards at Tijuana’s Las Playas saved a stranded dolphin on the evening of Tuesday, May 14, as it floundered about in the beach shallows. According to 14-year-old beach-goer Azul Garibaldi, the youthful delfin ...
La Mesa sewer rates to jump 7% in 2014, 7% in 2015
For want of some mail
The 48 protest letters from property owners fell short of the 6451-majority needed to block the sewer-rate increase that the La Mesa City Council approved unanimously on May 14. Provisions in Proposition 218, which voters ...
Slow driver busted in Carlsbad
Gun and pot found in his car
While on routine patrol along the coast of Carlsbad at around 4:30 p.m. on May 14, two state Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) game wardens came up behind a silver Lexus on Carlsbad Boulevard. ...
Tijuana curio shops struggle to stay in business
Movement to stock “higher quality” products
The once-booming curio business on Tijuana's Avenida Revolución has dwindled to a trickle as the tastes of tourists who still visit what was once known as "the most traveled avenue in the world" have shifted, ...
North Park/University Heights residents host “Cookies with the Cops”
Area sees 17 percent drop in crime
A group of North Park/University Heights residents gathered at the intersection of Texas and Polk streets on May 15 at 6 p.m. for an informal meeting with three San Diego Police Department officers. The “Cookies ...
Chula Vista exhibit documents WWII Japanese internment
Prewar, they established “Celery Capital of the World”
A cot, a hand-hewn chest of drawers, and tight quarters for six men — this is the display that dominates the visual and conceptual space of the current exhibit in the Chula Vista Heritage Museum. ...
Cowles Mountain trail repaired, ready to open on May 18
And, more accurately, call it “Coals” Mountain
The main trailhead leading to the peak of 1591-foot-high Cowles Mountain is scheduled to reopen May 18, a date coinciding with Explore Mission Trails Regional Park Day, a celebration for the park that includes Cowles ...
