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Last in Line for District Three

City Heights | Golden Hill | Hillcrest | Kensington-Talmadge | Neighborhood News | North Park | South Park
Published July 2, 2008

In April, Councilwoman Toni Atkins's office surveyed the communities in her district. She asked 132 residents of District 3 — an area including Hillcrest, South Park, North Park, Golden Hill, Kensington, and City Heights — to ...

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Farmers' Market Welcomes Food Stamps

City Heights | Neighborhood News
Published June 30, 2008

Anyone that's ever been to a farmers' market knows perfectly well that fresh produce isn't cheap! People who shop at the nearly thirty fresh food bazaars spread across San Diego County think more with their stomachs ...

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Gangland Ollie

City Heights | Remote Control King
Published Feb. 27, 2008

I live above a liquor store in City Heights. The store’s sign stands out in the neighborhood, as it’s the only one in English. Across the street is a Vietnamese donut shop and a tortilleria. Smells ...

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Tacos Are a Tiny Taste of Temptation

Baja | Chula Vista | City Heights | College Area | Coronado | Cover Story | Downtown | Fallbrook | Gaslamp | Hillcrest | Imperial Beach | La Jolla | Lemon Grove | Logan Heights | Midway | Mira Mesa | Normal Heights | North Park | Oceanside | Otay Mesa | Pacific Beach | Solana Beach
Published Jan. 23, 2008

Fancy wimmen are okay, but there's nuttin' like the real thing: a nice warm adobada taco on a nice cold night beside a nice hot grill outside a friendly taco catering truck, with that marinated pork ...

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Harbor Church Mid-City

City Heights | Sheep and Goats
Published Jan. 16, 2008

“A church for Ken-Tal,” read the glossy cardboard flyer that arrived in my mailbox. The usual photos of lovely, multiethnic churchgoers were accompanied by the less usual word “skeptical.” Ah. Going for the affluent intellectual sophisticates ...

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Much Ado About Mutton

City Heights | Tin Fork | El Borrego
Published Dec. 20, 2007

We're talking a little end-of-year chowdown. "So," I say. "Lamb okay?" "Baa-humbug!" says Hank. "What's this, the Mutton Jeff show?" We're cruising in Hank's Camry up El Cajon, near Fairmount. Bad sheep jokes rule. "Would I ...

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Mamacitas and Lobster

City Heights | La Jolla | Restaurant Review | La Jolla Rancherita | Super Cocina
Published Nov. 15, 2007

Super Cocina is the secret destination of San Diego gringos who love authentic home-style Mexican food. (It's no secret to local Latinos, of course.) If you're hoping to find something resembling the sophisticated Mexico City--style cuisine ...

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City Heights Hell

City Heights | Feature Stories
Published Oct. 4, 2007

On July15th, 1991, we moved into this house. After the last of the boxes had been delivered, we went to sleep with the windows open to let some air in on what had been one of ...

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History Now

Calendar Highlight | City Heights | Downtown
Published May 11, 2006

'Bringing a picture of your dog and saying, 'This is my family dog,' is not much of a story," says San Diego Public Library representative Lynn Whitehouse. "But if you bring a picture of your family ...

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Park and Road Snag

City Heights | City Lights
Published May 4, 2006

In a surprise visit, San Diego District 7 councilman Jim Madaffer appeared at the City's December 1 Planning Commission meeting. Visits by councilmembers are "rare," writes Commissioner Carolyn Chase in the April San Diego Earth Times, ...

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Dingbat Eyesores, Loving Eye

City Heights | City Lights | Golden Hill | South Park
Published March 16, 2006

On a recent Saturday afternoon, Phil Chart and his girlfriend Janice Morten went out to -- what else? -- sketch an old house. "What I like about San Diego is the variety of its neighborhoods," says ...

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At Home in San Diego

Carlsbad | Carmel Valley | City Heights | Cover Story | Del Mar | Escondido | Hillcrest | Julian | Kensington-Talmadge | Lemon Grove | Linda Vista | Mission Beach | North Park | Ramona | San Ysidro | Scripps Ranch | Serra Mesa | South Park | University City | University Heights | Valley Center
Published Dec. 30, 2004

LA COSTA When I think of La Costa, I remember the wildlife -- the skunk that lived under our house, for instance, a beautiful creature whose size would double when it puffed up its fur after ...

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Concrete Comeback

Chula Vista | City Heights | Cover Story | Downtown | Encinitas | La Mesa | Normal Heights | Oceanside
Published Aug. 12, 2004

WE REALLY HAVE, from a pedestrian's point of view, two kinds of places in San Diego," said Stephan Vance of the San Diego Association of Governments. "There's the older urban core that was built around the ...

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Best of 2003: Best Neighborhood Gossip

City Heights | Best of San Diego
Published Dec. 25, 2003

Mid-City Police Services Advisory Committee Meeting 4310 Landis Street, City Heights 619-531-2815 Just what was that Vietnamese fellow up to at that Cape Cod-style home in Talmadge? Drunks have been urinating outside which bar in Normal ...

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Best of 2003: Best Little-Known Asian Snack

City Heights | Best of San Diego
Published Dec. 25, 2003

A Chau 4644 El Cajon Boulevard, City Heights 619-281-4066 Faster and cheaper than a deluxe fast-food burger, lighter than the gourmet sandwiches concocted at Hillcrest's Bread & Cie, the crusty French rolls stuffed with chicken or ...

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