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College Area Events
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Willovealot
Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008
6:00 p.m., Tina's Night Club
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Willovealot
Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008
6:00 p.m., Tina's Night Club
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Push Up
Monday, Aug. 18, 2008
7:00 p.m., Cygnet Theatre - Rolando
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Push Up
Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008
7:00 p.m., Cygnet Theatre - Rolando
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Willovealot
Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008
6:00 p.m., Tina's Night Club
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Willovealot
Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008
6:00 p.m., Tina's Night Club
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Slightly Stoopid and Pepper
Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008
6:30 p.m., Open Air Theatre at SDSU
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Alejandro Fernandez
Friday, Sept. 12, 2008
8:00 p.m., Cox Arena
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College Area Blogs
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Self-Absorbed in “My Neighborhood”
By domcarrillo - July 29, 2008
A contest to write an article about my own neighborhood, huh? Well, that sounds easy enough. Let me get this ...
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Escaping the College Area
By chadnies - June 30, 2008
A few summers ago on my way to catch the bus I nearly stepped into the collapsed torso of a ...
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MAN WITHOUT A NEIGHBORHOOD
By domcarrillo - June 23, 2008
First-Place Winner of the June Neighborhood Blog Contest!
I suppose I am a man without a neighborhood. As a life-long San Diegan, I have called many neighborhoods “home.” ...
College Area Stories
Bound by Fear
College Area
| Event Hilite
Published April 9, 2008
“Gated communities are created for different reasons, but the reasons are all about fear,” says president of the American Anthropological Association Setha M. Low. “In places like California, where the cities can’t expand their tax base ...
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 ...
Best Deal Ever
College Area
| Mira Mesa
| Ocean Beach
| Off the Cuff
| Solana Beach
Published Dec. 27, 2007
Dan Williams Retired Ocean Beach It would probably be my neighbor's '96 Mercedes. I got it for $2500 and it's totally cherried out. She's 86 and can't drive anymore. She originally was going to sell it ...
Faith Presbyterian Church, College Area
College Area
| Sheep and Goats
Published March 29, 2007
Denomination: Presbyterian Church USA Address: 5075 Campanile Drive, College Area, 619-582-8480 Founded locally: the result of two churches that merged in 1995 Senior pastor: Dr. Chris Lenocker Congregation size: 250 Staff size: 1 full-time pastor, 8 ...
Rhymes With Kuwait
College Area
| Crasher
Published Sept. 28, 2006
Last week a guy called my voicemail to tell me that I got the NBA logo wrong. I wrote that it was Jerry West, and the caller insisted it was Pete Maravich. He should have Googled ...
College Avenue Baptist Church, College Area
College Area
| Sheep and Goats
Published Feb. 9, 2006
Denomination: Baptist (General Conference) Address: 4747 College Avenue, College Area, 619-582-7222 Founded locally: 1891 Senior pastor: Carlton Harris Congregation size: 1300--1500 Staff: 45 full-time and 30--35 part time Sunday school enrollment: 300 Annual budget: not given ...
Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Oak Park
Oak Park
| Sheep and Goats
Published Dec. 8, 2005
Denomination: Roman Catholic Address: 2725 55th Street, Oak Park Founded locally: 1952 Senior pastor: Roger A. Lechner Congregation size: 1200 families Staff size: 6 Sunday school enrollment: 450 Annual budget: didn't know Weekly giving: didn't know ...
Birds of a Feather
Calendar Highlight
| Cardiff
| College Area
Published April 7, 2005
'I'm not a vegetarian, and I don't want to live in the College Area," says Rodney Johnson, explaining why he is not interested in joining either of two local communes. Johnson would rather form his own ...
Intercourse Wine
College Area
| Crasher
Published Feb. 3, 2005
I found my notes on parties I went to in December that I forgot to write about. I figured when I wrote about New Year's I was done with 2004. But this night of partying was ...
Best of 2003: Best Pool Hall
College Area
| Best of San Diego
Published Dec. 25, 2003
College Billiard Center 5303 El Cajon Boulevard, College Area 619-583-6361 The "billiards" moniker tells you this great barn of a pool hall has been around awhile. Thirty years or so. Fact is, only two of its ...
Best of 2003: Best First-Gig Bar
College Area
| Best of San Diego
Published Dec. 25, 2003
Etta's Place 6179 University Avenue, College Area 619-582-6730 Etta's Place books bands five nights a week, and owner Etta Keeler is proud that she's given first-time exposure to local acts including Beer Money, the Fremonts, Collage ...
Best of 2003: Best Student Hangout
College Area
| Best of San Diego
Published Dec. 25, 2003
Effin's Pub & Grill 6164 El Cajon Boulevard, College Area www.effins.com 619-229-9800 The great thing here is you can swagger up to the five-sided bar and blurt "Gimme an Effin beer!" and nobody's going to throw ...
Best of 2001: Best Smoking Supplies
College Area
| Pacific Beach
| Best of San Diego
Published Dec. 27, 2001
The High Road 6166 El Cajon Boulevard, College Area 619-265-1410 1463 Garnet Avenue, Pacific Beach 858-273-7501 Everybody smokes those Marlboro reds and GPC longs, but you want to stand out from the smoky clouds surrounding the ...
Best of 2001: Best Place To Rent Tools
Rolando
| Best of San Diego
Published Dec. 27, 2001
Aztec Rentals 6602 University Avenue, Rolando 619-582-2245 Some say it's as high as 95 percent. But it's safe to say, at least 75 percent of being a successful do-it-yourselfer is having the right tools to do ...
Best of 2000: Best Place To Cram For Your Exams
College Area
| Best of San Diego
Published Dec. 28, 2000
The Living Room 5900 El Cajon Boulevard, College Area (619) 286-8434 Sick of hoarse whispering in the library? Falling asleep dredge something new out of Aristophanes' Lysistrata? Pick up your books! Leave the library! Depart the ...