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National City Events
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The Sandy Chappel Quartet
Friday, Aug. 8, 2008
7:00 p.m., Cafe Lamaze
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The Sandy Chappel Quartet
Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008
7:00 p.m., Cafe Lamaze
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Burnett's Bliss
Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008
7:30 p.m., Cafe Lamaze
National City Photos
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National City Stories
Lucky Waller Park, 1974
National City
| Picture Story
Published Dec. 6, 2007
Shnops and Sheriff Don Amos at Lucky Waller Park in National City, 1974. San Diego County sheriffs have employed dogs for 40 years. The San Diego Police Department's K-9 unit -- the largest in the nation ...
Gilded Shams: The Fountain of Youth (Part Two)
Feature Stories
| National City
| Unforgettable
Published Sept. 13, 2007
Depending on who tells the story, when Captain Charles Fitzallen sailed from Cardiff, Wales, aboard the Challenger in 1887, he had a bald spot either the size of a monk’s tonsure or the Great Globe itself. ...
Paradise Valley Seventh-Day Adventist Church, National City
National City
| Sheep and Goats
Published May 31, 2007
Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist Address: 2701 East 8th Street, National City, 619-267-8990 Founded locally: 1904 Senior pastor: Will James Congregation size: 680 Staff size: 4 Sunday school enrollment: 125 in Sabbath school Annual budget: $500,000 to Conference ...
South Bay Community Church, National City
National City
| Sheep and Goats
Published April 26, 2007
Denomination: nondenominational Address: 2400 Euclid Avenue, National City, 619-267-5500 Founded locally: 1980 Senior pastor: Dave Jones Congregation size: about 250 Staff size: 8 Sunday school enrollment: about 35 Annual budget: n/a Weekly giving: n/a Singles program: ...
Get Dirty! Have Fun!
Calendar Highlight
| National City
Published March 1, 2007
'One of my pet peeves right now is the school educational system," says Susan Walter, education chair for the National City Living History Farm Preserve (informally known as the Stein Family Farm). "Kids are taught to ...
Playing Hard to Get, Chargers Prefer L.A.
Chula Vista
| City Lights
| National City
Published Nov. 2, 2006
In France, a common mini-scandal is the ménage à trois, a person with two lovers, sometimes under the same roof. The San Diego Chargers, secretly and lustfully eyeing the Los Angeles market, may outscandalize the French ...
Apostolic Assembly of National City, National City
National City
| Sheep and Goats
Published July 6, 2006
Denomination: Pentecostal Address: 125 Palm Avenue, National City, 619-474-5643 Founded locally: 1961 Senior pastor: Misael Zaragoza Congregation size: 540 Staff size: 7 Sunday school enrollment: 225 Annual budget: $700,000 -- covers church, charter school, and senior ...
Multicultural Mixers
Crasher
| Mission Valley
| National City
Published April 6, 2006
Tiffany was turning 30 and hosting a party in the clubhouse of her Mission Valley apartment complex. I got there a few minutes after 7 p.m. as she was setting up, so I shot pool with ...
Light Eye at Lai Thai
National City
| Restaurant Review
| Lai Thai Restaurant
Published March 15, 2006
That's odd. Here it stands, right in the hub of Little Manila. On one side is that outpost of the venerable Filipino Ma Mon Luk noodle empire, Asian Noodles. On the other, across East Plaza Boulevard, ...
Bird's-Eye Lowdown On Downtown
City Lights
| Downtown
| National City
Published Oct. 20, 2005
Few legislators have had as great an impact on San Diego as former state senator James R. Mills. Recently, in a Coronado café, he sat down for an interview. Today there is a proposal to the ...
Fat and loathing in National City
City Lights
| National City
Published Sept. 15, 2005
Down in National City, Mayor Nick Inzunza, who recently announced he's running for the 79th District state assembly seat being vacated by Juan Vargas, has ramped up his campaign with an anti-fat theme. "Mayor Inzunza helps ...
Maranatha Seventh Day Adventist, National City
National City
| Sheep and Goats
Published Aug. 18, 2005
Denomination: Seventh Day Adventist Address: 6065 Skyline Drive, National City, 619-263-6057 Founded locally: September 14, 1985 Senior pastors: Kurt and Andrea King Congregation size: 200 Staff size: 3 Sunday school enrollment: 25 Annual budget: $250,000 Weekly ...
Paper airplanes
City Lights
| National City
Published Nov. 24, 2004
The election isn't until 2006, but the campaigning, at public expense, seems to have already begun. Late last week, a slick, full-color brochure, headlined "Fly into the Future," showed up as an insert in the La ...
Traverse a new bridge on the latest completed link in the bicycle route encircling south San Diego Bay.
Chula Vista
| National City
| Roam-O-Rama
Published July 1, 2004
Some three decades in the making, the bicycle route encircling the south end of San Diego Bay is nearing completion. The past decade has seen the construction of new bicycle paths along the bay shore in ...
Best of 2003: Best Under-The-Freeway Café-Bar
National City
| Best of San Diego
Published Dec. 25, 2003
Moonlight on the Sea/ Club 13 640 Civic Center Drive, National City 619-477-2851 They say Club 13 is the second-oldest bar in town. The building dates from 1934. It's been Club 13 since 1943. Hell's Angels ...