Dorian Hargrove

Dorian Hargrove writes features, City Lights, and Neighborhood News columns for the Reader. He covers the neighborhood beat on a grassroots level. Share your neighborhood news with him!

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Recent Articles

Should San Diego dump its 30-year-old sign ordinance in portions of downtown to create an Arts and Entertainment District?

Denver-based firm FinWater Advisors has teamed up with the Downtown San Diego Partnership to push for a San Diego Arts and Entertainment District

Downtown San Diego Partnership, in conjunction with a Denver-based consulting firm FinWater Advisors, believe they have found a good way ...

City sued for halting construction on mixed-use project near SDSU

Mayor and Councilmember ordered halt after hearing complaints that project was more dormitory than residential development

As of now, the 332-unit, 10,000 square foot commercial space, mixed use development known as Centerpoint Luxury Apartment sits dormant ...

New lawsuit challenges Todd Gloria's pledge to open government

San Diegans for Open Government want the Council President to turn over all emails and text messages from his personal device that pertain to City business

Just how transparent is Council President Todd Gloria? Not very, according to city watchdog group San Diegans for Open Government. ...

Grand Jury dings San Diego Unified for not having a policy in place to address adult-on-student bullying

School district has until August to respond to findings.

San Diego Unified School District isn't doing enough to prevent adults and teachers from bullying children, says a recently released ...

City Attorney prepares council for a vote on increased water rates

Public Utilities Department may seek approval from City Council for a five-year increase

San Diego's City Attorney is already looking for legal justification for what appears to be an upcoming pitch to increase ...

Councilmember Lorie Zapf announces run for District 2 seat

Zapf will be running for her second-first term as District 2 representative.

It's official, first term councilmember Lorie Zapf is running for council in 2014. On May 8, Zapf filed papers with ...

Woman sues Sheriff's Deputy and Department after she was shot in her own backyard

Jennifer Orey was shot outside her house while deputies searched for a suspected prowler.

One day after the August 19, 2012 shooting, San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore told KGTV the bullet fired by ...

Got a permit for that, Manchester?

Doug Manchester needs no permits, just lawyers and ineffectual city government.

Sidewalk café serves up noise

Al fresco no bueno, say opponents of the sidewalk-café ordinance

Opponents of councilman Kevin Faulconer’s sidewalk-café ordinance say outdoor diners will create even more noise on the streets.

Mission Bay turf wars

Park and Rec Department is not keen on cleats

San Diego’s Park & Rec Department continues with a crackdown on frisbee and soccer players who where rubber cleats at Ski Beach. Players say they don’t tear up the fields, that it’s a small number of people who complain.

Should you pay that ticket issued by Ace Parking?

Parking police privatized

The City of Chula Vista has an arrangement with Ace Parking that enables the company to issue parking tickets…is that legal?