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Texas-Based Non-Profit Joins Fight To Keep Mt. Soledad Cross
Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012
The Liberty Institute, a nonprofit firm based in ...
Mayor Sanders Shows Support For Bonnie Dumanis In YouTube Video
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012
Mayor Jerry Sanders isn't shying away from his ...
The City's Plan on Deferred Maintenance
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012
According to city staff, San Diego would need ...
County Supervisors Declare Synthetic Stimulants A Public Nuisance
Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012
County Supervisors continued their crackdown on synthetic drugs ...
Supervisors Say Bill Would Put Groomers on Too Short a Leash
Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012
County Supervisors agreed to oppose state legislation aimed ...
Residents of Allied Gardens to Discuss Upcoming Developments and Proposal to Add Parks
Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012
As the economy continues to pick up, developers ...
Researchers At San Diego Hospice Center Say Ketamine Helps Treat Depression
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012
Doctors at the San Diego Hospice and The ...
Developer Responds to Proposal to Build Franklin Ridge Road Extension
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012
Marco Sessa, Senior Vice President of Development at ...
Committee Requests More Information on Managed Competition
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012
The Independent Budget Analyst wants the Mayor's office ...
Residents Oppose Road Linking Mission Valley to Serra Mesa
Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012
The Mission Valley corridor has been said to ...
Public Defender Henry Coker's Endorsement of Dumanis Violated Federal Hatch Act?
Monday, Jan. 30, 2012
Local resident and homeless-advocate Kathryn Rhodes filed a ...
Port Commissioner Blasts Proposal To Build A Bayfront Stadium
Monday, Jan. 30, 2012
San Diego port commissioner Bob Nelson appeared at ...
Padres and City Want More Special Events at Petco Park
Friday, Jan. 27, 2012
Local businesses surrounding Petco Park are asking the ...
Councilmember David Alvarez Says Community-Benefit Districts Will Help Galvanize Barrio Logan
Friday, Jan. 27, 2012
Barrio Logan will be the new Little Italy, ...
Encinitas Council Approves Installation of "Surfing Madonna" Mosaic
Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012
The "Save the Ocean Mosaic," better known as ...
Study Finds Increase In Binge Drinking
Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012
More and more people are binge drinking in ...
Wildcoast Studies Surfers' Social and Economical Impacts in Baja
Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012
Researchers from Wildcoast, a coastal and marine conservation ...
San Diego Ranks 11th Most-Hipster City
Monday, Jan. 23, 2012
Just think: if hipsters throughout San Diego made ...
County Supervisors to Discuss Fat City Lofts
Monday, Jan. 23, 2012
County Supervisors on Tuesday will vote whether to ...
Council Committee to Consider Reducing Time to Pay Parking Tickets
Friday, Jan. 20, 2012
Recipients of parking citations will have fewer days ...
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Clean and Safe Hires a Consultant
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012
In 2009, a few downtown residents discovered that they, along with over 2600 other downtown property owners, had been overcharged by the property and business improvement district in which they ...
Let’s Build an Even Bigger Jack in the Box in North Park
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012
Christi Nail has spent thousands of dollars on double-pane windows to keep out the noise and wooden shutters to block out the headlights. She is thinking of building a concrete ...
Borderline Tours
Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011
Mike Harris drives his blue Ford Ranger pickup south on Hollister Street, through the Tijuana River Valley, toward the border. He stops the truck on the shoulder and calls the ...
Hidden Pipeline, Secret Menace?
Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011
Some residents refer to it as the Sleeping Giant. An eight-inch-diameter Navy pipeline, carrying diesel and jet fuel from Point Loma to Miramar, lies beneath San Diego streets and canyons. ...
The Surf’s Up at La Jolla Shores! Your Wallet’s Gone!
Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011
"Do you hear that? Is that my car alarm?” Gus Neves asked as we walked up Naga Way to La Jolla Shores Drive after an early morning surf session at ...
North Park Clean and Safe: Good for Business, Bad for Residents?
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
As San Diego’s budget deficit has grown, the list of basic services that the City provides has shrunk. To address the increased number of overgrown trees, trash-strewn sidewalks, and rundown ...
The Chirp of Birds, the Buzz of Bikes From the Pala Raceway
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
"It’s starting now. Do you hear it?” Henry asks. The raspy chirp of a motorcycle engine intrudes upon the morning’s stillness, muffling songbirds in the avocado grove on the slope ...
National City's Street Vendor Sweep
Sunday, May 8, 2011
If it’s up to National City officials, last-minute shoppers in National City will have a hard time finding a roadside stand or pushcart to buy Mom a quick gift on ...
Johnny V Good
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Familiar faces will accompany local blues guitarist Johnny Vernazza when he takes the stage during Zydeco-and-blues fest Gator by the Bay on May 7 and 8. During the two shows, ...
Search for Shelter Site Begins and Ends on Newton Avenue
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Although the winter homeless shelter in Logan Heights was closed just a few months ago, the debate about where to place it this year is already heating up. On April ...







