Santee

Blog entries concerning the Santee area of San Diego County.

For more information on Santee — including event listings, neighborhood establishments, photos, crime maps, and more news and stories — visit the Santee neighborhood section.

Entries

Santee’s Manzanita Brewing’s Branching Out

More interesting local brewing news unearthed during the recent World Beer Cup ceremony. Things are coming along well for the new brewing facility the team at Santee’s Manzanita Brewing Company have been working hard to ...

Initial Impressions at Anny's Fine Burger

I'd just finished a 12-hour workday during which I hadn't had a thing to eat. My stomach was growling, I was too tired to cook, and I was in Kearny Mesa. All the conditions were ...

"To leave the world a bit better"

We used to drive around, too young to really have any place to go. Leaving the parking lot of punk rock Denny's, we rolled our windows down and sang along to Crystal Gale's "Don't it ...

Committee To Discuss Lease Agreement With Carlton Oaks Golf Course

For a number of years, TY Investment, owner of Carlton Oaks Golf Course in Eastern San Diego, has wanted to add to their golf course. In order to do so, the owners of the Santee-based ...

scissors and blood do mix

geesus he was tired...as tired as his friend Coaster Dude was after that whirlwind ride to Kansas city...and he didn't take any pics of the HARLEY MUSEUM...dang him!!! he'd gone to the party at the ...

Planning Commissioners Delay Decision on Quail Brush Power Plant

Residents of Santee and San Diego now have some time to learn about the Quail Brush Power Plant, a proposed 100 megawatt, natural gas-fired power plant slated for construction just south of the landfill. Today, ...

Mars Opposition Star Party Report

I held a star party at the house last night for the Mars Opposition. Mars came as close as it gets for this orbit, and at 14 arc seconds was a pretty site through the ...

Cloudy Nights

We're in that time of year where there are more cloudy nights than clear. For SDAA members it's a time of the season when we focus on indoor astronomy activities. Cleaning the gear, refurbishing rusted ...

SDAA 2012 Annual Banquet

High Level Astro Geek alert. The San Diego Astronomy Association will be holding its annual Banquet on Saturday, Feb 4, 2012. The guest speaker is Dr. Luisa Rebull who is a Staff Scientist for the ...

Decision On Sale of Carlton Oaks Golf Course Delayed

On Wednesday, the Land Use and Housing Committee discussed the sale of 68 acres of property along the San Diego River to TY Investment, owner of Carlton Oaks Golf Course in Eastern San Diego. TY ...

Atheists, Agnostics, Scientists Protest Creation Museum

The San Diego New Atheists and Agnostics, a group with over 700 registered members, has announced plans for a “positive protest” at the Creation and Earth History Museum on Saturday, September 24. “I've tried the ...

A Candlelight Vigil in Santee

On August 22, Tracy Moe plans to return to the same Santee neighborhood where her seventeen-year -old daughter, Kelsea Lyn, died from a methadone overdose in 2006. Moe's return marks 5 years since her daughter ...

Santee Considers Backyard Chickens

On Wednesday, members of Santee's city council will ask city staff to come up with new regulations that would allow chickens to run free on residential properties. The discussion was first broached by Mayor Randy ...

Manzanita One-Year Anniversary Offers Heat-Beating Option

With temperatures registering in the sweltering range, their may be no community better suited or more appreciative of a beer festival than Santee. That's where Manzanita Brewing Company makes a lot out of their little ...

Paper or Plastic? Cloth Please.

Paper or plastic? A question I never gave much thought. Years ago I used paper grocery bags. I was more confident I could make it from my car to the kitchen without my bag ripping ...

Pull Up Your Pants Young Man!

Seriously? If I wanted to look at a man’s ass, I would look at my husbands, not that of a zit faced kid walking down the street. I don’t even know where this trend came ...

People are different

Sounds like the most obviuous statement of all time right? But I mean really different....Like scary different, and it is amazing to me how that translates to what see everyday. I like shopping at Target. ...

Rats and the Reindeer Sox Saga

it all started day before yesterday when i was up very early walking around in my usual bedware (shorts and an undershirt) when out of a "somethings in the oven" two weeks my bare feet ...

Memorial Day in Santee

Its memorial day and there’s been a heavy vibe every where I went today and I know its these wars. Its unnerving now after so many years with no end in sight. I have been ...

Public Rights or Right of Way - Your guide to RV parking

Okay, this is a near and dear to my heart. I live in Santee and yes I do own a travel trailer. All trailer trash jokes aside, one thing you learn after spending any time ...

Archive by year

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012