Sherman Heights

Blog entries concerning the Sherman Heights area of San Diego County.

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Politicians, Community Leaders Speak Out Against Walmart in Sherman Heights

A crowd of Sherman Heights residents gathered this morning in front of the historic Farmers Market building on Imperial Avenue to hear a host of activists and local politicians speak on action recently taken by ...

Walmart "Shocked" By Neighbors' Partial Protest of Building Demolition

Evil Corporation "Deeply Disappointed" by Tepid Response to Its Destruction of Abandoned Famers Market Building on Imperial Concerned Media Outlets Ask: Who Will Occupy Walmart? Walmart spokesman: "It was bad enough when we discovered the ...

Community Groups, Unions Send Wal-Mart Letter Outlining Requests

A handful of community and labor groups have penned an open letter to Walmart concerning the company’s announced intention to take over the farmers' market building on Imperial Avenue in Sherman Heights. The letter states ...

Interloper

My cell phone makes a faint sound and I fumble for it. Perplexed, I summon up a text message, momentarily tuning out the buzz of Spanish conversations around me. "Welcome to Mexico," Verizon tells me. ...

Golden Sherman Heights Hill

My husband and I moved to San Diego just over two years ago. We had been living in Bogota, Colombia, where my husband was born and lived most of his life. Bogota is a city ...

"Ghetto" is Not an Adjective

“Ghetto” is not an adjective. It is a noun. It’s the place where I live. It’s Barrio Logan to be exact, but that lone fact is insignificant really. There’s no Sherman, or Logan, or Shelltown ...

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