De Anza Cove terrorized, La Jolla Cove cesspool, doomed life in Eastlake, South vs North Park, displaced persons in City Heights

Quirky San Diego neighborhoods

Author

By Bill Manson, Matthew Lickona, Ollie , Elizabeth Salaam, Caitlin Rother

Publish Date

Sept. 28, 2020

Keith Merkel, a biological consultant hired by the city, says, “The thing about people is they’re willing to pet anything until they get bit.”

Bill Killman has owned his De Anza Cove mobile home since 2000. It has a sunroom, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, and is air-conditioned. He pays about $800 per month for the use of the lot and utilities. (Howie Rosen)

The Ugly Trailer Park Across the Water

Beauty and the blight on Mission Bay.

Cityzella terrorizes humble trailer folk at De Anza Cove.

By Ollie, Sept. 14, 2011 | Read full article

Since the early 1990s, new home construction has been a constant in Eastlake. (Howie Rosen)

What am I doing in Eastlake?

Not quite the place to be.

La Jolla Cove is becoming a sea lion cesspool

...and there’s not much to be done about it

By Caitlin Rother, Jan. 15, 2014 | Read full article

Block party on McCain Valley Ct. "I went house to house and dropped off a flyer asking if people were interested. There are 30 homes on our street, and only 5 homes weren’t able to make it."

Block Party

In 8 years, home prices went from $320,000 to $750,000 and back.

How to build an old-fashioned neighborhood.

By Matthew Lickona, Nov. 10, 2010 | Read full article

“Developers went into North Park and just leveled many of their beautiful Craftsman houses. They destroyed it. They put up these outrageous rickety-dickety [apartments]."

North Park vs South Park

Showdown in The Parks.

Reporting from the front lines, here. Before me, across Juniper: Them. North Parkians. If you didn't know they were The Other, you'd be fooled into thinking they're just like you.

By Bill Manson, July 21, 2010 |Read full article

Tower Bar owner Mick Rossler: “City Heights people are unpretentious.” (Victor Juhasz)

Africans, Asians, Hispanics...and Hipsters: Changes in City Heights

A safe haven for war refugees and other displaced persons.

By Elizabeth Salaam, March 17, 2010 | Read full article