Beethoven should send a bill
The Milky Way inspires a look at what gives and what takes
Garrett Harris 9 p.m., July 23
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Who's the handball king of Chicano Park?
"I was born where the Virgin appeared to Juan Diego"
King David is holding court today, even after suffering the bites of at least nine King Cobras. The court is the one used for handball in Chicano Park; the King Cobras are malt liquors. His ...
Perkins school and neighborhood prepare to take K1 Speed land
Go-kart business applies for beer and wine but is in crosshairs for other reasons
K1 Speed, an indoor go kart racing operation with a zero tolerance policy when it comes to alcohol and racing go karts, has plans to get a liquor license. The city has already issued a ...
Chicano Park victims and surviving family members submit claims
In case of car that crashed down from Coronado bridge
Victims and family members of those who died as a result of being hit by a drunk driver who careened off the Coronado Bridge into a gathering at Chicano Park have filed claims against the ...
Guamanian — more habanero and serrano peppers than Hawaiian and Filipino
A surprise in Barrio Logan
Canvas sign blurs by. “Matua’s… Islander Grill.” Wha? There’s no eateries in this part of the Barrio. What’s up? I pull the cord on the 901. Sixteenth and National. Whole city of homeless tents stretches ...
Councilman Alvarez rides the neighborhood, promises money for bikes
From Park and G to Chicano Park to Harbor Drive
City councilmember David Alvarez met with more than 100 cycling enthusiasts assembled by the San Diego Bike Coalition on Thursday afternoon (May 4) to lead a ride through his native Barrio Logan. "When you're on ...
The chola look comes out at Chicano Park Day
The pompadour, the feathered look, the copete in photos at Mesheeka on Logan Ave.
“I seen about 15 to 20 [cholas] in the park that day,” said Jesse Amaro, after he posted a photo of four girls wearing men-fitted khaki pants walk past him, “you don’t see the chola ...
Barrio Logan besieged by truck traffic
Port says they don't have the funds for a dedicated "haul road"
For decades, residents of Barrio Logan have been dealing with air and noise pollution from Port of San Diego semi-trucks taking unsanctioned short-cuts through their neighborhoods. Now the port is planning a 400 percent expansion ...
Art meets jazz
...painters paint while players play at Bread & Salt this Saturday
Trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos and his manager Arlene Damasco are ready to begin a collaboration with Bread & Salt, the multi-arts venue in Logan Heights that combines a jazz concert with an art showing on Saturday, ...
Working class stiffed in Barrio Logan project?
"It should all be affordable housing, not just two units."
Brent Beltran has one problem with Los Patios, a four-story development planned for Barrio Logan that will have 20 living units — 2 of which will rent to people who earn 30 percent to 50 ...
Hibiscus beer for the win
Border X nabs brewery startup prize
On December 1st, Barrio Logan brewery Border X was named the $5000 winner of the Startup Brewery Challenge. The biannual competition is staged by national craft beer website Brewbound.com and Craft Brew Alliance, the "fifth ...
Camila Meza a double threat
Chilean singer/guitarist wows a capacity crowd at Bread & Salt
Currently based in NYC, Chilean musician Camila Meza made her San Diego debut on December 3, with a two-set house-capacity performance at the Athenaeum’s new Logan Heights outlet in the multi-arts venue Bread & Salt. ...
Mantras of love
Homeless outreach Voices of Our City Choir brings music to the streets
Soul-jazz vocalist Steph Johnson is involved in activism relating to the homeless in San Diego, culminating in the formation of the Voices of Our City Choir, a group she co-leads with Nina Leilani that blends ...
Fast-food wage rally snowballs
Marchers also rage for rent control and against Olango killing, Dakota pipeline
As many as 1000 activists pushing a broad range of causes gathered downtown Tuesday evening (November 29), the fourth anniversary of the "Fight for 15" movement backed by fast-food workers and labor unions to raise ...
Fill up on tamed-tiger kung pao at Imperial Express
“True kung pao should have only ‘facing heaven’ chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns.”
"Midnight, dude.” This guy and I just happen to fall in step walking away from Father Joe’s, into the dusk of Imperial Avenue. “Midnight?” “Everybody’s waiting for midnight. Look around you,” he says. “There’s a ...
Vintage vinyl victory
Beat Box Records in Barrio Logan turns two
Access Hip Hop in P.B. and Beat Box Records serve the hip-hop community from different angles. Access sells new hip-hop albums by current artists. Beat Box sells the 40- and 50-year-old soul, jazz, and funk ...
