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Kensington News and Stories
Drone flies low over Kensington and Channel 39 comes knocking
Neighbors on Nextdoor warn that downing a drone is a federal offense
“Tonight (April 5) I had a man [reporter] … actually come to my door from KNSD regarding my (drone flyover) comments on Nextdoor,” said Suzanne from Kensington, “completely uninvited and unannounced, and while he was ...
Kensington bicyclist ticketed for not stopping at Meade and 39th
No Idaho stops in Calif. yet
“The policeman told me, ‘You are (riding) a bike and need to follow the rules of the road, and you did not stop at this four-way,'” said Anna Grace Carter. She received a ticket that ...
Kensington controversy
Readers chime in on last week's cover story
Outstanding Example of San Diego The January 12 article, “Kensington: The Only Real Neighborhood in San Diego” is an outstanding example — dynamic, well-researched, as well as effective writing style — of San Diego. It’s ...
Kensington: the only real neighborhood in San Diego
Where a guy can paint his house the color of a taco stand.
Dino the dachshund and a Chihuahua/Brittany spaniel mix named Olivia walk through Kensington on a cool, clear afternoon. Behind them ambles Peter LaMontia. The trio head for Village Vino. Every one of Kensington’s restaurants features ...
Happy Ron Hill's happy hips
San Diego singer/songwriter finds new life with a new hip
“I’ve lived most of my life with extreme tension and pain in my body due to the lack of a hip socket on my left side,” says singer-songwriter Happy Ron Hill. “Sitting up would make ...
Park-starved residents locked out of school playgrounds
"Responsibility for opening seems unclear and too often forgotten."
At least three of San Diego's joint-use playground parks have limited or eliminated public access to playgrounds in North Park, Normal Heights, and Kensington, and no one knows who is responsible. After three days of ...
The salads here are tasty
“You like it? It was good?”
It had been years since I’d been to the Pappalecco in Little Italy, so my expectations were neutral when I walked into their most recent location in Kensington. The first thing I noticed was how ...
Erg-onomics
Mikey Erg gets back to writing and rocking his own music
For eight years Mikey Erg played drums and wrote a bunch of songs for the Ergs!, a hyperactive punk band born and bred in New Jersey. Since their breakup in 2008, he has spent most ...
A week of classics at the Ken
Blue Velvet, A Streetcar Named Desire, Breakfast at Tiffany’s...
Far be it from me to deride any exhibition chain that’s okay with showcasing repertoire fare a few weeks out of the year, but have we not heard the chimes at midnight? The last time ...
A neighborhood eatery in which the neighborhood had a say
Cucina Sorella comes to Kensington
Cucina Sorella (which means “sister” in Italian) offers the same warm and welcoming atmosphere we’ve come to expect from the other cucinas of the Urban Kitchen Group (Cucina Urbana, Cucina Enoteca), all overseen by owner ...
New Ward Canyon dog park not mutt-tough?
Complaints about bark ground cover causing splinters
Normal Heights and Kensington dog owners took their concerns over the new Ward Canyon–adjacent dog park to the Adams Avenue Recreation Council last week (May 25). The rec council took up the matter in response ...
Movie Madness with Scott Marks
Kensington-Talmadge Community Association dinner May 19
Last year’s presentation at the presumptive Kensington Video farewell dinner met with such little negative response, the good folks at the Kensington-Talmadge Community Association have invited me back as their guest speaker at this year’s ...
Texas Music Hall of Famer Augie Meyers
Keyboard great joins Action Andy & the Hi-Tones at Ken Club Saturday night
The keyboard player from a long-defunct San Antonio band digs deep into his memories to come up with the last time he played San Diego. “I think it was back in the ’90s,” says Augie ...
