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Hemlock spins off a book and new alt-club event

Javi Nunez was into gothic metal and punk before he dove into deathrock, a subgenre of punk and goth that originated on the west coast circa 1980. The crossover act ...

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Kensington Brewing Torero Blue and Bold

When students move back into University of San Diego dorms this fall, the home of the Toreros will feature a new set of official school beers. Torero Blue and Torero ...

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Pepper tree fight spreads beyond Kensington

In the past two months, the city has cut down four of Kensington's historic pepper trees that are as old as the subdivision itself. Since there are only about 32 ...

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The pepper tree fight of Kensington

A battle to save 35 stately old pepper trees, the last to frame the streets of Kensington, is far from over. It's already too late for Karla, a centurion located ...

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Vista de la Mission: angelic outpost in Kensington

According to listing materials retrieved from Zillow, the historic Vista de la Mission residence in Kensington is “spiritually known as an outpost for angels.” “Privately nestled behind walls in the most desirable cul-de-sac location in ...

January 14, 2021

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Kensington Brewing, brewing in Kensington

It took nearly eight years and the impact of a pandemic, but Kensington Brewing Company now officially brews beer in its namesake neighborhood. Founded in 2012, the nanobrewery spent years quietly making beer in Grantville ...

October 9, 2020

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August 11, 2020

Angry Pete's Pizza brings Detroit to Kensington

I couldn’t be sure Detroit pizza was really a thing. I’d read about the Motown style, sure. That it was a thick crust pie, baked in rectangular pans, a descendent of Sicilian pizza. But it ...

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July 20, 2020

San Diego point system could produce some worthless parks

In the city’s quest for park space, mid city neighborhoods Kensington, Normal Heights and City Heights are among the least served, according to the San Diego Foundation’s 2010 Parks for Everyone report. The report defines ...

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November 25, 2019

Kensington – the only real neighborhood

At last, an easy way to get to Mission Valley Prior to the building of this pathway, there were only two efficient ways to cycle to Mission Valley from mid-city San Diego; via Fairmount Avenue ...

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July 30, 2019

San Diego steams ahead with 5G installation

Last Tuesday, July 23, the San Diego City Council heard from critics, loud and clear, before voting to approve 5G guidelines. While the city touts its stealth designs, techno-blight isn't the only thing opponents care ...

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October 19, 2018

Wild ‘n Out signs don't last in Kensington

On October 11 at about 1:45 pm, I saw a lady by the I-15 exit on Adams Avenue carrying yellow signs. I wasn’t sure if the lady just pulled the yellow and red Wild ‘n ...

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February 16, 2018

Oh, say, can you play the better "Star Spangled Banner"?

Former Kensington resident Jason DeBord, a 1988 graduate of San Diego’s O’Farrell High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, did a 17-year stint on Broadway as a conductor, arranger, and musician. According to DeBord, ...

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Five years after it quietly launched in Grantville, Kensington Brewing Company has a tasting-room presence in the neighborhood it's named for. In October, the nanobrewery began serving beer within the former site of Kensington Video, ...

October 23, 2017

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Hemlock spins off a book and new alt-club event

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The pepper tree fight of Kensington

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