OBecians reclaim pieces of pier broken by storm
To appear in Blue Water Grille and Raglan Ale House?
Delinda Lombardo 2 p.m., Jan. 18
Lincoln Park Stories
Lincoln High School was designed to fail
Teddy Bear won't back down
A father of two former Lincoln High School students says San Diego Unified School District filed false criminal charges against him after he started speaking out against the district for their failures to protect children ...
Graffiti park on Market Street under new name
Writerz Blok becomes Arts Park @ Chollas Creek.
On June 23, the Writerz Blok on Market three blocks west of Euclid was reopened as Arts Park @ Chollas Creek. On July 3, I walked up Chollas Creekside Park, which is on the east ...
How Lao can you go?
Adventurously eating around the honeycomb
This was my first time in a Laotian restaurant, so I didn’t know what I was getting myself into. “Actually,” said the guy manning the counter of Bane Phonkeo’s, “a lot of dishes on Thai ...
Neighbors hire Aguirre to fight Jacobs Center
Don't want parolees nearby
In a deal that helps the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation at Euclid and Market, San Diego County is buying some of the center’s excess acreage to the east, with plans to tear down the ...
Lincoln Park graffiti sanctuary to close
Plans for Writerz Block yard unknown
“After 15 years, the Writerz Blok facility is closing for redesign of the creative space,” said Reginald Jones, the president and CEO of the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation. The graffiti art yard is located ...
Tiny homes for the homeless and your backyard
Councilman backs plan to house "the next one million in San Diego."
Alternately referred to under terms such as "companion units," "accessory dwellings,” or, more colloquially, "granny flats" (Coronado prefers the unique term "carriage houses"), the practice of adding a second residence to a single-family lot has ...
Parking lot crack mart in Lincoln Park
I drive home thinking, How is this remotely legal?
As I pull into my neighborhood market near the corner of Euclid and Imperial, I’m flagged down by a homeless gentleman who asks if I have money to spare. I reply, “Fresh out,” hopefully discouraging ...
San Diego graffiti meet at 50th and Market — a cease to all beefs
Techies spreading the mural and tags on social media
“I witnessed a few guys make amends with each other,” said Spek One, 44, “as well as myself with one of the guys that I actually got into a fist-fight [with] back in the day.” ...
People choose to turn to God or not
"As clergy, we get too caught up in doctrine, dogma and drama."
Southeast Community Presbyterian Church Pastor: Deb Mitchell Age: 58 Born: Fort Wayne, IN Formation: Perdue University, West Lafayette, IN; Mount St. Mary’s, Los Angeles, Bethel Seminary, San Diego Years Ordained: 4 San Diego Reader: What ...
Drop the gun and skate, fool
Exchange takes firearms off the street and puts skateboards on it
“About 250 guns, including shotguns — sawed-off and non-modified — a Tech 9, an AR15, assault weapons, a .380 handgun, a 9mm, a .30-06, an Uzi, small handguns, single shots, and many others were traded ...
Bad publicity
Brandon “Tiny Doo” Duncan raps about gang life, but he had never been to jail until June 19. “I just got out of the shower and was headed to work,” Duncan, 34, tells the Reader ...
House fire in Lincoln Park
Faulty wires suspected
A fire broke out on Wednesday, November 6, at approximately 1:00 p.m. at a residence near the intersection of Castana and Escuela streets in Lincoln Park. Neighbors watched helplessly as firefighters worked from all sides ...
Iron-gut hotshot hits Asia Wok
Ed raves about the offerings at Asia Wok (and the low prices!). Then he goes ahead and dispels the legend of Mongolian barbecue — another dirty lie revealed, kids!
City named in yet another lawsuit over shoddy and improperly maintained parkspace
That makes two lawsuit in less than a month.
Just how poor of condition are San Diego's parks in? Poor enough for the City of San Diego to be named in two unrelated lawsuits in the span of one month, both over improper maintenance ...
One catfish at a time
Ed finds the Red Rooster, a Louisiana-style eatery tucked away in Lincoln Park.
Breast milk's not on the menu
To breastfeed in the California bubble was all she wanted.
Jamie Boyd and Joseph Taylor are confronted at Felix’s Restaurant in Lincoln Park and told that breastfeeding must be done outside of the dining area.
Poi and Poke It Ain't at L&L Hawaiian Barbecue
Look at the skyline: this could be the land of Ali Baba. Blue domes, red towers, gold domes. Right now, evening time, even the Food 4 Less looks muy romantica. Or, you could be thinking: ...
Southern Comfort
This restaurant is closed.Mardi Gras always makes me hungry for Louisiana cooking -- not that I require a special occasion for that craving. For months, my partner and I peeked through the windows of a ...
Police Disappear While Lincoln Park Bleeds
Sooner or later, according to Bill Farrar, president of the San Diego Police Officers Association, tragic events will expose how understaffed the city's police force is. At 1.65 per 1000, San Diego has one of ...
