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Donohoe Mountain is surrounded by a multitude of trails
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Mira Mesa Stories
A new place to dim sum
Come early to Mira Mesa but not too early
It wasn’t until I entered Fung Fung Yuen that I realized I’d never set foot in a dim sum restaurant that was this new. The carpet was spotless, there were no nicks on the back ...
22 dope growers want permits in Mira Mesa
Kearny Mesa second place with 10 applicants
The city has 40 golden tickets, also known as permits, to hand out to those wanting to cultivate cannabis locally. There are currently 66 applicants vying for those permits. There are no limitations as to ...
History lessons with a side of suds
Longship Brewery's lectures on beer-drinking Vikings and beer topics
Longship Brewery opened in 2016 with two specific areas of interest: Vikings and beer. Thanks to a new lecture series Longship is hosting in its Mira Mesa tasting room, beer fans are getting an opportunity ...
Pacific Beach's high crime problem
"Police are doing the best job they can under impossible circumstances."
Pacific Beach continues to be one of San Diego's highest crime neighborhoods, according to new stats released by the San Diego Police Department. Public records indicate the beachside entertainment hotspot ranked in the top five ...
Green Flash cuts staff, stops shipping to 32 states
"The market is nothing like it was when we started."
Amid a new round of layoffs, the first San Diego craft brewery to sell beer in all 50 states has announced it will no longer distribute to 32 of them. Green Flash Brewing gives the ...
Amazon overload
Unidentifiable vans and overworked employees bruise the season
Lately there’s been a rash of theft in the Chula Vista neighborhoods, from home burglaries to Christmas-mail porch thieves. Although neighbors try to be vigilant, the recent use of unmarked vehicles by FedEx, UPS, and ...
Encanto post office flunks audit
Unspecified “safety concerns” fingered by postal service report
Some San Diego post offices have taken a hit in a new facility condition audit by the U.S. Postal Service, which calls out a series of deficiencies ranging from neglected landscaping and insufficient lighting to ...
Mira Mesa tempura crab a star on Yelp and Instagram
Custom fish, cooking, sauce
It's a simple rule of thumb that any place calling itself fancy ain't really all that fancy. Such is the case with The Fancy Fish, a casual seafood spot sitting in the elbow slot of ...
Go east, Green Flash
San Diego beer-crafters buy a Lincoln, Nebraska, brewpub
Mira Mesa–based Green Flash Brewing announced this week it has purchased a 10,000-square-foot production brewery and restaurant in Lincoln, Nebraska, where it plans to expand its bicoastal beer brand by the end of the year. ...
Free and not-free Fourth of July
Coronado, of course, but Mission Hills, Escondido, Mira Mesa and maybe a cruise on the Hornblower
God bless, John Adams. You can thank him for all the firework displays around the Fourth of July. In Philadelphia, July 4, 1777, 13 fireworks were set off to commemorate the 13 colonies. The colors ...
ICMonster specializes in rolled ice cream
And they have butterfly-pea flower tea
There I sat, in a Mira Mesa ice cream shop. It was around 3 p.m., and suddenly the shop went from virtually empty to packed with elementary school children — laughing, wiggling, and too excited ...
Woman files appeal in Mira Mesa shooting of husband by San Diego police
Shakina Ortega says judge failed to inform the jury that officer not liable for monetary judgement.
The family of a man who was shot and killed by a police officer will ask a federal appellate court to overturn a jury's March 2017 verdict that found the officer acted in self-defense. Shakina ...
It was a quiet cul-de-sac in Sorrento Valley...
Eight more homes too many for small Mira Mesa enclave
More than 40 residents of Mira Mesa neighborhood that's small and private by topography and design showed up at a planning group meeting Monday night (March 20) to oppose a project that would add houses ...
San Diego Brewing Co. cranks up for realsies
One of city's oldest brewpubs gets more serious about production
The latest brewery to open in North Park represents one of the city's oldest brewing companies. San Diego Brewing Co. has been operating as a brewpub in Grantville since 1993, and its sister restaurant, Mira ...
Report of layoffs at Green Flash
"In fact, we will continue to increase the number of employees."
Reports emerged this week that roughly two dozen employees were let go by San Diego's fourth largest beer company, Green Flash Brewing. Los Angeles–based craft-beer website TheFullPint.com reported on Wednesday (January 11) that "Green Flash ...
Can't you smell that smell in Ocean Beach?
And downtown, Loma Portal, Mira Mesa, Linda Vista, Chula Vista...
Residents in Ocean Beach and Loma Portal woke up this morning (December 22) to a mysterious odor hanging in the damp air. Over the course of an hour, dozens of people reported the smell via ...
Insurance for the craft
Small breweries come together to benefit employees
This month, the California Craft Brewers Association became the first craft-beer trade association in the country to establish a benefits trust intended to help small brewing companies reduce the cost of providing benefits packages to ...
Beer mapping Sorrento Valley
"It's not like I have to pick which community's football team I need to support."
In September, Sorrento Valley got new neighborhood signs from the city. Three signs mark the western Sorrento border along the 805 freeway. The fourth designates a northeastern border, on Calle Cristobal, just east of Camino ...
Mira Mesa braces for mega population growth
Stone Creek project may create up to 50,000 commutes a day
The decades-old Vulcan mining operation on nearly 300 acres of Carroll Canyon will be a huge housing project if developers' lobbying efforts are successful. Bordered by Mira Mesa Boulevard, Miramar Road, Camino Santa Fe, and ...
Homeless people disrupt Mira Mesa neighborhood
Land owner Pardee Homes says sensitive habitat restricts enforcement
A homeless encampment in a canyon off Mira Mesa's Montongo Street is stirring up the neighborhood. Resident Katherine White says there have been three fires in the past two weeks. The land is owned by ...
Beer inspired by Vikings
Brewery startup opening around the corner from Green Flash
"What I like about brewing, what drew me to brewing, was endless possibilities." So says Dan Jachimowicz, brewer and founder of Longship Brewery, which is set to launch its Mira Mesa business with a brief ...
Proposition 47 a culprit in increase of burglaries?
“It’s not just Encinitas. It's also Del Mar, Solana Beach, Carlsbad..."
On the morning of May 20, a home on Nolbey Street in Cardiff by the Sea was the second home burglarized on the same street in the past two weeks. Combined with an increase of ...
The synesthetic Splavender
San Diego prog-pop quartet plays for beer — literally
Danny Ellis attended Valhalla High School, where he sang tenor in the choir. It was a rewarding experience, one that sent him to Europe three times. “I sang at the Vatican, all around Rome, Germany, ...
Old brewery news
Personnel changes and expansions for venerable beer companies
Amid the startling number of new breweries opening these late summer months, some of the county's oldest and largest breweries are also making news with changes in packaging, production, and personnel. Coronado Brewing Company They ...
Feast! Best of the rest
Worthy restaurant spots from East County to South Bay
Foodies living close to the city's center are waking up to the fact that there are excellent reasons to drive all over this county. Reader feasters have caught on to worthy spots in East County, ...
San Diego's Section 8 drug and crime wave
$3 million in fraudulent overpayments amid lax reporting and enforcement
Fraud, drug use, and other criminal activity has been going unpunished in the county's so-called Section 8 subsidized housing program, with lax enforcement by officials causing multimillion-dollar havoc. So says an August 3 report by ...
Burglars rifle cars for remotes
Cash, iPods, and other valuables left behind
A few weeks ago, eight houses on Black Mountain Road in Mira Mesa were all hit on the same day. A garage door opener previously stolen from one Black Mountain resident's car was used to ...
Casa Mira View — city of villages or mecca for crime?
Two views of a housing project
Will Mira Mesa mega-development become a slum?
Epicentre cuts the cord
All-ages venue calls it quits in Mira Mesa
“You’re killin’ me,” says Brian Witkin, founder of Pacific Records, about the news that the venue that gave him his break in the music business was ending live shows. “I met my wife when we ...
The mayor approves...maybe a czar would, too
Future of White Labs yeast includes the past
June marked the 20th anniversary of local yeast purveyor White Labs. Mayor Kevin Faulconer saluted the milestone during an appearance at the National Homebrewers Convention, declaring June 11, 2015, to be "White Labs Day" in ...
Wax is back!
Will teens want Judas Priest forever?
“There was more of a connection going on between the artist and the public with vinyl.”
Sorrento Valley, 5, Mira Mesa, 5
Big numbers turn out for planning group elections
On Monday, March 16, at the bi-annual Mira Mesa Community Planning Group board elections, hundreds of voters turned out to elect representatives for ten open seats. The unprecedented turnout was the latest indicator of a ...
Lemonade from charred lemons
After the fires at Pacific Beach AleHouse and Wet 'N Reckless
Last week, a grease fire broke out in the kitchen at Pacific Beach AleHouse. Fortunately, the coastal brewpub is located across the street from a fire station. Firefighters were able to put out the blaze ...
Green Flash gets soulful
One of several new IPAs from Mira Mesa brewery has serious style
When people tell me I’m too negative, I reply: “You gotta stick with what you’re good at.” Apparently, Green Flash Brewing Company feels the same way. For some time, they have excelled at producing hoppy ...
Homestyle in the shadow of the multiplex
Tofu Ka's traditional Korean dishes work fine for this particular Mesa
My continuing exploration of Korean restaurants in San Diego has finally taken me out of my comfort zone. No, I didn't eat anything outside the reach of my gringo palate. I did, however, pick a ...
Green Flash truckin' along
Mira Mesa brewing company to sate visitor’s hunger with branded food truck.
I remember the day I first met Dave Adams. At the time, he was working to meld the wide-ranging array of beers at Churchill’s Pub & Grille with the venue’s evolving cuisine. Within five minutes ...
Sweet pork and salty plum soda
Adding words to my foodie vocabulary in Mira Mesa
I can't pretend Vietnamese is my favorite Asian cuisine — the meats tend to skew a little sweet for my palate — but I'm down to keep trying new places in the hopes one will ...
White Labs expanding to Asheville
Country’s largest yeast producer adding East Coast facility
San Diego is considered the epicenter for American craft beer, so it makes sense the city is also home to the country’s leading yeast production company. White Labs has experienced phenomenal growth in tandem with ...
Green Flash acquires Alpine Beer Co.
Two of San Diego's hoppiest form mutually beneficial partnership.
Two of San Diego’s hoppiest brewing operations are, essentially, becoming one. Today, Green Flash Brewing Company (6550 Mira Mesa Boulevard, Mira Mesa) announced that it has acquired Alpine Beer Co. (2351 Alpine Boulevard, Alpine). Described ...
Mira Mesa software company in jeopardy?
Accused of violating telemarketing laws, making false claims on product
San Diego-based educational software company WordSmart Corporation is being targeted by the Federal Trade Commission for fraud and for making false claims in regards to the effectiveness of its product. Since 2010, says a new ...
All Duck Foot’s quacked up to be
Gluten-free brewing operation to be housed near Miramar pyramid
When I sat down with Duck Foot Brewing Company owner Matt DelVecchio last September, I conducted my interview on the patio of his coastal North County condo. The next time we convene, it will be ...
Green Flash coming to Poway… you’re welcome
The latest beer-centric brewery to lay down stakes in my retreating shadow
I make a living reporting what happens in the local craft beer scene, but in my spare time, I use my special superpowers to ensure that neighborhoods I live and work in receive their very ...
Beer Touring: 2kids Brewing Company
Checking in on the spousal duo behind a young Mira Mesa nano
Last week, we explored Pacific Brewing Company, one of two nanobreweries in a Mira Mesa business park. This week, we’ll stumble the 30 or so yards from that spot to the fluorescent-hued domain of their ...
Beer Touring: Pacific Brewing Company
Keying in on the first of two nano neighbors at a Mira Mesa business suite
Driving by at normal speed, you might miss the handful of Mira Mesa business suites atop the hill near the intersection of Miralani Drive and Camino Ruiz, but that small complex houses two brewing companies. ...
Fire destroys Wet ‘N Reckless Brewing
Welding torch sets fire to Mira Mesa nanobrewery
A fire broke out in the tasting room at Wet ‘N Reckless Brewery (10054 Mesa Ridge Court, #132, Mira Mesa) the night of July 27, causing significant damage. According to reports, repairs were being made ...
Change of pace: a double IPA?
Green Flash going against the session-beer grain
Like any industry, craft brewing has its trends. Right now, the hottest of them all is the West Coast-style session India pale ale. We discussed this hot hoppy beer style three weeks ago. So far, ...
A certain tendency at Edwards Mira Mesa
The past three films I’ve seen at Edwards Mira Mesa have all been presented in the miracle of Letterbox! Instead of snugly cinched borders, the picture played center-screen with enough black at the head and ...
Getting to know you, Afghanistan
Food from a place we usually only hear about
I doubt I'm alone in associating the word kabob (or kebab) with coastal Mediterranean countries — the skewered meat typically served alongside pitas and tahini, or tzatziki. However, Mira Mesa's Ariana Kabob House offers a ...
Best Pizza and Brew makes a believer out of loyal Pizza Port customer
Agrees to try it after weeks of shoulder massages and uninterrupted time with Sportscenter.
Best Pizza and Brew restaurant is an understated eatery serving up an uncommonly large variety of pizza by the slice and they offer freshly made salads (starting at $6 and served in a large modern ...
Scripps Ranch to Walmart: Put it in Mira Mesa
This would substantially alter the character of Scripps Ranch,” fumes Jenny Marshall, whose 15-member Save Our Scripps (“SOS”) Ranch group is determined to stop a big-box project from crashing the gates of the “Ranch.” In ...
Beer of the Week: Green Flash Black IPA
Mira Mesa brewery opts for dark side in reembarking on Hop Odyssey
Hoppy beers are not new territory for Green Flash Brewing Company. The Mira Mesa-based operation has been dealing in lupulin-rich ales ever since brewmaster Chuck Silva came aboard, and have never looked back. Quite the ...
Alpine and Culture latest to explore pseudo gluten-free beer
White Labs innovation increasing beer options for the gluten-intolerant
The words Clarity-Ferm won’t mean much to the average beer drinker, but the impact of that product, which was introduced in 2013 by local yeast-production company White Labs, is likely to be so huge that ...
