La Jolla lifeguard tower rife with cost overruns
Baby bird, seal-pupping, and bad waste pump blamed for budget surprises
Matt Potter 4 p.m., Sept. 21
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Encinitas council votes under legal pressure
“It’s with a heavy heart that I support the district process."
The City of Encinitas will probably be switching to district elections for its council seats — not because it’s a good idea for democracy or to better represent the five communities that make up the ...
Not the typical roadside memorial in National City
"Yeah, eight years. We come out every year on the night it happened."
In the drug and gang world of National City, street memorials are not uncommon. For a time, vases of flowers and religious candles will bloom on the street or sidewalk where a killing took place, ...
Buses' stop signs ignored
"This, fortunately, scared the student to the point of shaking like crazy."
“Last week I was following my son’s bus home [and] the bus stopped on Valle Vista Road near Vista Camino,” said Miranda Niederle of Lakeside. “[Then the driver] turned on the [bus’s stop] lights and ...
Car shows are different in Tijuana
"You do not have to babysit the people from leaning or touching the cars.”
On September 15, about a hundred Tijuana street racers skipped the unadvertised drag races and met up with other crews in front of the Déjà Vu’s Tijuana strip club (at Plaza Pueblo Amigo). “It’s not ...
Golden Hill Park & Rec facelift
Landscaping, mural, pergola, and first new signs anyone can recall
“It’s part of a transition to make the park more comfortable for families, and having shade will help,” says Park & Rec area manager Kathy Castello of the new pergola behind Golden Hill Recreation Center. ...
Buzzed man at the beach falls into the drink
Underpants-wearing rescuers fish him out for hospital ride
“I’ve never heard a sound like that, “ Devin told me. “He literally fell backwards, off the cliff, and banged his head hard on the rocks.” Devin was one the three men who witnessed the ...
Kaaboo sound system should keep Del Martians quiet
"We created a ginormous version of a noise-canceling system."
“I can’t hear them,” said Del Mar Circle K worker Robert at about 7:30 p.m. on Friday, September 15. “There is a lot of traffic, though.” The opening night of the three-day Kaaboo music festival ...
San Ysidro Port of Entry after Carmageddon
What about that promised 30-minute wait time?
In December 2014, the federal General Services Administration completed Phase 1B of a three-phase San Ysidro Port of Entry makeover. The construction project opened 25 new northbound lanes and 46 new primary inspection booths at ...
Hope for winds of change at Miramar Landfill
Beginning September 30, the city will use tarps to cover the garbage
With the post-summer wind direction about to shift from east to west, the city and county are working overtime to solidify a plan to quell odor complaints that skyrocket between November and April against Miramar ...
Tijuana animal-rights lawyers win one for zonkeys
Did they? — donkeys painted like zebras no longer part of cultural heritage
Only real estate — not living beings — can be considered part of Tijuana’s cultural heritage, a federal judge has ruled, revoking an earlier decision by the Cultural Heritage Council of Baja California declaring zonkeys ...
Community not happy with North Park park
"I’m not taking my kids back to that playground.”
“A really aggressive homeless dude” was witnessed yelling and disrespecting a female city employee with “f-bombs” as she was working in the baseball field on September 12, according to Jeff Ray, a 50-year-old North Park ...
