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An El Cajon City Council discussion of panhandling signs last week turned into a debate about messaging and addiction."I'm close to the line of shaming somebody who happens to be struggling with something," said councilmember …
“Wygdjgedy Gilmour hednkjehuicehk amplifier cmoiewjcpew.” That’s not my cat walking on the keyboard, but rather an estimation of what I hear from behind me as two people carry on a conversation at normal talking volume, …
Community planning group considerations are supposed to be boring. Infrastructure, environmental impact reports, traffic studies, zoning…important stuff, but also dull enough to make most people zone out. But not this year. This year, University City …
Between July 1 and 7, San Diego Fire-Rescue Department's lifeguards and other staff performed 24,118 preventative acts, 1229 water rescues, and 216 calls for service — according to the San Diego Lifesaving Association. San Diego …
I’ve never been one to effect change in my life; I’ve always let opportunity arise organically. And 30th Street has provided many of those opportunities. The first came in 2000, when I found my apartment. …
Video:FEAST!: The Mental Bar brightens the neighborhood with lattesI'm an every day coffee drinker, but a different sort of caffeine craving led me to Encanto this week. Specifically, to the stretch of blocks along Imperial …
In the next few years the city will lose 1,602 shelter beds, as redevelopment plans elbow out the old central library women's shelter, 16th and Newton, and others.One big solution? A proposed 65,000 square foot …
“We first collaborated with BattleMage for our 20th Anniversary back in 2019,” explains Jenn Chan, Head of Studio at Darkpaw Games. “Chris Barry and Ryan Sather, the owners of BattleMage, met and became friends playing …
This was a game of psilocybin roulette: I wasn’t sure how much of the magic mushroom chocolate bar to take. The friend who gave it to me never specified how much power, or lack of …
Starting in August, Caltrans is running a California Road Charge Collection Pilot program that, if passed, will tax California drivers for the amount they drive. You heard that correctly — a Road Charge for every …
Video:FEAST!: Surfside Fish House brings casual seafood inlandVisions of a celebratory seafood feast drew us to Surfside Fish House, a sharp-looking casual eatery technically nine miles from the surf, yet evidently intent on bringing all …
For every ten pieces of trash collected in 2023, eight were plastic, according to a report for this year's countywide volunteer beach and park cleanups sponsored by the San Diego chapters of Surfrider and Coastkeeper.To …
Mission Valley Christian FellowshipContact: 6536 Estrella Ave., San Diego 619-683-7729 www.mvcf.comMembership: 175 Pastor: Robert CobbAge: 50Born: La MesaFormation: Bible Study at Mission Valley Fellowship Years Ordained: 25San Diego Reader: What is your favorite subject on which to preach?Pastor …
Video:GONZO: House of Blues’ Voodoo Room hosts Mind’s EyeA cursory look at the downtown House of Blues’ calendar reveals that the venue has been booking nearly as many acts into their smaller events space (the …
Everybody has to start somewhere, in music as well as anything else. Eli-Mac, from La Mesa by way of the Philippines and Hawai’i, got going with the King of Rock and Roll and an old-time …