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Kensington Events

Late Night Jam Session The Kensington Club	Thursday, April 26, 10 p.m.
Adams Avenue Unplugged	Saturday, April 28, noon to 10 p.m.
Wine & Canvas Painting Class: Wind 'n' Sea La Jolla Kensington Brewing Company	Saturday, April 28, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Art Around Adams	Saturday, June 2, noon

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Kensington News & Stories

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

Kensington music man says inferior version of anthem plays at Olympics

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, ...

Kensington Brewing fills up fast

"I’m surprised, even on a Tuesday night, how many people are in here."

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, ...

Craft beer seeps into new neighborhoods

Benchmark, Culture, Eppig, Kensington carve out territories

The growing trend among beer companies to open satellite taprooms in commercial districts is bringing a craft-brewery presence to neighborhoods that didn't previously haven't one. There were 20 off-site tasting rooms at the beginning of ...

Ugly cyclist-car encounter in Kensington

GoPro video shows up on local Reddit

A bicyclist who GoPro'ed herself as she followed a car, argued with the driver and then hit or kicked the rear view mirror lit up Reddit yesterday by posting the video of the encounter. The ...

At last, an easy way to get to Mission Valley

Safer for a bike than Fairmount Ave. or Texas St.

“The bikeway is almost done” said Miguel, as he walked out by the freeway exit. On June 29, Miguel walked up the State Route 15 Commuter Bikeway (northbound) towards Adams Avenue. “The pavement, walls and ...