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Secrecy cloaks SDSU's Mission Valley land deal

Lobbying costs hidden as CSU spurns public records request

As the California State University system pushes forward with its efforts to grab a major chunk of Mission Valley for "SDSU West" and a new stadium costing a currently estimated $250 million, negotiations between the ...

• Matt Potter
• March 1, 2019
• 7 comments

• City Lights
• Mission Valley

Why do we keep building in Mission Valley?

San Diego’s flood central

I’m thinking that this parking lot, when it’s submerged under three feet of storm runoff, will make a great place for pick-up truck water skiing, drunken community college guys on boogie boards, and trash can ...

• Moss Gropen
• January 9, 2019
• 8 comments

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• Feast! Restaurant Reviews
• Mission Valley

Grilled cheese science

To our credit or to our chagrin, San Diego has been the breeding ground for at least a couple of successful fast food chains: most notably Jack in the Box and Rubio’s Coastal Grill. Not ...

• Ian Anderson
• December 31, 2018
• 1 comment

• El Cajon
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• Neighborhood News

Shot hole beetle invades San Diego River

Volunteers find them with sticky baited traps

Native to Southeast Asia, the shot hole borer beetle is making its way along the southern Californian coast including the San Diego River Valley. Though it makes what appears to be only a minuscule hole, ...

• Leorah Gavidor
• December 21, 2018
• 1 comment

• Mission Valley
• Neighborhood News

All the way to Fashion Valley

Mission Valley road infilling

Hazard Center Drive is a three-block four-lane roadway that parallels the San Diego River on the south and Friars Road on the north and stops at Mission Center Road on the east and 100 yards ...

• Bob Lampert
• November 13, 2018
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