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Ramping up campaigns for the June primary, three candidates to replace David Alvarez in the San Diego City Council's District 8 met before a packed house in Sherman Heights on ...

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An Otay-Nestor area full of shipping warehouses, dialysis facilities, storage facilities, and a few manufacturing companies may soon get a charter school for a neighbor. The Stephen W. Hawking 2 ...

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A concrete border-sewage-collection basin plan

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South Bay residents leery of Super 8 recovery home

At a meeting held at the Nestor library branch Wednesday night (September 27) it became clear to South Bay residents and business owners that the city is going to place in their midst a motel-sized ...

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Nestor United Methodist is a nurturing center

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The fresh, the fried, and the funky at La Palapa Nayarit

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