Three poems by John Gallagher
Laudate Dominum, Severance, The Car Salesman
John Gallagher 1:30 p.m., Nov. 21
Nestor Stories
Matthew Philbin — landlord to the homeless
Rent control without being told to do so
Matthew Philbin just turned 30 years old on March 18. He celebrated his birthday by hopping into his lifted Dodge Ram truck and picking up one of his new tenants. “I pick them up with ...
Candidates square off for Alvarez's council seat
Split on future development, rent control, and maybe lead in paint
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 Thursday night (March 15) in ...
Nestor high school to fit in industrial zone
“We have learned to make do with what’s allotted.”
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 charter school, which focuses on ...
Cat on a wet tile roof rescued 10 days later
Rotisserie chicken bait on edge, tuna water on ramp, fish feast in trap
Melaney and her sister heard a cat meowing atop their roof on Saturday, January 6th. “[My sister] looked up and saw the cat’s head peeking over the ledge.” The gray cat was stuck on the ...
South Bay Super 8 recovery home a smashed success?
Of 16 people in first implementation of program, 11 "walked away"
In their push for the conversion of a Super 8 motel to a transitional housing facility for up to 84 people, the city attorney's office failed to honor a public records request by the Reader ...
A concrete border-sewage-collection basin plan
“Our goal is to divert solid waste and sewage from entering the river valley."
With the governor’s signature late Monday (October 9th), $2.1 million in state funding is on its way to the Tijuana River Valley — some of it earmarked to deal with the sewage, trash, and sediment ...
South Bay residents leery of Super 8 recovery home
Vows and phone numbers don't assure locals project won't be trouble-free
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 ...
Otay neighbors say whoa! to addicts at Super 8
But San Diego and state have their ways
The Otay Mesa Nestor community planning group voted unanimously Wednesday night to write a letter of opposition to San Diego's plan to spend $6 million buying a Palm Ave. Super 8 motel and turn it ...
South Bay as dumping ground
Busted homeless headed for east end of Palm Ave.
Angry citizens showed their resistance to the city's plan to house misdemeanor drug offenders in the old Super 8 Motel on Palm Avenue in Nestor. "We're the dumping ground. We have the prisons and the ...
Nestor United Methodist is a nurturing center
You won’t find God in Hell
Membership: 150 (attendance: 100) Pastor: Luis Garcia Age: 53 Born: Monterrey, Mexico Formation: State University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico; Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena Years Ordained: 14 San Diego Reader: What is your favorite subject on ...
The fresh, the fried, and the funky at La Palapa Nayarit
A treatise on 99-cent fish tacos and mariscos cocktails
With the first hills of Baja California rising on the horizon, South Bay is home to a number of mariscos joints that follow in the seaside tradition of Baja and beyond. La Palapa Nayarit is ...
The last word in cheap eats
First up, I’m not an early-morning guy. But on this perfect food day, you’ve got to start at the crack of dawn. Because that’s when the dja kwai are at their freshest at Trieu Chau ...
Pleasure additive
An Ed-ucation in cheap, local Thai in IB, nothing tamada allowed.
‘Whu-where are we?” Yes, I’m kinda nervous. Driving with Ria, Carla’s best buddy. I mean, she’s a good driver and all, but this wagon: Volvo, 200,000 miles before the odometer stopped working, heater won’t turn ...
Affordable housing for Nestor
City to lease land for 16 affordable housing units for $16
The San Diego Community Land Trust on December 26 announced that the group will take possession of 3.3 acres in the southern San Diego community of Nestor in exchange for the nominal fee of 16 ...
Street race ends in South Bay home
Family of three awoken when a car slams through a wall
Early Tuesday morning, October 22, a silver sports car crashed into the dining room of a home in the 1800 block of Thelborn Way in Nestor, according to San Diego police Lt. Kevin Mayer. The ...
