Town's Auto Repair at 3752 Park Boulevard in Hillcrest has repaired its last engine, carburetor, and transmission. The business was directly across from the DECA luxury condo development, on the northwest corner of Park Boulevard …
December 2, 2013
Hillcrest car-repair shop closure signals gentrification
The foodie’s sandwich shop
Passing through Rancho Bernardo, I stopped by a shop known to have a great bottled beer selection and wound up with an incredible lunch spot. I knew Brothers Provisions shares ownership with Urge Gastropub, so …
August 2, 2015
The real Hollywood
Written on an open Word document on my computer in a $30 Budget Inn motel room in Glendale, CA. The walls are lavender, and the money saved from not spending the night in Hollywood is …
August 15, 2015
Mayor Faulconer accuses Chargers of failing to give city's stadium proposal due consideration
"The City of San Diego has acted in good faith with the San Diego Chargers," cried Mayor Faulconer at today's press conference, his plastic bib flopping about as he flailed his arms. "We sped up …
August 23, 2015
No pool party at Bud Kearns this summer, kids
Kathy Taylor watched her eight-year-old son blossom after joining the swim team at Bud Kearns Municipal Pool last summer. Her son was excited about being on the swim team again this summer…but the "Closed Until …
August 23, 2015
The big guy wins another in Carlsbad
Over 350 people turned out for the Carlsbad City Council meeting on August 25. The hot-button issue was the proposed shopping center on 203 acres of the Ukagawa family's strawberry fields, above the Agua Hedionda …
August 27, 2015
The pay is decent, but is Greenpeace?
Under the support and guidance of a budding political movement calling itself Socialist Alternative, the bulk of the local fundraising staff for Greenpeace have walked off the job amid demands for a change in employment …
August 27, 2015
FastPass border crossing initiative falls flat
On August 1, Mexico's San Ysidro pedestrian border crossing — long a favorite for American daytrippers heading into Tijuana — got a little less unregulated, as the country began running walkers through its newly built …
August 28, 2015
Donald Trump sponsors large-scale art installation along U.S.-Mexico border
Calling it "the biggest and best piece of art ever made about the issues surrounding immigration, or about anything else, for that matter," Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump today unveiled his "Greater Wall," a replica …
September 12, 2015
City Heights slumlord on notice
Anti-slumlord protesters organized by the San Diego Socialist Campaign and city-council-hopeful Sandra Galindo were back on the streets of City Heights Monday evening (September 21), following through on what they'd planned a month earlier — …
September 22, 2015
Passionate energy just this side of anarchy at San Diego Museum of Art
Coney Island: Visions of the American Dreamland, 1861–2008 is a game, splashy exhibition.
September 23, 2015