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When one door closes, another opens
The house where Deja Brew is opening was a bookstore in the early years of the 21st century. I heard Bill Maher and Chalmers Johnson speak there. The bookstore might have made a better go of things had it found a spot nearer University and 30th, where there is decent foot traffic—although the demise of most independent bookstores across the metropolitan region argues that it would have been doomed no matter the North Park site. I fear success for the coffee house is facing long odds for the same reason regarding lack of pedestrians along its stretch of University, as well as for a paucity of parking, especially at night.— August 27, 2018 3:11 p.m.
Smog checks come to San Diego
Deja vu all over again! 😂 I was stopped at same spot on Nimitz in 1967 as a high school junior with my license less an a year old. I had my parents’ Volvo 122 and the CHP officer asked how I could be driving such a nice car. He detained me almost a half hour while running a check to see if the car was stolen (even though my name matched up with my dad’s name on the registration slip). I called the CHP office the next day to complain, and the San Diego regional commander apologized and invited me to his office (the old hq on Camino del Rio South near Ward Road). I went. I thought his action was pretty classy, and still do 51 years later.— August 10, 2018 10:02 a.m.
Why vacancies in Hillcrest?
Lots of bus lines serve Hillcrest: 1, 3, 10, 11, 120. Most have frequencies of 15 minutes or less. But traffic in Hillcrest means they are slow and run behind schedule. And the ridership seems overwhelmingly transit-dependent; people without cars. I’d be surprised if more than a handful of the bus riders who come to Hillcrest to shop or dine have a choice of transit or auto. And of those with cars, they now will choose Ubrr or Lyft over a bus. We used to take the 10 from North Park before Uber came onto the scene. But the buses in the evening were invariably dirty and usually included a couple of sketchy riders who made you think twice about boarding. It’s an issue with transit systems generally, I know, but exacerbated in San Diego because the city is poorly served by msss transit outside of a few urban corridors.— June 3, 2018 12:39 p.m.
Rincon-related mobster DiFronzo dies
How come Silberman never got a neat nickname like so many of these mobsters? It’s not just an Italian thing either. All the mob people in Hawaii had affectionate nicknames too when I was living there. I was always partial to Joseph “Chocolate” Kang.— June 2, 2018 10:04 p.m.
Why vacancies in Hillcrest?
Personally, I think part of the problem is that many people in the urban core don’t care to eat in a shopping center restaurant. There are plenty of Hillcrest restaurants in street storefronts along Fourth, Fifth and University avenues which are doing fine. And even with their historical caches, North Park, Little Italy and Gaslamp certainly have turnover in restaurants. I wouldn’t be surprised if at least 25% of all eateries fail within two years.— June 1, 2018 1:30 p.m.