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Happy Birthday, Spreckels Organ!
Published Jan. 6, 2009
San Diego’s unique and historic outdoor pipe organ in Balboa Park celebrated its 94th birthday on Sunday January 4, 2009, in honor of which the San Diego Park and Recreation Department, in cooperation with the Spreckels Organ ...
No Justice, No Peace
Published Jan. 3, 2009
On the afternoon of January 2, 2009, at Broadway and Front Street, a demonstration was staged with approximately 500 demonstrators holding signs and chanting "No Justice No Peace." "These demos have been staged to inform ...
The Pirates of Chula Vista
Published Jan. 3, 2009
The City of Chula Vista’s financial ship is sinking. With a projected deficit of $20 million for the next fiscal year, the city is slashing services and tossing programs overboard, trying to stay afloat. One ...
Playoff Fever Published Jan. 3, 2009
On the afternoon of January 2, 2009 at Seau's in Mission Valley, it was apparent that NFL playoff fever has already taken ahold of San ... More Post a comment
Homeless Man Struck Down Published Jan. 1, 2009
At approximately 8:30 pm on Tuesday, December 30, 2008, a pedestrian was struck by a red pick-up truck near the intersection of Washington Place and ... More Post a comment
Free Rice! Published Jan. 1, 2009
On December 13, 2008, Thuan Phat Market celebrated its grand opening in Linda Vista at the site of the former Vien Dong Vietnamese supermarket at ... More Post a comment
Dog Beach Closed Due to Sewage Spill Published Dec. 31, 2008
A sewage spill in to the San Diego River on Monday, December 27, prompted the closure of Dog Beach in Ocean Beach. The affected areas ... More Post a comment
Scrooged! Published Dec. 31, 2008
For the last eight to nine years a small ceramic Santa has stood in our front yard during Christmas time. Santa was nothing fancy: he ... More Post a comment
Hoover High Towers Published Dec. 30, 2008
Seventy-year-old Hoover High School wants to make some major renovations to their sports facilities, including new bleachers, restrooms, a press box, new entrances to the ... More Comment (1)
On the Road Published Dec. 26, 2008
At a December 17 Oceanside City Council meeting, councilmembers Jerry Kern, Rocky Chavez, and Jack Feller voted in favor of awarding La Mesa's Helix Environmental ... More Post a comment
Shoring Up Slowing Contributions Published Dec. 22, 2008
Three years ago, Del Mar Unified School District decided to sell off a 5.3-acre parcel of surplus property located in the heart of the city, ... More Post a comment
Rumor, Innuendo, and Dumpster Diving Published Dec. 19, 2008
During the December 17 Encinitas City Council meeting, the city’s state lobbyist, Jonathan Clay from the Carpi and Clay government relations firm, gave a year-end ... More Comment (1)
No Butts About It Published Dec. 19, 2008
Every Saturday for the past year and a half, a group of Escondido teenagers have been meeting at 8:00 in the morning to pick up ... More Comments (2)
How Much Green To Go Green? Published Dec. 15, 2008
At the December 10 Solana Beach City Council meeting, councilmembers adopted a resolution that requires all publicly funded building projects within city limits to meet ... More Post a comment
DeMaio Brings Rochambeau-Style Reforms to City Council Published Dec. 11, 2008
In the months leading up to his December 8 inauguration to the San Diego City Council, Councilmember-elect Carl DeMaio was outspoken about the role of ... More Comments (19)
Madaffer: Live From The Dais Published Dec. 6, 2008
During a special council meeting on Friday, December 5th, only days after Mayor Sanders vetoed the City Council’s decision restoring the community centers and painter ... More Post a comment
Negotiating with Labor Negotiators Published Dec. 4, 2008
On December 1st, San Diego City Councilmembers voted 6 to 1 in favor of hiring two lawyers from the law firm of Burke, Williams and ... More Comments (2)
Diagnosing the Expansion of Scripps Memorial Hospital Published Dec. 4, 2008
December 8th is the last day the public can comment on the impacts the expansion of Scripps Memorial Hospital in Encinitas will have on the ... More Post a comment
Who Needs Grass? Published Nov. 30, 2008
Like many other municipalities in San Diego County, revenues in the City of Escondido’s financial coffers are drying up. The city is projecting, for the ... More Comments (22)
History vs. Density Published Nov. 22, 2008
The residents of Coronado are proud of their history. In city council chambers, underneath the large silver crown logo, behind the council’s desk, are the ... More Post a comment
Oceanside Councilmember Suggests Carlsbad Boycott Published Nov. 22, 2008
At the November 19th Oceanside City Council meeting, Caltrans along with shopping mall giant, Westfield Group, appealed the Planning Commission’s decision to support Jefferson Enterprises ... More Post a comment
Vanilla-Flavored Mediation Published Nov. 18, 2008
Twice, during the last two months, representatives from the City of San Diego, Greater Golden Hill CDC, and MAD Oversight Committee met with mediators from ... More Comment (1)
Props to SDCCD Published Nov. 14, 2008
Back in 2002, San Diego voters approved Proposition S, a construction-bond program for the San Diego Community College District. The $685 million in bonds provided ... More Post a comment
The Future Looks Blight! Published Nov. 13, 2008
At 9 a.m. on the morning of Wednesday, November 13th, the city Budget Review Committee met in a crowded and raucous city council chambers to ... More Comments (7)
Peters Nominates Peters Published Nov. 13, 2008
On December 8th, termed-out San Diego City Council president Scott Peters won a seat on the San Diego Unified Port District’s board of seven commissioners. ... More Comments (6)
Welcoming the New City Council! Published Nov. 10, 2008
Mayor Jerry Sanders gave San Diego’s three new city council members a little taste of what they should expect during their first year on the ... More Comment (1)
The Disbanded Duo Published Nov. 10, 2008
Back in 2006, Escondido City Council members Ed Gallo and Sam Abed teamed up in support of a controversial housing ordinance aimed at preventing landlords ... More Comments (4)
The Invisible Mayor Published Nov. 3, 2008
Ever since the “strong mayor” form of governance was adopted Mayor Sanders has been hard to find at city council meetings. It’s been even harder ... More Comment (1)
Dealing with Droppings Published Nov. 2, 2008
On October 29th, San Diego County’s Environmental Health Department confirmed that a new case of hantavirus was found in a rodent at Mission Trails Regional ... More Post a comment
Overflow of Emotions Published Oct. 30, 2008
Just before 6 o’clock, on October 28th, the Fire Marshal for the City of La Mesa stood outside City Council Chambers. The room was at ... More Post a comment
Leadbelly Municipal Park Published Oct. 27, 2008
The City of Encinitas has been toying around with Hall Park -- a proposal for a 44-acre park with five lit soccer fields, two baseball ... More Post a comment
Chula Vista Gag Order Published Oct. 25, 2008
At the October 21st Chula Vista City Council meeting, Chula Vista resident Carlos Lopez approached the podium for his three minutes of public comment. Trailing ... More Comments (4)
Assess Much? Published Oct. 22, 2008
At the October 20 meeting of Greater Golden Hill’s Maintenance Assessment District (MAD), the board members sitting at the U-shaped set of banquet tables outnumbered ... More Comment (1)
I.B.'s Five Faves Published Oct. 20, 2008
During the October 15th meeting of the Imperial Beach City Council, a request for a continuance by applicant Jim Kennedy to install a T-Mobile telecommunications ... More Comment (1)
The Mayor’s Financial Retreat Published Oct. 17, 2008
Amid the 11 acres of “lush tropical” backdrop at Kona Kai Resort and Spa on Shelter Island, Mayor Jerry Sanders addressed the San Diego Taxpayer’s ... More Comments (2)
Mission Hill’s Million Dollar Mini Park Published Oct. 15, 2008
A small group of Mission Hills residents are so adamant about scoring parkland for their neighborhood, they are willing to spend over a million dollars ... More Post a comment
Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire Published Oct. 13, 2008
On October 8, the Oceanside City Council meeting got off to a fiery start. The first speaker, Ray Melendrez, president of the Oceanside Firefighters Association, ... More Comment (1)
Following Atkins's Lead Published Oct. 9, 2008
District 3 councilmember Toni Atkins issued a press release on October 7, asking for reconsideration of the Navy’s plan to redevelop the Navy Broadway Complex. ... More Comments (4)
Outreach? More Like Outrage! Published Oct. 2, 2008
Mayor Sanders has stopped shaving in the shower; altering his shaving habits, he says, saves about 25 gallons of water per day. “It takes a ... More Comments (2)
The Mike Aguirre Show Published Oct. 2, 2008
A congregation of community preservationists gathered in the creaky upstairs room of the Grace Lutheran Church on Park Boulevard on September 30th for a candidate ... More Comments (5)
Navy Broadway Complex Assessment: Forward March! Published Oct. 2, 2008
On Saturday, September 27th, a small crowd of civilians assembled inside Building 12 of the Navy Broadway Complex for the first of three public hearings ... More Post a comment
Mystery Sludge at Fiesta Island Published Sept. 29, 2008
At the “town hall dialogue,” on September 20th, in the middle of a discussion about possible ways of revamping San Diego’s city council, Councilwoman Donna ... More Post a comment
Financial Waterboarding Published Sept. 29, 2008
James Bond, councilmember for the City of Encinitas, serves as chairman of the budget-and-finance committee for the Metropolitan Water District &mdash the multi-member agency responsible ... More Post a comment
Greased Lining Published Sept. 25, 2008
On Tuesday night, the Carlsbad City Council issued an order to the city’s 184 restaurants...and it wasn’t for take-out, either. The city council voted unanimously ... More Post a comment
Pumping Up City Council Published Sept. 24, 2008
At 9:00 a.m., Saturday morning, under the steady hum from the air conditioner inside Salvation Army’s Fellowship Hall, District Six councilmember Donna Frye and councilmember-elect ... More Comment (1)
Cardiff’s Very Specific Plan Published Sept. 19, 2008
It’s been seven years worth of workshops, hundreds of thousand’s of taxpayer dollars, and hundreds of volunteer hours, for Cardiff to finally agree on a ... More Post a comment
MAD Help Wanted Published Sept. 17, 2008
Greater Golden Hill’s Maintenance Assessment District is looking for someone to fill the program-manager position. Yep, program manager Alia Kanani is moving on. The MAD ... More Comments (7)
Examples in Democracy Published Sept. 17, 2008
Escondido councilmember Ed Gallo and Sam Abed have been talking about implementing an overnight-parking ordinance for 18 months. They’ve heard complaints from constituents about crowded ... More Comments (2)
District Three Doppelgangers Published Sept. 12, 2008
The Hillcrest Town Council held a community forum on September 9, with District Three candidates Stephen Whitburn and Todd Gloria fielding questions from members of ... More Comments (27)
301 Returns Published Sept. 10, 2008
It’s back! The 301 University project is back — bigger and badder than ever, and the Hillcrest community is reeling. Warnings went out to the ... More Comments (2)
Marketing Del Mar Published Sept. 10, 2008
The Del Mar City Council wants to be marketable: more distinguishable from its coastal sister cities. They want a brand name and to have their ... More Comment (1)
Back to the Tap Published Sept. 8, 2008
Faith Paulus remembers growing up in the ’50s, the good old days of playing in the sprinklers and drinking from the hose on a hot ... More Comment (1)
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