San Diego · Jan 27, 2010
Moon Over My Taco
Pacific Beach is more mysterious at night. Silent runners materialize like ghosts along the boardwalk, murmuring couples huddle in shadows, the odd drunken brown-bagger holds up a lamppost, groups burst out of eateries like the Green Flash. Then you lo…
San Diego · Jan 20, 2010
Would Kate Turn in Her Grave?
A proposed change from Kate Sessions Park’s 12-hour alcohol ban to a 24-hour alcohol ban was on the Santa Clara/Pacific Beach Recreation Council’s agenda on Tuesday, January 19. Some of the reasons given for the proposition included: public urinati…
San Diego · Jan 14, 2010
Sorry, Citizen Journalist
Near Windansea Beach on Tuesday, January 12, at about 10:00 a.m., I spotted what appeared to be a construction project at the intersection of Neptune and Playa Del Sur. I stopped to speak with Jose Sanchez and learned that he and a crew of three others were repairing the sidewalk …
San Diego · Jan 14, 2010
Fee-Happy Green-Quashers?
Scripps Ranch homeowners invested in solar technology for their homes recently started an email campaign to urge the San Diego City Council to reconsider newly implemented fee increases for solar permits/plan issuance as well as higher expedite fees. According to residents, solar permit fees are six times more expensive after …
San Diego · Jan 14, 2010
Unbaked
Last summer, when word spread of a new business opening up in the neighborhood surrounding Petco Park, residents in the area were excited. The new business would potentially occupy a space on a list of vacancies in the East Village. Located on the 400 block of Tenth Avenue, Homies offered …
San Diego · Jan 13, 2010
You Don't Call, You Don't Write…
On June 17, program manager for the City of San Diego's Economic Development Division, Luis Ojeda, responded to a claim from downtown resident Kathy Casey that approximately 2500 downtown residents living in condominiums were overcharged on their property and business improvement district (PBID) assessment. In her building, Kasey says 38 …