Kensington’s Video Store Family
Winnie and Rich Hanford and their brood offer a refreshing change from the unimaginative video chains By Donna Marganella If you ask Winnie Hanford, co-owner of Kensington Video, how she and her family have managed to stay in business for 27 years, she makes it sounds deceptively simple. “First, we own the building so rent [...]
OLP Fights the Neighbors
Catholic girls school goes to court over controversial expansion plans Story and Photos by Leonel Sanchez With its immaculately white exterior and hillside views of Mission Valley, the Academy of Our Lady of Peace cuts an elegant picture in the Normal Heights neighborhood it has called home since 1925. The school’s humble origins are detailed [...]
Celebrating Food and Art
University Heights Arts Open combines artistry and the Taste of University Heights Artists and food seem to be a prevailing theme in University Heights. The fifth annual University Heights Arts Open on Sept. 12 will give the public the opportunity to enjoy a variety of artists — painters, sculptors, dancers, poets, musicians and the like [...]
North Park Scene 9.2010
By Bart Mendoza Good Vibrations One of the earliest punk bands, British group The Vibrators, who perform at Eleven on Sept. 10, 9 p.m., formed in 1976, signing to CBS Records the following year. Though the band never scored any hits, they did manage to release a string of classics, starting with their debut single, [...]
Human Rights Watch Film Festival — Balboa Park
Reels demonstrate that personal commitment can make a difference The Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park will be the setting for the Human Rights Watch Film Festival — coming to San Diego in September for the first time in its 21-year history. The theme is expressed by festival director John Biaggi: “The Human Rights [...]
Restaurant Review
West Coast Tavern operates on a simple motto: keep it simple but inventive Owner David Cohen works tirelessly and listens intently to customers’ desires By Donna Marganella How to become a stand-out in the burgeoning restaurant scene? In a community as quirky and diverse as North Park, with new eateries opening on every block, it’s [...]
Homeless Solutions
San Diego needs a permanent homeless services and housing center By Councilman Todd Gloria Shelter is one of our most basic needs as people. With more of our San Diego neighbors without places to live than ever before, addressing chronic and family homelessness requires leadership, sustained focus and dynamic regional action. Almost 500 local people [...]
The Girl with the Bird Tattoos
A profile of North Park artist, musician and conservationist Normandie Wilson By Ellie M. Barnes Does it take a village to raise a bird? One would think not, they live and fly in the wild and can go anywhere. The reality is that vital habitat that birds need to hunt and feed, nest and raise [...]
Dining Tidbits
North Park restaurants are offering special deals for their dining customers as well as their standard fare. Sample these dining spots: Bar Pink Everyone’s favorite place to hang out. Stop by and listen to some of the best local musicians around. For a complete schedule, visit barpink.com/index.html. You’ll want to wet your whistle with one [...]
Songs With A Purpose
Singer-songwriter Hargo Khalsa builds a musical resume with issues at its heart Story and Photos by Ashley Garman “Living day to day, but not for love. Who knows what to dream of anymore? Am I the soul survivor?” Those are the lyrics to a recent single on singer-songwriter Hargo Khalsa’s newest EP, “The Faint Glow.” [...]
