North Park Music Scene 4.2011
By Bart Mendoza Minimalist Nothingful Based around the music of Sasha Sayeed, Nothingful, who perform at the Soda Bar on April 10, is minimalist and lo-fi. Stripped down at times to just acoustic guitar and accompaniment from random musical friends, Sayeed’s songs’ rough edges give his music the feel of early blues buskers, though with [...]
Balboa Park Opens the San Diego Science Festival
Museums and institutions offer special activities on March 19 Balboa Park’s Science Family Day on March 19 kicks off the third annual San Diego Science Festival as various museums and cultural institutions in the park offer science-related activities and special programs for children of all ages. Most Family Day activities will be held between 11 [...]
Erin Cassidy joins sales and marketing staff
Erin Cassidy, a recent graduate of the University of California Berkeley, has joined the sales and marketing staff of the North Park News, Kensington News and West Coast Craftsman. “We’re thrilled to have Erin as part of the revenue side of our newspapers. We know she’ll be a terrific addition in working with our advertising [...]
North Park Music Scene
By Bart Mendoza MURMURS Murmur, a tribute band to R.E.M., performs at the Whistlestop on Feb. 11, 9 p.m. The quartet performs solid versions of their adopted band’s hits, from “Radio Free Europe” to “Nightswimming,” but their secret weapon is frontman Greg Vaughan, the near twin of REM frontman Michael Stipe. Vaughan nails Stipe’s look, [...]
The South Park doctor will see you now
By Janine Rojas Ahh, just what the doctor ordered. Hot chicken soup with lemon. That was one of Dr. Tara Zandvliet’s recommendations for 9-year-old Spencer Palmer – along with thyme steam therapy, Robitussin and plenty of rest. No antibiotics, since Spencer’s bronchitis was of the viral variety. No waiting, either, even though it was a [...]
Kelsey McNair — the brewer of Pershing Avenue
By Mike Shess Kelsey McNair, the man behind North Park Beer Co., has enjoyed fame after winning Stone Brewery’s 2010 March Madness Homebrew Competition for his San Diego County Session Ale. McNair, who lives off Pershing Avenue, admits he was taken aback by all of the attention that Stone paid him. “They treated me like [...]
North Park’s Azerbaijan Connection
Switzer Highland residents to establish Sister Neighborhood with the Nasimi District in Baku, the capital You’ve heard of sister city relationships. But what may be the world’s first Sister Neighborhood is about to be launched between the Switzer Highland neighborhood in North Park and the Nasimi District in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. A group [...]
The Push for a Little Saigon District
Vietnamese-Americans seek to transform neighborhood into a vibrant community asset By Christy Scannell Kendrick Ton was attending a Vietnamese Student Association meeting at UCSD in December when a guest speaker started talking about an effort to revitalize El Cajon Boulevard between Highland and Euclid avenues. “I said, ‘Hey, I actually come from that area,’” he [...]
Politics Q&A With 4th District Supervisor Candidates
Ron Roberts and Stephen Whitburn are competing for the county’s 4th Supervisorial District in the Nov. 2 general election. Roberts, the incumbent, has been on the Board of Supervisors since 1994 and previously served two terms on the San Diego City Council. Whitburn, community health educator for the American Red Cross, has served three terms [...]
Prop. D (Sales Tax Hike) Pros and Cons
Voters in the city of San Diego will vote on Proposition D on the Nov. 2 general election ballot, a measure the proponents are calling the “Financial Reform Ballot Measure.” The sales tax paid on purchases of goods and services in the city will increase by half-a-cent if voters approve the ballot measure. The new, [...]
