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, [...]
Temporary Tax, Permanent Solution
By Councilwoman Donna Frye, District 6 After close to a decade on the City Council, I have spent great deal of time listening to the members of the San Diego community — their hopes, their worries, their anger and their ideas. So it was incredibly gratifying to me to have, in my final months in [...]
Elected Officials Want Us to Bail Them Out. Don’t Do It
By Dan Shea Owner, Donovan’s Steak & Chop House Does the city need the new revenue that would be created by Prop D? Yes. Should we give it to them? No. Why not? Because elected officials, on both sides of the aisle, misrepresent information disseminated to the public for political gain, while the taxpayers pick up [...]
Best of North Park
Congratulations to all — the repeat winners and the newly honored. BEST SPECIALTY SHOP A & B Sporting Goods 3027 University Ave. (619) 295-2825 Owner: Joe Schloss Joe Schloss took over his late father’s business in 1946 and is still selling sporting goods on the same block — sports gear of all types. One of [...]
Vegetarian Dining
North Park area explodes with chefs and diners experimenting with vegetarian cuisine Story and Photos by Katelyn O’Riordan The past few years have seen a marked shift in the urbanization of North Park. Vibrant culture, active entertainment, stretches of retail shops and an influx of restaurants serve up culturally diverse cuisine with a focus on [...]
Focus on Balboa Park : Lizards and snakes and human bones
The San Diego Natural History Museum and the San Diego Museum of Man will put squamates and human bones on display this month in separate exhibitions in Balboa Park. Squamates — a large order of reptiles comprised of snakes, lizards and worm lizards — are the focus of the Natural History Museum exhibit opening Oct. [...]
Seaside Home revitalizes landmark La Jolla building
Seaside Home has signed a seven-year lease for over 32,000 square feet at the Gaines Building, 1055 Wall St. in La Jolla. The lease represents the largest square footage transaction in the home furnishings industry in San Diego County for 2010. It also revitalizes one of La Jolla’s landmark buildings, formerly occupied by Sak’s Fifth [...]
Adams Avenue Book Store: a place for inquisitive minds
Local bookstore emphasizes humanities and the simple appreciation of holding a book Story and Photos By Ashley Garman To any passer-by, Adams Avenue Book Store seems just like any other bookstore. And in one respect, they would be right. This recently renovated shop fits many clichés of a bookstore: living room-style chairs, a chess board [...]
