Eater San Diego shares the top stories of the week from San Diego’s food and drinks scene, including a menu reveal from Liberty Station’s El Jardin and a guide to the best in local barbecue. Inside Little Italy’s Handsome New Restaurant and Bar The just-opened Nolita Hall is India Street’s…
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The House of Representatives on Friday passed the largest legislative package on opioids in recent history, NBC News reported. The package, made up of 58 bills, would direct federal agencies to prioritize training, support recovery centers and conduct research to help combat the growing epidemic, which the Centers for Disease…
A gas leak occurred on the campus of San Diego State University Friday. The Communications building, Hardy Tower, and the Professional Studies & Fine Arts building (PSFA) were evacuated, according to the campus emergency notification system. Man Who Stuffed Dead Woman Into Suitcase Sentenced to Life All three buildings are located in…
By Margie M. Palmer La Mesa resident and refugee publishes book about the challenges of resettlement in America Although many San Diegans are aware that Southern California has long been a home for newly-resettled refugees, few understand the unique problems that are faced by this population once they arrive in the…
By Doug Curlee | Editor at Large Annual LMFD Pancake Breakfast featured 9/11 painting that travels to different fire stations The La Mesa Fire Department had a heck of a party on June 10. It’s an event they throw once a year for La Mesa residents and anyone who has an…
By Jay Steiger With a roll of drums, blasts of brass, and whistling woodwinds echoing across the green of La Mesa’s Harry Griffen Park, the 17th annual Sunday’s at Six concert series kicked off on June 10 with a performance by The San Diego Concert Band. Playing a repertoire drawing…
By Joyell Nevins Grossmont-Mt. Helix Improvement Association protects residential feel of unique neighborhood In the middle of what the Census Bureau calls the eighth largest city in America sits a ‘semi-rural oasis,’ otherwise known as the Grossmont-Mt. Helix region. Despite surrounding urban development, this area has stayed primarily residential and unique.…
By Frank Sabatini Jr. | Restaurant Review The first visit I made to City Tacos was several years ago at the original San Diego location in North Park. At the time, scoring a carnitas or carne asada taco was out of the question. They were too mundane for the shop’s envelope-pushing concept.…
By Alex Owens Typically, you don’t want an actor to phone in a performance — unless, of course, the play requires them to do so. But even then, there can be challenges, as Dr. Mark Arapostathis discovered while rehearsing his students for Captain Hook Theater’s upcoming production of the classic…
By David Dixon Actor/writer John Cariani (who is currently one of the stars of the Tony Award-winning musical, “The Band’s Visit”) is known for his 2004 play about unique relationships, “Almost Maine.” While it wasn’t an initial success off-Broadway, the play, comprised of different vignettes, has been produced at a…
By Sen. Joel Anderson This June 6 marked the 40th anniversary of the passage of Proposition 13 (Prop 13), a 1978 ballot measure that reduced property tax rates on homes, businesses and farms and capped how much property tax rates could grow in the future. The core motivation of Prop…
By Linda Michael Kathleen A. McLaughlin, a native of San Diego, picked up a camera and a paint brush in elementary school. She has been “snapping” and “doodling” her way through life ever since. As a photographer, illustrator, cartoonist, and artist, she has illustrated books, periodicals, nonfiction works, cookbooks and…
Jeff Clemetson | Editor This month marks the 10-year anniversary of the La Mesa Library moving into its temporary location at 8074 Allison Ave. The temporary location was given to the library after a 2005 agreement between the city and the San Diego County Library (SDCL) after the city took its…
San Diego police are investigating the collision of a motorcycle and bicycle at a major intersection between Mission Beach and the OB/Point Loma area. The incident occurred just before 4 a.m. Friday at Sunset Cliffs and Nimitz Boulevard. Man Who Stuffed Dead Woman Into Suitcase Sentenced to Life A man…
The City of Chula Vista is now accepting bids to remodel a senior center’s kitchen two years after the discovery of mold prompted the kitchen’s closure. Residents at Norman Park Senior Center waited two years and even raised more than $23,000 to get their kitchen back. Man Who Stuffed Dead…
A fuel spill prompted San Diego County health officials to close Silver Strand State Beach as the first weekend of the summer approaches. The water contact closure was issued for the beach’s shoreline due to a diesel fuel spill, county Department of Environment Health (DEH) officials said. Man Who Stuffed…
First lady Melania Trump brought her fashion sense as a former model to the campaign trail and the White House. Photo Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images; Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Source: NBC San Diego
People travel from all around the world to visit San Diego’s coastline and the summer is prime time for businesses selling or renting high-end, luxury boats. Let’s be honest, most of us don’t have hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy a yacht. Renting one is a great alternative and…
A mistrial has been declared in the trial for a San Diego accused of driving high on marijuana and causing a crash that crumbled a vintage Porsche and killed a passenger two years ago Her attorney told jurors Wednesday she was “catastrophically impaired” after smoking a strain of unrealized potency and argued she…
Comedian Tom Arnold, who’s working on a show with Vice that features him searching for unflattering video of President Donald Trump, tweeted a photo of himself with the president’s embattled personal attorney, Michael Cohen, NBC News reported. Cohen retweeted the photo, which had a simple caption: “I love New York.”…
