25 February 2018 0 He said he would destroy our neighborhood A developer’s plan to build on a canyon property in Hillcrest sparked an ever-escalating two-year dispute with the project’s immediate neighbors. As the differences have become more contentious, one or the other side has appealed to the city’s... Read More | Share it now!
23 February 2018 0 Building begins on busy corner in Point Loma A Chevron gas station that once occupied the land closed in the early 1990s — back when gas still cost less than two dollars per gallon. While the structures and underground tanks were removed at that time, the lot required extensive sweeping and... Read More | Share it now!
2 August 2017 0 Camp Pendleton: A hell of a place to grow up We were nearing the end of a late-afternoon soccer practice, when coach waved us off the field. Gathered on the sideline, we watched a pair of drab green military helicopters thud down around midfield. Several Marine officers, wearing flak jackets over... Read More | Share it now!
10 December 2015 0 Locovore butcher goes whole hog “Those eggs are gorgeous.” I was standing in the middle of a very crowded soft-opening day at Heart & Trotter, North Park’s new “whole animal butcher shop.” The place promises all local, hormone- and antibiotic-free... Read More | Share it now!