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By Holly Caplan | Guest Editorial
How being a mom can boost your job performance
Before I became a mother in 2010, I had been in the workforce as a sales person in the medical device field for years. It was a hyper-competitive market with lots of passionate people who wanted to party, make money and climb the corporate ladder. Which was exactly what I did. Read More
Port of San Diego Maritime Month
May is Maritime Month at the Port of San Diego. To celebrate, the Port is offering free public boat and bus tours of San Diego Bay and its Working Waterfront. The bus tours will take place on Thursday, May 17 and Thursday, May 24. The tours will begin at 10 a.m. at Pepper Park, 3299 Tidelands Ave., National City. Read More
Albert H. Fulcher | Editor
National Conflict Resolution Center’s 30th anniversary Peacemaker Awards
At its 30th annual Peacemaker Awards Dinner on April 7 at the San Diego Marriot Marquis & Marina in Downtown, the National Conflict Resolution Center (NCRC) raised $724,000 — the largest total NCRC has raised at an individual fundraising event on record. But that is not all. Read More
By William E. Kelly
Senior crisis, budget and health access key issues Read More
By Dora McCann Guerreiro | East Village Biz News
Duck Foot Brewing Company — established June 2015 in Miramar — is expanding to East Village and currently in construction at 550 Park Blvd., in the space formerly occupied by The Parlour. In Duck Foot’s last 2.5 years of operation they’ve grown rapidly, distributing to taps and shelves throughout San Diego county. Owners Matt Del Vecchio, Brett Goldstock and Suzy Pesutti are all New York transplants looking forward to re-joining the busy city environment of East Village. Read More
By Dave Fidlin
Circulate San Diego, city officials focus on ‘fatal 15’ intersections amid Vision Zero campaign
San Diego’s 3-year-old Vision Zero campaign gained traction this past month as city officials pledged funding and a series of renewed efforts to improve dangerous intersections in highly trafficked areas, the majority located Downtown. Read More
By David Dixon
Events tied into the San Diego International Film Festival are helping to bring more attention to the annual celebration of cinema in the city. During the next few months, the Film Insider Series will present an eclectic selection of entertainment for both the big and small screen. Read More
Downtown’s new Courthouse Trolley Station now in operation
Metropolitan Transit System passengers have access to a new Trolley station — the Courthouse Station in Downtown San Diego. Officials dedicated the new station at a ceremony on April 28. The Courthouse Station is the new downtown terminus for the Orange Line, which runs from El Cajon to downtown San Diego and serves approximately nine million passengers annually. Read More
By Christopher Gomez | Little Italy News
Calling all weekenders who spend their Saturdays strolling through the Little Italy Mercato — the largest farmers’ market in San Diego is moving back to Date Street! Read More
By Jean Lowerison | Theater Review
The idea of going to Bali Ha’i sounds pretty good to me right now. Alas, I’m a little short of cash and time. Read More
By Frank Sabatini Jr.
The mother of all bake sales is taking place from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., May 6, at Herb and Eatery in Little Italy. The annual event, presented by local food writer Erin Jackson, will bring together more than a dozen top pastry chefs from San Diego restaurants selling their upscale creations for $5 apiece. Read More
By Mark Muir | Guest Editorial
Like a bad penny, a plan to tax water keeps turning up in Sacramento. Read More
By Tom Cesarini | Little Italy Heritage
The Buzz: A celebration of Italian heritage through sport, music, education, food, and friends is planned for May 31 through June 2. Hosted by Convivio, the three-event series will channel and celebrate the colorful history of Italian Republic Day (June 2), while treating participants to three distinctive Italian American cultural experiences involving baseball, scholarship, and music. Read More
By Sandee Wilhoit | Gaslamp Landmarks
On Dec. 23,1869, John D. Backesto purchased lots A – L of Block 95/88 from Alonzo Horton for $300. Although Backesto was from San Jose, California, he was very active in the ever-expanding real estate market in San Diego. He is perhaps best known for the formidable Backesto Building located at Fifth and H streets (now Market Street), the heart of the business district in early San Diego. Read More
By Toni G. Atkins | Notes from Toni
Imagine you’ve recently given birth to your first child. You don’t earn a lot of money, so you rely on Medi-Cal, California’s safety-net health-insurance program, and you get your health care at a community health center. The baby won’t stop crying, and the stress and lack of sleep are fraying your last nerve. You’re really struggling. Read More
By Lana Harrison | Downtown Partnership News
Jason Gould was hard at work on a mid-week afternoon, with the echo of drills and the beep of cement trucks in the background. Read More
By Delle Willett | Art on the Land
Leigh Kyle grew up drawing and playing outdoors in the Hudson River Valley, an area with very interesting topography and geology and the birthplace of the Hudson River School of painting. Perhaps this is where she became interested in creating memorable places. Read More
By Andy Cohen | Congressional Watch
For many years San Diego has been a bit of an outlier when it comes to its congressional delegation. Read More
By Jennifer Coburn
Humans make sense of the world through story-telling. We all love good stories, but they may be especially meaningful for those whose brains operate just a bit differently — and for those of us who know and love them. Read More
By Dave Schwab
Program gives homeless work, access to programs
Thanks to the pioneering efforts of a mom and her son, the city and Alpha Project partnered to create a pilot program to get homeless people off the street and on their feet by furnishing them with day jobs. Read More
Sara Butler | Contributing Editor
Competition between companies have bikes lining sidewalks
Walking around any of Downtown’s neighborhoods lately, it’s hard not to spot them scattered on the sidewalks. No, the spectacle isn’t hipsters — but bright green and yellow bikes. Read More
By Dave Fidlin
Upcoming Father Joe’s Villages gala to benefit therapeutic child care center
It is little secret the challenges surrounding homelessness in San Diego have been persistent — a reality underscored by data suggesting the number of impacted persons is rising in the city and elsewhere across the county. Read More
By Mary Doyle
Girl Scouts of San Diego recognizes alumni that make a difference
Paola Avila of Bay Park will be honored on Friday, April 13, as one of Girl Scouts San Diego’s Cool Women of 2018. The honorees were selected for the personal and professional achievements that make them consummate role models for girls. Read More
By Frank Sabatini Jr. | Restaurant Review
Lolita’s Mexican Food, more than three decades serving San Diego
Lolita’s Mexican Food is one of the longest-running chains of Mexican eateries in San Diego County, right up there in age with Rubio’s and Roberto’s. In fact, there’s a coincidental connection to the latter. Read More
By Delle Willett | Art on the Land
Robin Shifflet initially attended Cal Poly San Luis Obispo as a bio-science major, but after nearly blowing up the chemistry lab, she realized it was not her calling. Taking an inventory of her interests (history, architecture, art and horticulture), she changed her major to landscape architecture, graduating in 1982 with honors. Read More
