San Diego’s residential real estate activity softened last month, compared to the previous month and the hot market of 2014, according to figures released Thursday by the San Diego Association of Realtors. The trade group reported that 1,822 single-family homes sold in September, down 14 percent from the previous month and 5 percent below the same […]
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I-5 Lanes Closed Near La Jolla Starting Thursday Night for Widening
A portion of Interstate 5 near La Jolla will be closed Thursday night so Caltrans crews can prepare to widen the Genesee Avenue overpass. Freeway lanes in both directions will be closed at Genesee Avenue from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. Friday, according to Caltrans. State transit officials said motorists would be able to cross over […]
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Sharp Hospitals Turn Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Sharp Memorial Hospital and the adjacent Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns are turning pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Beams of pink light will shine along the outside and inside of the buildings to bring awareness to breast cancer and honor those affected. According to the Centers for Disease Control, breast cancer is […]
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Gunmen Fire at Man, Woman in Emerald Hills Neighborhood
San Diego Police are seeking two gunmen who opened fire Wednesday on a man and a woman in the Emerald Hills neighborhood, wounding the man. The woman told police she noticed a passenger in a passing silver Honda Accord glaring at her while she was dropping off the 38-year-old male victim on Geneva Avenue near […]
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Pt. Loma Residents Protest Proposed Flight Path Change
Residents of Point Loma are protesting a proposed change in the flight path for aircraft taking off and heading east from San Diego International Airport. The Federal Aviation Administration wants to remove a waypoint on the flight path as part of a national effort to switch from ground-based to satellite flight control. The FAA says the change […]
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Another Heat Wave Ahead with Highs 10-20 Degrees Above Normal
Another heat wave is headed for San Diego, with temperatures peaking on Friday at 10 to 20 degrees above normal. “It is now looking like the hottest weather will occur on Friday,” the National Weather Service‘s San Diego office said. “Overall, temperatures will be running 10 to 20 degrees above normal for locations west of […]
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Polling at 2.9%, Huckabee Will Tour Border with ex-Rep. Hunter
GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee will tour the Mexican border Saturday from Border Field State Park to the San Ysidro Port of Entry, his campaign said Wednesday. Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor, was invited by former East County congressman Duncan Lee Hunter — the father of the current 50th District House member, Duncan D. Hunter. […]
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San Diego Agriculture Output Drops First Time in 6 Years
The total value of San Diego County’s agricultural production last year was $1.82 billion, compared to $1.85 billion in 2013, the county Department of Agriculture, Weights and Measures reported Wednesday. The annual crop report showed the first decline in overall value in six years and only the third since 1996. “The slight drop in production […]
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Security Guard Arrested in Series of Bomb Hoaxes
A 21-year-old man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly orchestrating bogus bomb emergencies at his home and at two San Diego-area malls where he worked as a security guard. Abraham Nava of Vista is suspected of making five bogus reports since 2012, according to police in Carlsbad, where the most recent in the series of false alarms […]
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Obama Stopping in San Diego During West Coast Trip
President Barack Obama is scheduled to spend Saturday night and Sunday in San Diego, but has no public events scheduled in the area before departing Monday afternoon, the White House announced Wednesday. The president’s West Coast swing will include a visit to Roseburg, Ore., the site of a shooting last week in which nine people […]
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Mayor Breaks Ground on First New Library in Six Years
City officials Wednesday marked the start of construction on the 15,000-square-foot Skyline Hills Library, which will serve residents in southeastern San Diego. The building on South Meadowbrook Drive, scheduled for completion next year, will replace a smaller library branch in the area. “The new Skyline Hills Branch Library represents a $13.2 million dollar investment and will […]
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NFL Wants to Return to L.A. but No Decision Made Wednesday
NFL team owners discussed Wednesday the possibility of the Chargers, Oakland Raiders or St. Louis Rams moving to the Los Angeles area, and while no decisions were made, the league commissioner said there is definite interest in returning to the “entertainment capital of the world.” But Roger Goodell said the league wants to ensure all of […]
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Bach Collegium’s 2015-16 Season Opens with Rare Classical Music
The Bach Collegium San Diego opens its 2015-16 season next Friday will a program of rarely heard works by J.S. Back and Henry Purcell. Titled “Something About Mary,” the program features Bach’s cantata about the Visitation of the Virgin Mary and Purcell’s birthday ode to Queen Mary II. Performances are Oct. 16 at St. James by-the-Sea […]
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Fashion Doyenne Diana Vreeland Lived Life at ‘Full Gallop’
Mercedes Ruehl stars as Diana Vreeland in “Full Gallop” at The Old Globe. Photo by Jim Cox [symple_heading style=”” title=”By Pat Launer” type=”h3″ font_size=”” text_align=”left” margin_top=”30″ margin_bottom=”30″ color=”undefined” icon_left=”” icon_right=””] Some people go through life at a trot or a canter. Others forge ahead at “Full Gallop.” Diana Vreeland may have considered herself “born lazy,” […]