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- No one correctly guessed yesterday’s “Step back in time” question. The closest guess was from Rosalie Quadri Mellish, who guessed a neighborhood that is typically grouped together with the answer. Don’t forget to scroll to see what the answer is.
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Top story
A story of perseverance in San Diego: From restaurant employees in Old Town to owners of Café Maggi
David Granda and Argelia Ventura have been in each other’s lives since there teens. Their story began in a restaurant, and it has carried on through a restaurant of their own.
The couple runs a popular breakfast spot in the heart of Barrio Logan called Café Maggi. It’s not only about the food there, although, that surely is a key part. They’ve created a space for connection.
Local business owners know it’s an uphill battle to keep the lights on. They’ve taken the journey in stride.
They started with a fruit stand near Mission College. That lead to saving up enough money to begin to think about owning a place of their own, until the actual costs of permits, renovations and equipment piled up. They attribute to making it through those times by the acts of grace extended to them.
Finally when they found a steady groove, as goes the story for many, COVID hit. That’s where the community they had cultivated carried them through. Our reporter Alejandro Maciel caught up with the couple and got to see them in their element at the neighborhood staple.
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Stories you should know about
💰 San Diego pays $3.9 million to settle La Jolla sinkhole lawsuit, bringing total payout to $13.92 million: Nine condo owners whose homes were severely damaged by the March 2023 sinkhole will receive the final nearly $4 million payout.
⚽️ A 2-2 draw against Boston puts San Diego Wave FC in position to secure the NWSL’s best record: If second-place San Diego wins its final match of the regular season on Sunday and New York’s Gotham FC loses, then the Wave will clinch the league’s best regular season record.
🥁 Go see some live music this week: San Diego’s The Tourmaliners are celebrating the release of their new record at Tio Lio’s on Friday. Percussionist Monette Marino Keita and her 11-piece group will perform Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” album at Lou Lou’s to celebrate spooky season.
What else we’re reading
📝 Summer Boger, a candidate for San Dieguito Unified High School District, has a history of anti-vaccine activism. She’s declining to speak about it because “a school board doesn’t set vaccine policy,” which is making some North County parents concerned she’s hiding her beliefs from voters. (KPBS)
🚧 A new city audit of San Diego’s massive backlog of streetlight repairs revealed some city electricians may be taking advantage of weak oversight to get paid unwarranted overtime, which prompted the city officials to change their overtime policy last week to require more documentation. The audit found that two electricians clocked the equivalent of 25 workdays parked for long stretches at sites where no documented repairs took place. (Union-Tribune)
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Step back in time…
This was taken in the Kensington neighborhood. Did you guess correct? Want to read more, check out this article.
