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On July 10, the Junior Division Patriot American Little League All Star team beat Encinitas 9–8 to win the Section 6 Junior Baseball Championship tournament. Patriot American went undefeated in the four-team double elimination tournament, also beating teams from Rancho Buena Vista and Rancho Penasquitos.
The Patriot American Junior All Star team are 13 and 14 year old players from Mission Trails, Allied Gardens and Rolando Little League. The team is managed by Tyler Hemmings. Read More
By Colleen Cochran | Guest Editorial
As a woman and a mother who is deeply concerned about climate change, a decision by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) a few weeks ago enabled me to take a break from my feelings of dread. In fact, I all out rejoiced. Read More
Young Actors’ Theatre: ‘Shrek the Musical’
Through July 22
“Once upon a time, there was a little ogre named Shrek …” And thus begins the tale of an unlikely hero who finds himself on a life-changing journey alongside a wisecracking donkey and a feisty princess who resists her rescue. $25–$32. July 13, 14, 20 and 21 at 7 p.m.; July 14, 15, 21 and 22 at 2 p.m.; and July 19 at 10 a.m. Joan B Kroc Theatre, 6611 University Ave. Read More
Re: “Firefighters save Del Cerro from Adobe Fire” [Volume 24, Issue 6 or bit.ly/2K7vO5U] Read More
By Dr. Ink
Four years after Oggi’s opened a pizzeria in Del Mar in 1991, it jumped into San Diego’s budding arena of microbrewing. Locally, there were only a handful of craft brewers on the scene — Karl Strauss, Pizza Port and AleSmith to name a few. Today, the franchise has spread its dough and suds to 16 locations throughout Southern California and Arizona, and with a portfolio of 10 original beers to boot. Read More
By Elizabeth Gillingham | Patrick Henry High School News
District honors PHHS top 1 percent for Class of 2018 Read More
By Colleen Cochran | Guest Editorial
As a woman and a mother who is deeply concerned about climate change, a decision by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) a few weeks ago enabled me to take a break from my feelings of dread. In fact, I all out rejoiced. Read More
By Patty Mooney | San Carlos Area Council News
All San Carlos residents are welcome to join us at the next meeting of the San Carlos Area Council (SCAC) on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 6:30–8 p.m., in the San Carlos Branch Library, 7265 Jackson Drive. We have changed the time in order to accommodate more people’s schedules. We are fortunate to have elected officials’ office representatives providing updates at every meeting. As a change, our monthly meetings will alternate between more in-depth reports from elected officials’ representatives one meeting, then the next month’s meeting will have a speaker as the focus; so on those evenings, elected official updates will be brief. Read More
By Kathryn Johnson
Many of our readers may already be familiar with San Diego Public Library’s vision to be the place for opportunity, discovery and inspiration. During the month of July, we would like to add that we are also the place to cool down during the balmy weeks of July. In fact, if you prefer your ambient temperature on the cooler side, you are welcome to relax in what the staff has come to call the “meat locker” — aka the reading lounge. Read More
By Jay Wilson | Del Cerro Action Council News
The next Del Cerro Action Council meeting is Thursday, July 26 at Temple Emanu-El at 7 p.m. Read More
Doug Curlee | Editor at Large Read More
By Jennifer Morrissey | Mission Trails Regional Park Foundation
Supporters gather for presentation on geology of Mission Trails
Members of the Mission Trails Regional Park (MTRP) community gathered for a special reception and presentation by Pat Abbott, Ph.D., a world-renowned geologist, presenter, and author of numerous books including “Geology–Mission Trails Regional Park.” A catered reception on the Visitor Center terrace preceded the presentation, and MTRP supporters had the opportunity to mingle and take in the stunning view of Mission Gorge. Read More
By Tina Rynberg and Jeff Benesch | La Mesa Foothills Democratic Club
When Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old activist endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America, took out 10-term Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley in New York’s 14th District, it sent shockwaves through party establishment. Was Ocasio-Cortez’s election a harbinger of things to come for Democrats or an isolated phenomenon? Read More
By Scott Sherman | District 7 Dispatch
The city of San Diego will soon be launching a new web portal and mobile app that will provide customers with direct access to the tools needed to manage their water account. Read More
By David D. Cooksy
[Editor’s note: This is the third of a four-part “how to” series. Look for “How to eat a crawdad” in a future issue.] Read More
By Patricia Simpson
It’s official. There’s a big cat at Mission Trails — a mountain lion (puma concolor ssp. couguar). Read More
By Shain Haug | News from the Allied Gardens/Grantville Community Council
The next Allied Gardens/Grantville Community Council (AGGCC) Town Hall Meeting will be on Tuesday, July 24, at 6:30 p.m. at the Benjamin Library at the corner of Zion Avenue and Glenroy Street. District 7 Councilmember Scott Sherman will speak on issues relevant to our community. Read More
By Sue Hotz | San Carlos Friends of the Library
The San Diego Public Library’s Summer Reading Program (SRP), “Reading Takes You Everywhere,” ends in August. To win prizes, register before Aug. 1, at sandiego.gov/public-library. Read More
By Dianne Jacob | Dianne’s Corner
Get in the Zone: East County gets downright toasty in the summer. There’s no better time than now to head to your friendly, neighborhood Cool Zone. Read More
By Shawn VanDiver | Guest Editorial
[Editor’s note: This op-ed first appeared online in the Voice of San Diego on May 23.]
It’s no secret that San Diego, and nearly all of California, is in the midst of a housing affordability crisis. It’s also no secret that San Diego has seen an influx in the number of folks experiencing homelessness. I don’t know anyone who enjoys seeing these folks living in squalor on the streets — and yet seemingly every reasonable solution encounters resistance. Read More
By William E. Kelly | Guest Editorial
The inadequacy of social safety nets intended to protect a burgeoning population of older adults is a political, cultural and moral hot potato. Read More
By Frank Sabatini Jr. | Restaurant Review
In an age when you can out-bro your fellow bros by broadcasting your love for certain burgers, along comes a chainlet founded in Portland, Oregon that has yet to register on the radar of cool 30-somethings. Teens and fresh-faced college students, however, appear captivated. Read More
By Dianne Jacob |Dianne’s Corner
Taxpayer alert: San Diego County has unveiled a new tool aimed at boosting transparency and public feedback on how it spends money. Read More
By Tina Rynberg and Jeff Benesch | La Mesa-Foothills Democratic Club
We’d like to invite you to join our club’s annual salute to Independence Day, democracy, progressive idealism, and those heroes that choose public service to advance the principles that really make America great. Read More
By Frank Sabatini Jr. | Restaurant Review
A hexagonal aquarium in the reception area coupled with an interior color scheme of teal and salmon bisque are your first clues that Szechuan Mandarin dates back to when CNN first launched and when Michael Jackson’s “Rock with You” hit the Billboard charts. Read More
By Jennifer Morrissey
Monuments
In late May, Mission Trails Regional Park (MTRP) staff and volunteers installed a new monument sign at the park’s South Fortuna Summit. This is the first of four new monument signs to be installed in the coming months, with the others to be placed at the summits of Kwaay Paay, Pyles, and North Fortuna. Cowles Mountain has had a summit marker for many years. With the completion of these monument installations, all of the peaks in the 5-Peak Challenge will be represented. Since the kick off of the 5-Peak Challenge in November 2015, more than 8,000 hikers have participated, received a certificate, a lapel pin, and discount coupons from REI and Adventure-16. To learn more about the 5-Peak Challenge, visit mtrp.org. Even if you’ve completed the challenge, lace up the hiking boots and come see the new monument at South Fortuna! Read More
