1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (190+ words) San Diego Union-Tribune The San Diego Union-Tribune wants to hear from San Diegans about their housing situations. More specifically, we are interested in people who are long-term renters. More than half of San Diego County households are owner-occupied. Renters live…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (155+ words) Re “For Midway Rising, the road has been long and bumpy” (Sept. 6): Michael Smolens makes many good points in his piece on the status of Midway Rising. San Diego has made giant missteps in past real estate endeavors. The Midway…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (312+ words) Colby the Maltipoo had been missing from his City Heights home for nearly three years. His family reported the disappearance to the microchip company, waited and hoped. Still, the family was surprised when they got a call at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday that…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (173+ words) San Diego Union-Tribune It is estimated that Carlsbad maintains 28,000 palms and Oceanside maintains 48,000 palms. If a lowball maintenance cost of $200 per tree is applied to each tree being pruned, both municipalities pay a pretty price for these objects of decoration....

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (188+ words) San Diego Union-Tribune The Rancho Santa Fe Rotary Club came together on Sept. 2 to make a difference in the lives of foster children at San Pasqual Academy, packing and providing backpacks filled with school supplies for the upcoming school year....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1025+ words) The effort to redevelop the Midway District has taken a unique path. Over the past several years, two proposals have involved two ballot measures lifting a height limit, two court rulings overturning those votes, two developers, two mayors, and now…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1437+ words) Decaying parks across San Diego could soon get major upgrades funded by volunteers and private supporters under a new collaboration model that aims to prevent bureaucracy from scuttling public-private partnerships. Volunteers in La Jolla who successfully fought through city bureaucracy…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (599+ words) Geppetto’s toy store has come a long way since its opening half a century ago. Now considered one of the largest independent toy retailers in the United States, Gepetto’s started with humble beginnings in the Bazaar del Mundo plaza in…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (491+ words) Last week I wrote about our first week of a two-year work assignment in Stockholm, Sweden, where we found ourselves completely stymied by both our stove and the apartment’s bedding. But the real challenges were to come with laundry. So…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (500+ words) The La Jolla Community Planning Association recently lent its support to a proposal that would redevelop “a very active” corner of The Village. During its Sept. 3 meeting at the La Jolla Recreation Center, the LJCPA voted unanimously to support a…...