The San Diego City Council voted 9-0 Tuesday to approve a $7 million loan in order to start construction of an LGBT affirming senior apartment building in North Park. “I’m delighted to move approval,” said Third District Councilmember Todd Gloria, smiling. “It’s ground breaking.” Numerous councilmembers competed to second Gloria’s motion, and Council President Sherri…
The taste and appropriateness of the window displays at Pleasures & Treasures, an adult toy store located in North Park, are being called into question. Some neighbors and shoppers have complained that products displayed in the windows, as well as the dress displayed on the mannequins, go too far. There are adjacent stores that cater…
SAN DIEGO – San Diego nonprofit Community HousingWorks (CHW), presents its Arizona Street Development to the San Diego Planning Commission Thursday, Dec. 18. The proposed development features a 76-home senior apartment building on the northwest corner of Texas Street and Howard Avenue and a 118-home multifamily building on the northeast corner. The proposal has already generated…
A man suspected of stalking and attacking women who walked alone at night in North Park remained in jail on $5 million bail after his attorney withdrew a bid Tuesday to seek a bail reduction. David Angelo Drake II, 23, will next appear in San Diego Superior Court on Friday and his attorney will seek…
SAN DIEGO – Thursday, Oct. 30, gay viral sensation and overnight YouTube celebrity, Steve Grand, returns to San Diego to headline the Orange Is Best With Black Halloween Party at Queen Bee’s, 3925 Ohio St. in North Park. This will be Grand’s first appearance in San Diego since October 2013. He will be promoting his upcoming new single, due…
We hope you enjoyed the mouth-watering reviews of restaurants and eateries in Mission Hills, Bankers Hill and Hillcrest (issue #153). We continue our exploration of gastronomic delights in this issue and sample the fare found throughout University Heights, South Park, North Park and Adams Avenue. Eat this, hungry readers! University Heights Pomegranate (2312 El Cajon…
San Diego LGBT Weekly wanted to take a close look at the restaurant offerings in the expanded gayborhood. We ate our way through Mission Hills, Bankers Hill, Hillcrest, University Heights, North Park, Adams Avenue and South Park. Needless to say, we had to make our “Foodies’ Delight” feature have a part two in our next…
SAN DIEGO — The San Diego dance community is aligning with new energy and new leadership under the name San Diego Dance Connect. After several months of gathering the community’s input, ten dance leaders were selected to steer the newly formed alliance. They include: Blythe Barton, Erica Buechner, Ana Nieto, Molly Puryear, Elyssa Dru Rosenberg,…
Today, Thursday, April 24 is the eighth annual Dining Out for Life San Diego, and participants have their choice of more than 80 locations to dine out for breakfast, lunch, dinner, drinks and dessert. Dining Out for Life has quickly become a community tradition, with great enthusiasm behind it. Local restaurants and bars agree to…
SAN DIEGO — Bettie Lois Cain has been sentenced to two years in jail for grand theft auto and four counts of writing bad checks for renting property on closed bank accounts from a defunct business she ran in North Park. Cain, 68, of Normal Heights, will be serving her sentence in the Las Colinas…
