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Normal Heights Elementary fights joint-use park opening

Posted: March 16th, 2012 | Education, News, Normal Heights |

On March 9, parents, teachers and students of Normal Heights Elementary School gathered to protest the opening of the school’s play area and walking paths as a joint-use park.

Due to a joint-use land agreement between San Diego Unified School District and San Diego Parks and Recreation Department, the school grounds will be open as a public park from 4 p.m. until 8:30 a.m.

Off-duty firefighters arrested for robbery, assault in Normal Heights

Posted: March 16th, 2012 | Fire, News, Normal Heights |

ust after 2 a.m. on Feb. 26, two brothers were involved in an altercation with three other men near the corner of Adams Avenue and 34th Street. The three men were off-duty San Diego Fire and Rescue firefighters Capt. Vadid Cisneros, Gregory Econie and Andrew Brennan. The firefighters eventually walked away, but not before allegedly striking one of the brothers on the head, taking their wallets, a cell phone and making a threatening remark.

Despite modifications, Uptown organizations have continued concerns about bus project

Posted: March 16th, 2012 | Kensington, News, Normal Heights, North Park | 7 Comments

After years of study and discussion, construction on the Mid-City Rapid Bus project could begin this summer along El Cajon and Park boulevards. However, as the planning phase draws to a close, a number of Uptown community organizers continue to express concerns about the impact the endeavor will have on some of the city’s neighborhoods

There’s bacon in my sushi!

Posted: February 17th, 2012 | Food & Drink, Normal Heights, Restaurants |

Sabuku isn’t your everyday sushi house. At six months old, the operation is the brainchild of a meat-and-potatoes guy from Pittsburgh (Bob Pasela), who brought in a German-American chef from Utah (Zach Stofferahn). Together they’ve created a rambling menu of gorgeous sushi rolls that incorporate things like filet mignon, mesquite chicken and the kind of hickory, honeyed bacon that will send your eyeballs rolling backwards

Marvelous Lasagna and Beyond

Posted: November 25th, 2011 | Food & Drink, Normal Heights, Restaurants |

The oldest Italian restaurant on Adams Avenue has begun whisking into its time-tested menu a bit of razzle-dazzle tailored for modern palates. In just a few weeks, new consulting chef Geordie Moulios rolls out his first batch of house-made charcuterie that includes mortadella, prosciutto, bacon and sausages. In addition, he has already crafted several lounge dishes, such as a meatball burger, as well as a lineup of all-you-can-eat savories for the restaurant’s recently introduced Sunday brunch buffet. The brunch further tantalizes with bottomless bellinis and mimosas

New Year’s Eve: 10 places to paint Uptown Red!

With each year that passes, people celebrate old Father Time being reborn as a fresh-faced New Year’s baby. It’s a time for new beginnings, letting go of the past and, of course, lots of celebratingand revelry! What better place is there to welcome the dawn of 2011 than right here in your own community? Whether it’s popping some bubbly in Hillcrest, fine dining in Banker’s Hill or bar hopping in North Park, Uptown News has 10 suggestions to help you ring in the New Year.

Farmers markets get fresh: offerings reflect season

Larson isn’t exaggerating. In almost every direction he points at the Hillcrest Farmers Market there’s a vendor with a one-of-a-kind product or service. New vendor Aqua Farms offers mussels, oysters and some abalone. Another has naturally raised whole chickens selling for $20. Banners on vendor booths proclaim a “gluten-free, vegan-friendly,” something for everyone