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Some residents consider the electrical transformers an eyesore, magnets for graffiti By Monica Garske | SDUN Reporter Through the Utilities Undergrounding Program, San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) employees are in the midst of moving overhead power lines underground in communities including Kensington and Talmadge. In moving the power lines
By Margie M. Palmer | SDUN Reporter After many voiced concerns about possible graffiti on the newly constructed Aldine Drive restoration wall, an anti-graffiti coating has been placed. The wall was constructed after an uncommonly high amount of rainfall during the 2004 season eroded sections of slope between Van Dyke
The Aldine Slope Restoration Project, which will put a retaining wall along the south side of Aldine Drive between Fairmount and Van Dyke Avenues in Kensington, is expected to be completed the week of Jan. 9.
An unexpected amount of rain in 2004 and 2005 caused erosion on the slope, posing a danger to drivers and bicyclists. Federal grants supplied the $2.27 million needed to complete the project.
On the corner of what Talmadge residents consider the “gateway to Talmadge” is a house causing many residents concern. The home’s construction is unfinished, it is covered in a torn, blue tarp and it has repeatedly been subject to graffiti. Some residents call it an eyesore.
Neighbors in Talmadge got into the spirit of giving this past December by donating more than 1,200 pounds of non-perishable food to The Salvation Army Kroc Center Family Resource Center.
With little fanfare from the public, local rancher Curtis Womach took his last Thanksgiving 2010 bird order in March, leaving people who can hardly plan their lives a week out scratching their heads in disbelief
In 2005, Talmadge resident Chuck Kaminski received a letter from the City of San Diego that the utility companies would be undergrounding his neighborhood’s power and communication lines. The letter invited residents to attend an information session in Balboa Park