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The Black, venerated Ocean Beach source for tie-dye, pipes and Grateful Dead decor, plans to close
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (704+ words) The Black is closing. These goods include tobacco and other kinds of smoking paraphernalia, flip-flops, decor, OB T-shirts, salty bumper stickers, Buddha and Ganesha figurines, incense, tie-dye everything. Its owner, Kurt Dornbusch, announced this week he is retiring and closing…...
It could be a year before Tri-City voters decide Sharp partnership
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (779+ words) Voters will have the final say in whether Tri-City Medical Center executes a long-term lease with Sharp Health Care, but the question may not appear on a ballot until June 2026. But state law is very specific about the timing of…...
La Jolla Shores Association gives support to proposed add-ons to undergrounding project
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (859+ words) Concerned with drainage issues and potential safety hazards at Roseland and Spindrift drives, La Jollan Kurt Hoffman got the La Jolla Shores Association's support for several proposals March 18 for possible additions to an ongoing project for underground utility lines. A…...
Letters: Time for state to pull plug on doomed bullet train
6+ hour, 5+ min ago (152+ words) San Diego Union-Tribune Re "Lawmakers seek to hide truth about bullet train" (May 18): So the California State Assembly thinks the way to deal with the ongoing bullet train debacle is to pass legislation to hide the true cost, as if…...
San Diego County health official arrested in deadly hit-and-run
15+ hour, 29+ min ago (564+ words) A senior San Diego County health official has been arrested in a hit-and-run car crash that killed a woman waiting for a bus Friday afternoon in Southcrest, police and sheriff's records show. Assmaa Elayyat, a deputy director in the sprawling…...
Clarence B. Jones, who helped MLK write "I Have A Dream" speech, dies at 95
16+ hour, 2+ min ago (154+ words) San Diego Union-Tribune Jones died Friday at a senior living community in the San Francisco Bay Area suburb of Cupertino, according to a statement released by the family, who was at his side. "Our father lived a life of conscience,…...
Long before San Diego mosque shooting, teen suspect's Chula Vista school raised alarms
16+ hour, 4+ min ago (740+ words) A fascination with mass killings, dressing like a fictional TV serial killer, telling a friend not to go to school the next day " all are part of the troubling behavior a Chula Vista school official cited after calling police last…...
Here's who's drawing the most money in San Diego City Council races
17+ hour, 38+ min ago (809+ words) Big money continues to flow into four San Diego City Council races one week before the June 2 primary, including a major push by labor unions against independent Richard Bailey in District 2. The $100, 000 labor effort aims to counter more than $400, 000 Bailey…...
Padres pregame: Freddy Fermin searching for answers instead of excuses
17+ hour, 53+ min ago (571+ words) Officially, Freddy Fermin has endured one concussion scare. But the ball that rattled off his face mask and forced him from a game in mid-April is hardly the extent of the abuse that he's endured so far this season. In…...
San Diego home values haven't kept up with inflation for 16 months
18+ hour, 25+ min ago (489+ words) San Diego home prices continue to show gains, but any increase has been blunted by rising inflation, data released Tuesday shows The San Diego metropolitan area's home price increased 0. 78% annually in March, said the S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Indices report....