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SD unemployment rate down to 4.8 percent

The San Diego County employment rate was 4.8 percent in April, down from 5.1 percent in March and below the 6.1 percent of a year earlier. Between March and April, the number of nonfarm jobs …

May 22, 2015
Lost Abbey gives Cardiff a tasting room

After nine years brewing Belgian inspired ales, San Marcos–based brewer Lost Abbey opened its long-awaited tasting room on April 22, settling into a small retail space in a coastal shopping center in Cardiff-by-the-Sea. Previously the …

Four hours to find the shutoff valve?!

It took four hours for City of San Diego Public Utilities Department workers to respond to a water-line break at a La Jolla business in September 2014. During that four-hour window, amid numerous calls and …

May 22, 2015
Fire at new O.B. apartment building

A fire broke out in Ocean Beach on the patio of the new two-story apartment complex on Abbott Street where it meets Saratoga Avenue Friday, May 22, firefighters at around 1:45 p.m. Lori Wagner and …

Wheels of regress

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. has agreed to pay $820,000 in fines and legal fees to the City of San Diego and two other California counties to settle a consumer protection suit. San Diego, along with the …

May 22, 2015
Happy devouring machine at Island Spice Jamaican

For three years I lived a mere 2000 feet from Jamaican restaurant Island Spice, but due to the mystery of dead ends and freeway overpasses I rarely ever passed by, and I never paid a …

To the Nationals!

I still don’t believe this story! The New Group West’s first-ever show will represent California, Arizona, Nevada, and Hawaii in a national competition! American Association of Community Theatre has 12 regions. San Diego is in …

May 22, 2015
The Desired Effect, by Brandon Flowers

The second solo record by the Killers frontman Brandon Flowers is a revival of the sounds and sentiments behind the 1980s dance-pop genre. Inspired by the music of his adolescence, Flowers’s The Desired Effect bounces …

May 22, 2015
The Waterboys pour it on at Humphreys

The Waterboys stormed the stage at Humphreys by the Bay and delivered a high-energy set that encompassed their career. Mike Scott and the band delivered a tight set with highlights throughout the evening. The six-piece …

Oceanside's dirty sidewalks can wait

Oceanside residents are tired of their crappy downtown sidewalks — and not just the broken pavement. In a posting on Nextdoor's "Seaside District" page for Oceanside (you have to live there to log in), residents …

May 21 dock totals

27 anglers aboard the Chubasco II 1/2 day morning run caught 1 yellowtail, 1 sculpin, 1 sand bass, 78 rockfish and 2 lingcod. The Alicia 3/4 day trip with 12 anglers at the rail returned …

May 22, 2015
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