"It used to be a very old congregation," says church administrator Susie Clifford. "But within, I'd say, the past ten years, young families have really started coming here. The Jazz Mass is part of that. …
March 30, 2006
Coronado News & Stories
Christ Church
Liquor Surprise
“I wanted to make a place where you got good food and could fill yourself up for five bucks.”
Italian Spring
Fade to May 1990. I was on assignment for the WashPost and had been put up at the Hotel del Coronado, the subject of my piece. Several times, while out and about, I passed the …
May 19, 2005
Safe Grind
'Funky, fresh, dressed to impress, ready to party!" For Samantha Duenas, third-year student at UCSD and member of the dance troupe Second 2 None, Missy Elliot lyrics are inspiring. "It sums it up with her," …
March 31, 2005
The Vertex
"We've tried a number of ways to reach out to people in the community. We've tried TV, parades, door-knocking; all of this didn't work. Creating the additional service is the best outreach we've ever done," …
November 24, 2004
Pols Sabotage Coronado Train Plan
A funny thing has been happening to the old Coronado Branch Railroad on its way to recognition as a historical landmark. The California Historical Resources Commission designated the rail historic in the fall of 2001. …
September 16, 2004
Best of 2003: Best Bike Ride
Coronado and the Silver Strand For comfort and beauty, the route leading south from the Coronado Ferry Landing is hard to beat. The views across the bay to downtown San Diego are engrossing enough to …
December 25, 2003
Best of 2003: Best Breakfast With Free Newspapers
Café 1134 1134 Orange Avenue, Coronado 619-437-1134 With bistro tables outside and an art-splattered, split-level, warm wood interior, 1134 doesn't even have to try hard. One badge of coolness: all the day's newspapers hanging wedged …
December 25, 2003
Best of 2003: Best Spot For Beginner Surfers To Save Face
Dog Beach, Coronado Learning the pecking order can be a humiliating experience. Getting "stink eye" (being stared down for robbing a wave or cutting someone off) or being called "kook" or "Barney" can ruin one's …
December 25, 2003
Best of 2003: Best Place For Inline Skating
Silver Strand Bike Path Coronado "A good place not too many people know about," says Howard Yeh, who runs the San Diego Street Elite inline skating club, "is south of Coronado Island on the Silver …
December 25, 2003
Coronado
A well-known fact about Coronado is that it tends to sink a few inches each summer. The weight of tourists from inland cities, of college students returned home, of Navy families back for the Fourth …
December 24, 2003
Coronado Spawns Woggle-Bug
La Jolla also impressed Baum, and two of his non-Oz books are set there, The Sea Fairies and Sky Island. A third, The Scarecrow of Oz, is a hybrid. “It begins in La Jolla.
May 15, 2003
Best of 2001: Best Place To Buy/Sell Your Car
Third and Fourth Streets, Coronado It's probably no coincidence that in the afternoons along Fourth Street in Coronado, you see cars parked along the right side with "For Sale" signs and large phone numbers in …
December 27, 2001
Best of 2001: Best Country-Western Line Dance Teacher For Timid Beginners
Shirley King, Foothill Adult Education Center 1550 Melody Lane, El Cajon 619-401-4122 and Coronado Adult Education Center 650 D Avenue, Coronado 619-522-8911 By day, Shirley King serves as a waitress at the Hotel Del Coronado's …
Best of 2001: Best Place For A Cheap Lunch And A Chat With Old Soldiers
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 2422 557 Orange Avenue, Coronado 619-435-6917 This is the biggest surprise in expensive Coronado. $2 lunches -- good, hearty ones at that. Of course, you do feel a little intimidated, …
December 27, 2001
Best of 2001: Best Natural Beach Meadow
Coronado Municipal Beach where Ocean Boulevard meets Ocean Drive, Coronado Up near the fire rings on Coronado's North Beach, sand hills protecting a little-visited depression from the wind and waves have allowed nature to create …
December 27, 2001
Best of 2000: Best Shipwreck
The Monte Carlo, off southern end of Coronado Shores Okay, she's not Titanic. But you don't have to dive three miles down to find her either. The concrete-hulled Monte Carlo was one of the gambling …
December 30, 2000
Best of 2000: Best Football Beach
Coronado Municipal Beach Along Ocean Boulevard About a century ago, Mssrs. Kettner, Spreckels, and company were hard at it, trying to carve a proper city out of the canyon-riddled southwest corner of the country. Part …
December 28, 2000
Best of 2000: Best Bed And Breakfast And Dancing
Bonni Marie's B&B 1000 Eighth Street, Coronado (619) 435-2200 Until two years ago, the city said you had to dance. That was if you wanted to stay at Bonni Marie's B&B. For 14 years the …
December 28, 2000