Linda Vista Stories
Instead of preshow trivia, the onscreen slideshow at the movie theater showed Kaleo Church's announcements. (Like the preshow trivia, they proved difficult to ignore.) "We partner with Abandoned But Precious ministries, which serves orphans in …
Where do you suppose San Diego Mesa College, which lies in Clairemont on its southern edge, will build a huge garage to solve its student parking problems? Why, largely on Linda Vista canyon land, of …
Thirty Years Ago The bare bottom of San Diego sport is epitomized by the face of Canadian entrepreneur and Sports Arena operator Peter Graham. This contemptuous double-dealer is the best case yet for confiscatory inheritance …
I started my weekend off at a midday party. Jenn was having a garage-sale party. (I'd never heard of one either.) She had a garage sale and invited her friends over to drink beer and …
"Almost everyone at USD already has some knowledge of Scripture and Jesus. So we can't go around saying 'Hey, you Catholics need to come to Christ.' Even though there are many Catholic students who have …
Has Linda Vista lost its heart? The Yum Yum Donut Shop in the Vien-Dong supermarket center has become the place where old-time Linda Vistans turn up to chew the fat. "This shopping mall that used …
Both sides agree the seeds of the dispute were planted in 2000 when the County Board of Supervisors announced that the three county animal shelters -- in Carlsbad, Linda Vista, and Bonita -- would be …
Calico Amber Ale Ballast Point Brewing Company 5401 Linda Vista Road, Linda Vista 619-298-2337 First Calico Amber Ale won a gold medal in the Great American Beer festival in Denver in 2001, then it won …
Bale French Sandwich Shop 6937 Linda Vista Road, Linda Vista 858-565-8057 The best French bread in town is often Vietnamese-baked. And the most delicious French-style torpedo roll gets made here in this little place next …
SkateWorld 6907 Linda Vista Road, Linda Vista www.sandiegoskateworld.com 858-560-9349 SkateWorld has the widest selection of roller skates -- the classic four-wheelers -- in the county. You'll find leather boots in white, black, and natural tan, …
Home Brewing Company 5401 Linda Vista Road, Linda Vista 619-295-2337 "We all started off not knowing a thing about making beer," says Don Nelson. But he's an expert now, and for around $75, Nelson will …
She split time between Orange County and Pacific Beach, where she had a boyfriend. She didn’t like PB much. “It was just college kids burning up their parents’ money. It was an interesting time.”
Wildlife Rehab, Project Wildlife 887 Sherman, Mission Bay area (near Morena/Linda Vista trolley stop) 619-225-9202; 619-692-9453 You're taking your cat for a walk. He sees a tree. Up he goes. Oh Lord. Down he comes …
Rosalie Martin knows the vicissitudes of raising black boys, having seen two sons through college and graduate school and into corporate careers and now with a grandson in her care. So when her old friend …
Everyone who lived there knew the name meant “pretty view.” Maybe it wasn’t utopia. But it was a planned community for low-income people that, for a considerable period, managed to succeed. I lived there from …