Since the pandemic, e-bikes have been a growing share of the transportation mix of objects moving at different speeds on roads, trails, and sidewalks. Riders of all experience levels jostle and merge — or try …
April 8, 2025
Articles by Sheila Pell
Del Mar: bikes and e-bikes – stay off sidewalks and streets where we tell you
Court rejects San Diego County's transportation plan
The county has lost again in a battle brought by environmental groups over its transportation guidelines for new development.On March 28, California's Fourth District Court of Appeals reversed a Superior Court of San Diego County …
April 1, 2025
No clustered housing for South Moro Hills
In a 3-2 vote, the Oceanside city council agreed last week to completely halt consideration of clustered housing in South Morro Hills, the city's last remaining farmland.A community plan for the 3,500-acre agricultural region in …
March 25, 2025
Encinitas carries the war beyond plastic straws
Eat out — but don't throw it out. That's what the city of Encinitas has tried to encourage when it comes to dining and plastic leftovers.However, the city's ban on styrofoam and plastic straws in …
March 18, 2025
San Pasqual – an Eden for San Diego's homeless
As San Diego weighs new options to replace scrapped plans for a 1,000-bed homeless shelter in Middletown, there's another idea not being considered by the city that offers to "end homelessness in 100 days." The idea …
March 12, 2025
Forget about coral bells
San Diego native plant gardeners take note: Heuchera sanguinea, commonly known as coral bells, no longer belongs in your plot.The popular clump-forming perennial named for its bell-shaped flowers has been removed from the California Native …
March 4, 2025
Imperial Beach anguish – so much for the birdwatching
The new building at 951 Seacoast Drive is touted as a public amenity for everything from ocean-view dining to yoga and birdwatching tours.But to many neighbors of the two-story commercial building, which sits across the …
February 25, 2025
The infill urge comes to Dove Court
The planning commission last week voted to initiate an amendment to the Uptown Community Plan that opens the door for a developer's project — but only a crack."It's just a way to turn over facts," …
February 19, 2025
Cow days re-surface in Cleveland National Forest
Starting next summer, more cows may be foraging in an area of Cleveland National Forest where grazing has been sporadic and unpermitted since the 2003 Cedar Fire. The proposed Sill Hill grazing allotment near the Cha’chaany …
February 11, 2025