March 15
Flash from the past...
the Gayzette staff at the 1983 Nicky Awards.
March 14
Sixth and Laurel in Balboa Park will be the site for an anti-war rally and peace festival this Saturday to mark the third anniversary of the invasion of Iraq...a war based on lies that continues to devastate the lives of thousands, both in Iraq and the United States. The Peace Festival will be held from 1-4:00pm with the anti-war rally 2-4:00. Ground Zero Players will be among the groups feature d.
March 13
View the
Milky Way at ten million light years from the
Earth. Then move through space towards the Earth in successive orders
of magnitude until you reach a tall oak tree just outside the buildings
of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida.
After that, begin to move from the actual size of a leaf into a
microscopic world that reveals leaf cell walls, the cell nucleus,
chromatin, DNA and finally, into the subatomic universe of electrons
and protons.
Once you click on the site, the software does all the work. Sit back
and imagine how perfect our world is. You can play it forward and
backward. Enjoy!
March 12
St. Patrick’s Day
Parade 2006The Irish Congress of Southern California and Guinness sponsored the 26th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday from 11am-5:30pm. Although it rained off and on throughout the day, it did not deter people from enjoying the live music, food and of course, the beer.
The parade began at Juniper and Sixth Avenue. Roads were closed along Fifth and Sixth to Upas Avenue to make way for the various floats, marching groups, school bands and many participating organizations.
Folks then made their way to Balboa Park for the St. Patrick’s Day Festival where they celebrated with Celtic music, corn beef and cabbage, traditional Irish dancers and Guinness stout beer.
March 11
“Failure
is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don’t fail overnight. Instead,
failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day.”
March 10
NOTICE: Road and sidewalk closure in Bankers Hill/ Park West
To all residents near
2500 Sixth Avenue, a five-block area of Bankers Hill/ Park West (Fifth
and Sixth avenues from Nutmeg to Kalmia streets) will be closed on Wednesday,
March 15th from 9:30-10:30am.
CO’s Traffic Control Inc. suggests all residents to stay in
their homes during these hours or vacate the premises before 8:30am.
March 9
Shattering News in Hillcrest
Early Wednesday morning, a huge rock broke through the window of Afghanistan Khyber Pass Restaurant on 523 University Avenue. There was no sign of robbery. SDPD were called in the morning to report the incident. According to the owner of Khyber Pass, two weeks ago the restaurant experienced another case of vandalism.
Monday morning at around 4:30am, Talus Cafe was broken into and robbed, along with Senso Boutique who was robbed within the week. Is there a possible connection? Warren Simon from the Hillcrest Business Association brought up the possibility of a neighborhood watch team. If you have any information about these recent break-ins, please contact the police department.
