Thursday,
March 17
A Friend of Maple Canyon: Al Weiss
Last week 70-80
truckloads of rip rap (that’s large chunks of rock) were
unloaded at the end of Palm Street just west of Fourth Avenue. Each
truckload weighed over 22 tons. That’s a total of approximately 1,650
tons of rock. And what did they do with all this rock? They dumped it
into Maple Canyon!
Living on the
treasured canyon, Al is concerned about its health, so he talked to the
city who has known of the problem for over a year. But, since we don’t
have
enough money to take preventative action, it had to wait until a crisis
developed before anything was done. The city’s project manager said,
“Current activity at this location is an intermediary but
emergency measure to safeguard public safety and private property on
the north side of the Palm Street terminus (at Fourth). The geologist
recommended immediate support of the slope or the nearby building would
be lost. With the recent storms cracks widened significantly and
increased in number,
reaching the foundation of the building."
What are they going to do about it? The city says, “The rock being placed now is a structural layer that will be covered by the permanent solution which will match the existing canyon in grade and vegetation. We do not have a complete plan for that solution — the geologist and civil engineer are working on a proposal now. A preliminary plan should be ready in a couple weeks."
Wednesday,
March 16
No, this isn’t the man found murdered in Park West
Wednesday morning. He was at Fifth and Fir (click on “found” for photos).
< this guy was just grabbing a few Zzzzs on the corner of Third and Spruce.
Tuesday,
March 15
What a spectacular Tuesday!
Did you enjoy our beautiful weather?
Everyone was out and about on the streets of Hillcrest. Seen lunching at the ever-popular Hamburger Mary’s was our own City Commissioner Nicole Murray-Ramirez, San Diego Police Chief William Lansdowne, Baja Betty’s general manager Matt Ramon and SDPD Lt. Margaret Schaufelberger who oversees the North Park/Hillcrest divison. The happy group gave two thumbs up to the food as well as the great community atmosphere!
The chief will present a report to the City Council tomorrow announcing that SD’s serious-crime rate decreased by 2.8% in 2004. However, auto thefts and robberies increased.
March 14
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| Do
I hear wedding bells?!?! San Francisco County
Superior Court Judge Richard Kramer said today that withholding marriage licenses from gays and lesbians is unconstitutional. |
| Local leaders in
the marriage equality
movement gathered Monday evening at Exotic Bamboo in Hillcrest to
celebrate today’s San Francisco decision and to march through Hillcrest announcing to the community that although this is a significant victory, the fight for full equality is not over. For more information contact Anthony White, EQCA-SD, (619) 384-7495 or email him. |
Sunday,
March 13
 San Diego LGBT Pride has selected Ad Ink Advertising Agency to oversee sales for the 31st annual Official Pride Program. Ad Ink has a long-standing relationship with the program having produced it for ten years prior to 1999. This year’s sales effort is now underway under the leadership of Nancy Moors. Display rates will remain the same as 2004. The final ad deadline is May 22, but a business/organization may save money by submitting their payment and artwork before April 15 for an early bird discount. Full color ads are again available throughout the popular book! The official program will have a one-month shelf life beginning the end of June. Pride weekend will be held July 29-31, 2005. Wanna be in the parade? Get your application in ASAP. For more info call the Pride office at (619) 297-7683 or visit their website. Here’s a pdf of the 2005 advertising rates. Questions? Contact Nancy Moors via email/phone (619) 260-1929. Ad Ink (home of
HillQuest) was chosen 2005 small business of the year by the Hillcrest
BID.
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Saturday,
March 12
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| The sun didn’t make an appearance for this year’s St. Patrick’s Day parade, but a good time was had by all...Mayor Dick was wavin’, Skyy slobberin’, Jim smoochin’ and Assemblywoman Lori wishin’ she was at Judy’s annual Banker Hill Properties shindig. |
Friday,
March 11
“I’m pleasantly surprised with the number of orders we’ve received from across the country saying they saw us in HillQuest, the Urban Guide. Next to Yellow Pages, you’re our best advertising value. I wanna bigger ad!”
Thursday,
March 10
While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the floor and make CLOCKWISE circles...
While doing this, draw the
number “6” in the air with your right hand.
(You can even try drawing 6 on a
piece of paper with your right hand.)
Your foot will change direction,
and there’s nothing you can do about it.
(Now, get back to work!)
(Now, get back to work!)
