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Assembly member Gonzalez attacks predatory loans KENDRA SITTON | Downtown News

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Horton Plaza’s metamorphosis from a traditional shopping mall to a mixed-use tech hub is slated to occur over the next year and a

half, based on recently revealed details.

Los Angeles-based Stockdale Capital Partners has pitched the so-called Campus at Horton as a tech hub.

Representatives with the development company, which acquired Horton Plaza a year ago from longtime owner Westfield, SEE HORTON PLAZA, Page 5

Thriving in 75 square feet JOYELL NEVINS | Downtown News

Westgate’s poolside jazz Sometimes 75 square feet is all you need. Walk into Claire Sims’s Downtown apartment, and you’ll notice she has a bookshelf, bed, desk, dresser, kitchen, and sink — all in a space that measures 6 feet wide by 12.5 feet long by 10 feet high.

“I only wanted to keep stuff that [I] love, use, and need,” Sims said.

When you’re able to weld your own furniture to fit just right, that space fills even better. When Sims originally moved into the

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San Diego Assembly member Lorena Gonzalez is continuing her push in Sacramento to end high-cost loans. The bill barring predatory loans by capping interest rates, AB 539, was passed in the Assembly on May 23 with bipartisan support. Now it is being amended in Senate committees as advocates worry it will never make it to the floor.

“It still has quite a little road go down. We haven’t had the outward support we were hoping for,” Gonzalez said after a panel at the Westin Hotel on the effects of high-cost loans in San Diego on June 7.

While dozens of states, as well as the District of Columbia, cap interest rates for small loans, similar proposals in California have repeatedly died in the Legislature. Gonzalez viewed it as a big win when AB 539, which would actually reinstate old limits on interest rates that have not been used since 1985, passed in the Assembly. Gonzalez urged people at the June event to put pressure on their state Senators so that those protections might finally be put in place after years of advocacy.

There are caps on interest rates for loans below $2,500 and above $10,000 in California. The Consumer Financial Protections Bureau (CFPB) and Calif.

Department of Business Oversight (DBO) found many predatory practices from lenders, including requiring borrowers take out loans just above the $2,500 threshold so lenders could legally SEE LORENA LOANS, Page 5

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Haircuts on the house VINCE MEEHAN | Downtown News

Downtown resident Bob Leone has made his three-year dream come true. Leone raised enough money to refurbish an old intake area at Father Joe’s Villages into a brand new clean and modern barbershop. This means that anyone who cannot afford a haircut can now simply walk into Father Joe’s Villages’ main Joan Kroc Center building at 15th and Imperial Avenue, and walk away with a fresh new look. Father Joe’s Villages was so thankful for Leone’s efforts that they honored him by including his name below the official name of the barbershop now known as Village Clips.

That’s a pretty big honor considering the building is named after one of San Diego’s biggest and most loved philanthropists.

Bob Leone sits in the barber’s chair at Village Clips (Photo by Vince Meehan)

“I had this vision three years ago because I live Downtown, and I really felt that there was a need in the community, at Father Joe’s for a barbershop,” Leone said.

“And it really stemmed around self-image and self-esteem. And there was such a need for it that I raised some money from myself and my circle of friends and here Village Clips is open after three years of planning. (Photo Volunteer stylist Ana Maria Creasy gives a Village Clips client a haircut. (Photo by Savannah Evans) we are three years later in terms by Vince Meehan) of this project!”

In addition to the new barber- for a barbershop at the facility. He The barbershop is open every- Box, or anybody else who wants shop, Leone managed to raise ad- originally got involved in helping day to anybody from 8 to 10:30 to help sponsor it. Once they come ditional funds to completely redo Father Joe’s Villages through a.m., and 12:30 to 2:45 p.m. on in for a haircut, they walk away the shower facilities located on his tech company, MRC Smart weekdays, and 8 to 10:30 a.m. on with a fresh new look plus a gift the same floor as the barbershop. Technology Solutions, that he weekends. The staff is completely card. “I want to drive people here.

They are now also available for sold to Xerox in 2010. “We used to made up of volunteer stylists from This is still San Diego’s best-kept anybody who does not have access come down here and serve dinner local boutiques. The facility serves secret in terms of what we have to a proper shower. Between the for the homeless, and it would be all men, women and children at to offer to those people who are two amenities, it is now possible a great team-building project, it no charge. less fortunate and living on the for people to be presentable for any would be good way for my employLeone also has plans to hand street. I hope that stimulates a occasion including job interviews, ees to get involved,” Leone stated. out vouchers to people on the lot of activity for those people. In family visits or those who simply “I believe that corporations have a streets as a way to promote his fa- our company, we have this sayneed a freshening up. huge social responsibility to con- cility to those who are unaware of ing, ‘When you’ve been blessed in “By matching the amount of tribute to the community. I’ve al- what is offered. This might man- your own life, you want to make a money I raised with a grant, we ways felt that way, and Xerox is ifest itself as a $10 gift card from difference in other people’s lives,’ redid the entire showers across the really well known for that also.” a company such as Jack in the and it’s just so great to see the peohall,” Leone added. “We startple when they’re getting their ed with $50,000, and we parhair cut… the after effect… leyed that into a grant for anand it’s pretty cool!” other $200,000 and we were Village Clips is completely able to fund this facility here, reliant on volunteer stylists to plus the showers which I’m keep their facility open. Those particularly proud of.” Leone wishing to sign up as voluncredits Choctaw Construction teer barbers can call 619from Ramona as helping get 645-6411 or visit neighbor. the remodel done. org/volunteer.

Leone has served on the Father Joe’s Villages board —Vince Meehan can be of directors for 12 years and The shower room is refurbished and The newly remodeled sinks in the shower reached at vinniemeehan@ room (Photo by Vince Meehan) that’s where he saw the need ready. (Photo by Vince Meehan) gmail.com.v

Downtown Partnership expands homeless outreach program LANA HARRISON | Downtown Partnership

When the staff of the small outreach team at the Downtown San Diego Partnership hit the streets every morning, they never quite know what the day will bring.

It could be a day they finally have a breakthrough with someone they’ve been interacting with for a while. It could be a day a family member of a client happily agrees to provide them stable housing.

Or it could be a day when smiles are exchanged, introductions are made, but a next step will have to wait for a different time.

Now, this award-winning team of four has recently grown to a team of six (with plans to expand to eight) thanks to new Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP) funding the program received from the city of San Diego, the San Diego Housing Commission, and the Regional Task Force on the Homeless.

Not only will this funding enable the team to broaden their toolkit of resources within their existing Downtown footprint, but additional outreach staff have begun making connections in the surrounding neighborhoods of Balboa Park, Bankers Hill, Hillcrest, Golden Hill, Barrio Logan, and Logan Heights.

Since 2012, more than 2,800 people have been reunited with supportive extended family through the Downtown Partnership’s Family Reunification Program. These crucial support systems assist individuals in their transition from homelessness to stable, permanent housing.

Sometimes, an individual may have come to San Diego with an offer of employment that didn’t work out. With no support here and with no resources to get back to loved ones, they find themselves sleeping on the streets. Other times, an individual may have lost contact with their family members for years — family members that are then elated to hear from our team that their brother/sister/ cousin wants to reconnect with them.

In partnership with Traveler’s Aid, the outreach staff works diligently to locate and connect

with family and loved ones who can provide a safe and supportive home to someone experiencing homelessness.

Once someone is reunited with their support system, the team follows up with them after three months, six months, and one year, to hear how they’re doing and celebrate their successes.

Of those the team is able to reach, more than 70% remain stably housed after six months.

A significant shift in the program came in 2017, when it received funding from the San Diego Housing Commission and re-branded to the Family Reunification Program (FRP).

Since 2017 alone, the program has reunited more than 1,600 people with their loved ones.

Recently, the team surpassed their fiscal-year goal of serving 800 clients.

In taking what the team calls a person-centric approach to

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outreach, if FRP is not the right fit for someone, the coordinators seek to understand their needs and connect them to the right resources.

Important to this effort are strong relationships with other case managers, outreach workers, and service providers who can help someone with the next step of their journey.

In fact, the DSDP outreach team recently became members of 211’s Coordinated Information Exchange, which will enable them to better track and share data that will improve the care

and resources provided to people they’re getting to know.

The team’s expansion will undoubtedly come with new opportunities, challenges, and chances for learning. For now, you can find them around town in their bright unmistakable “Maui Blue” T-shirts, hearing people’s stories and making transformative connections.

— Lana Harrison is the communications coordinator for the Downtown San Diego Partnership.

She can be reached at lharrison@ downtownsandiego.org.v

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POLITICS Responsible government makes for sound economy San Diego Downtown News July 2019

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By TONI G. ATKINS

By MARA W. ELLIOTT

I’ll never forget what it was like to join the state Legislature in 2010 and immediately be forced to confront a $26 billion budget deficit. The conversation wasn’t about how we could move California forward — it was about which of the important programs that millions of residents rely on would be saved, and which ones would be eliminated or cut to the bone.

Thanks to a strong economy powered by our small businesses, responsible governance, and wise decisions by the voters, things are very different today.

Don’t get me wrong: We still face daunting challenges — housing affordability, the linked issues of wildfires and energy reliability, and the too-high cost of health care, to name three — and we are addressing them. But our state’s finances are in the best shape in a generation.

Not only have we been able to increase our budget reserves to $19.4 billion to cushion the blow of the next economic downturn and reinvest and build upon many of the programs that had been decimated during the Great Recession — we’re also able to inject significant resources directly into local communities throughout California.

For example, nearly $60 million will be sent to the San Diego region for projects that will protect public safety, support vulnerable children and improve quality of life: • $6.13 million to stabilize the bluffs on the coast of Del Mar, protecting one of the most active rail corridors in the country, as well as the beach below.

• $8.66 million to renovate the iconic Botanical Building

My maternal grandmother, who helped raise me and my brother, spent her final years in a safe and comfortable care facility.

My mother visited with her every day to ensure that she was properly cared for, fed, and bathed.

Sadly, this is not the case for many seniors in San Diego.

As our aging population grows, so, too, do opportunities to rob seniors of their independence, their financial resources, and their dignity.

Yet society often averts its eyes from mistreatment of our seniors, especially when it is perpetrated by their own family members.

When mistreatment is reported, the resources to combat the problem are sparse and difficult to identify.

That’s why my office has made it a priority to protect our vulnerable elderly residents from violence, neglect, and economic crimes.

Since 2017, my office has prosecuted approximately 85 elder abuse cases, allowing us to hold offenders accountable.

Early intervention in elder abuse situations can prevent more serious crimes from happening in the future, which is why we are enlisting the public’s help.

The elderly are uniquely vulnerable to exploitation and abuse.

Unscrupulous caregivers isolate an elder from friends, family, and other support networks in order to carry out their abuse in secret.

Neighbors and anyone else concerned about an elder’s well-being should speak up if they see something suspicious.

We recently filed criminal charges — including charges of willful cruelty — against the owners and operators of two

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and complete construction of the international cottages in Balboa Park, enhancing our crown jewel and a major economic driver.

• $9 million to renovate Building 178 in the former Naval Training Center (Liberty Station), so that it can be transformed into a performing arts center.

• $21 million to create a rail crossing for cars and pedestrians alike at Park Boulevard near Petco Park, improving public safety and connectivity.

• $1.67 million to support youth experiencing homelessness in San Diego County with housing and other services, part of $6.67 million that will be shared with Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Santa Clara counties.

• $1 million split evenly among the cities of Encinitas, Carlsbad, Oceanside and Vista for programs aimed at preventing homelessness in North County.

• $5 million to complete studies that are necessary for Caltrans to move forward with a permanent suicide deterrent on the San Diego-Coronado Bridge.

• $5 million to create an aquatics center at the Jackie Robinson YMCA.

• $1.5 m illion so that the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla can continue the research that informs policy decisions as we prepare for the impacts to climate change and sea-level rise.

In addition to these investments in our local residents and our communities, highlights of the state budget include record funding for education, a dramatic expansion of our state earned income tax credit for working families and individuals, assistance to help middle-class families pay for health care, additional funding for communities struggling with homelessness, and funding to clean up contaminated drinking water.

Though the good times and the difficult times, whether the days are sunny or covered with clouds — I continue to be proud to represent San Diego and will always work hard to help make our region, and all of California, better and better for everyone.

—Toni G. Atkins represents the 39th District in the California Senate. Follow her on Twitter @SenToniAtkins.v

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independent living facilities that held elderly and dependent residents in deplorable conditions.

The residents of these facilities, run out of single-family homes in quiet neighborhoods, feared that speaking up would get them thrown out on the street. Yet the 11 victims, ranging from 57 to 84 years old, were subject to vermin infestations, exposed to feces in the community shower, and denied access to food, water and telephones.

One elderly victim had to live in an unventilated garage, another in a tent on the side of the house. Some residents suffered from heat exposure and had to be transported to local hospitals for medical attention. Due to our intervention, residents were removed from these dangerous conditions. Our priority is to ensure victims secure safe and stable housing.

My office also acts when seniors fall victim to financial crimes and scams, of which they are increasingly vulnerable as social isolation and cognitive changes affect their financial decision-making abilities.

Whether it is a caretaker fraudulently writing checks from their accounts, or an elusive stranger who convinces a victim to send money or share financial information, these crimes are widely underreported. Often, victims are too embarrassed to speak up.

Sometimes the harm is done by a beloved and trusted family member, and the victim does not wish to pursue criminal charges.

In a recent case we filed against a family member “caretaker,” the defendant — the victim’s alcoholic daughter — pleaded guilty to physically assaulting her mother.

When her mother tried to call 911, the defendant slapped, pushed, and threatened her. The mother fled to a neighbor’s house to call the police.

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have asserted the reimagined space will provide upward of 4,000 new jobs and bring with it $1.8 billion in revenue annually.

Questions of Horton Plaza’s future have been a common talking point in recent years as the development as a traditional mall has progressively shed retailers. It’s a scenario playing out at a number of U.S. malls — many, like Horton Plaza, built in the 1980s.

Betsy Brennan, CEO of Downtown San Diego Partnership (DSDP), is among the local leaders helping shape Horton Plaza’s next chapter. DSDP has been meeting routinely with Stockdale Capital Partners representatives.

In an interview with Downtown News, Brennan said she believes the new Campus at Horton space will play an important role in shaping the heart of the city, much as Horton Plaza did as a traditional shopping mall when the doors were first opened in 1985.

“The Campus at Horton will be a catalyst for growing San Diego’s innovation economy and enhancing the Downtown San Diego lifestyle,” Brennan said. “This project will be an important economic driver for Downtown San Diego.”

Representatives with Stockdale Capital Partners did not return multiple calls and emails for comment for this story. But public comment made at a recent City Council meeting gives a deeper view into the company’s visions for the redevelopment project.

While details of specific tenants are still pending, Dan Michaels, managing partner with Stockdale Capital Partners, did give the council a glimpse into the company’s timetable for the redevelopment.

“We’d like to deliver this by the end of next year,” Michaels told the City Council at a meeting May 20. Council members made an important vote in favor of the plans on that date for the redevelopment, giving Michaels and others within Stockdale Capital Partners the ability to move forward as the clock begins ticking.

Documents tied to the City Council’s vote state Stockdale Capital Partners will be revamping a portion of Horton Plaza specifically for the tech hub. Other office tenants outside the technology arena could also be brought into the fold.

“We have been waiting for several years for this opportunity,”

Michaels told the City Council.

“We have a window to do this.

We have tenants that want to be here.”

The concept of a tech hub is not unheard of in San Diego. A similar development, for example, is in the works in North County.

From her vantage point, Brennan said she believes the Campus at Horton will be a great way of reinvigorating the mall and bringing a much-needed amenity to Downtown.

“We are seeing a progression towards creative office development as companies seek to tap into the local talent, resources and vibrant urban lifestyle unique to Downtown,” Brennan said. “The Campus at Horton provides an opportunity to provide the type of office space these companies are looking for to put roots here.”

While Horton Plaza is set to undergo a major overhaul, remnants of the mall’s purely retail days are slated to be incorporated into the development.

A number of current shops, including Jimbo’s …Naturally and Macy’s, are being incorporated into the revamped development, Michaels said.

The newly inked agreement between the city and Stockdale Capital Partners states 300,000 square feet of space needs to be designated for retail, down from 600,000 square feet at present.

But questions of the current retailers’ futures within the development have remained at the forefront in recent months.

Michaels, however, denied any existing businesses would be getting kicked out.

“We fully intend to respect those leases,” Michaels told the City Council. “We have no intention of trying to get in the middle of them.”

A number of San Diego’s decision-makers have championed Stockdale Capital Partners’ plans for the Horton Plaza, including Council member Christopher Ward, whose 3rd District includes Downtown.

“This is definitely, literally a once-in-a-generation opportunity to do something pretty transformational for Downtown,” Ward said. “Markets change and needs change and land uses change.”

He added, “This takes a lot of vision and a lot of ingenuity.”

—Dave Fidlin is a freelance journalist with a special affinity for San Diego and its people. Contact him at dave.fidlin@thinkpost.net.v

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NEWS Lorena loans

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access to any type of cash when they’re at their toughest times.

CONTINUED FROM Page 1 What we’ve seen and why we think they’re wrong is because charge triple-digit interest rates. there are lenders in this space A $2,500 loan with 200% in- and we know we can grow that terest would require a borrower space [access to credit] at 36%. to repay almost $10,000 in two We will continue to work on that years. access but allowing people to be “We know it can set families taking out loans at 100%, 200%, back and we want people to 600% is something that should constantly be moving forward,” be impossible for all of us.”

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Geneve Villacres, f rom Opponents to the bill worry it OneMain Financial, was at the could keep people from low-in- panel to demonstrate that othcome neighborhoods who are er credit options are available. turned away from banks or other She discussed how OneMain traditional financial institutions Financial issued nearly 10,000 from accessing credit in times of loans in 2017 between $2,500need. It is true that many of the $5,000, and all of them boasted storefronts offering the high-cost interest rates below 39%. She loans are concentrated in low-in- said many other similar lenders come or minority neighborhoods exist, but predatory lenders are like National City, where resi- out-advertising them to people dents could face discrimination who are the most vulnerable. when trying to secure a loan Of the top 20 lenders of loans from a big bank. between $2,500-$5,000 in 2017, “A lot of them [lawmakers op- the vast majority offered some posed to AB 539] are afraid there or all of their loans with interest will be folks who won’t have rates in the triple digits. Three lenders offered all of their loans with interest rates above 100%, showing they were not taking borrowers’ ability to pay the loan back into account when developing an interest rate.

Alyson Snow, of San Diego Legal Aid, Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (center) poses was also a part of the with panel attendees at the Westin Hotel. panel that Gonzalez

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moderated. She pointed out that to help clients who come to her office, she has to prove the predatory lenders somehow broke the rules — for instance, by targeting a veteran’s spouse for a loan because veterans are already protected from high-interest rates or by lying about the terms of the loan. She said triple-digit interest rates should be illegal, but instead, she can only find loopholes in order to help San Diegans who are drowning in debt from payday loans.

While the bill is making its way through the Senate, Gonzalez is urging voters to contact their Senators to put pressure on them so AB 539 does not die like so many similar prior measures introduced in the Legislature.

—Kendra Sitton can be reached at kendra@sdnews.com.v

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OPINION Emergency room or urgent care?

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UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCES AND COSTS You slipped on the stairs and feel your ankle throbbing. Your cough has lasted all month. Or your child spikes a high fever in the middle of the night. You call your primary care doctor first, but you can't get a sameday appointment. So do you go to the emergency room or urgent care?

When these situations occur and we need immediate care, many face uncertainty due to the number of options available — and where you choose could be the difference between paying hundreds, or thousands of dollars. In fact, rushing to the emergency room for non-life-threatening ailments may cost patients nearly 10 times more than visiting an urgent care center.

Here’s what to consider when deciding where to go for care:

URGENT CARE CENTER

Urgent care centers are not for emergencies but can help you when you need care quickly. If you can’t get in with your primary care physician, this is a great option. Remember, it’s first come, first served. You may consider urgent care if you have symptoms like the following:

sdnews.com through their symptoms before rushing to the emergency room.

“It’s a difficult situation when you’re experiencing it,” he said. “Your mind is not always so clear.”

HAVE YOU CONSIDERED A VIRTUAL VISIT?

• Fever without a rash • Moderate flu-like

symptoms • Sprains and strains • Small cuts that may require stiches The average cost for an urgent care visit is $170.

EMERGENCY ROOM

Day or night, the hospital emergency room provides medical care. If your condition requires fast and advanced treatments, like surgery, go to the emergency room. The ER helps people with life-threatening or dangerous conditions first. Some of the symptoms

that require an emergency room visit include, but are not limited to: • Chest pain • Numbness • Slurred speech • Fainting • Serious burns • Concussion • Broken bones and dislocated joints • Fever with a rash • Seizures The average cost for an emergency room visit is $2,000.

Dr. Robert Kantor, market chief medical officer for UnitedHealthcare, urges people to take a moment to think

According to a National Center for Health Statistics study, of patients who went to the emergency room but were not admitted, 48% say they chose the ER because their doctor’s office was not open.

If you are faced with a non-emergency health condition — like a migraine, sore throat or stomachache — but your doctor’s office is closed, you may consider a virtual visit. This allows you to chat face to face with a doctor, day or night, and can save you up to $2,000 when compared to a visit to the ER. The average cost for a virtual visit is $50.

STILL NOT SURE?

Many health insurance companies have a 24-hour nurse line that can help you with decisions like where to go for care. If you or a loved one are experiencing what you feel to be life-threatening symptoms other than those listed, trust your gut, and go to the emergency room or call 911.v

New college grad? You can get health plans through Covered California It’s college graduation season, and congrats to the Class of 2019! The moment they’ve worked so hard for is finally here! They’re ready to walk across that stage, grab that diploma and begin the rest of their lives. But life can be complicated, and it’s imperative to have the important things — like one’s health — covered.

Graduation can mean that college students are coming off a school-sponsored health plan, or turning 26, the limit for when they can remain on parents’ health plans.

Transitioning into Covered California health plans is relatively simple through the special enrollment process, and graduating college students may even qualify for financial help to pay for monthly health care costs – often for about $50 per month.

As an older college student, Saul Guevara had to think about some of those things even before he graduated from the University of Southern California earlier this month in Los Angeles with a master’s degree in communication management. Now 28, Guevara has been a Covered California consumer for the past two years while finishing work toward his degree.

“I chose to become a Covered California consumer because I learned that I qualified for federal subsidies to pay for my monthly health care payment,” Guevara said. “I’m paying $109 a month now instead of $316. Covered California has allowed me to get my medical needs met with the same primary care physician at a fraction of the cost.”

Guevara will begin working for the federal government this summer and plans to keep his Covered California coverage until he gets a health plan through his employer. Working part-time is a reality for many college graduates, as is getting married and starting your own business.

“Congratulations to all of this year’s college graduates for all you have accomplished,” said Covered California Executive Director Peter V. Lee in statement. “But amidst all the changes in your life, make sure you always know what you will be doing for health care. If you are leaving your coverage behind when you graduate, then you may be eligible to enroll during Covered California’s ongoing special-enrollment period. Taking care of your health gives you

the freedom to pursue your dreams.”

There are currently more than 336,000 Californians between the ages of 18 and 34 enrolled in health plans through Covered California, and they are receiving quality, namebrand insurance coverage without breaking their banks.

The following circumstances are among the more common reasons people become eligible for Covered California special Saul Guevara (Photo courtesy Covered California) enrollment: • Losing health If you qualify under any of coverage because you have lost these conditions, you are elior changed jobs. gible to get health insurance • Turning 26 years old. coverage and join your fellow • Getting married or enterCalifornians in having one less ing a domestic partnership. thing to worry about. Make • Having a baby or adopting sure you take advantage of a child. the financial help available to • Moving and gaining acyou and your family. For more cess to new Covered California information on special enrollhealth insurance plans that ment rules, visit CoveredCA. were not available where you com/individuals-and-families/ previously lived. getting-covered/special-enroll• Becoming a citizen, a U.S. ment. Those who qualify for national or a lawfully present Medi-Cal may enroll through individual.

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Little Italy Culture & Heritage

By TOM CESARINI

Summer is here and there are a lot of activities happening at Amici House Event & Visitor Center in Little Italy. Located at Amici Park on Date and Union streets, Amici House is open to the public on Saturdays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; and Sundays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

We are also open during our many programs and for our events.

Come visit us to learn about all the cultural goings-on in the neighborhood, take a historical walking tour, meet some new friends, enjoy some great music, see a classic movie, or just hang out and enjoy our intimate patio setting while having some coffee (or maybe a cool beverage these days!).

COMING UP AT AMICI HOUSE

Musicarramba! International Music Series – July 11 – 7 p.m.

Our Musicarramba! series continues this month! July's cabaret will showcase artists Rosario Monetti, James Bianchi, and Dan Ochipinti in Fantasia D’Estate (Summer Fantasy): Songs about Summer, Silver Seas, and Golden Friendship. This talented trio has cultivated a signature musical alchemy inspired by friendship and a mutual pride in their Italian heritage. Guests will enjoy cabaret-style and barstool seating in the delightful park and patio area of Amici House.

Wine, beer, coffee, and snacks are available for purchase. Tickets are $12.50 per person and can be purchased online at conviviosociety.org/musicarramba.

Films al Fresco – July 12 – 8:30 p.m.

“Cinema Paradiso” is back this month! Join us as we screen the classic movie on our 30-foot screen. As always, free popcorn, wine, and a wide variety of concessions will be available. Luxury seating is already sold out, but regular seating is still available.

Tickets are $12.50 per person and can be purchased online at conviviosociety.org/films.

Stellar Sounds Open-Air Concerts – September and October Guests in attendance for our May 5 concert featuring Arrival From Sweden: The Music of ABBA had a blast singing and dancing along to all the great ABBA hits!

Our next concerts will bring Neapolitan pop crooner Patrizio Buanne and Italian-Canadian singer-songwriter Gino Vannelli to Little Italy’s Amici Park for amazing music in a fantastic outdoor setting. VIP tickets include catered dinner provided by award-winning RoVino Restaurant. Meet-and-greet packages will afford guests the opportunity to take photographs with the artists, receive an autographed poster, and enjoy some delightful aperitivi and prosecco.

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By CHRISTOPHER GOMEZ Head to the Little Italy neighborhood on Sunday, July 14, to honor the LGBTQ+ community with a brand-new, sanctioned San Diego Pride event, Out in Little Italy: Pride Brunch, hosted by the Little Italy Association.

The celebration will be held in Little Italy’s stunning Piazza della Famiglia from 9-11:30 a.m.

The intimate mimosa brunch will feature eclectic food offerings from participating eateries at the Little Italy Food Hall, bottomless mimosas, live drag performances, fresh Pride/house music, and more!

Host your next gather ing in Little Italy!

A m ic i Hou s e Event & Visitor Center is located in the heart of San Diego’s Little Italy neighborhood and available for your special event. We offer different rental rates based on type and duration of event, and we even have event packages available. Make it an event they will remember! And the holidays will be here before you know it, so book your next holiday event with us soon!

For more information on hosting an event, visit conviviosociety.org/ venue-rental.

—Tom Cesarini is the executive director of Convivio. Visit: conviviosociety.org to learn more about our nonprofit’s mission, vision, programs, and events.

DJ Jinx Mirage will spin tracks at the brunch.

Glitz Glam was married at the Grammys by Queen Latifah and is house diva and manager of Urban MO’s Bar & Grill in Hillcrest.

She’s been serving gender-fluid fierceness since 1998 and will bring the glitz and the glam of Pride to Little Italy with a special performance during brunch. (Photos courtesy Little Italy)

The heart of Little Italy will come alive with colorful rainbow décor and exciting festivities to take place during the mid-morning event, including DJ Jinx Mirage spinning tracks and drag performances by the winner of XTina Draguilera on Bravo TV’s “Watch What Happens Live,” Kickxy Vixen-Styles and Glitz Glam. A portion of proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the programs of San Diego Pride.

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Theatre Box in the Gaslamp Quarter has introduced “Sunday Brunch and the Big Screen,” which allows guests to customize their omelets, waffles and other breakfast items as well as bloody marys and mimosas. The brunch spread, offered in Theatre Box’s Chocolate Lounge, costs $49

for adults and $24.99 for kids.

It includes numerous sweet and savory buffet items, plus a movie ticket and a bag of popcorn.

Bottomless bloody marys and mimosas are $20 per person.

The brunch is held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. every Sunday.

701 Fifth Ave., 619-814-2225, theatrebox.com.

Craft your own bloody mary and see a movie. (Wicked Creative)

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A chic, al fresco restaurant has opened in a 1920s-era building on Broadway. (Photo by Robert Benson) What served for decades as the Army-Navy YMCA on west Broadway Street has been Little Italy’s Piazza della Famiglia will make way for “Out in Little Italy: Pride Brunch,” from 9 to 11:30 a.m., July 14. The event coincides with San Diego LGBT Pride weekend (July 12-14) and is presented by the Little Italy Association. It is the neighborhood’s first sanctioned Pride event.

Set outdoors, the brunch will feature bottomless mimosas and a choice of dishes from vendors inside the Little Italy Food Hall.

They include Roast, Ambrogio 15, Wicked Maine Lobster and Not Not Tacos. In addition, Frost Me Cake & Bakery will supply coffee and other items.

Live entertainment will be offered throughout the brunch by a trio of drag performers: Jinx Mirage, Glitz Glam, and Kickxy Vixen-Styles.

Tickets are $75 per person,

transformed into The Guild, a chic 163-room hotel that features a restaurant and cocktail

The first official Pride event in Little Italy is coming this month. (Photo by Frank Sabatini Jr.)

which includes the bottomless mimosas, food, and transportation from the piazza to the San Diego Pride Festival in Balboa

The Hotel del Coronado has a new anchor restaurant. (J Public Relations) Over the blue bridge at the Hotel del Coronado, the property’s long-established

bar open to guests and locals alike.

The restaurant, named Luca, sits in the structure’s inner, outdoor courtyard. The bill of fare (for breakfast, lunch and dinner) is Mediterranean-inspired to fit the restaurant’s charming al fresco atmosphere. Look for dishes such as parfait French toast; roasted red peppers with fig jam and goat cheese; capellini pasta with mushroom cream and chili oil; duck breast with maple Greek yogurt; and more.

Located directly across the lobby is The Guild Bar, where crafty cocktails and Intelligetsia Coffee drinks are served throughout the day until 11 p.m. 500 W. Broadway, 619-7645160, theguildhotel.com.

restaurant, 1500 Ocean, has been transformed into Serea.

The new concept, created by

Fans of Puesto at the Headquarters in Downtown’s Marina District can soon enjoy craft beers that the gourmet taco restaurant will begin brewing this fall in an upcoming Mission Valley location at 5010 Mission Center Road.

The upcoming location was recently decided after Gordon Biersch announced it would be closing its restaurant and brewhouse on July 15 in Westfield Mission Valley plaza. Puesto will move in later this year and take over the existing brewing system to produce beers for all three locations, including The Headquarters (789 W. Harbor Drive) and La Jolla (1026 Wall St.). eatpuesto.com.

Park. They can be purchased online at littleitalysd.com or sdpride.org. 619-297-7683, 523 W. Date St. Las Vegas-based Clique Hospitality, puts local chef JoJo Ruiz at the helm of a menu specializing in sustainable seafood and meats prepared with Mediterranean flair.

The offerings include freshly caught whole fish, lobster croquettes with Italian caviar, glazed California black cod, grilled lamb chops, Angus T-bone steaks, and more.

Leather, warm wood and soft colors comprise the airy, upscale atmosphere. The restaurant is part of the hotel’s ongoing $200 million renovation. 1500 Orange Ave., 619435-6611, sereasandiego.com.

A major redo of the former Analog Bar in the Gaslamp Quarter will soon get underway in preparation for Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ, which has an existing location in the Scripps Ranch area. Expected to open by spring of next year, the space will allow diners to cook their own vegetables and proteins on smokeless grills.

The company launched in 2001 in Los Angeles and today claims more than 700 locations worldwide. 801 Fifth Ave., gyu-kaku.com.

—Frank Sabatini Jr can be reached at fsabatini@ san.rr.com.v

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A pretty bird calls out

a soothing flavor resembling Mexican hot chocolate.

That same cacao pleasantly augmented their daughter’s road dominated a waffle topped with Restaurant Review to healing and ignited the trio organic berries, bananas, chia of restaurants, which began in and coconut yogurt. It was

By FRANK SABATINI JR. 2017. served with syrup. But only a Goldwasser hopes to open few drops were needed.

Defying the old adage “birds two more locations within San While I vigorously slurped of a feather flock together,” Diego County before expanding from a deep bowl of excelParakeet Cafe practically further into Orange and Los lent, organic chicken noodle stands alone in terms of Little Angeles counties. soup, my friend forked into his Italy restaurants advocating Mediterranean toast loaded with ultra-healthy eating. Aside a plethora of ingredients. from the nearby all-vegan Cafe The craze for arranging things Gratitude, this wholesome like avocado, salmon, eggs, newcomer to the hood touts and veggies atop toasted a “mostly organic” menu breads is alive and well of breakfast-brunch here, given there are dishes served all day eight different toasts while allowing for to choose from. In this poultry, salmon, eggs case, the combination and a little bit of dairy. of Persian cucumbers, Not to be confused salty hummus, heirloom with Morning Glory — the tomatoes, kalamata olives, other buzzy, new brunch spot mint and other herbs proved across the street serving heavier lively in conjunction with the fare — Parakeet Cafe is where Moroccan-inspired shakshuka thick, grilled slice of organic you nest over things like mushmulti-grain bread. room-blend lattes, matcha wafI dropped in to the cafe with a As for the soup, I startfles, assorted toasts, farro salads, vegetarian friend shortly before ed with a spoon and and grilled chicken sandwiches the lunch rush on a weekday. By finished eating it a with almond-miso aioli. a stroke of luck, we scored easy fork. The white and Now with three locations, parking in what has become a dark chicken meat including the flagship kitchen neighborhood that pretty much floating within was in La Jolla and a new outpost demands you visit by trolley. abundant. It veered in Carmel Valley’s One Paseo Located below Prep Kitchen, a bit from traditional development, owners Jonathan customers enter into a bright, American recipes beGoldwasser and his wife, Carol earthy space defined by light cause of its hearty udon Roizen, took a healthful apwoods, potted plants and atnoodles and lack of celery. proach to the business for a sintractive parakeet-print wallpaChef Jeff Armstrong later cere cause. per. Glass-domed cake holders told us that he feels celery More than 10 years ago, their perched at the order counter dis- tastes too dominating. Its abyoungest daughter, now 13, was play muffins, cookies and snicksence was compensated by plendiagnosed with a rare disease erdoodles, as well as gluten-free ty of cubed carrots and achiote that required chemotherapy. scones made with black tea and squash.

In an effort to strengthen her blackberries.

A bowl of roasted vegetachance of recovery, the couple I’ve rarely bles mingling spinach, decided to change the family’s met a scone Brussels sprouts, eating habits by switching to I like due squash and healthier recipes using organic to their mushingredients. The nutritional dry, rooms change of course paid off; it crumbly with texture. brown rice This, and polenta held Parakeet Cafe however, high appeal for my 1680 India St. (Little Italy) yielded friend. Me, not so lovely much, as I craved a 619-255-1442, www. pockets of vinaigrette of some parakeetcafe.com moisture from Mushroom-cacao latte kind and the sacrilePrices: Soups, $9; salads, $12 the slightly gious addition of bacon to $15; waffles $11; bowls and sweet berries. No coffee or milk or ham. egg dishes, $8 to $15; assorted was required for getting it down.

My least favorite dish was the toasts, $9 to $13; coffees, teas, We ordered a couple of hot shakshuka, a Tunisian breakfast non-caffeinated drinks and beverages nonetheless — two of poached eggs nestled typically elixirs, $2.75 to $9 different lattes made with variin tomato sauce boasting onous mushroom ions, garlic, peppers and Middle blends. My Eastern spices. The sauce in this friend’s was recipe verged on all-American flavored with chili in the making. The only matcha, lavenspice I detected was chili powder. der honey and Next visit, I’ll get my organic ashwagandha, egg fix via the chilaquiles, which an herb used are accented with feta cheese throughout and guajillo chili salsa. Eggs are India for loweralso paired to beet-cured salming blood-sugar on, which like several dishes levels and reacross the menu, can be tailored ducing anxiety. to paleo or keto diets by omitting My latte was the toast wherever it’s included immensely and adding olive oil, meat or less grassy butter here and there. tasting due to Other choices include an its hefty doses “Icelandic Skyr” bowl made of cinnamon with a type of strained yogurt and low-glycommon throughout Iceland; cemic cacao, plus other toasts such as avocaA healthy dining concept in the heart of Little Italy which gave it do, mushroom, mango chutney

Cacao waffle with berries and coconut yogurt (Photos by Frank Sabatini Jr.) or salmon. There’s also organic greens with scrambled eggs, and hibiscus lettuce cups containing braised hibiscus flowers, grilled pineapple, and avocado.

Organic chicken noodle soup

Coffee drinks are plentiful, along with organic teas and “signature sips” such as turmeric latte and iced matcha lemonade.

Basically, if you need a break from the pizzas, pasta dishes, over-sized meatballs, steaks and other weighty fare largely available along this busy dining track, the Parakeet Cafe provides a hip and healthy sanctuary.

— Frank Sabatini Jr. is the author of ‘Secret San Diego’ (ECW Press) and began his local writing career more than two decades ago as a staffer for the former San Diego Tribune. Reach him at fsabatini@san.rr.com.v

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THEATER Wildly popular ‘Mixtape’ returns to San Diego stage San Diego Downtown News July 2019

JEAN LOWERISON | Downtown News

Quick! What iconic show is this line referring to: “Everything I need to know I can learn from a bird, a monster and a grouch”? If you didn’t say “Sesame Street,” shame on you.

The return of Lamb’s Players Theatre’s megahit “Mixtape” means it’s nostalgia time for Gen Xers (here defined as born between 1961 and 1981), and time for the rest of us to sit back and enjoy as those musical years rush by on the stage.

This “totally awesome musical journey through the ’80s,”

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“Mixtape” Plays through Sept. 1, 2019 at Lamb’s Players Theatre, 1142 Orange Ave., Coronado.

Tuesday and Thursday at 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday at 2 and 7:30 p.m.; Friday at 8 p.m.; Saturday at 4 and 8 p.m.; Sunday at 2 p.m.

Tickets: 619-437-6000 or lambsplayers.org

Cast of “Mixtape” (Photos by Ken Jacques) written by Lamb’s regulars Colleen Kollar Smith and Jon Lorenz, opened at the Horton Grand Downtown in 2010 and ran for three and a half years.

This version has already been extended through Sept. 1 at the mothership theater in Coronado.

Back from the original production are Joy Yandell, David S. Humphrey and the sterling fiveman band led by Lorenz, and they are better than ever. New to “Mixtape” are Angela Chatelain Avila, Marqell Edward Clayton, Janaya Mahealani Jones, A.J. Mendoza and Shawn W. Smith.

The latter four are making their Lamb’s Players debuts as well.

All are excellent singing and dancing actors.

Smith and Lorenz have arranged the songs topically — there are sections about movies (“Top Gun,” “Risky Business,” “Ghostbusters” among them) and TV shows “Smurfs,” Cosby, “Hill Street Blues”) along with songs about relationships and the search for meaning (“Sweet Dreams,” “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”).

The physical fitness craze, with Jazzercise and Richard

The Band: Rik Ogden, Leo Correia, Dave Rumley, Oliver Shirley & Andy Ingersoll

David Humphrey and cast of “Mixtape” Simmons “sweatin’ to the oldies,” is memorialized and demonstrated.

Then there’s news of the decade (including the Challenger disaster) and the decade in sports, both wonderfully illustrated in projections (credit Michael McKeon).

No show covering the ’80s would be complete without Madonna’s “Material Girl,” and it’s here, in a splendid version.

Worthy of special mention is Yandell’s poignant interpretation of Suzanne Vega’s “Luca” (about domestic violence)

Other popular Originals include “Hanna,” “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan,” “Guava Island,” “Homecoming,” and “The Man in the High Castle.”

Wondering which TV show or movie to watch when you have some time to unwind? Cox Communications just made it even easier to find a new favorite show with its recent launch of Prime Video on Cox Contour TV. Prime Video joins Netflix, YouTube, NPR One and others in the Contour TV library of apps. Cox Contour video customers can use their voice remote control to easily and quickly access their Prime Video subscription to watch critically acclaimed shows such as “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” directly on their televisions.

—Jean Lowerison is a long-standing member of the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle and can be reached at infodame@cox.net.v

Cast of “Mixtape”

Cox adds Prime Video app to Contour TV “There’s no need for a secondary device or input switch,” said Suzanne Schlundt, vice president of field marketing. “Similar to Contour’s other integrated apps including Netflix, YouTube and iHeart Radio, all you have to do is speak into your voice remote control and say things like ‘Prime Video’ or ‘Mrs. Maisel,’ and Cox Contour will take you to your Prime Video programming.”

Prime Video can also be accessed in the “Apps” section of the Contour guide.

“Contour has become one of the most innovative platforms in cable,” said Schlundt. “By adding the Prime Video app to Contour, Cox continues to make it incredibly easy for customers to access all the programming they love in one place.”

Popular Prime Video TV shows include:

with its plea “just don’t argue anymore.”

Times change, and though this might not have been its intent, AJ Mendoza’s interpretation of “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” gave me the shivers in this political year.

The cast is sterling — and must be exhausted after the show, with all the running around, character changes and Smith’s intricate and impressive choreography. And those costume changes! Credit Jemima Dutra for the colorful costumes.

Marty Burnett’s dual-level set with slanted ramps works wonderfully, and the sound and lighting are well handled

by Patrick Duffy and Nathan Peirson, respectively.

Millennials accustomed to downloading music may not even know what a mixtape (or, for that matter, a cassette player) is, but this show is a fine and amusing way to find out.

“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (2 Seasons) This winner of eight Emmy Awards tells the story of Midge Maisel, a perfect 1950s housewife with two kids whose life gets turned upside down when her husband leaves her. Instead of falling to pieces, Midge surprises everyone she knows by taking the stage and becoming one of New York City’s most colorful stand-up comics.

“Hanna” (1 Season) Based on the 2011 film of the same name, “Hanna” is a brooding thriller about a young girl raised by her father in isolation in the woods and trained to be a lethal assassin.

Thrust into the real world with no sense of social normalcy, Hanna skillfully dodges an off-book CIA agent while searching for the truth about her identity.

“Jack Ryan” (1 Season) This political action thriller follows CIA analyst Jack Ryan, a character from Tom Clancy’s well-established “Ryanverse,” who is pulled from the safety of his desk job to work in the field.

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Guests will be entertained the whole morning by all three talents. Not only is Kickxy VixenStyles the winner of XTina Draguilera but she’s the queen of many faces and specializes in cosplay drag. Kickxy Vixen-Styles always brings everything to each stage her heels step on, so Out in Little Italy: Pride Brunch attendees won’t be let down! Glitz Glam was married at the Grammys by Queen Latifah and is house diva and manager of Urban MO’s Bar & Grill in Hillcrest. She’s been serving gender-fluid fierceness since 1998 and will bring the glitz and the glam of Pride to Little Italy with a special performance during brunch.

over 24,000 sq. ft. of hotel-inspired amenIties?

yes, please.

The winner of XTina Draguilera on Bravo TV’s “Watch What Happens Live”: Kickxy Vixen-Styles (Photo courtesy Little Italy)

Live entertainment isn’t the only thing on the itinerary. All Out in Little Italy: Pride Brunch ticketholders can select brunch options from the Little Italy Food Hall vendors, including Ambrogio 15, Mein St. Asian Kitchen, Bobboi Natural Gelato, Not Not Tacos, Roast, and Wicked Maine Lobster.

Attendees also receive bottomless mimosas from the Little Italy Food Hall and coffee from the Piazza della Famiglia’s Frost Me Café & Bakery. Bloody marys and other cocktails will be available for purchase at an additional price.

Tickets for Out in Little Italy: Pride Brunch can be purchased online and are priced at $75. The ticket includes bottomless mimosas, food offerings, transportation from the Piazza della Famiglia to the San Diego Pride Festival in Balboa Park on Sunday and all entertainment. Ticketholders can also buy a ticket to Sunday’s San Diego Pride Festival for an additional cost of $25.

The Piazza della Famiglia will be sectioned off for ticketholders and guests will receive wristbands. To learn more about the event, visit OutInLittleItalySD.com.

To stay connected with Little Italy, check out what’s going on in the neighborhood by following the community on Instagram and Twitter, @LittleItalySD, and Facebook:, LittleItalySD. To learn about more things happening in the neighborhood, visit LittleItalySD.com.

—Christopher Gomez has been Little Italy’s district manager since 2000. Reach him at chris@littleitalysd.com.v

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ARTS EVENTS Westgate’s jazz series sizzles San Diego Downtown News July 2019

KENDRA SITTON | Downtown News

Each Thursday this summer, Westgate Hotel is bringing in some of the leading soft jazz musicians in the area to delight guests sitting by their third-floor pool with the background of the San Diego sunset. Attending with a friend, we went to enjoy the music of local vocalist Dennis Gittens.

The night fulfilled Westgate’s promise of live entertainment in the heart of Downtown with only one caveat: June gloom blocked any hopes of viewing the sunset.

Still, the patio and pool overlooked the buildings making up San Diego’s skyline and I forgot about the missed sunset.

I wish I could give you a detailed review of Gittens’ vocals, which were pitched as soulful and sweet.

I cannot delineate between elevator jazz and the skilled playing of jazz talent nor will I try to. Gittens’ music was beautiful but unfamiliar to me. A table of supporters, made up of what appeared to be family and friends, cheered him on. Many other guests seemed more interested in having a relaxing drink while overlooking San Diego (I was in this category).

San Diego Music Award-winning trumpet player Gilbert Castellanos, whose quartet will perform on Aug. 29, curated the performers.

The jazz series has been running for the past five years.

July 11 - Matt Hall Quartet It will be an evening of rich sounds and cool vibes with the Matt Hall Quartet, featuring Hall (trombone), Irving Flores (piano), Mackenzie Leighton (upright bass), and Charles Weller (drums).

Aug. 22 - Irving Flores Accomplished pianist, composer, and arranger, Flores is a Latin music giant who has performed with Bill Watrous, Charles McPherson, Abraham Laboriel, Poncho Sanchez, and the Spanish Harlem Orchestra.

July 25 - Steph Johnson Band Award-winning, original soul-jazz vocalist, guitarist, and composer, Steph Johnson shares her soulful and unique voice, backed by her all-star band.

Aug. 29 - Gilbert Castellanos Quartet Gilbert Castellanos, master trumpeter and bandleader, has established himself as one of the nation’s most inventive improvisers who is skilled with impressive dexterity and control.

Aug. 1 - Robert Dove Trio Dove and his fellow musicians weave together a variety of musical configurations that create a blissful, soothing experience.

Aug. 8 - Holly Hofmann Trio Flutist Holly Hofmann has made the flute a front-line instrument from classical music to jazz and is one of the most authoritative and swinging flutists in jazz today.

Aug. 15 - Lorraine Castellanos Trio Jazz chantress and classical guitarist, Lorraine Castellanos shares her intense passion for music with her perceptive phrasing and tone, both as an instrumentalist and vocalist.

Sept. 5 - Besos de Coco Latin/classical/jazz duo Besos de Coco melds the austerity and grace of classical music, the improvisation, and spontaneity of jazz, the appeal of pop, and the liveliness of hot rhythm and tap dancing.

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Westgate Hotel is hosting its sixth annual Poolside Jazz Series this summer.

Dim sum inside bamboo steamers

(Photos by Kendra Sitton)

While no tickets are needed and guests attend on a first-come, first-served basis, there is a $25 minimum purchase per guest.

Two items on the menu of appetizers and desserts, along with cocktails and wines, could easily meet that threshold.

My friend and I ordered the dim sum and wagyu sirloin sliders. The dim sum consisted of vegetable spring rolls, coconut shrimp, cha su bao, pork siew mai and vegetable potstickers, which came in a double-stacked bamboo steamer with a sauce for dipping. My enjoyment of these pieces was uneven: the spring rolls were heavenly while the pork lacked flavor. It was easily

enough food to constitute my dinner. My friend ate the sliders and noted the complex flavor in the steak. I liked the aged cheddar paired with it, along with onion marmalade and bacon.

The chefs struck a balance between feeding the many guests while not compromising on the aesthetics of presentation. The Moscow mule delivered to our table was refreshingly light while the daiquiri tasted too strongly of licorice to be pleasant.

In addition to the $25 minimum, parking is available for $10.

There is also a bus stop just a block away.

Since we were situated next the living wall, off to the side of the

performers where things weren’t quite as loud, the best part of the evening was the conversation between friends that ensued. With great service, food, views and music, the Westgate’s Poolside Jazz Series is worth checking out.

The Poolside Jazz Series runs every Thursday for the rest of the summer until Sept. 12, except for a one-week break during ComicCon. For more information on the event series, call 619-238-1818 or visit westgatehotel.com/activities/hotel-events/the-westgatehotel-2019-sunset-poolside-jazzseries/.

—Kendra Sitton can be reached at kendra@sdnews.com.v

Sept. 12 – Curtis Taylor Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Cutis Taylor creates a unique blend of soulfulness, harmonic sensibilities and rhythm that melt together for an unforgettable sound that directly connects with the soul of the listener.

Dennis Gittens sings in the heart of Downtown.

Tiny Apartment

specifically to fit in the rectangular room. Sims gives credit to her CONTINUED FROM Page 1 neighbor, too, who helped her cut the wood and set up the project. room, she slept on the floor, and The possibility of a “tiny house” rolled up her accoutrements like first blossomed when Sims’ sister a sleeping bag each morning. passed away. As Sims was cleanBut then, Sims studied weld- ing out her sister’s office of mateing fabrication at the Center for rials collected and lots of ‘stuff,’ it Employment Training. Sims used got her thinking about her own her training to build her own possessions. How much of it were metal loft bed, complete with a items that she really didn’t need? wooden mattress base and ladder.

Then when Sims lost a lucraShe built and measured the bed tive job during the recession, the timing worked to downsize and change locations.

She of f icia l ly moved into the Downtown hostel-style complex in 2013, and to her current tiny space in 2016.

“I a lways thought ‘can I do it?’” Sims said of living in an Claire Sims only keeps the necessities in her extremely small 75-square-foot apartment (Photo by Claire Sims) space.

“The

From the front door looking in (Photo

by Claire Sims)

answer turned out to be ‘yes, I can!’”

In the space, Sims still has a bookshelf, kitchen counter, her grandma’s dresser, and sewing section. What she doesn’t have is a giant couch, television (Sims hasn’t owned one of those for 30 years), or entertainment console.

Instead, on her downtime, she takes a couple of pillows, props them into a little nook for herself,

The living wall adjacent to the pool

and either listens to the radio or gets out her writing pad. Sims notes that she’s a bookworm, too — as evidenced by the wide collection of books she has fit into the small space.

Decorative clutter has also been weaned down. To still give color to her room, Sims goes for items she will use, like measuring cups hung like a rainbow in a patterned backdrop. Her few pictures are of loved friends and family, or inspirational Scripture.

For anyone considering downsizing or going tiny themselves, Sims notes the only measurement that matters is your own.

“Keep the things that you really love,” she suggested. “Figure out what’s important to you.”

Does Sims plan to grow into a bigger space in the future?

Although that possibility is not off the table, Sims isn’t actively working toward that. She said she is content right where she is.

“When God says it’s time to go, the situation will change,” she declared.

Claire Sims learned how to weld in order to build her loft bed (Photo by Joyell Nevins)

If you have questions about developing your own tiny apartment or room, contact Sims via email at darling.doggettes@gmail.com.

—Joyell Nevins is a local freelance writer. Reach her at joyellc@ gmail.com or follow her blog Small World, Big God at swbgblog.wordpress.com.v

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Race Day Fashion Show Fashion Files

By DIANA CAVAGNARO The fashion-forward “Race Day Fashion Show & Luncheon” was held on June 26 in Rancho Santa Fe. This is the time of year when racegoers are getting excited about opening day at Del Mar, which is just around the corner on Wednesday, July 17.

Denise and Bertrand Hug hosted this stylish event in their Mille Fleurs Restaurant. The French villa-style restaurant was the perfect setting for this fashion show and gave racegoers the Upcoming Events July 6- Fashion Pit is a punkforward fashion show brought by Couture Syndicate at Jolt’n Joe’s beginning at 7 p.m. For tickets: http://bit.ly/2JcQWVi July 18- Her Universe Fashion Show (geek couture) returns to San Diego Comic-Con. Founder is Ashley Eckstein and the show will be at the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel, Harbor Ballroom at 6 p.m.

Admission is free.

July 30-ARISE presented by Raw San Diego at 6 p.m. The event will be at the House of Blues located at 1055 Fifth Ave. For tickets, visit: https://www.rawartists.org/ tickets/purchase/2606/ga

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my office’s Domestic Violence and Sex Crimes Unit at 619-533-5544, or the San Diego Family Justice Center at 866-933-HOPE (4673) or 619-533-6000.

Once a victim is connected to our office, we help get them

opportunity to pick out their perfect outfit. Chef Sean McCart prepared the luncheon for the guests. Models delighted everyone with tearoom modeling while they dined.

The fashions were choreographed by Maggie Bobileff and featured Italian designers. Luisa Spagnoli creates high-quality business casual garments.

Spagnoli is a very successful Italian brand known for their excellent workmanship. Tricot Chic is a luxury line of boho chic styles made in Italy. These styles are perfect for resort wear. Olvi’s Lace is handmade and may be made to order with your exact measurements. These luxurious garments are made with French stretch lace and come in a multitude of colors. The result is a must-have feminine style with a perfect fit.

The models were decked out in accessories to finish their outfits.

Two of the lovely models were past Miss California winners.

One of the two jewelry designers was Sette Devine, who makes silver and gold pleated fashion jewelry. The other was high-end jewelry designer, Jacqui Grande.

She will be sponsoring an $18,000 necklace for an upcoming event, The Art of Fashion.

The outfits were topped off with hats and fascinators from Designer Millinery. the support they need so they don’t return to a dangerous situation.

Not everyone can spend their golden years in the company of family, but mistreatment should never be the price of companionship.

— Mara W. Elliott was elected City Attorney of San Diego in 2016

The guests were able to shop outside of Mille Fleurs Restaurant in its charming courtyard. A vendor boutique was set up and everyone had so much fun shopping for the perfect opening day outfit at the races. Maggie Bobileff had the Italian designer outfits in the fashion show available for purchase. Designer Millinery sold hats and fascinators. Sette Devine Jewelry had a table with their jewelry and Over the Top Gifts offered an array of Ooh La La handbags.

The event benefited the local charity: The Country Friends, which is “Helping San Diegans, One Hand at a Time.” This nonprofit was formed in 1954 to raise funds for local human care agencies providing services for women, children, the elderly, the military and persons with disabilities in San Diego County.

Race Day Fashion Show & Luncheon is one of the many events they organize each year.

Look for their big event, the 64th annual Art of Fashion Runway Show & Luncheon on Sept. 12 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

For more information about this organization, contact Suzanne M. Newman, president at 858-756-1192.

—Diana Cavagnaro is an internationally renowned couture milliner based in the historic Gaslamp Quarter. Learn more about our hat designer, teacher and blogger at www.DianaCavagnaro.com.v after serving as the chief deputy attorney for the office’s Public Services Section and legal adviser to the city’s Independent Audit Committee and Environment Committee. Mara and the lawyers in her section held polluters accountable, reformed city contracting, cut administrative red tape, and strengthened the city’s Living Wage and Non-Discrimination in Contracting ordinances.v

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Growing Balboa Park

NATIONAL CAROUSEL DAY, BALBOA PARK CAROUSEL LECTURE AND MORE With San Diego’s summer in full swing, we look forward to fun in the sun around the “Jewel of San Diego.” Friends of Balboa Park, a nonprofit that champions the legacy and beauty of the park, is stewarding a number of exclusive opportunities for the community to enhance Balboa Park throughout the coming weeks:

3RD ANNUAL NATIONAL CAROUSEL DAY Date: Thursday, July 25 Time: 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Locat ion: Ba lboa Pa rk Carousel Cost: Free!

Join Friends of Balboa Park at the third annual National Carousel Day on Thursday, July 25, from 11 a.m.-3 p.m., at the historic Balboa Park Carousel.

The event will be filled with entertainment, food, children’s activities, and free carousel rides all day!

Featured family-friendly entertainment will includethe Hullabaloo Band, Kathryn the

The historic carousel in Balboa Park (Photos courtesy Friends of Balboa Park) Grape, J7 Productions, Ms. Twisty, face painting and more!

Delectable food vendors will also be available, and a portion of sales will be donated to the Balboa Park Carousel.

This event has been made possible through the generous support of the city of San Diego’s Commission for Arts & Culture, Jim and Carmen Hughes, George

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THESE TIPS ARE JUST IN TIME FOR SUMMER.

Here are a few of my favorite summer tips to help you save between 4pm and 9pm when energy prices are highest: Use a portable or ceiling fan to save big on AC. Keep blinds and curtains closed during summer days to block out direct sunlight and reduce cooling costs.

Precool your home until 4pm then set AC higher until 9pm.

Charge an electric vehicle before 4pm or after 9pm.

If you have a pool, run the pump before 4pm or after 9pm.

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Hardy, Kathy Lazzaro and numerous other donors.

and help preserve one of the park’s most beloved icons!

BALBOA PARK CAROUSEL HISTORY LECTURE

BENEFITS OF BEING A FRIEND

Date: Saturday, Aug. 17 Time: 6 p.m.

Locat ion: Ba lboa Pa rk Carousel Cost: Friends $10 members; $20 nonmembers Prominent local historical architect David Marshall, president of Heritage Architecture & Planning and board chairman of Friends of Balboa Park, will be giving a lecture about the historical significance of the iconic Balboa Park Carousel and Friends’ plans for its future. The landmark, one of the oldest of its kind in the nation, will be in the spotlight for its architectural significance. Please RSVP for this very special event: events@friendsofbalboapark.org.

BALBOA PARK CAROUSEL

In 2017, Friends purchased the historic Balboa Park Carousel, and launched a multi-year $3 million fundraising capital campaign to restore and complete the purchase of the carousel. The campaign recently surpassed the $1.9 million mark, thanks to the community’s generosity. We still have a ways to go to reach our next milestone, and need your support.

Please consider a donation today,

Friends is celebrating our 20th anniversary this year, and is commemorating this milestone by launching a new membership program that rewards supporters and encourages even more people to join our efforts to make a meaningful difference in Balboa Park. Join online at friendsofbalboapark.org/membership.

For more information on Friends’ events and park improvement projects, or to support the Balboa Park Carousel, call 619-232-2282 or visit friendsofbalboapark.org —Friends of Balboa Park is a nonprofit affinity organization that champions and enhances the park by connecting the philanthropic community to Balboa Park. The group has spearheaded major capital improvement initiatives throughout Balboa Park, including upgraded carillon speakers in the California Tower, restoration of the historic Cabrillo Bridge gate houses and Lily Pond, information kiosks, Adopt-A-Plot program, dedicated benches and trees, operation of the historic Balboa Park Carousel, and other programs that facilitate the community’s direct involvement in the enhancement of Balboa Park.v

Counting on San Diego’s urban forest DELLE WILLETT | Uptown News

When landscape architect Tomas Herrera-Mishler came to San Diego four years ago to be CEO and president of the newly formed Balboa Park Conservancy, he was astounded that the park didn’t have an updated tree inventory.

The last one was done by hand 20 years ago, taking seven years to do. Not having any of the technology that we have now, it was shelved, and the information was never updated, attributable to a lack of manpower in the city of San Diego’s Parks & Recreation Department.

Shortly after Herrera-Mishler arrived, with the help of a steering committee of industry experts, key stakeholders, and Parks & Rec staff, funding was identified to update the inventory, resulting in the hiring of Davey Natural Resources Company.

We all know Balboa Park as a place with museums, restaurants and gardens. But it’s really more than that. It’s San Diego’s

(l to r) Shawn Bruzda, Davey Resource Group, and Mario Llanos, district manager, Balboa Park (Photo courtesy Balboa Park Conservancy)

arboretum, an urban forest with immense, widespread inf luence. Its diversity of tree species helps filter air and water, control storm water, conserve energy, and provide animal habitat and shade. And by reducing noise and providing places to recreate, it strengthens social cohesion, spurs community revitalization, SEE URBAN FOREST, Page 15

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Old City Hall, a stunning example of Florentine Revival architecture, first made its debut as a two-story building housing the Commercial Bank. It has the distinction of being the first building in the Gaslamp to be constructed of all local materials. The bank hired prominent architect William Lacey, of Payne and Lacey, to design the edifice. Lacey went on to design the Begole Building and the Nesmith-Greeley Building.

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and adds economic value to our communities.

Also, it is helping realize the San Diego Climate Action Plan, which has a lofty goal of 15% tree canopy by 2020 and 35% by 2035 for the whole city. (Balboa Park is at 30% but the city as a whole is at 5-6%.)

Using the data collected from the inventory, the objective is to develop and implement a management and reforestation plan for Balboa Park that includes replanting trees on an annual basis; increasing species diversity; experimenting with new plant introductions; propagating trees of historic and horticultural value; conserving unusual, rare and endangered trees; removing hazardous trees; maintaining and protecting trees; and interpreting park horticulture.

“The incredible value of this new survey has given us a real understanding of the condition of the park,” said Herrera-Mishler.

To direct the inventory and nine other projects, the conservancy brought in Jackie Higgins, a landscape architect skilled in management information technology and restoring climate-appropriate and native California landscapes. The tree inventory was managed under her leadership and oversight, focused on establishing a baseline of data for the park.

Using GIS and GPS, the Davey team conducted the tree inventory from June 2017 to April 2018, identifying 15,515 trees throughout the park, producing up-to-date real-time information on each tree.

The Davey team collected around 20 attributes per tree including GPS location, age, site information, species, size, condition, health maintenance, diameter at breast height (DBH), a photo of every tree, age of the urban forest and recommendations/tasks.

Many cities have notable urban forests including Austin, Atlanta, Charlotte, Denver, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New York City, Sacramento, Seattle, Washington D.C. and St. Louis. These cities are doing inventories with various other methods of gathering data.

The lower front of the structure was made of iron with castings done at the San Diego Foundry from original designs by Lacey.

The doors and windows were of French plate glass and the sill courses (frames) were of Cajon granite from the Cajon Ranch, and cut by Cook Brothers stone yards. The remainder of the building was constructed of brick. All materials used — brick, iron and stonework — were all made in SEE OLD CITY HALL, Page 19

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Old City Hall dressed up for Fourth of July (Photo courtesy Gaslamp Quarter Historical Foundation)

The conservancy also commissioned another baseline study of the economic impact of the park that identified the tangible economic benefits to the San Diego region.

For exa mple, currently the for- Todd Beals, of Davey Resource Group, in Balboa est’s carbon storage Park (Photo courtesy Balboa Park Conservancy) is equivalent to annual carbon emissions from 5,770 public/private partnerships. Since autos, and the annual carbon the park’s very beginnings, regemission from 2,370 single-fam- ular folks have planted trees at ily houses with a carbon storage their own expense, some successvalue of $1,060,000. (Cash values ful, some not. Today, every one of determined by the U.S. Forestry the newly planted trees is being Service.) monitored by teams of volunteers Explained Higgins, “These called Tree Stewards, who are 1,200 acres help to balance out trained to work with other conserthe concrete jungle that we live in. vancy volunteer groups to plant Not only do we have to make sure the trees according to a very rigorthat we are accounting for appro- ous standard, working alongside priate canopy cover for our parks, other groups and representatives we are essentially taking on the from Parks & Rec. Currently there burdens of all the other areas that are 40 Tree Stewards who moncan’t have a canopy or other ben- itor trees on a real-time basis, efits that go along with that, for checking soil moisture at the base example, carbon sequestration, of a new tree, helping to insure the air filtration and purification, and survival of the trees. With more stormwater mitigation.” funding, the Tree Steward pro“We’re making progress,” said gram can expand to monitor all Herrera-Mishler. “One of our goals 15,515 trees. is increasing the diversity of the So far, in the 500 new trees they trees in the park.” have planted in the last two years, Having a broad diversity of through a grant from CalFire, trees is paramount for resilience there’s a 98.4% survival rate. The from climate change and sick- success attributable for this rate is ness. Twenty years ago, there that Parks & Rec helped to get irriwere 348 different tree species gation to the trees and the Urban in Balboa Park. Today there are Corp works with Tree Stewards 448, exactly 100 more. That’s as- and other volunteers to help with tounding, Herrera-Mishler said. the installation of the trees.

“And so now, with new technolSaid Herrera-Mishler, “The conogy, we are able to track exactly servancy is thinking about the what species are doing well in San park as a ‘forever’ asset for the Diego with modern growing con- community. It’s really cool when ditions. That’s a valuable data set your timeline is forever.” to share with the rest of Southern Anyone interested in Balboa California.”

Park’s trees and urban forest can Herrera-Mishler, who is espe- Google “Open Tree Map” and cially interested in historic land- download the Open Tree Map scapes, said “This urban forest is app and choose “San Diego Tree 100-years-plus [old] now, with Tracker Map” within this app.

Kate Sessions starting the pro- Those interested in becoming cess [in] the beginning of the last Tree Stewards should visit balcentury. We now know precisely boaparkconservancy.org/project/ where the heritage trees are, the tree-stewards/ survivors that have weathered drought and climate change and —Delle Willett has been a marair pollution and urbanization keting and public relations profesand smog and all those things.” sional for over 30 years, with an Herrera-Mishler thinks it’s im- emphasis on conservation of the portant to note that tree plant- environment. She can be reached at ings in the park have always been dellewillett@gmail.com.v

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18 Home of the US Naval Academy 20 It held a convention once 22 Makes a loud, ringing sound 23 Cave 24 Lessening of something

28 MJ’s nickname “__ Jordan” 29 One’s way of doing things 30 Wings 31 Quotes as evidence for 33 Acts glumly 37 A man’s title 38 It comes first 39 Edible mollusk 41 Resembles a pouch 42 He/she checks your health 43 Nobel Prize-winning biochemist 44 Stop momentarily 46 Formerly (archaic) 49 Commercial 50 White vestment worn by clergy

51 Island people of the Mediterranean 55 Prices 58 On a line at right angles to a ship’s length 59 Where boats are parked 60 One who values reason 64 It might be on your driveway 65 Small Iranian village 66 Used to emphasize 67 Mathematical term (abbr.)

68 Long necked birds 69 Eyeglasses 70 When you hope to get there

DOWN 1 Portuguese district 2 An assembly of witches 3 Having few teeth 4 The act of going across 5 Nepalese dynasty 6 “Bye Bye Birdie” actress __-Margaret 7 What the princess found beneath her mattress 8 Pennsylvania transit organization 9 Winnie the Pooh creator 10 Riddle

11 12 13 19 21

41 Caption that translates 45 Winged 47 Criticize severely 48 Leg bones 52 Monetary unit 53 007’s creator 54 Accumulate 56 Establish by law or with authority 57 Breed of goat 59 Millisecond 60 Mock 61 Make older 62 Some don’t want to be given any 63 Wrath

Grads wear one Body part The top of a pot A type of meal Lake __, one of the Great 24 Capital of Jordan 25 A type of logic 26 Khoikhoi peoples 27 A fixed time of prayer in Christian liturgies 31 Arrives 32 Lemur 34 Small bodies of still water 35 __ route 36 Breaks apart 40 A type of line

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Community and Arts & Entertainment Calendar FEATURED EVENTS Saturday, July 7

PAWmicon Irresistibly cute dog cosplay, games, geek trivia and much more... this is the perfect day out for all animal-loving pop culture fans! Humans and dogs are welcome whether in costume or not, for a fun day in support of the Helen Woodward Animal Center. The seventh annual event is being held at the future home of the Comic-Con Museum for the first time in honor of super adoptive families. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at 2131 Pan American Plaza in Balboa Park.

She Fest She Fest is a woman-centered event that celebrates and supports the talents and contributions of women while fostering meaningful connections within and between the LGBT and larger San Diego communities.

This event is free to the public and aims to provide a platform for inclusivity of transgender women, nonbinary and intersex folks, and gender non-conformist to feel represented and supported. North Park Community Park, 4044 Idaho St. from 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

PREP Social Come to PREP Social, a clothing swap for trans women and the nonbinary community! The event will include a pop-up swap, resources, entertainment and PrEP and sexual health topics. Although not required, don’t forget to bring clothes/accessories to swap! Located at Good To Go San Diego at 3830 Park Blvd. 2-4 p.m.

Wednesday, July 10 Transit Leap Webinar SANDAG will host a series of five, 45-minute webinars to discuss its “5 Big Moves.” These strategies set the framework for a bold new transportation vision for San Diego Forward: The 2021 Regional Plan, which will enhance connectivity, increase safety and sustainability, and improve quality of life.

Join us to unpack the Transit

Leap — a complete network of high-speed and high-capacity transit services that connect where people live (population centers) with destinations, like employment centers, universities, business districts, and regional attractions. The webinar begins at noon. Register at SDForward.com/webinars.

at Hillcrest Pride Flag, 1600 University Ave.

Saturday, July 13

Light Up the Cathedral San Diego Pride Join interfaith leaders, elect- Tickets are on sale for this ed officials, and San Diego’s year’s San Diego Pride FestiLGBTQ community at this of- val on July 13-14. The festival ficial San Diego Pride 2019 is time to be out and proud in event. To celebrate Pride Week, San Diego tradition. Enjoy the we will honor our LGBTQ inter- city’s largest celebration with faith community and witness the thousands of attendees, venCathedral’s annual ceremonial dors and information booths. rainbow lighting. This interfaith Entertainment includes more event will feature Jewish activist than 100 entertainers with four and Rabbinical student Steven stages. General admission: Goldstein, who champions in- $15-$30. VIP admission: $150terfaith organizing as a method $200. High school-aged youth of combating transphobia, ho- and under admitted for free at mophobia, and anti-Semitism the box office. Marston Point, as our keynote speaker. The Balboa Park, Sixth Avenue and service will also include perfor- Laurel Street. sdpride.org mances by the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus, the San Diego San Diego Day Women’s Chorus, and presen- This day celebrates 250 years tation of the Light of Pride award of diverse cultures in San Diego.

by Pride Executive Director Fer- This fun-filled day will have innando Lopez to this year’s hon- formation and activities about oree, Jewish Family Service of the many cultures that have San Diego, for their service to contributed to make San Diego the Jewish, LGBTQ, and refu- what it is today. Old Town San gee communities in our region. Diego State Historic Park. 11 7-8 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal a.m.-4 p.m.

Church, 2728 Sixth Ave.

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Friday, July 12 ‘In Shape and Mode: Murmurs of the Future’ QTPOC Colectivo will hold its fourth annual art show featuring performer Amber St. James and artwork by Albie Cartagenes. 5 p.m. at Centro Cultural de la Raza, 2004 Park Blvd. $5 donation suggested but no one will be turned away.

Spirit of Stonewall Rally Pride celebrations everywhere trace their heritage to the evening of June 28, 1969, when patrons of the Stonewall Inn in New York City said “No more!” to police harassment. That protest has grown to annual events held in major cities throughout the world. In San Diego, our first rally was held in 1975. San Diego Pride’s Spirit of Stonewall Rally is a time to recognize and honor leaders who are working hard to preserve our gains and meet the many challenges still facing our community. Come join us as cheering crowds and energetic speakers kick off San Diego Pride Weekend! 6-7 p.m.

French Fête Bleu Bohème, located at 4090 Adams Ave. in Kensington, will celebrate Bastille Day and its “douzième anniversaire” (12th anniversary) with a threecourse French feast and featured cocktails, available exclusively on Sunday, July 14.

Created by owner and executive chef, Ken Irvine, the specialty dinner will begin with soupe au pistou: summer vegetable soup with white beans, campanelle pasta and fresh basil pistou with Parmesan. For the entrée, guests may enjoy carre d’agneau: rack of lamb with sautéed spinach, farro-goat cheese gratin and red wine gastrique. The meal will conclude with crêpes suzette for dessert: sweet crêpes rolled with oranges and Grand Marnier, topped with vanilla ice cream. The prix fixe

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dinner is priced at $58 per person or available a la carte, with selections priced individually.

Thursday, July 18 San Diego Comic-Con Theatre Box’s movieinspired menu Theatre Box, the Gaslamp Quarter’s new luxury theater, dining and entertainment complex, will introduce a menu for Comic-Con International inspired by new releases from Disney, Marvel and more, available Thursday, July 18, through Sunday, July 21. The limited-edition menu, available to order in Theatre Box’s full-service restaurant, Sugar Factory American Brasserie; or at the push of a button in TCL Chinese Theatre’s luxury dine-in cinema, will include the Deadpool Wrap, Do or Do Not Yoda Wrap, Captain America Burger and the Iron Fist Salad.

Cocktails from a Galaxy Far, Far Away Havana 1920, GBOD Hospitality Group’s intimate Cuban restaurant located at 548 Fifth Ave. in the Gaslamp Quarter, will raise a glass to the rebels with three featured cocktails, priced at $12 each: Dantooine Daquiri, made with Havana Club añejo rum, fresh lime juice, and fresh sugarcane syrup; Mon Calamari Mojito, made with Havana Club añejo rum, fresh lime juice, yerba buena, fresh-pressed sugarcane juice, sugarcane syrup and club soda; and Yavin Four, made with Diplomatico rum, fresh pineapple juice, fresh lime juice, apricot liqueur and R&D aromatic bitters.

More information about Havana 1920 and the full menu is available online at havana1920.com.

Mezé Greek Fusion, located at 345 Sixth Ave. in the Gaslamp Quarter, will offer cocktails inspired by the Old Republic, including: Darth Revan Cooler, made with RumHaven coconut rum, fresh lime, pineapple, mint, vanilla and allspice; Ebon Hawk, a choice of Nolet’s gin or Ketel One vodka, fresh lime, ginger beer and bitters; and Grey Jedi Jungle Juice, made with Dobel Diamanta GBOD single-barrel tequila, mango purée, Ancho Reyes verde, fresh lime and R&D fire bitters. The cocktails will be available for $13 each.

More information and reservations are available by calling 619-550-1600 or online at gaslampmeze.com.

Prohibition, GBOD Hospitality Group’s underground speakeasy located at 548 Fifth Ave., will prepare three Jedi-inspired cocktails, including: Crazy Old Ben, made with Russell’s Reserve single-barrel bourbon, demerara and R&D bitters; There

Is Another Skywalker, made its “smart, bracing writing brimwith bourbon, lemon, honey ming with clever wisecracks and R&D Sarsaparilla bitters; and thought-provoking obserand Use the Force Luke!, a vations,” made its off-Broadway combination of Dobel añejo te- debut at the Acorn Theatre in quila, lime, honey and R&D bit- 2016. Now, “Straight” is makters. The cocktails will be priced ing its California debut, after at $14 each. More information enchanting audiences in New about Prohibition is available by York City, Mexico City, Austria, calling 619-501-1919 or online Berlin and much of the East at prohibitionsd.com.

Coast. Playing from July 25 to Aug. 4 on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tenth Avenue Arts Center, Forum Stage, 930 10th Ave. Tickets range from $17.50-$35 and can be purchased online at loudfridgetheatre.com/straight.

Thursday, Aug. 1

El Chingon, GBOD Hospitality Group’s “Bad Ass” Mexican Smart Streetlights restaurant located at 560 Fifth Meeting Ave. in the Gaslamp Quarter, The city of San Diego will be will ‘strike back’ with three Em- holding a community meeting pire-inspired cocktails: Vad- to discuss smart streetlights. er-rita, made with agave blan- New Central Library from co tequila, fresh lime juice and 5-7 p.m. organic agave nectar, topped with a paleta and served in a Saturday, Sept. 14 goblet, priced at $25; Palpatine’s Paloma, made with El Red Dress Party 2019 Jimador blanco tequila, fresh Red Dress Party San Diego is lime, salt and choice of Jarritos, a whimsical fundraising event priced at $12; and Kylo’s Kool- where everyone is encouraged er, made with Azuñia blanco te- to be brave, let loose, and celquila, house-made watermelon ebrate impact. Like the name cordial, lime and tajin, available suggests, attendees are refor $12. More information and quired to wear a red dress, rereservations are available by gardless of gender identity or calling 619-501-1919 or online sexual orientation. This serves at elchingon.com. as a powerful sign of compassion and solidarity for those affected

by HIV/AIDS and as a Wednesday, July 24 way to unite the crowd in one Mobility Hubs Webinar radiant theme. Pre-sale tickets SANDAG will host a series of now available at discounted five, 45-minute webinars to dis- prices for this Sept. 14 event. cuss its “5 Big Moves.” These General admission: $55. VIP strategies set the framework admission: $150. Port Pavilion for a bold new transportation on Broadway Pier. 100 N. Harvision for San Diego Forward: bor Drive. bit.ly/2HnWRprv The 2021 Regional Plan, which will enhance connectivity, inRECURRING EVENTS crease safety and sustainability, and improve quality of life.

Thursdays Join us to discover how Mobility Sunset Poolside Jazz Series Hubs enhance the movement of people and goods when difWith spectacular views of the San Diego skyline at ferent modes of travel — walking, biking, transit, and shared sunset, the Westgate Homobility — and supporting ametel's rooftop will be home nities converge in the heart of to the sixth annual Sunset communities. The webinar bePoolside Jazz Series, feagins at noon. Register at SDForturing an incredible lineup of ward.com/webinars. the best smooth jazz artists in Southern California. Trumpet virtuoso, composer, proThursday, July 25 ducer, and educator in the ‘Straight’ San Diego jazz community, Loud Fridge Theatre Group is Gilbert Castellanos curates producing the San Diego prethis special event that will mier of “Straight,” the provoctake place every Thursday evening. No reservations ative new play by Drew Fornarola and Scott Elmegreen, that are required, and tables are first come, first served. A deals with fidelity, sexuality and identity in “post-equality” $25 food and beverage minAmerica, directed by Kate Rose imum per person applies for Reynolds and Andréa Agoseach event, and parking is to. “Straight,” The New York available for $10. 6:30-9:30 p.m. at 1055 Second Ave.v Times Critic’s Pick, chosen for

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Hop on your cycle and gather your friends and fam for a good ‘ol group ride to the ballpark!

East Village Association (EVA) is teaming up with the nonprofit San Diego Bike Coalition to “Do the Ride Thing” with the inaugural July 14 “The Cycle” East Village Summer Bike Event!

Riders will learn bike safety awareness, smart cycling practices and routes, receive information on the newly installed city of San Diego’s Downtown Mobility Plan active transit corridors, while celebrating the East Village bike-friendly community.

• 10:30 a.m.: Participant meetup at outside Downtown designated location(s) to include — Normal Heights, North Park, Barrio Logan, and Spanish Landing – for a safe group-guided bike ride led by the San Diego Bike Coalition into the East Village.

The Bike Coalition advocates and protects the rights of all people who ride bicycles, seeking to significantly improve the quality of life in San Diego. East Village welcomes our new biking neighbor headquartered at The Nook — the new affordable, micro-designed residential flat community. EVA will work collectively with the coalition in the implementation of the Downtown Mobility Plan to address the rapid neighborhood growth by implementing a cohesive network of bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure.

• 11 a.m.: When in doubt (of whether or not to do the meetup), pedal it out — bikers, skateboarders, rollerbladers, dockless bike riders, scooter-preference rentals, MTS transit riders, and yes, you walkers! — to Mission Brewery (1441 L St.) for the official event kick off. Mission Brewery, located in the historical East Village Wonderbread Building, is a top craft San Diego brewery, spearheading the East Village beer rEVolution, with a 2,500-square-foot tasting room in over 25,000 square feet of total space. The original brick and bow trusses give rise to an urban community gathering space where every hour is a happy hour, with the option to host private events, and/ or watch the on-site brewing, bottling, canning, and kegging operation.

The Cycle event will have DJ’d music, drink and food specials, and an official branded swag bag filled with mobility-themed giveaways, the official Cycle throwback baseball tee, and a ticket to the Padres vs. Atlanta Braves 1:10 p.m. game.

• 12:30 p.m.: Keep on moving with a guided group ride to the complimentary Park 12 Atrium bike valet/security parking off of Park Boulevard (www.livepark12.com). Park 12 represents the EVolution of East Village with the spring 2019 completion of

a 718-unit, one high-rise- and three mid-rise-building luxury apartment and storefront retail building overlooking San Diego Bay and Petco Park. Bringing community home — Park 12 has high-end perks including a nearly 5,000-square-foot entertainment hub; co-working space; and additional amenities to include an indoor-outdoor fitness center, two pools with a sundeck and spa, underground gated parking, a clubhouse with kitchen, resident

lounge, and multiple rooftop terraces with outdoor seating, fire pits and grilling areas, two dog runs, and 24-hour concierge services.

• 1 p.m.: Take me out to the ballgame! Take me out to Petco Park! The Cycle fun ride ends with a walk directly across the street to Petco Park, the home of the San Diego Padres, who strive to make an impact in the community through outreach initiatives in the areas of children’s health,

San Diego Downtown News July 2019 education and fitness. Petco Park is situated in the Downtown East Village neighborhood, near San Diego’s Gaslamp District with the main entrance located just two blocks from the Downtown terminal of the MTS San Diego Trolley light-rail system.

—East Village is San Diego’s largest Downtown neighborhood encompassing 130 blocks, between Seventh Avenue to 17th Street. More than 700-plus businesses are located

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in the thriving urban enclave including: restaurants, hotels, art galleries, micro-breweries, several educational institutions, San Diego Central Library and Petco Park, home of the San Diego Padres. EVolving East Village, a unique mix of arts, culture, education, entertainment, and emerging urban development is managed by the nonprofit 501(c)(3) East Village Association, Inc. (EVA).

For more information and tickets to The Cycle, please visit www.

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California: Starting July 1, 2019 a law will go into effect that will require all newly installed residential garage door openers and new door installs be equipped with a battery backup. After the deadly California wildfires that killed 44 in 2017, Senator Bill Dodd pushed for revisions of SB969. Of those who died during the fire, at least 5 were due to the inability to open there garage door because of power outages.A majority of homeowners use their garage door as the primary point of entry to their home. In times of emergency or a power outage, the battery backup will provide up to 24 hours of usage. A battery backup will engage when power is cut from the garage door opener. Ensuring your garage door opener is equipped with a battery backup is a step towards having a peace of mind if the occasion arises.

Petco Park (Photo courtesy East Village Association)

Garage Door Medics has been serving Southern California since 1990. Over the years we’ve developed a distinct familiarity with the neighborhoods and communities we work and live in. Many California residents have older garage door systems and heavy one-piece tilt up doors. Garage doors can weigh anywhere from 80-350 pounds or more. During times of crisis and power failure, manually opening the garage door may be difficult, especially for senior citizens or those with disabilities. Many residents are unaware of the Battery Backup law itself, and how it will affect them. At Garage Door Medics, safety is one of our top priorities. We find it important to keep our neighbors and customers informed and up to date with current available options.

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The new San Diego Democratic Club is aiming to give ordinary Democrats in Downtown a voice.

“I am a relatively new arrival to San Diego who, shortly after arriving, began advocating for our city to restore safety to our sidewalks after the onslaught of dockless motorized rental vehicles began to be misused and misplaced on our streets and my neighbors told me they were afraid to go for a walk,” said club president Jonathan Freeman. “From there I became interested in local politics and decided to establish a new club for Democrats Downtown, the

location of government in the city and county and on multiple levels, yet where Democrats were not organized nor well represented.”

Freeman is working to hold politicians who do not behave in the best interest of people accountable and give an outlet for ordinary people to be heard. He believes this is important especially in Downtown where government, the judicial system and federal agencies are located.

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San Diego. The selected contractor was William Jorres, who submitted a bid of $16,365. This included the cast iron girders he incorporated, which each weighed 2,300 pounds, and were the heaviest in the state outside of San Francisco.

The tin roof was fashioned by W.A. Begole, who also happened to be a member of the building committee. Construction was completed in late May of 1874.

The Commercial Bank merged with the Bank of San Diego, and the newly minted Consolidated Bank of San Diego moved into the north half of the ground floor.

Lacey also designed the interior, which was elaborate, richly appointed, and did not disappoint.

A massive, horseshoe-shaped walnut counter dominated the room with its 16-foot ceilings and 12-foot windows. It also featured fluted Doric pilasters (ornamental columns) grained in Italian marble. Exposed brick walls completed the interior.

The president and director’s offices were behind the banking office. The vault, located in the southwest corner of the room, was made of a solid piece of masonry with all parts visible from the outside of the building. In the basement below the director’s office was another office, with an additional six offices housed on the second floor.

The south half of the ground floor was utilized by Lowenstein and Company as a retail business, with the second floor as a wholesale business. The stairway leading to the second floor featured solid walnut rails and carved balusters (lathe-turned spindles), and two passageways leading to the roof.

The sidewalk outside the building was of asphaltum (asphalt mixed with other particulates) with a granite curb.

On July 15, 1882, the San Diego Public Library moved into the second floor bringing with them 7,000 volumes. Four years later, bank president Bryant Howard approached the City Council with an urgent proposal to improve the now very crowded library facilities. The bank was already planning extensive building improvements and felt that a $50 per month rent increase would cover the cost of major library renovations. The library renovations were designed by Kentucky native Otis Breden, who had extensive experience in designing the interiors of public buildings. The improvements featured a winding staircase leading to a Gothic-style gallery made of carved and inlaid cedar. The gallery was suspended from the ceiling on heavy iron rods encased in gilt tubing. There were 600 feet of new redwood bookcases with cedar pilasters.

The cases incorporated sliding glass doors with rubber tires. This invention, by Breden, greatly mitigated the noise level in the library.

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decision was made to city. His home and add two more floors the U.S. Grant Hotel and remodel the were located across outside. The archifrom the fountectural design was tain on Broadway.

by Comstock and Wilde’s mayoral Trotsche, who addcampaign against ed a wrought iron George Marston was elevator (still operdubbed the “smokeational), an imposstacks versus geraing main entrance, niums” campaign, and a skylight on A Fourth of July Parade (Photo courtesy Gaslamp Quarter Historical as Wilde tried to the fourth floor. The Foundation) paint Marston as library was moved anti-growth and to the fourth floor with the book- his second term was marred business. He claimed Marston was shelves now in the center of the by a “rainmaker” fiasco. San only interested in local beautifiroom and enclosed by a railing Diego was suffering a multi-year cation and called him “Geranium with a passageway around the drought, and hearing that a rain- George.” railing. On the east side of the maker had previously been sucIn 1920, while he was mayor, room was the gentleman’s reading cessful in Los Angeles, the may- Wilde hosted a grand debutante room and reference library. The or hired Charley Hatfield to end ball at the Hotel del Coronado for northwest corner provided for a the drought. Mr. Hatfield avowed his daughter, Lucille. One of the ladies’ reading room, which was that the city need not pay him if most famous men to visit San separated from the main room by he didn’t achieve his goal. After Diego, the Prince of Wales, was an a screen. he seeded the clouds with noxious attendee at the gala. To get even During the 1880s, there were fumes, rain began to fall, and con- with his political enemies and othfew tenants in the building, but tinued to fall. In January of 1916, ers who had snubbed him, Wilde after the enlargement and reno- San Diego experienced severe simply did not invite them to come vations, the tenant list grew con- flooding and reneged on the deal and meet this famous guest. In siderably. Included in the list were with Hatfield. Capps, San Diego’s 1920, Wilde also organized the several legal firms, an abstract first Democratic mayor, also did Community Oil Well Company, company, a contractor and the some positive things. Trained as which proved to be a dismal failMerchants National Bank. a civil engineer, he designed the ure. Amid scandal, he did not seek In 1893, a worldwide business Spruce Street suspension bridge, another term as mayor, and left depression occurred, and five the new police station and jail, town. of San Diego’s eight banks were and came up with the “Capps The city remained until 1938, forced to close. The Consolidated Plan” to dredge and enlarge the when they relocated to their new National Bank never re-opened. harbor. He was succeeded in 1917 headquarters on Harbor Drive All the tenants, with the excep- by one of San Diego’s most colorful at the County Administration tion of one attorney and the mayors, Louis J. Wilde.

Building. In 1964, City Hall Merchants National Bank, fled.

Wilde renamed D Street chang- moved to 202 C St. When the library moved to new ing it to Broadway, and prior to After the city departed, the headquarters at the St. James becoming mayor, donated the building was used as a storage Hotel, the shelves had to be low- Horton Plaza fountain to the facility during the WWII years, ered to the street by a derrick. The Superior Court ordered the sale of the Consolidated Bank Building, and in 1899, Ralph Granger purchased the building for $25,000.

The city of San Diego had been looking for a suitable building for a City Hall, and Mr. Granger made them an offer they couldn’t refuse. Since a down payment was difficult at the time, Granger suggested a high rent to be applied to a purchase at the end of five years.

The ultimate purchase price would be $38,750. During the five-year period, the rent would be lowered incrementally. The deal was agreed upon, and in 1899, all the city offices moved in. In 1905, the purchase was finalized.

By June of 1900, the city was at least halfway moved in. The ground floor housed the tax collector, tax assessor, city auditor, the office of Pueblo Lands and the Police Department. The offices on the second floor were designated as those of civil service, the Dairy Inspection Department, and the Board of Health. The offices of the city attorney, the water commissioner and the city library occupied the third floor. The fourth floor served as City Council chambers and the mayor’s office.

The first mayor to have his office at the new City Hall was Edwin Capps, who unfortunately became embroiled in a scandal involving profiting on the purchase of a smallpox vaccine intended for public use. He apparently weathered the storm, as he was re-elected in 1915. Always controversial,

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Old City Hall 1874 and 1888 Fifth and G streets, SW Corner Architectural Style: Italianate Florentine Revival Architect: William Lacey (1874) Architect: Comstock and Trotsche (1888)

and later changed owners several times. The longest-running tenant was Thrifty Drug Stores, who did business there from 1944 until 1953.

In 1957, in an effort to modernize the old building, it was completely covered over in plaster, thus hiding all the beautiful Victorian embellishments.

The building was described as a big beige box. Luckily, when the Gaslamp began its restoration, the detailing was uncovered and the structure was returned to its original glory. It was one of the first buildings in the Gaslamp to be fully restored.

It has housed various popular restaurants on the ground floor throughout the years, but is now currently empty. The upper floors are condos and lofts. Old City Hall still stands as a symbol of the grace and elegance which characterized the Victorian era in early San Diego.

—Sandee Wilhoit is the historian for the Gaslamp Historical Foundation. She can be reached at swilhoit@gaslampfoundation.org.v

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