Hundreds of people—many wearing kimonos and other traditional Japanese clothing—gathered to celebrate the annual Tanabata Festival held by the Japanese Friendship Garden at Balboa Park in San Diego on July 7. Also known as the “Star Festival,” the event originates from Chinese culture and celebrates the one day a year star-crossed lovers, Orihime, a weaver,…
Gun Scare Prompts Lockdown at Naval Medical Center San Diego
April 14, 2023
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SAN DIEGO—A reported sighting of a man possibly armed with a gun at Naval Medical Center San Diego Friday prompted a nearly two-hour lockdown and a multi-agency search that turned up no such threat. The security scare at the Balboa Park hospital began about 10:30 a.m. Friday, authorities reported. Authorities directed staffers and patients in…
San Diego Mayor to Deliver State of City Address
January 11, 2023
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San Deigo Mayor Todd Gloria will deliver his third State of the City Address Wednesday evening at 6:30 p.m. at the San Diego Civic Theatre, where he will likely focus heavily on the city’s twin homelessness and housing crises. In his 2022 address, Gloria pinpointed chronic homelessness, housing shortages, rising crime, and increasing infrastructure needs…
The Amazing History Behind Balboa Park, San Diego’s Ode to the Spanish Colonial Architectural Style
July 7, 2022
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“The magic garden has taken the place of the desert. He who saw the land three years ago and sees it again today, would think that some modern Aladdin had come this way and rubbed his lamp, or that Merlin had waved his magic wand and caused the Dream City to spring up.” —National Magazine,…
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