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Tacos and Dance Attract Customers to The Avenue Business District
The third Tuesday of every month from spring to fall a City Heights restaurant throws an outdoor party in their parking lot. On July 17 Super Cocina invited the Karen Organization of San Diego to perform cultural music and dance at the Fiesta on The Avenue Taco Tuesday event. Edwin Lohr of The Avenue, a…
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Rady Seeking Volunteer Interpreters To Expand Health Education Program
Organizers are looking for support from bilingual speakers to expand an initiative that provides wellness instruction to parents and young kids.
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Matsuri Puppet Lecture Presented at Library’s Performance Annex
Zach Dorn of Pittsburgh, PA presented a lecture about Japan’s traditional Matsuri puppetry on June 28 at the City Heights Library’s Performance Annex. With a degree in Puppet Arts from University of Connecticut, Dorn spent a year in Japan and studying Japanese’s traditional Matsuri Karakuri Ningyo and working with Japanese theater artists. Karakuri Ningyo are…
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First African American Aircraft Carrier Commander Honored In San Diego
San Diego County’s Urban League hosted a salute to African-American military leaders. One of those leaders, who made naval history, is retired Admiral Larry Cleveland Chambers. He commanded the USS Midway.
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San Diego Councilwoman Puts Stricter Control Over Housing Commission On Back Burner
San Diego City Councilwoman Georgette Gomez had planned to ask her colleagues on the council to take more authority over the San Diego Housing Commission, but now those plans are at least temporarily on hold.