North Park News

It is not usually windy in North Park area of San Diego , but the wind of good will has its outlet in unlikely places.

Peter Kalivas and The PGK Project present: "The Movement" 7 p.m. first Tuesday of each month Queen Bee's Arts and Cultural Center, 3925 Ohio St., North Park Admission: $5 suggested donation "San Diego Dances" in Hillcrest 7:30 Friday and Saturday DK Hair, 3785 Sixth Ave.

Nerves are rattled in the communities of Kensington and North Park. There are a couple of armed robbers that struck at night for no apparent reason.

SAN DIEGO a ' Police are investigating three similar street robberies committed Wednesday in North Park and Kensington by armed men, one of whom was carrying what was described as a pump-action shotgun.

Two men attacked a third man with a 3-foot-long decorative metal rod in Escondido, slightly injuring him during a fight over excessive noise at an apartment complex, police said.

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"I feel like we're in New York, but we're not." So go the fruits of eavesdropping within the towering, Rust Belt bodega-esque brick walls of West Coast Tavern in the historic Birch North Park Theater complex on University Avenue.

A gunman robbed an adult bookstore in North Park early Tuesday, but no one was hurt, police said.

THE SITE: Florida Street, North Park - THE PROBLEM: Vacant lots come a lot trashier than the one at Florida Street and Polk Avenue in North Park, but Maureen Kobrin didn't want to wait.

Paul Burlingame Photography today announced the opening of Paul Burlingame's new exhibition entitled "Ladies of Light" in the private party room of The Linkery in North Park.

Sea Rocket Bistro Sea Rocket Bistro offers "ocean-to-table" cuisine with fresh, sustainable sea food taking over the menu.

A water main break flooded several homes in North Park, leaving more than a dozen residents without water and some without a place to stay.

" A young man who stole a pickup truck in North Park last year, then drove it on a wild ride that ended in the death of the vehicle's owner, was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years to life in prison.

SAN DIEGO: Two men, one of them armed, robbed an El Cerrito recycling center yesterday, police said.

Six post offices are off closure list By J. Harry Jones 2:00 a.m. October 1, 2009 Celia Carranza and Armando Gomez prepared a package at the Escondido Boulevard post office.

A masked woman with a long-barreled gun robbed a North County bank on Wednesday, a sheriff's official reported.

Cole Porter's "Anything Goes!" is the opening production in Lyric Opera San Diego's 2009-10 season.

During the last decade there has been a major renaissance going on in the previously grubby area of North Park.

One of the key aspects of Normal Heights' turnaround is the street fair, an annual event presented by the Adams Avenue Business Association and billed as Southern California largest free music festival.

Pub goes gastro By Candice Woo Toronado 4026 30th St. North Park 619-282-0456 On most nights, you'll hear Toronado before you see it.