• University City group opposes proposed higher-density housing,Dave Schwab

    University City group opposes proposed higher-density housing

    An ad hoc group has emerged in the University City area to oppose the City’s plans to allow higher-density housing in single-family sections of the community plan being updated in their neighborhood.Help Save UC was formed with a core group of 17 volunteer residents. The group is lobbying against th

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  • Steak N Fries celebrates five years of serving cheesesteaks in Pacific Beach,Dave Schwab

    Steak N Fries celebrates five years of serving cheesesteaks in Pacific Beach

    It is a family affair with the Pagans who moved from Philadelphia to Pacific Beach bringing authentic Philly cheesesteaks along with them.The family is celebrating their fifth anniversary at Steak N Fries, their second home at 1039 Garnet Ave., in October.Angel and Angela Pagan along with their daug

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  • Bishop’s skippers seek more wind as they tack to better finishes,Ed Piper

    Bishop’s skippers seek more wind as they tack to better finishes

    Scholastic sailing is not for the faint-hearted. A “sailing browser” arrived at team practice, clambered (with difficulty with his 6-feet 5-inches tall frame) into the front of a coach’s “whaler”-type boat, and was immediately cast into the crosshairs of teen skippers tacking, going downwind, revers

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