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Recreational Improvements to Chicano Park Completed

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Ribbon cutting ceremony to be held November 5

By Brent E. Beltrán

It took almost three years to complete but Chicano Park finally received the recreational improvements that I wrote were coming back in January of 2014. New improvements to this local treasure and nationally registered historic site include a skate lane, exercise stations, an added handball court, new children’s playgrounds, a drought friendly water fountain, and other editions.

On Thursday, November 5 at 3pm there will be a ribbon cutting ceremony featuring local dignitaries such as Councilman David Alvarez, Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, Urban Corps of San Diego CEO Robert Chavez, Tommie Camarillo from the Chicano Park Steering Committee as well as many others who were instrumental in making Chicano Park what it is and the improvements possible.   [Read more…]

Looking Back at the Week: Oct 18-24

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This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles, commentaries, columns, toons, and other work by San Diego Free Press regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors, and sourced writers on: the right to lie, local police protest, pay their own way, global plutocracy getting yo mama, black gay icons, poor K-Faulc, SD’s day of the dead celebrations, possible 100 years war, guns, Greg Cox, reflections of occupation, and lots of other grassroots news & progressive views from San Diego’s friendly, neighborhood, all volunteer, slightly funky, community news site.   [Read more…]

San Diego Celebrates the Dead: Días de los Muertos 2015

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By Brent E. Beltrán

Candles. Photos. Marigolds and other flowers. Some favorite foods. Maybe a beer or shot of tequila. We all remember differently our loved ones who have passed.

Some remember with regret, others with joy, sadness, longing. But we remember.

Death is but a natural part of life. We carry our dead with us in our hearts and some are hoisted upon the bony blades of their forbearers. But we remember.   [Read more…]

Looking Back at the Week: Oct 11-17

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By Brent E. Beltrán

This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles, commentaries, columns, toons, and other work by San Diego Free Press regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors, and sourced writers on: the Dem debate, opposing Columbus Day, gun nut backlash, Sunshine/Noir II, the race to the bottom, Lilia Lopez, bodysurfing, extreme weather, wealthy water wasters, Tijuana’s Turista Libre, and lots of other grassroots news & progressive views from San Diego’s friendly, neighborhood, all volunteer, community news site.   [Read more…]

Looking Back at the Week: Oct 4-10

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This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles, commentaries, columns, toons, and other work by San Diego Free Press regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors, and sourced writers on: TPP, SANDAG, OB, possible $15 minimum wage, SeaWorld breeding ban, censorship in Esco, climate colonialism, South Bay’s booming GDP, gardening for El Niño and lots of other grassroots news & progressive views from San Diego’s friendly, neighborhood, all volunteer, community news site.   [Read more…]

Looking Back at the Week: Sept 27-Oct 3

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This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles, commentaries, columns, toons, and other work by San Diego Free Press regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors, and sourced writers on: standing with PP, the continuing saga of Marne Foster, gun nuts excusing another school massacre, letting Adam and Steve be, dancing to Narcocorridos, random acts of kindness, the passing of Judy Oliveira, a balanced transportation future in SD, the signature stings in Carlsbad, Maria returning to Delano, a diary of a Karen refugee and lots of other grassroots news & progressive views from San Diego’s friendly, neighborhood, all volunteer, community news site.   [Read more…]

Looking Back at the Week: Sept 20-26

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This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles, commentaries, columns, toons, and other work by San Diego Free Press regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors, and sourced writers on: RICOing climate change deniers, Serra’s unworthy Sainthood, Coronado’s bike lane madness, the Interfaith Forum on Climate Justice, Bayard Rustin coming alive, Trump tapping racism, Esco’s continued history of hatred, Nordy’s-On-The-Lagoon, the Pope on climate change and helping the poor, Will Falk on suicide, on another Mission Valley development, Ayotzinapa a year later, refugee families, Bill Gibbs, and lots of other grassroots news & progressive views from San Diego’s friendly, neighborhood, all volunteer, community news site.
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Looking Back at the Week: Sept 13-19

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This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles, commentaries, columns, toons, and other work by San Diego Free Press regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors, and sourced writers on: Civic SD’s back pocket journo, Repug debate whoppers, more hating in Texas, the Pope coming to America, the reason behind gramps’ smile, not Charlie Hebdo, SD’s spineless police review board, bogus claims in Carlsbad, fighting GMO’s, lifeguards spread too thin, the barrio’s National Treasure, and lots of other grassroots news & progressive views from San Diego’s friendly, neighborhood, all volunteer, community news site.   [Read more…]

Looking Back at the Week: Sept 5-12

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By Brent E. Beltrán

This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles, commentaries, columns, and other work by San Diego Free Press regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors, and sourced writers on: Labor’s day in SD, SDPD Chief’s false reasons for not releasing video, fighting for more than $15, our great(?) country, hopeless homeless, the western heatwave, a shameless Carlsbad developer, sorta but not really bike friendly North Park and lots of other grassroots news & progressive views from San Diego’s friendly, neighborhood, all volunteer, community news site.   [Read more…]

Looking Back at the Week: August 30-Sept 5

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By Brent E. Beltrán

This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles, commentaries, columns, toons and other work by San Diego Free Press regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors, and sourced writers on: K-Faulc’s huuuge CC expansion plans, bad local law enforcement, Bernie and The Donald, Boltman’s antitrust lawsuit, Esco’s Lyin’ King, Airbnb, lowrider women, South Bay haps, and lots of other grassroots news & progressive views from San Diego’s all volunteer, community news site.   [Read more…]

Looking Back at the Week: August 16-22

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By Brent E. Beltrán

This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles, commentaries, columns, toons and other work by San Diego Free Press regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors, and sourced writers on: SDFP celebrating, the final legislative push in Sacras, the return of the union, wage theft in Cali, two telling tales of Hillary, a trip up Highway 1, rudo Trump, a bumbling EPA, American socialist Sanders, lowrider anatomy, some Freeps in the news, the downtown crowd needing to pay their own way and lots of other grassroots news & progressive views from San Diego’s all volunteer, community news site.   [Read more…]

Looking Back at the Week: August 9-15

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By Brent E. Beltrán

This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles, commentaries, columns, toons and other work by San Diego Free Press regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors, and sourced writers on: FrankenTrump, the stadium joke, Black Lives STILL Matter, DeMaio’s pension scam, the SD infrastructure blues, high stakes climate poker, checkmate Mr. Trump, cutting women’s healthcare, bad signature campaign in Carlsbad, lowriders in SD, and lots of other grassroots news & progressive views from San Diego’s all volunteer, community news site.   [Read more…]

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