Dave Schwab

1 week ago | timesofsandiego.com | Dave Schwab

SAN DIEGO – To offset a $258 million budget shortfall, the city of San Diego has proposed deep cuts to parks, libraries, recreation centers, youth programs, bathrooms during the off season, beach fire pits, and San Diego Humane Society’s animal services. Is this necessary? Is there a better way? What areas should be cut? Not cut? What other ways are there for the city to address its budgetary woes?

1 week ago | timesofsandiego.com | Dave Schwab

MISSION BEACH – Belmont Park’s iconic Giant Big Dipper Roller Coaster is unsafe, one Mission Beach resident says. Kevin Payne, a water-damage technician living near Belmont Park, made the claims at the Mission Beach Town Council meeting earlier this month. He also presented numerous other accusations to the council of alleged wrongdoing at the popular oceanfront amusement park.

1 week ago | sdnews.com | Dave Schwab

SAN DIEGO – To offset a $258 million budget shortfall, the City has proposed deep cuts to parks, libraries, recreation centers, youth programs, bathrooms during the off season, beach fire pits, and San Diego Humane Society’s animal services. Is this necessary? Is there a better way? What areas should be cut? Not cut? What other ways are there for the City to address its budgetary woes?

2 weeks ago | sdnews.com | Dave Schwab

SAN DIEGO – The return of a classic. That’s how the recently refurbished and reopened A.R. Valentien, the signature restaurant at The Lodge at Torrey Pines in La Jolla, is being characterized. One of the region’s preeminent dining destinations set against the backdrop of ocean-side Torrey Pines Golf Course, A.R. Valentien has reopened after a several-month remodel that began last October.

2 weeks ago | sdnews.com | Dave Schwab

MISSION BEACH – A resident came forward at the Mission Beach Town Council meeting on May 13, alleging Belmont Park’s Giant Dipper Roller Coaster is unsafe. Mission Beach resident Kevin Payne, a water-damage technician living near Belmont Park, also presented numerous other accusations to MBTC of alleged wrongdoing at the popular oceanfront amusement park. Afterward, Payne’s allegations were branded as being entirely without substance by a Belmont Park official.