Margot Sheehan

1 month ago | sandiegoreader.com | Margot Sheehan

Allen's Dairy RoadMission Hills is a real enclave, accessible from downtown or Mission Valley only by roundabout routes. Seventy years ago, developers didn’t want any trunk roads through this new, genteel neighborhood; near its western perimeter lay tawdry commercial strips and the muddy Mexican slum of Old Town. Residents have maintained this insularity ever since. For example, in the early 1940s, the city wanted to build a Washington Street extension through Mission Hills to the Pacific Highway.

Aug 16, 2023 | sandiegoreader.com | Thomas Larson |Margot Sheehan |Matthew Alice |Ed Bedford

Freeways knocked out Sorrento Rd., getting from the 5 to the 805, fitness fanatics head for Corner House, get those Mira Mesa signs out It’s among the safest of neighborhoods. A glance at crime statistics shows negligible amounts in Sorrento Valley proper (most months: no murder, no rape, 20 nonresidential burglaries).

Aug 15, 2023 | sandiegoreader.com | Margot Sheehan

Ever since James Hervey Johnson’s death in 1988, press coverage has focused entirely on the endless lawsuits over his $17 million estate. One would never know from these news stories that once upon a time, Johnson was one of San Diego’s most beloved—and crankiest—public servants. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear…. The roaring ‘20s made a brief comeback in the middle of 1932.

Jul 12, 2023 | sandiegoreader.com | Mary Jane Lang |Margot Sheehan

Intrepid reporters try frying an egg on Arizona sidewalkIntrepid reporters try frying an egg on Arizona sidewalkPhoenix in AugustTraveler, consider our Phoenix. An hour away by air, this flat, posh suburb of Greater L.A. is your finest summer vacation bargain. For the price of a bad weekend in a tacky Pacific Beach motel, you can live it up in style at one of Arizona’s finest resorts and rent a Cadillac into the bargain.