SAN DIEGO — In an effort to help build one of San Diego’s largest industries, City Council will consider a measure that would allow bigger craft breweries to have restaurants and larger tasting rooms.

Under the city’s land development code, breweries in industrial zones aren’t allowed to have restaurants or tasting rooms bigger than 3,000 square feet.

City council member Todd Gloria believes it’s time for those restrictions to be lifted.

SAN DIEGO – Readers of San Diego Gay & Lesbian News who took our poll are evenly split over whether the LGBT community should “own” the word “queer.”

Our poll question was: The LGBT community increasingly embraces the word "queer." What do you think? Why not just own the word? Why go down that road? Or not sure.

The results, which are not scientific, reveal that 46% of readers believe that the LGBT community should own the word, 46% don’t want to go down that road and 9% are not sure.

(This post was originally published HERE on San Diego Uptown News.)

SAN DIEGO -- The State Historical Resources Commission approved listing the iconic North Park water tower and all related building to the California Register of Historical Resources in a unanimous decision May 1.

Located at 4326 Idaho St., the water tower and surrounding areas are officially called the University Heights Water Storage and Pumping Station Historic District.

SAN DIEGO -- Bills for San Diego Gas & Electric customers will rise as soon as Sept. 1 after the California Public Utilities Commission Thursday authorized a $123.4 million rate increase for the company.

The CPUC said a typical electric customer’s bill could increase about 12.2%, or $9.95 per month, while households that receive natural gas would have to pay an extra 9.6% per month, or around $3.55.