SAN DIEGO -- North Park Planning Committee’s Urban Design-Project Review Subcommittee made the neighborhood a little more bike and pedestrian friendly by sanctioning two new bicycle corrals as well as conceptually approving a new “parklet” on 30th Street.

At the subcommittee’s Jan. 7 meeting, community planners also made substantial progress on updating a proposed land-use map for North Park, distinguishing commercial and residential areas.

(This article was originally published HERE in SDGLN media partner San Diego Uptown News.)

SAN DIEGO -- Construction work at 301 University, the controversial building at the corner of University and Third Avenue, was shut down on January 7, after a member of the community alerted officials regarding its potential historical significance.

SAN DIEGO -- Derek Nance, a program director at the Mataguay Scout Ranch in San Diego, came out in an “It Gets Better” video posted on YouTube on Thursday.

Nance speaks out against the Boy Scouts of America’s anti-gay policies and says he knows “the time will come when LGBT Scouts can openly serve on summer camp staff and participate in the Scouting program, but for now the most important thing we can do is talk about the issue.”

SAN DIEGO – Barry Edelstein, the new artistic director of The Old Globe, has only been on the job since Jan. 2, but he already is crafting an ambitious vision to transform San Diego’s most cherished theater institution into North America’s preeminent Shakespearean venue.

He envisons The Old Globe attracting the nation’s top Shakespearean actors to perform the Bard’s works both indoors and outside, as well as the theater providing a touring company to reach San Diegans who might otherwise not get exposed to the classics.