California
The most destructive blaze in San Diego’s history--a fire that in the final accounting destroyed or damaged more than 100 homes and other structures in the quiet, middle-class neighborhood of Normal Heights--was ignited by an act of arson, authorities said Monday.
July 2, 1985
San Diego may pitch itself as America’s Finest City, but it’s not in the running for the title of All America City.
Oct. 22, 1985
In the same week as the fifth anniversary of the worst fire in the city’s history, the San Diego City Council has eliminated a brush-management program designed to prevent such a disaster from ever happening again.
June 30, 1990
Business
Tom Hunt has joined Great American First Savings Bank as manager of the Normal Heights/Kensington office.
Nov. 5, 1985
Opinion
It’s in Los Angeles’ civic DNA to catastrophize about traffic headaches. Blocked freeways are bad, and then they fade into legend.
Nov. 19, 2023
Patricia Getzel and Jim Villars had a strategy that went like this: Fly to Cincinnati, sleep at a friend’s house, get up the next morning and try to convince a panel of 12 experts that the neighborhood of Normal Heights should be named an “All-American City.”
April 14, 1986
Homebound commuters on Interstate 8 often do a double-take as they glance at the homes along the south rim of Mission Valley.
The bugs of summer are upon us--and upon our dogs, our cats, our porches and even, in the worst-hit parts of Ventura County, upon our kitchen and dining-room tables.
Aug. 13, 1990
Money & Company
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Feb. 23, 2010
An attorney who was burned fighting the Normal Heights fire, which destroyed or badly damaged 102 homes last June, filed a $50-million class action suit Monday against the City of San Diego.
May 20, 1986