La Hermosa: A 1920s residential subdivision in early La Jolla
La Jolla coast, La Hermosa – aerial, date unknown. (Photo and caption info courtesy of the San Diego History Center) What is now part of the Bird Rock area in La Jolla was once mapped and marketed under early subdivision names in the 1920s. One of those names — La Hermosa, or the beautiful one — sho
Bankers Hill: San Diego’s layered rise above downtown
View of a large three-and-a-half-story colonial residence believed to be the Horace B. Day residence at 140 Walnut Street in Bankers Hill in about 1912. (Photo and caption info courtesy of the San Diego History Center) From the name Bankers Hill alone, you might expect to see bankers in three-piece
Mariachi metal to jazz to San Diego indie-pop sensations: Live music this week
Photos of Celina Rescott & The Embers are by Tony Navarro Metalachi What do you get if you cross mariachi music with heavy metal? You get the Los Angeles-based combo, Metalachi, who return to The Holding Company on May 29. It’s a great gimmick, taking classic rock tunes by the likes of Judas Priest,
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