Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement The shelves in Simón Limón, a small boutique in Barrio Logan, are usually filled with colorful handmade jewelry, coffee mugs of and art prints of Frida Khalo. Not anymore. Simón Limón owner Alexandra Perez Demma purged the store of its merchandise in March following government orders to close nonessential businesses to slow the spread of the coronavirus. AdvertisementThe Cabo San Lucas native opened the boutique in 2017 and sold handmade goods designed by artists based in San Diego, Los Angeles, Tijuana and other...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement The shelves in Simón Limón, a small boutique in Barrio Logan, are usually filled with colorful handmade jewelry, coffee mugs of and art prints of Frida Khalo. Not anymore. Simón Limón owner Alexandra Perez Demma purged the store of its merchandise in March following government orders to close nonessential businesses to slow the spread of the coronavirus. AdvertisementThe Cabo San Lucas native opened the boutique in 2017 and sold handmade goods designed by artists based in San Diego, Los Angeles, Tijuana and other...WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement Leah LaVelle has reluctantly embraced a new bedtime routine over the last three months as the noise from a pipeline-replacement project in North Park has made it impossible to sleep at night. LaVelle rents an apartment in the neighborhood on 30th Street, with a bedroom window facing the road. Every night she moves her blankets and pillows to the couch. It’s one way she can rest, she said, but it doesn’t always work. “Some nights I’ve had zero sleep,” she said. "(It) has pushed me over the edge.”AdvertisementThe...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement Leah LaVelle has reluctantly embraced a new bedtime routine over the last three months as the noise from a pipeline-replacement project in North Park has made it impossible to sleep at night. LaVelle rents an apartment in the neighborhood on 30th Street, with a bedroom window facing the road. Every night she moves her blankets and pillows to the couch. It’s one way she can rest, she said, but it doesn’t always work. “Some nights I’ve had zero sleep,” she said. "(It) has pushed me over the edge.”AdvertisementThe...WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement The cold breeze and rainy night last Friday failed to discourage dozens of customers from walking through City Heights’ Little Saigon cultural district for a once-a-month experience. Customers sat outside Nhu Y Restaurant and ate Vietnamese barbecue to the sound of clashing cymbals and beating drums. Volunteers with the Southern Sea Dragon and Lion Dance Association performed at the restaurant’s entrance. Dressed in giant Chinese lion costumes, two dancers mimicked a lion’s movement as a sign of luck and fortune....…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement The cold breeze and rainy night last Friday failed to discourage dozens of customers from walking through City Heights’ Little Saigon cultural district for a once-a-month experience. Customers sat outside Nhu Y Restaurant and ate Vietnamese barbecue to the sound of clashing cymbals and beating drums. Volunteers with the Southern Sea Dragon and Lion Dance Association performed at the restaurant’s entrance. Dressed in giant Chinese lion costumes, two dancers mimicked a lion’s movement as a sign of luck and fortune....WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement Confirmed COVID-19 cases in a southern San Diego ZIP code appear to be growing at nearly double the daily rate as the rest of the county, according to a new analysis by the San Diego Union-Tribune.On average there have been nearly 11 new confirmed COVID-19 cases each day in the southern San Diego and Otay Mesa ZIP code 92154, which surrounds San Ysidro and encompasses the area south of Main Street in Chula Vista, down to the U.S.-Mexico border. That is more than in any other area in the county since officials began...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement Confirmed COVID-19 cases in a southern San Diego ZIP code appear to be growing at nearly double the daily rate as the rest of the county, according to a new analysis by the San Diego Union-Tribune.On average there have been nearly 11 new confirmed COVID-19 cases each day in the southern San Diego and Otay Mesa ZIP code 92154, which surrounds San Ysidro and encompasses the area south of Main Street in Chula Vista, down to the U.S.-Mexico border. That is more than in any other area in the county since officials began...WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement Transitioning to online learning and navigating the changes brought on by the pandemic was tough for El Cajon eighth-grade student Anisha Ward.However, Anisha, a student at Bostonia Language Academy, said it was the support from her teachers that helped her get through the unprecedented challenge. “They are not only our teachers now, they are our counselors, they are our friends,” Ward said. “We can go to them, we can talk to them ... time has been difficult, and they’ve been helping a lot with that.” The Cajon...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement Transitioning to online learning and navigating the changes brought on by the pandemic was tough for El Cajon eighth-grade student Anisha Ward.However, Anisha, a student at Bostonia Language Academy, said it was the support from her teachers that helped her get through the unprecedented challenge. “They are not only our teachers now, they are our counselors, they are our friends,” Ward said. “We can go to them, we can talk to them ... time has been difficult, and they’ve been helping a lot with that.” The Cajon...WW…