• City to decide on heritage status for Mission Hills palms planted by Kate Sessions,Drew Sitton

    City to decide on heritage status for Mission Hills palms planted by Kate Sessions

    Kate O. Sessions is known as the Mother of Balboa Park, but it would not be incorrect for her also to be known as the Mother of Mission Hills (or at least a mother alongside Sarah Johnston Cox who built the first home in the area). After all, Sessions founded San Diego’s first commercial nursery the

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  • A luxurious non-stop circus,Sandee Willhoit

    A luxurious non-stop circus

    The Plaza Hotel(1925)1037 Fourth AvenueArchitect: L. SmithArchitectural Style: Chicago Commercial StyleBuilder: Waldorf Building CompanyThe name “Plaza Hotel” has always been synonymous with luxury, glamour and the opulent spirit of the Roaring 20s. Such was the case with San Diego’s version of the

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  • Preliminary hearing set for late August in Mission Valley hotel shooting,Neal Putnam

    Preliminary hearing set for late August in Mission Valley hotel shooting

    A preliminary hearing has been set for Aug. 27 for the man accused of shooting two men he worked with while they were visiting a hotel in Mission Valley on March 3.The three men were together from the Los Angeles area and attorneys have not said in court what happened that sparked the shooting which

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