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At tomorrow's consistory for the creation of new cardinals, Pope Francis will bestow a titular church on each of them, making them honorary me...

At Tuesday's meeting, the council could vote on the sale of the lot and approve a plan that would create space for 1.3-acre community park, a 1,200-space parking lot, and 1,800 apartment units spread across three buildings with underground parking spaces.

SAN DIEGO —  A group of San Diego artists has been working with a variety of materials — scarves, wood, chicken wire, old tires— to build sculptures that tell stories in an empty lot in City Heights. The 12-foot, three-dimensional figures are all part of City Heights’ “Characters,” an open-air gallery inhabiting what has been an empty lot on the corner of University Avenue and Interstate 15. The figures are meant to represent individuals, issues and topics relevant to City Heights. There’s a sculpture of a man made from used tires, mufflers and automotive fluid containers. I...

SAN DIEGO —  Plans to build a 40-foot statue in San Ysidro that would serve as a welcoming beacon to immigrants and refugees have been derailed by a lack of funding, organizers said this week. The proposed “Welcome the Stranger” monument was expected to cost $2 million. The nonprofit San Diego Organizing Project, which spearheaded the fundraising effort in 2018, came up short by nearly $935,000. “Unfortunately, we did not reach our fundraising goals,” said Dinora Reyna, executive director of San Diego Organizing Project, in an email Tuesday. The group advocates for justice syst...

san ysidro —  She will stand tall, with a torch held high, on a hilltop in San Ysidro, overlooking the U.S.-Mexico border region. Inspired by the Statue of Liberty, the 40-foot-tall monument of Mary, mother of Jesus, will stand as a symbol intended to welcome immigrants and refugees headed to the U.S. The statue will go up on the hilltop parking lot of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, where community members convened Friday to kick off a crowdfunding campaign to raise $1 million to build the monument. Inspired by the Statue of Liberty, the 40-foot-tall monument of Mary, mother of Jesus, w...