Sampling 400 random, local adults, the current KPBS/Competitive Edge Research Poll has found that San Diegans generally hold a positive opinion of area Wal-Mart stores as well as the corporation itself. This month's KPBS/Competitive Edge Research Poll finds that despite the negative press it sometimes receives, Wal-Mart is very popular in San Diego County. Over two-thirds of County residents hold a favorable impression of the world’s largest retailer, while less than a quarter have a negative impression of the firm. In fact, the survey shows we validate these favorable views in the most American way - with our wallets: about six in 10 shopped at Wal-Mart in the past year and only 14% have never purchased an item there. Even when pressed on the specific question of whether Wal-Mart was bad for its employees or the communities it services, 46% say the retailing giant is OK on both counts. In comparison, 12% believe Wal-Mart is bad for employees, 20% feel it is bad for communities and 7% believe it harms both.

By odd circumstances, last night Leah and I ended up sipping beer at The Top of the Hyatt. It may be the best view in San Diego. The drinks are expensive, but that's to be expected. On a Monday night it was easy to get in. I've ...

San Diego Charger fans recall being spurned by Eli Manning at the NFL draft back in April. Older brother Peyton Manning was booed loudly as he trotted onto the field during pregame introductions in San Diego for the a recent preseason game against Indianapolis. So I was somewhat amused ...

The New York Times looks at the gains that the Left may be making in San Diego, a normally conservative town.

Doh! Yesterday San Diego Blog took the day off. Profusest apologies. We return now by linking to the huge gallery from Sign On San Diego -- Street Scene 2004 Photos. In geekier news, there's this event on Wednesday from the SDOSS: 09/01/04 6:30pm  Union Tribune's SignOnSanDiego  is Open-Source "from top to bottom":

A message from Margaret Kazmer to the staff of the San Diego Public Library, from yesterday: As of today, all of SDPL's branch libraries, and Central Lib, have free wireless public Internet Access, with the exception of the Skyline Hills Branch, which, because of infrastructure issues, cannot provide this service. If you, ...

A few random titles of road songs related to Southern California, - Route 101 - Ventura Highway - P.C.H. - Pacific Coast Highway - LA Woman - Freeways - Life in the Fast Lane - Surfin' & Drivin - South of I-10 and last but not least: - Route 66 ... from Some Road Songs from the ...

Vince Outlaw of New Jazz Thing, and a DJ from KSDS who has been using blogs for a while on his show, has started a weblog for Street Scene, happening (duh) this weekend! Hey Joe! I've added the SD Blogger badge to my new site, The Street Scene ...

Saints Constantine and Helen Church hosts their 26th annual Greek Festival (9/11 - 9/12)

Street Scene is this weekend, and it promises to be different from previous years, for sure. It's smaller, all ages, and laid out differently, in a different part of town. We at San Diego Blog have gotten visitors to the site -- they ...

David Moye of FlashNews sends along a call to all fans of SHEMM, apparently part of an email blast sent out by SHEMM. With tongue firmly in cheek we pass this along to all SHEMM'S seXXXy Fansm: Calling: ALL SHEMM'S seXXXy Fans!! SHEMM is recording his first ever 'LIVE & IN PERSON' broadcasting of his newly formatted, live TV show! Needed: Energetic & Supportive fans! (Yes, that's you!) Latin/Pop singer/songwriter SHEMM, needs a STUDIO AUDIENCE and Production Crew for "the seXXXy show live", that airs on Cox, Time Warner, Aldephia, and Comcast Cable.

All over the TV news right now is the story of Sara Powell, 27 years old of Santee, who left her 7 year child in the trunk of her Volvo while she had her birthday party at Winston's, a bar and music venue ...

Poynter Online, everything you need to be a better journalist, has a story about local blogging: Taking a Very Local Angle on Weblogs. I myself made a comment on the thread. The topic of local blogging is definitely on our radar. We mentioned metroblogging before here.

The new banner in the upper right corner is a little promotion for the very good cause of Rock The Walk, mentioned here previously. The idea is for San Diego Blog readers to get behind this good cause. Will placing that banner have any impact? Will people even click ...

If you're in Mira Mesa stop by Panera -- they have the best smelling and best tasting breads -- you can also get sandwiches -- their slogans are "have you ever done _____ just for the bread" -- and after catching a flick at the Mira Mesa 18 ...

From reader Beckie we get word of this yahoogroup: Socalgirlfriends, which is: For women looking for other local San Diego women to hang out with...beach, drinks, happy hour, renting movies, playing with the kids, swimming, shopping, laughing. Things you can't do with guys! Beckie says: I know there are alot of women ...

Congratulations to the folks over at SoCal Free Net who have done a wonderful job implementing and maintaining a community-wide free wireless network for exactly one year today. As their project blog announces: It was a year ago today that we installed and powered up the first node at ...

One of the more peculiar uses of the blog format is this new San Diego blog called San Diego Church Reviews & Guide. It reminds me a bit of the San Diego Reader column called Sheep & Goats -- though it seems to focus a great deal ...

Free electronics recycling event Sept. 18 at Solar Turbines

Hey, LAist is covering us again, sort of: Road Trip: San Diego Zoo. Many that one guy in the comments sure does hate the Zoo! One cool thing I found out about last week was the 3 for 1 Pass, which gets you: unlimited admission to the San Diego Zoo, ...