​🌱 Flaming Hot Dog Cart + Dog Park Mural Dispute + Day Of The Dead💀

Hello everyone! It's Monday and I'm back in your inbox with what's happening locally. Grab your morning coffee/tea and let's get started:

• 🔥Flaming Hot Dog Cart — City needs to crack down on illegal vendors.
• Dog Park Mural painted over — Park users outraged!
• Old Town San Diego Celebrates Dia de los Muertos🪦 — All are welcome to join the event.

But first, today's weather:

Partly sunny and humid.🌞💦High: 76, Low: 66.

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Here are three of the top stories today in San Diego:

1. It was a shocking sight! A hot dog cart caught on fire in the Gaslamp Quarter. The event prompted the Gaslamp Quarter Association to become concerned about illegal street vending in the city. “Every weekend, starting on Thursday all the way through Sunday, you'll see no less than 50 illegal vendors in the Gaslamp Quarter,” Executive Director of Gaslamp Quarter Association Michael Trimble said. Even with ordinance O-21459 being in effect, street vendors still operate without abiding by the rules. It's time for the City of San Diego to act. (NBC San Diego)
2. It was a community project. It was an effort to paint over the graffiti on the park’s bathroom wall after the city failed to remove it. “I said, 'Ah, heck, why don’t we get this bathroom looking really nice and have this park the best-looking park in San Diego?'” said Dale Siscon, a regular at the park. A group of volunteers got together to get the painting done. Within days, Siscon was escorted off the property in the middle of his painting. Users of the dog park were outraged. “Within a 12-hour span, they were able to put so much taxpayer dollars to wipe out a community project basically,” said the president of the local dog park. “To me, it made me very upset. Very disappointed because to me, my heart was broken. I put my whole heart and soul into it,” said Siscon. (NBC San Diego)
3. The Old Town Chamber of Commerce will celebrate Dia de los Muertos at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 2. The event will include traditional candlelight procession ending at the El Campo Santo Cemetery. Guests are welcome to join the procession and are encouraged to dress for the occasion. Dia de los Muertos ofrendas (alters) will be set up at restaurants, museums, shops, and so forth. A public ofrenda will be set up at the cemetery – visitors may add their own photos and tributes to their loved one. (Presidio Sentinel)

Today in San Diego:

• Conquering the Apple iCloud and Photo Storage — San Diego Oasis. (10 a.m.)
• Baby Storytime — Logan Heights Branch Library. (11 a.m.)
• Adult Dance Party — Ed Brown Center for Active Adults. (1:30 p.m.)
• DO YOUR HOMEWORK @ THE LIBRARY — San Ysidro Branch Library. (3 p.m.)
• Filipino American History Month Film Screening: Death of Nintendo — Riford/La Jolla Branch Library. (3:30 p.m.)
• Math and Reading Buddies — Riford/La Jolla Branch Library. (4 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• San Diego Humane Society: "Our Emergency Response Team (ERT) is more than seven days into their deployment to Florida in partnership with the ASPCA to provide support for pet families impacted by Hurricane Ian. The team has been visiting different areas of Lee County to deliver pet food and supplies to owners who have sadly been left with little in the wake of this devastating natural disaster – even traveling by boat to Pine Island, which was cut off from access to the mainland." (San Diego Humane Society via Facebook)
• San Diego Humane Society: "Friends, we'd like to share a side of Raya that you might not get to see in the shelter. This sweet girl is incredibly shy, but shy doesn't mean low-energy! Raya turns into a whole new dog when she's comfortable in her environment, and it's truly a pleasure to see her radiant, playful personality shine! " (San Diego Humane Society via Facebook)
• Old Town San Diego State Historic Park: "Starting on October 15th, Old Town San Diego State Historic Park will have altars up in many of our museums throughout the park in honor of Día de los Muertos. On Saturdays & Sundays from October 15th until October 30th and on November 1st and 2nd we will be offering Altar Tours for free to the public." (Old Town San Diego State Historic Park via Facebook)
• City of San Diego: "October is American Archives Month! The Office of the City Clerk kicked off the celebration with an unveiling of a public exhibit spotlighting San Diego during the "Roaring 20s." The City will be hosting a lecture series featuring distinguished speakers throughout the month at the San Diego Central Library. The City Clerk's Office will also offer tours of the City archives on select Fridays throughout the month." (City of San Diego via Facebook)
• Downtown San Diego Partnership: "Been to the Cortez neighborhood lately? We partnered with the Cortez Hill Active Residents Group to install this intersection mural at Third Ave & Cedar Street earlier this week. Shout out to Ladies Who Paint for creating this colorful design to enhance the pedestrian experience for residents and visitors in this key Downtown gateway." (Downtown San Diego Partnership via Facebook)
• San Diego County Library: "This Hispanic Heritage Month, try @MangoLanguages Latin American Spanish course to learn more about the language and culture of Latin America! #SDCL #libraries #languages" (San Diego County Library via Facebook)

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That's it for today! See you tomorrow for another update.

— Bettyann Pernice

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