shed a tear for the summer that wasn’t.  another day, another record minimum high temperature – 10 for the month now, or nearly one every other day.  after a brief taste of beach weather last week (the “5 days of summer”), it was back to the gloom again at the coast.  by any measure – ocean temps in the low 60′s, high temps on pace for the second coldest july ever, or a mere 3 days above normal out of the past 72 – this has been one bummer of a summer for beach-goers.  it’ll be warm in september, when the days are short and the ocean’s even colder.

…keeping things positive:  java jones has filed for bankruptcy. does this mean the closure of both the east village and newly-opened mission hills locations?   use up those groupon coupons if you’ve got ‘em.  and it’s the end for san diego news network, which had some interesting local stories but could have used more – looking at their final front page, nothing much jumps out as a must-read.

- searsucker is open downtown, with a grand opening set for next week.

- bike to mcasd on sunday 8/1 and get 2-for-1 admission, then take part in a bike tour of the viva la revolucion street art project downtown.

- construction on a rapid bus route from sdsu to downtown is set to begin next spring.  among the controversies: ripping out the old state theatre terrazzo and removing the center median on park boulevard from el cajon to university. while the terrazzo is worth saving, losing the median seems acceptable given the benefit to the rapid line.   and the irony of an auto museum owner at el cajon and park blasting a public transit project is, well, perfect:

“They’re putting in a bus that nobody wants and nobody needs,” Cooley said. “They’re going to shove it down our throats.”