The Peninsula Beacon, July 20th, 2017

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Superior Court backs school district BY SCOTT HOPKINS | THE BEACON

For the first time in its 93-year history, students at Point Loma High School will be able to attend a true "Friday Night Lights" football game in their stadium. And that first night will come in just six weeks when the Fighting Pointer football team welcomes North County rival El Camino for their Aug. 25

Target Express may take over the Antique Center (the large building with the orange stripe on the façade) on Newport Avenue.

PHOTO COURTESY OF TONY FRANCO

Likely signaling the end of the mega-antique mall era in Ocean Beach, the Target Corp. is negotiating to acquire the 18,000-square-foot Antique Center building in the 4800 block of Newport Avenue. The large commercial building housing the antique business has been on the market,

involved in brokering the OB Target Express deal. A Target Express is a downsized version of the original TONY FRANCO Target store, introduced by the FRANCO REALTY GROUP PRESIDENT chain across the country in a variety of sizes and assortlisted at $6.5 million, for more Ocean Beach Main Street ments meant to create a more than a year. The building's Association. locally relevant big-box expeowner is Craig Gerwig, who is Tony Franco, president of rience in urban areas. also on the board of the local the Franco Realty Group in business improvement district, Pacific Beach, has been SEE TARGET, Page 10

‘We brought this deal to all types of businesses ... bowling alleys, breweries.’

SEE LIGHTS, Page 21

Accused homeless killer to get psychiatric evaluation for July 24 by another judge for Guerrero, 40, in A judge suspended which he might be criminal proceedings on returned to a state psyJuly 14 against chiatric facility for Jon David Guertreatment. rero in the murSmyth didn’t ders and attacks make a ruling on of homeless men mental competenin Ocean Beach, cy because he the Midway Disonly received an Guerrero trict, and near email from a Mission Bay. San Diego court-appointed psychiaSuperior Court Judge trist who interviewed Michael Smyth set a mental competency hearing SEE TRIAL, Page 18 BY NEAL PUTNAM | THE BEACON

National chain may move into Antique Center BY DAVE SCHWAB | THE BEACON

season opener, set for a 6:30 p.m. kickoff under the bright new Pete Ross Stadium lights. It will be a day many have waited years for and a day some had hoped would never happen. "I was happy to hear the court hearing went our way, and that we are over one of the final hurdles to finally have ‘Friday

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