Bedding down for the winter JOHN GIBBONS / Union-Tribune Workers with the Alpha Project set up beds for the city shelter for single adults. The cavernous tent in downtown San Diego, which the Alpha Project will operate for the fourth winter, will provide beds, food, medical attention, job referrals and other services for up to 200 people.

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Bishop replaces charity board

Episcopalian services agency undergoing huge restructuring

By Jeff McDonald
STAFF WRITER

Eight months into his new job, Bishop James Mathes has moved deliberately to rebuild Episcopal Community Services, the decades-old charitable arm of the Episcopal Diocese that serves some of the neediest San Diegans.

By Ronald W. Powell
STAFF WRITER

When Port District officials convene in February to discuss the agency's construction projects for the next five years, they will have a $16.8 million cash infusion from the city of San Diego to help get the jobs done.

By Martin Stolz
STAFF WRITER

The long-awaited update of San Diego's downtown Community Plan will wait a while longer. The Centre City Development Corp., which oversees downtown planning and advises the City Council, began conducting public meetings on the plan in early 2002. It was supposed to be adopted last summer.

By Shannon McMahon
STAFF WRITER

Father Richard Brown has prayed to her for decades. She has inspired millions of Catholics for centuries. She is Our Lady of Guadalupe, and yesterday she was honored in a parade that started in Barrio Logan and ended at the San Diego Convention Center.