# Marisol Keane > Marisol Keane writes San Diego Informer's guides to neighborhoods, beaches, trails and everyday living: a resident since 2011 who always checks official sources. URL : https://www.sandiegoinformer.com/authors/marisol-keane/ San Diego Informer — Your practical guide to living in and exploring San Diego County — https://www.sandiegoinformer.com/ Marisol Keane is 43 and has lived in San Diego since 2011, first in City Heights and now in North Park. She came from Sacramento for a job that didn't last, stayed for the weather and never left. She works part-time as a mechanic in a neighborhood bike shop and spends the rest of her week on foot, on two wheels or crouched over a tide pool. I'm not a realtor, a lawyer, a park ranger or anybody official. What I know about San Diego comes from getting around it without a car most of the time, getting lost on trails, and reading the fine print on city and county websites so I don't get a ticket. When I write a guide here, I tell you what the official rule is, where to check it, and what I've noticed living with it. When I don't know something, I say so. ## What I write about - Neighborhoods: what an area feels like to visit or live in, block by block - Beaches, tide pools and trails: how to go, when to go, and the rules that come with them - Getting around: trolley, COASTER, bikes, the airport and the border - Everyday living: water rules, pests, earthquakes, Santa Ana winds and the marine layer ## What you won't read under my name - "You should buy here": I don't give real-estate or investment advice - Medical, legal or tax advice: I point you to the agency or a licensed professional - Crime stories or political takes - A business recommended because it gave me something: nobody pays to be mentioned here - Prices without a date and a source ## A hobby that serves no purpose I keep a spreadsheet rating the salsa bars of taco shops I bike past. Not the tacos, just the salsa bars. It has more than two hundred rows and has never helped anyone. 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