Katherine P. Harvey

Katherine Harvey, formerly Katherine Poythress, covers retail and small business trends in San Diego County’s thriving and competitive market. She previously covered government and community issues in South County. Before that, she covered education for Honolulu Civil Beat, where she won first-place public service and investigative awards for her reporting on state government, along with a first-place award for news photography.Before that, she earned local awards for non-deadline reporting, community service reporting and special sections while working as a staff writer at both The Talladega Daily Home and The Gadsden Times in Alabama.She has a B.A. in English from Hillsdale College in Michigan.

Latest from this Author

Kitson coming to Fashion Valley

Vince Camuto, Johnny Was also opening this spring.
March 17, 2015
Restaurants

New grocery chain starts up in county

Haggen grocery takes over former Albertsons in Carlsbad
March 14, 2015
Target shares renderings of South Park store

March 10, 2015
Restaurants

A taste of San Diego at Natural Products Expo

Dozens of companies from San Diego County showcased their products last weekend at the Natural Products Expo West, which is like the Comic-Con of the natural food industry.
March 9, 2015
Restaurants

Paleo, protein and probiotics shine at expo

Paleo-inspired snacks, live bacteria-infused foods and protein-packed everything are making a strong showing at the Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim this week.
March 6, 2015
Restaurants

Haggen grocery opens in Carlsbad next week

Full list of Haggen store openings below
March 5, 2015
Restaurants

Target revamps groceries, fashion for Millennials

March 5, 2015
Technology

Uber Español launches in San Diego

Uber, the popular though controversial ridesharing startup, has rolled out a Spanish-language feature to better serve its Latino passengers.
March 3, 2015
Entrepreneurs’ optimism hits all-time high

Optimism among small-business owners hit an all-time high in Union Bank’s annual Small Business Economic Survey.
March 3, 2015
Identity theft tops FTC complaints in 2014

Identity theft topped the Federal Trade Commission’s list of complaints for the 15th consecutive year in 2014, the agency said on Friday.
Feb. 27, 2015
Restaurants

Grocery greeter wins case against union

Feb. 24, 2015
Westfield: No sign of imminent threats to malls

Feb. 23, 2015