The Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center on Pomerado Road is a large cube of brick. Inside, Marines and sailors hustle and bustle, and the atmosphere is casual. A young woman Marine takes me to …
Thursday, July 25
The Teamsters balked at a three-way swap for some Imperial Valley land that Revelle and his partners had arranged in order to avoid paying capital gains taxes. The fearless Revelle took the mob-ridden union to court.
What they saw was astonishing — gigantic prominences, red sheets of burning gas hundreds of thousands of miles high, shooting out from the sun’s surface on three sides. “It’s on fire all around,” one woman exclaimed.
Thursday, July 18
Across the street from the White House on the edge of Lafayette Park. Midnight-wintertime Washington, D.C. It’s a tooth-hurting 15 degrees on the coldest night of the year. “How are you fixed for food? Is …
My friend Cynthia wanted to take a ride on my mountain bike and asked about the problem of the dogs on the road. I told her just to yell at them if they bothered her.
Thursday, July 11
As the plane flew over Arizona, Perry studied his map of San Diego. It was sent to him by the city as part of a welcome package for potential residents and contained coupons for Sea …
There’s a whole lot of floundering going on at Ocean Beach. Lifeguards there rescue more swimmers per mile than any beach in California — and maybe the world. Some say that makes the waters of …
Wednesday, July 3
January 10. My father, in a red American Motors 440, drives north through the Sonora desert, ticking off towns as the sun rises to his right. Santa Ana, Caborca, Tajito. He is on his way …