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  • Palm Avenue Street End Project Breaks Ground or Breaks Wind? Can you tell who farted. Among those not invited to attend were the two business's ...

    SaveIB_com: Palm Avenue Street End Project Breaks Ground or Breaks Wind? Can you tell who farted. Among those not invited to attend were the two business's ...

  • Wayward Polar Bear roaming Imperial Beach June 22, 2008

    SaveIB_com: Wayward Polar Bear roaming Imperial Beach June 22, 2008

  • Mayor Janney and his wife dance the night away at the Sandcastle Ball!

    SaveIB_com: Mayor Janney and his wife dance the night away at the Sandcastle Ball!

  • D.O.A. KRAGEN AUTO SUPPLY When Kragen moved to a new location across Palm Avenue, City Code Enforcement would not allow customers to use the front ...

    SaveIB_com: D.O.A. KRAGEN AUTO SUPPLY When Kragen moved to a new location across Palm Avenue, City Code Enforcement would not allow customers to use the front ...

  • HBO films parade dream sequence from failed series JOHN FROM CINCINNATI 2007.

    SaveIB_com: HBO films parade dream sequence from failed series JOHN FROM CINCINNATI 2007.

  • The airport plans they don't want you to see! This rendering shows Ream Field aka OLF with an overlay of the San Diego Airport. Airport ...

    SaveIB_com: The airport plans they don't want you to see! This rendering shows Ream Field aka OLF with an overlay of the San Diego Airport. Airport ...

  • Councilwoman Mayda Winter's driveway. Although a new city ordinance allowing chickens at residential property was passed recently by the City Council, only 5 chickens are ...

    SaveIB_com: Councilwoman Mayda Winter's driveway. Although a new city ordinance allowing chickens at residential property was passed recently by the City Council, only 5 chickens are ...

  • Chickens find new home at Councilwoman Mayda Winter's residence.

    SaveIB_com: Chickens find new home at Councilwoman Mayda Winter's residence.

  • Wayward polar bear stranded in Imperial Beach adapts to survive in a new environment. The bear allegedly now has a name. It seems that all ...

    SaveIB_com: Wayward polar bear stranded in Imperial Beach adapts to survive in a new environment. The bear allegedly now has a name. It seems that all ...

  • Councilman Fred McLean/ the "CLOWN" on City Council. AKA Rubber Stamp Man. Fred's only accomplishment in office besides rubber stamping most IBCC projects was to ...

    SaveIB_com: Councilman Fred McLean/ the "CLOWN" on City Council. AKA Rubber Stamp Man. Fred's only accomplishment in office besides rubber stamping most IBCC projects was to ...

Imperial Beach Blogs

  • back to basics

    Sandcastles weekend has come and gone in IB and everything is back to normal. IB is still a quiet beach ...

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Imperial Beach Stories

I.B. Weighs Color Palette Options

Imperial Beach | Neighborhood News
Published July 17, 2008

What's Next? Lilac Lifeguard Towers? At a July 15 city council meeting, former Imperial Beach mayor and current chairman of the Board of Port Commissioners Michael Bixler stated how he believes Imperial Beach should look like ...

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Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? To get to I.B.!

Imperial Beach | Neighborhood News
Published June 23, 2008

Last week, the Imperial Beach City Council voted to overturn a citywide ordinance that banned chickens as pets. Coronado is now the only city in San Diego County that is not considered a haven for hens. ...

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Roping Dogs

Imperial Beach | Ocean Beach | Picture Story
Published April 16, 2008

Dogs’ Beach in Ocean Beach, 1974. The city council got tough on dogs that year. In two weeks’ time, 232 citations were issued to owners, “the toughest crackdown on stray dogs in county history,” according to ...

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I'm as Big as a Vons

Cover Story | Imperial Beach
Published Jan. 30, 2008

Near the lifeguard station in Ocean Beach, nine homeless people have gathered. One lies in the grass of Saratoga Park, legs crossed and hat tilted over his eyes. One stands nearby, smoking a cigarette. Two others ...

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Tacos Are a Tiny Taste of Temptation

Baja | Chula Vista | City Heights | College Area | Coronado | Cover Story | Downtown | Fallbrook | Gaslamp | Hillcrest | Imperial Beach | La Jolla | Lemon Grove | Logan Heights | Midway | Mira Mesa | Normal Heights | North Park | Oceanside | Otay Mesa | Pacific Beach | Solana Beach
Published Jan. 23, 2008

Fancy wimmen are okay, but there's nuttin' like the real thing: a nice warm adobada taco on a nice cold night beside a nice hot grill outside a friendly taco catering truck, with that marinated pork ...

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Pollution Naysayer

Imperial Beach | Surf Diego
Published Jan. 23, 2008

Name: Mark Thompson Lives: Ocean Beach Surfing: South of the pier in Imperial Beach “It’s a known fact that I.B. has some of the dirtiest water, but I mean, I don’t hear of people getting sick ...

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Organic Heaven

Imperial Beach | Tin Fork | Olive Oil Organic Cafe
Published Jan. 9, 2008

Gotta be careful here. To say something’s the best. But…oh, to heck with it. This is the best freakin’ sandwich I can remember munching, okay? It’s enough to make a vegan out of me. I’m in ...

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Soccer Moms Are the Absolute Worst

Cover Story | Imperial Beach
Published Jan. 9, 2008

At the Mira Mesa Recreation Center, playing for my fifth-grade youth basketball team, I watched as my coach threw a chair onto the court in anger. On another occasion, the referee threw my coach out of ...

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Imperial Beach, end of Imperial Beach Blvd/Coronado Avenue

Coronado | Imperial Beach | Surf Diego
Published Nov. 8, 2007

Names: Jeff Knox and Seth Fisher Live: Imperial Beach Surfing: Imperial Beach, end of Imperial Beach Blvd/Coronado Avenue Drive to the end of Imperial Beach Boulevard. There you'll meet locals Seth Fisher and Jeff "The Spiderman" ...

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All That's Left

Carlsbad | Cover Story | Del Mar | Encinitas | Imperial Beach | La Jolla | Leucadia | Mission Beach | Ocean Beach | Pacific Beach | Point Loma
Published Oct. 25, 2007

1982. Israel and Lebanon were at war. England and Argentina were at war. In Hollywood, the Red Hot Chili Peppers were formed. Navy beat Army 24-7, the Chargers beat the Dolphins 41-38 to make it to ...

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Code Dogs Hound the Plank

City Lights | Imperial Beach
Published Jan. 25, 2007

Ask a nonresident of Imperial Beach to name a restaurant or bar in San Diego County's southernmost beach town. If he can name anything at all, it likely will be Ye Olde Plank Inn. The tavern ...

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Ruff, Ruff, Ruff In Imperial Beach

City Lights | Imperial Beach
Published June 29, 2006

Diana Cartman (a pseudonym) suffers from a recurring nightmare. The dream runs like this: Cartman watches television in her living room a few blocks from the ocean in Imperial Beach. It's getting late, and she has ...

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Dancing Bike

Crasher | Imperial Beach
Published Oct. 6, 2005

I got invited to a biker party and imagined characters from the Clint Eastwood movies that I grew up watching -- fat bellies, black widow tattoos, facial hair.As I approached the party in Imperial Beach, motorcycles ...

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Dragon’s Blood and Ballistic Missiles

Crasher | Imperial Beach | Mira Mesa
Published Nov. 18, 2004

I went to two different parties on the Saturday before Halloween. The first one was in Imperial Beach. Lea, who invited me, told me most of the people attending were employees of the UCSD Medical Center.When ...

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Best of 2003: Best Place To Buy Balloons

Imperial Beach | Best of San Diego
Published Dec. 25, 2003

Balloonatics 703 Palm Avenue, Imperial Beach www.balloonatics.com 619-563-1088 In business since 1978, Balloonatics was San Diego's first balloon designer and decorator. Balloon arrangements cost anywhere from $35 to $75 and come laden with candy or cookies. ...

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