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  • Getting ready for another beautiful sunset.

    A619XOCHI: Getting ready for another beautiful sunset.

  • Watching the sun go down on the pier, (Imperial Beach). Be careful not to blink because you just might miss it!

    DAYGOREINA619: Watching the sun go down on the pier, (Imperial Beach). Be careful not to blink because you just might miss it!

  • A white cat stalking two egrets at Tijuana Slough Refuge in Imperial Beach.

    Smorg: A white cat stalking two egrets at Tijuana Slough Refuge in Imperial Beach.

  • Fire fighters from Chula Vista, Coronado, Imperial Beach, and San Diego responded to an apartment house fire in Imperial Beach. The fire destroyed two units ...

    PeteSalisbury: Fire fighters from Chula Vista, Coronado, Imperial Beach, and San Diego responded to an apartment house fire in Imperial Beach. The fire destroyed two units ...

  • sweet holly and the classic dodge

    pavonessurfschool: sweet holly and the classic dodge

  • Big waves slam into San Diego's shore line...

    ley4evr: Big waves slam into San Diego's shore line...

  • Always a beautiful sunset in Imperial Beach

    alisharivera76: Always a beautiful sunset in Imperial Beach

  • Even the dogs are getting politically active in Imperial Beach. Don't forget about re-opening the dog beach north of palm the other 364 days of ...

    Ed: Even the dogs are getting politically active in Imperial Beach. Don't forget about re-opening the dog beach north of palm the other 364 days of ...

  • Art spelled out for those who can't tell what is art....unless it's spelled out! Classic Woody is real art. $75,000 worth of bent steel tube's ...

    Ed: Art spelled out for those who can't tell what is art....unless it's spelled out! Classic Woody is real art. $75,000 worth of bent steel tube's ...

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Crazy Crime

Crazy Crime

Imperial Beach | Neighborhood News from Stringers
Published Oct. 28, 2009

On Wednesday, October 27, a shirtless man attacked a green waste container full of palm fronds in the 1100 block of Grove Avenue. An 11-year-old boy walking home from school with his 10-year-old cousin witnessed the ...

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¡El Niño Viene!

¡El Niño Viene!

Imperial Beach | Neighborhood News from Stringers
Published Oct. 11, 2009

On Friday, October 9, in order to minimize the risk of a repeat of last mid-December's devastating flooding in the Tijuana River Valley, the City of San Diego Stormwater Management Department began removing tons of sediment, ...

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Girls from Spring Valley

Girls from Spring Valley

Imperial Beach | Neighborhood News from Stringers | Spring Valley
Published Oct. 2, 2009

Shortly after 1:00 p.m. on Friday, October 2, San Diego Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a 911 call from an apartment house at the corner of 13th Street and Grove Avenue in Imperial Beach. Three patrol cars ...

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Highway Horse

Highway Horse

Imperial Beach | Neighborhood News from Stringers
Published Sept. 26, 2009

At 2:15 Saturday morning, September 26, the 905 freeway was temporarily closed at the eastbound transition with Interstate 805 south after a horse was discovered walking west in the eastbound lanes. Zero visibility due to heavy ...

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Motorcycle Sisters

Motorcycle Sisters

Imperial Beach | Neighborhood News from Stringers
Published Sept. 26, 2009

Two young women riding a new Kawasaki motorcycle and a woman driving a Toyota Camry were involved in a traffic accident in the 1300 block of 13th Street on Thursday evening, September 24. The Camry was ...

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Stove on Fire

Stove on Fire

Imperial Beach | Neighborhood News from Stringers
Published Sept. 25, 2009

In Imperial Beach Thursday morning, September 24, a fire at 1325 Grove Avenue destroyed two apartment units and displaced six adults and three children. Fire engines from Chula Vista, Coronado, Imperial Beach, and San Diego responded. ...

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Scholarship Scam?

Scholarship Scam?

Imperial Beach | Neighborhood News from Stringers
Published Sept. 24, 2009

San Diego parents of high school students began receiving mailings from Arlington, Texas-based “College Admissions Assistance” in recent weeks and, judging by the letter’s formal appearance, could have been mistaken in believing the mail was from ...

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Zodiac Smuggler

Zodiac Smuggler

Imperial Beach | Neighborhood News from Stringers
Published Sept. 19, 2009

At about 4:15 a.m. on Tuesday, September 15, U.S. Customs and Border Protection intercepted a boat off the coast of Imperial Beach carrying ten duffel bags stuffed with marijuana. According to Customs spokesperson Jackie Dizdull, “A ...

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Skate Scrap

Skate Scrap

Imperial Beach | Neighborhood News from Stringers
Published Sept. 9, 2009

At 9:33 p.m. Tuesday, September 8, San Diego police were dispatched to a call in the 1800 block of Palm Avenue in Imperial Beach. The reporting party called 911 and said there was a fight going ...

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Shot in the Dark

Shot in the Dark

Imperial Beach | Neighborhood News from Stringers
Published Sept. 8, 2009

Shortly before 5:00 a.m. on Tuesday morning, September 8, shots rang out at the Imperial Sands Mobile Home Park, just east of Imperial Beach. Lupe F., who has lived in the park for 30 years, was ...

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Water, Water Everywhere

Water, Water Everywhere

Imperial Beach | Neighborhood News from Stringers
Published Aug. 30, 2009

Stella Garcia walks to work every morning in Imperial Beach, and for the third Thursday in a row, a home’s lawn sprinklers have kept her off the sidewalk. “I have to walk in the middle of ...

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Teens + Firecrackers

Teens + Firecrackers

Imperial Beach | Neighborhood News from Stringers
Published Aug. 20, 2009

On Wednesday, August 19, at approximately 1:30 p.m. (a regularly scheduled minimum day at Oneonta Elementary School), firecrackers lit at a home across the street caused a commotion as hundreds of students were leaving school. A ...

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I.B. Politics as Usual

I.B. Politics as Usual

Imperial Beach | Neighborhood News from Stringers
Published Aug. 11, 2009

According to the San Diego County district attorney's office, the Imperial Beach City Council's appointment of former mayor Diane Rose to the city council wasn't a smooth political move; though, it isn't enough for a criminal ...

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He Can’t Be Gone

He Can’t Be Gone

Imperial Beach | Neighborhood News from Stringers
Published Aug. 10, 2009

Shortly after 10:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 6, a sound like a plane crashing in my yard took me to my window. Nothing stirred, then neighbors came running out of their houses. Around the corner I ...

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A Lively Senior Moment

A Lively Senior Moment

Imperial Beach | Neighborhood News from Stringers
Published Aug. 7, 2009

Shortly after 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 6, a 91-year-old man crashed his Dodge Caravan into the entrance railing outside the CVS/pharmacy in the Imperial Beach Promenade Shopping Center. According to a San Diego sheriff’s deputy ...

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