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Big Bird in Danger

Big Bird in Danger

Neighborhood News from Stringers | Pacific Beach
By Carolyn Grace Matteo, Feb. 20, 2010

The sound of laughter and then screaming erupted from a table at a PB boardwalk café on the afternoon of February 19. By the sizable crowd surrounding the table, one would have thought Angelina and Brad ... More Post a comment


Prepped to Pump

Prepped to Pump

Neighborhood News from Stringers | Pacific Beach
By Carolyn Grace Matteo, Feb. 11, 2010

In the cul-de-sac where Mission Boulevard meets Pacific Beach Drive, at about 4:30 p.m. on February 9, a City of San Diego Street Division truck blocked cars from entering the parking lot between the Best Western ... More Post a comment


Jaywalk to Moondoggies

Jaywalk to Moondoggies

Neighborhood News from Stringers | Pacific Beach
By Elena Buckley, Feb. 10, 2010

On Thursday, February 4, I saw at least seven people receive jaywalking tickets before 11 p.m. in front of PB Bar and Grill and Moondoggies on Garnet Avenue. As I waited in line to get into ... More Comment (1)


Moon Over My Taco

Moon Over My Taco

Pacific Beach | Tin Fork
By Ed Bedford, Jan. 27, 2010

Pacific Beach is more mysterious at night. Silent runners materialize like ghosts along the boardwalk, murmuring couples huddle in shadows, the odd drunken brown-bagger holds up a lamppost, groups burst out of eateries like the Green ... More Comment (1)


Would Kate Turn in Her Grave?

Would Kate Turn in Her Grave?

Neighborhood News from Stringers | Pacific Beach
By Carolyn Grace Matteo, Jan. 20, 2010

A proposed change from Kate Sessions Park’s 12-hour alcohol ban to a 24-hour alcohol ban was on the Santa Clara/Pacific Beach Recreation Council’s agenda on Tuesday, January 19. Some of the reasons given for the proposition ... More Comments (2)


Dirty, Suspicious

Dirty, Suspicious

Neighborhood News from Stringers | Pacific Beach
By Carolyn Grace Matteo, Jan. 7, 2010

I passed three police cars stopped in the 1100 block of Felspar Street on the afternoon of January 5. I parked my car and as I walked toward them, two of the cars drove away. I ... More Comments (18)


No Room at the Pier

No Room at the Pier

Neighborhood News from Stringers | Pacific Beach
By Michael Donovan, Dec. 31, 2009

The day after Christmas, I took a friend to the beach in P.B. Near Crystal Pier, I was talking about the cottages built there in the ’30s. I noticed a bunch of people with walkie-talkies yelling ... More Post a comment


Red Christmas

Red Christmas

Neighborhood News from Stringers | Pacific Beach
By Carolyn Grace Matteo, Dec. 26, 2009

On Christmas day, from the boardwalk in PB, I saw set up on the beach a one-man camp punctuated by an American flag that snapped in the wind. Sitting beneath a tattered umbrella was a man ... More Post a comment


Hey, Cowboy

Hey, Cowboy

Neighborhood News from Stringers | Pacific Beach
By Carolyn Grace Matteo, Dec. 23, 2009

Move over, Matthew McConaughey, and make room for 60-year-old Jamie Trivisonno, whom I discovered on my way to the gym on Monday afternoon, December 21. Shirtless and with a cigar in his mouth, Trivisonno danced in ... More Comment (1)


Claim Jumper

Claim Jumper

Neighborhood News from Stringers | Pacific Beach
By William Owens, Dec. 21, 2009

On Friday, December 18, my girlfriend and I went out for dinner to Nick's at the Beach on the corner of Mission Boulevard and Thomas Avenue. When we arrived, there weren’t any parking spaces available in ... More Comments (3)


Surfer, Actor, Purveyor of Weed

Surfer, Actor, Purveyor of Weed

Neighborhood News from Stringers | Pacific Beach
By Carolyn Grace Matteo, Dec. 17, 2009

I was walking through Pacific Beach on December 15 at about 6 p.m. and stopped to admire an enormous painting on a brick wall at 1421 Garnet Avenue when a voice called out to me, “Hey, ... More Comment (1)


Star Power

Star Power

Crasher | Pacific Beach
By Josh Board, Dec. 9, 2009

I was able to hit two parties recently because one involved a student film festival, and the kiddies don’t usually party into the late hours. The event, a fundraiser at Isabel’s Cantina in P.B., was for ... More Comments (2)


Beach Garbage Cleanup

Beach Garbage Cleanup

Neighborhood News from Stringers | Pacific Beach
By Kathryn Snyder, Nov. 19, 2009

Take a stroll through Pacific Beach, and you’re likely to encounter just a few too many empty food containers, cans, bags, party flyers, bottles, and cigarette butts. “On a good day we probably remove between 100 ... More Comment (1)


Save the Lifeguards

Save the Lifeguards

Neighborhood News from Stringers | Pacific Beach
By Carolyn Grace Matteo, Nov. 19, 2009

The most pressing issue addressed at the November 18 Pacific Beach Town Council meeting was the looming likelihood of a reduction in lifeguards. It was pointed out that the city’s reported goal of reducing the budget ... More Comments (9)


Eligible Violators

Eligible Violators

Neighborhood News from Stringers | Pacific Beach
By Carolyn Grace Matteo, Nov. 16, 2009

I was driving through Pacific Beach on Saturday, September 14, when I noticed a small group of people on Garnet Avenue clad in orange vests and armed with trash tongs. I stopped to chat. Turned out ... More Comments (13)

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