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Sacred Surf
By Dorian Hargrove, Published Nov. 7, 2009
Since the mid 1950s, Swami's surf break in Encinitas has been at the center of Southern California surfing. The right point break, known for long rides and clean conditions, has carried some of the world's best ...
Now Drink This
By Michael Mullenniex, Published Nov. 6, 2009
The California Coastal Commission has issued the Poseidon Resources Corporation a construction permit for the Carlsbad desalination project, according to a November 3 press release. “With this permit in hand, the project’s preconstruction phase formally ...
For Cliff Sitters
By Stephen Scatolini, Published Nov. 5, 2009
At the November 2 meeting of the Sunset Cliffs Natural Park Council, members approved the placement of 15 benches along Sunset Cliffs Boulevard. The council’s bench committee, chaired by Camilla Ingram, worked for two months ...
Rider Comes to Harm
By John Walters, Published Nov. 5, 2009
An accident between a truck and motorcycle startled a crowd of onlookers on November 4 in downtown San Diego. The collision occurred at about 2:00 ... More Comment (1)
Lemon Power
Published Nov. 4, 2009
An attempted mugging at the bus stop near the Lemon Grove trolley station on Monday, November 2, was foiled when the perpetrator slipped on some ... More Comments (6)
The Anti-Sonic Burger
By Ken Harrison, Published Nov. 4, 2009
On Monday, November 2, the second Sonic Drive-In in San Diego County opened for business on the corner of Broadway and South Santa Fe Avenue ... More Comments (78)
Shield for All
By Shane Finneran, Published Nov. 3, 2009
Protesters demanding that Blue Shield stop lobbying against health-care reform blocked an entrance to a Mission Valley office of the California insurance company on Monday, ... More Comments (31)
Good Try, Rock
By Lucretia Moppin, Published Nov. 3, 2009
On October 31, myself and a couple other urban campers went to Balboa Park, at Sixth Avenue and Hawthorne, to take part in a get-together ... More Comments (13)
Tijuana Turnaround?
By T.B. Beaudeau, Published Nov. 3, 2009
A recent increase in early-morning police patrols in Tijuana’s Zone Norte has been noticed by this reporter, and the police substation at the juncture of ... More Comment (1)
Escondido's Tech-Heavy Headquarters
By Dorian Hargrove, Published Nov. 2, 2009
"When you want to watch a Charger football game, you should just go over to the new police and fire headquarters because they are going ... More Comments (2)
Jumper Slips
By Peter Ervid Tsae, Published Oct. 30, 2009
At about 1:45 p.m. on Wednesday, October 28, I was driving northbound on SR-125 and noticed a curious sight: traffic on the westbound 94 connector ... More Comments (26)
Phone Rescued
By Robert Terra, Published Oct. 30, 2009
On Friday, October 23, I was at the Paradise Point Hotel in the dining area that overlooks the water. A small crowd had gathered on ... More Comments (3)
Poor Pauly
By Robert Terra, Published Oct. 30, 2009
On Friday, October 23, Pauly Johnston came back to his campsite to find all his possessions gone. According to an area resident who lives in ... More Comments (4)
Whoa!
By Claire Luciano, Published Oct. 29, 2009
A student reports via e-mail that on Tuesday, October 27, at the vendors’ market on UCSD’s Library Walk, she was browsing the “$2 For Everything” ... More Comments (4)
Jetty Fix or Foul-Up?
By Stephen Scatolini, Published Oct. 29, 2009
For the past week and a half, work on the Mission Bay channel entrance has been under way. Visitors and locals have watched a 350-ton ... More Comments (3)
Lose the Booze, La Mesa
By Dorian Hargrove, Published Oct. 29, 2009
La Mesa Police Lieutenant Carlos Medero says consumption of alcohol in public places is a major distraction for the city's police force. The Lieutenant points ... More Comments (10)
Crazy Crime
By Peter C. Salisbury, 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 ... More Comments (2)
411 on the 442
By Rick Shafer, Published Oct. 28, 2009
On October 24, the new 442 area-code overlay plan was implemented by the Public Utilities Commission. As a result, all local and long distance calls ... More Post a comment
Cove Cleanup
By Gail Powell, Published Oct. 28, 2009
The Mariner's Cove Apartments, a complex located on West Point Loma Boulevard in the Point Loma/Ocean Beach area, lost its newest onsite property manager recently. ... More Post a comment
The Pressure
By Ron Hamilton, Published Oct. 26, 2009
The Canyonview East pool on the UCSD campus is back in operation eight weeks after a steam explosion in the main filter control room. In ... More Post a comment
Crunched
By Glen Martin, Published Oct. 26, 2009
On Tuesday, October 20, a budget workshop for the San Diego Unified School District was held in Kearny Mesa. District officials estimated the deficit for ... More Comment (1)
Tony's Friend
By Sheila Pell, Published Oct. 25, 2009
Kurt and Tony are friends who travel together for safety. At night they sleep in one of San Diego’s many “cubbyholes,” as the homeless call ... More Post a comment
Welfare Demanded
By T.B. Beaudeau, Published Oct. 25, 2009
Two-hundred Taxi Libre taxistas descended upon the Servicio Médico Forense (forensic medical service) on Friday, October 23, to give support to the family of a ... More Comments (9)
Book Mountain Crumbles
By Galina Caraman, Published Oct. 24, 2009
I love the smell of used books, but at the end of this month I will have to find another place to indulge in my ... More Comment (1)
No Haggler
By Cindy Winslow, Published Oct. 24, 2009
A man pretending to be a shopper robbed the Susie’s Hallmark store on Lake Murray Boulevard in La Mesa at approximately 2 p.m. on Thursday, ... More Post a comment
You Can Ride but Can't Hide
By Mark Jay, Published Oct. 24, 2009
At approximately 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 22, a California Highway Patrol officer traveling on northbound I-5 near SR-163 observed a motorcycle driving at a ... More Comments (3)
Dog City
By Nathaniel Uy, Published Oct. 24, 2009
The Centre City Development Corporation board unanimously approved a site for an interim leash-free dog park in downtown San Diego during their Wednesday, October 21, ... More Comments (3)
Oceansider on the Case
By Dorian Hargrove, Published Oct. 24, 2009
Oceanside resident Woodrow Higdon continues his search for additional evidence of police corruption and city council collusion. During the Wednesday, October 21, council meeting, Higdon ... More Comment (1)
Want Water?
By Steve Terry, Published Oct. 22, 2009
If you live in Rancho San Diego, you may be curious as to why a fairly large “L” shape of brush was cleared from the ... More Post a comment
Bandit
By Robert Terra, Published Oct. 22, 2009
On Monday, October 19, a gentleman lost five dollars in the Payquick machine at the Arco gas station located at 1817 Euclid Avenue. He went ... More Comment (1)
Wiry Creatures
By William Harper, Published Oct. 22, 2009
Residents of the Bluffs I condominium complex on Friars Road were recently reminded that coyotes frequently visit the lush compound looking for food. A notice ... More Comments (7)
American Appreciation
By Nathaniel Uy, Published Oct. 21, 2009
On Wednesday morning, October 21, at Golden Hall in the San Diego Concourse, 590 people were sworn in as U.S. citizens; among them were 17 ... More Comments (3)
Grave Matter
By Steve Terry, Published Oct. 21, 2009
Late in the day on Tuesday, October 13, I stopped by the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery to visit the grave of an old friend. As ... More Post a comment
Cop Killers Caught?
By T.B. Beaudeau, Published Oct. 21, 2009
The spate of police killings in Tijuana may have been quelled with the detention of three suspects by the Mexican army following a shoot-out with ... More Post a comment
More Space for Us
By Peijean Tsai, Published Oct. 21, 2009
Conservationists are suing the federal government to restore nearly 468,000 acres of critical habitat to protect an endangered sheep living in areas like Anza-Borrego Desert ... More Post a comment
Gays to Rescue Rosarito?
By T.B. Beaudeau, Published Oct. 21, 2009
Rosarito plans to launch a promotional campaign to make the beach resort a vacation center for gays. Efarid Rodriguez Carrillo is in charge of the ... More Comment (1)
Roach City
By Dorian Hargrove, Published Oct. 20, 2009
Congressman Bob Filner doesn’t want the City of San Diego to turn into another “roach-infested hellhole,” like Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the 5500-room Washington, ... More Comments (18)
Broken Promise
By Nathaniel Uy, Published Oct. 18, 2009
Last month on September 15, the San Diego City Council rejected two sites — an East Village warehouse and a parking lot in Balboa Park ... More Comments (35)
Not in Kansas
By Laura Duffy, Published Oct. 18, 2009
At 2:00 p.m. on October 16, an impromptu protest and counterprotest took place on the corners of Park Boulevard and B Street, across from San ... More Comments (4)
Eat Up, Countrymen
By T.B. Beaudeau, Published Oct. 18, 2009
A line has been cast to get more Mexicans hooked on sardines. Strategies are being devised by the Cámara Nacional de la Industria Pesquera y ... More Comments (18)
Kitchen Knifed
By Mark Jay, Published Oct. 16, 2009
At about 10:15 p.m. on Thursday, October 15, according to police radio traffic, two people were stabbed on the corner of Graves Avenue and East ... More Post a comment
Eek Street
By Leonard Fry, Published Oct. 15, 2009
An accident involving a man in a wheelchair and two vehicles occurred on Tuesday afternoon, October 13, near the entrance to the central library. The ... More Comment (1)
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