Filner has plan to spend projected budget surplus
Dave Rice 7:19 a.m., May 22
Unforgettable: Long Ago San Diego
Unforgettable: Floating Target, part 1
The edge of a minefield is no place to procrastinate.
A recounting of the WII experiences of YP-346, a San Diego tuna boat known as the the Prospect before it was conscripted into the South Pacific war effort.
End of things behind enemy lines
In the crosshairs of history, part threeYP-289 goes to war Hurry up and wait. San Diego’s tuna clippers conscripted for World War II saw far more downtime than action. Like the much larger Liberty ships ...
The Pork Chop Express was no pleasure cruise
Adventures of San Diego tuna boats in WWII’s Pacific theater.
Tuna boats go to war
Tuna fishermen in San Diego were recruited along with their boats to function as supply vessels and mine-sweepers.
Beauty goin' down
Sun Beauty crew members were saved after using an asparagus can to signal they needed rescuing.
The Lone Wolf hits a Royal Flush
Tuna for days
Every sport or occupation has a dream scenario: score the winning goal; close the impossible sale. For old-time tuna “bait boats,” it was the Big Catch, a mammoth haul with bamboo poles and lines. In ...
Let's catch us some tuna!
The tuna spotters sought jumpers, foamers, and boilers on the water’s surface, an indication of schools below and potential future profits.
Head for the Hills
Presidio Hill, the “Plymouth Rock of the West” is also the “cradle of golf in San Diego.”
Unforgettable: The Trail of Torment on Gold Mountain
At midnight, Rufus Porter heard footsteps on the porch, then a knock on his bedroom door. Frightened faces told all.
Letters from the End of the World, Part Two
Letters from Tetsuzo “Tets” Hirasaki, an interned Japanese-American at Poston, Arizona, during WWII.
Letters from the End of the World, Part One
The letters of Testuzo Hirasaki, a Japanese American interned at the Santa Anita racetrack (dubbed “Santa Japanita”) following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
The Big Noise: The Free Speech Fight of 1912, Part Eight
Three years after San Diego’s free-speech fight began, vigilantes stood at the ready.
The Big Noise: The Free Speech Fight of 1912, Part Seven
The Red Queen and Hobo King come to town. Ugliness follows them.
San Diego vigilantes against free speech were an expression of the city’s character.
The Big Noise: The Free Speech Fight of 1912, Part Six
Violence against free-speech activists.
San Diego’s chief of police denied mistreating free-speech activists. A state commission determined otherwise.
