San Diego tourism lags other California coast metros
Don Bauder 8:42 p.m., May 23
Laura McNeal
The staff of the San Diego Reader congratulates Laura McNeal for being named a National Book Award Finalist for 2010 in the Young People’s Literature category for Dark Water (Alfred A. Knopf).
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