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Imperial Beach
Blog entries concerning Imperial Beach in San Diego County.
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Entries
County Supervisor Candidate Brant Will — Hanging on to Idealism
Campaign signs for County Supervisor Greg Cox have proliferated in Chula Vista for several months, but there was a rare sighting in the city last week — a Brant Will sign. Cox and Will are ...
South Bay Albertsons Store to Close
Albertsons Grocery Store on Coronado Avenue, the last chain supermarket south of Palm Ave serving the South Bay/Egger Highlands neighborhood, Imperial Beach and Nestor announced they will be closing at the end of June. Store ...
Bomb Scare at Two Imperial Beach Schools
Lt. Marco Garmo of the Imperial Beach Sheriff Station reported that at 2:30 pm Tuesday May, 1st an unknown male called and reported that he had placed bombs on the Mar Vista High School campus ...
Scoreboard: Pigs Do Fly...In IB
Pigs’ wings? In the real world, fuggedaboutit. But we’re here in IB, where anything is possible. So Joe the owner is standing behind the blue bar counter, and Pia the waitress is leaning on the ...
Celebrate New Segment of Scenic Bayshore Bikeway
Any cyclist in San Diego can tell you that, between our many mesas and valleys, this isn’t the best city for flatland riding routes. One of my favorite level-ground circuits is the San Diego Bay ...
Ocean Border Fence to be Complete by Month’s End
The ocean extended border fence at Imperial Beach is expected to be done by the end of March. The fence will extend 300 feet into the ocean, using 18 foot tall steel poles. The complete ...
No Smoke Detectors In Fire Damaged Apartment
An early morning fire Wednesday, March 21 completely destroyed an Imperial Beach apartment. The fire started shortly after 5:00 a.m. at an 8 unit apartment complex in the 1100 block of 13th St. When firefighters ...
Medical Marijuana Panel Convenes Tonight to Discuss Actions in City of IB
Advocates for the safe access of medicinal marijuana will assemble in Hillcrest this evening from 5 pm to 6 pm for a panel discussion on their plan to overturn Imperial Beach’s ban on medicinal marijuana ...
Habitat for Humanity in Imperial Beach
Habitat for Humanity of San Diego is actively looking for qualified families for four homes to be built in Imperial Beach this year. Qualified families will purchase a home, help build it, and then pay ...
New Year Resolution: Less, But Better
New Year’s resolutions could start right here. Mine are simple: One, raw veggies. And two, I swear I’m gonna get out and work off whatever else I eat. Not so much the gym. I mean ...
Stopping the Brown Tide
Critics Say Plan to Rebuild U.S.-Mexico Pacific Ocean Border Fence Will Do Little to Stop Influx of Invasive Brown Kelp "A six-inch gap is more than enough room for these buggers to slip through and ...
The State of Brian Bilbray's Finances
A rush of sorts is on among local Democrats to declare for the congressional seat of the GOP’s Brian Bilbray, generally considered more vulnerable after the redistricting shrank the margin of Republican voters in his ...
Do Nuttin' in IB...Again
They’re ba-ack! Cliff and Ed Arnold have had their five-week vacation and now -- at last! -- Stardust Donuts (698 State Route 75, Imperial Beach, 619-424-6200), the li’l white box of a place at the ...
Life on the Rim: The Surf Along the Pacific Ring of Fire
We’ve all heard the jokes about California someday sliding into the sea. We all live in secret fear of the “Big One” being so close to the San Andreas Fault. Or do we? In the ...
Roaming Solitary in the Sands
Fourteen miles south of San Diego and five miles north of the land where Tequila pours like honey lays the surfing Mecca known as Imperial Beach –or “IB” as it is referred to locally. I ...
Imperial Beach To Sell Its Street Signs
Everything, every street sign in Imperial Beach that is, must go! On Wednesday, city councilmembers and the Mayor will authorize the sale of Imperial Beach street signs. Each sign will be offered at $25 a ...
Tiger Eyes Tonight?
File this under “worthy survivor.” Talking about Meijo, located right out in left field on the edge of IB (Meijo Sushi, 600 Palm Avenue, Suite 300, Imperial Beach, 619-429-4373). Night view from Highway 75 As ...
Bayshore Bikeway Expands
Ground broke Friday on a 1.8 mile long extension of the Bayshore Bikeway, a planned 24 mile cycling route that will almost circle the bay when completed, requiring a ferry to or from Coronado. The ...
Big Rib Day
Good news from the south! I was in IB yesterday. Descended from my stretch limo (the 901) at Rainbow Drive and Palm, right across from Silver Strand Plaza. Found myself walking into < ahref="http://www.sandiegoreader.com/places/big-kahunas-pizza-n-stuffs/">Big Kahuna’s ...
Drug and Alcohol Offenses Getting Higher in IB
The Imperial Beach Sheriff's Station saw a "dramatic" decrease in burglaries, assaults, robberies, and auto thefts during 2010. In an annual report released by the Sheriff's Department, robberies were down 50 percent, aggravated assaults by ...
