Potrero

Blog entries concerning the Potrero area of San Diego County.

For more information on Potrero — including event listings, neighborhood establishments, photos, crime maps, and more news and stories — visit the Potrero neighborhood section.

Entries

False Idols in God's Country

It had just occurred to Jim that I might be a cop. An undercover. That or some punk, some city brat with lousy friends and a downright stupid concept of a really great Saturday night. ...

Mercenary Firm Blackwater, Which Gave Up On Attempt to Get Potrero Training Camp in March, Now Has Shooting Range Near Border

Blackwater Worldwide, the mercenary firm that has stirred up so much controversy in Iraq, now plans to open what appears to be a shooting range at 7685 Siempre Viva Road, about a block from the ...

Blackwater Drops Bid for Training Facility in Potrero

Chalk up a victory for the tiny town of Potrero in East County. Blackwater Worldwide, the controversial mercenary firm, wrote a letter to the county today (March 7), saying it is withdrawing its application for ...

Blackwater Intimidated Press at Potrero Site It Covets

Mercenary firm Blackwater USA has been bullying members of the press at the Potrero site it wants to use as a training camp. On Friday, reporter Miriam Rafferty, who had a press pass and was ...

Wildfire Hits Potrero

Tiny Potrero in East County, the town battling the efforts of the mercenary firm Blackwaterto put a training camp there, has a new problem. A wildfire began at 9:23 Sunday morning. There are 300 firefighters ...

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