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Will Oceanside use groins like Newport Beach to save sand?
“We are not going back down”
The decimation of Oceanside beaches was the whole point of forming a group called Save Our Sand [SOS] Oceanside. At its first meeting June 17, some 25 people shared their stories about what it means ...
The far from generic Mission Avenue Bar & Grill
Saturday night in Oceanside means drinks, music, and… duck confit?
A musician plays acoustic guitar ballads on the patio, while servers shuttle drinks to a mixed crowd, ranging in age from their 20s to 50s. There are no seats left at the bar, where busy ...
Kayak goes missing in Bahia Asuncion, then returned
There’s not a lot of crime here
My kayak, which I foolishly leave at the center-town ramp in Bahia Asuncion, went missing. I have a hard time loading and unloading the bulky thing, and it made it easier to leave the stripped ...
San Diego's Seaport Village slows down
Selfies replace souvenirs
Pat and her two children noted the closure of Seaport Cookie Company at Seaport Village. “I cannot believe it’s closed,” she said, “and what happened with all of these other shops?” Pat’s been visiting Seaport ...
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Reader writer concludes he is his father's son
A man he calls Pop
All my friends have settled down/ Become their mothers and their fathers without a sound… — Cowboy Junkies, “A Horse in the Country” I saved the audiobook of Michael Brendan Daugherty’s memoir My Father Left ...
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Larry Flynt tries Oceanside
Q: What do you do if you want to open an adult business where it’s not permitted? A: If you’re Larry Flynt’s attorney you simply proclaim you are not an adult business and hope no ...
Carlsbad succumbs to the Orange County look
At least eight businesses in Carlsbad’s downtown Village area have been told they must prepare to move out as their buildings make way for a sleek new restaurant/retail complex. In what seems to cement the ...
Mary's Donuts in Santee got a little too generous
Touted as a third location of the regionally popular Mary’s Donuts, a new storefront opened on El Cajon’s Main Street on April 13, near city and county offices. Owner Joel Scalzitti proclaimed in the East ...
Fallbrook – 56 miles and an eternity from San Diego
When I say Fallbrook, nothing comes to mind “They are going to fix the streets? For whom? Every other shop is vacant and has been for the last few years. There’s no draw for tourists. ...
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Lincoln High School was designed to fail
This is true. Each were individually met with and escorted off campus by HR personnel. This was done in front of staff and a complete ...
— OLOV, June 18, 5:01 p.m.
The word around the neighborhood is that all four Lincoln administrators were escorted off campus and fired this morning.
— ByeByeSDUSD, June 12, 12:24 p.m.
What Santa Anita horse deaths mean for Del Mar
Maybe we could replace horses with politicians.
— AlexClarke, June 18, 7:19 a.m.
Senator Feinstein today reminded everyone what she said after Santa Anita suffered 23 deaths: that the racetrack should close down. Today she said: "Now that ...
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