Dave begins a lengthy discussion about forgotten reggae released in the U.S. "Desmond Dekker had an album on Uni. There was a Prince Buster album on Capitol. Marcia Griffiths and the Reggaes had an album on the Sparcrib label."

For the last seven weeks the Morey Boogie Board Division of the Kransco manufacturing company has occupied a squarish tan building in one of Oceanside's new industrial parks, a mile or two east on the …

“People don’t like to talk about breeding ... the current trend is that everybody is born equal. But actually, if you breed livestock you find out very quickly that everyone is not born equal.”

The mood is generally optimistic, but there are also some pessimists who are already saying, “See you at the bar review course,” “I didn’t want to be a lawyer anyway,” and “Now I know how Jerry Brown felt.”

My grandmother’s restaurant, Manya’s, failed in New York during the Depression. She had to contend not only with the economic disaster that beset most diners, but with the rise of cafeterias where those with money …

Here at Windansea Beach in La Jolla, surfers prefer the Vespa motor scooter for solo transportation. This is a low, fat motorcycle that you'd be crazy to take for a long fast ride. Your Vespa …

People down here are more sincere,” says Griswold. “The people up in L.A., it seems to me, are the more hardcore punks. It's a big scene, a place to hang out. Down here it can't be that."