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A long night with border guards in San Ysidro

IN SECONDARY INSPECTION: Sonja — her real name — is breathing hard, straining, pulling, ready as she’ll ever be to get to the business at hand. George, her partner (not his real name), struggles a …

June 11, 1998
FAA okays 150 fixed wing and 115 helicopter flying from Miramar

For the first time since the 1978 PSA plane disaster over North Park, the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) is changing San Diego's air traffic control system. According to Jerry Hargarten, the FAA's new plan looks …

June 11, 1998
Cares for AIDS patients, becomes Cambodian Buddhist monk in Linda Vista

'I was in the middle of death. I was surrounded by death. Most Americans, most Westerners, wouldn't think this was a good or healthy thing because we either try to hide from death, or we …

June 11, 1998
U-T editor Karin Winner urges reporters to throw the union out

Big labor in San Diego has been on a roll, what with victories in the convention center and Prop 226 campaigns last week. But today the local labor movement faces a moment of truth at …

June 11, 1998
Inhale the resinous fragrances that are the essence of wild San Diego

Familiar to most Del Martians but unknown to most outsiders, the Torrey Pines State Reserve Extension conceals itself amid the coastal bluffs inland from Del Mar and just north of the main Torrey Pines reserve. …

June 11, 1998
Does chlorine cause cats to become intoxicated?

Dear Matthew Alice: My daughter is on a swim team and also plays water polo. Almost every evening she comes home with her hair wet from the pool water. This drives our cat, Mickey, completely …

June 11, 1998
Why are the palm trees still tied up at the airport after 4 months?

Matthew Alice: I noticed this back in December and was startled to see it was still going on [in April]. The palm trees that were planted in ridiculously large numbers at the airport have all …

June 11, 1998
Why are we told not to refreeze meat?

Matt: Why are we always told not to refreeze meat? When you go to the supermarket, you often find poultry and sometimes beef and pork that is defrosting right there on the rack, and when …

June 11, 1998
Acorns in San Diego History

Hector renamed the site “Pio Pico,” because it’s across Otay Lakes Road from the campground by the same name. The site is 16,000 square meters and lies above Dulzura Creek, east of the confluence with Jamul Creek.

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