I teach at one of San Diego’s high schools,,,, I was shocked to find that if I had applied for a teaching credential a century ago, I wouldn’t have been hired to teach even the primary grades.
History
Basic teachers’ examination from San Diego, 1891
February 20, 1986
When dinosaurs roamed and volcanoes roared in San Diego
The flexible joints allow a twenty-story skyscraper to sway one or two feet during an earthquake, but ask anyone who was in the Cuyamaca Club on the afternoon of April 8, 1968, how much two feet is.
April 5, 1984
Indians, dust, and death along the old Butterfield Overland Stage route
George McCain lives by himself in an old Airstream trailer beneath a eucalyptus tree, about half a mile from S-2, and after leaving Vallecito station Remeika and I drive up and bang on the trailer s door.
January 12, 1984
The glories of San Diego's trolley system
It is true that the trolley—especially on University Avenue—often caused a backup of frustrated motorists, since it traveled down the street’s center and allowed for little passing room on the sides.
February 15, 1979