Garbage Fire wins silver
San Diego's surprise showing at 2018 Literalympics
Walter Mencken 10 a.m., June 22
Mission Bay News & Stories
Not your normal (yawn) grass soccer
Beach Soccer Jam on Fiesta Island
Soccer is a game of running, lots of running, and we who enjoy the beach know that running in the soft sand above the tideline is not easy. That’s why the beach runs for runners ...
Only the young in the outrigger canoes
Shaka Fest at De Anza Park Saturday April 28
Long before the magnetic compass, the sextant, global positioning systems and other navigational aids, Polynesians sailed solely by observation of the sun, stars, and ocean swells coupled with other signs of nature such as the ...
Mission Bay Classic kayak fishing
A non-impact activity
For those of us that have it in our blood, fishing can be a cathartic thing; a way to purge stress. The more one can quiet the noise of human hustle and bustle, the better. ...
The skinny on catching fat fish
Mission Bay bass seminar
Eleven out of the world’s top twenty-five largemouth bass have been caught in San Diego county lakes; Dixon, Murray, Miramar, Hodges and Wohlford have put out fish over nineteen pounds. Only the famous Castaic has ...
Hanohano Huki Ocean Challenge ramps up buzz on Bahia
Who wants parking next to the water?
The Hanohano Huki Ocean Challenge is one of the longest running paddle-sport races in California, featuring OC-1, surfski, traditional paddleboard, standup paddleboard and kayak. This year’s races on Saturday will take place amid controversy across ...
Near-doubling of Bahia Resort approved
Increase of 285 rooms puts squeeze on local watercraft users
Mission Bay water-sport enthusiasts fighting a hotel expansion they say would eliminate public access to a prime vessel-launch site were dealt another blow from the San Diego Park and Recreation Board on Thursday (January 18). ...
Decision made on Mission Bay wetlands plan
Campland reduced, golf course intact, ReWild rankled by mere 38-acre allotment
A conflicted, somewhat confused Mission Bay Park Committee voted 5-3 to go forward with a plan for the DeAnza Cove Tuesday night (December 5th) after hours of passionate testimony from people who want different things ...
King tide bird count on Mission Bay
Kendall-Frost Marsh's light-footed Ridgway's rails on the ropes
Volunteers with San Diego Audubon used exceptionally high tides Tuesday morning (December 5) as an aid in counting threatened light-footed Ridgway's rails that reside in Kendall-Frost Marsh along the northeast shores of Mission Bay. "We ...
Who made it first to Mission Bay drowning scene?
Emergency response time transcript easy to misread
A new twist in the March drowning death of a two-year-old in Mission Bay: the 911 system record of the calls were requested by San Diego attorney Cory Briggs, according to the city’s NextRequest document ...
California least terns cared for the most
Audubon Society nest site research and maintenance at Fiesta Island
The California least tern, a light-brown shorebird that nests along the state's coastline, is one of the smallest tern species in the world, growing to just nine inches in length at adulthood. It's also one ...
Kissed Alive drummer well after heart attack
Tribute band to return to Campland stage September 15
For the past seven years, veteran local drummer Jason Lee has played in the Kiss tribute band Kissed Alive. “My first heart attack happened when I was in Target six years ago. I started having ...
De Anza splits the baby — 40 acres to Campland, 38 acres to marsh restoration
Campers and conservationists walk away unhappy from Thurs. meeting
A committee formed to explore redevelopment options at De Anza Cove in the northeast corner of Mission Bay met for the sixth and final time on Thursday evening (June 29), adopting a tentative plan that ...
Bad lumber dumped on Fiesta Island
Painted wood and particle board donated to college students
On Saturday, Carl was setting up to enjoy a bonfire with several friends on Fiesta Island when he noticed a roofing company from the Midway Drive area unloading “their scraps” next to his wood pile ...
Sunset Cliffs passes Fiesta Island as dirtiest beach
Trash coming to coast from inland
The beaches of Sunset Cliffs have supplanted Fiesta Island in Mission Bay for the dubious distinction of San Diego's dirtiest shoreline, according to new data from San Diego Coastkeeper and the Surfrider Foundation's San Diego ...
Rose Creek won't be moved to flush Mission Bay
Edging closer to wetlands at De Anza Cove
The group tasked with reimagining wildlife habitat along the northern edge of Mission Bay unveiled a new set of proposals on Tuesday evening (April 25). The three draft alternatives include new developments and some departures ...
