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Mission Bay News & Stories
Campland gives big to Campbell
Lobbyists furnish political services, campaign cash
News that Campland on The Bay, the legacy recreational vehicle park on the northeast corner of Mission Bay, is rapidly closing in on a five-year lease extension from city hall is casting a spotlight on ...
Pacific Beach sends dog owners to re-education camp
“It strikes me as similar to ‘surf gangs’ who attack any outsider"
“A San Diego Police officer rolled up on an ATV and stopped us,” Steve G. said. “He told us dogs were not permitted in the park — except at certain unfathomable hours. A second officer ...
Pacific Beach leads the town in dog tickets
"I am not going to shut up until we get a real off-leash park"
Pacific Beach dog lovers have been frustrated over the lack of off-leash options. Many go rogue and let their dogs run free in parks with rules against that. In January, increased enforcement led to residents ...
A tidal island in Mission Bay
You may be able to walk to it
Leisure Island at Mission Bay might be one of San Diego's only sandy "tidal islands,” if you can catch it on the right day. A tidal island is a body of land that is connected ...
I once lived in an RV in San Diego, and it sucked
Van-lifers on Fiesta Island: you are subject to police profiling
On January 26, about 150 van-lifers converged at Fiesta Island. Jarrod, 33, rolled to the Vanlife Meetup in his 2003 Ford E-350 ambulance that he purchased from Pennsylvania last week. “[I believe that] most of ...
"Bad chemical smell" on Fiesta Island
“A lot of contractors dump wood and furniture in the pits”
On January 12, Tiffany Bauer and her kitties inhaled a “bad chemical smell” exuding from a nearby fire on Fiesta Island. Bauer looked outside of her window and noticed a burning “sofa” about 100 feet ...
One immigrant’s contribution to paddle sports
One of the longest running races featuring outrigger canoes, surfskis, paddleboards, standup paddleboards and kayaks will be held again this Saturday in Mission Bay. Some 650 athletes ages 7 to 80 will compete. The Hanohano ...
Van love on Mission Bay
You can still customize
La Jollan Andreas Stevens cruised his forest green 1972 Chevy “boogie van” out to Crown Point Park on November 11 for “Vans at the Bay.” This was the eighth annual vintage van gathering organized by ...
Like watching paint dry
The patient freesailers
La Jollan Ernie Mortensen has been free sailing 36-inch yachts for 18 years. On October 20-21, Mortensen was the only San Diegan of eight skippers to compete in the National Freesail Regatta, held at the ...
Running sideways a good way to stay inside the circle
Sumo ball on Mission Bay
On September 23, I saw eight alien-looking plastic balls with legs running around at east Mission Bay. “This game is called Sumo Ball,” said Carlos Rendon. “The object is to knock the opposing team out ...
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 ...
