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“Cherish those moments because you never know when the waves are gonna be that good again.”

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Ocean Beach summer of ’79

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2022 San Diego Reader writing contest winners, part 1

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Sunset Cliffs Surf Diego

“Cherish those moments because you never know when the waves are gonna be that good again.”

Are you a local? No, I am originally from Bakersfield What brought you out to San Diego? Growing up my buddy had surf posters on his walls that I used ...

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Ocean Beach summer of ’79

This is a story about the summer of ‘79, but it starts a year earlier, circa mid-’78. That’s when I first drove into San Diego. Within minutes of my arrival, ...

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2022 San Diego Reader writing contest winners, part 1

The Reader’s editorial staff was gratified and frequently delighted by the response we got to our writing contest: 347 non-fiction stories, 31 pieces of fiction, and no less than 199 ...

Sunset Cliffs Surf Diego

Paddle Like There is a Shark Behind You

How long have you been surfing? “7 years now. The first time I ever surfed I hated it. My dad got me out on a surfboard for the fist time ...

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Sunset Cliffs Surf Diego

You can’t really name the spots because they are on a need-to-know basis.

A native of San Diego, 21-year-old Ryan Filds talks about the surf around Sunset Cliffs. He says he enjoys surfing up and down the coast, and at Sunset Cliffs specifically, but can’t really name the ...

August 3, 2021

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Squatters' paradise on Sunset Cliffs

In September of 2018, the property at 2068 Sunset Cliffs Boulevard in Ocean Beach was purchased by Socal Metro Holdings LLC, for $520,000. The one bedroom, one bath, 634-square-foot home built in 1908, fell prey ...

November 1, 2019

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March 12, 2019

Hit in the rib cage by board in Hawaii

Name: Clara Macculloch Age: 19 From: Sunset Cliffs Location: Sunset Cliffs Clara Macculloch was pulling her board out of her Dad’s car in Sunset Cliffs when we stopped to chat. “I live right at the ...

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March 11, 2019

Started going down to Punta Mita in the 80s

Name: Amy Lepine Age: 53 From: Ocean Beach Location: Sunset Cliffs Amy Lepine is an OB native and Sunset Cliffs is her beach. “This is a little slice of heaven here… I know a lot ...

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March 11, 2019

Surfing meant partying, like the Gidget movie

Name: Michael Curtis Age: 69 From: Sunset Cliffs Location: Sunset Cliffs It was an overcast morning by the Sunset Cliff stairs when Michael Curtis and I started to chat. Curtis has been surfing since 1954. ...

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February 25, 2019

Surfed naked at Blacks Beach

Name: Shona Neufeld Age: 30 From: San Diego Location: Sunset Cliffs Shona Neufeld was walking to her car with board on head when I approached her. Neufeld is from Albuquerque, New Mexico, but she moved ...

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December 31, 2018

You step on land, get in the car, and reality hits

Name: Octavio Gonzalez Age: 39 From: Ocean Beach Location: Sunset Cliffs Octavio Gonzalez was sitting on a bench watching the surfers on the water when I stopped to chat. Gonzalez frequents Sunset Cliffs, “because it ...

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December 10, 2018

Ran over by dolphins

Name: Hayden Gore Age: 42 From: Ocean Beach Location: Sunset Cliffs Hayden Gore was heading down the long flight of stairs at Sunset Cliffs when we stopped to chat. Gore first started surfing in South ...

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The improvement of Sunset Cliffs

This aerial map shows the planned trail alignment for the Hillside Improvement Project at Sunset Cliffs Natural Park. The exhibit was used during the planning phase to illustrate the general goals and vision for the ...

March 8, 2018

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Bulldozers move in to Sunset Cliffs

Construction has begun in Sunset Cliffs Natural Park on Phase 2 of the “Hillside Improvement Project,” a component of the Sunset Cliffs Natural Park master plan. Heavy equipment has moved in to the park to ...

March 1, 2018

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February 14, 2018

Ladera Street stairs closed. Too dangerous.

On February 13th, San Diego city officials closed the beach access stairway at the western end of Ladera Street. An adjacent bluff failure that landed at the base of the stairway is the cause of ...

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Sunset Cliffs

“Cherish those moments because you never know when the waves are gonna be that good again.”

Ocean Beach summer of ’79

2022 San Diego Reader writing contest winners, part 1

Paddle Like There is a Shark Behind You

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