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2022 San Diego Reader writing contest winners, part 2

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San Diego's freedivers have the freedom to die

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The internet writers gang up on San Diego

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What drives San Diego neighbors crazy

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2022 San Diego Reader writing contest winners, part 2

First Place Winner CHANGING OF THE GUARD Unexpected violence at the San Diego Zoo When people found out I worked security at the world famous San Diego Zoo, they asked: ...

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San Diego's freedivers have the freedom to die

The history of freediving is so rich in La Jolla that diving in its cove is akin to a Catholic visiting Rome: maybe it didn’t all start there, but that’s ...

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The internet writers gang up on San Diego

The Marina District is one of San Diego’s more prestigious addresses. Once consisting mostly of warehouses and vacant lots, the 343-acre area on the west side of Downtown is now ...

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What drives San Diego neighbors crazy

Michael Vilkin owned a huge vacant lot in Olivenhain, right next to a house John Upton was renting. On the morning of March 28, 2013, Vilkin drove up to the ...

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Balboa Park golf traffic up 79 percent, Mission Bay up 54 percent

The city's three municipal golf courses closed on March 21, 2020 due to Covid-19. When they re-opened two months later, they were busier than ever. Despite initial losses due to the closures, in 2021 the ...

November 23, 2021

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Unwind with Carrara marble in Torrey Pines

This week, prospective buyers have an opportunity to “fall in love with timeless Spanish architecture” at 1640 Torrey Pines Road, a 3095-square-foot residence “minutes from the vibrant Village of La Jolla” and located among “luxury ...

December 5, 2019

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July 17, 2019

Is self-regulation working at Torrey Pines Gliderport?

No one knows exactly what final thoughts went through the minds of the two pilots who plummeted from the skies over Torrey Pines State Beach one sunny afternoon in early March as the pair struggled ...

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December 7, 2016

Our beaches looked like the East Coast’s millions of years ago

Established to protect the life forms found within it, the Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve became an official state park in 1956. Found within its borders is the Torrey pine (Pinus torreyana), the rarest pine ...

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November 16, 2016

Wet your toes on Torrey Pines Marsh Trail

The Torrey Pines Marsh Trail is not easily found, much like the cave of the hermit who carved a home out of the sandstone bluffs along the trail. The Marsh Trail does not appear on ...

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July 8, 2016

Nearly $1 billion blown on General Atomics contract

General Atomics, a pillar of San Diego's lucrative military contractor economy and the source of millions of dollars in campaign contributions to federal, state, and local officeholders of both parties, has a nine-figure lemon on ...

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May 23, 2016

Will latest U-T deal replace reporters with robots?

More twisting in the wind seems ahead for the besieged staff of the Union-Tribune as yet another Los Angeles billionaire joins the cast of characters on the big-money merry-go-round otherwise known as Chicago's Tribune Publishing. ...

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April 18, 2016

Still no showers at San Diego state beaches

Even though the California Department of Water Resources reports a near normal snow pack after four years of little snow, the governor’s office is not ready to turn on the rinse-off showers at local state ...

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Families dropped from Vargas blowout fundraiser invite

It's time again for South Bay congressman Juan Vargas to throw his annual winter Torrey Pines Golf Weekend, offering a host of well-heeled capitol lobbyists a chance to break away from the Washington grind for ...

February 11, 2016

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No trailblazers wanted in Parry Grove

The trail begins just north of the Torrey Pines Lodge Visitor Center at the top of the hill with a walk through Whitaker Native Plant Garden, named for Thomas W. Whitaker, a plant scientist and ...

January 13, 2016

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November 18, 2015

On the lookout for buffleheads in Del Mar

Bird watching and scenic views of seasonal ponds are highlights.

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