A sad Mission Beach dog story The old woman who owned the apartment building did not know enough to kick out her tenants in the summer, jack up the rent, and lease the apartments to …
“It’s like it’s our own beach.’’
Posted March 1, 1979
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Island Court roommates turn dog abusers
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Traffic lights on Market Street, baseball card nostalgia, Surfer Motel attacked
Why 24th and Market got no traffic light It is an intersection that only God could love. Market and Twenty-fourth streets: its sidewalks are stuck about with telephone poles, shadeless palms, and a few eugenias …
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San Diego's old trolleys, off season Mission Beach, lost colony of Mission Hills, an abused dog, Surfer Motel attacked, Baseball card obsession
The glories of San Diego's trolley system Buses are rough; the passengers fall down easier. With the streetcars, you knew where they were—smooth starts and stops. They weren’t swaying back and forth—therefore, less accidents. And …
February 2, 2019
Mission Beach off season
From a distance she looked younger, or maybe it just seemed that a girl on roller skates at three in the afternoon would be in her late teens, at the most. She wore a plaid …
March 1, 1979