Baja a few decades ago
Glass blowers in Revolucion, Chula Vista dowager in prison, man marries Tijuana prostitute, and the complete history of Caliente racetrack
Various Authors 8:30 a.m., Jan. 20
Joe Deegan
Joe Deegan started writing for the Reader in 1998 and enjoys writing about a wide variety of topics. Feel free to contact him directly.
Articles by Joe Deegan
Mission Beach Town Council stakes are big
Are rental owners stacking the membership?
Matt Gardner, whose shop Cheap Rentals on Mission Boulevard ¾ of a mile north of the roller coaster rents bikes, surfboards, and other beach equipment, will be the new president of the Mission Beach Town ...
Outdoor museums that don’t pay for themselves
The problem with historical neighborhoods
“If I went to the city and said I wanted my house to be a historic resource,” says South Park resident Dave Twining, “and I wanted the tax benefits associated with that, there would be ...
City College getting used to recent prisoners
Your classmates may be parolees
The Urban Scholars Union, established at San Diego City College in 2016, is a student organization helping formerly incarcerated persons create new lives through attending college and earning academic credits and degrees. To jump start ...
Where hash browns and French fries are cooked
McDonald's fire at San Diego State
Shortly after 7 this morning, October 26, as I was approaching SDSU on the Number 11 bus, I saw smoke billowing up beyond the intersection of Montezuma Road and Campanile Drive. It looked to be ...
Superior Ready Mix dusts Allied Gardens
Company responds faster than bureaucracy
It might seem that Kirk Riley set a trap for investigators at the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District. But it was inadvertent. Riley, who is 45 and a resident of Del Cerro, had ...
The squeezed turn from Aero to Murphy Canyon Dr.
Disenfranchised bus passenger
During our conversation about potholes (see “What It Takes to Fill a Pothole” on August 10), Misty Haskins expressed what struck me as an exaggerated worry about her safety on the buses she rides. She ...
What it takes to fill a pothole
Do Rancho Bernardo and Scripps Ranch enjoy better roads than El Cajon Blvd.?
Although, in March, Mark Kersey ended his candidacy to become California’s 38th District senator, he may be forgiven for still bragging about all the recent street resurfacing in his San Diego city council District 5. ...
Power Surge San Diego's impressive girls
They don't play daddy ball
On an empty lot at Maine Avenue near the rodeo grounds in Lakeside, I find Power Surge Chavez, a fastpitch softball team of ten-year-old girls that practice twice a week, attend conditioning on another two ...
Airport noise — from La Mesa to La Jolla
How the FAA is treating your complaints
Ever since Lindbergh Field was dedicated in 1928, there have been outcries over noisy aircraft over San Diego neighborhoods. But a new rapprochement between recently tone deaf aviation officials and irritated residents in the flight ...
