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Peter C. Salisbury

Peter C. Salisbury
Pete Salisbury spent eight years in the U.S. Navy (1971-78) which included two Western Pacific cruises to Vietnam aboard the carrier USS Ranger CVA-61, was assistant plane captain for the prime recovery helicopter for SKYLAB II and III space lab missions aboard the USS New Orleans LPH-11, and helped train Canadian sailors aboard the HMCS Provider AOR-508. He has lived in Imperial Beach almost 40 years and has written community news for the past 10 years for the South County Eagle & Times, La Prensa San Diego, and for the past three years he has contributed news items to the Reader. He has worked as an extra on 18 Wheels of Justice with G. Gordon Liddy, and played proud parent #48 in an episode of Veronica Mars. He is currently writing a graphic novel entitled The Teenage Pumpkin Heads.

Articles by Peter C. Salisbury

Who you calling a sarcastic fringehead?

With the downtown San Diego skyline and the Coronado Bridge as a background, a “Dump Trump” sign was recently posted in the fenced-off area around Pond 20, the 95-acre piece of land that falls within …

San Diego Zombie Walk turns ugly

The annual “Zombie Walk” started at Children’s Park, near the corner of Island and First avenues in San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter shortly after 5 p.m. on Saturday, July 26. Soon, about a block away, a …

Outasight, Daddy-o

A Toyota truck ended up on top of a classic maroon roadster Friday afternoon, June 27, in the parking lot of the AutoZone store at 1344 Palm Avenue. Shortly after 3:00 p.m., Imperial Beach sheriff’s …

House fire sounds

Flames tore through an Imperial Beach house Monday night, June 23. The fire started in the kitchen of the home at 914 Fern Avenue shortly after 10:00 p.m., quickly spread to the living room and …

$7.7 million spent, 130 jobs created

Officials gathered at the Bayshore Bikeway, where it meets Boulevard Avenue and 8th Street, in Imperial Beach on April 22 to mark the completion of the South San Diego Bay Coastal Wetland Restoration Project. Under …

Recycling robbers

Each week in Imperial Beach residents are putting out their blue recycling bins and thieves are stealing their aluminum cans and other beverage containers. Before the Edco garbage trucks arrive, many bins are picked clean …

Armed man robs KFC restaurant in Imperial Beach

An armed man used a black handgun to demand money from Imperial Beach KFC employees on Wednesday, November 6, according to San Diego County Sheriff's Sgt. Bill Uelen. The sergeant said the suspect forced store …

November 8, 2013
Street race ends in South Bay home

Early Tuesday morning, October 22, a silver sports car crashed into the dining room of a home in the 1800 block of Thelborn Way in Nestor, according to San Diego police Lt. Kevin Mayer. The …

October 25, 2013
Fugitive in custody after standoff in Imperial Beach

Fugitive Ramiro Espinoza, sought on a one-million-dollar warrant for attempted murder, was arrested by sheriff’s SWAT officers early on Friday, July 26, after a seven-hour standoff in Imperial Beach. Twenty-two homes on Elkwood Avenue were …

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