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Runners pounded the streets of Liberty Station in specially-designed boxer shorts (complete with thong gags) during the inaugural Undy 5000 5K Run/Walk on March 6. The event was designed to kick off March as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, with a percentage of proceeds going to benefit the California Colorectal Cancer Coalition. PHOTOS BY JIM GRANT
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Lucas Swafford, 25, said he has seen the good, bad and the ugly on the streets of Ocean Beach. A part of a self-named group known as the “urban travelers,” Swafford said the vast majority of the 100 or so transient youths respect the local community and police themselves against the bad seeds. JIM GRANT | THE BEACON
Lucas Swafford, 25, said he has seen the good, bad and the ugly on the streets of Ocean Beach. A part of a self-named group known as the “urban travelers,” Swafford said the vast majority of the 100 or so transient youths respect the local community and police themselves against the bad seeds. JIM GRANT | THE BEACON
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Friction on the street
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Young transient sees darker, brighter sides of life in OB’s traveling enclave
Experts say regional rebound is at hand
Economists view 2010 turnaround
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A U.S. Postal Service worker collects returns during the April 15, 2008 tax deadline at the Midway Processing and Distribution Facility — one of only two in the city that have remained open for postmarking until midnight. The site may now be sold because of a drop in volume and replaced with a retail location elsewhere along Midway. PAUL HANSEN | THE BEACON Midway’s postal facility placed on the sales block
With national mail volume down 17 percent since 2006, the U.S. Postal Service (U.S.P.S.) is looking to save as much money as possible. Locally, the U.S.P.S. is now seeking buyers for its Midway Pr...
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Friends and family of Rosa Lisowski celebrated in September 2008 at the news of the arrest of Henry Lisowski, whom they suspected in the disappearance of his estranged wife, Rosa, on March 24, 2008. Rosa was last seen walking one of her children to school at Barnard Elementary. Rosa’s supporters would have to wait another year and a half for Henry’s conviction, which came at the hands of a jury on March 2. RONAN GRAY | THE BEACON OB man convicted of murdering estranged wife
After a jury found him guilty of the first-degree murder of his estranged wife, Ocean Beach resident Henry Lisowski now awaits a likely sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole...
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NORMAL ALLENBY PCPB gears up for 2010 election March 18
Peninsula planners candidate preview
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CATHERINE CAPPELLUCCI OB planners prepare to seat new members
 An estimated 40 community members turned out to cast their votes for district representatives to the Ocean Beach Planning Board ( OBPB ) on Tuesday, March 9. According to results provided by OBP...
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