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Remember When?
DON’T HAVE THE exact date, but the processor stamped March 1979 on the back of this photo. I took the picture because Mount Cuyamaca, which you probably can’t see, was completely covered in snow. M...
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Remember When?
IT WAS SHIROI HANA FISH MARKET, SUSHI BAR AND RESTAURANT when I took this photo in the mid-1980s. I think it offered New Orleans cuisine when it was called Café Beignet. I’m not sure what name it...
Apr 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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New members of the Pacific Beach Town Council are introduced during the council’s recent installation dinner. Courtesy photo
Town Council installs officers; offers up thanks for support
The 2013 Pacific Beach Town Council (PBTC) Board of Directors would like to offer a sincere thank you to all of the civic and community leaders, PBTC members and guests who showed their support by ...
Feb 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Photo taken by Willie Skinner in 1980
Remember When?
REMEMBER INGRID’S DELI AND RESTAURANT at 1520 Garnet Ave.? Willie Skinner took this photo around 1980. I must not have been paying attention, because it’s now Haiku Sushi ’n’ Teppan Restaurant. A...
Feb 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Letter writer Tony Medina of Pacific Beach is questioning the reaction of a PB lifeguard, who Medina said overreacted during an encounter with this homeless amputee named “John” in front of the lifeguard station on Jan. 4. Courtesy photo by Tony Medina
Writer calls lifeguard’s treatment of homeless amputee overzealous
On Jan. 4 at 10 a.m., a disabled man named “John” in Pacific Beach with no legs and struggling on crutches had his wheel chair stolen in Pacific Beach. Therefore, he asked me to help him carry his ...
Jan 16, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Remember When?
QUASQUICENTENNIAL?  That’s apparently the official term for 125th birthday or anniversary, and that’s how old Pacific Beach will be on Wednesday, Dec. 12.  Why, yes, it will be 12-12-12!!  There i...
Dec 05, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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GUEST VIEW: Thankful for Movember and male cancer-research message
During this time of year, we often give thanks to those who have touched our lives and the events that have helped shape who we are. This year, San Diego resident Chad Little and other men around t...
Nov 24, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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— Kevin Faulconer serves as president pro tem of the City Council and represents District 2 of the council, which includes Pacific Beach, Mission Beach, Mission Bay, Point Loma and Ocean Beach.
More parks, green technology ahead for San Diego
I’m honored to work every day with San Diegans to protect our beaches, bays, clean air and environment. We’ve achieved several victories recently that will preserve open space and bring new parks a...
Nov 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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ON THE WATERFRONT: When the fish are biting, they’re making for some big hauls
Around Seafair’s docks they’re calling this an epic season for big tuna catches — about 100 percent better than the last two years.   Multi-day trips have produced an outstanding mix of yellowfin t...
Oct 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sutton Porter of Point Loma stands at the podium during a City Council meeting in July to urge city support of a proclamation for “Heterosexual Pride Month” to complement like resolutions in support of “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month.” Photo by Walter Ruskin
GUEST VIEW: Should the city level the playing field with ‘Heterosexual Pride Month’ proclamation?
In July, Sutton Porter of Point Loma — producer of the “Rick Amato Show” that can be heard on 1170 KCBQ radio — stood in front of the City Council during its open citizen forum and, for three minut...
Aug 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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On the Waterfront: Triathlon: great trends tend to get their starts at Mission Bay
Want to start something innovative and exciting that might grow into worldwide proportions?  Just try it out around Mission Bay, and no telling how big it’ll become. The regulars believe in fu...
Aug 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Says SeaWorld trainers, orcas a bad interaction
Turned down by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Review Committee, SeaWorld is now virtually certain to proceed to the U.S. Court of Appeals in an effort to escape the ruling that...
Aug 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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MAYOR JERRY SANDERS
City competition already saving taxpayers millions of dollars
At a time when other cities are grappling with large budget deficits and, in some cases, even going bankrupt, the city of San Diego’s financial turn-around continues to attract national attention. ...
Aug 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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CITY COUNCILMAN KEVIN L. FAULCONER
COUNCIL CORNER: Budget restores libraries, protects beaches, guards tax dollars
This summer, San Diego will begin restoring neighborhood services, better protecting our beaches and bays, reinvesting in public safety and guarding San Diego’s tax dollars by strengthening financi...
Jul 11, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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ON THE WATERFRONT: Crystal Pier-fishing tips at your fingertips
It’s not much bigger than a walk-in closet, but from 8 a.m. to sundown James Barrick turns his bait-and-tackle shack into a fisherman’s treasure box. The likable proprietor of hooks, reels, pole...
Jul 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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