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High-school musician grateful for outpouring
The past few weeks for me have been a little hectic, to say the least, with the theft of my [musical] instruments and then having to play shows with borrowed equipment.   In this tough time, howeve...
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
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Common-sense ideas to prepare your home for sale
From the moment you decide to sell your home, consider it an inventory item — it is a product that you need to sell. In fact, you could argue that it is now a liability to you until it is sold. Wh...
Apr 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Letter to the Editor: Ahhhhhh ... the joy and mystery of the wild parrots in Ocean Beach
I thoroughly enjoyed your parrot story and the wonderful photograph atop one of the lovely coral trees planted around the city. Your writer is probably too young to have heard the prevailing story ...
Mar 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ocean Beach Pier is very symbol of this unique beach community
The West Coast’s longest concrete pier reaches out into the ocean as Ocean Beach’s monument to recreational enjoyment. It’s a majestic piece of work. Supported by leggy pylons, it measures 1,971 fe...
Feb 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Andrew Garrett is credited with helping to save the life of a young seagull recently, swimming out to retrieve the exhausted bird. Courtesy photo
Writer has words of praise for young bird rescuer who didn’t hesitate to jump in
I was walking along La Playa Avenue just past the yacht club this morning when a group tried to rescue a young seagull.   This nice young man, Andrew Garrett, swam out and got the exhausted bird an...
Dec 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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TO THE POINT: Cruise industry continues to face stormy skies ahead
Recently, three cruise ships were in San Diego’s port, which, under present travel conditions, had to be a rarity. Coupled with a poor economy and Mexico’s cartel crime wave, the cruise ship busine...
Dec 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Grandma’s book and OB’s 125th anniversary
2012 marks the 100th anniversary of the Varney family’s arrival from Montana to our beloved Ocean Beach. When my grandmother, Ruth Varney Held, wrote the book “Beach Town,” it was purely a labor of...
Dec 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Pallet-burning leaves writer doing slow burn
I carefully read the article about how many people are getting tickets for burning pallets and unattended fires at the beach firepits in Ocean Beach (“Pallet fires are fun, but you could get burned...
Dec 13, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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PLA thanks community, supporters for successes
Thank you to the Point Loma community and Point Loma Association friends and supporters who made the 2012 Point Loma Association Oktoberfest Dinner a sold-out success. Special thanks to Chris Krame...
Dec 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Praising ‘barricade artist’ outside skate park
Kudos to artist Katy Helen Stockinger (“Artist makes a splash on guardrail outside skate park,” Nov. 29 Beacon, Page 5)!! I was thrilled a few weeks ago when I first saw the work starting on the ba...
Dec 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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TO THE POINT: Point Loma may assume more prominent role in Navy’s future
Naval Base Point Loma is really six bases rolled up into one. Established in 1998, it has grown with the additions of the Submarine base, Naval Mine and Antisubmarine Warfare Center, Fleet Combat T...
Nov 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 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 | 6 6 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 | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Shinpei Takeda is the muralist at the Brighton Avenue comfort station in Ocean Beach. Photo by Jim Grant I The Beacon
GUEST VIEW: Brighton Avenue bathroom muralist says art should stir dialogue, healing
I am writing this as a response to an article that appeared in The Peninsula Beacon on Sept. 20, with a hope that this is a beginning of a dialogue so that we can communicate while respecting eac...
Oct 04, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 4 4 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 | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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