Blogs
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The View from Mountain Hawk Park
By CristinaFernando - January 6, 2009, 10:32 p.m.
 Keep driving east of Olympic Parkway from I-805, past the US Olympic Training Center, and you'll find Mt. Hawk. Park. Walk to the gazebo across the park, stand quietly and be in awe. Before you is a grand view of Otay Lakes and the Otay Mountains afar. Some days, ...
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FIGHT!!!
By corib - January 6, 2009, 8:32 p.m.
 Carmel Mountain was a minor mess tonight. At the Arco station at the corner of Poway Rd. and Sabre Springs Parkway, most people are aware that cars line up in one direction to use the pumps. The system doesn't always work well. Regulars are respectful of it, and the ...
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Warner Springs Ranch Ousts Board, Possibly Opening Way for Pala Band to Buy Back Ancestral Homeland
By Don Bauder - January 6, 2009, 7:25 p.m.
Members of North County's financially-troubled Warner Springs Ranch have successfully ousted the board by a vote ratio of more than 4 to 3. A new board has been elected. For some time, there has been a feud among the 1,000 owners. One group, mostly located far away, wanted to sell ...
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Ocean Beach: A Vacation Brochure
By vprocopio - January 6, 2009, 6:16 p.m.
Yeah, that right. It’s OB baby, a haunted seaside saltdream floating across the space-time grid like a languid spectre in blank half-smile. An anachronistic funhouse full o’bleary-eyed skellys shuffling down Newport in search of something they will never find in Ocean Beach. My fat little hands pecking away on this ...
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The Fast Break is on YouTube
By Anthony Gentile - January 6, 2009, 11:22 a.m.
Can't get enough San Diego high school basketball? Check out videos from prep hoops around the section on the Fast Break's YouTube Channel. New clips will be added regularly. Here is a sample from Saturday's Otay Ranch-El Camino game: <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uUDU7QQsKYE&hl=en&fs=1" ...
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Anita O'Day Day
By Josh Board - January 6, 2009, 10:29 a.m.
I always complain when my friends want to go see a documentary, and then I end up loving them. This year, I was a bit disappointed with the Hunter S. Thompson documentary. And the other day I saw the one about Anita O'Day at the Ken Cinema. I guess my ...
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Metallica San Diego Footage (pro-shot), plus Famous Dead Neighbors, More Misheard Lyrics, Weird Beatles
By Jay Allen Sanford - January 6, 2009, 3:31 a.m.
Lars likes us! He really likes us! Well, unless you download his musical illegally, or publish an unauthorized comic book bio about him......... ******************************************** NEED A [PRO]SHOT OF METALLICA FOOTAGE FROM COX ARENA 12-15? Most major ...
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San Diego Super Chargers
By Josh Board - January 5, 2009, 2:57 p.m.
So I'm driving back from the dry cleaners an hour ago, and I hear an AM sports station talking about the Chargers. A guy with a thick accent called in, saying that LaDanian Tomlinson is a big baby, because he's not playing. The guy went on about the college football ...
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Behind the Orange Curtain
By roadrunner93 - January 4, 2009, 7:35 p.m.
I presently reside behind the Orange Curtain--please don't hold it against me. My work takes me to all of San Diego's districts and suburbs, and I'm usually in at least one of them at least once a week. In this process, San Diego, you've racked up yet another suitor, and ...
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a long december
By vcardinalis - January 4, 2009, 2:27 p.m.
 ... and there's reason to believe maybe this year will be better than the last. ~~~ dry grasses in Tijuana Estuary NP, Imperial Beach.
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Leaving Off the Airplane
By Josh Board - January 4, 2009, 2:03 p.m.
On New Year's Day, nine Muslims were kicked off a flight from Washington to Florida. As they were boarding, they got into a conversation about where the safest place to sit on a plane was. They talked about being close to the engine if something happened, and how safe it ...
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Shout Out for the Home Teams from Carmel Mountain
By corib - January 4, 2009, 12:17 p.m.
 I admit that I am not an avid football fan, but I was one in a screaming, yelling chorus of voices yesterday as Darren Sproles scored the winning TD for the Chargers. It seemed as though the entire condo complex erupted in a monstrous vocal "wave." It was plenty ...
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Dead pigeons and thoughts on mortality
By JBaloney - January 4, 2009, 8:50 a.m.
On New Year's Day, in the backyard while contemplating resolutions and such with Dingo, the dog, something fell from the sky . It landed about a foot from where Dingo was stretched out on the cool concrete and he was decidedly alarmed. Upon investigation, it turned out to be a ...
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SAN DIEGO SUPER CHARGERS
By auntsandiegospeaks - January 4, 2009, 4:43 a.m.
SAN DIEGO SUPER CHARGERS, SAN DIEGO CHARGERS DARREN SPROLES carried the team on his small stature and Mike Scifries kicked the Colts into undesirable field position. LT was on the sideline. Antonio Gates & Chris Chambers were prime targets for Phillip Rivers. The grins on the faces of these pro ...
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Jan. 3 Scoreboard
By Anthony Gentile - January 4, 2009, 4:22 a.m.
Cathedral Catholic 59 at Mater Dei Catholic 43 at El Camino 93, Otay Ranch 64  at Valley Center 69, Imperial 45 Christian 59 at Christian Life 24 San Diego Southwest 65 at West Hills 55 Scripps Ranch at Temescal Canyon at San Marcos 77, Mission Hills 67 at San ...
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El Camino glad to be back at home
By Anthony Gentile - January 3, 2009, 5:40 p.m.
***Wildcats run Otay Ranch out of Oceanside***  ***El Camino guard Steven Aldridge dials up a three-pointer in the first half against Otay Ranch.*** For El Camino, it feels good to be home. In their first home game in nearly a month, the Wildcats crushed Otay Ranch 93-64 on Saturday ...
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The Idiotic Charles Barkley
By Josh Board - January 3, 2009, 12:54 p.m.
I've read articles from people that complain about ex-athletes being hired to write or broadcast sports events. To me, it makes sense. Why not have a person like Dan Fouts, who is good looking, a great speaker, and knows about the sport in which he's talking? Why does it have ...
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Jan. 2 Scoreboard
By Anthony Gentile - January 3, 2009, 11:54 a.m.
Long Beach Wilson at Serra Mundelein (Illinois) 68 at San Dieguito Academy 36 at Rancho Buena Vista 71, San Diego Southwest 61 Crawford 69 at Olympian 62
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Dec. 31 Scoreboard
By Anthony Gentile - January 3, 2009, 11:46 a.m.
***Eagle Holiday Classic*** Christian Life Academy 56 vs Guajome Park Academy 32 ***Linfield Christian Caged Classic*** (at Linfield Christian High) Army-Navy 60 at Linfield Christian 50 ***Loma Linda Academy Tournament*** Newbury Park Academy 46 vs Escondido Adventist 44 ***Tri-City Christian Tournament*** San Dieguito 68 vs Santa Clarita Christian 53 (at ...
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Jeff Moorad, Former Players' Agent, Says He Has Reached Agreement in Principle to Purchase Padres
By Don Bauder - January 2, 2009, 9:57 p.m.
Jeff Moorad has resigned as chief executive officer of the Arizona Diamondbacks and says he has an agreement in principle to buy the San Diego Padres, according to the Associated Press. Moorad was a former players' agent; other Major League Baseball owners have therefore been wary of him. Nonetheless, he ...