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Sports | Surfing/SUPing
Long Beach’s Site of 1938 National Surfing Championship Nominated as California Historic Point
From Save Our Heritage Now – Jan-Feb 2023 Newsletter The nonprofit Sea of Clouds (a San Diego preservation group) together with Surfrider Foundation, Long Beach Chapter, have nominated Long B…
Miscellaneous | Opinion
White People Have Noting to Fear About Critical Race Theory
By Joni Halpern Today there is a raging controversy, especially on the part of White Americans, about “critical race theory.” There seems to be a belief commonly held among White Americans that cri…
News | News
Investigators Believe Fire at Home of Fletcher and Gonzalez Was Arson
After over two weeks of no information, today, Friday, San Diego authorities announced they believe the fire at the home of San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher and his wife, former Assembly…
Miscellaneous | Opinion
Marijuana Is Here to Stay, But Local Sales Bans Drive it Underground
by Paul Armentano / Times of San Diego / Jan. 9, 2022 The majority of Californians in 2016 cast votes to displace the illicit cannabis market with a taxed and regulated marketplace — one that would…
Miscellaneous | Opinion
One Year On, No Prosecution of Anyone for Plotting Coup, Let Alone for Conspiracy or Treason
Thoughts on the Capitol Riots One Year On By Mat Wahlstrom Most people respect authority because they believe it to be justified by objective criteria, such as scientific evidence, transparent elec…
Miscellaneous | Opinion
We’ve Got a Long Haul, If We Really Want Liberty and Justice for All
by Ernie McCray “Liberty and Justice for All.” That just might be America’s biggest lie of all. I mean a young man, a White teen, with a rifle that looks like an AR-15, appears on a scene where peo…
Miscellaneous | Opinion
Uma Thurman: ‘The Texas abortion law is a human rights crisis for American women’
Opinion by Uma Thurman / Washington Post / September 21, 2021 I have followed the course of Texas’s radical antiabortion law with great sadness, and something akin to horror. Now, in the hope of dr…
Miscellaneous | Interesting stories
Gaining Perspective While Waiting In Line to Cross the Border
By Geoff Page After a day long trip to Tijuana on Wednesday, I found a few emails my phone had not picked up because of where I was. One was from editordude asking if any of his band of merry prank…
Miscellaneous | Interesting stories
A History of Mexico for Gringos
By Frank Gormlie Most gringos don’t know too much of the history of Mexico – our southern neighbor – even though Mexico is so much part of the culture of Southern California. U.S.…
News | News
Small Group Burns Masks as ‘Tools of Terror’ in Protest in Mission Bay Park
By Ken Stone / Times of San Diego / August 8, 2020 As if casting out demons, dozens of people tossed pricey KN95 face masks into a fire pit Friday in Mission Bay Park. The coverings were depicted a…
