“The Port Authority took away all the good anchorages and they put us out here because they knew we wouldn’t last, but it’s the furthest place from anything too. They couldn’t put it anyplace else.”
August 3, 2000
News & Stories
A precarious life in San Diego Bay's A-8 anchorage
Coronado Was Once a Wedding Gift
He rode his horse south, from San Diego around the southern shore of the bay. “The beach bordering the Pacific Ocean offered him a smooth path northward,” and he rode along a “crescent-shaped peninsula.”
August 3, 2000
Bird Talk
When she walks along Pacific Beach in the warm evenings of summer, Renee Lowe turns heads. The 38-year-old has long brown hair and the good looks that once made her a teen model, but it …
August 3, 2000
What's the real deal with divining rods?
Dear Matt: What's the real deal with divining rods? I've used a couple of wire coat hangers and straightened them out thus [clever illustration included], and I have found water pipes. But I'm puzzled as …
August 3, 2000
How do you get permission from Caltrans to put up memorial markers between the 163 and 52 overpass?
Hey, Matt: I commute to work by bike down Kearny Villa Road, and between the 163 overpass and the 52 overpass are two markers, one on each side of the road. The west side marker …
August 3, 2000
Can you please answer this puzzle for me?
Mr. Alice: This puzzle has been driving me crazy. So there are three guys in a hotel and they order a pizza. It costs $30. Each guy chips in $10. But when the pizza delivery …
August 3, 2000
Visit El Monte Park near Lakeside, where massive oaks spread below the stony gaze of "El Capitan" mountain.
Tucked against a rocky, sunburnt hillside in the San Diego River valley outside Lakeside, El Monte Regional Park is a shock to the eye on a bright summer day. The park spreads across 98 flat …
August 3, 2000
Gringo Blues
“They call me Chicago Pete. I’ve been in town for about six, seven months.” The man speaking is standing on the corner of Fifth and Market on a Friday night. He is dressed like a …
August 3, 2000