Between July 1952 and December 1959, the City of San Diego operated a landfill in Mission Bay Park between Sea World and Interstate 5. For ten hours a day, seven days a week, ity trucks …
July 20, 2000
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Toxic waste dumped in Mission Bay 1952-59
Nigerian Nightmare
James Adler, Chula Vista resident and Tijuana business owner, is out $5.2 million. He fell victim to an international financial scam perpetrated by Nigerian nationals and, his court case proved, the Nigerian government. Starting in …
July 20, 2000
Revolting Indians
One group of neophytes at Mission San Diego refused to speak Spanish. Even when Fathers Fernando Martin and Jose Sanchez threatened punishment, the neophytes would not obey. The priests couldn’t understand “what reasons keep them from Spanish.”
July 20, 2000
How to Choose an Explosive Cereal
In my house, growing up, if the kiddies weren’t feeling well it was either the weather or they needed to go No. 2, or, as mom put it, “hmm- hmm’s.” Raisin bran has always had …
July 20, 2000
Discover the "secret" steps and stairways of La Mesa and Rolando
Books on the stairway walks of San Francisco and Los Angeles can be found on the shelves of bookstores in those areas. No such guidebook exists for San Diego, because -- despite the substantial vertical …
July 20, 2000