The marijuana she had rolled into long, fat joints was supposed to be Mexican sensemilla, the seedless, potent stuff guaranteed to bring on a good buzz after just a few tokes. At $1.50 per joint, …
June 18, 1981
Pacific Beach News & Stories
Pacific Beach Junior High – $5 for five to seven joints
Pacific Beach's Roxy Theater to become post office
Where once the residents of Pacific Beach bought stamps and mailed packages, they will soon be squeezing tomatoes and weighing bananas. And where once they watched X-rated films or saw rock concerts, they may soon …
November 13, 1980
Mission Bay's enclave of movers and shakers
Former San Diego City Councilman Bob Martinet owns a home that would fulfill the fantasies of many urban dweller. Nestled at the end of a cul de sac in Pacific Beach, the two-story house features …
March 6, 1980
Hare Krishnas move to Pacific Beach
Golden Arches would seem to fit in better than Hindu arches next to the driving shops on lower Grand Avenue, and Hare Krishna devotees in white and saffron robes somehow look misplaced strolling along the …
December 1, 1977
Elite owners want to kill bike path for Sail Bay
Crescent Beach, the stretch of sand along the northwest shore of Mission Bay, doesn’t look much like a beach. Indeed, events there have instead called to mind one of those trick birthday candles, those which …
October 27, 1977
De Anza wants to buy the Camperland lease
With two private recreational parks sprawling over the landscape, few San Diegans see much of the far northwest corner of Mission Bay. Just west of the Grand Avenue exit in Pacific Beach stretches De Anza …
June 16, 1977
Pacific Plaza rent hikes taking their toll
The beautification of Garnet Avenue in Pacific Beach has begun creeping west. In the shadow of the spanking-new facelift at Pacific Plaza, workers have begun renovating the Safeway-owned shopping center on the northwest corner of …
March 31, 1977
Oakwood apartments and Southern California's live-for-the-moment feeling
The hub of the social activity is the pool area. Driftwoodites sit poolside and murmur where else could we find all this without paying an arm and a leg? The hot sun, the manicured grounds….
December 2, 1976
Pacific Beach political porn
Sometimes, not always, one expects a pretty lush experience at the porno flicks. In Los Angeles, for example. people are lining up around the block to see Deep Throat, one of the top 2S grossers …
March 29, 1973
The Greenery on Mission Blvd. and Garnet
The building on the southwest corner of Mission Boulevard and Garnet Avenue in Pacific Beach has seen a lot of changes. First there was Oscar's and then the short-lived dance joint The Bushwacker. This summer …
October 19, 1972