Suburbanizing San Diego's downtown Tom Hom says that his Gaslamp District will avoid the problems of a similar district in St. Louis that has now deteriorated because San Diego’s will be locally governed, where St.Louis’s …
February 26, 2022
Articles by Mark Woelber
1970s redevelopment of downtown San Diego, Helix Lake showdown
Steve Soderberg, Mike Doyle, Rusty Preisendorfer, Tom Morey
Of Wave and Camera Shaun Tomson, Larry Bertlemann, Terry Fitzgerald. Gerry Lopez, and Donald Takayama are special because of their boundless optimism, a character trait he feels is infectious. “Good surfers are the most positive …
August 9, 2021
1976 San Diego guide to surfing spots
There is no such thing as a secret spot in San Diego. A million surfers have gone looking for waves in this county over the last 30 years, and probably every spot that can be …
October 7, 1976
Surfboard shapers Mike Easton, Mike Doyle, Skip Frye, Bill Caster, Donald Takayama, L.J.Richards, Tony Cannin, Bill Owen
In the mind of every perfect surfer, there exists a perfect surfboard. But the surfer is always changing his mind. Suppose he's at the South Mission jetty, watching a wave with the mass of a …
December 18, 1975
Journal of an Amateur Shaper
My surfboard is what you might call (what my friends do call) a pig-board. I shaped it myself, and wrapped it with two layers of 4-ounce fiberglass, teh first layer, clear, for lightness. The second …
December 18, 1975
The happy lifeguards of San Diego
In the Spring of 1973, Paul J. decided to become a San Diego City Lifeguard. He went to the City Administration Building at 202 “C” Street and filled out an application for Lifeguard I, summer …
June 5, 1975
San Diego apartment renters doomed by conversions
I testified recently before the San Diego Regional Coast Commission, in behalf of some Mission Beach friends. Their 6-unit apartment complex. Far Horizon, is being yanked from under them for conversion to condominiums. First the …
May 1, 1975
University Hospital's ER takes 'em all
The police officer pushes his prisoner, locked in a wheelchair, through the Emergency Room doors. The man, a well-dressed scuffler, sits with his head on his chest and says nothing as the officer checks in …
March 6, 1975