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The San Diego building standards started in history

Passages in the city traveled during the peaceful days of December are full of homes and buildings that stand apart and show the intricacy of...
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Silver Line vintage trolley starts up

There is a green light on vintage electric streetcars in downtown San Diego. The first run aboard PCC car #529 was made on Thursday, August 18....
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Balboa Park is having a birthday

  • Balboa Park centennial celebration
  • April 3, 2011
Balboa Park was born into San Diego history in 1915. True that the park had been around decades before this year, but 1915 brought the park to life...
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Balboa Park Panama-California Exposition opens December 31, 1914

December 31, 1914 The Panama-California Exposition opened in Balboa Park to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal. San Diego was promoting...
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On This Day In History: December 8th 2000 9/11 Hijacker Hani Hanjour Came to SD

  • San Diego FBI
  • December 9, 2010
On This Day In History: December 8th 2000 9/11 Hijacker Hani Hanjour Came to San Diego: He Met With Fellow Hijackers, But Did He Meet FBI Informant...
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Spain's adventure in San Diego began ominously

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Screened from the major part of San Diego Bay by the 1.5 mile-long Harbor Island—which was created in...
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San Diego's special relationship with Charles A. Lindbergh

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Whether it’s the Commuter Terminal mural of Charles A. Lindbergh by John J. Whalen, the sculpture by...
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During World War II, trigonometry was no ho-hum matter

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—It is commonplace to see elementary school classes walking through Cabrillo National Monument on history...
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Lighthouse keepers needed to enjoy their own company

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—It was a ten-mile journey over a rutted wagon road from the tip of Point Loma to the area of San Diego known...
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Compelling exhibit on Japanese-Americans in the military at Veterans Memorial Museum

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Probably no event has seared into the consciousness of the Japanese-American community more painfully than...
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