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Bottle houses: A rare oddity from a century ago

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

A standing bottle house is a rarity. They emerged century ago, primarily due to a lack of building materials in mining camps. The first was said to...
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Down but not out: San Diego’s remnant fishing fleet at Tuna Harbor

The reported demise of San Diego’s tuna fleet is greatly exaggerated. Step over to Tuna Harbor Park and G Street Pier and see for yourself....
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Path to happiness is found on the boardwalk

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Success is measured in many ways. To most it’s a stable career with a sure paycheck and a few choice benefits. To Mike Fath, it’s a table...
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As Halloween passes, Day of the Dead begins

Once the Halloween costumes, candy, and treats are stowed away for another year, and the carved pumpkin is unceremoniously trashed, it’s time...
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In search of the elusive Boojum Tree

The boojum tree is best described as bizarre, odd, even mythical. An alien form so quizzical in appearance that no other plant on earth resembles it....
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No retirement for once fastest barber

Once named the fastest barber in the U.S. Navy, Fred Alfato still keeps up the pace, except when pausing to talk about his grandchildren. At 77,...
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Baja adventure to the last Spanish mission built in the Californias

The Valley of Guadalupe flourishes with wine and olive trees under a light blue sky. Fertile as any region north of the border, it exists like an...
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After 141 years, San Diego Union-Tribune still debunking the doomsayers

The future of the San Diego Union-Tribune may be in question, but its past as the region’s chronicler of all things trivial and major since 1868...
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Gypsum mining keeps Plaster City in the money

Tourist services at Plaster City are severely lacking. Where’s the mayor? In fact, there are no services in Plaster City. No gas stations,...
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Tributes adorn Anita Gillis gravesite, but who was she?

Little Anita Gillis passed into history some 150 years ago leaving a modest mention in a book and a gravesite at the El Campo Santo Cemetery in Old...
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