COMMUNITY Friends of Rose Creek and I Love A Clean San Diego are looking for volunteers to help clean up Rose Creek in PB on Saturday, April 25. PAGE 7
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Crystal Pier's repairs ready for summer
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Graffiti clean-up in Pacific Beach needs tag teams Volunteers are needed for Pacific Beach Town Council’s Graffiti Clean-Up, which will take place 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 2. Each year, more than 1,000 graffiti tags are removed from the community. Volunteers meet behind Pacific Beach Presbyterian Church, at 1675 Garnet Ave., and should wear close-toed shoes and old clothes. Students can earn community service hours by participating. SEE GRAFFITI, Page 12
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‘Field of dreams’
By DAVE SCHWAB San Diego City Council unanimously voted last month to reimburse $1.2 million for the already completed restoration of the city-owned portion of Crystal Pier in Pacific Beach. Crystal Pier Hotel and cottages co-owner Bill Allen said the pier refurbishment project, completed a few weeks ago, was the product of four years of efforts to find the money — and the political will — to get the pier’s deteriorating pilings repaired. “They (staff) had to submit the contract to the City Council to approve the funding for it,” said Allen. “In the meantime, we put up the front money to do the (repair) work, while the city went through the process of getting funding approved.”
THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2015
Public testimony to continue on May 29 By DAVE SCHWAB
With a new regulation field, track and lights, the school may now host CIF-level games. Below, a student celebrates at the opening ceremonies. PHOTOS BY RONAN GRAY
Mission Bay High opens its new sports complex
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By DAVE SCHWAB A new era was ushered in at Mission Bay High School on April 16 as more than 1,400 black-and-gold-clad students joined the principal, athletes, alumni, parents and community VIPs in dedicating the school’s new stadium, softball field, upgraded baseball field and athletic facilities. The Navy Color Guard from Naval Medical Center kicked off the stadium dedication ceremony, during which school principal Ernie Remillard commented, “I’m honored to welcome everyone to celebrate the grand opening of the stadium, softball and baseball fields.” As a student athlete himself, Remillard said he’d
Those for and against short term vacation rentals (STVRs) testified April 22 before the city’s Smart Growth and Land Use Committee, which took no action and will continue the hearing on May 29. The committee meeting had to be moved to Council chambers due to the huge crowd that turned out for the contentious issue. “The purpose of this meeting is to come up with recommendations on how to change the city’s municipal code on STVRs,” said committee chair and District 2 Councilwoman Lorie Zapf.
‘The deserving students of Mission Bay High now proudly have athletic facilities that are safe and beautiful.’ KATHY MILLER GRAY PACIFIC BEACH RESIDENT WHOSE DAUGHTER ATTENDS MBHS
“never played in a venue as beautiful as what I’m standing in today. “I look forward to seeing the continued success of MBHS athletics and having student athletes of Mission Bay carry on this tradition that has been established by
alumni,” Remillard added. Stadium project construction, which started in December of 2013 and finished last month, was funded by Proposition Z and State Schools Facilities funds. It represents an investment of nearly $11 million into Mis-
sion Bay High School and the Mission Bay and Pacific Beach communities. The facilities include raised-level seating for disabled spectators, a safer rubberized running track and a SEE MBHS, Page 13
Man pleads guilty in Mission Bay meth selling case By NEAL PUTNAM The alleged ringleader in a 2013 drug operation in Mission Bay pleaded guilty April 17 to three counts of possession of methamphetamine for sale and one count of selling methamphetamine. Jason Morgan Boone, 42, of San Diego, was among nine arrested in June of 2013 following an undercover investigation with San Diego police and the Drug Enforcement Administration. He allegedly stored some of SEE METH, Page 12
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