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Thanks to a $75,000 grant by the Chargers Champions School Grant Program next month, the Mission Bay High School weight room will get a major overhaul. Page 3
A San Diego entrepreneur is helping locals beat the ill effects of the sun in a community that worships it. And with cooler, grayer winter days upon us, now is as good a time as any to take advantage of the mobile service privately. Page 7
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Trio convicted in 2011 slaying of MB man, 18 BY NEAL PUTNAM | BEACH & BAY PRESS After nearly three days of deliberations, a jury convicted three young men on Nov. 15 of first-degree murder in the 2011 slaying of Garrett Berki, the Mission Beach man who was shot after he answered a Craigslist ad for a computer for sale. Sentencing was set for Jan. 25 for the gunman, Rashon Jay Abernathy, 18, the driver, Shaquille Jordan, 19, and Seandell Jones, 19, who also held a gun during the May 11, 2011, robbery of Berki, 18. Because the jury found that
GARRETT BERKI Abernathy personally used the gun during a homicide, he faces 25 years on the gun count plus 25 years to life in prison for the SEE VERDICT, Page 7
HOOFING IT TO ENSURE THERE’S A CURE Men and women marched in unity through the streets of Pacific Beach on Nov. 16 during the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk — the annual 60-mile fundraising event designed to create more awareness of breast cancer and, ultimately, for a cure. Above, walkers pass by the Pacific Beach/Taylor Branch Library as they are cheered on by well-wishers. At right, walkers enjoy some ice-chilled drinks at a “Pink Shot Station,” while (far right) a walk supporter expresses her own message. This year’s walk raised $6.5 million. Visit our photo gallery online at
www.sdnews.com. Photos by Don Balch I Beach & Bay Press
Campland on the Bay: much more than meets the eye BY MARSHA KAY SEFF Marshall Wiseman stands at the entrance to Campland on the Bay, where he has served as general manager since 1980. Photo by Marsha Kay Seff I Beach & Bay Press
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Campland on the Bay’s lease with the city is due to expire in 2017 and the property is to be returned to marshland, according to the Mission Bay Park Master Plan. But Campland general manager Marshall Wiseman believes there’s some wiggle room. “We’re working our tails off to be able to stay where we are,” said Wiseman. “Camp-
land (which opened in 1969) is the perfect use for land in Mission Bay Park. [Whatever the outcome], we will be on Mission Bay somehow.” Tucked between the KendallFrost Mission Bay Reserve and Rose Creek, the 42-acre campground has been the purview of the general manager and “problem-solver” since 1980. Wiseman, who studied physics and laser optics and has a SEE CAMPLAND, Page 6
An empty chair awaits the arrival of Santa Claus, who will make a special trip south to the shores of Pacific Beach on Dec. 1 for the annual “Christmas on Courtesy photo Crystal Pier” event.
‘Christmas on Crystal Pier’ set to kickstart the holidays BY MARIKO LAMB | BEACH & BAY PRESS Santa Claus is making an early trip south this holiday season to give Pacific Beach children the opportunity to share their wish lists and celebrate Discover PB and the Crystal Pier Hotel’s fourth annual “Christmas on Crystal Pier” event amid family, friends and neighbors on Saturday, Dec. 1.
“This is a great opportunity for Pacific Beach families — or all families — to take their holiday photo on the iconic Crystal Pier overlooking the Pacific Ocean,” said Sara Berns, executive director of Discover Pacific Beach. “This event embraces the ultimate Southern California holiday season, the beach SEE PIER, Page 7
PB Window Decorating Contest It’s that time of the year! Time to brighten the street of PB with Window decorations. The theme for this year is 125 years of Pacific Beach: Holidays Past & Present. Choose your favorite decade and decorate your window in the holiday fashion from that decade.
Starts on November 26th • Judging on December 12th, 2012