Compiled by Brent E. Beltrán
This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles by San Diego Free Press and OB Rag regulars, irregulars, columnists, and at-large contributors on the upcoming November election, dirty DeMaio, being moonstruck, Alvarez compromising on the winter shelter, extreme weather, the history of the Neighborhood House, scarred cities, Michael Brown and buckets of OB news. Now go catch up on the past week at SDFP.
San Diego Free Press Regular Columns:
The Starting Line by Doug Porter
DeMaio Accuser Comes Forward; Candidate Denies Sexual Harassment, Bribery Attempt Allegations
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
Tom Torlakson Versus The Corporate Education Reform Machine
City Heights: Up Close & Personal by Anna Daniels
Moonstruck! Watching the Lunar Eclipse in San Diego
Desde la Logan by Brent E. Beltrán
David Alvarez Brokers Compromise on Siting of Winter Homeless Shelter
Who Runs San Diego? by Linda Perine
Who Runs San Diego? Some Taxpayers Are More Equal Than Others at the County Taxpayers Association
El Machete Illustrated by Eric J. Garcia
Hello From Guantanamo
The History of the Neighborhood House by Maria Garcia
The History of Neighborhood House in Logan Heights: Sailors, Pachucos and Life In-Between
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes
Geo-Poetic Spaces: Cities Have Scars
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán
Looking Back at the Week at SDFP and OB Rag: September 28-October 4
San Diego Free Press Regular and At-Large Contributors:
Are You Smart Enough to Be a California Voter?
By Lori Saldaña
November 2014 Propositions: Jerry Brown’s One-Two Punch
By Doug Porter
November 2014 Elections: When You Skip Voting It’s Not Rebellion, It’s Surrender
By Doug Porter
November 2014: California’s Top Eight Statewide Races
By Doug Porter
Extreme Weather Watch: September 2014 – Fires in CA, Cabo San Lucas Destroyed by Hurricane
By John Lawrence
Props 45 & 46: This Won’t Hurt. Much
By Doug Porter
Which Side Are You On? A Requiem for Michael Brown
By SDFP Staff
Escondido’s Proposition H – Compromise or Capitulation on Developing a Bankrupt Golf Course?
By Doug Porter
A Very Determined Carol Kim Runs for City Council in District 6
By Doug Porter
Latina Olga Diaz Aims for the Top Spot in Conservative Escondido
By Don Greene
Latino Mayoral Forum Shows Cultural Chasm in Escondido
By Rick Moore
Prop 48: Are Casinos Coming to Your Neighborhood?
By Doug Porter
OB Rag Contributors:
Local San Diego Occupy Activists Holding Third Anniversary – Tuesday, Oct. 7
By OB Rag Staff
Last Weekend: All Quiet on the Western (beach) Front
By Frank Gormlie
Pt Loma Project at Center of Controversy
By Frank Gormlie
Three Years Ago Today – Oct. 7th, 2011 – the Occupy Wallstreet Movement Burst Upon San Diego
By Frank Gormlie
Lunar Eclipse
By Frank Gormlie
Point Loma Residents’ Complaints of Cañon Street Truck Noise and Speeding Not Resolved
By Rika Davis
Symbolic Solidarity with Hong Kong by Occupy San Diego Remnant
By Frank Gormlie
Yet Another Bicyclist Killed – This Time in Midway Area
By OB Rag Staff
Well-Known Skateboarder Dies of Injuries From OB Skatepark
By Frank Gormlie
Reader Rave: “Scott Peters Is a Congressman Who Won’t Embarrass Us”
By Bill Reedhead
News From La Playa at Ocean Beach and Beyond
By Frank Gormlie
Cash Stash Takes Over OB on Eve of Oktoberfest
By Matthew Wood