Compiled by Brent E. Beltrán
Starting today San Diego Free Press will publish a new column every Sunday morning called Looking Back at the Week. This new column will feature links to articles from the previous week from SDFP and our sister site OB Rag’s regular and at-large contributors including Doug Porter, Frank Gormlie, Jim Miller, Ernie McCray, John Lawrence, Anna Daniels, Junco Canché, Brent E. Beltrán, and others. In case you missed their articles during the week this will be your chance to catch up on what they’ve been writing about.
This week’s edition features articles on the minimum wage increase, the Federal Reserve, immigration, DeMaio flush with Koch and Tea money, SDFP and OB Rag receiving awards, the OB community plan, two Junco toons, Jews speaking out against Gaza offensive, The Orphan of Zhao, Neighborhood House, and more.
San Diego Free Press Regular Columns:
The Starting Line by Doug Porter:
Darrell Issa Leads the GOP Charge to Exploit Refugee Children
San Diego Becomes Largest US City to Pass Minimum Wage Hike and Earned Sick Days Policy
San Diego’s Overlords Seek Overturn of City Council Vote Raising Minimum Wage
DeMaio Campaign Lines Up at the Money Fountain for Both Koch and Tea
Under a Perfect Sun by Jim Miller:
What Kind of City Are We? It’s Time to Raise the Minimum Wage
From the Soul by Ernie McCray:
Feeling Hawaii
Junco’s Jabs by Junco Canché:
Film Critic Kim Jong-un Gives The Interview a Bad Review
The MinuteKlans Seek New Recruits
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes
Evacuations
San Diego Free Press Regular and At-Large Contributors:
Does the Federal Reserve Print Money?
By John Lawrence
Teachable Moments: Grappling with Immigration as a Reflection of Ourselves
By Michael Cheno Wickert
San Diego Free Press and OB Rag Bring Home Four Awards in Society of Professional Journalists Competition
By SDFP Staff
The Orphan of Zhao: “Who wants to be another man’s equal? … To be powerful, one must be feared”
By Alejandra Enciso Guzmán
Jewish Voice for Peace San Diego Condemns the Israeli Offensive in Gaza
By David Deutsch, Jonathan Graubart, and Avital Aboody
A History of Neighborhood House in Logan Heights: Oscar and Rosita Torres
By Maria Garcia
Summer gardens coming on strong in San Diego!
By Susan Taylor
OB Rag Articles:
The Story of How Community Planning Came to Be in Ocean Beach – How Ocean Beach Was “Saved” – Part I
By Frank Gormlie
The Story of How Community Planning Came to O.B. – Part II
By Frank Gormlie
Encinitas Bluff Owners Battle Coastal Commission Over Sea Wall Requirements
By OB Rag Staff
OB’s Apple Tree Market to Re-Open in Old Bank of America Building
By OB Rag Staff
Longtime OB Barber Passes the Scissors and the Business to Haircut Heir
By Matt Hall