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, at-large contributors and sourced writers on the Chargers’ stadium pipe dream, biz as usual in SD, the U-T’s hilarious 2nd term Obama predictions, anti-vaxxers’ immunity from reason, SD labor going green, a pile of offshore Apple cash, Ché Café fights on, dirty frackers poisoning wells, the passing of an OB icon and more news from the funkiest community by the sea.
San Diego Free Press Regular Columns:
The Starting Line by Doug Porter
Chargers’ Stadium Dreams Destined to be Dashed
Bad News for San Diego: It’s Business as Usual
Looking Back at UT-San Diego’s Predictions for President Obama’s Second Term
Anti-Vaxxers Immune To Debate, Shaming
Ocean Beach Icon Mike Hardin Passes On
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
San Diego Labor Goes Green: New Environmental Caucus Formed
From the Soul by Ernie McCray
Caught Up in the Beat of Superbowl Sunday
Junco’s Jabs by Junco Canché
A Republican Lead Congress, Climate Change Deniers, and Now, These People?
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes (Video Poems)
Geo-Poetic Spaces: Einstein’s Garden
The History of the Neighborhood House by Maria Garcia
The History of Neighborhood House in Logan Heights: Social Workers and the Progressive Era Spirit of Reform
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán
Looking Back at the Week: Jan 25-31
San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large and Locally Sourced Contributors:
Pedestrians As Safety Hazards
By John P. Anderson
Apple Corporation Sitting on a Pile of Cash It Has No Use For
By John Lawrence
San Diego Man Faces Life in Prison for … Rapping
By ACLU San Diego & Imperial Counties
Show’s Not Over at Che Cafe at UCSD – Its Fate Likely Rests on Students
By Andrea Carter
Anti-fracking Coalition Calls for Shutdown of Toxic Injection Wells
By Dan Bacher
Jazz Pianist Josh Nelson at Croce’s Park West
By John Lawrence
San Diego Free Press Sourced Contributors:
How Much Do You Know About Black History?
By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
What Republicans Don’t Want Us To Know About America’s ‘Failing’ Schools (VIDEO)
By Elisabeth Parker / Addicting Info
Community-Owned Energy: How Nebraska Became the Only State to Bring Everyone Power From a Public Grid
By Thomas M. Hanna / Yes! Magazine
A Tax Cut for Tax Cheats
By Bob Lord / OtherWords
Texas Town Comes Up With the Best Use For an Old Walmart
By Walter Einenkel / Daily Kos
Will the Real ‘Low-Life Scum’ Please Stand Up?
By Medea Benjamin / OtherWords
OB Rag Contributors:
Claudia Jack: The ‘Go-To-Woman’ of Ocean Beach
By Frank Gormlie
Show’s Not Over at Che Cafe at UCSD – Its Fate Likely Rests on Students
By Andrea Carter
OB Planning Board: Demolition of Over 100-Year-Old House on Niagara
By Frank Gormlie
Where a Parking Lot in Ocean Beach Is Turned Into a Park – St. Peter’s by the Sea Refurbished
By Lois Lane
Point Lomans Mobilize Against Subdivision Set for Historic Jessop Property – City Council Showdown on Feb. 9th
By OB Rag Staff
Police Statistics for OB Precinct Show Decline in Robberies and Car Prowls
By Frank Gormlie
It’s an Ocean Beach Family Affair for Owners of Little Lion Cafe
By Matthew Wood
Ocean Beach Planning Board Votes Against Demolition of 100-Year-Old House
By Frank Gormlie
Mike Hardin – Owner of OB’s Hodad’s – Has Passed – RIP
By Frank Gormlie
Mike Hardin: ‘Hodad’s my livelihood, not my life.’
By Frank Gormlie