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 “Death for Gays” initiative, marijuana legalization, easier voting, Civic San Diego, evil SD Bay monster, Obamacare hypocrite Ted Cruz, an ode to the Surfing Madonna, the criminal HBSC, California’s drought, Zurbarán and Sorolla, Uptown Planners hating on cyclists, Donna Frye on open government and a tsunami of Ocean Beach news.
San Diego Free Press Regular Columns:
The Starting Line by Doug Porter
Bible Lawyer Seeking ‘Death for Gays’ Initiative in 2016
Old Town Mobilizing to Save Historic Trees from City Project
California Consumers Gouged for $550 Million at the Gas Pump in February
Marijuana Commission Report, Polling Point to Legalization in California
Voting Made Easier: Legislative Actions Aim to Make Elections More Accessible
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
The Public Education Reporting Charade
City Heights: Up Close & Personal by Anna Daniels
Civic San Diego and the One Minute Citizen
Junco’s Jabs by Junco Canché (Editorial Cartoon)
An Evil Monster Rises from the Depths of San Diego Bay
Ted Cruz Signs Up for Obamacare
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes (Video Poems)
Geo-Poetic Spaces: The Surfing Madonna
The History of the Neighborhood House by Maria Garcia (History)
The History of Neighborhood House in Logan Heights: Coach Pinkerton Ushers In a Golden Age of Sports
San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large and Locally Sourced Contributors:
San Diego Finally Allows 1st “Legal” Pot Shop 19 Years After California Voters Passed Measure
By Frank Gormlie / OB Rag
California Drought Legislation Must Target Agribusiness and Big Oil
By Dan Bacher
The Spring Garden Thing!
By Susan Taylor
HSBC: A Criminal Enterprise Too Big To Jail
By John Lawrence
Water Issues for Laypeople: How the Otay District Works
By Barbara Zaragoza / South Bay Compass
Zurbarán and Sorolla: Welcomed Guests At the San Diego Museum of Art
By Alejandra Enciso Guzmán
Change Is Still in the Air for San Diego Latino Film Festival 2015
By Mukul Khurana
Some Things Cannot Be Improved Upon
By Bob Dorn
Passionate Pleas for Safer San Diego Streets Fall on Deaf Ears at Uptown Planners Meeting
By BikeSD / BikeSD Blog
Celebrations of César E. Chávez Span Six Weeks Around San Diego
By SDFP Staff
A Climate Change Fix Both the Left and Right Can Embrace
By Sarah “Steve” Mosko
Donna Frye: An Ode to Open Government – ‘Let the Sun Shine In’
By Donna Frye / OB Rag
San Diego Free Press Sourced Contributors:
Inequality in California’s K-12 Schools
By Bill Raden / Capital & Main
The New American Order: On the Path to Plutocracy
By Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch
How Privatization Degrades Our Daily Lives
By Paul Bucheit / Common Dreams
OB Rag Contributors:
“OB Gothic” Photo Contest Extended to ‘OB Exposed’ May 22nd
By Frank Gormlie
Witnesses and Photos Sought of Ocean Beach’s ‘Most Violent Day’ in History
By Frank Gormlie
San Diego Cops and the OB Rag Finally Agree on Something
By the Old OB Hippie
Midway Area Gets a “Legal” Pot Dispensary
By Frank Gormlie
News from OB and Around the Point
By OB Rag Staff
Sunset Cliffs Getting Tagged
By OB Rag Staff
Talk About a Crack in the Sidewalk – Sunset Cliffs’ Walkways Are A-Buckling
By Frank Gormlie
Donna Frye: An Ode to Open Government – ‘Let the Sun Shine In’
By Donna Frye
OB Town Council Pushed to Join Climate Action Campaign
By Frank Gormlie
Students Successfully Petition San Diego School Board to Pressure SeaWorld on Animal Sanctuaries
By Martha Sullivan
March 28, 1971 – The Most Violent Day in Ocean Beach History
By Frank Gormlie
Chapter on Collier Park From Future Novel on Ocean Beach
By Source
Bench Dedication and Book Sale by OB Friends of the Library – Sat. Mar 28
By OB Rag Staff
Public Memorial Celebration at Petco Park for Hodad’s Mike Hardin
By Frank Gormlie