Compiled by Brent E. Beltrán
This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles, commentaries, columns and toons by San Diego Free Press and OB Rag regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors, and sourced writers on that Nat Geo vanity “doc”, Bernie taking on Hillary, Baltimore cops charged!, the environmental and economic justice challenge in SD, the fall of Saigon’s impact on City Heights, a defensive Civic SD, Ernie still groovin’ and grateful, history for haoles, broken windows plus so much more, and, as always, enough news from OB to fill a sandcastle.
San Diego Free Press Regular Columns:
The Starting Line by Doug Porter
San Diego’s Vanity Documentary: How Smart Were We?
Mayor Faulconer’s Stealth Re-Election Campaign Emerges
Senator Sanders is Running for President. Now Can We Get Past What Hillary Clinton Wore Last Night?
The Closing of Corinthian Colleges Leaves Thousands of Students with Unhappy Choices
A Rough Ride in Baltimore Leads to Charges Against Police
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
Is San Diego Up for the Challenge of Marrying Environmental and Economic Justice?
City Heights: Up Close & Personal by Anna Daniels
The 40th Anniversary of the Fall of Saigon: How San Diego Brought the Vietnam War Home
Public Scrutiny Turns Civic San Diego Board Testy and Defensive
From the Soul by Ernie McCray
Still Groovin’ After all These Years
Being Grateful and Happy and All
Junco’s Jabs by Junco Canché (Editorial Cartoon)
The First Step…
El Machete Illustrated by Eric J. Garcia (Editorial Cartoon)
Defending Criminality
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes (Video Poems)
Geo-Poetic Spaces: Little Italy
The History of the Neighborhood House by Maria Garcia (History)
The History of Neighborhood House in Logan Heights: Emma Lopez
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán
Looking Back at the Week: April 19-25
San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large and Locally Sourced Contributors:
How Communities Can Benefit from Private Development in California
By Murtaza H. Baxamusa, Ph.D., AICP / San Diego UrbDeZine
Fined by China, Qualcomm Losing Chip Business as CEO Departs
By John Lawrence
Civic San Diego: The Kiss of Death for San Diego Neighborhoods
By Norma Damashek
Community Budget Alliance Letter to Civic San Diego on Community Benefit Policy
By Community Budget Alliance
Protecting Mauna Kea: History for Haoles
By Will Falk
National Poetry Month Has Come to an End
By Brent E. Beltrán
Tide Turning Against Plastic Microbeads in Toiletries
By Sarah “Steve” Mosko / Boogie Green
San Diego Free Press Sourced Contributors:
The Anti-Surveillance State: Clothes and Gadgets Block Face Recognition Technology, Confuse Drones and Make You (Digitally) Invisible
By Janet Burns / AlterNet
Right-wing Media Exploits Unrest in Baltimore to Push ‘Race War’ Narrative
By Adam Johnson / Alternet
From the Fall of Saigon to Our Fallen Empire
Christian Appy / Tom Dispatch
The Broken Window is Us; Turning the Broken Window Theory Inside Out
By Barry John Johnson / Somos Independents
Grand Canyon in the Crosshairs? Risky Mega-Development Moves Forward
Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams
OB Rag Contributors:
Upper Voltaire Project to Begin Construction of 28 “Quality” Townhomes
By Frank Gormlie
Midway Planners Savor First Area Medical Marijuana Dispensary
By Tony de Garate / Special to the OB Rag
9-Unit Apartment on Saratoga Sold for $2 Million
By Frank Gormlie
Climate Mobilization Coalition Gears Up for Next Action – Meetings Every Saturday in OB
By Colleen Dietzel / Special to the OB Rag
Point Loma – OB Dems Get Lit on Medical Marijuana Regulations in San Diego
By Lois Lane
Peninsula Planners Confused Over Process for Nominating Officers
By Tony de Garate / Special to the OB Rag
South Mission Beach Opposes New Lifeguard Station While Ocean Beach Can’t Get Its Funded
By OB Rag Staff
The Connection Between the OB Rag and the Vietnam War
By Frank Gormlie
Open Letter to Councilwoman Zapf From Friends of OB Library
By Friends of the OB Library
OB Town Council’s Response to Lack of Funding in Mayor’s Draft Budget for Ocean Beach Infrastructure
By The Ocean Beach Town Council Board of Directors
Unprecedented Sell-Off of Ocean Beach Apartments Over Last 4 Years
By Frank Gormlie
Citizenship, War Criminals, And Immigration Fraud
By Carlos Batara
Celebrate May Day and Know Its Origins
By Neale Towart / Workers Online
News From the Shores of Ocean Beach and Point Loma
By Frank Gormlie
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