SOLEDAD SERVICES: Mt. Soledad Memorial Association will honor actor Jimmy Stewart during its Veterans Day services. 7
STRANGE SEA CREATURES: Sea hares race at a snail’s pace to spawn in underwater canyon. 11
Weekend Surf Report SATURDAY
Hi: 5:48 a.m. Low: 11:56 a.m. 5:37 p.m. 11:41 p.m.
Surf: 2-3 ft.
Wind: 3-9 mph
Hi: 6:11 a.m. Low: 12:37 a.m. Waves: 3-7 ft. 6:32 p.m.
Wind: 4-8 mph
SUNDAY
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Crosswalks don’t protect pedestrians from cars
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The party’s over: Beach booze ban is permanent
BY SEBASTIAN RUIZ | BEACH &BAY PRESS
A 67-year old woman walking across the street on a July morning near a north Pacific Beach neighborhood was hit by a slow moving pickup truck after she stepped out into a marked crosswalk on Van Nuys Street. Police did not charge the driver of the Ford F-150 with the accident. The woman, however, died from head injuries caused from her hitting the pavement, according to police. The tragic accident came up a few months later at a Pacific Beach Planning Committee meeting as community planners tried to make recommendations to the city about potentially dangerous streets before accidents happen. But while the city’s action may placate concerns about pedestrian safety, the city doesn’t install marked crosswalks just anywhere. Take how the city handled the concerns of long time Pacific Beach resident William Fullerton. He’s been urging the city over the last year to install, or paint, a marked crosswalk at the currently unmarked crosswalk at Mission Boulevard and Wilbur Avenue in North Pacific Beach to no avail. Even with visible crosswalks about a block away, he says the well-travSEE CROSSWALKS, Page 12
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Prop D supporters rally at Golden Hall on election night Tuesday, Nov. 4, as the numbers starting coming in showing voters favoring permanently banning alcohol at the beach. BY SEBASTIAN RUIZ | BEACH &BAY PRESS
After years of debate and a one-year taste of alcohol-free beaches, San Diego voters finally kicked beer off the beach with the passage of Prop D. The San Diego County Registrar of Voters put the numbers at 214,215 votes in favor of Prop D and 188,815 votes against it. About 220,000 absentee and provisional ballots still need to be counted, according to
county officials. Because only San Diego residents could vote on Prop D, the final count may not change the outcome, officials said. Scott Chipman, the Yes on D campaign spokesman, said the success of the Yes campaign is owed to city residents who saw the difference the temporary ban made over the past year. “I see this as a restoration of liberties for people who want to come to a public park” he said, “and for those people who come from all over
the world to not have their vacation spoiled by problems associated with binge drinking,” he said. Chipman, a 33-year Pacific Beach resident, worked on the campaign for the last two years, he said. District 2 Councilman Kevin Faulconer backed the ban after a 2007 Labor Day brawl involving a crowd of people broke out at the SEE BAN, Page 5
Buccaneers sack La Jolla Vikings 17-12 BY PAUL DOUGLAS | BEACH &BAY PRESS
Then a 58-yard run by Viking Victor Rangel set up a 36-yard field goal midway Mission Bay didn’t score until the last 14 through the third quarter. seconds of the third quarter, but the Bucs The Bucs answered with a drive to the 2were able to put up 17 un-answered points in yard line, but a holding call pushed them 5 minutes of play and held on to defeat the back. A Mission Bay field goal attempt met rival Vikings 17-12 Friday, Oct 31. with a roughing call that gave the offense a “It took a great team effort on both sides of 1st-and-goal at the 10. the ball to win this one,” said head coach The opportunity was taken by quarterback Willie Matson. “These are last-second guys Dillon Baxter when he delivered a 10-yard — they found a way to win, even though the pass to Ray Herring. Manuel Bohena put up defense was a little leaky, they did it again.” the extra point. Last week the Bucs defeated Hoover High On La Jolla’s next possession they were with a last minute field goal. backed up around their own 20-yard line. A The Halloween-day game struggle between crushing rush pushed into the La Jolla backthe Western League rivals was taken over by field where linebacker Nick Quintero had the La Jolla with a 39-yard field goal at the end of Viking quarterback Henry Nawahine in his the first quarter by Lee Abelkop. Six minutes grasp. Nawahine flipped a short pass later a 42-yard attempt bounced off the attempt, which 305-pound Isaiah Forney upright with a little help from the wind.
caught and rumbled 16 yards in with the interception. On the following kick off, Mission Bay collected a fumble on the return at the Viking’s 25-yard line. Two minutes later Bohena put up a 33-yard field goal to complete the Bucs scoring. Eight minutes later Nawahine threw a 10yard touchdown strike to Joshua Rothmen with 3 minutes remaining. A 2-point conversion pass attempt was tipped away with 3:12 left on the clock. La Jolla turned the ball over on downs with more than a minute on the clock, inside their own 10-yard line. But the Bucs rode out the clock for the 17-12 win. “The rivalry between Mission Bay and La Jolla is a great tradition,” Matson said. “But SEE BUCCANEERS, Page 7
PAUL DOUGLAS | BEACH & BAY PRESS
Mission Bay quarterback Dillon Baxter runs the ball upfield against La Jolla Friday, Oct. 13. The Bucs scored the winning 17 points in 5 minutes in the 3rd quarter.