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Posted on August 13 at 1:44 a.m.
No criminal prosecutions are planned for former Justice Department officials accused of allowing politics to influence the hiring of prosecutors, but "The government is going to shut all of these clubs down and the government is going to prosecute anyone involved.”
Go figure.
Posted on June 6 at 11:01 a.m.
outragedbyignorance, tallsipowater, What are y'all talking about? The mentally ill guy in the above story is missing, not homeless. The homeless guy in the other story was beaten up, not mentally ill or drunk, based on the information given.
On Missing Person, Trampled Transient, and Copper Cable Caper
Posted on May 16 at 4:41 p.m.
As I recall, most of the widening of Romero Canyon trail was done by the fire department last year when they bulldozed it.
Please don't blame the mountain bikers for that.
Posted on August 28 at 12:53 a.m.
There was a lot of destruction in World War II, also. But that doesn't mean that it would've made sense to bomb Paris in August 1944.
Multi-use trails are fine. I just don't like to see prized single-track needlessly destroyed. There's no need for that.
What's done is done. I'm betting nature will reclaim the road once more.
Posted on August 25 at 9:46 p.m.
Ray's article states that "when the containment line was finished in Pendola, the fire danger to the front side of the mountains was no longer there." To me, this means that the Romero Road operation was completed after such an action was necessary to fight the Zaca fire. And officials at Live Oak Camp said, "We don't use dollars from one fire to prepare for or fight the next one."
My guess is that the road was reclaimed because the project could be slam-dunked if they acted while the fire was burning. Timing it the way they did, they got to avoid controversy concerning environmental impacts (think of the silt that will be washed into Romero Creek as a result of this long scar), funding, and the concerns of the interested public. It's an action that can be defended by alluding to its necessity in fighting the fire, even if some of us don't buy that excuse.
Give it ten years, and nature will make the trail single-track again, and life will go on. In the meantime, I expect that the downhillers will find the widening to be conducive to faster riding, and that this will likely result in more conflicts with other users. The horse people have been trying to get the mountain bikers off this trail for some time. Don't be surprised if some incident resulting from these speed-friendly improvements gives them the push that they need.
Posted on August 23 at 11:51 p.m.
I cannot believe that they destroyed the Romero Canyon Trail on Tuesday, long after it made any sense in terms of fighting the Zaca fire. That was one of the finest stretches of single-track anywhere, and your description of the state in which it was left leaves me beside myself with grief (and anger) over this senseless act. WTF?
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Posted on August 29 at 9:36 a.m.
This is such sad news. It also marks the second time this season that a senior San Diego area triathlete has died. A 66 year-old swimmer was attacked and killed by a great white shark while training off Solana Beach in April.
On Woman Who Broke Neck in S.B. Triathlon Dies