• Junior Lifeguard Program teaches life-long skills,Dave Schwab

    Junior Lifeguard Program teaches life-long skills

    More than 300 junior lifeguards ages 14 to 17 gathered at Santa Clara Point Recreation Center in Mission Beach on Aug. 4 to be certified in lifesaving CPR and receive training and testing on other water-related skills needed to become full-fledged lifeguards.“The Junior Lifeguard Program is a meanin

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  • Pacific Beach man gets 10 months for selling phony COVID protection,Neal Putnam

    Pacific Beach man gets 10 months for selling phony COVID protection

    The owner of a now-closed Pacific Beach business who sold badges people could wear to kill the COVID-19 virus was given a 10-month federal prison term on Aug. 12 for selling falsely classified goods.Samir Haj, 47, of Pacific Beach, appeared before U.S. District Court Judge Janis Sammartino. He is th

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  • La Jolla High football: Roach always pulls surprises out of the bag,Ed Piper

    La Jolla High football: Roach always pulls surprises out of the bag

    In his five years at the helm of the La Jolla High football program, head coach Tyler Roach has always come up with ways to build and improve the Vikings’ football team.Inheriting a team that underwent turmoil in 2015 after a player suffered a concussion, the coach resigned, and his successor only s

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