• 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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  • Pacific Beach Town Council members vote to retain its name,Dave Schwab

    Pacific Beach Town Council members vote to retain its name

    As it turned out, a town council by any other name might not be as effective – or an improvement.That’s what the voting members of Pacific Beach Town Council determined, as a July vote by the group’s membership on a proposed name change to the Pacific Beach Community Association was ultimately defea

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