• Five questions with David Lampley: Building Jacumba’s musical oasis in the desert,Peter Blackstock • Special for Times of San Diego

    Five questions with David Lampley: Building Jacumba’s musical oasis in the desert

    Photos of David Lampley, middle image features Lampley with Melissa Strunkel (Courtesy of David Lampley) About an hour and a half east of downtown San Diego, the town of Jacumba Hot Springs stands out on a map for two reasons. For one, it’s tiny. Most of the town exists within a few city blocks. Two

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  • Mission Beach – Recall the early days of San Diego’s shoreline playground,Debbie L. Sklar • Times of San Diego

    Mission Beach – Recall the early days of San Diego’s shoreline playground

    1928 photo of children standing on the Mission Beach Seawall, which was built in 1926. (Photo by L.K. Dewein/courtesy of the city of San Diego Digital Archives) Before the boardwalk bustle and amusement park era defined Mission Beach, this long stretch of sand was carving out a quieter seaside ident

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  • Six things to do this weekend in San Diego,Matthew Lickona • Special for Times of San Diego

    Six things to do this weekend in San Diego

    It’s Friday morning, and if you don’t have any weekend plans yet, well, you know what they say: failure to plan is planning to fail. They’re tough that way, whoever they are. But take comfort: here are a few last-minute options to make your weekend memorable: some expensive, some free, some fun, som

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