Firefighter fails to find drowned son's body Sep 9, 2008
Luque said 27 volunteers were lifeguards from San Diego, Del Mar, Encinitas and Imperial Beach, and the rest were lifeguards and volunteers from Mexico ... Lifeguards from San Diego, Del Mar, Encinitas and Imperial Beach as well as lifeguards and volunteers from Mexico joined in the search effort, Lerma said. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
More of this story Aug 7, 2008
Why isn't he sueing Mexico for polluting Imperial Beach with the TJ river. Enough, we need the water and it makes sense. (North County Times)
REGION: Study finds lowest beach sand since 2001 Jul 8, 2008
1 million cubic yards of the stuff on 12 beaches from Imperial Beach to Oceanside. "We've known we were having a retreat over the years, and this year it did drop below the level that we started with before the nourishment project in 2001," said Rob Rundle, senior planner for the regional agency. (North County Times)
Dog surfing contest in California Jun 29, 2008
A dog participates at the 3rd Annual Loews Coronado Bay Resort surf dog competition at Imperial Beach, south of San Diego, California. (Xinhua/AFP Photo). (Xinhuanet, China)
County's beaches get good dry-weather grades Jun 17, 2008
As most surfers and beachgoers know, the biggest cause for concern in the county is in Imperial Beach, where the Tijuana River flows out into the ocean. The report points out that troubling water-quality issues still dog sites near the Tijuana border. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Lost freedoms? Mar 10, 2008
(No longer than 8 feet in Imperial Beach. . (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Surfers, onlookers stoked by monster waves Dec 7, 2007
In Imperial Beach, city officials feared that surfers would be exposed to sewage-filled waters ... The swell yesterday attracted nearly 20 surfers to Imperial Beach's legendary big-wave reef known as the Tijuana Sloughs. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Storm Heading For San Diego Dec 6, 2007
Clumps of 100 surfers or more could be seen at prime spots from Imperial Beach to Oceanside. Streets into La Jolla were jammed with people heading to the coast for an up-close view. (NBCSandiego.com, CA)
Baja's burden Oct 22, 2007
The rapid coastal development creates a great opportunity for developers to group together, whether putting in some money or forcing the government to take action, said Oscar Romo, coastal training director at the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve in Imperial Beach, who has studied Tijuana sewage issues for close to three decades ... The Imperial Beach-based environmental group Wildcoast has been focusing on Tijuana sewage in its coastal cleanup campaign, urging a comprehensive... (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Surf statue draws a wave of criticism Aug 13, 2007
Surfing is also a key element in a new HBO drama, John From Cincinnati, which is filmed in Imperial Beach. But despite the series's attempt to capture at least the physical prowess of surfers, it too has drawn criticism. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
John From Cincinnati’ surfs on edge of America Jun 9, 2007
In the opening scene of HBO s 10-episode drama John From Cincinnati, premiering Sunday, June 10, Mitch Yost (Bruce Greenwood), a retired surfing giant, is hanging 10 in the waves of Imperial Beach, a stretch of beautiful, polluted California seashore between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico ... Also new on the scene is Barry Cunningham (Matt Winston), a former Imperial Beach resident who has come to face some old demons in a place that witnessed his childhood humiliations ... A seedy, rough surfing... (Montana Standard, MT)
No comments posted. Workshop produces no beach plan Jun 9, 2007
The agency is hoping to duplicate its 2001 project that spread enough sand on a dozen beaches from Oceanside to Imperial Beach to fill Qualcomm Stadium. The wide beaches that resulted from that 17. (North County Times)
Surfer saga ups stakes for HBO Jun 8, 2007
HBO stressed that it did not purchase rights to Nunn's "Tijuana Straits," set in the seamy surfside border, though "John From Cincinnati" is also set in Imperial Beach. Nor, representatives said, does the story about a celebrated but troubled surfing family, the Yosts, have anything to do with the Fletchers' life story, a flamboyant mix of 1960s sunshine and shadow. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
Finally, a break Jun 5, 2007
Imperial Beach on a Friday afternoon in late May looks the part of the last stop on Interstate 5 before the border ... The show itself is situated exactly on the margins of all kinds of different boundaries, Milch said on set late last month, by way of explaining why surfing, and why Imperial Beach ... Milch seems to understand this element of surfing, and says that this ethos also contributed to the decision to film the show in Imperial Beach. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
HBO series puts spotlight on I.B. Apr 22, 2007
HBO series puts spotlight on Imperial Beach ... Her Imperial Beach driveway is a shortcut used by Milch, a legendary TV-series storyteller, and his crew on their way to Snug Harbor, a fictional motel in a real-life dilapidated inn on state Highway 75 ... Milch, who either produced or created such blockbusters as Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue and Deadwood, and his team seem to have found a home in Imperial Beach. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Feinstein goes to bat for beach project Mar 25, 2007
As for the new sand, it is half as much as the San Diego Association of Governments spread on many more beaches from Oceanside to Imperial Beach during a regional project to replenish sand, in 2001. Bob Hoffman, assistant regional administrator for habitat conservation with the National Marine Fisheries Service in Long Beach, said that as a result, the targeted beaches in Encinitas and Solana Beach would receive two to three times as much as they did in 2001. (North County Times)
2001 beach benefits short-lived Mar 18, 2007
From Oceanside to Imperial Beach, once-narrow beaches suddenly were 25 to 100 feet wider than they were before the association spent 17. 5 million and spread 2 million cubic yards of the fine material along six miles of the county's coastline. (North County Times)
Obituaries - 2/3/2007 Feb 3, 2007
Leone is survived by her children, Donna Seecof of Imperial Beach, Jim Hobbs of Alpine, and Alice White of Oceanside, nine grandchildren (Mark Seecof, Ben Seecof, Greg Seecof, Ernie Hobbs, Jamie Hobbs, Scott Perfect, Sherry Castello, Chuck Perfect, and Steve Perfect), and 18 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest, her sister, Bernice Long, and her brother, Wilbur Hallett. (North County Times)
Obituaries - 1/7/2007 Jan 7, 2007
Tanya Sherise Brown of Imperial Beach, Blair Brown Tennisson of Crete, Ill. son Donald Nathaniel Brown Jr. of San Francisco; sister Gwendolyn Yolanda Peden of Chicago; and grandchildren. (North County Times)
