Archive for June, 1991

Sober times for drinkers in beach area | New city law drying up revelers on boardwalk

Sharon L. Jones. San Diego Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Jun 22, 1991. pg. A.1

As the sun dipped toward the sea, Matt Chesnut tipped his 32- ounce beer in a toast to the weekend.

The shirtless Spring Valley man was sitting with friends late yesterday afternoon in the sand, their backs against the Mission Beach boardwalk wall.

A SYMBOL EBBS AWAY | Beach life erodes | Crowding, drugs and crime are taking toll

Gordon Smith. San Diego Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Jun 20, 1991. pg. E.1

Editor’s Note: Now that one in eight Americans live in California, is it already too late for them to find the promised land? In this eighth part in a series, the Tribune looks at the havoc caused by the California boom.

Police mull booze ban’s manpower effect

Joe Hughes. San Diego Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Jun 12, 1991. pg. B.1

San Diego police are trying to determine whether enforcement of the new emergency beach booze ban will require more officers to do the job.

City bars nighttime drinking at beach; foes don’t swallow revamped booze ban

Sharon Jones. San Diego Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Jun 11, 1991. pg. A.1

Open containers of alcohol are no longer legal on San Diego beaches at night, under an emergency booze ban passed yesterday by San Diego City Council.

Beach booze plan: Dry, dry again? | City Council mulls new proposal to bottle up drinking by the sea

Joe Hughes and Tom Ragan. San Diego Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Jun 10, 1991. pg. B.1

Jesus Osuna didn’t want to miss the last call for beach boozing.

BOOZE AND OUR BEACHES | LOOK TO CAUSES OF TROUBLE

ROY SCHNEIDER. San Diego Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Jun 7, 1991. pg. B.9

SAN DIEGO — The answer to violence at the beaches? How about a battalion of neighborhood nannies armed with rolling pins and deployed along every few yards of sand and seaside turf?

BAN IT. SAVE BEACHES

JIM GOGEK. San Diego Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Jun 7, 1991. pg. B.9

SAN DIEGO — Mission Bay Park has truly become a park for all San Diegans.

On weekend afternoons, people from throughout the city fill the lawns around the basins and coves, spreading blankets for picnics, firing up barbecue grills and flying kites with the kids. Bonita Cove is a particularly popular spot for families.