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Archive for September, 2007
Is this really how we want San Diego and Pacific Beach portrayed? This is about 30 minutes of segments of the Beach Patrol: San Diego, the 2006 series that relates to year-round alcohol-related problems in the PB community. This is a compilation of bits from several half-hour segments where the subject matter is related to Pacific Beach, CA.
Here’s a short video of a drunk woman on the beach. Her girlfriends are trying to coax her to get up while a lifeguard explains that if she doesn’t she’ll be headed to detox.
Source: YouTube.com
I think our Mayor and Police Chief are mistaken. That is, I think allowing alcohol on our beaches is a year-round public safety issue to both residents, guests from around the region and tourists from around the world.
SAN DIEGO — Two men charged in connection with the Labor Day riot at Pacific Beach will soon be headed to trial, NBC 7/39 reported. NEW Video Surfaces.
Santee resident Andrew Terrel, 20, and Ricardo Guzman, 23, of San Diego are among eight people now charged in the incident. Both appeared in court on Thursday.
A 45-year-old Pacific Beach man who was arrested early Friday on suspicion of raping a 21-year-old woman has been released from jail. No charges were filed by the county District Attorney’s office.
Timothy Michael Sullivan was released without having to post bail on Monday night. In an e-mail to the San Diego Union-Tribune this morning, he said he was innocent.
Council Presidents Scott Peters said yesterday that he will likely endorse banning alcohol on the beach, tipping a City Council majority in favor of a proposal that has gained momentum since beachgoers clashed with police on Labor Day.
CLEAN PB
This is a program, done in cooperation among two primary groups including a student-team from The Art Institute of San Diego and the Pacific Beach Town Council Safe & Beautiful Committee.
This letter to the editor was made today by the Mayor of Fort Lauderdale, Fl:
Rosalie Schwartz’s letter (Sept. 14) about alcohol-free beaches made some good points about the issue of alcohol on the public beaches. However, I need to respond to her statement that “Our beach areas are inundated with out-of-towners who see San Diego as a West Coast Fort Lauderdale.”
UNION-TRIBUNE BREAKING NEWS TEAM
7:54 a.m. September 17, 2007
SAN DIEGO – A man was shot twice in the leg in Pacific Beach early Monday morning. The victim was on Garnet Avenue near Bayard Street just after 2 a.m. when he was confronted by a man who fired three shots at him, San Diego police said.
Last week, we asked whether you thought booze should be banned from San Diego city beaches. Based on your calls, surf and suds shouldn’t go together. Take a look.
73% Yes, ban alcohol
27% No, don’t ban alcohol
TOTAL RESPONSES: 1,957
Drinking at the beach and in the stands
I disagree with your editorial (”Beach booze ban?/Voters should have final say — again,” Sept. 7) questioning whether alcohol on public beaches should be prohibited. Presumably your editorial board was not at Pacific Beach on Labor Day when drunk and disorderly hooligans (once again) took over the beach and street to fight. You do not mention that lifeguards had to leave their stations to patrol the area from the water.
Published: Thursday, September 13, 2007 11:48 AM PDT
After a few days of collecting quotes from around City Hall for an upcoming story on the alcohol ban at beaches proposed by Councilman Kevin Faulconer, the votes are beginning to come into focus.
Published: Thursday, September 13, 2007 2:25 PM PDT
A spokesman for Mayor Jerry Sanders said he would probably veto an everyday, round-the-clock alcohol ban at beaches in Pacific Beach, Mission Beach and Ocean Beach, as Councilman Kevin Faulconer proposed last week.
Was down on the boardwalk where I came upon a group of skater kids who were badgering a woman I’ve seen around town for some time. I believe she’s homeless and I think she’s a bit mentally disturbed. The two primary antagonist young men, around 18-20 along with about 8 others from 15-18 , were stomping her bicycle, verbally abusing her and picking up their bikes and lunging them at her as if they were going to strike her. A lifeguard and police arrived to restore order. Her bike was messed up pretty good as they stomped on the spokes, bent the wheels, handlebars and sprockets.
Kristina Davis. The San Diego Union - Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Sep 9, 2007. pg. B.3
It was a wild night for sheriff’s deputies conducting a DUI checkpoint in Lemon Grove as they chased down a driver who crashed into a patrol car and they fired shots at another motorist who attempted to run them down, authorities said yesterday.
San Diego Union Tribune - Gerry Braun
In one of several YouTube videos of the notorious Labor Day melee, you can watch the birth of the insurrection, long before police marched in like a conquering army to reclaim Pacific Beach.The video shows two police officers arresting a young man who they wrongly suspected was monkeying with their all-terrain vehicle.
Chet Barfield. The San Diego Union - Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Sep 9, 2007. pg. B.1
The San Diego Police Department’s Internal Affairs Division is investigating complaints about the actions of some officers during the Labor Day melee at Pacific Beach, Chief William Lansdowne said.
Gerry Braun. The San Diego Union - Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Sep 9, 2007. pg. B.1
In one of several YouTube videos of the notorious Labor Day melee, you can watch the birth of the insurrection, long before police marched in like a conquering army to reclaim Pacific Beach.
I was helping a neighbor move a sofa into his apartment just now. A woman came walking by my place staggering pretty heavily. She had a seat on my front step and I asked her if she was alright. She was mumbling incoherently. I asked her if she wanted a glass of water - my thinking she was feeling faint. Then I went back inside my place. After she knocked her head on my door a few times I called 911. They connected me to the Emergency Medical people, who in turn dispatched an ambulance.
Police setup a checkpoint in Pacific Beach September 1st that yielded 27 drunk driving arrests. This number surpasses a recent record 24 drunk driving arrests the previous weekend (click here for story). I’ve seen checkpoints setup in places like Carlsbad where after several hours they net 3 DUI’s.
This is the second of three installments of my moderating the VoiceofSanDiego.org Cafe San Diego
Installment One - Installment Two - Installment Three
The San Diego Union - Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Sep 7, 2007. pg. B.8
As the City Council considers a sweeping prohibition against alcohol at San Diego’s beaches, it should be mindful of the voters’ repudiation of a much more limited booze ban five years ago. Ample public hearings are essential to devising a workable law, and whatever the City Council comes up with should be submitted to voters for their approval or rejection.
nbcsandiego.com 09-06-07 at 11:13AM
A Labor Day riot in Pacific Beach has people calling for a ban on booze at the beach. But just how bad is the booze problem at the beach?
The News 8 CrimeFighters tallied drunk driving and drunk in public arrests over the past three months in Pacific Beach. The numbers show officers have been busy arresting drunks this summer.
This is the first of three installments of my moderating the VoiceofSanDiego.org Cafe San Diego
Installment One - Installment Two - Installment Three
Beach and Bay Press by SEBASTIAN RUIZ
Standing at the foot of Reed Street in Pacific Beach, Councilman Kevin Faulconer announced that he would work to bring legislation before City Council to ban alcohol on the beach in following the violence that broke out Labor Day in Pacific Beach.
At the Tuesday, Sept. 4 press conference, Faulconer said San Diego County is one of the only counties in California that still allows alcohol on the beaches.
“Never again should we have to have police in riot gear walking down our beaches,” Faulconer said. “Never again should we have to close off our main thoroughfare because of what occurred yesterday. That is not San Diego.”
Several hundred people crowded the section of Pacific Beach near Reed Street during the Monday holiday. When officers responded to reports of fighting in the crowd at about 5 p.m., they were pelted with full beer cans, plastic bottles and size D batteries from the crowd, according to Moñica Muñoz of the San Diego Police Department.
Officers immediately removed the offenders from the crowd and called for additional officers to handle the crowd. Mission Boulevard was also closed near Reed Street for part of the evening.
Police arrested the following individuals, according to a list complied by police:
• Valent Rich, 24, drunk in public, disturbing the peace, jail
• Nicholas Bottjer, 23, obstructing/delaying peace officer, disturbing the peace, drunk in public, jail
• Kenneth Warlocki, 32, assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer, obstructing an officer, jail
• Linsie Wells, 21, obstructing/delaying peace officer, disturbing the peace, drunk in public, jail
• Ricardo Guzman, 23, assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer, obstructing an officer, jail
• Eric Mitchell, 19, obstructing/delaying peace officer, drunk in public, jail
• Joshua Henderson, 30, obstructing/delaying peace officer, drunk in public, jail
• Andrew Terrell, 20, assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer, jail
• Dylan Whitman, 26, urging a riot, jail
• Kalicocky Willie, 24, assault on a peace officer, jail
• Cal Didluin, 20, drunk in public, detox
• Cal O’Flynn, 19, drunk in public, detox
• Damien O’Flynn, 19, drunk in public, detox
• Thomas O’Donnell, 20, drunk in public, detox
• Tim O’Donoughue, 20, drunk in public, detox
Beach & Bay Press by Neal Putnam
Just before sentencing a man involved in a March alcohol-related beating on Garnet Avenue, a judge on Thursday, Aug. 30 lectured about what he called “an epidemic of violence” in Pacific Beach where there are so many court cases filed that involve people drinking alcohol too much and committing crimes.
That’s right. I did a survey of every liquor licensee from March 2002 through March 2007 and found that The ABC cited only 16 alcohol licensees in PB, in the last 5 years (March 2002 - March 2007)!
The Alcohol Beverage Control is responsible for issuing, monitoring and enforcing alcohol laws for the State of California.
Kevin Faulconer, Councilman for District Two in San Diego, CA - whose district includes Pacific Beach recently held a press conference where he said he supported a total alcohol restriction on any San Diego, CA parks and beaches.
Our Labor Day fiasco has garnered many headlines for Pacific Beach. Is this how you want Pacific Beach portrayed in the news?
This Associated Press story - and similar variations shown below - appeared in many markets including:
Chet Barfield, Joe Hughes. The San Diego Union - Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Sep 5, 2007. pg. B.1
SAN DIEGO — The rowdy drunks might have finally spoiled the party for everyone else.
Revisiting the site of Monday’s melee at Pacific Beach, San Diego Councilman Kevin Faulconer yesterday vowed to introduce a proposal to ban drinking at all San Diego beaches.
9/4/07 Monica Dean, NBC 7/39 Reporter
SAN DIEGO — The city councilman from Pacific Beach said a Labor Day riot in his neighborhood shows that something has to change.
Councilmember Kevin Faulconer said alcohol undoubtedly played a role in the confrontation between a rowdy crowd and more than 70 San Diego police officers Monday. He called for some significant changes to be made quickly.
David E Graham. The San Diego Union - Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Sep 4, 2007. pg. B.2
PACIFIC BEACH — A melee broke out on the beach yesterday afternoon as people started throwing plastic bottles and cans at police officers who were called to break up a large fight.
KUSI.com Monday, September 3, 2007
Labor Day turned ugly in Pacific Beach. San Diego police had to disperse a violent crowd of several hundred people, some of whom pelted officers with cans and bottles. This after officers arrested ten people involved in an alcohol-related brawl. Reinforcements were brought in and more people were arrested.
Installment Three: More Cops
This is the third of three installments of my moderating the VoiceofSanDiego.org Cafe San Diego
Installment One - Installment Two - Installment Three