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These Days with Tom Fudge
Today, if you were planning to take a six-pack to Torrey Pines State Beach, just south of Del Mar, you need to change your plans. That’s because today is the first day of a year-long ban on the use of alcohol on that beach. If this sounds familiar, that’s because at the end of last year San Diego imposed a year-long pilot ban on drinking on its beaches.
Chet Barfield. The San Diego Union - Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Oct 11, 2007. pg. B.1
SAN DIEGO — Those who want a booze ban on San Diego beaches won a preliminary round yesterday in what is certain to be a contentious battle ahead.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Agust n Armendariz, Brooke Williams. The San Diego Union - Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Jul 4, 2007. pg. B.1
CORRECTION: FOR THE RECORD | In a story Wednesday about people arrested for public drunkenness, the last name of San Diego police Lt. David Rohowits was misspelled as Rohowitz. The Union-Tribune regrets the error. (Jul. 6, 2007, B-2)
Agust n Armendariz, Brooke Williams. The San Diego Union - Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Jul 4, 2007. pg. B.1
CORRECTION: FOR THE RECORD | In a story Wednesday about people arrested for public drunkenness, the last name of San Diego police Lt. David Rohowits was misspelled as Rohowitz. The Union-Tribune regrets the error. (Jul. 6, 2007, B-2)
CHET BARFIELD. The San Diego Union - Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Jun 23, 2007. pg. B.2
SAN DIEGO — San Diego Councilman Kevin Faulconer’s Beach Alcohol Task Force will meet Monday evening for the last time to debate whether drinking should be banned on Ocean Beach between the pier and lifeguard tower.
Chet Barfield. The San Diego Union - Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Jun 6, 2007. pg. B.4
SAN DIEGO — Everybody’s for more bathrooms. But you want to ban drinking at Mission Beach, Ocean Beach and/or Pacific Beach? Prepare for a rumble.
Chet Barfield. The San Diego Union - Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Apr 17, 2007. pg. B.3
PACIFIC BEACH — Contending that holiday revelry has gotten out of hand, a Pacific Beach planning group is asking the San Diego City Council to ban drinking at the community’s beaches and bay shores on the Fourth of July.
The following is a letter from former San Diego Police Chief David Bejarano. He was the Police Chief that came in after (now Mayor) Police Chief Jerry Sanders and upon his departure was replaced by our current Police Chief Lansdowne.
The San Diego Union - Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Mar 16, 2007. pg. B.2
CORRECTION: FOR THE RECORD | Yesterday’s Crime Watch item about increased police enforcement at San Diego beaches over spring break incorrectly stated that fencing off or roping off areas to reserve them is not prohibited. In fact, it is prohibited. The Union- Tribune regrets the errors. (Mar. 17, 2007, B-2)
Jeanette Steele. The San Diego Union - Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Nov 22, 2006. pg. B.1
At the foot of Newport Avenue, wetsuit-wearing students from the Point Loma High School surf team congregate at the Ocean Beach sea wall.
The San Diego Union - Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Sep 30, 2006. pg. B.4
Councilman Kevin Faulconer has assembled his beach alcohol task force, a group the councilman promised to form to address the debate over alcohol in Pacific Beach, Mission Beach and Ocean Beach.
Jeanette Steele. The San Diego Union - Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Aug 28, 2006. pg. B.1
With debate aswirl again about suds at the sand, the city councilman for Pacific Beach, Mission Beach and Ocean Beach is launching a citizens task force to study alcohol problems in those neighborhoods.
David E. Graham. The San Diego Union - Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Aug 5, 2006. pg. B.3.C
The Pacific Beach Town Council has voted to ask the San Diego City Council to consider a ban on alcohol at all city beaches and Mission Bay Park, the group’s president said yesterday.
Joe Hughes and Tanya Mannes. The San Diego Union - Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Jul 5, 2006. pg. B.2
There were few patches of open sand at San Diego County beaches yesterday as several hundred thousand people took part in a cherished Independence Day ritual — relaxing near the sea.
Jeanette Steele. The San Diego Union - Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Jul 1, 2006. pg. B.1
As July Fourth approaches, a battle over booze still rages in San Diego’s beach neighborhoods, particularly Pacific Beach.
Judith Bomberger, a mother of four young children, has asked the Pacific Beach Town Council to back an alcohol ban on city beaches to reclaim them for families.
Jeanette Steele. The San Diego Union - Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Jun 22, 2006. pg. B.2
The Pacific Beach Town Council did not vote last night on whether to propose an alcohol ban on San Diego beaches, angering some of the 200 people at the meeting at Pacific Beach Middle School.
Angelica Martinez and Joe Hughes. The San Diego Union - Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Jun 15, 2006. pg. B.2.C
City officials hope to safeguard parks and beaches during the summer months by strictly enforcing even misdemeanors and taking a tough stance against gang members.
Lola Sherman. The San Diego Union - Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Apr 8, 2006. pg. NC.2
OCEANSIDE — The city is considering extending its alcohol ban, now limited to nine parks, to all municipal parks.
Jeanette Steele. The San Diego Union - Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Mar 15, 2006. pg. B.1
There’s a new wrinkle in the battle over whether there should be a successor to the Pacific Beach Block Party this year.
Ki-Min Sung. The San Diego Union - Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Jul 2, 2005. pg. B.1.1.7
Independence Day is nearly here, but longtime Mission Beach resident Gladys Bridge isn’t celebrating.
She’s barricading her property to protect her garden from the out- of-control throngs who descend on San Diego’s beach communities every Fourth of July.
The San Diego Union - Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Jun 25, 2005. pg. B.2
IMPERIAL BEACH — The city is using money from its general fund to add four sheriff’s deputies to patrol the streets and beach during the summer months.
Gina Lubrano. The San Diego Union - Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Jul 12, 2004. pg. B.7
It was such a San Diego story. The article Tuesday said that it took six hours to clean up after the birthday that spawned a huge beach bash. It was attended by more than 500,000 people, some of whom left something behind for others to clean up.
Brian Hazle. The San Diego Union - Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Jul 6, 2004. pg. B.1
The fifth of July took on new meaning yesterday for volunteers and city workers who cleaned 100 tons of empty beer bottles, barbecues, beach chairs and other trash from more than a half- million Independence Day beachgoers.
Angela Lau. The San Diego Union - Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Jul 3, 2004. pg. B.2
San Diego beach revelers this Fourth of July will find more restrictions on alcohol consumption, more portable toilets, more trash cans and a larger police presence.
The San Diego Union - Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Jul 2, 2004. pg. B.10
DEL MAR — Alcohol will be prohibited on all public property here during the July 4th weekend, from 6 p.m. today until 6 p.m. Monday.
Angela Lau. The San Diego Union - Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Apr 29, 2004. pg. B.1
Angela Lau. The San Diego Union - Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Apr 18, 2004. pg. B.2
The battle for the beaches continues this summer.
While some beach residents want to restrict the hours fire rings can be used and close Mission Bay Park parking lots earlier, others say such measures could deprive responsible citizens of the ability to enjoy the city’s beaches.
Group pushes July 4 beach alcohol ban | Move rekindles fierce debate over drinking on S.D. shoreline
Angela Lau. The San Diego Union - Tribune. San Diego, Calif.: Mar 15, 2004. pg. B.1
Sail Bay residents want the city to ban alcohol on all city of San Diego beaches on the Fourth of July, but some beach communities oppose the prohibition.
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