• Developers want hundreds of homes on a chunk of Mission Bay Park the mayor wants declared surplus,Jeff McDonald

    Developers want hundreds of homes on a chunk of Mission Bay Park the mayor wants declared surplus

    Two newly released documents promoting a wholesale makeover of the Marina Village banquet center on Mission Bay are roiling San Diego advocates and pushing city officials to defend plans to declare dozens of acres of bayfront parkland surplus property. One is a brochure describing a “world-class mar

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  • Outdoors: Do birds have beaks or bills?,Ernie Cowan

    Outdoors: Do birds have beaks or bills?

    It was a spirited debate between friends that surfaced every time we got together. It was not about politics, the economy or the weather, but the more significant question, do birds have bills or beaks? Surprisingly, there were strong opinions on both sides. The Beaker Band made good sense. “No matt

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  • Padres minors: El Paso pitching beat up, DSL Padres win league title,Jeff Sanders

    Padres minors: El Paso pitching beat up, DSL Padres win league title

    Left-hander JP Sears exited after one inning and Triple-A El Paso pitching combined for 17 hits and five walks allowed in a 10-6 loss to visiting Tacoma on Saturday. Sears (4.50 ERA) struck out two but allowed a run on two hits and a walk while throwing 30 pitches in his lone inning of work. Left-ha

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