NBC 7 San Diego reports, “The import of avocados from Mexico to the U.S. has decreased by more than half this month, according to the San Diego County Farm Bureau. NBC 7 confirmed with the San Diego County Farm Bureau on Friday that there is a massive shortage of avocados in the county and nationwide caused […]

Videos from Beacons Beach Here is Facebook video of visitors standing at the top of the Beacons Beach bluff. Have you ever done that?

Everybody! Out Of The Water? Five lifeguards who patrol the waters at La Jolla Cove have contracted bacterial infections — including the superbug MRSA — over the last three months. Coming To A Beach Near You? Please share this with an ocean-going friend. Both 10News San Diego and CBS8 San Diego have reported that five […]

How Much A Month Do You Spend Eating Out? As noted in this recent bls.gov study, the portion of a San Diego household’s budget spent on food, 11.0 percent, was significantly lower than the 12.8 percent U.S. average. San Diego-area households spent $3,880, or 55.9 percent, of their food dollars on food prepared at home […]

No Longer A Dream… Sand Is On The Way. First a little tune – bonus video at the bottom of this post. ‘Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream (bung, bung, bung, bung) Make him the cutest that I’ve ever seen (bung, bung, bung, bung) Give him two lips like roses and clover (bung, bung, bung, […]

Well, Was There Anyone In The Shark Cage? Why yes, there was. A great white shark breaches a shark diving safety cage (really) and violently thrashes with a diver inside. See the diver emerge at about the one minute mark of the video. The video was shot near Guadalupe Island, off the coast of Baja California […]

With only 10 percent of the area code left, San Diego’s 619 phone numbers are running out. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) says 619 area code numbers are running out, so new landline customers will get a different area code. Existing customers will keep their current numbers. As of now, there are two proposals: […]

The Darkside Of Del Mar Beaches – The Short Version First – Stay Out Of The Water When It Rains. (images down to Blacks Beach / La Jolla Shores included  below) Just so you don’t have to read much more, here is the rule of thumb: If it is raining or rained over the past few days, stay out […]

Cottonwood Creek – The Short Version First – Stay Out Of The Water When It Rains. (images include Batiquitos Lagoon and Swami’s) Just so you don’t have to read much more, here is the rule of thumb: If it is raining or rained over the past few days, stay out of the water because all the ‘crud’ in our […]

Videos of a female surfer almost eaten by a whale, whales surfing, of humpback whales protecting a seal from orcas, of a whale breaching behind a monster wave being surfed, a GoPro encounter, National Geographic video of humpbacks and orca whales hunting together and more. Even the whales surfing Pipeline in Hawaii.   Santa Cruz, […]