Brendan Farley plays Cliff Winton in his LPT onstage debut and poses here with our daughters.

My family and I had the pleasure of attending the press opening of “See How They Run” at Lamb’s Players Theatre this past weekend. We loved everything about the experience!

This was our first visit to the Lamb’s Players Theatre in Coronado so we had no idea what to expect. Everyone we encountered was very friendly and…

Hiking for Heroes

Just one day after we were told of yet another helicopter crash claiming 7 more of our warriors overseas (see…

Wednesday, August 15, the Coronado Lawn Bowling Club hosted a team building exercise for the Hologic Company (formerly Gen-Probe).  Local Hologic employees and employees from the Boston location mixed it up and had a great time learning to bowl and competing with one another in teams.  Prizes included discount coupons for Moo Time Ice Cream and CLBC Polo Shirts. …

Three hundred four (304) people have participated in the Coronado Lawn Bowling Club’s Thursday evening Twilight Open Bowling since May 17.  

  It is not too late to join the fun and learn and experience a whole new sport while meeting the friendliest people in Coronado.  There are still 2 more Thursday nights in August for bowling. Coronado residents and their friends and visitors who have never before rolled a bowl…

Yesterday afternoon, NASNI police officers detained a community resident reportedly to be a retired senior Naval Officer, in front of his home on the 100 black of F Avenue. Neighbors reported that the man was forcibly taken to the ground by the NASNI officers. After calls were made to the Coronado PD,  3-4 units were dispatched to the scene at which time city officers appeared to join in the mayhem. 

A question of jurisdiction: Do NASNI Officers have the authority to make a…

Coronado Roundtable’s August 24th Meeting

Historians have long argued about both what caused the American Civil War and when (if ever) that bloody conflict became inevitable. The Coronado Roundtable will feature a talk on this subject by Dr. Ward McAfee at the Coronado Library on August 24th.

Professor McAfee will focus on the importance of the presidential election of 1844; the outcome of which he believes made the Civil War inevitable. After creating the context of that…

Could the three words “Prime Childbearing age” foreshadow the next big up move in the stock market? We’re all familiar with the “Baby Boom” generation and the massive impact they’ve had on society. But, less noticed is their offspring, dubbed the “Echo Boom.” Nearly 80 million strong, “they will be become the next dominant generation of Americans,” according to CBS News.                                            …

LARRY WADE

1928-2012

Publisher, Journalist,…

Calling Coronado Visual and Literary Artists

This event is for you -  Don't Miss it!

Saturday, September 15, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

“Easels Under the Trees,” A Gathering of

Coronado Artists and Writers

Location:  Coronado Library Lawn outside the Winn Room

An Event…

Yesterday while showing my granddaughters around Pt Loma and the beautiful Ft Rosecran's National Cemetery, we came upon the resting place of Lt General Edward Craig, USMC. As I searched back through my Marine Corps history lessons of many years ago, I realized that it was 62 years ago this summer that then Brig Gen Eddie Craig and his First Provisional Marine Brigade sailed from San Diego to the Republic of Korea.

They were dispatched at the urgent request of Gen Douglas MacArthur…

This is a question that maybe the military community could shed some light on:

Several times while surfing/bodysurfing near Dog Beach I notice rapid percussion in the water. If you are sitting on your surfboard you can feel it like a tapping on the bottom of your board, or if swimming, they can be felt inside your body. Put your head underwater and you can hear it, like distant machine gun fire or jack hammering. Short bursts of 5-10 pops. It doesn't seem like the noise would…

I was walking my dog early in the morning before 5 and four Border Patrol agents jump over the flood wall and asked me if I saw anybody running down my street.  After telling them no, I kept walking then another 4 more Border Patrol agents jumped the flood wall and asked the same question.  Then I was told to go back inside my house.  Few minutes later, Border Patrol car was at our street and handful of their agents were searching my block looking over fences and…

EXPENSIVE PILE OF SCRAP

Marks 43rd Anniversary, End of "Old" Coronado…

Blue Star Families and Got Your Six  have teamed up to send veterans & their families out to the ball…

2012

WELCOME SOCIAL…

Press Release                                         

For Immediate Release                                                                     

                                               Junior Crown Cup Tennis Tournament

A very busy weekend for Coronado junior tennis players!  CTA Annual Jr. Crown Cup Tennis Tournament was held at the Tennis Center August 4 & 5.  Tournament Director, Sue Hites could not have been happier with the local turn…

Coronado, CA - August 9, 2012, 3:15 PM. The Golden Falcons of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12 arrived at Naval Air Station North Island today after a successful 8-month deployment aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).

B-roll and Sound Bites.

Photojournalism by Tony Perri, Surf's Up Studios, Coronado, California.…

The mother of 6-year-old Max Shacknai believes her son was slain inside his millionaire father's Coronado, Calif., mansion last summer and wants police to find out who did it.

"He was a victim of assault and a victim of homicide," Dina Shacknai told NBC News on Thursday. "Even though nothing will bring my only child Maxie…

AUGUST 08, 2012 PRESS RELEASE #: 2012-011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Golden Falcons Return to Naval Air Station North Island

By Lt. j.g. Amanda McNally, HSC-12 Public Affairs

San Diego - The “…