Week in Review

This week, after weeks of closures,  then closed again due to sewage contaminated runoff.

Earlier this week, , but at $3.34 is still a full 35 cents higher than the same time a year prior. Reports Saturday said the price rose again, the 12th increase in 15 days. The current average price of gasoline is $3.35.

Six people were killed and 14 injured in a shooting outside a supermarket in Tuscon, AZ. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head and remains in critical condition. comment on the incident. Chairmen of the San Diego Republican and Democratic parties condemned the attack in a rare joint statement.

Business

The hotel to replace the Seacoast Inn Here is a list of colorful names suggested in a 2006 contest. Ideas are still being considered.

Funding for the $29.2 million new hotel . The project is expected to create 300 jobs during construction and 40 to 55 permanent jobs once the hotel opens for business. 

The Neighborhood Files

Rick and AJ are two guinea pigs in need of a home and are a part of our new column . about them and how to adopt. 

A program at the  is set up to receive . The number of people who come for care for that specific reason is small, less than 100 a year, but the free care is part of a research program to know exactly what causes them illness.

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Formerly known as the IB Free People's Clinic and celebrating its 40th year, the Health Center recently  in the Nestor neighborhood just east of Imperial Beach.

It's a new year and a lot of us made promises to burn off the holiday heavies. First and a few more .

Arts

As a boy growing up in Texas, by watching mariachi bands play. He would be a musician for decades, the first on FM radio in Detroit and first act at the  open mic night and loved Imperial Beach.

“His last thought was on that pier," said his wife Judith Lopez. "He died smiling thinking about those memories we had in Imperial Beach on the pier fishing—his favorite place that he loved the most.”

A Hammond organ and large speaker were by local musician Paul Ingram. 

You may hear . The latest chance to see the group perform was New Year's Eve at .

This article explores IB Teen Blog, which  and was started by Perla Flores, an Imperial Beach resident who works at the library.

Police and Fire

A week ago, homicide detectives were dispatched to a Granger Street sober living facility to investigate what . Later reports found that . The investigation is still ongoing.

Sex offender audits in San Diego County , said a report by the San Diego Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement Task Force. More than 4,000 sexual offenders are registered countywide.

Here is a from Dec. 27 to Jan. 3.

Sports

Sports editor Bill Zavetoski talks about the "woulda, coulda, shoulda" attitude that plagues the Chargers, Padres and Aztecs sport teams and .

Serge Dedina in 1979 and his most recent run a few weeks ago. 

Schools

Southwestern College must meet certain demands made by a state accreditation body in order to stay open. The SUN News editor, Imperial Beach Patch contributor and Southwestern student  and why blame lies in the hand of college administration, not the school's academic success.

A language immersion charter school will open to eighth-graders Monday and offer a .