The week began with rainy weather that would close the shoreline much of the week from Imperial Beach to the U.S.-Mexico border . Shoreline from near the river mouth to the U.S.-Mexico border remains closed.
Friday morning around 1:30 a.m. a water main break . The break knocked out water for about 200 customers nearby and diverted traffic in the 300 block of Palm Avenue as .
Data from Imperial Beach lifeguards found that summer beach attendance . The numbers fluctuate every year, lifeguard captain Robert Stabenow said. Near 40 percent of summer beach attendance came from the U.S. Open Sandcastle Competition.
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On Wednesday Imperial Beach Patch published a story about the what the loss of the sandcastle competition, the largest event of the year for the past three decades, could mean to IB. say losing the competition also means the loss of tens of thousands of dollars in fundraising.
, many readers said they believe IB should continue to hold a sandcastle competition in the future. What do you think?
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As the Iraq war came to an end Thursday, Marine veteran Joshua Rittenberry prepared for a WCK Muay Thai match. In this article he talks about .
In other local sports news, .
was approved at a special city council meeting Wednesday. Construction for the Breakwater project to build a new shopping center between 7th and 9th streets on Palm Avenue may begin within the next year.
of the Miracle Shopping Center which first opened in the late 1940s.
IB Patch wants your pictures.
Earlier this week we launched where you can quickly share photos and videos taken around town. Through the , IB Patch has profiled more than two dozen local photographers. Know someone whose work we should include? Email editor khari.johnson@patch.com
In her health column, Rachel Grant Dixon explores treatments for the common cold, first looking at , .
In this Opinion piece, Abi Cotler O'Roarty is .
In the Southwest Surf column, an interview with .
In "Big Brother, Wireless Carrier," software installed on from many major carriers record everything you do.
In Sounds Around Town, Fuzzi Huzzi released their The video is based on the band's west coast tour this fall.
Robert Brians, a local resident who got into an altercation with city employee Tommy Simmons in July after he took pictures into his neighbor's backyard, . The order is set to last until 2014 and demands Brians stay within 100 feet of City Hall except to attend City Council meetings.
On Thursday IB Patch published a story .
Some homeowners said they feel they have been harassed and enforcement is sporadic.
A non-scientific poll has received 80 votes. What do you think?
In real estate, San Diego based DataQuick said in November home sales jumped while prices dropped across Southern California compared to the same month last year.
An Imperial Beach Patch story said prices rose through November in 2011 on Seacoast Drive, but the increase comes .
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