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By JW August / Special to the OB Rag Billy Hunyady, a popular girls softball coach for nine years at Point Loma High School, has been fired by the school's Associate Principal. Not only was Hunyady fired, but the entire girls' softball coaching staff of nine individuals were abruptly fired on July 29. A veteran coach with 28 years experience, Hunyady ...

By Michael Angelo On day one of the second Trump administration, a flurry of executive orders were signed reshaping immigration enforcement in the country by declaring a national emergency at the southern border, redirecting military funds for border enforcement, and restricting asylum access to anyone engaged in a so-called invasion of the United Stat...

A third rescue has occurred off Sunset Cliffs, the third within the last three weeks. On Sunday, August 9, San Diego Fire-Rescue lifeguards rescued a person apparently injured while jumping into the ocean from the Arch, a popular jumping spot near Osprey Street. The incident was reported around 7:30 p.m. Firefighters, medics and lifeguards responded to the area after lifeguard...

By Ed Pilkington / The Guardian / August 12, 2026 Military families and Congress members are sounding the alarm about an intensifying mental health crisis onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, as its 5,000 sailors and ma...

Safe Harbor Marina By Angelo Haynes On a balmy, calm August afternoon, budding sailors-to-be, met with an energetic and fatherly sea captain, to “learn the ropes” of sailing. That captain is Robert Capita, the current head coach of the UCSD sailing team and President and CEO of Project Bluewater Racing  (PBWR - or simply "the Project)...