San Diego County

Earthquakes and Movies

Lately, there has been quite a bit of press about the recent “San Andreas” movie. To me, this movie sets back the general public’s knowledge and understanding about how earthquakes create damage in Southern California. Some basic stereotypes exist in the movie, many of which are completely false. Starting with the magnitude of the earthquake …

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Bike Share is now Active in San Diego!

After months of delays, it would appear that San Diego has finally joined the list of cities with a Bike Share program. I had posted earlier on this site that the system was to be implemented in November. Delays with the actual installation of the docking stations, mostly due to local site requests, have mostly …

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Image of the Week – 1/19/15

Normal fault in Cretaceous turbidite deposits in the La Jolla Shores area.
Normal fault in Cretaceous turbidite deposits in the La Jolla Shores area.

Image of the Week – 1/11/15

Border Monument at the San Ysidro crossing.
Border Monument at the San Ysidro crossing.

Image of the Week – 12/26/14

Photo of the Week  – 12/26

City signage for former State 274 in the Clairemont area of San Diego.
City signage for former State 274 in the Clairemont area of San Diego.