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		<title>Featured Image &#8211; 3/15/2023</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael F Ballard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 20:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Santa Ana wind event in January 2026 cleared the air after a storm, revealing some impressive vistas. Here, you can see snow-capped Mt San Gorgonio in the San Bernardino Mountain, about 90 miles away from the University City area of San Diego at sunset. The hills in the middle-ground are near San Marcos.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New Video Posted &#8211; San Diego Freeways</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael F Ballard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 02:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve posted a new episode of RoadTalk where I discuss the abandoned freeway stubs and unbuilt freeways in San Diego. Learn about the 157, 252, as well as that odd ramp at the 163 and 5 interchange.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Power San Diego &#8211; Press Release</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael F Ballard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Dec 2023 19:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Contact: Dorrie Bruggemann, 515-974-9239 Initiative Launches to FIRE SDGE!Aims to Create a Non-Profit Utility SAN DIEGO &#8211; The Power San Diego Campaign today published its initiative to replace SDGE in the City with a not-for-profit, publicly-owned electric utility. Signature gathering to qualify the initiative for the City’s November ballot will begin in December.“This is a &#8230; <a href="https://www.socalregion.com/power-san-diego-press-release/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Power San Diego &#8211; Press Release</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>From the Archives &#8211; 1953</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael F Ballard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2023 18:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[San Diego&#8217;s Mission Valley has changed quite a bit over the last century. It has gone from farms to condos. Dairys to grocery stores. Dirt roads to major freeways. In 1947, the first iteration of the current State 163 / I-8 interchange was completed as shown here. Left on and offramps were the order of &#8230; <a href="https://www.socalregion.com/from-the-archives-1953/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">From the Archives &#8211; 1953</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Featured Image &#8211; 10/17/2022</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael F Ballard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2022 19:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Shown here, I-805 (upper) crosses the 52 freeway (lower) at San Clemente Canyon. Built in 1972, it formed the eastern terminus of the 52 for many years. In 1987, was extended to Convoy St. I-805 also follows the former boundary between the San Diego Mission Lands (east) and San Diego Pueblo Lands (west). This becomes &#8230; <a href="https://www.socalregion.com/featured-image-10-17-2022/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Featured Image &#8211; 10/17/2022</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Streetcar Tracks Exposed &#8211; Part 2</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael F Ballard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2022 18:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ongoing roadwork in the North Park neighborhood in San Diego has exposed yet more streetcar tracks. This work is a part of a bikeway project which will add raised median islands and pedestrian signals to enhance safety along the route. The tracks for the #2 San Diego Electric Railway line are temporarily exposed on 30th &#8230; <a href="https://www.socalregion.com/streetcar-tracks-exposed-part-2/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Streetcar Tracks Exposed &#8211; Part 2</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>From the Archives &#8211; 1960</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael F Ballard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2022 16:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The view is looking east from the Taylor St ramps on I-8, then signed as US 80, in 1960. A lot has changed in San Diego&#8217;s Mission Valley in the 62 years since this photo was taken. At the time, Mission Valley was sparsely developed with mostly open lands and dairy farms filling the valley. &#8230; <a href="https://www.socalregion.com/from-the-archives-1960/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">From the Archives &#8211; 1960</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>San Diego Electric Railway Exposed in North Park</title>
		<link>https://www.socalregion.com/san-diego-electric-railway-exposed-in-north-park/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael F Ballard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2022 01:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The City of San Diego has a project underway known as the University Avenue Mobility Project. This will add a median to University Ave from Florida St to Boundary St and a transit lane in both directions. This work, which has begun in earnest in the past few weeks, has exposed more of the San &#8230; <a href="https://www.socalregion.com/san-diego-electric-railway-exposed-in-north-park/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">San Diego Electric Railway Exposed in North Park</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Featured Image &#8211; 6/24/2021</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael F Ballard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2021 17:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[San Diego has a somewhat unique distinction compared to other California cities. You cannot travel north from San Diego, by freeway, without going underneath an arch bridge. I-5 has one at Gilman Dr, I-805 at Eastgate Mall. I-15 has the one pictured near Pala with West Lilac Road crossing over. Now I-8 needs one, somewhere &#8230; <a href="https://www.socalregion.com/featured-image-6-24-2021/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Featured Image &#8211; 6/24/2021</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Featured Image &#8211; 12/20/2020</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael F Ballard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2020 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I acquired this postcard recently and wanted to share. It depicts Mission Valley in San Diego. While the exact date is unknown, it is likely from the early 1920&#8217;s. So much has changed in this view. It appears to be near I-805 at the south side of the valley and is looking east toward Mission &#8230; <a href="https://www.socalregion.com/featured-image-12-20-2020/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Featured Image &#8211; 12/20/2020</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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