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Will Parson
Ocean-friendly garden for La Jolla Light
The Surfrider organization has initiated an effort to reclaim coastal neighborhood yards in the name of the environment and turn them into ocean-friendly gardens filled with native species that require much less water. One such garden belongs to Steve Roeder, whose front yard was swarmed with Surfrider volunteers in June, and now instead of grass boasts species like California Fuschia (Zauschinaria california) and Beach Evening Primrose (Camissonia cheiranthifolia).
Gourmet street food
Stumble out of a bar in North County San Diego and you might come across Chef Dave, always shuffling and laughing, serving up his macaroni on a stick. I did a double take when I saw grass-fed beef on the menu, and after a bit of chatting him up Chef Dave threw some beef skewers my way (someone had ordered it but left them behind).
Studying an Earthquake
One evening last week I had a chance meeting with a structural engineer from UC San Diego, and thanks to that encounter I set out at the break of dawn the next morning to tour recent earthquake damage on both sides of the international border in Mexicali and Calexico.
CityBeat food issue cover shoot
A bunch of hipsters in an alleyway helped me shoot the cover of San Diego CityBeat’s food issue this week. You’ll see some of the CityBeat staff in the mob, chasing a delicious yet ill-fated taco man.
Mexicali Earthquake for La Jolla Light
The La Jolla Light ran my photos with a story on seismic researchers investigating the Mexicali earthquake
Jailhouse nosh for San Diego CityBeat
This week is San Diego CityBeat’s food issue, and included for good measure is a story on prison food. CityBeat writer Dave Maass and I toured the San Diego Sheriff’s Central Production Center, where 35,000 meals are produced daily, five days a week, for inmates around the county.
La Jolla Light – Fire Story
The La Jolla Light used my photo in their story on the fire that burned in La Jolla last night.
Fire in La Jolla
This evening a fire burned in the basement of the Bang and Olufsen store on Girard Avenue in La Jolla.
Floatopia
Like tan, overdeveloped leafcutter ants carrying inflatable rafts ten times their size, several thousand students and twenty-somethings swarmed Mission Bay on the first day of spring for a water party known as Floatopia.
Ozzy Osbourne in La Jolla
Ozzy fans made for an interesting mix in conservative La Jolla on Friday when hundreds showed up for his book signing, which I covered for the La Jolla Light.
