<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' version='2.0'><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30429246</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:06:37 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>freepb.org</title><description/><link>http://www.freepb.org/blog.html</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (scrosby)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>36</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30429246.post-109412176195629161</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-18T17:06:37.793-07:00</atom:updated><title>Silver Strand To Be Booze-Free On Labor Day</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CORONADO, Calif. -- &lt;/strong&gt;The Silver Strand is going dry this Labor Day weekend.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.10news.com/news/17225579/detail.html"&gt;http://www.10news.com/news/17225579/detail.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt; </description><link>http://www.freepb.org/2008/08/silver-strand-to-be-booze-free-on-labor.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (scrosby)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30429246.post-5431442806883956505</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-16T10:15:53.197-07:00</atom:updated><title>Silver Strand high and dry</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;div&gt;UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;By Janine Zúñiga &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080816-9999-1m16alcohol.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1218906763_0"&gt;&lt;font color="#003399"&gt;http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080816-9999-1m16alcohol.html&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; </description><link>http://www.freepb.org/2008/08/silver-strand-high-and-dry.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (scrosby)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30429246.post-5664910358827171029</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-14T18:14:58.571-07:00</atom:updated><title>Strand Booze Ban Examined While San Diego Prepares To Vote</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Imperial Beach &amp;amp; South Coast Eagle &amp;amp; Times by Jared Cohen&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imperialbeachnewsca.com/articles/2008/08/14/news/news02.txt"&gt;http://www.imperialbeachnewsca.com/articles/2008/08/14/news/news02.txt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt; </description><link>http://www.freepb.org/2008/08/strand-booze-ban-examined-while-san.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (scrosby)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30429246.post-9124724143318015442</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:58:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-13T16:58:04.148-07:00</atom:updated><title>Writer says beach police</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.peninsulabeacon.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#007b81"&gt;Peninsula Beacon News&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &amp;gt; &lt;a href="http://www.sdnews.com/vnews/display.v/SEC/Peninsula%20Beacon%20News%3E%3EOpinion" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#007b81"&gt;Opinion&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; by Sydney Mason, Ocean Beach August 13, 2008&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sdnews.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2008/08/13/48a35f2473c1d" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.sdnews.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2008/08/13/48a35f2473c1d&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; </description><link>http://www.freepb.org/2008/08/writer-says-beach-police.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (scrosby)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30429246.post-8759858843250235832</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-13T14:29:55.899-07:00</atom:updated><title>Large Loud Parties Coming Soon to Your Neighborhood- SD Reader</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;div&gt;By &lt;a href="http://www.sandiegoreader.com/staff/larry-harmon/"&gt;Larry Harmon&lt;/a&gt; |&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2008/aug/13/cover/"&gt;http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2008/aug/13/cover/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt; </description><link>http://www.freepb.org/2008/08/large-loud-parties-coming-soon-to-your.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (scrosby)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30429246.post-6653692065079214171</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-13T14:27:23.626-07:00</atom:updated><title>Booze Moves to the Alley- Reader, By Dorian Hargrove |</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;div&gt;Published Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2008/aug/13/city/"&gt;http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2008/aug/13/city/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt; </description><link>http://www.freepb.org/2008/08/booze-moves-to-alley-reader-by-dorian.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (scrosby)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30429246.post-6326265569663626483</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-13T14:25:09.218-07:00</atom:updated><title>Beach Booze Banter- Reader, By Josh Board | Published Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2008/aug/13/beach-booze-banter/"&gt;http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2008/aug/13/beach-booze-banter/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt; </description><link>http://www.freepb.org/2008/08/beach-booze-banter-reader-by-josh-board.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (scrosby)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30429246.post-4964081702364054352</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-11T17:17:40.824-07:00</atom:updated><title>Casualties of the Booze Ban (Cartoon) Voice of San Diego</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sunday, August 10, 2008 &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2008/08/11/cartoons/958cartoon081108.txt#info"&gt;http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2008/08/11/cartoons/958cartoon081108.txt#info&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt; </description><link>http://www.freepb.org/2008/08/casualties-of-booze-ban-cartoon-voice.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (scrosby)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30429246.post-4821778417167465066</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:58:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-10T10:58:53.333-07:00</atom:updated><title>Booze ban at beaches offers up two images</title><description>&lt;div&gt;UNION-TRIBUNE &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;August 10, 2008&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/braun/20080810-9999-1m10braun.html" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/braun/20080810-9999-1m10braun.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; </description><link>http://www.freepb.org/2008/08/booze-ban-at-beaches-offers-up-two.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (scrosby)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30429246.post-7160140810295674962</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-04T23:14:30.405-07:00</atom:updated><title>http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080712/news_1s12canepa.html</title><description>&lt;div&gt;If beer can flow at OTL, why ban booze at all?&lt;br&gt;July 12, 2008&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;______________________________________________________________&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; </description><link>http://www.freepb.org/2008/08/httpwwwsignonsandiegocomuniontrib200807.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (scrosby)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30429246.post-2417575504942156924</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-04T23:10:38.558-07:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>&lt;div&gt;Permanent Beach Alcohol Ban To Be Decided In November&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;July 22, 2008&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.10news.com/news/16958769/detail.html?rss=sand&amp;amp;psp=news" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.10news.com/news/16958769/detail.html?rss=sand&amp;amp;psp=news&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;_________________________________________________________________________________________________________&lt;/div&gt; </description><link>http://www.freepb.org/2008/08/permanent-beach-alcohol-ban-to-be.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (scrosby)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30429246.post-29730421227087687</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-04T23:05:22.377-07:00</atom:updated><title>Voters to decide whether beach booze ban becomes permanent</title><description>&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;div class="byline"&gt;By Jennifer Vigil&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="credit"&gt;UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="credit"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;July 29, 2008&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080729-1251-bn29beach.html" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080729-1251-bn29beach.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; </description><link>http://www.freepb.org/2008/08/voters-to-decide-whether-beach-booze.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (scrosby)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30429246.post-7305002329792321290</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:58:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-04T22:58:31.770-07:00</atom:updated><title>Faulconer’s alcohol ban position shifts again</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.sdnews.com/vnews/display.v/ART/08/07/30/4890d96ca382d"&gt;http://www.sdnews.com/vnews/display.v/ART/08/07/30/4890d96ca382d&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br clear="all"&gt;&lt;br&gt;-- &lt;br&gt;Larry A. Leon&lt;br&gt;Public Relations Director  </description><link>http://www.freepb.org/2008/08/faulconers-alcohol-ban-position-shifts.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (scrosby)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30429246.post-10083336112754846</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-04T22:39:43.735-07:00</atom:updated><title>Is Silver Strand Beach Next?</title><description>&lt;div dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Will Silver Strand be next beach to go dry? &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080804-1839-bn04strand.html" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080804-1839-bn04strand.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; </description><link>http://www.freepb.org/2008/08/is-silver-strand-beach-next.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (scrosby)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30429246.post-3158604373275811974</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-11-21T10:24:18.664-08:00</atom:updated><title>Voice of SD on the Beer Ban</title><description>&lt;h1&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Let the Petitioning Begin&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h1&gt; 		                                 &lt;font size="2"&gt;The City Council finalized a one-year trial ban on drinking at the beach today, setting the stage for a likely referendum to repeal the law.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/3ctbrj"&gt;http://tinyurl.com/3ctbrj&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; </description><link>http://www.freepb.org/2007/11/voice-of-sd-on-beer-ban.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (scrosby)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30429246.post-8562877500746882018</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-11-07T12:13:26.786-08:00</atom:updated><title>SD City Council votes for ban</title><description>1 year &amp;quot;trial&amp;quot; ban voted in at last meeting.&amp;nbsp; Ordinance will likely take effect in December.&amp;nbsp; Thank you Kevin Faulconer!&lt;br&gt; </description><link>http://www.freepb.org/2007/11/sd-city-council-votes-for-ban.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (scrosby)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30429246.post-3402386723009656773</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-08-31T13:18:43.119-07:00</atom:updated><title>Prohibitions on drinking and smoking no fun - Daily Aztec</title><description>A Daily Aztec &lt;A HREF="http://tinyurl.com/yvlnp9"&gt;article&lt;/A&gt; laments excessive regulation of public spaces.  Will fun itself be illegal next?</description><link>http://www.freepb.org/2007/08/prohibitions-on-drinking-and-smoking-no.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (scrosby)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30429246.post-2660630506805915583</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-06-06T13:41:42.890-07:00</atom:updated><title>No consensus on a ban</title><description>Beach Alcohol Task Force split, does not come to a consensus on a beach alcohol ban at June 4th's meeting.  &lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/2eo9u3"&gt;Read more&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;http://tinyurl.com/2eo9u3&lt;/b&gt;</description><link>http://www.freepb.org/2007/06/no-consensus-on-ban.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (scrosby)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30429246.post-8833716889222333858</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-06-06T12:29:40.436-07:00</atom:updated><title>Del Mar bans beer on the 4th of July</title><description>&lt;div style="margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="color:#0020de;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.10news.com/news/13445729/detail.html"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.10news.com/news/13445729/detail.html"&gt;Read the article&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.freepb.org/2007/06/del-mar-bans-beer-on-4th-of-july.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (scrosby)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30429246.post-5779268818496933530</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2007 22:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-02-10T14:42:35.737-08:00</atom:updated><title>FreePB.org receives Community Involvement Award</title><description>FreePB.org is recognized by PBTC president Don Mullen for exemplary &lt;a href="http://www.freepb.org/community-award-freepb.html"&gt;Pacific Beach community involvement&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.freepb.org/2007/02/freepborg-receives-community.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (scrosby)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30429246.post-115679008802973871</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2006 18:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2006-08-31T18:21:42.893-07:00</atom:updated><title>Beach Alcohol Task Force</title><description>&lt;B&gt;Councilman to form group to study beach problems.&lt;/B&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By Jeanette Steele&lt;br /&gt;UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER&lt;br /&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 28, 2006&lt;br /&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...San Diego Councilman Kevin Faulconer, who represents beach communities, opposes a ban on alcohol on the sand.  ...[He] said he wants to get now-warring community groups at one table for six to nine months to hammer out recommendations. Faulconer expects to name the task force members in the next few weeks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://tinyurl.com/h38b4"&gt;Read more...&lt;/A&gt;</description><link>http://www.freepb.org/2006/08/beach-alcohol-task-force.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (scrosby)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30429246.post-115678846302335745</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2006 18:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2006-08-31T18:20:54.773-07:00</atom:updated><title>Pacific Beach not very scary</title><description>"Pacific Beach provided a choice location, where as a family we could enjoy the beach, catch a few waves — or at least watch the surfers from the shore — and spend two days with Shamu. This quaint ocean village is far from the tourist mecca often associated with Southern California. The restaurants were low-profile with great home-cooked food. The shopping was geared toward locals, and the beach was quiet. We shared it with some serious surfers, who played with wild dolphins swimming just off the coast."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;A HREF="http://tinyurl.com/h3a76"&gt;Read more...&lt;/A&gt;</description><link>http://www.freepb.org/2006/08/pacific-beach-not-very-scary.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (scrosby)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30429246.post-115648884915661507</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2006 06:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2006-08-25T02:01:11.360-07:00</atom:updated><title>San Diego ranked #1 beach area</title><description>&lt;p class="mobile-post"&gt;Obviously, people LIKE &lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/ezmrq"&gt;the way our &lt;br /&gt;beaches are&lt;/a&gt;.  Says Outside magazine: "The miles of white sand &lt;br /&gt;beaches, swelling waves, and an eclectic dining and shopping district &lt;br /&gt;make San Diego's Pacific Beach one of the most popular stretches of &lt;br /&gt;sand in the Golden State — 26 million people visited last year."&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.freepb.org/2006/08/san-diego-ranked-1-beach-area.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (scrosby)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30429246.post-115584133837547134</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2006 19:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2006-08-17T12:02:18.433-07:00</atom:updated><title>Alcohol dominates town hall meeting</title><description>&lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;While Faulconer expressed support for some of the proposals, he stated that he did not agree with a beach-wide ban.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"It's fairly divisive to put it mildly," Faulconer said of the ban. "We need to get together to talk about options."&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Lansdowne and Sanders agreed that preventing drinking on the beaches is not a long-term solution.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"If you ban alcohol at the beach, my professional opinion is that then we've got a problem inland," Lansdowne said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/rjfhl"&gt; http://tinyurl.com/rjfhl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; </description><link>http://www.freepb.org/2006/08/alcohol-dominates-town-hall-meeting.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (scrosby)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30429246.post-115576350567803727</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2006 21:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2006-08-16T14:25:05.743-07:00</atom:updated><title>Smoking Ban Going into Effect</title><description>Beware, you're no longer allowed to have a smoke on the beach starting 8/17. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font style="font-style: italic;" class="newstext"&gt;Tomorrow, San Diego's ban on smoking begins. 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