Nonprofit group deems five historic sites across county “endangered” [The San Diego Union-Tribune]
A local group focused on preserving historic buildings is adding five new sites to its annual “endangered list,” which aims to raise awareness of the old buildings and prevent demolition or major renovations that alter their character.
The five new entries this year are the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, a Chase bank in eastern Pacific Beach, a Victorian house in San Marcos, pepper trees in Kensington and auto cottages on the beach in Oceanside.
The other seven sites are Presidio Park, the Hillcrest historic district, Barratt Ranch in Jamul, Granger Music Hall in National City, the Big Stone Lodge in Poway and two sites in La Jolla: Pottery Canyon Kiln and Red Rest & Red Roost Bungalows.
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A local group focused on preserving historic buildings is adding five new sites to its annual “endangered list,” which aims to raise awareness of the old buildings and prevent demolition or major renovations that alter their character.
The five new entries this year are the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, a Chase bank in eastern Pacific Beach, a Victorian house in San Marcos, pepper trees in Kensington and auto cottages on the beach in Oceanside.
The other seven sites are Presidio Park, the Hillcrest historic district, Barratt Ranch in Jamul, Granger Music Hall in National City, the Big Stone Lodge in Poway and two sites in La Jolla: Pottery Canyon Kiln and Red Rest & Red Roost Bungalows.
Dec. 17, 1891: Readers of The Comet learned the results of the 1890 census. According to the report, Johnson City had a population of 4,161. In 1880, the population was 685.
Dec. 17, 1903: The Clay Center Dispatch, a newspaper in Clay Center, Kansas, carried an interesting story with a Johnson City dateline. âMaj. William H. Garland, aged 94 years, is dead at the national soldierâs home here. He had shaken hands with every president of the United States except Washington. He was in the naval cadet company that accompanied Lafayette on the second visit to America in 1822 and he at one time conversed with Napoleon on the island of St. Helena. Maj. Garlandâs wife and children were drowned in the Evansville, Ind. flood in 1884. He was for many years a Baptist minister.â
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Marine Corps to Begin Gender Integrated Training at San Diego Boot Camp
December 15, 2020 6:55 PM
Drill instructors with Receiving Company, Support Battalion, correct a new recruit of Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, during receiving at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, March 30, 2020. Once recruits stepped off the bus, they immediately began the transformation from civilian to Marine. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brooke C. Woods)
The Marine Corps in February will start conducting gender integrated training at its San Diego boot camp, the service announced this week.
In a news release, the service said it would start training for males and females at San Diego Marine Corps Recruit Depot.
The plan is part of a “test run” as the U.S. Marine Corps experiments with ways to end its practice of separating recruits into male and female boot camps.
Until now, female recruits were only training at Parris Island in South Carolina. There have been nine integrated companies trained at that facility over the past year.
A congressional mandate to make entry-level training at both the Parris Island and MCRD San Diego facilities co-ed calls for the practice of separating boot camp groups by gender to end within the next decade, so this company coming to San Diego is another step in that direction.