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Jim “Mouse” Robb, a legendary San Diego surfer who started riding waves in the 1940s on 70-pound longboards made out of redwood, and who became a father figure to dozens of local lifeguards and assorted water rats, died April 22, one day shy of his 88th birthday.
His impact, especially in Ocean Beach, inspired a bumper sticker, “Mouse Would Go,” which nods to his eagerness to surf even the biggest waves, and to his willingness to help people as a mentor, electrician, and do-whatever-it-takes volunteer.
“We all tried to be like him,” said Lee Edging, a building inspection supervisor and former president of the Sunset Cliffs Surfing Association, a club Robb helped start that emphasized community service almost as much as wave-chasing and became a template for similar organizations in Southern California.
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“Welcome to Caballero’s Homey Jammmm!” scribbles this gal on a piece of paper. Music’s too loud for talking. We’re sitting right in front of this group of jamming Latin jazz players, playing live to maybe 100 of us scattered around. And, oh yes: I recognize the trumpet player, Bill Caballero, one of San Diego’s top trumpeters. Teaches music at Point Loma High School. The same jam session group that played at Border X pub, also in the Barrio, PC (Pre-Covid).
Wow. So this is like first shoots of spring. People! Together! I see the tables are well-separated, but there’s a lot of milling-about going on. And people are already caught up in the music. Now I’m spotting lots of familiar faces.
The lack of transparency on the part of San Diego Unified School District and the local teachers union shows a complete lack of respect for their parent community and is a breeding ground for resentment and toxicity in our schools.
SDUSD needs more transparency about school reopening plans
The lack of transparency on the part of the San Diego Unified School District and the teachers union on school reopening plans shows a lack of respect for the parent community and is a breeding ground for resentment and toxicity in our schools.
At no point during this pandemic have any parents I know tried to place people in harm’s way, but rather have tried to show their support for the safe options that do exist going as far as to submit official proposals for outdoor classrooms complete with all logistics involved, pledging countless hours and whatever it would take in terms of volunteerism to make a personalized approach for each individual school site.