July 17, 2008
Still reeling from the death of Craig Yerkes, the San Diego Music Scene lost yet another brother Wednesday, with the passing of poet and photographer Billy Brazier, the younger sibling of Louis Brazier of Lestat's Coffee House. I learned this news a few hours...
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July 11, 2008
I received this e-mail today from Cathryn Beeks: Good people, The need to gather, love and remember Craig Yerkes is overwhelming us all right now. With Marcia and Virginia's blessing, Craig's friends have organized a gathering on Sunday, July 27th, at The Boat and...
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June 30, 2008
Craig Yerkes, the lead guitarist for a San Diego Americana band called The Grams, was killed around 11:30 a.m. Saturday morning in a one-car crash in Bonsall. He and The Grams were scheduled to play at the Ocean Beach Street Fair that afternoon....
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March 28, 2008
Plane crash victims 'People on the floor are the lucky ones' By David Matt Green September 25, 1978 Southern Cross Assistant Editor "The people here on the floor are the lucky ones," said Augustinian Father Tom Bonica. "It's their families who are going to...
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July 13, 2005
Many people probably don't know this, but back in the '90s I helped collect signatures to get Proposition 215, the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, on the California ballot. Fifty-six percent of voters approved Proposition 215 on November 5, 1996. The law took effect...
January 25, 2005
St. Augustine High School will hold its 11th annual Larry Lehrke Memorial Bocce Tournament this Saturday, January 29, at Sunset Park (across West Mission Bay Drive from the Hyatt Islandia Hotel). I went to last year's event, where I shot this picture of co-organizer...
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November 15, 2004
Daniel Lawrence "Rex" Kahler would have turned 40 today and probably would have had a great party to celebrate the occasion, if he wasn't off hiking up some distant mountain instead! Sadly, Rex won't be having that 40th birthday party, because we lost him...
November 04, 2004
My cousin Bernie Descoteau called my mother last night to tell her that his mother had passed away yesterday in Iowa. Bernie's mom was my dad's sister, and the last one of the four siblings who had been alive. I always knew her as...
October 28, 2004
Happy Birthday to my father, Madison "Bud" Green! Born in 1916, Dad would have been 88 today, if he hadn't passed away at age 71 on November 20, 1987, when he suffered a heart attack after reeling in a catfish at a nearby lake....
August 17, 2004
I had never heard of Jessica Treat until I received an e-mail last week from Danielle LoPresti announcing a special show at Twiggs Green Room on Thursday, August 19, to honor Jessica, who passed away from breast cancer July 29 at only 35 years...
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June 12, 2004
I got a phone call Friday afternoon from Willie McClister's ex-girl friend, Kerry Durrell. She said Willie passed away that day. A couple of months ago Kerry had told me that Willie's health was failing, so I wasn't surprised to get Friday's call. He...
June 09, 2004
My old friend Jim Leeper would have been 52 today. Sadly, we lost Jim in 1998 when he left his family and friends much too soon. I took this picture in 1977 of Jim and Patti Johnson, who eventually became Patti Leeper, his great...
April 24, 2004
Pat Tillman is dead. :( It was all over the news yesterday and will be there again today and tomorrow. He was killed during fighting in Afghanistan. I borrowed this picture of him from Associated Press. When I first heard about Tillman quitting the...
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April 19, 2004
Happy 11th Birthday to my niece and goddaughter Rebecca, who lives in nearby Lakeside with her mom, dad, and older sister. In sadder family news, the memorial service for my mother's brother, J. Mark Rummelhart, who passed away on April 5, also was scheduled...
April 06, 2004
My Mom, Helen Lenora (Rummelhart) Green, turned 85 on Friday, April 2. Her new right knee will turn 6 months old on April 16, and passed its 5-month checkup last Wednesday. J. Mark Rummelhart, Mom's brother, passed away in his sleep shortly after midnight...