Fred Dreier’s Olympic Notebook: Jill Kintner’s long road to Beijing (Velo News)

20 August 2008, 5:31 am

The Jill Kintner that will compete in Wednesday’s Olympic BMX finals is not the same woman who took her third world title in four-cross mountain biking just 11 months ago. Sure, she still boasts the same chatty personality, curly ponytail and toothy grin — those qualities aren’t going anywhere... read more

For coach, God and archery are a package deal (International Herald Tribune)

19 August 2008, 10:55 pm

Kisik Lee, right, has served the dual, if controversial, roles of the head coach of the U.S. archery team and a spiritual guide to some of its athletes. Above, Lee takes part in the baptism of Brady Ellison, an American archer.... read more

Foreclosure filings continue to soar in county, state (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News)

19 August 2008, 6:02 pm

A Default Research report finds pre-foreclosure filings have jumped by 120 percent in Southern California in July 2008 compared with 2007, and in San Diego County, the total reached nearly 50,000 during the past year.... read more

BMX's Kyle Bennett, poised, ready for Beijing burst (USA Today)

19 August 2008, 4:30 pm

Kyle Bennett was first introduced to BMX as a seven-year-old. Now he's among the world's elite.... read more

Recording project preserves the past (San Diego Union-Tribune)

19 August 2008, 6:14 am

A Japanese-American mother in a World War II-era California internment camp spends hours every day hand-washing diapers and bedspreads for her newborn baby. A father baits the street thief stealing sandwiches from his homeless family with a cockroach-filled sandwich.... read more

County Obituaries A-Z (San Diego Union-Tribune)

19 August 2008, 3:03 am

AUSTIN, FERN E. Mrs. Austin, 82, of San Diego, died Aug. 8.... read more