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Your editorial “An Explosive Problem” (May 8) does a disservice to the many residents of Tierrasanta who have worked with the city, federal government, Navy, U.S.
May 22, 1988
California
A contractor for the Army Corps of Engineers has begun its final phase of a sweep of the Tierrasanta canyons in search of old but live explosives left over from the area’s use as a Marine artillery range, a corps spokesman said.
Jan. 20, 1991
Near the end of a Tierrasanta street of neat, brown-shingle homes, where girls cartwheel across manicured lawns and boys ride brightly colored bikes, an ominous sign warns that the hillside below the cul-de-sac has not been swept for unexploded ordnance.
Jan. 23, 1989
More than three years after two Tierrasanta boys were killed by the explosion of a World War II-era mortar shell, completion of a communitywide cleanup of old munitions from the extensive canyons in the area apparently is still more than a year away, local and federal officials said.
March 16, 1987
The U.S.
Oct. 13, 1985
“Priority attention” will be given to the problem of stray ordnance in the Tierrasanta community, the Department of Defense announced Thursday.
Feb. 15, 1985
Near the end of a street of neat, brown-shingle homes, where girls cartwheel across manicured lawns and boys ride brightly colored bikes, an ominous sign warns that the hillside below the cul-de-sac has not been swept for unexploded ordnance.
Jan. 29, 1989
Officials Tuesday announced a second round of sweeps to detect old munitions in a Tierrasanta area where two children were killed a year and a half ago when an anti-tank shell they were playing with exploded.
June 12, 1985
The parents of Matthew Smith and Corey Peake say they did not learn that their neighborhood had been built on an abandoned artillery range until after their sons were killed by the explosion of a shell they found while playing in a Tierrasanta canyon four years ago.
May 1, 1988
Saturday, Dec. 10, 1983, 4:05 p.m.-- Two Tierrasanta boys, Matthew Paul Smith and Corey Alden Peake, both 8 years old, are killed and Peake’s brother Carl, then 12 years old, is injured when a 37mm anti-tank shell they find in a canyon near their home explodes when they bang it against a rock.
Feb. 4, 1985