Pacific Beach Middle School, Pacific Beach Elementary, Kate Sessions Elementary, Barnard Elementary, and Crown Point Junior Music Academy . Media Pacific Beach is serviced in print by the daily San Diego Union Tribune and the weekly Beach & Bay Press. In popular culture In John Dos Passos's The 42nd Parallel (1930), Fainy "Mac" McCreary briefly lives in a bungalow in Pacific Beach with his wife Maisie and their daughter Rose. Notable people Kate Sessions, Landscape Architect Frank Bompensiero, mobster Donna Frye, former city council representative and mayoral candidate Skip Frye, professional surfer Adam Gnade, musician-novelist Tony Gwynn Jr., former outfielder in the MLB Robert Hays, actor, known for role in Airplane Pauly Shore, actor, former MTV host Eddie Vedder, musician Dinesh D’Souza, political commentator Vic Fuentes, musician Mark Whitney Mehran Owner of Hotrodsurf Mark Dice, a YouTuber Gallery See also Tourmaline Surfing Park at the north end of Pacific Beach List of beaches in San Diego County List of California state parks References Beaches of Southern California Entertainment districts in California Neighborhoods in San Diego Populated coastal places in California Restaurant districts and streets in the United States Beaches of San Diego County, California