San Diego beach community calls for armistice in July 4 marshmallow war

摘要

An annual Fourth of July marshmallow fight in a San Diego beach community is becoming a sticky affair with local businesses tired of cleaning up the gooey battlefield. The battle that started in the mid-1980s is supposed to take place on Ocean Beach, but combatants in recent years have spilled out onto neighboring streets, leaving behind an unsightly and substantial amount of sticky carnage. "OB's funky-hippy vibe has taken a turn toward anarchy," wrote a local news website called the OB Rag, and another local business leader created a Facebook page demanding a truce to the nearly 30-year war.