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Details on Rag Fund Raising
For those who closely watch the Rag, here are detailed results of our annual summer fundraising from earlier this month. It's a breakdown of numbers of donors and total donations by zip code. 92107 (OB...
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Shelter Island Has Become the Boat and Yacht Rental Hub for San Diego
From The Coronado Times / August 28, 2024 Shelter Island is the home of America’s Cup Harbor, which is one of the few harbors in San Diego Bay that offers a diverse range of restaurants, boat rentals,...
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Planning Commission Hearing on ‘ADU Apartment’ on Point Loma Ave. in Ocean Beach
Live Streaming of Hearing Available The San Diego Planning Commission is taking up the issue of the 20 units of the proposed ADU apartment for Point Loma Avenue in Ocean Beach. 12:12 Commissioners...
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Appeal of Point Loma Avenue ADU Apartments Granted by San Diego Planning...
At 12:25 this afternoon, the San Diego Planning Commission voted unanimously to grant the appeal of the 20 apartments proposed for Point Loma Ave. This means the project, as is, will not be built. In a...
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‘The Point’ ADU Apartment Complex Is Unanimously Rejected by Planning Commission
Today, August 29, the San Diego Planning Commission unanimously rejected "The Point" project slated for Point Loma Avenue in south Ocean Beach. To a person, the Commission agreed with OBceans and...
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OB’s Planning Commission Win: Notes from the Chamber
The Callen Report By Kate Callen The meeting started with a snoozefest. Christian Hoppe from the Development Services Department (DSD) led off by mechanically reading Ocean Beach’s appeal to block The...
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Arrest Made in 2023 Ocean Beach Homicide
San Diego Police have announced that following an extensive investigation, detectives have made an arrest in a 2023 Ocean Beach homicide. Andrew Restrepo, described as a 36-year-old Latino, was...
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A Stroll Around Shelter Island
Now, for something lighter .... from our friends at Peninsula News
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Ocean Beach Restaurant Closes Due to Wage Dispute With Staff
From SanDiegoVille / Sept. 1, 2024 Voltaire Beach House in San Diego's Ocean Beach has closed amid accusations that ownership has failed to pay wages to its staff. Voltaire Beach House is a...
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Are You Living in San Diego’s ‘Worst ADU’? OB Rag Contest Will Let You Know
Reason Magazine High-Lights Rag Contest By Christian Britschgi / Reason / Sept. 3, 2024 A pair of two-story, two-unit apartment buildings. A skinny three-story block rising above the single-story homes...
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Tourists to Cabrillo National Monument Spent Over $54 Million in Local...
The National Park Service has just released a report that shows that 810,000 visitors to Cabrillo National Monument in 2023 spent $54.3 million in communities near the park. They also claim, "That...
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Bermuda Avenue Stairs in Ocean Beach Open at Last!
The stairs at the foot of Bermuda Avenue in Ocean Beach are finally open. And they're beautiful! The $3.65 million replacement project was initiated in 2018, started construction in the spring of 2023,...
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New OB Bar — Kustom Kulture — Replacing Cheswicks West This Weekend
SanDiegoVille / September 4, 2024 Opening this weekend in the space that long housed Cheswick's West in San Diego's Ocean Beach neighborhood is a new dive bar called Kustom Kulture. [Editordude: How...
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Colleen’s Latest Wild Predictions for 2024-2025 … And a Blowout
By Colleen O'Connor In November of 2022, I wrote a column full of outlandish predictions that came true. First, that Kamala Harris would be named Vice-President. True. Next that Speaker Emeriti, Nancy...
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Sunset Cliffs Auto Show — Saturday, Sept. 7
It's the free, second annual Sunset Cliffs Auto Show coming to Point Loma Avenue on Saturday, Sept. 7, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Organizers expect 80 to 100 vehicles on display. Event founder Gavin...
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Thank You Mission Bay Park Committee
By Judi Curry The Mission Bay Park Committee unanimously passed an agenda item that I have been working for for the past umpteen years! They answered in the affirmative: “Shall the Mission Bay Park...
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‘Thunderboats’ Return to Mission Bay — Sept. 13-15
By Regina Elling / San Diego Union-Tribune / September 4, 2024 Being able to watch some of the fastest powerboats in the world is one of the highlights of San Diego Bayfair. It is returning for its...
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Editordude Rant: Affluent Neighborhood Gets All New-Electric Library, While...
I couldn't help but notice the good news about a week ago for an affluent neighborhood of San Diego -- Pacific Highlands Ranch -- as it was about to get a brand new all-electric library. Set to open...
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City and Midway Rising Agree to 1-Year Delay on Finalizing Redevelopment Deal
By Jennifer Van Grove / The San Diego Union-Tribune / September 6, 2024 The city of San Diego has pushed back the deadline to finalize a deal with the development team selected two years ago to remake...
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Revamped Mural and New ‘Zen Zone’ Greeted Returning Students at Ocean Beach...
OB Elementary -- in the heart of the village -- has two enticement to its returning students for the new school season. There's a revamped school mural and an outdoor space called the "Zen Zone" to...
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