New Pizza Joint Coming to Voltaire Street in Ocean Beach
Ellie's Wood-Fired Pizza Opening at 4852 Voltaire SanDiegoVille / September 6, 2024 Ellie's Wood-Fired Pizza, a family-owned eatery specializing in Neapolitan-style pizza, is expanding from Yuma, AZ to...
View ArticleMr. A’s Owner Wants 7 Acres at Liberty Station for His $15 Million ‘Admiral’...
By Leorah Gavidor / San Diego Magazine / September 18, 2024 Ryan Thorsen knows what he’s doing with an iconic remodel: he took the helm from Bertrand Hug at the legendary Mister A’s in 2022 and...
View ArticleOB’s Renovated Abbott Street Apartments About to Open for Formerly Homeless
The newly-renovated apartments on Abbott Street in Ocean Beach are about to open. And 13 formerly homeless people will be moving in very soon. Dubbed "The Shores at North Beach" the low-income housing...
View ArticleNews on Peninsula Cafes, Breweries, and Coffees
Spill the Beans to Open Soon in OB To celebrate their brand-new location, they’re offering a limited time promotional code for use on online orders only. Enter promo code ‘STBinOB’ at checkout for 10%...
View ArticleMoving Forward on Aquatic Center in NTC Park in Liberty Station
Public Service Announcement By Tyler Faurot / San Diego Union-Tribune / September 19, 2024 As the city of San Diego seeks public input on conceptual designs for a proposed aquatic center in NTC Park at...
View Article92-Year Old Driver Kills 70-Year Old Bicyclist in Point Loma
A 70-year-old male bicyclist was riding his bike east on Canon Street in Point Loma Saturday afternoon when a car driven by a 92-year old going west on Canon Street made a left turn at Evergreen...
View ArticleFormer Ocean Beach Librarian One of Two Swimmers Attacked by Sea Lion in...
A lot of OBceans know Matt Beatty. He was the librarian at the OB Library for years. Now Matt is in the news. Matt is a resident of Mission Beach and goes for daily swims in the ocean off his home...
View ArticlePoint Loman Calls for ‘Fair Compensation for Residents Under the Flight Path’
By Paige Turner For those of us living in Point Loma and other communities near San Diego International Airport, the constant roar of planes is something we’ve come to expect—day and night. But...
View ArticleTV News Station Finds Dangerous New Bike Lanes Un-Used and Loss of Parking...
Local TV station CBS8 sent a couple of reporters out to Convoy Street in Kearny Mesa to check on the new bike lanes the city just installed a couple of weeks ago. What the station found was not pretty....
View ArticleCity of San Diego Still Has Not Collected $12 Million in Back Rent from SeaWorld
By Lori Weisberg / The San Diego Union-Tribune / September 19, 2024 A little more than a year after suing SeaWorld for $12 million in back rent and fees dating back to the pandemic, the city seems no...
View ArticleAmerica is Saved: Thanks to Levi-501 Jeans and the Mingei Museum
By Colleen O'Connor Tired of the juvenile nature of Presidential politics that passes for dialogue? Same snarky insults? Same quick-fix ideas that solve nothing? The drumbeat of “retribution,” chaos,...
View ArticleRoadblocks Stall Opening of OB’s New Recycling Center on Voltaire
It's new, it's modular, modern and ready to go but New Earth Recycling Center hasn't been able to recycle one thing or make one buck. It's been sitting on the east side of Littickers on Voltaire...
View ArticleWhy Is a Drilling Rig on the OB Pier?
By Geoff Page The Rag was alerted, by one of our regular contributors, to the appearance of machinery and a crew on the pier Wednesday, September 25. Upon investigation, the equipment was determined to...
View ArticleSurfrider’s Paddle for Clean Water — Same Mission, Different Beach — Sunday,...
What is the Paddle for Clean Water? Originally launched in the 90s as a protest against sewage pollution, the Paddle for Clean Water has grown into an annual event uniting surfers, swimmers, and ocean...
View ArticleCivil Discourse: Notes from the Coastal San Diego Candidates Forum
The Callen Report By Kate Callen The September 26 Coastal San Diego Candidates Forum was a trip back in time to an era when politicians sat down with constituents to talk, listen, and learn. Using a...
View ArticleA Point Loma High School Treasure: Larry Zeiger — the Teacher, the Artist,...
By Lynne Miller In 21st Century USA, it is unlikely to find a rite of passage into adulthood. Hawaiian boys living in the 1700s plunged from high cliffs into clear water as a passage ritual. Point...
View ArticleWhat Should Happen to a Small OB Apartment Building Instead of Being...
A small apartment building in Ocean Beach on Bacon Street was just sold for $1.86 million. And it's unfortunate what will probably happen next. It's vacant and 2175-77 Bacon St., is slated to be torn...
View ArticleSeries of Burglaries Hit OB Restaurants
A string of burglaries have hit local Ocean Beach restaurants, and the businesses are trying to get the word out in hopes that people will be vigilant. OB Noodle House 1502 has been hit twice within...
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