SurfRider Researcher Talks: The Effects of Sand Replenishment on Surfing
By Ella Boyd / The Inertia / November 25, 2024 When San Clemente’s Measure BB failed to pass by less than 3 percent of the vote, I began to wonder: what are the pros and cons of sand replenishment on...
View Article‘Just When You Thought the Fight Over Midway’s 30-Foot Height Limit Was Over …’
Save Our Access Asks Appellate Court to Invalidate 2022 Ballot Measure That Lifted Height Limit in Midway District By Jennifer van Grove / San Diego Union-Tribune / November 26, 2024 A year after the...
View ArticleCoastal Resilience Plan for Sunset Cliffs
The following is from the city's Coastal Resilience Plan for the Sunset Cliffs. (Yesterday's post -- the proposals for OB and Dog Park.) Sunset Cliffs Sunset Cliffs Boulevard is a two-way, two-lane...
View ArticleCañon Street Pocket Park in Point Loma Finally Opens
By Geoff Page The City of San Diego held its ribbon cutting ceremony for the Cañon Street Pocket Park Wednesday, November 27 at 10:00 a.m. The event was originally to take place 11:00 a.m. the previous...
View ArticleSan Diego Airport Is Reaching Capacity and Pressure to Remove Its Curfew Will...
By Gary Wonacutt San Diego International Airport (SDIA) is in a convenient downtown location largely because the tourism industry, including the downtown convention bureau and hoteliers, pushed hard to...
View ArticleHigh Tides Expected at San Diego’s Coast in Mid-December
See this chart for mid-December
View ArticleDecember 2024 Events from the Ocean Beach Green Center
Every Saturday at 10:30 am. San Diego Climate Mobilization Coalition Meetings December 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th. Every Saturday 10 am – 12 pm Peace Vigil for Palestine December 2nd. Monday 3:30 pm – 7...
View ArticleCity May Lose Ownership of Liberty Station Unless It Shows Signs of...
Private Company that Holds Substantial Leases in Liberty Station Argues in Court San Diego Must Sell It It is true. The City of San Diego may very well lose ownership of Liberty Station, the former...
View ArticleMike James Celebrates 45 Years as MC for OB Holiday Parade
Celebrating 45 Years of Ocean Beach Christmas Parade Magic By Mike James This Saturday marks my 45th year as an announcer at the Ocean Beach Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting—a tradition started by my...
View ArticleThe OB Christmas Tree Has Arrived — Video by Charles Landon
The Ocean Beach Christmas Tree has arrived and has been erected at the foot of Newport Avenue. See the video by Rag videographer Charles Landon.
View ArticleFrank Gormlie Book-Signing and Talk on ‘The May 1970 Rebellion’— Sat., Dec....
Frank Gormlie Book-Signing and Talk on The May 1970 Rebellion Saturday, Dec. 14, 1--3 pm Frank Gormlie will be available for book-signing and will give a short presentation on his book, what led him...
View ArticleJogger in Ocean Beach Killed by Speeding Sedan in Hit and Run — Suspected...
A man out jogging in the Ocean Beach area was struck and killed by a driver in a speeding sedan early Thursday, December 5, and San Diego police have recovered an abandoned vehicle suspected of being...
View ArticleApartment Fire on Narragansett in Ocean Beach Sent 2 People to the Hospital
Early Thursday morning, December 5, a fire broke out in a two-story apartment on the 5000 block of Narragansett in OB and 2 people had to be hospitalized with at least one of them suffering...
View ArticleCoastal Environmental Groups Set to Sue SeaWorld for Polluting Mission Bay...
Two San Diego-based coastal environmental organizations are about to sue SeaWorld for violating its permits which have resulted in polluting Mission Bay with heavy metals from its fireworks and with...
View ArticleDemolition at Rosecrans and Talbot in Point Loma Could Begin ‘Any Day’
Peninsula News reports that demolition of the existing structure at Rosecrans and Talbot could begin any day. That would definitely signal that the city is proceeding with allowing the 4-story, 56-unit...
View ArticleMan’s Body Recovered in Ocean Near Bermuda Avenue Off Ocean Beach
The body of an unidentified man was recovered from the ocean early Monday morning, December 9, by first responders. They had responded to a 911 call at 5:00 a.m. Monday reporting a body face-down on...
View ArticleCongressman Peters Calls 23-Story ‘Pencil Tower’ in Pacific Beach a ‘Mistake’
Peters: Turquoise Tower proposal is a ‘mistake’ so bad it may become ‘poster child’ for development foes From Neighbors for a Better California Congressman Scott Peters, who represents Pacific Beach...
View Article‘Stay CLSSY San Diego’— Wealthy Push Flight Path Away
By Gary Wonacott In late in 1970’s, the Port made an agreement with the FAA air traffic controllers to change the departure track from 270 (bottom dashed line) to 290 (middle dashed line) for...
View ArticlePoint Loma-Based Brigantine Group Ready to Reel In The Fish Market
By Beth Demmon / San Diego Magazine / Nov. 20, 2024 Many, many people have been a part of building the Southern California seafood industry into the renowned enterprise it is today. Now, two of these...
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