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Photos of the OB Holiday Parade 2024
Sure, check out these great photos from OB's Holiday Parade Dec. 7, 2024.
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San Diego and SeaWorld Reach Settlement on Back Rent
City Sued SeaWorld for more than $12 million in back rent and fees from Pandemic Days By Lori Weisberg / The San Diego Union-Tribune / December 10, 2024 More than three years after SeaWorld was first...
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San Diego Bird Alliance Hosting ‘Wandering the King Tides’— Mission Bay,...
On Saturday December 14th, San Diego Bird Alliance will be hosting its annual Wandering the King Tides event and welcoming the public to witness and participate in documenting this remarkable natural...
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Jerry Sanders’ Checkered Legacy Stands as a Warning to Mayor Gloria
Former San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders announced earlier in the month that he would be retiring at the end of the year as the head of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce and, as he has been...
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Limited Seating at Gormlie’s Talk and Book-Signing in OB — Saturday, Dec. 12
There's limited seating at the upcoming talk and book-signing by Frank Gormlie on his new history, The May 1970 Rebellion. It's at 1 pm on Saturday, December 14, and the casual event will be in a back...
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The Return of the King Tides This Weekend
By Renee Schmiedeberg, Christina Bravo and Danielle Smith / 7SanDiego / December 12, 2024 Higher-than-normal (and lower-than-normal tides) are headed back to San Diego's coasts this weekend, according...
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Pacific Beach’s Crystal Pier Gets New Pilings
By JW August While the OB pier stands abandoned, up the coast the Pacific Beach's Crystal Pier is installing pilings to replace damaged ones ... the crew told me they can do about one piling a day...
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Point Loma High Girls Cross Country Team Scores Best Finish in School History
By Noah Perkins /Pt Loma-OB Monthly San Diego Union-Tribune / December 11, 2024 It was a very good year for the Point Loma High School girls cross country team. The Pointers’ second-place standing at...
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New Group Rallies Neighborhoods Against High-Rise and Over-Development
A new group called Neighbors for a Better California has been rallying residents of local communities against high-rise projects and other over-development in San Diego. Here is their latest newsletter.
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Gormlie Speaks on His Recently Published Book, ‘The May 1970 Rebellion’— A Video
On this past Saturday, Frank Gormlie, editor of the OB Rag, gave a talk about his recently published book, The May 1970 Rebellion, before a small crowd in the backyard of good friends in a home in...
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Activists Urge Opponents of Famosa Canyon Development in Point Loma to Stand...
On Tuesday December 17th, the San Diego City Council -- sitting as the Housing Authority (SDHA)-- is set to approve development of the Famosa Canyon with construction starting in 2027! The meeting...
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New Cookbook: ‘How to Eat From the Ocean’
From San Diego’s fishing history from Kumeyaay and Portuguese tuna fishermen, to today's multicultural palette by MacKenzie Elmer / Voice of San Diego / December 16, 2024 Behold! The San Diego Seafood...
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How Seawalls Make Beach Erosion Worse
By Ben Mondy / Surfer / December 16, 2024 In the 11th Century, King Canute united the kingdoms of England, Denmark and Norway into what was known as the North Sea Empire. It was an incredible feat....
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Short News: Housing Authority (the City Council) Approves Sale of Famosa Canyon
On Tuesday, December 17, the San Diego Housing Authority approved the sale of Famosa Canyon, a vacant lot in Point Loma, to build more than 70 affordable housing units. The housing authority voted 9-0...
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Is Battle Over Famosa Canyon — One of Last Open Spaces in Point Loma — Over?
Opponents of Building in Famosa Canyon Once Characterized as 'Racist' NIMBYs By Frank Gormlie Is the battle over Famosa Canyon over? The City of San Diego, the City Council and the Housing Authority...
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California Housing Department Gives San Diego a Path to Deny 22-Story ‘Pencil...
By Jennifer van Grove / San Diego Union-Tribune / December 17 - 18, 2024 San Diego could potentially deny the 239-foot-tall, mixed-use tower proposed for 970 Turquoise St. in Pacific Beach that has not...
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‘The Jetty’ to Open in Former ‘Voltaire Beach House’
Ocean Beach pub and lounge hopes to open in early spring 2025 By Beth Demmon / San Diego Magazine / December 18, 2024 Ocean Beach has always existed in its own world. It’s precisely that weird, wacky,...
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