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Are Shark Attacks Rising in California?
By Miranda Ceja / Patch San Diego / June 2, 2024 Despite fears of sharks swimming close to California beaches, shark experts say the apex predators of the ocean are unlikely to bite. Still, it has...
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OB’s Only Winery Bids ‘Farewell Ocean Beach’
From Gianni Buonomo Vintners / June 2, 2024 It’s bittersweet to say good bye to the community that got in on the ground floor to support us. Few gave us much chance to survive on the beer soaked Avenue...
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Reader Rant: ‘Saving OB’
By Lynne Miller As a local Obcean I have watched in ignorance and silence as a slow virus spread in our cottage community. This virus is carried in the minds of humans. The ideas that create and...
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San Diego City Council Vote on Replacing Uptown Planners Was Not Valid
By Geoff Page At the May 21 City Council meeting, councilmembers passed a motion that replaced the Uptown Planning Group with another group of unelected people friendly to the mayor and his donors. The...
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One of the Peninsula’s Best Coffee Houses Is Hiding in a Midway District Nursery
Selva Coffee House recently opened at Terra Bella Nursery We just picked up a story by Kate Murphy at MSN who claimed "San Diego's best iced honey lavender latte is hiding inside a plant store." We...
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Dispatch from an ADU War Zone
Callen Reports By Kate Callen You only need to look at the picture. This photograph shows Cathie and Marc Umemoto in the backyard of their Crown Point home in Pacific Beach. The stark yellow wall...
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Power San Diego Collected Enough Signatures to Pose Issue of Municipal...
The group that wants to oust San Diego Gas & Electric within the city limits of San Diego and replace it with a municipal utility has submitted a sufficient number of signatures to pose the...
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At Staged ‘Press Conference’, Mayor Gloria Touts H-Barracks Site for ‘Safe...
In another campaign swing this morning, Thursday, June 6, Mayor Todd Gloria held a news conference at the site of the now-demolished H-Barracks on Harbor Drive. The subject of his message at this...
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Still No Monies in San Diego Budget for New Lifeguard Station for Ocean Beach...
In reviewing the brand new budget for the City of San Diego for the next fiscal year, I could not help but notice there are no funds for a new lifeguard station for Ocean Beach, although there is...
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La Playa Books Is Back Up and Running in Point Loma Village
After being closed for remodeling, La Playa Books is back up and running in a more spacious, freshened space with a new floor in Point Loma Village. The success of a small independent bookseller is all...
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OB Historical Society: Dialogue With Save Our Heritage Organizers — Thursday,...
June 20, OBHS Presents- Dialogue: Q&A with SOHO’s Bruce Coons and David Goldberg Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 7 PM, at Waters Edge, at 1984 Sunset Cliffs Blvd., Join the Ocean Beach Historical...
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FYI — This Is How to Spell the Name of an OB Resident — UPDATED
There's a lot of different spellings of a "native" resident of Ocean Beach. Yet, a decade ago -- in 2014 while the OB Community Plan was going up for renewal, a decision was made of the proper spelling.
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Over 6% of All Residential Units in Ocean Beach Are Licensed as Short-Term...
There's such a "stir on social media" about the latest renditions of maps that show the locations of short-term vacation rentals in San Diego that the private site that posts them, niceneighbor.org ,...
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City Wants to Bring Back Idea of a ‘Boardwalk’ for Ocean Beach
"Bike and Walking Path," Permanent Dunes, One-Way Street for Section of Sunset Cliffs Proposed -- Plans Workshop in Pacific Beach Under the guise of something called "San Diego’s Coastal Resilience...
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‘Nice Neighbors’: Citizen Watchdogs on the Prowl
The Callen Report By Kate Callen What happens when local government plunges into an ethical vortex, public coffers empty out, news organizations hit the skids, greed turns neighbors against neighbors,...
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Team Gloria Wants to Set Up Warehouse and Parking Lot for Ground Squirrels...
It's no secret that ground squirrels have overrun the grounds at Liberty Station. The growing population of ground squirrels have been seen running around and also taking over the San Diego waterfront...
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City Wants to Turn Sunset Cliffs Boulevard Into One-Way Between Guizot and...
As part of the city of San Diego’s Coastal Resilience Master Plan intended to mitigate the effects of expected sea-level rise, the city wants to turn Sunset Cliffs Boulevard into a one-way street...
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OBceans and Point Lomans Must Insist Workshop on Proposals Be Held in Our...
It's fairly unmitigated rubbish to think the City of San Diego is planning a workshop on their significant proposals to mitigate sea level rise in Ocean Beach and Point Loma not in those communities,...
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Assemblywoman Who Represents OB and Pt Loma Wants to Prohibit Kids Under 12...
By Ashley Mackin Solomon / San Diego Union-Tribune / June 17, 2024 After her proposed legislation intended to promote safer use of electric bicycles was amended in the state Legislature — with some...
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New Location for Workshop on Ocean Beach and Sunset Cliffs Proposed Changes
It's official! The city has changed the location for the community workshop on the proposed changes for Ocean Beach and Sunset Cliffs. It now will be located at the Ocean Beach Recreation Center --...
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