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Celebration of Life for Stew Shaw — Saturday, August 10
On August 10, there will be a celebration of life for Stew Shaw, a long time Mission Beach resident, community activist and an early staff member of the Beach Area Community Clinic. Stew passed away...
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Bird Activists Demand End to SeaWorld Fireworks After Cracked Eggs and Dead...
MacKenzie Elmer at Voice of San Diego just brought to light that the San Diego Audubon Society is demanding the California Coastal Commission halt the SeaWorld fireworks after bird activists found dead...
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OB Historical Society Presents: ‘A Willow Tree Becomes a Forest’— Thursday,...
July 18- A Willow Tree Becomes A Forest The Ocean Beach Historical Society presents: "A Willow Tree Becomes A Forest" on Thursday , July 18, at 7 pm, at Waters Edge Community Center, 1984 Sunset Cliffs...
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‘Last Hurrah’ for One Winery in OB as ‘Vinum Locus’ Wine Bar Opens
Observers of the comings and goings of businesses on Newport Avenue -- the main commercial drag in Ocean Beach -- couldn't help but notice that just a couple weeks after OB's winery closed and had its...
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OB Local and Head of San Diego Democrats Becca Taylor Dies in Motorcycle...
Rebecca Taylor, the chair of the San Diego County Democratic Party, died as a result of a motorcycle accident in Utah on Tuesday, July 16. "Becca" as she was known by many, was on a cross-country trip...
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OB Planners’ Transportation Committee Wants Your Input on Parking District...
The OB Planning Board's Transportation Committee wants residents' input on two new, big ideas: a parking district for OB and a new link between OB and Interstate 8. The Committee meets on Monday, July...
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Cheer Up — One Down. One to Go.
By Colleen O'Connor As I predicted in an OB Rag column on December 12, 2022. “Thus, the big predictions. Neither Biden nor Trump will be the U.S. President.” Simple reason two years ago. Same simple...
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City and SANDAG Collude to Misrepresent Number of Mission Beach Housing Units...
By Gary Wonacott I filed a complaint against the short term rental office and SANDAG described below. But in essence, it says that the STRO pressured SANDAG personnel to publish erroneous data for the...
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Iconic Perry’s Cafe to Close in Mid-August After 40 Years to Allow 7-Story...
From SanDiegoVille / July 22, 2024 After nearly four decades serving diner staples in San Diego, Perry's Cafe is set to close its doors this summer to make way for a new residential building. Perry's...
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It’s ‘Historic!’ Councilmember LaCava Defends the 30-Foot Height Limit...
Editordude: Any time a sitting San Diego city councilmember comes out and publicly defends the famous 30-foot height limit, it's newsworthy. Here Councilmember Joe LaCava does that and we wanted to...
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Pt Loma High Alum ‘Duce’ Gourson Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates
Ethan "Duce" Gourson, a former infielder from Point Loma High School, has been selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates after his junior season at UCLA. The Pirates selected the 6-foot tall, 200-pounder in...
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OB Planners: Proposals for Parking District and New Link to I-8 Through Robb...
By Geoff Page As related in The Rag’s July 19 article, the Ocean Beach Planning Board Transportation subcommittee met Monday, July 23 to discuss a couple of radical traffic ideas - a Parking District...
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San Diego Music Hall of Fame to Honor Two With Ocean Beach Connections:...
George Varga at the San Diego Union-Tribune just published a piece about the new inductees to the San Diego Music Hall of Fame this year, and they include two musicians with strong ties to Ocean Beach....
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San Diego’s Community Planners Committee Proposes Needed Changes to...
By Kevin Hastings, Vice-Chair, OB Planning Board Last night, July 23, the Community Planners Committee (CPC) unanimously approved a citizen-led proposal for changes to the short-term vacation rental...
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San Diego Council Committee to Discuss Short-Term Residential Ordinance...
Today, Thursday, July 25, the City Council's Community & Neighborhood Services (CNS) Committee will be discussing the STRO ordinance. This will be the first city discussion since the ordinance went...
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Is Class Action Suit Against Airbnb in Nevada a Model for Us in California?
Another "We're Just a Platform" Excuse By Trudy Grundland Here’s my take on the story about the class action filed against Airbnb in Nevada, June 2024, in Giller v. Airbnb, Inc. using the Nevada...
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At Council Committee Hearing, Jen Campbell Refuses to Acknowledge Gaping Loop...
Ocean Beach Slumlord Micky Mills Able to Obtain 115 Licenses Due to Loop Holes Some have thought that Councilmember Jen Campbell had reformed and sanded off some of her rough edges, but after...
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A Page from History: The Renaissance of the Ocean Beach Woman’s Club
The club has survived waves and fire in its 100 years of 'Friendship, community, fun and philanthropy' By Eric Duvall /Pt Loma-OB Monthly (SDUT) / July 17, 2024 In the early days of the Ocean Beach...
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