Month: November 2011

The San Diego chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists is hosting a DON’T MISS event!

Reporters and protesters (including our very own Frank Gormlie) will discuss the media coverage of the Occupy San Diego protest that began on Oct. 7 and has continued outside City Hall daily since then. The local angles of this global story have occupied Twitter, TV, newspapers and the Internet for weeks, involving arrests, business closures, crackdowns on camping in the area. We explore how the coverage has unfolded and discuss the story’s practical and ethical issues.

Tales of NED – A Man That Made OB History

From the Ocean Beach Historical Society

Thursday, November 17th, at 7 PM
At P.L. United Methodist Church, 1984 Sunset Cliffs Blvd., O.B.

Beloved Obecian and local historian Ned Titlow passed away Oct. 29th, 2011. Ned was an active community member, Past President and sitting – Vice Chair of the Ocean Beach Historical Society. His legacy stories and joy of growing up in Ocean Beach made him an integral part in teaching Ocean Beach History.

Wednesday, November 16th, 2010 6:30 p.m.

Ocean Beach Recreation Center – 4726 Santa Monica Ave., Ocean Beach 92107

Action Item #001 –Burk Residence

Ocean Beach JO # 235485 (Process 3) Remove Existing Residence (1250 sqft, Two Unit Apartment) and construct one 3 story single family residence (1748 sqft) with open 2 car covered front carport. Variance to utilize all of the allowable F.A.R. of.70 for non-parking use, where SDMC 1 31.0045(e) requires 25% of total F.A.R to be used for Parking. Variance for parking area/garage to be setback and additional 5’ from front wall of the habitable area (SDMC 131.0464(e). 5170West Point Loma Blvd in the RM 2-4 Zone within the Ocean Beach Community Plan, Coastal Overlay (appealable), Coastal Height Limit, Airport Approach, Airport Influence Area, FAA Part 77, Residential Tandem Parking OZ, First Public Right of Way

After being awoken by police bullhorns and rousted from their slumber by an early morning raid – and then removed from the Civic Theater grassy area, Occupy San Diego protesters are planning on marching back to the Plaza this morning.

The protesters will begin to march at 10:00 a.m. from Harbor Drive and Ash Street – near the Star of India – where they regrouped after the police raid.

By now, it is clear that the San Diego Police Department is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in efforts to deal with dozens of peaceful Occupy San Diego protesters. Many of the police actions in response to these protests are virtual “over-kill” because the numbers of officers used way outweigh the numbers of occupiers.

This morning, for example, a hundred cops were used to roust and remove about four dozen protesters sleeping out on the grassy area next to the Civic Theater. With the Chief watching, these officers clearly outnumbered the protesters and any threats that they created.

Thousands of protesters and supporters in New York City retook Zuccotti Park yesterday, November 15th. The Park was taken over again after demonstrators there had been removed during the early morning hours by police. City workers cleaned the Park, electricity was restored, and demonstrators were allowed back in – but without tents, tarps or sleeping bags – “the San Diego model”. Here is our live blog report from yesterday – see link inside. Here is the MSNBC report inside: …

UPDATE: Occupy San Diego demonstrators plan to march from Harbor Drive back to the Civic Center at 10 am.

A little after 2 a.m. Wednesday morning, San Diego police and Sheriff deputies rousted dozens of sleeping Occupy San Diego demonstrators out of their sleeping bags and ordered them to vacate their last sleeping area. Those who refused to move were arrested – and initial reports are that five people were arrested.

Up to one hundred law enforcement officers, under the watchful eyes of Police Chief Lansdowne, showed up at the grassy area next to the Civic Center Theater without warning and removed people and personal belongings. All donated food, tables, signs and sleeping bags were confiscated. Occupiers were removed and many gathered down at Harbor Drive very early this morning in an effort to regroup.

By Dave Rice / SanDiegoReader.com

Members of the Tea Party’s San Diego contingent gathered this afternoon at Civic Center Plaza to denounce the Occupy San Diego movement. They were led by Rhonda Deniston, an Oceanside woman who, while filming an altercation with Occupiers (warning: link includes coarse language), was struck by a protester after refusing to stop filming.

Under the weight of the forcible and late night eviction of the epicenter of the Occupy Wall Street from Zuccotti…

Via RT.com

If you thought the recent crackdowns of Occupy encampments across the country was more than a coincidence, there is a good chance you were right. Oakland Mayor Jean Quan admits to talking to other cities before the massive coast-to-coast evictions .

In an interview this morning with the BBC, Mayor Quan reveals that she spoke with officials from other cities over the phone before a Monday morning raid that led to the eviction of hundreds of Occupy Oakland protesters and the arrests of many.

4:20 pm – Last post:  Berkeley – Throngs of anti-Wall Street protesters converged on the University of California at Berkeley…

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