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South Beach Bar & Grill
5059 Newport Avenue
Ocean Beach, CA 92107
Are there people living in Ocean Beach who do not know about South Beach Bar & Grill? After my daughter and I watched my granddaughter jump off the pier for Junior Life Guards last Wednesday (that story will be written next week) we decided we were hungry and I suggested we go to “South Beach.”
Here is a video from Occupy Wall Street. Plans are being made to hold a three day festival of protest and resistance beginning September 17th – the one year anniversary of the birth of the occupy movement in New York City.
By Nick Pinto / Village Voice / August 8, 2012
The question being argued in federal court in Lower Manhattan yesterday boiled down to this: Is a law authorizing the indefinite military detention of American citizens with only the barest recourse to civil courts constitutional?
By Alon Harish / ABC News / Aug. 2, 2012
A new law in North Carolina will ban the state from basing coastal policies on the latest scientific predictions of how much the sea level will rise, prompting environmentalists to accuse the state of disrespecting climate science.
The law has put the state in the spotlight for what critics have called nearsightedness and climate change denial, but its proponents said the state needed to put a moratorium on predictions of sea level rise until scientific techniques improve.
The law was drafted in response to an estimate by the state’s Coastal Resources Commission (CRC) that the sea level will rise by 39 inches in the next century, prompting fears of costlier home insurance and accusations of anti-development alarmism among residents and developers in the state’s coastal Outer Banks region.
By K.S. Wang / Motor Trend / August 9, 2012
When members of the jam band Slightly Stoopid drive around Ocean Beach, San Diego, they are often recognized for being famous hometown sons. But when co-lead singer Miles Doughty drives around town, what usually turns heads is his 1942 Ford pickup.
“My dad got it for me 18 years ago when I was 16 and I was able to get it restored over the past couple years, so it’s pretty sweet,” Doughty says proudly. “We bought it in a farm area in Northern California. We were driving down the coast and there was this truck sitting out there in the field with a ‘for sale’ sign on it.”
Editor: The following was lifted off People’s online newsletter.
This month, Ocean Beach People’s Organic Food Market celebrates its 40th year as a retail vegetarian grocer.
Our story began in 1971, when a group of liked-minded people met at a beachside picnic table to discuss the idea of creating a place where the community could purchase whole, minimally processed, organic (when available), vegetarian food at affordable prices.
Today, as a bastion of sustainable and environmental living practices, People’s operates out of a 12,000 square foot, award winning “green” building, providing the very best in organic and vegetarian food.
There is a conspiracy afoot in Ocean Beach. Take this quote, for instance, from today’s U-T:
Paul and Lynn Bolton, owners of the Electric Ladyland Art and Music Center, were interested in renting their 1,800-square-foot-space in Ocean Beach for theater productions. Electric Ladyland is primarily an eclectic art and music venue that fits the neighborhood’s culture with its fringe lamps, Persian rugs and sequined flags. The venue is equipped with a recording studio, and there is an elevated stage and room for about 130 seats.
This is proof – the conspiracy to bring more art to OB is real.
In Roger Showley’s article today on the upcoming annual Onions and Orchids list, he says this about the Brighton Avenue “comfort station” on the beach:
On the Orchid side, architect Kevin deFreitas’ Ocean Beach comfort station design got a plug as “really cool… a fun little project that clearly reflects the values and character of the OB community: bohemian, artistic, environmentally sensitive, all while encapsulating the super laid-back beach town vibe.
By Roger Showley / U-T San Diego / August 9, 2012
Is an Ocean Beach bathroom the best development of 2012?
Is a Shelter Island sign the worst?
[The California Ballot Initiative to label genetically engineered food is] “a serious, long-term threat to the viability of agricultural biotechnology. Defeating the Initiative is GMA’s single highest priority this year.” — Pamela Bailey, President of Grocery Manufacturers Association, speech to the American Soybean Association, July 9, 2012
This November, Californians will vote for or against Prop 37, the California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act.
A large, 20-unit apartment complex at 4843-4851 Niagara Avenue has just been sold. Listed as a “garden-style” apartment, the massive spread sold for $3 millions, or about $150K per unit. Located in the middle of the block, it’s only two blocks from Sunset Cliffs and the ocean.
The complex consists of 3 two-story buildings, which are large rectangles that include a total of 11,640-square-feet in the twenty one-bedroom apartments.
At Tuesday’s – August 8th – Signs of the Tide forum, San Diego Coastkeeper announced its search for founding members of its new Community Advisory Council, a group that will help Coastkeeper find and fix water quality issues that San Diego County communities face. The announcement followed a formal presentation by elected officials and advocates aimed at helping attendees to become more effective activists.
The BBQ House
5025 Newport Avenue
Ocean Beach, CA 92107
(619) 222-4311
Editor: Please welcome Mercy Baron in the first ever post of her new OB Rag column, “Rockin’ Round OB Town” – it’s a review of one of her fave bbq places right chere on Newport. And by the way, Mercy is a certified Kansas City BBQ Society Judge.
By Mercy Baron / Special to the OB Rag
Q, or BBQ, is my thang. It’s so much my thang that I just got certified earlier this year as a Kansas City BBQ Society Judge. This past Saturday, I judged my first BBQ competition in Vista. I tasted some good Q….and some not so good Q.
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