Fences, Weeds, and Construction Deeds in Ocean Beach

Northeast Section of Robb Field Fenced Off Till Labor Day

A huge section of Robb Field has been fenced off for re-seeding, the OB Rag found out, and will be closed off to the public until Labor Day.  We spoke with several San Diego Park & Rec guys to get the low-down.  Beginning on May 6th, the section had fences go up for the renovation of the grounds – some of which look fairly soddy and shoddy.

Seeds will be spread, new dirt, rollers will smooth out the dirt – and this application happens three times.  And not for three months will these lands be free … unless …

One of the big problems for this area of the playing fields – where hundreds congregate each weekend – and run roughshod over the grounds – soccer, rugby, football … you name it – all kinds of feet, shoes, pleats trample over these sacred grounds of the once-watershed of False Bay – is the gopher.

Obviously these fields get a lot of use – and abuse during the playing seasons. Technically, Robb Field is “within” Mission Bay Park. Is it getting adequate funding for all its use?  Players come from all over the City and County. One more thing – does it seem unusual for the City to block off such a large area for such a long time? Can it all be blamed on our little furry friends, the gophers?

Yup, gophers had also run and burrowed through these fields.  The City is trying some new method of pest control – and if successful, the fences may come down earlier.

The Weeds Are Back at OB’s Gateway Corner

Yup, good sized weeds are back – they have returned, even the native plants – and they appear higher and more plentiful than they did last September when the OB Rag and the Green Store sponsored a clean up of the corner.

We understand that a local church-like group will be cleaning the corner in late June.  But until then – let the weeds bloom.

Speaking about Weeds and Fences – the Apple Tree Market Lot

The Hack Job at the Apple Tree Lot  –

Stinging from a complaint from the City of San Diego, the owner of the lot where the Apple Tree market once stood, has apparently hacked off the bushes that were camouflaging homeless people.

So, now the site looks truly beautiful, with all the hacked bushes – with their bare cuts standing proudly – along with all those nice flowering weeds growing mightily throughout the site’s massive parking lot.

For the first time in over 50 years, there is no business occupant in the building and thus no one is providing maintenance to the lot itself, fenced up since the turn of the year.

Merchants complained to the police about the bushes providing cover to the highway travelers, and the City in turn cited the property.

So, the hack job. Pretty. Nice way to lease or sell your property.

Construction Progress on Units on Santa Monica

These photos are proof of the progress at the construction project at Santa Monica and Ebers – where 4 rental single family units with garages are going in.

Lifeguard Memorial Unveiling in OB on Thursday, May 23rd

A 6-foot, 3-inch-high bronze lifeguard memorial is scheduled to be dedicated at Ocean Beach tomorrow.   The work by Richard Arnold, who was raised in Ocean Beach, PLHS Class of 1959, will honor San Diego lifeguards, plus 13 swimmers who drowned in strong rip currents in May 1918.  The  dedication ceremony is set for 3 p.m. at the Ocean Beach Lifeguard Station, at the foot of Santa Monica Avenue. For more, go here and here.