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New construction and remodeling are being proposed for a lot on the 4600 block of Del Mar Avenue in southern Ocean Beach.
According to the City’s Notice, the applicant, William Mack, has applied for a Coastal Development Permit at 4620 Del Mar, a lot that is .16 acre. Mack wants to construct the following to an existing dwelling unit:
28 Two and Three-Story TownHouses Coming Will Add to Traffic Congestion
There’s been some changes to what’s called “upper Voltaire” – that stretch of Voltaire Street east of Ocean Beach, up on the hill and that flows down across Catalina Boulevard and onward across its bridge over Nimitz.
The old Dominos Pizza building (you may remember it as the surf shop) has been demolished and removed. There has been some general clearing of that lot.
And next door, the former coffee house cottage is also undergoing an interesting switcharoo. The former java joint is being turned into an off-site kitchen for the OB Noodle House. Wow – more expansion for one of OB’s most favorite restaurants.
But the main thing that is going on is that the one-acre triangular-shaped lot …
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By Ernie McCray
As we opened our hearts, this past Veteran’s Day, to our nation’s warriors with hearty “Thank you for your service” like cliches, alongside heaping praise on them for being strong heroic and brave – I kept thinking of two young men I met a little over a decade ago.
They were among the first to die in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
I met them at career fairs at their schools, while I was sitting at a table letting kids know that they …
Patty tells me that the OB Rag has to make the server switch this week and no later than next weekend.
Our call for help has been fruitful – as we have raised $175 just since Friday.
We need another $225 and must ask our readers and supporters for additional help.
Editor: Senator Elizabeth Warren has started a petition to get Congress to pass a Cost of Living increase for Social Security recipients. As of right now there is no annual increase coming – and this is only the 3rd time in the last 40 years that there hasn’t been a COLA increase for those who received Social Security.
Here’s Elizabeth Warren’s call:
On January 1, for just the third time since 1975, seniors who receive Social Security won’t be getting an annual cost-of-living increase. Neither will millions of other Americans whose veterans’ benefits, disability benefits, and other monthly payments are pegged to Social Security.
Will you join me in calling on my fellow members of Congress to give seniors and veterans the raise they deserve?
Hey Kids! Download or print this graphic and staple it to your favorite bulletin board or telephone pole.
By Jill Richardson / OtherWords
By now you’ve probably heard the sobering news: Red meat may cause cancer. And bacon and other popular processed meats definitely do, the World Health Organization says.
Does that mean we all need to quit eating processed meats — no pun intended — cold turkey?
For nutrition-obsessed dorks like me, this pronouncement wasn’t news: Bacon’s been suspect for decades. Yet I still occasionally eat the stuff, and I have a weakness for a particular variety of overpriced salami sold at Whole Foods. (It’s great for camping trips, because it stays good outside the fridge.)
By Jim Miller
Last week brought us the stark news that America’s middle-aged white working class is killing itself.
Princeton economists Angus Deaton and Anne Case released a report documenting that:
“The mortality rate for whites 45 to 54 years old with no more than a high school education increased by 134 deaths per 100,000 people from 1999 to 2014.”
And strikingly, “rising annual death rates among this group are being driven not by the big killers like heart disease and diabetes but by an epidemic of suicides and afflictions stemming from substance abuse: alcoholic liver disease and overdoses of heroin and prescription opioids.”
$400 Needed to Make Switch
The OB Rag needs to change servers and we need some help from our readers and supporters.
Much as our associates over at San Diego Free Press did, we have found our present server – Arvixe – unresponsive and seemingly over-whelmed by their “success”. Tech support has become literally unavailable.
San Diego Free Press – March 1969
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Relations between Ocean Beach Hippies and the San Diego Police Dept. continue to deteriorate according to Ocean Beach residents.
Police patrolmen have apparently shifted their tactics from Field Interrogation type harassment to outright threats and intimidation. Officer McLean told a gathering of youths in front of the In-Between on Newport Ave –
Gianni Buonomo Winery Opens Its Doors
The very first winery in Ocean Beach had its “soft” opening on November 10th during OB’s Restaurant Walk. The Gianni Buonomo winery – at 4836 Newport Avenue – opened its doors to the few passing by and invited them in for a taste.
I visited vintner Keith Rolle a few days before the opening at his new location and was given a tour of the place. Keith told me he has a “zoning affidavit” that allows wine manufacture on site – which he’ll do for only about 10 days a year max, he said. He’ll get his grapes from 3 growers up in Washington state – connections he made while attending Enology College up there.
Customers will be able to come in and watch the manufacture, Keith added, plus, of course, take part in the tasting.
An unidentified guy set fire to a unit at the Ebb Tide Motel in Ocean Beach Thursday night, Nov. 12th, and then was arrested by San Diego police. Fox5 reported on the incident.
A neighbor tried to put out the flames but the guy began throwing things at the neighbor.
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