Month: January 2018

10 News reports an Ocean Beach couple had their vehicles vandalized when someone threw paint-thinner over them sometime Tuesday or Wednesday of this past week. The damage to the cars’ exteriors is in the thousands of dollars. The station reports:

Terisa Harju says someone threw paint thinner or a solvent of some kind all over her and her fiancé’s vehicles. Both were parked in their driveway along West Point Loma Boulevard.

Tragedy struck the 5100 block of West Point Loma Boulevard Wednesday, Jan. 24th, when a motorcyclist lost control of his Harley-Davidson and collided with an oncoming Ford Escape; the unidentified man died from his injuries.

It’s reported “The 53-year-old man was riding to the east on a curving stretch of roadway in the 5100 block of West Point Loma Boulevard shortly before 2 p.m.” when the collision occurred, according to San Diego police. He ended up slamming onto the concrete and sliding into a parked vehicle.

The popular bar, THC, is undergoing a huge change – like, a total rehab, dude.

The old building has been scraped off the face of the earth. And in it’s place will be owner Steve Yeng’s dream restaurant bar combo. But looking at what’s left and realizing how narrow the interior of the structure was, it’s amazing to think anything and all those people had fit into that space.

In previous posts, such as this June 2016 report, we stated:

Midway Homeless Veterans’ Tent Not Being Filled

By Geoff Page

Environmental Impact Report for the Midway Community Plan Update

The big gorilla in the room at the Midway Community Planning Board’s regular monthly meeting was a thing called an EIR or Environmental Impact Report. Anyone who has ever seen one of these documents can attest to the actual weight and complexity of an EIR such that characterizing it as a gorilla is understandable.

The OB Resister Sisters have hit again with another freeway banner.

A project to dredge sections of Mission Bay began last week by the City of San Diego. A large crane mounted on a barge has begun to excavate about a total of 64 acres of the bay as part of the plan.

Why is the Bay being dredged?

It’s all about the boats. Apparently over the last 50 years storms and currents – as well as boats themselves – have moved the floor of the Bay around and now it’s uneven and unsafe for boating. The dredging will make it easier and safer for boats to navigate around the Bay, the largest aquatic park on the West Coast.

On the flip side of the OB Town Council’s monthly meeting agenda is a list of contact information for all the politicians who represent Ocean Beach and Point Loma.

Here we repost it:

Editordude: Sunday night, January 21st, the Point Loma- OB Democratic Club held their endorsement forum for the upcoming District 2 city council race. The following is unsolicited review of that candidate forum and does not represent the views of the OB Rag:

A Beans, Peas and Campbell Soup

By Michael Winn

Three people sought endorsement from the PL-OB Democratic Club Sunday night:

Mr. Bryan Pease said he’ll beat Ms. Lorie Zapf (the incumbent) because women voters like environmental attorneys (like him).

Mr. Jordan Beane said his chances are best because he’s young and a renter, since most District 2 voters are close to his age and income.

OB Women Noted in Media Coverage of San Diego Women’s March

In the San Diego U-T’s coverage of Saturday’s Women’s March in downtown, several women from OB were mentioned or highlighted. …

Two Pedestrians Injured at Voltaire and Cable

Adam Ewing reported on facebook, that two women pedestrians were hit by a van with Nevada plates on Sunday, Jan. 21, at the intersection of Voltaire and Cable.

Establishment Woman from Point Loma to Be Mayor’s New “City Manager”

This is not a surprise. Mayor Kevin Faulconer has chosen longtime establishment woman from Point Loma, Kris Michell, to be the City’s chief operating officer – which in effect is like being the city manager under the “strong mayor” model. …

To kickoff their first meeting of 2018, the Ocean Beach Town Council will meet our new community representatives from our elected officials’ offices and discuss our community concerns.

The Town Council meets at 7pm, Wednesday, January 24th at the Masonic Center, 1711 Sunset Cliffs Blvd.

The Town Council will also award the winners of the 38th Annual OB Parade with their award plaques. The parade theme was “California Dreamin’ in the Season of Love.”

The annual elections for the Ocean Beach Town Council Board of Directors is coming right up. Voting will take place from Monday, January 29th to Friday, February 9th.

Anyone member considering running as a candidate for one of the 7 seats open must submit their Candidate Statement by Tuesday, January 23rd.

Here is the statement from the OBTC website:

Off Austrialia, drone drops flotation device to stranded swimmers in world-first rescue mission

Two Australian beachgoers have learned first-hand how drones can be useful to lifeguards – and those they save.

New Atlas reports:

After being swept away by the surf off the coast of New South Wales, the two found themselves safely back on shore after a local lifeguard used a drone to deliver them a lifesaving flotation device.