Month: March 2018

At Wednesday night’s meeting of the OB Town Council, the Council will host a discussion on local concerns regarding the effects of dockless bikes in our area.

As always, city and state government representatives will be in attendance to hear and address issues raised by the Ocean Beach community.

By Paul Jamason / San Diego Urban / March 18, 2018

The meltdown over dockless bikeshare in San Diego is in full swing, but it’s somewhat expected in a city where cars come first – often at the expense of other travel modes. A common argument against dockless bikes has been that the bikes are in the way, which they sometimes are, since many of our sidewalks aren’t wide enough to accommodate a parked bike and pedestrians. But it’s remarkable that pedestrians and bike share users are fighting over the last sliver of public space.

By Gail Powell

For those of you out there not looking forward to life without Nati’s Mexican Restaurant, I have good news to share.

No, it has nothing to do with Nati’s being saved or a change-of-heart to continue the Nati’s traditions, by the new owners. The terrible fate that awaits those of us who love this longtime Ocean Beach eatery, as it’s last days dwindle down, might be assuaged somewhat with the news I am about to share. For I have learned a previous cook who once worked at Nati’s, went and many years ago, opened his own local restaurant.

by Parker Monroe / LomaBeat.com / March 25, 2018

To start this piece off crystal clear, I’d like to say that PLNU should not be allowed to regulate our internet use. This is not communist China, and we as students are not infantile children too young to make rational decisions. We are legal adults living, in most cases, away from our parents. The consequences of our actions are our own responsibility.

Not to mention privacy concerns.

Then there’s the way the school blocks some websites incorrectly or without good reason.

by Ron Slayen / UrbDeZine / March 12, 2018

With its current leasing notice, the McMillin Company has every intention of gutting the North Chapel at Liberty Station (San Diego) and replace it with a restaurant. As an artist in the (slowly-disappearing) NTC Foundation’s Arts District at Liberty Station, I am leading an effort among my fellow artists to stop this outrage from coming to fruition.

The North Chapel was built in 1942, immediately after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

I have long thought that if you wanted to look back to find one of the key moments that showed how out of touch the Democratic establishment was on economic issues that it might very well blow the 2016 Presidential election, you’d likely want to revisit the debate over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

Indeed, in 2015, in the wake of the riots in Baltimore, I observed how President Obama could sound great on some social justice issues while badly missing on key economic ones:

So while Obama might be talking social justice this week, he is walking corporate rule. death panels.

“Pity the Nation Whose Leaders Are Liars”

Up to 20,000 San Diegans rallied and then marched through part of downtown San Diego, calling for gun control and an end to the NRA’s influence in politics. Led by students from schools across San Diego – the crowd assembled in front of the San Diego County Administration Building at Waterfront Park, listened and cheered speakers threatening politicians who support the NRA with their votes, decrying assault weapons, and the ability of people who shouldn’t have them to easily purchase them.

“Jesus Christ Superstar,” at the OB Playhouse

It all begins at 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays; plus 8 p.m. April 3 (industry night). Through April 15.

Peninsula Planners Election Results

The results are in for the March 15 annual election to the Peninsula Community Planning Board –

Peninsula Planners’ Election Results Being Challenged

Two unsuccessful candidates for the March 15th election to the Peninsula planning board have filed challenges to the election.

Here’s updates on a couple of construction projects currently in progress in Ocean Beach. They include a mixed-use project on the 5000 block of Santa Monica Avenue and 2 residential units on the 5100 block of Brighton Avenue.

5040 Santa Monica Ave.

The OB Rag has been covering this project at 5040 Santa Monica Ave. for some time. It includes the construction of a 2-story commercial unit in front and 4 residential units behind and above the front unit. It was approved by the Ocean Beach Planning Board over 2 and a half years ago, by a vote of 7 to 2 on July 1, 2015. And according to local OB historian, Kathy Blavatt, the site was the last sand dune in Ocean Beach.

This Saturday March 24th – March for Our Lives in Downtown San Diego

The rally in downtown San Diego will begin at 10am at Waterfront Park (1600 Harbor Drive), followed by a march through downtown led by local high school students starting at 11am, and wrapping up with Voter Registration and networking back at the park.