Month: March 2018

Tonight – Wednesday, March 7th – Ocean Beach becomes the focus in the “battle” over dockless bicycles, for representatives of 3 so-called bike-sharing companies will appear at the OB Planning Board. The Board holds their monthly meeting at 6pm in the Community Room of the OB Recreation Center, 4726 Santa Monica Avenue.

OB – as have other communities around San Diego – has been swamped of late with LimeBikes appearing overnight without warning. Tourists and visitors seem to like them – but what about locals?

Complaints about the lime green bikes have been sharp on OB’s social media

By Kevin Zinger / The Inertia / March 6, 2018

Ocean Beach in San Diego is a special place. It’s a beach town that still hasn’t been gentrified into losing its core identity like so many others. It’s a place where surfers, skaters, hippies, bikers, families and college students all coexist to make up a very interesting beach community. Surrounded by Sunset Cliffs to the south and Dog Beach Jetty to the North, it’s also a place with a wide variety of waves.

So, when some local companies band together to bring you the Ocean Beach Pier Surf Classic, it makes sense that the contest has as much variety as the town it was based in.

And that’s it. No questions, please. Isn’t the internet great?

Welcome back to “the OB Vibe” – a weekly column highlighting music and art and other happenings for and around Ocean Beach.

We highlight music and more happening this week at the OB Library, Winston’s, Mother’s Saloon, Culture Brewing, Kilowatt, the OB Playhouse and Theatre, the OB Farmers Market, the OB Green Center …

Winstons

1921 Bacon St., Ocean Beach, CA 92107 • (619) 222-6822
Calendar

Fri, Mar 9
– 7:30 PM | $5
Ocean Beach Comedy

– 9:30 PM | $10
The Heavy Guilt and AJ Froman

Sat, Mar 10
– 5:00 PM | NO COVER
The Travel Agents

– 9:30 PM | $8.00
PSYDECAR and DUBBEST

Mother’s Saloon

2228 Bacon St

AND MUCH MORE – COME INSIDE

By Peter Zschiesche

There can be no doubt that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids at workplaces and in neighborhoods will once again become major activities in our area – top officials in ICE have said so. After California’s Governor Brown signed a law limiting California law-enforcement officials’ cooperation with federal immigration authorities,

Mr. Holman, a top ICE official warned, “California better hold on tight—they’re about to see a lot more deportation officers.”

Editor: Please welcome Delaney Mowers – a journalism student at Point Loma Nazarene University – in her first post in the OB Rag. She’s passionate about writing and the power it has to illuminate the truth and influence lives.

By Delaney Mowers

Coming through the door of the newsroom, the first thing the eye catches is the stacks of newspapers. The stacks of black ink on white paper almost catches the front door entrance as the door swings open. Situated above a Wendy’s restaurant on Grand Avenue in Pacific Beach, San Diego, the newsroom is home to three local papers: The Peninsula Beacon, La Jolla Village News, and Beach and Bay Press.

The papers, put together in a collaborative effort here in the newsroom, are published bi-weekly, and will eventually coat the areas of La Jolla, Pacific Beach, Mission Beach, Point Loma, and University City with their combined total of 62,000 copies per edition.

Representatives from several bike and scooter share companies will have their programs reviewed by the Ocean Beach Planning Board at its monthly meeting, this Wednesday, March 7th. The appearance of many LimeBikes on the sidewalks has caused quite a reaction among OBceans – not all of it positive.

Reps from Lime Bike, Ono Bike and Bird Scooters will field questions from the Board – and the public – with the discussion resulting in recommendations from the Board.

This Wednesday, March 7th, is a big day for Ocean Beach planners.

First, it’s the annual election for 7 open seats on its 14-member Board of volunteers and voting will take place inside the OB Recreation Center, from 4 to 6pm. The Rec Center is located at 4726 Santa Monica Avenue.

It was one year ago, on March 4th, 2017, that nearly 500 people showed up at the beach at Ocean Beach and with their bodies, spelled out the words “IMPEACH !” and “RESIST”.

As usual, Ocean Beach was ahead of its time – now the entire country wants to impeach Trump (okay, only two-thirds).

Recently in the lead up to the Janus vs. AFSCME case that hit the Supreme Court last week, I wrote several columns focusing on the impact of the Koch brothers’ network’s attack on the union movement, the Democratic Party, and public education. Thus, I was cheered to learn that the California Democratic Party overwhelmingly endorsed the stalwart progressive Tony Thurmond over Marshall Tuck for State Superintendent of Public Instruction.

While this is a low-profile affair as statewide races go, it is important because lots of moneyed interests see it as a way to push their agenda under the radar here in super blue California.

New Board Members Sworn In

By Geoff Page

The highlight of the Ocean Beach Town Council meeting Wednesday February 28 probably should have been the swearing in of newly elected members and awards for outgoing members but a Masai tribesman in traditional dress stole the thunder. During non agenda public comment at the regular monthly meeting held at the Masonic Lodge, the colorfully dressed man identified himself as what sounded like Ohlee, he spoke English fluently but had a thick accent. He was in the United States as an ambassador for an effort to bring clean water to his people in Kenya.

The body of as yet unidentified man was found washed ashore in Ocean Beach about 3 a.m. Monday after he had jumped off the OB Pier around midnight.

After a report from witnesses saying a man jumped into the ocean, there was search lifeguards and Coast Guard crews. His body was found 3 hours later and officials believe it’s the same guy.