Month: October 2019

By Richard Riehl / The Riehl World / October 1, 2019

A funeral was held last month at the site of Iceland’s Okjökull glacier. A century ago it covered nearly six square miles, measuring 164 ft. deep. Today, it’s less than one square mile, 49 feet thick. The shrinking sheet of ice can no longer be called a glacier. A tombstone plaque was placed at the site:

A Letter to the Future

This monument is to acknowledge that we know
what is happening and what needs to be done.
Only you know if we did it.
August 19, 2019

By Thomas Ultican / Tultican / Sept 25, 2019

Two education experts and fathers have issued a clarion call to “Let the Children Play.”

Pasi Sahlberg and William Doyle co-authored Let the Children Play: How More Play Will Save Our Schools and Help Children Thrive. These two fathers with young children were both shocked by the education system they found when the American scholar Doyle took his family to Finland and Finland’s Education Director General, Sahlberg, brought his family to the United States. Their book is a tour de force about play practices globally and the research supporting the developmental need for children to play.

The authors document the stunning reduction in authentic outdoor self-directed play children in the United States and around the world are experiencing.

The Ocean Beach Planning Board meets this Wednesday, October 2, at 6pm at the OB Recreation Center, 4726 Santa Monica Ave.

The board has one new project to review, plus a review of emergency repairs made over a year ago, and will receive an update on the Dog Beach Access Ramp improvements.

4811 Pescadero Ave.

This is a project where the applicant is seeking a Coastal Development Permit to demolish an existing single family residence and detached garage, and construct a new single dwelling unit and new duplex units.

Newport Pizza to Close Sadly, we hear that the 35-year-old business on Newport Avenue is set to close. .

Dirty Birds Has Opened The grill and sports bar at the corner of Cable and Santa Monica

People’s Restaurant Space for Lease The former space of the OB Garden Cafe is now up for lease,

12 Years for Causing Fatal Crash on OB Freeway

OB’s Oktoberfest Coming Oct. 11-12 The 15th annual OB Oktoberfest with beer garden, live music and contests is approaching
Arson Team Looking at Video for Arsonist Who Set OB and PL Fires

Friends of OB Library Report Success at Recent Book Sale

Young Man Stabbed in the Midway, Mother Has Panic Attack – Both Hospitalized

Liberty Station Art District Programs

Local Businesses in da “Newz”

Why We Paddle

Our signature awareness event, the Paddle for Clean Water, is the largest non-competitive surf event in California.

Each year, hundreds of participants paddle their surfboards, SUPs, kayaks and other paddle craft around the 1,971 ft. pier – the longest concrete pier on the West Coast – to raise awareness and funds to protect clean water and healthy beaches in San Diego County.