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More than one thousand SDG&E customers lost their power in the Point Loma, Ocean Beach and Midway District on Friday.
Around 10 a.m. the outrage was first reported. Crews have yet to determine the cause of the outage and is under investigation.
SDG&E reports estimated restoration is expected at 03:00 p.m
The San Diego International Airport was also listed in the affected areas, but the airport reported no issues.
May 25, 2024 at 7:52 am on We Need an Independent Auditor to Review City’s Data on Housing Units and Population of Mission Beach to Ensure Correct Numbers for Short Term Rental LicensesThere ya go again Gary! Hammering STRs (although you owned rentals yourself). If you consider a 30% of your redone number would be a couple...
May 24, 2024 at 6:30 pm on Another Longtime Business on Newport Ave Pulling Up Stakes Due to 20% Rent IncreaseThe "free market" is not free. The free market brought us child slave labor, polluted drinking water, products and foods that poison us, dirty disease-causing...
May 24, 2024 at 6:15 pm on Another Longtime Business on Newport Ave Pulling Up Stakes Due to 20% Rent IncreaseThe landlord is a business and their costs for insurance, taxes, ongoing maintenance has increased significantly. They are not running a charity! They must pass...
May 24, 2024 at 4:25 pm on We Need an Independent Auditor to Review City’s Data on Housing Units and Population of Mission Beach to Ensure Correct Numbers for Short Term Rental LicensesAn outside Audit needs to be done on that whole game, City wide. In reviewing the City's website for over 3 yrs. until they made... May 24, 2024 at 4:19 pm on Playing Flag Football at the SupremesMy apologies - I misspelled Sam's last name many times. It is Alito. May 24, 2024 at 4:17 pm on Update on Hells Angels Accused of Racist Assaults on 3 Black Men in Ocean Beach in 2023Wow. Hate sure brings on a lot of personal insecurities. I hope they have time in prison to figure out why they were so insecure...
May 24, 2024 at 2:18 pm on It Was Always the Plan: City Council Votes 8-1 to Silence Critics of Over-Development in UptownWell said, kh. I believe this was intentional, adopting a system like this. As OB has seen, it results, more often than does the area-wide...
May 24, 2024 at 1:59 pm on Another Longtime Business on Newport Ave Pulling Up Stakes Due to 20% Rent IncreaseStop voting for bonds, every bond that passes raises property taxes and higher Property tax means higher rent for all you renters. Most bond’s are...
May 24, 2024 at 1:32 pm on Another Longtime Business on Newport Ave Pulling Up Stakes Due to 20% Rent IncreaseWell said. May 24, 2024 at 12:49 pm on Playing Flag Football at the SupremesI know a thing or two about flag football. May 24, 2024 at 11:39 am on Mission Beach Is Shrinking and the City Is Using Incorrect Numbers in Issuing Licenses for Short-Term RentalsGary's comment was so right on that it was reposted as an article. 
May 24, 2024 at 11:30 am on It Was Always the Plan: City Council Votes 8-1 to Silence Critics of Over-Development in UptownMarni earned my respect with her thoughtful comments. I encourage all the democratically-elected Uptown Planners to put their name back in the hat, and spread...
May 24, 2024 at 10:41 am on Another Longtime Business on Newport Ave Pulling Up Stakes Due to 20% Rent IncreasePointing out the failures of local and state leadership does not make one “MAGA.” The blind obedience to ideology clearly affects one’s judgement and critical...
May 24, 2024 at 10:09 am on Reader Rant: ‘Our Beloved Uptown Planners Was Unjustly and Savagely Abused by Our Ignorant and Self-serving City Council’Pats, I'm all for voting out Elo Rivera in D9 but Terry Hoskins needs to get his act together because his website is not up...
May 24, 2024 at 9:33 am on Mission Beach Is Shrinking and the City Is Using Incorrect Numbers in Issuing Licenses for Short-Term RentalsIn November of 2022, I submitted a story to the Rag that was published about a shrinking Mission Beach and the incorrect basis for the...
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