June 2023

Weeds, Weeds, Weeds Around the Point

June 30, 2023 by Source

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A Note to ‘the Luckiest Guy in the World’ — Bill Walton

June 30, 2023 by Ernie McCray

by Ernie McCray

Hey, Bill,
loved “The Luckiest Guy in the World”
30 on 30 documentary.
It reminded me
of when I first saw you play
in high school,
in a game
where you, excuse the cliché,
literally blew me away
as you and your crew
descended on some poor team
like a tornado,
with you
swatting their shots
away in ways
that made them
not want to take shots,

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‘Champion the Stop SB10 Volunteers’ Hit a Nerve

June 30, 2023 by Source

Part II

By Colleen O’Connor

Below is a random sampling of comments in response to my “Champion the Volunteers of Stop SB10,” posted here on June 26. They came to me direct from colleagues and friends angry over the prospect of even more in-fills and high-rise buildings in once predominantly single-family residential neighborhoods.

These comments  do not count the ones mourning the loss of the Old Town and

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PLNU Surf Team Wins National Championship

June 30, 2023 by Source

by Kylie Capuano / sdnews.com / June 28, 2023

The Point Loma Nazarene University surf team took home the championship at the NSSA College Nationals Competition held on June 16-18. Their La Jolla competitor, UC San Diego, trailed behind with a fourth-place finish.

PLNU surfer Noah Kawaguchi was named the 2023 National College Men’s champion.

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‘Speak For the San Diego River Mouth’ — Thursday, June 29

June 28, 2023 by Source

From San Diego Audubon Society

Every Thursday and Sunday our San Diego River Mouth Docents set up an informational booth and a spotting scope at the San Diego River Mouth, next to OB Dog Beach. The San Diego River Mouth is part of an Important Bird Area that features coastal wetland, sand dune, sage scrub, and mudflat habitats.

Our docents aim to educate the Ocean Beach community and enhance the appreciation of the habitat

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Historic Designation of Old Mission Hills Library Upheld, Redevelopment Allowed

June 28, 2023 by Source

By Jennifer Machian

On Tuesday, June 20, 2023, the San Diego City Council voted 5-3 to uphold the historic designation of the old Mission Hills Branch Library, ending a long-simmering debate over the fate of the building.

The Library’s historical designation originated from a 2019 nomination by Mission Hills Heritage (MHH), a preservation advocacy group that aims to retain the historic resources of Mission Hills. 

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The Ocean Beach 4th of July Drone Light Show Is Just Around the Corner

June 28, 2023 by Source

On July 4, 2023:

  • Tune into LUMINOSITY Radio at 8:45 pm for Pre-Show
  • Drone Light Show Launches at 9:05 pm
  • Show will be viewable throughout Ocean Beach and Point Loma
  • Best viewing is recommended away from Ocean Beach Elementary School launch site.

The inaugural Ocean Beach Fourth of July Drone Light Show is just around the corner, and the LUMINOSITY Steering Committee is putting the final touches on the preparations.

Scheduled for Tuesday, July 4 at 9:00 pm, this pet-friendly event will feature a stunning display of 300 drones presented by Skyworx.

The show will take place directly over Ocean Beach Elementary School, with visibility expected throughout Ocean Beach and Point Loma. To make the most of the experience, spectators are advised to position themselves at a suitable distance from the school.

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Slim Majority of City Council Finalizes Their Ban on Tent Encampments

June 28, 2023 by Frank Gormlie

On Tuesday, June 27, the San Diego City Council approved the City’s controversial “Unsafe Camping Ordinance,” which bans tent encampments in certain public areas of the city in its second and final vote on the measure.

The exact same line-up of council members voted for and against it as they had back on June 13.

Reportedly, once the city launches a Safe Sleeping Program that would allow for more than 500 tents at two sites near Balboa Park –the first one is expected to open by July 1st on 20th and B St. — enforcement of the new rules would begin 30 days afterwards.

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County Declares State of Emergency Due to Sewage Polluting Region’s Beaches and Ocean

June 27, 2023 by Source

Declaration by Chairwoman Vargas, Vice Chair Lawson-Remer Also Requests Governor, Federal Government Declare Emergency

The County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously today to declare a County-wide state of emergency as pollution and sewage continue to flow across the U.S.-Mexico border, contaminating local ocean water and several beaches.

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Roll Up for Cannabis Equity – a New Monthly Column

June 27, 2023 by Source

By Terrie Best

The US president does not like cannabis. In fact, I am told by DC lobbyists that he hates it. He does not want to be the president that reschedules the plant – which I’m sure but can’t prove – he once called the devil’s lettuce. Yet Biden will likely go down in history as the one who at least moved the ball.

The federal ball has been all but frozen since the Controlled Substance Act placed cannabis in Schedule I with no medicinal value. Getting it into one of the other four places in the CSA has proven to be impossible, with agencies such as the FDA and DEA wholeheartedly dug into the drug war.

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Cesarina to Open Second Restaurant in Former BO-Beau’s (Thee Bungalow) in Ocean Beach

June 27, 2023 by Source

By Jared Cross / San Diego Magazine / June 26, 2023

Cesarina is finally opening a second Italian restaurant, Elvira, in a beloved OB spot.

Their first spot, opened in 2020, has been a runaway hit. Their next idea will be called Elvira—named after Niccoló’s great-grandmother—opening later this summer in the 1930s building that previously housed BO-beau kitchen + bar and longtime local favorite Thee Bungalow.

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Be-Bopping with Supersax

June 27, 2023 by Ernie McCray

by Ernie McCray

I was
listening to Supersax,
superbly relaxed,
scatting along with the brilliantly constructed tones
they blow through their saxophones,
like I was Lambert Hendricks and Ross
and the Manhattan Transfer
all wrapped up in one,
their songs
ferrying me
deep into a 1940’s
state-of-mind,

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State Court of Appeal Upholds Ruling Against Gloria and Campbell’s Measure ‘E’ in 2020

June 27, 2023 by Frank Gormlie

On Friday, June 23, the local state Court of Appeal upheld Superior Court Judge Katherine Bacal’s ruling that the city should have studied the environmental impacts of taller buildings more than 30 feet before putting Measure E in front of voters back in 2020.

However, the appeals court decision does not to apply Measure “C” — the so-called “do-over ballot measure” — which passed in November2022 with a bare margin of a 51 percent approval. It is also being contested in court.

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Champion the ‘STOP SB 10’ Volunteers

June 26, 2023 by Source

By Colleen O’Connor

Often overlooked, under-appreciated and ignored, volunteers in political dustups are what make democracy “great again.”

The fight over implementation of the State Senate bill, SB10, is one such fight pitting long-time residents, neighborhood defenders, and most San Diegans against their Mayor and City Council probably depends on volunteer advocates.

Champion them. Saturday shopping at Jensen’s in Point Loma was a case in point. 

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2023 OB Chili Cook-Off Booths & Winners

June 26, 2023 by Source

From OB Mainstreet Association

Amateur Division Judge’s Choice

Our panel of judges awarded the following Amateur Chili Cookers

  • 1st Place – Ed Haase with OMBAC
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The Ocean Beach Street Fair and Chili Cook-Off 2023 — The Video

June 26, 2023 by Source

Here’s the Ocean Beach Street Fair & Chili Cook-Off 2023 – a suburb video of the event on Saturday, June 24 by Charles Landon. “It doesn’t get any better than this!”

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Opposition Forces Hold on City Installation of Traffic Diverters in Pacific Beach

June 23, 2023 by Frank Gormlie

Opposition to the city installing traffic diverters – or bollards – on Diamond Street in Pacific Beach has forced a hold on the project that was to begin on Wednesday.

Councilmember Joe LaCava met with opponents on Tuesday, and then asked city staffers to put the project on hold. LaCava’s office told KPBS some opponents threatened to lay down on the street to block the installation from happening.

The city had announced the project in a press release on June 15, saying traffic diverters would be installed on Diamond Street at the intersections with Fanuel Street and Cass Street to ease what the city calls traffic congestion.

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San Diego’s Privacy Board Recommends City Reject SDPD Purchase of Smart Streetlights with Automatic License Plate Readers

June 23, 2023 by Staff

On Thursday, June 22, San Diego’s Privacy Advisory Board recommended that the City Council reject a police proposal to buy a new streetlight camera system and pair the technology with automatic license plate readers.

As Voice of San Diego reported:

The board members who were present at the meeting voted unanimously to pass along a 15-page analysis of SDPD’s proposal that challenges the department’s claim that the cameras don’t constitute an invasion of Fourth Amendment rights.

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Most Comprehensive Survey Ever on California Homeless Crisis

June 22, 2023 by Source

By Marisa Kendall/ KPBS – CalMatters / June 20, 2023

Losing income is the No. 1 reason Californians end up homeless — and the vast majority of them say a subsidy of as little as $300 a month could have kept them off the streets.

That’s according to a new study out of UC San Francisco that provides the most comprehensive look yet at California’s homeless crisis.

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OB Residents Want Warning Signs Up About Poison Used Against Gophers at Dusty Rhodes Park

June 22, 2023 by Source

CBS8 spoke to some Ocean Beach residents who are concerned over the poison being used to rid local parks of gophers and want signs up to warn people about the poison in the ground.

Ocean Beach residents say there are no signs up to warn them about the poison being used in Dusty Rhodes Park. Mackenzie Gunnels lives in Ocean Beach and visits the park often. “Every single day, every evening around this time,” she said. Her dog always comes with her.

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From Refugee Camps to Ocean Beach Whiskey ‘Revolutionary’ – The Story of Steven Yeng

June 22, 2023 by Source

From There San Diego

One of the most stunning business success stories to come out of San Diego in recent years is that of Skrewball Whiskey, one of the fastest-growing alcohol brands in history.

The stunning success of Skrewball Whiskey is an amazing story, but it’s the story of Steven Yeng’s journey that’s even more incredible.

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Pickleball Players Not Happy With Surprise ‘Sand-Bagging’ by Point Loma’s Barnes Tennis Center

June 21, 2023 by Frank Gormlie

Last week at a meeting of San Diego’s Parks and Recreation Board, it was all supposed to end – all the acrimony between tennis players and pickleball players that’s been going on over the last two years. Or so tennis players thought.

They believed that when Point Loma’s Barnes Tennis Center announced during the June 15 hearing it will soon have 19 pickleball courts, pickleball players would be happy, and everyone could just get along. But they weren’t. Pickleball players view the surprise announcement by Barnes as a “sand-bag,” “underhanded,” and “greedy.”

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ReWild Activists and Recreation Proponents Reach Consensus on ‘Buffer Zone’ in Northeast Mission Bay

June 21, 2023 by Source

Activists from ReWild Mission Bay have reached an agreement with recreation proponents on a key element of the redevelopment of northeast Mission Bay.

It’s called the “Rose Creek Buffer Zone” and stretches from the Mike Gotch Memorial Bridge over Rose Creek to Garnet Avenue.

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LA Mayor Has Moved 14,000 Homeless Off the Streets in Her First 6 Months

June 20, 2023 by Source

By Ruben Vives, Doug Smith / Los Angeles Times / June 14, 2023

More than 14,000 people experiencing homelessness have been moved off the streets during the first six months of her administration, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass reported Tuesday.

About 30%, or 4,332, acquired permanent housing. An additional 10,049 people were placed in interim housing through city and county programs from December through May, Bass said — a 27% increase over the same period the year before.

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The Bermuda Street Stairs – From the Good Old Days, the Collapse and Now …

June 20, 2023 by Source

From Peninsula News / June 15, 2023

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Fundraiser for Monica Montgomery Steppe, Who’s Running for County Supervisor — Sunday, June 25

June 20, 2023 by Staff

There’s a special election coming right up for San Diego County’s Fourth Supervisorial District — it’s a special primary on August 15, 2023.

And Monica Montgomery Steppe, who’s currently on the San Diego City Council, is running.

Wouldn’t you know it, but there’s a great fundraiser for her on Sunday, June 25. Plus, thePoint Loma & OB Democratic Club just recently endorsed her

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‘Are They Old Enough?’

June 20, 2023 by Source

By Joni Halpern

Almost everyone is talking about Joe Biden’s age.  Is he too old to serve as President again?  Did you see him stumble?  Did you hear him mix up his words?  Look how stiffly he walks.

Biden is old, but there’s another question to be asked of all the younger persons running:  Are they old enough to know how to run a world power?

Maybe they have silver tongues and limber bodies, quick minds and spring in their step, but do they know how to identify what is important to the security and health of this country

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Save the Old Mission Hills Public Library – City Council Hearing – Tuesday, June 20

June 19, 2023 by Source

From Mission Hills Heritage

On June 20, 2023, starting at 2:00 P.M., the San Diego City Council will hold a hearing on the appeal of the historical designation of the Old Mission Hills Branch Library, HRB #1384.  We need your voice and action to help defeat this meritless appeal and save the old branch library for adaptive reuse.

Background:

Mission Hills Heritage (MHH) applied for historical designation of the old Mission Hills Branch Public Library (the Library). 

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Ocean Beach and Point Loma News — Mid-June, 2023

June 19, 2023 by Frank Gormlie

OB Street Fair — Saturday, June 24

Join over 50,000 visitors and guests on Saturday, June 24 from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. for the Ocean Beach Street Fair!

Making the Case for the Palm Tree in San Diego Landscapes and Urban Planning

Shootings at Liberty Station Mar Juneteenth Event – Police Still Searching for Shooter

The Union-Tribune Pushes Back Against Heal the Bay Annual Beach Report Card

Driver Crashed into Robb Field Skate Park – Arrested for DUI, Dog Trapped

USS Recruit at Liberty Station Opens to Public

COME INSIDE FOR DETAILS AND MORE

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Feeling Hope with My Offspring

June 19, 2023 by Ernie McCray

by Ernie McCray

I dined
at a rather nice café
the other day
where a host,
in this lovely place,
in a very friendly way,
led me
and my twin daughters
and my oldest grandson
and his wife
and their three sons,
to an outdoor table,

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