Month: September 2024

By Mat Wahlstrom

This Tuesday, September 17, at 10:00, the City Council — the nine electeds who are each paid over six figures of your tax dollars — will once again be asked to take time from more important decisions to clean up another mess created by our six-figure paid city employees.

On the agenda is to legalize after the fact the violation of the terms of its decision to disestablish the Uptown Planners as an official community planning group. Those terms stated without ambiguity that any new group it appointed must conduct and conclude elections within 90 days of its appointment — or else that new group disqualified itself as incompetent.

From SanDiegoVille / September 6, 2024

San Diego’s Modern Times Beer, now owned by Maui Brewing Company, will soon close its flagship brewery and transition to contract brewing.

After a challenging few years following a devastating over-expansion, Modern Times announced to staff during a company wide meeting on Friday that the company has decided to shut down its original brewery in the Midway district of Point Loma, where it has operated since 2013. This move comes as part of a broader restructuring following a tumultuous period for the once-thriving San Diego craft brewery. At least 57 jobs will be cut as part of the impending closure.

By Brae Canlen

When I was asked to be a judge for the OB Rag’s “Worst ADU in San Diego” contest, I figured I’d be looking at oversized buildings behind single family homes, like what I often see in my North Park neighborhood. I had no idea what I was in for.

Word of this contest must have spread, because entries came in from all over the city.

Towards the top of the “worst” list were the multi-unit ADUs (11, 12, 14 units). Clearly not a granny flat, unless Granny has lots of friends who like to sleep over.

by Eshaan Sarup / Times of San Diego /September 14, 2024

The OB Rag announced the top 3 winners of its “Worst ADU (accessory dwelling unit)” contest, a tongue-in-cheek event meant to raise awareness about what critics deem predatory construction.

While it is legal for homeowners to construct an ADU on their property in San Diego County, some residents argue that these units sacrifice the comfort and aesthetics of neighborhoods.

The 42nd Annual Adams Avenue Street Fair

The 42nd annual Adams Avenue Street Fair features 75 musical acts on seven stages and is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. Southern California’s largest free two-day music festival is held each year in September in the community of Normal Heights.

The Ocean Beach Community Foundation is picking up the pieces of what once was the OB Town Council and is holding what would have been the 26th Annual Pancake Breakfast. And of course it cannot be held at the traditional site — the OB Pier — so it will take place from 7:30 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, at Saratoga Park.

 “Ceasefire in Gaza” rally this Saturday, September 14th, 2024 from 10 AM to Noon in the Ocean Beach area !!

UNTIL THERE IS A CEASEFIRE, WE ARE STILL NEEDED ON THE CORNER !!

By David Helvarg / Blue Frontier / Sept. 6, 2024

I feel we need to talk about the ocean as an election issue now.  Obviously and unfortunately our public seas did not get to be a part of Tuesday’s presidential debate in Philadelphia between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, which most viewers saw as a victory for Harris even as things got more heated than Prudhoe Bay on the Arctic Ocean in August – when it hit 89 degrees.

More surprisingly, climate was not seriously addressed during the 90-minute debate even as Hurricane Francine was heading towards coastal Louisiana and New Orleans. 

San Francisco, September 6, 2024 – The Ocean Cleanup today declared the eradication of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) achievable within a decade and an ambition to make the cleanup happen faster and more cost-effectively. Today’s announcement is the first time both a cost and a timeline has been placed on ridding the Pacific Ocean of the environmental hazard presented by the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Six years after sailing out of San Francisco with the ambition of developing the technology to rid the world’s oceans of plastic, The Ocean Cleanup returned to San Francisco with the knowledge and know-how to relegate the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to the history books.

By Bruce Coons / SOHO Newsletter / September-October 2024

In politics, a good, simple story sells. The housing crisis has fueled a persistent myth among YIMBYs—that preservationists are a major obstacle to solving this pressing issue. This narrative is appealing in its simplicity, but it obscures the complex realities and nuanced role of historic preservation in our communities. This myth persists because many YIMBYs think that well-intentioned but misguided preservationists are blocking progress.

From SanDiegoVille / September 12, 2024

After successfully launching its first brick-and-mortar restaurant in Mission Beach last year, Rosemarie’s Burgers is set to expand, with a new location opening soon in San Diego’s Ocean Beach and is expected to open by year’s end at 1774 Sunset Cliffs Boulevard.

Nick Bálsamo, the founder of Rosemarie’s, embarked on a culinary journey, working as a chef in Hong Kong for several years before returning to the U.S. Back home, Bálsamo channeled his culinary skills into Where To Eat California, a collective that includes a catering company

A little over a month ago, the Rag announced our “Worst ADUs in San Diego” contest. We said then:

If a towering “accessory dwelling unit” (ADU) is throwing shade at you and your neighbors, the OB Rag wants to hear from you. Why? We’re holding a contest, ta-dah.

After some 50 entries, the judges deliberated and made selections for the Gold, Silver and Bronze categories.