There’s more snow in them thar hills today, Tuesday, the last day of January 2023.
Articles by Frank Gormlie
A lawyer and grassroots activist, I was finally convinced by Patty Jones to start this blog of citizen journalists after she got tired of listening to my rants about the news. Way back during the Dinosaurs in 1970, I founded the original Ocean Beach People’s Rag - OB’s famous underground newspaper -, and then later during the early Eighties, published The Whole Damn Pie Shop, a progressive alternative to the Reader.
Frank has written 3453 articles for the OB Rag!
Because a recent audit showed the top two reasons a vehicle in San Diego gets towed typically affect low-income people, San Diego officials are proposing changes to the city’s vehicle towing policies. If adopted, the new policies will be more compassionate than current ones.
Midway Eatery Makes Yelp’s Top 100 Pizza Joints in US
What’s the big deal with having a totally-Democratic City Council if they all start sounding like Republicans? That’s what’s happening in San Diego. The City Council now wants to start charging homeless people — and others — for using public restrooms.
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By a vote of 3 to 1, the City Council’s Land Use and Housing Committee on Thursday, Jan. 12, approved the controversial proposal to allow high-rise housing and backyard apartments on many more properties in San Diego. The full City Council is expected to vote on the proposal in February.
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Fifty San Diegans rallied Friday in Balboa Park to call for accountability and to mark the second anniversary of the attempted insurrection and coup.
Today is January 6, 2023, and it’s now been two years since Trump instigated and organized the insurrection at the Capitol and assault on our democracy. And he is still walking around free. Although hundreds of those he mobilized for the attack are not.
As you pay your January SDG&E bill, remember those San Diego City Council members who voted back in 2021 to approve their contract. Why?
Union Bank has sold its Ocean Beach branch at 1858 Cable Street and four others, most in San Diego County. The OB branch was built in 1964, and has 5,379 square feet.
Ocean Beach Businesses Suffer Raft of Burglaries
The question has to be asked: given the unexpectedly low numbers of short-term rental applications the city has received, is San Diego’s much-vaunted short-term rental program on the verge of collapse?
The half-brother of the slain insurrectionist from San Diego was granted probation after a jury convicted him in November of a misdemeanor battery count and a hate crime allegation.
In today’s San Diego Union-Tribune, the editorial board slammed District Attorney Summer Stephan, the San Diego Police and San Diego State University officials over their handling — or lack of handling – last years gang-rape case involving SDSU athletes.
If you get a chance to pick up the Dec. 7 edition of the 
On Thursday, Dec. 8, the Union-Tribune announced:
In a nation-wide review of the impacts of short-term rentals on cities, San Diego — and Ocean Beach — are noted. And former OB Town Council prez Gretchen Newsom is quoted.
The end of the year always summons retrospectives from media pundits and columnists. So, not to be left behind, I decided to share posts and stories of OB from a decade ago, 10 years – from December of 2012 — that were published in the OB Rag. Some of them are amazing.
It’s becoming all too apparent, now, that whether it’s community plan “updates” imposed from above like in Mira Mesa or the removal of historic street lamps in Kensington, or the painting of bike lanes in Point Loma, or the killing of palm trees in Ocean Beach, or allowing illegal ADUs in the College area, the City of San Diego is riding roughshod over neighborhoods.
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The city of San Diego is trying to hide its embarrassment as applications for short-term rental licenses have fallen way short of its expectations. The city was going to conduct a “lottery” on December 16 to see which STVR hosts get licenses, thinking the city would be swamped with applications from the estimated 16,000 whole homes that were being used as short-term rentals for more than 20 days per year.
Ace Hoffman January 31, 2023 at 10:11 pm on 11 Years Ago Today, San Onofre Nearly Became the Next FukushimaThank you OB Rag for publishing information about this important upcoming meeting. The Edison-funded and staffed "CEP" has been completely useless and biased. Paul Blanch...
Charles Langley January 31, 2023 at 3:05 pm on 11 Years Ago Today, San Onofre Nearly Became the Next FukushimaThis is a great example of independent journalism in the OB Rag! I have followed this issue closely and I had no idea that Edison...
Cathy Iwane January 31, 2023 at 2:28 pm on 11 Years Ago Today, San Onofre Nearly Became the Next FukushimaThank you, OB Rag! It's refreshing to see a 'publication of conscience', unafraid to magnify valid safety concerns regarding SONGS. San Clemente Green's upcoming event...
Gary Headrick January 31, 2023 at 12:06 pm on 11 Years Ago Today, San Onofre Nearly Became the Next FukushimaThe best way to keep in touch right now is for people to send an email to gary@sanclementegreen and I will update you about once...
Frank Gormlie January 31, 2023 at 11:53 am on 11 Years Ago Today, San Onofre Nearly Became the Next FukushimaGary, can you send us a link to your group. 
Geoff Page January 31, 2023 at 11:43 am on Covid in San Diego Killed Local Republicans at Higher Rates Than Democrats After the VaccineWell, seal, why don't you tell us what you really think, stop beating around the bush. "Jesus was illegitimate?" I love that one. But, you...
Paul Webb January 31, 2023 at 9:54 am on Covid in San Diego Killed Local Republicans at Higher Rates Than Democrats After the VaccineI have to admire Paul Grimes - he actually looks at the data and thinks about it rather than using it to justify his already...
Chris January 31, 2023 at 9:09 am on After Weeks of Rain, California Reservoirs Still Not FullSince this is a completely non political article giving factual information about reservoir levels in the state, the ET's political leanings are kind of a...
Mateo January 31, 2023 at 9:07 am on ‘How Was Your SDG&E Bill?’ – Open ThreadI work out of the house an only turn the heat on when it is 40 degrees or colder; and even then use the central...
sal January 30, 2023 at 6:02 pm on TV Reporter and Local Resident Dan Plante Has Good News for Newport Avenue in Ocean BeachThere is a homeless person literally dancing to the opera music in the back of the video. They train the camera right on them. 
sealintheSelkirks January 30, 2023 at 4:21 pm on Covid in San Diego Killed Local Republicans at Higher Rates Than Democrats After the VaccineThis was from a medical/science article that I read last month comparing death rates between Trump voters and non-Trump voters. It's not really 'new' news,...
