Shelly Parks, the vice president of the OB Town Council, has sent out a meeting announcement for their Wednesday, February 28th public meeting.

It will be held at 7pm and will be both in person and online. Unfortunately, as parking is severely limited, the in-person meeting will be a short walk from Famosa into the Park Point Loma community.

Info on In-Person Meeting

If you are joining the OBTC in person on 2/28 at 7:00 pm, it will be at Park Point Loma Clubhouse at — 2390 Caminito Agrado.

Shelly Parks warns that “parking is limited, consider carpooling.” She advises that “Attendees will need to park along the street (Famosa) and walk into the housing community’s clubhouse.”

The Board of Directors of the OB Town Council is planning to hold a public meeting on Wednesday, February 28, but the location has still not been nailed down; it will either be in the auditorium of OB Elementary or at Waterfront Church.

In the meantime, the Board  has new leadership, new president, vice-president and secretaries — yet struggles to maintain itself. The new president has already resigned from the Board. The Board itself is now down to about half-strength with only 9 members. This comes on the heels of the revelation of the scandal that has rocked the OBTC since its January public meeting, and the ouster of its former president, Corey Bruins.

New leadership was determined and it was:

Yet another new restaurant has opened in Ocean Beach. A Mediterranean eatery called “Chicken Over Rice” has opened next to “Hugo’s Cocina” at 1830 Sunset Cliffs Blvd, Suite E.

One news website says:

A farmer’s market vendor from Ocean Beach has advanced to open their own storefront. With protein selections of chicken or chickpeas and toppings like cucumber salsa, garlic sauce, and tzatziki, Chicken Over Rice Co. serves a simplified Mediterranean menu that includes create-your-own rice bowls, salads, and pita sandwiches.

Another burger joint is moving onto Newport Avenue in Ocean Beach.

Oh boy! Another burger joint at the beach. This one just doors down from Hodad’s.

Yes, it seems that Burger Kook is taking over the former ChickenHeadz spot at 5026 Newport.

When well-known OBcean and local ecologist Jim Bell was alive, he lived in a large building on Voltaire Street that his friends called the “Jim Bell Compound.” It had numerous rooms — up to five and a large back patio and was considered quite the hippie pad. The address was 4862-4866 Voltaire.

The Ocean Beach Green Center took over the front room of the house for their facility. Now the compound is up for sale for $2.3 millions.

In an extraordinary session, the Board of Directors of the Ocean Beach Town Council met last night before a large crowd at the Point Loma Library and made a statement explaining some details of the internal turmoil that has rocked the organization in recent weeks.

The immediate upshot is that president Cory Bruins has been ousted and that the group’s financial accounts have been turned over to an independent auditor. The former treasurer, Connor Harrington, has also resigned.

Anthony “Tony” Fleming founded The Harp Irish Pub 20 years ago as a pub and eatery on OB’s main commercial drag, Newport Avenue.

Tragically last October 2023, Tony tried to break up a fight outside the pub but in the process, suffered a heart attack. He subsequently passed away on October 18, 2023, at the young age of 63.