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The Voice of San Diego has published a handy guide that answers most if not all questions about the average SDG&E bill.

by MacKenzie Elmer / Voice of San Diego / March 15, 2022

San Diego’s energy prices are the highest in California, but bills for January of 2022 were particularly brutal for many pocketbooks.

By Colleen O’Connor

Amidst the horror of the brutal Russian war against Ukraine; the fear of still more COVID-19 surges; galloping inflation; corruption laid bare; the January 6th investigations; and global anarchy threatening fragile democracies, Liz Cheney’s White Peacock moment may have arrived.

Historically speaking, the White Peacock represents a self that is resurrected from “the fire of fear and the shadows of doubt.”

Enter the Republican’s most unlikely Joan of Arc. Someone who can save the GOP from self-immolation.

By Thomas Ultican / Tultican / March 10, 2022

Attorney Cory Briggs has filed a suit against San Dieguito Union High School District (SDUHSD) over their new Trustee Area map. California law requires school districts to rebalance the board member areas after each decennial federal census.

Led by Trustee Mike Allman three of the five district trustees apparently decided to use this requirement for political advantage. In the process, the suit claims they not only broke the spirit of the law but actually acted illegally.

The 2022 Annual Board election for the Peninsula Community Planning Board was scheduled for this Thursday, March 17.

But, since only 5 candidates submitted applications for the five open Board seats, the Board leadership decided to cancel the election. In a statement on the PCPB website, it said,

“the election will not take place and eligible candidates will be appointed by the Board at the March Meeting and start their terms in April.”

by Kevin Hastings

Yesterday, March 10, the California Coastal Commission voted in favor of Councilmember Jen Campbell’s short-term vacation rental (STVR) ordinance. This is a key approval before it can go into effect in the “Coastal Zone” which generally covers everything west of the I-5 freeway.

This was largely a foregone conclusion, because the Commission’s mission statement is to protect public access to the coast, which generally places the interests of tourists over residents. Coastal access is a noble endeavor and can mean many things, but increasingly over the past 10 years they’ve interpreted it to mean that existing residential neighborhoods should accommodate tourist lodging.

Jen Campbell’s ordinance in a nutshell

The light was just right. Here’s a dog at Dog Beach in Ocean Beach by Albert C Elliott, March 10, 2022.

By Geoff Page

Pickleball versus Tennis

The clash of an old venerable sport and a much, much younger, but fast-growing sport was the highlight of the regular monthly meeting of the Ocean Beach Planning Board, Wednesday, March 2nd.

The sport with a history that goes back about 1,000 years is tennis. The younger sport with a history that only goes as far back as 1965 is called pickleball.

It is important to deal with its name first. Here is the explanation

By Mat Wahlstrom

Even by the terms of the recent years’ fire sale of our city, this week has been exceptional.

On Monday, March 7, we got the launch of “Bridge to Homes,” a plan to spend over $80 million in public funds to make construction of 662 units of low income housing ‘financially feasible.’

Soldiers Also Built a Peace Movement Within the U.S. Military

Timely Stories as World Watches Russian Invasion of Ukraine.
Speaking at the University of San Diego’s Copley Library *

March 16 – the 54th anniversary of the My Ly Massacre:

Ronald L. Haeberle, the Army photographer whose color pictures of the My Ly Massacre published in the December 5, 1968, issue of LIFE Magazine, galvanized American public opinion against the war.

Next weekend – March 19 — the inaugural St. Paddy’s O’Beach Party is officially here!

This is happening near the Ocean Beach pier and it’s by the same organizers that do the OB Oktoberfest and the legendary OB Chilli Cook Off. All event organizers are San Diego-based.

Headliners for the event are all San Diego-based includes:

About International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day (IWD) is marked on the 8th of March every year and is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for those social achievements.The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Significant activity is witnessed worldwide as groups come together to celebrate women’s achievements or rally for women’s equality.