Author: Staff

Observers of the comings and goings of businesses on Newport Avenue — the main commercial drag in Ocean Beach — couldn’t help but notice that just a couple weeks after OB’s winery closed and had its “last hurrah”, a brand new wine bar opened down the street.

On July 6, Gianni Buonomo Vintners had their last party on Newport Ave, and are opening a large facility in the Midway District at 3492 Pickett Street.

On August 10, there will be a celebration of life for Stew Shaw, a long time Mission Beach resident, community activist and an early staff member of the Beach Area Community Clinic.

Stew passed away peacefully of heart and kidney disease in June. He is also remembered as a member of the La Jolla Symphony Chorus and a frequent tennis player at the Barnes Tennis Center. He is survived by a daughter.

The Celebration of Life for Stewart Henry Shaw will be Saturday August 10th 11AM at the Congregational Church of La Jolla

Dog Beach in Ocean Beach won the “day after” award — it had the most trash from the celebrations from July 4th. Volunteers organized by Surfrider Foundation removed 1,575 pounds of trash at Dog Beach. And then including the 120 pounds from around the OB Pier, the Ocean Beach contribution to the landfill was finalized at nearly 1,700 pounds.

Every year, Surfrider organizes these “Morning After Mess” cleanups. According to the organization, 688 volunteers collected 3,906 pounds of trash at nine San Diego County beaches in three hours, with most of the refuse consisting primarily of plastics that otherwise could have washed out to sea, the nonprofit environmental organization said.

“On Saturday 6-29-24, for Black Music Month I attended this first ever event,” wrote a cultural reporter for the Rag, Byron Morton. “It was a celebration filled with music, creativity and heritage at the San Diego Black Arts and Culture District Music Festival.”

The San Diego Voice and Viewpoint reported:

From 11AM until 8PM on the last Saturday of this June, music lovers were able to listen to a melody of free music compliments of the San Diego Black Arts and Culture District and their variety of sponsors at MLK Park on Skyline Dr.

Two men were stabbed early Sunday morning, July 7, in an OB bar, and the attacker has been arrested by police.

All identities of victims and attacker have been withheld by police.

Pandas have returned to the San Diego Zoo.

The Rag finally heard back from the Liberty Station Community Association, which is responsible for maintaining the grounds at Liberty Station, about the removal of at least 20 large trees last week.

Sarah Olsen, property manager of Liberty Station Community Association c/o Reliable Property Management Services, sent us the following email:

Please see the following regarding the Landscape Renovation project at Liberty Station:

By Geoff Page

The Keystone Kops. Who’s on first? The inmates are running the asylum. Take your pick, all of them describe the City of San Diego’s Monday, June 24, presentation of its Coastal Resilience Master Plan ideas for Ocean Beach and Point Loma.

Where to start. The city has planned a series of workshops to present it’s ideas on ways to deal with sea level rise and climate change. The workshop planned to discuss, specifically, Ocean Beach and Sunset Cliffs was originally scheduled for June 24. At the Pacific Beach library on Cass Street. Pacific Beach, to discuss Ocean Beach.

Brand new drone footage confirms that a section of the bluff at Garbage Beach off Sunset Cliffs could collapse imminently. The new drone work is by Charles Landon.

Last week, the Rag identified the dangerous section and notified the city via lifeguards who came to the site at the Rag’s invite.

Yet, over the week, the city has not done a single thing to notify or alert beachgoers about the dangerous bluff above them. You can see by the accompanying still shot that beach goers sit just below the bluff in question (see photo -taken Monday, June 24, 2024).

A San Diego ice cream shop that landed the top spot on USA Today’s list of the best independent ice cream shops in the U.S. is coming to Ocean Beach. According to their website, An’s Electronic Repair will open at 1861 Bacon Street this summer.

Rag reporter Geoff Page is alerting us to a dangerous and large crack at Sunset Cliffs. He was alerted to this extremely dangerous condition at the south end of the pocket beach called Garbage Beach by a person flying a drone who originally spotted it.

Page visited the beach and confirmed it. He wrote, ” While this one spot is by far the most dangerous, there were a half dozen other spots that were also very dangerous to varying degrees.”