Ready to debate: Is all graffiti equal?
Here are two examples of graffiti sprayed or written on local Ocean Beach walls. One has a political message, and…
Category: Environment
Posted in: Culture, Environment, Ocean Beach
Tagged: graffiti
‘Aflockalypse’: Here’s Why We Should Really Be Concerned About the Huge Bird and Fish Die-off
Source January 11, 2011 1 Comment on ‘Aflockalypse’: Here’s Why We Should Really Be Concerned About the Huge Bird and Fish Die-off
The massive death toll of dead birds and sea life should draw attention to the countless other species on the…
Posted in: Culture, Environment
Abbott and Saratoga Sold!
By A.W. Maris / Special to the OB Rag
“Too long a sacrifice
Can make a stone of the heart
O when may it suffice?” – W.B. Yeats
You don’t see the signs. Especially in these times of gaiety lost amongst an otherwise grey and somber season.
Posted in: Culture, Economy, Environment, Ocean Beach
OB FLASHES: News, Calendar, and Whatever – January 8, 2011
Frank Gormlie January 8, 2011 3 Comments on OB FLASHES: News, Calendar, and Whatever – January 8, 2011
The Dream is Over at Dream Street – but Not For the Mothers Earlier this week, the San Diego Reader…
Posted in: Culture, Economy, Environment, OB Flashes!, Ocean Beach
The Long Branch Torrey Pine Lives!
The Torrey Pine on Long Branch Avenue has been saved! The tree was on the agenda of the OB Planning…
Posted in: Culture, Environment, Ocean Beach, Organizing
Tagged: OB Planning Board, Torrey Pine
Save a healthy Torrey Pine – Come to tonight’s Planning Board meeting.
Frank Gormlie January 5, 2011 12 Comments on Save a healthy Torrey Pine – Come to tonight’s Planning Board meeting.
If you care about Torrey Pines, trees in general, our environment, the natural beauty of OB – please attend tonight’s…
Posted in: Environment, Ocean Beach, Organizing
Tagged: Torrey Pine
Padre Dam Takes Measures to Safeguard Against Future Sewage Spills Like the One That Closed Ocean Beach.
Source January 4, 2011 0 Comments on Padre Dam Takes Measures to Safeguard Against Future Sewage Spills Like the One That Closed Ocean Beach.
A Dec. 23 failure of Padre Dam’s influent pump station led to the spillage of 1.2 million gallons of sewage along the shores of Ocean Beach. Dam officials are working to ensure future spills are minimized.
Posted in: Energy, Environment, Ocean Beach, San Diego
Arborist’s Report on Long Branch Torrey Pine: It’s Healthy and Stable
Frank Gormlie January 3, 2011 6 Comments on Arborist’s Report on Long Branch Torrey Pine: It’s Healthy and Stable
A community-sponsored certified arborist has submitted his report on the Torrey Pine tree on the 4600 block of Long Branch…
Posted in: Environment, Ocean Beach, Organizing
Tagged: Torrey Pine
Ocean Beach Planning Board Agenda for January 5th, 2011
The Ocean Beach Planning Board meets on Wednesday, January 5th, 2011, at 6:00 pm, at the OB Recreation Center, Santa Monica and Ebers.
Posted in: Civil Rights, Environment, Ocean Beach, Organizing
Tagged: OB Planning Board
Anna’s Video Pick – Tyger!
Check out this tyger on the prowl through the nighttime streets and hillsides of Sao Paulo. His roars awaken the teeming natural world that exists unseen beneath the surface of the city. This animated metamorphosis is filled with the urgency and power of life pushing, flying and just hanging out.
William Blake’s words “And what shoulder, & what art. /Could twist the sinews of thy heart?” are given a voluptuous Brazilian twist.
Posted in: Anna's Video Pick, Culture, Environment
Tagged: art
Tie One On – Only in OB
By Jim Grant As I drove down Sunset Cliffs yesterday afternoon in the light rain with a squall line approaching…
Posted in: Culture, Environment, Ocean Beach
Was Qualcomm Stadium flooded recently by sewage or rainwater?
Staff December 29, 2010 13 Comments on Was Qualcomm Stadium flooded recently by sewage or rainwater?
by Andy Cohen and Frank Gormlie Last week you probably remember was one of the wettest weeks in recent San…
Posted in: Culture, Economy, Environment, San Diego
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