Category: Ocean Beach

An’s Gelato Named No.2 in America; Free Scoops Offered on July 1 at Ocean Beach Shop

San Diego’s An’s Gelato company has been named the No. 2 independently owned ice cream shop in America in USA Today’s 10Best Reader’s Choice Awards, which were announced Wednesday. It’s the fourth year the local company has been ranked in the USA Today contest. An’s ranked No. 1 in 2025 and 2024, and No. 2 in 2023.

An’s operates four shops in San Diego County, including Ocean Beach where in 2025, they opened An’s Electronic Repair in a former phone repair shop. A fifth is set to open soon in Oceanside’s iconic Top Gun House. The judges praised An’s for its scratch-made gelato and unique flavors, like brown butter, brookies (brownies and cookies), watermelon and mint sorbet. The judges also noted An’s  generous sampling policy, where employees encourage visitors to taste all seven flavors of the day before they buy.

To celebrate the latest 10Best honor, An’s scoop shops in OB, Normal Heights, and Del Mar will give away one free small gelato cup or cone per customer from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 1, while supplies last. Then the shops will close for the rest of that day to give employees the evening off.

by Debbie L. Sklar / Times of San Diego / June 18, 2026

Sand dunes, mussel beds, picnics.

Ocean Beach’s shoreline has been described in different ways over time, long before it became the coastal community known today.

Ocean Beach today is probably best known for its surf culture, its long concrete pier [that is permanently closed], and a tightly-knit neighborhood identity. But its earlier history is rooted less in formal place names and more in how people described the landscape: a broad stretch of sand shaped by wind, shifting dunes, and the former course of the San Diego River as it reached the Pacific.

That began to change in 1887, when developers William “Billy” Carlson and Frank Higgins subdivided the land and began marketing it as a seaside residential community under the name Ocean Beach.

An unidentified body washed ashore Thursday afternoon, June 18, near the Ocean Beach Pier.

Police were called to the area around 3 p.m. after someone had discovered the body.

By John McNab

We rarely talk context of why the public coast is disappearing and high rises are sprouting up everywhere.  The below is a perspective on going from freeing animals to caging humans – San Diego’s shift in priorities

A black-and-white movie on TV in the early 60’s was about a boy who went to the zoo with his grandfather. Upon seeing the animals in cages, he broke down. Likely because he loved to spend time under the warm sun playing in the canyons with the lizard and birds. Seeing the zoo animals poorly treated broke his heart.

Upon getting home, he was still in tears. It was recommended he did something. So he started protesting at the zoo. The editor at the local paper thought the story was cute and ran a piece on the boy and his protest. It struck a nerve and suddenly citizens were up in arms. So the embarrassed zoo changed. The last scene, in Technicolor, was the front of the San Diego zoo.

Yet what could be a sequel to the story?

A mother had many errands to run so she dropped off her son with his grandfather. The son, full of energy, got on the grandfather’s nerves. “Why don’t you go outside and play?” The boy answered in tears, “there’s nowhere outside to play”.

The U-T this morning announced that the City of San Diego has “quietly” pushed back its decision on Midway Rising, the massive 50-acre redevelopment project slated for the Sports Arena area until “an unknown date later in the year.”

As UT reporter Jenifer van Grove mused, the project has been “promised for May and then June,” and now pushed back even more. She wrote:

The City Council’s Land Use & Housing Committee is not slated to hear the item before the council’s summer legislative recess, Councilmember Kent Lee, who chairs the committee, told the Union-Tribune.

Firefighters quickly contained an early morning commercial fire Sunday, June 14, at a business office building in Point Loma, preventing more extensive damage, according to San Diego Fire-Rescue officials.

Crews were dispatched around 5 a.m. to reports of a commercial structure fire at at 3405 Kenyon Street, identified as the Point Loma Business Center. When firefighters arrived, they found heavy smoke coming from the first floor of the five-story office building. Crews entered the building with hose lines and located the fire inside a first floor office suite. Crews conducted a primary search of the entire building and found no occupants inside.

Entire List From Across City Included

Here are the results from the latest — and last — round of San Diego city budget cuts in terms of hours at Ocean Beach and Point Loma libraries and rec centers.

Point Loma

The Point Loma branch library, along with 5 others, will have its hours reduced. PL will deal with its cuts by opening only for half days on Saturdays. That will bring its operating 51 hours a week down to 47 hours.

And the Cabrillo rec center will be reduced to 40 operating hours a week, but its cuts will be smaller, because it already had less than 60 operating hours per week.

Ocean Beach

The OB library is currently operating 5 days a week, with Sunday and Monday closed. But it will soon close on a more permanent basis as its expansion gathers steam.

Please join the Ocean Beach Historical Society for a fun field trip to the community landmark “The Thursday Club”

About 40 protesters gathered in Mira Mesa last Sunday, June 14, and campaigned for a “No Kings” in America. Several OBceans were in the crowd and sent these photos.

By Eric Sanchez / SanDiegoRed / June 14, 2026

Authorities and local residents are sounding the alarm after a dog exhibited neurological symptoms and tested positive for methamphetamine following a visit to the dog beach in Ocean Beach, San Diego.

The dog’s owner, Justin Voeller, took to social media to warn other pet owners about the incident involving his small dog, Angus. Voeller said he brought Angus to the specialized dog beach around 10:00 a.m. Initially, the dog appeared unwell but was simply “glued to the sofa and very alert,” leading Voeller to believe it was only a stomach issue.

However, by approximately 4:30 p.m., Angus began showing clear neurological signs, including repetitive movements, hyperactivity, and fully dilated pupils.

SOHO / May-June Newsletter

Many SOHO members follow historic designation cases closely, but fewer people see what actually happens inside City Hall when an owner applies for a development permit for a building that may be historic.

San Diego’s 45-year review is the process city staff uses to determine whether a property might qualify as a historic resource before a permit moves forward.

Today, the City of San Diego is considering changes to its historic designation process that would significantly endanger the preservation of individual properties and historic districts. Among these changes, which are part of the Planning Department’s Preservation and Progress program, is a proposed move away from the 45-year review process.

SOHO maintains this potential “update” would present significant risks. Eliminating the 45-year review before completing a comprehensive citywide survey would expose countless historic structures to irreversible loss.