Category: Ocean Beach

Homelessness in OB

 Staff  April 6, 2009  31 Comments on Homelessness in OB

By OB Rag Staffer

Can you picture yourself being homeless and living in a tent city? That’s a frightening thought, but it is a looming possibility for more and more San Diegans as the economy gets worse for ordinary people.

Ocean Beach has a large homeless population. We see these people, chat with them and help them out with a buck here and there. But …

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Art in April, Point Loma/Harvey Branch Library

 Patty Jones  April 5, 2009  6 Comments on Art in April, Point Loma/Harvey Branch Library

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Our neighbor, Hannah Creighton, invited us to share the sunny day with some local artists and art patrons. It was a small show and I’m sorry I didn’t get to talk to everyone, but all the artists had beautiful things to show and sell, were very friendly and the atmosphere was wonderful!

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Point Loma college students’ ‘shanty town’ is good first step

 Frank Gormlie  April 3, 2009  13 Comments on Point Loma college students’ ‘shanty town’ is good first step

The fact that a group of college students from Point Loma Nazarene University has set up their own ‘shanty town’ to learn about Third World poverty – is a good first step. And it would be good for the City if San Diego politicians would follow in their foot steps – to learn about Southern California poverty.

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End of my first year in OB – ‘Thank you Ocean Beach’

 Lane Tobias  April 1, 2009  17 Comments on End of my first year in OB – ‘Thank you Ocean Beach’

by Lane Tobias

One year in OB, and I couldn’t be happier

Today, April 1st, marks the one year anniversary of my girlfriend and I moving to San Diego. It really has gone fast, and I have to say that it has been a year of learning and self realization – I owe most of it to the beauty of living in a community as tight knit and open-minded as Ocean Beach.

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Robb Field Skateboard Park: No helmets and no supervisors

 Source  March 30, 2009  5 Comments on Robb Field Skateboard Park: No helmets and no supervisors

When the city eliminated supervision at skate parks this year to save money, the parks filled with gleeful skaters who no longer had to pay $5 and be under the watchful eye of a supervisor.

Problems followed. The skate park at Robb Field at Ocean Beach was repeatedly tagged with graffiti, forcing city employees to make regular trips to clean it up. Reports surfaced of people drinking and smoking at the skate parks. Parks employees and police officers started checking in on the parks regularly.

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Remember the Collier Park Riot! March 28, 1971

 Staff  March 28, 2009  16 Comments on Remember the Collier Park Riot! March 28, 1971

38 years ago – check out our account of the riot – reposted here, what led up to it, the causes, the reporting, and the aftermath.

the Battle for Collier Park

Spring 1971. One of the first major issues the OB Rag jumped into wholeheartedly was to join up with a new OB environmental group, OB Ecology Action, and lead a fight to save Collier Park, an urban patch of land in northeastern OB.

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Rock Paper Scissors on Fox News Tonight March 27

 Frank Gormlie  March 27, 2009  12 Comments on Rock Paper Scissors on Fox News Tonight March 27

BREAKING NEWS:

Fox News will air a story on Rock Paper Scissors this evening, Friday March 27th between 10-10:30pm

Channel 6 San Diego

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OB vs. Police in the 1970s

 Frank Gormlie  March 25, 2009  15 Comments on OB vs. Police in the 1970s

by Frank Gormlie

It was a nice spring day in the month of May. The 21st to be exact. It was in the year 1974. A generation ago. It was show-time for us as we were going up against the Chief of Police.

Four of us had traveled to City Hall to have a “get-down” meeting with Chief Ray Hoobler and our Councilman. The situation in OB had become intolerable. We had come to talk because police – community relations there had broken down.

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How much is a roof worth? City wants to spend $150K on OB Library’s

 Frank Gormlie  March 24, 2009  6 Comments on How much is a roof worth? City wants to spend $150K on OB Library’s

by Frank Gormlie

Tony Manolatos, of Councilmember Kevin Faulconer’s office just got back to me. We had heard that the City was borrowing money to replace the roof of the Ocean Beach branch library, and was planning to spend $150,000 to do the job.

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OB Library: Don’t break out the champagne yet!

 Anna Daniels  March 22, 2009  0 Comments on OB Library: Don’t break out the champagne yet!

by Anna Daniels

DON’T BREAK OUT THE CHAMPAGNE YET!

The Mayor said he would not propose closing libraries nor reducing hours. What he did NOT say is that he would not cut staff. This is a significant issue, because the City is currently balancing the general fund budget almost entirely on $9.8 million dollars worth of salary savings.

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If the City plans to spend $150,000 replacing OB Library roof, does this mean it won’t be closed?

 Frank Gormlie  March 20, 2009  13 Comments on If the City plans to spend $150,000 replacing OB Library roof, does this mean it won’t be closed?

The Union-Tribune reported today that the Ciy of San Diego is borrowing $103 million for a slew of repair projects, which include a sum of $150,000 to replace the roof of the Ocean Beach branch library. If the City is about to replace the 80 year old building’s roof, that probably means we don’t have to worry about its closure during the next round of budget crisis maneuvering. Doesn’t it?

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