UPDATE on Disappearance of the Peace Sign Atop of “Peace Rock”
POINT LOMA / OCEAN BEACH – This is an update on the disappearance of the beautiful, stained-glass peace sign which…
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1972 – This Day In Our Ocean Beach History: Paula Tharp Shot by Right-Wing Terrorists
Staff January 6, 2008 0 Comments on 1972 – This Day In Our Ocean Beach History: Paula Tharp Shot by Right-Wing Terrorists
January 6, 1972 — 36 years ago, a right-wing terrorist organization, the Secret Army Organization – an offshoot of the…
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Peace Sign Atop “Peace Rock” Disappears From Sunset Cliffs – Vandals? Thieves? Conservatives?
Frank Gormlie January 5, 2008 22 Comments on Peace Sign Atop “Peace Rock” Disappears From Sunset Cliffs – Vandals? Thieves? Conservatives?
OCEAN BEACH – Sadly community members are discovering that someone has taken the peace sign from “Peace Rock” off Sunset…
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Tagged: sunset cliffs
OB Rag Retrospective: Fall 1972 – the Rag & Other OB Alternatives Going Full Blast
Frank Gormlie December 15, 2007 1 Comment on OB Rag Retrospective: Fall 1972 – the Rag & Other OB Alternatives Going Full Blast
By Fall of 1972, it was the OB Rag’s second birthday – the beginning of its third year, and the…
Posted in: Media, OB Time Machine, Ocean Beach, Organizing
Now More Original OB Rag Full Pages, Photos & Graphics Scanned
We’re proud to announce that another issue of the original OB Rag has been scanned and is now available via…
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Ocean Beach-The Haight-Ashbury of San Diego
The first OB Rag, the O.B. People’s Rag, published its very first issue, edition no. 1, in September 1970. Published…
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Summer of 1970 – the Jetty Is Stopped by OB
The Jetty is Stopped There was definitely turmoil in OB the summer of 1970. For a number of weeks during…
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New Writings Posted on First OB Rag & Early-1970s History of Ocean Beach
Staff November 23, 2007 0 Comments on New Writings Posted on First OB Rag & Early-1970s History of Ocean Beach
We are continuoulsy posting new material on the 1st OB Rag and the early seventies history of activists in Ocean…
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Gentrification Moves Ahead at Entrance to O.B.
Two Craftsmen-Style Turn-of-Century Homes to be Demolished & Replaced With 3 Story, Seven Units Ocean Beach has never been safe…
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New Photos Added to History of First OB Rag
Staff November 11, 2007
We’ve added “new” photos and copies of Rag covers — scanned from the original Rags themselves — to our developing…
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What’s a cop on a horse to do on a sunny Friday afternoon in OB – besides hasslin’ teenagers?
Staff October 29, 2007 4 Comments on What’s a cop on a horse to do on a sunny Friday afternoon in OB – besides hasslin’ teenagers?
In a spectacularly superfluous display of power, four horsemen of the San Diego Police Equestrian Squad rode through the streets…
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