OB Rag

In 1985, John Thompson was convicted of murder in Louisiana. Having already been convicted in a separate armed robbery case, he opted not to testify on his own behalf in his murder trial. He was sentenced to death and spent 18 years in prison—14 of them isolated on death row—and watched as seven executions were planned for him. Several weeks before an execution scheduled for May 1999, Thompson’s private investigators learned that prosecutors had failed to turn over evidence that would have cleared him at his robbery trial.

By Dave Maass / San Diego City Beat

As Congressmember Bob Filner prepares for the next leg of his political career, a potential run for San Diego mayor, we thought it time to tie off one of the loose ends of his last campaign.

On election night, Filner was accosted by an angry mob of Tea Party supporters of his Republican opponent, Nick Popaditch.

by John Lawrence / Will Blog For Food / April 6, 2011

We have seen the flaws in the ointment with Japan’s nuclear catastrophe.

There are so many advantages to solar energy production, and only one disadvantage – the government won’t set up the right incentive structure.

Paul LePage, the recently elected Tea Party governor of Maine, decided a few weeks ago that a mural in the…

Between 6:00 and 9:00 p.m., April 5th, a white Nissan Sentra parked on the 4900 block of Coronado Avenue suffered…

Originally posted May 9, 2009

It’s readily apparent that at least in one little corner of Ocean Beach, the recession hasn’t really hit – the corner of Newport Ave and Bacon Street, you see the lines end of people waiting to get into Hodad’s – OB’s famous hamburger joint.

It’s 12:30 lunch time, and the crowd waits patiently to sit down and chomp into the delicious drippy, beef and bun wonder named by CNN as one of the top five burgers in the nation. …

by Ethan A. Huff / NaturalNews.com /April 04, 2011 Alternative health practitioners in North Carolina (NC) and their patients need your…

Here’s the agenda for the April 6th monthly meeting of the OB Planning Board. The meeting starts at 6:00 pm sharp (not “OB Time”) and is held at the OB Recreation Center at 4726 Santa Monica Avenue.

Editor: It has finally happened. Ocean Beach’s treasured home-town hamburger joint has finally opened the doors to its second eatery ever – this one in downtown San Diego. And the new place, at 10th Avenue and Broadway, is open just in time for baseball season. All we can say is ‘good-luck Mike and Terry! Don’t forget the little people on your way up! ‘

It happened again this morning (Tuesday, April 5).  The San Diego Union-Tribune ignored a large labor rally in downtown San…

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Here are some photos and video from tonight’s gathering. Frank did a head count early in the rally and counted about 350. The group grew larger as the evening progressed and at its peak he estimates around 500 people. The Labor council passed out about 450 candles. Tune in later for a full account!

On April 3, 1968, Martin Luther King was in Memphis providing support and encouragement to 1300 African-American sanitation workers who had walked off their jobs in that city. His soaring prose repeats the mission that defined his life- the achievement of justice and equality for African-Americans which our constitution promised to each and every one of us. He made it clear that “We mean business now and we are determined to gain our rightful place in God’s world.”