OB Rag

Editor: This post has received a lot of attention recently, so we decided to bring it back up.

By Shirley Sprinkles, Ph.D

She handed me a five dollar bill through the car window, then turned and walked away. I don’t know her name, nor where she was going—the encounter was so brief—but I know I will never forget that lady stranger who generously saved me from a lot of frustration and prevented me from walking a mile or more to my destination. The scene was a downtown public parking lot. My husband, Leo, and I were already a half hour late for a statewide conference on the status of African American families and children. (CSAAFC). We had taken the wrong fork in the expressway, and found ourselves deadlocked in traffic that was backed up for four miles due to a serious accident. I told Leo to go the other way, but he didn’t. .

By Dr. Tawny Lanos I just finished a book by Branko Milanovic, an economist for World Bank, about the imbalance…

When Tanja Winter – the matriarch of  San Diego’s progressive community – was 12 years old, she watched as German Nazis…

Two weeks ago I made a nearly annual sojourn to the County Courthouse to do my civic duty; jury service. I go through the exercise on a regular basis knowing full well as an ex-cop, retired trial attorney, former judge pro tem, current law instructor and restorative justice mediator I am the equivalent of Satan to any trial attorney looking for an impartial juror. But it is my duty and it gives me a chance to meander around downtown during the ludicrously long lunch hour.

STOP the budget cuts PROTEST!

Where: CITY COLLEGE; 1313 PARK BLVD (CORNER OF PARK AND ‘A’ ST)

When: Wednesday March 2, 4:30 PM

Education For All Coalition is calling all brothers and sisters, students, workers, the unemployed, union members, activists, and freedom fighters to protest the budget cuts on March 2nd!!

Pat and Susan James have been running James Gang Graphics, an Ocean Beach business that has been around for 35…

Here is the agenda for the Ocean Beach Planning Board’s meeting on March 2, 2011. Their monthly meeting is at the OB Rec Center, 4726 Santa Monica Avenue, and begins at 6pm sharp. As a reminder, the annual election is set for March 15th.

Banksy’s street art surprises one. It grabs the eye and attention by juxtaposing contradictory elements that leave some lingering question about what we perceive as inherent reality. His work is a combination of the satirical and subversive.

Imagine, for a moment, a typical San Diego Christmas: It’s just after dark and there’s a chill in the air;…

Republicans are trying to take down the EPA and with it environmental regulation that seeks to protect our air, water,…

by Channel 10News / February 27, 2011

A veterans group is moving forward with plans to relocate to a new neighborhood although the group says it is not welcome there.

After a month’s delay, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1392 is working to make a former market in Ocean Beach at the corner of Ebers Street and Point Loma Avenue a permanent home as it continues to talk with community members about the one sticking point.

This gallery of photos was sent to us by Merton Gaudette, who we met via the California and San Diego US Uncut movement on Facebook. Thank you Merton!

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All photos Copyright © Merton Gaudette 2011