OB Rag

Restaurant Review

King Crab
3960 W. Point Loma Avenue
San Diego, CA  92110
619-269-0800

By Judi Curry

It has been a while since I have eaten at King Crab – [October 2022] , and as I looked over places I would like to go to celebrate my birthday, I thought that King Crab would be the perfect spot to alleviate my yearning for cold, sweet crab salad.  I don’t get yearnings very often, but when I heard that the crab production in Northern California has dropped so much because of weather and other variables, the yearning for this delicacy has increased.  I do not like hot or warm crab; I truly only like the cold meat that I get out of cracking my crab just as I am getting ready to eat it.  So … King Crab it was for dinner on Wednesday.

Seventeen luxury townhomes are for sale just outside OB in that transition zone between the beach and the Point – along that stretch of upper Voltaire.

The new Cabri at the corner with San Clemente Street has a website that now calls that stretch the “Voltaire Corridor” to find some descriptive term for the tunnel-like effect from all the construction of housing developments that have been built over the last few years along that stretch.

Firefighters were battling a two-alarm fire at a fitness center in the Midway District Thursday morning, and a hotel next door has been evacuated, officials said.

The fire was reported just before 6:20 a.m., and when crews arrived they saw heavy smoke coming from the second floor of the Victory MMA & Fitness gym in a shopping center on Midway Drive near Sports Arena Boulevard, officials said.

All occupants were out of the building when crews arrived, a spokesperson for the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department said in an online report. More than 80 fire personnel were sent to the fire.

Midway Drive between Kemper and Duke streets is closed in both directions because of the fire.

By Geoff Page

At the request of some long-time OB locals, The Rag took a look at the volleyball situation on OB’s beaches. After years of observing volleyball on the sand, it never occurred to this writer that it was all a business. And it actually is a money-making business.

VOLO

A company named VOLO has the current permit for use of the sand to play volleyball.

There was a question about VOLO having changed its name recently from VAVi to VOLO. It is possible more people are familiar with the VAVi name, which was the former company that had the volleyball contract with the city. There was no name change, VOLO simply acquired VAVi.

The Board of Directors of the OB Town Council is planning to hold a public meeting on Wednesday, February 28, but the location has still not been nailed down; it will either be in the auditorium of OB Elementary or at Waterfront Church.

In the meantime, the Board  has new leadership, new president, vice-president and secretaries — yet struggles to maintain itself. The new president has already resigned from the Board. The Board itself is now down to about half-strength with only 9 members. This comes on the heels of the revelation of the scandal that has rocked the OBTC since its January public meeting, and the ouster of its former president, Corey Bruins.

New leadership was determined and it was:

Should San Diegans have our own municipal utility that would replace SDG&E?

The Power San Diego Campaign believes so.  They’ve launched a signature drive to get the question on the November ballot. On their website, the group claims SDG&E has the highest rates in the nation (although just recently, this has changed), that SDG&E profits are $1 million dollars a day from San Diego City alone, and that 25% of SDGE’s customer are behind on their bills.

By Michael Smolens / San Diego Union-Tribune / Feb. 18, 2024

San Diego’s electorate is not happy with the way things are going in the city.

The recent devastating failure of the city’s flood protection infrastructure is only the latest example of the municipal government’s seeming inability to do its job.

Homelessness continues at crisis levels despite many actions and much talk about reducing it.

Audits conclude the quality of city roads has dropped sharply and there’s no comprehensive funding plan to fix them.

The legal quagmire surrounding the city-owned 101 Ash St. building is not only a reminder of that boondoggle, but other costly city real estate debacles stretching over two mayoral administrations.

County officials placed the Point Loma shoreline under a water contact closure after approximately 5,875 gallons of gallons of sewage spilled from the Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant on Tuesday, Feb. 20. The spill leaked into the ocean, according to the county’s Beach and Bay Water Quality Program.

The closure to the area surrounding the Point Loma plant was implemented on Tuesday after the spill.

Popular coastal areas like the Point Loma tide pools and the Point Loma Ecological Reserve are impacted by the closure.

No details about what caused the spill or how long the water contact closure may be in place were immediately available.

From San Diego Audobon Society

The 2024 San Diego Bird Festival will take place Feb 21-25, 2024. San Diego Bird Festival is a celebration of the wild birds, habitats and people of San Diego County.

For a listing of programs taking place at Marina Village Conference Center, please click here.

9 a.m. Tuesday morning, February 20 at Ocean Beach. Tide reaches OB seawall.

One of the most important candidate forums of 2024… Reserve your seat now!

The Mayoral Candidate Forum is this Thursday, February 22nd, at 6:30 PM at the Salvation Army Kroc Center Theater. It’s at 6753 University Avenue, San Diego 92115.

Why does this forum matter? San Diego has a Strong Mayor system of government, which makes it the most powerful office in San Diego.

San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board / Feb.16, 2024

As any student of politics can attest, governing bodies benefit from having at least one member who is skeptical of claims put forward by dominant political factions and realizes that many consultants and staff members tell the politicians who hired them what they want to hear.

This insight drives our view of the race for San Diego City Council District 3, which has Hillcrest at its center and ranges north to include part of Mission Valley, west to Mission Hills, south to Downtown and east to North Park. Incumbent Stephen Whitburn, a former nonprofit executive, is the strong favorite.