OB Rag

Apparently delayed at least a year from opening due to the pandemic, the latest coffee house to arrive in OB is still … uh, arriving — it’s still under construction.

Spill the Beans will be opening in the drive-thru kiosk of US Bank near the intersection of Newport Ave and Sunset Cliffs Blvd. Here’s what the Rag reported back

U-T reporter Jeff McDonald disclosed in a piece on Feb. 25 that there are at least three individuals with connections to Mayor Gloria who are “indirectly linked” to the lawsuit challenging Gloria opponent Larry Turner’s campaign for not meeting the residency requirements of running for mayor and which argues that any votes for him should not be counted.

Turner claims he lives in a cottage in Ocean Beach along with his spouse and small boy and has for months.

So who are these three guys?

ABC10News

20-year-old Angelo Montoya is a student at SDSU and works late night shifts delivering food for Door Dash. He was driving in Ocean Beach on Tuesday [Feb.20]  at around 2 a.m., when he says he saw a man and a woman fighting outside a parked Camry in the middle of the road.

“I see a lady coming out of the car, running, and the man has his hands on her,” Montoya said.

Passion fruit and cacao nibs give caramels a warm tropical note

By Carol Rizzoli / Provincetown Independent  / Feb 21, 2024

Our annual visits to San Diego always involve tacos of every description. With Mexico less than 20 miles away, our meals here also feature extraordinary fruits and full-flavored vegetables from the farmers market and fresh grilled fish and shrimp. But the standouts we love best can be found at a place in the seaside neighborhood where we go to put our feet up and where internet service is thankfully erratic. It’s an unlikely Cuban café called Azúcar, which means sugar.

New Yorker Magazine

On Sunday afternoon [Feb. 25] outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., 25-year-old Air Force service member Aaron Bushnell placed his phone on the ground to set up a livestream.

He then stood before the embassy gates and lit himself on fire while shouting “Free Palestine” in a horrific protest against the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

Below is everything we know about Bushnell, who died from his wounds on Sunday night.

From Times of San Diego – Reuters / Feb. 26, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission and eight states said on Monday, February 26, they are suing to block supermarket chain Kroger‘s $24.6 billion deal to buy smaller rival Albertsons, saying it would boost grocery prices for millions of Americans.

The deal, which would include Vons and Pavilions in Southern California and create a grocery empire with more than 4,000 stores, has drawn tough scrutiny from lawmakers and consumer groups worried about higher grocery prices, job losses, store closures and diminishing choice for consumers.

Eaze Drivers Act as Negotiations Stall: Petition Demands Fair Treatment

By Brent Beltran / UFCW San Diego / Feb . 22, 2024

The workers at Eaze, a leading state-wide cannabis delivery company, are taking a stand as negotiations with UFCW Locals 5, 135, 324, and 770 for a statewide master agreement slow down. When the agreement is ratified by the members, it is poised to be the largest Collective Bargaining Agreement covering cannabis delivery drivers and staff in the country.

Frustrated by the slow progress of negotiations, members of the Eaze bargaining committee have united to collect signatures on a petition. T

Here’s one of the latest under-reported San Diego scandals for you.

The very company that the Navy selected to redevelop the 70 plus acres at NAVWAR is right now being sued by the City of San Diego for allowing contaminated soil to being dumped at an inactive city landfill and denying it.

Earlier in 2024, the Navy chose Manchester Financial to replace the agency’s obsolete facilities and remake the rest of the 70.3-acre military campus with private development. Its partners on the endeavor are McLean, Virgina-based Edgemoor Infrastructure and Real Estate. You remember Manchester,

By Colleen O’Connor

A February 5th column discussed, “Cherchez La Femme,” the old French maxim: “Look for the woman, by God! Look for the woman.”

That original column predicted:

“Women will determine the outcome [of the coming election]. About that, there is little doubt.  A seismic shift has occurred since the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and remove a woman’s right to control her own body.”

That was then: February 5th. This is now: February 25th.  Less than three weeks after the column appeared, that Cherchez La Femme imperative has exploded, thanks to the recent Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling that in-vitro fertilization is illegal.

Shelly Parks, the vice president of the OB Town Council, has sent out a meeting announcement for their Wednesday, February 28th public meeting.

It will be held at 7pm and will be both in person and online. Unfortunately, as parking is severely limited, the in-person meeting will be a short walk from Famosa into the Park Point Loma community.

Info on In-Person Meeting

If you are joining the OBTC in person on 2/28 at 7:00 pm, it will be at Park Point Loma Clubhouse at — 2390 Caminito Agrado.

Shelly Parks warns that “parking is limited, consider carpooling.” She advises that “Attendees will need to park along the street (Famosa) and walk into the housing community’s clubhouse.”

By Paul Krueger

More than eight months after a group of Hells Angels allegedly attacked three Black victims in Ocean Beach, two of the defendants pleaded guilty to violent felonies this week.

Jacob Berghaus was sentenced to four years in custody after pleading to a felony count of “assault by means likely to cause great bodily injury.” But the judge suspended that prison sentence and ordered Berghaus to serve 365 days in custody, plus two years probation.