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From San Diego Audubon Society
Every Thursday and Sunday our San Diego River Mouth Docents set up an informational booth and a spotting scope at the San Diego River Mouth, next to OB Dog Beach. The San Diego River Mouth is part of an Important Bird Area that features coastal wetland, sand dune, sage scrub, and mudflat habitats.
Our docents aim to educate the Ocean Beach community and enhance the appreciation of the habitat
By Jennifer Machian
On Tuesday, June 20, 2023, the San Diego City Council voted 5-3 to uphold the historic designation of the old Mission Hills Branch Library, ending a long-simmering debate over the fate of the building.
The Library’s historical designation originated from a 2019 nomination by Mission Hills Heritage (MHH), a preservation advocacy group that aims to retain the historic resources of Mission Hills.
On July 4, 2023:
The inaugural Ocean Beach Fourth of July Drone Light Show is just around the corner, and the LUMINOSITY Steering Committee is putting the final touches on the preparations.
Scheduled for Tuesday, July 4 at 9:00 pm, this pet-friendly event will feature a stunning display of 300 drones presented by Skyworx.
The show will take place directly over Ocean Beach Elementary School, with visibility expected throughout Ocean Beach and Point Loma. To make the most of the experience, spectators are advised to position themselves at a suitable distance from the school.
On Tuesday, June 27, the San Diego City Council approved the City’s controversial “Unsafe Camping Ordinance,” which bans tent encampments in certain public areas of the city in its second and final vote on the measure.
The exact same line-up of council members voted for and against it as they had back on June 13.
Reportedly, once the city launches a Safe Sleeping Program that would allow for more than 500 tents at two sites near Balboa Park –the first one is expected to open by July 1st on 20th and B St. — enforcement of the new rules would begin 30 days afterwards.
Declaration by Chairwoman Vargas, Vice Chair Lawson-Remer Also Requests Governor, Federal Government Declare Emergency
The County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously today to declare a County-wide state of emergency as pollution and sewage continue to flow across the U.S.-Mexico border, contaminating local ocean water and several beaches.
By Terrie Best
The US president does not like cannabis. In fact, I am told by DC lobbyists that he hates it. He does not want to be the president that reschedules the plant – which I’m sure but can’t prove – he once called the devil’s lettuce. Yet Biden will likely go down in history as the one who at least moved the ball.
The federal ball has been all but frozen since the Controlled Substance Act placed cannabis in Schedule I with no medicinal value. Getting it into one of the other four places in the CSA has proven to be impossible, with agencies such as the FDA and DEA wholeheartedly dug into the drug war.
By Jared Cross / San Diego Magazine / June 26, 2023
Cesarina is finally opening a second Italian restaurant, Elvira, in a beloved OB spot.
Their first spot, opened in 2020, has been a runaway hit. Their next idea will be called Elvira—named after Niccoló’s great-grandmother—opening later this summer in the 1930s building that previously housed BO-beau kitchen + bar and longtime local favorite Thee Bungalow.
by Ernie McCray
I was
listening to Supersax,
superbly relaxed,
scatting along with the brilliantly constructed tones
they blow through their saxophones,
like I was Lambert Hendricks and Ross
and the Manhattan Transfer
all wrapped up in one,
their songs
ferrying me
deep into a 1940’s
state-of-mind,
On Friday, June 23, the local state Court of Appeal upheld Superior Court Judge Katherine Bacal’s ruling that the city should have studied the environmental impacts of taller buildings more than 30 feet before putting Measure E in front of voters back in 2020.
However, the appeals court decision does not to apply Measure “C” — the so-called “do-over ballot measure” — which passed in November2022 with a bare margin of a 51 percent approval. It is also being contested in court.
By Colleen O’Connor
Often overlooked, under-appreciated and ignored, volunteers in political dustups are what make democracy “great again.”
The fight over implementation of the State Senate bill, SB10, is one such fight pitting long-time residents, neighborhood defenders, and most San Diegans against their Mayor and City Council probably depends on volunteer advocates.
Champion them. Saturday shopping at Jensen’s in Point Loma was a case in point.
From OB Mainstreet Association
Amateur Division Judge’s Choice
Our panel of judges awarded the following Amateur Chili Cookers
Here’s the Ocean Beach Street Fair & Chili Cook-Off 2023 – a suburb video of the event on Saturday, June 24 by Charles Landon. “It doesn’t get any better than this!”
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