OB Rag

The Peninsula News appears to have broken the news that the condemned barracks on Harbor Drive near the airport will be demolished and replaced by “some sort of homelessness shelter or lot.” This what they were told by Jen Campbell’s office. (Peninsula News is posted online by the Point Loma Association.)

Here’s their report:

The City of San Diego’s Development Services Depardment has just announced that an application has been filed for a permit to build a 3-story, 39 unit apartment complex at the corner of Voltaire and Wabaska Drive, at 4051 Voltaire Street. The plan also calls for 2 retail spaces in the mixed-used building, which sits on .7 acres.

The applicant is Morengo Morton Architects, Inc. The proposed site for the apartment complex is at a very prominent corner and currently holds the well-known high-end used furniture store, Karen’s Consignment Gallery.

By Lyndsay Winkley / San Diego Union-Tribune / July 18, 2023

San Diego on Tuesday gave itself another three years to review its many surveillance technologies, an extension that should prevent the city’s tools — some of which serve vital, day-to-day functions, city officials say — from being put on pause.

At least for now.

By Geoff Page

In The Rag’s June 12 story about the OB Planning Board’s June meeting was an account of a presentation by the city explaining the Bacon Street roundabout.

There were two outstanding questions. One was about where one of the city’s slides came from. The other question was about what delayed the Bacon St. paving project.

Here is what happens when answers are sought.

Everybody in the Water: It’s Hot. Stay Cool. Stay Safe.

By Colleen O’Connor

The heat wave is here to stay. Some suggestions. Find some shade. Some trees. Some fountains. Pool. Ocean or Bay. Some Water.

Get in it. By it. Under it. On it. Drink it. Lots of it. One of the great gifts of San Diego’s geography is the water that surrounds us. Find a municipal pool near you.

by Ernie McCray

I had the honor of hanging out with some kids
at the Youth Peace Camp
at the
San Diego First Church of The Brethren,
and I enjoyed every single second I spent
with those beautiful people,
leaving them at the end of the evening,
with a glowing smile on my face
which I maintained
listening to some soulful
old school rhythm and blues
as I kick-backed

Planners, applicants, and interested members of the public are invited to the Wednesday, July 19, meeting of the Project Review Committee, a sub-committee of the OB Planning Board. The review committee usually makes recommendations on projects to the full board. The PRC meets at the OB Rec Center, 4726 Santa Monica Ave.

Check out these Pride Parade Photos from Saturday, July 15, by Bryon Morton.

This pocket park — once called  Canon Park – has a bit of history and controversy. Here is some background:

Here is a October 2021 article from Atlantic magazine about Alden Global Capital, the hedge fund that just bought the SD Union-Tribune (and the LA Times).

A Secretive Hedge Fund Is Gutting Newsrooms — Inside Alden Global Capital By McKay Coppins / The Atlantic / Oct. 14, 2021

THE TRIBUNE TOWER rises above the streets of downtown Chicago in a majestic snarl of Gothic spires and flying buttresses that were designed to exude power and prestige. When plans for the building were announced in 1922, Colonel Robert R. McCormick, the longtime owner of the Chicago Tribune, said he wanted to erect “the world’s most beautiful office building” for his beloved newspaper.

La Playa Books’ new Young Adult Book Club begins this Wednesday, July 19, at 4pm at the bookstore to discuss ‘A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder‘ by Holly Jackson.

Teens are invited to the first meeting where a free book will be given to participants and snacks will be provided.

Join the Ocean Beach Historical Society, Thurs. July 20, 2023, 7 pm for the San Diego Women in World War II program, presenter Linda Canada, at Water’s Edge Faith Community, 1984 Sunset Cliffs Blvd, O.B.