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By Caleb Lunetta / San Diego Union-Tribune / May 1, 2023

The city’s newly-established Privacy Advisory Board voted last week to create an ad hoc committee to gather more research and public comment on the San Diego Police Department’s proposal to install hundreds of smart street lights and automatic license plate readers across the city. The purpose of the committee will be to ensure the board has more community input before its members decide whether to recommend the proposal to the City Council.

At the March 2023 meeting of the City of San Diego Historical Resources Board, it designated three houses as historical resources, including one in Point Loma that was once lived in by Fred Rohr, founder of the Rohr Aircraft Company — a major San Diego employer during World War II.

Here is Save Our Heritage Organization‘s description of the site from its May/June newsletter:

555 San Fernando Street in the Peninsula Community is the Fred Rohr/Ralph L. Frank House, a two-story home with a basement built in 1940 in the Colonial Revival style.

Groups from across San Diego are uniting in opposition to San Diego’s reckless high-density housing initiatives and are planning 6 neighborhood rallies this Saturday, May 6.

Residents throughout San Diego are uniting in solidarity on Saturday to peacefully protest San Diego’s irresponsible overdevelopment policies. Neither the Mayor nor the City Council are respecting the development policy concerns of their constituents, so residents are taking to the streets to make their voices heard.

What these groups oppose:

• Mayor Gloria’s intention to implement SB 10

by Ernie McCray

On the subject of racism and guns
in our nation
I can’t get Ralph Yarl
out of my mind,
how he,
a Black teen,
got lost one day
and, as people in such a situation do,
he knocks on a door

By Anonymous OB Rag Reader

Recently, I read in the SD Union-Tribune about Robb Field’s maintenance and field problems.

Within those problems there may exist a fairly common sense solution to control the troublesome gophers and other rodents now creating unpredictable footing in the fields.

By Michael Chen / KGTV / May 01, 2023

A former San Diego Police officer and helicopter pilot of out of the hospital, and asking for help finding the hit-and-run driver who seriously injured him during a bike ride. A Ring camera captured the moment a white pickup struck cyclist Tristan Gonzalez, 51, along Catalina Blvd, leaving him yelling in pain. It happened two Thursdays ago, during rush hour. Gonzalez was an hour and a half into a bike ride, and not far from home. Gonzalez says near Narrangansett Ave., he suddenly saw a truck driving very close to him, so close it tapped his handlebars.

The Legendary Javier Bátiz to Take the Stage

By Mike James and ChatGPT

Ocean Beach is about to be electrified on Cinco de Mayo as the iconic guitarist Javier Bátiz from Tijuana headlines a benefit concert at Winstons. The show promises to be a high-energy event with Bátiz, a legend in the world of Mexican rock and blues, taking the stage with his signature style of guitar playing that inspired a nation.

The concert, which starts at 7:00 pm, is not just a night of music and fun but also an opportunity to support a worthy cause. Proceeds from the show will go to LUMINOSITY, an brand new event in Ocean Beach that re-imagines the Fourth of July fireworks with a vet and pet friendly drone light show and Light Festival. The event celebrates the creative spirit of the community.

A major item on the agenda for the Ocean Beach Planning Board Wednesday night is the city’s proposal to install 2 roundabouts on Bacon Street, one at Voltaire and the other at Brighton. The board will review the proposal and make recommendations.

Another item is a review of the “Housing Action Packages Proposals” and recommendations from the Community Planners Committee (CPC) — the city-recognized body of community planning chairs.

By Kathy Blavatt

Ocean Beach loves to party. What better way to party than celebrate flowers?

Two floral parties that have become longtime O.B. traditions are the Ocean Beach Historical Society’s Wisteria Garden Party and the Ocean Beach Woman’s Club Hat Party.

Happily, the year before Covid, the Ocean Beach Woman’s Club (OBWC) resurrected its ‘Hat Party.’

All events are free unless otherwise noted.

Every Saturday 10:30 am. Climate Mobilization Coalition Meetings  May 13th, 20th and 27th

May 5th Friday – Benefit for LUMINOSITY. Winstons 7pm. Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with LUMINOSITY

May 5th Friday 5 pm – 9 pm First Friday Night Market

May 6th Saturday – Neighborhood Groups Unite to Oppose San Diego’s Over-development Policies – 6 Rallies Planned –

Winners of OB Woman’s Club Hat Contest

2-Sided Mural at United Portuguese Painted by 2 Who Grew Up in Ocean Beach

Man Rescued After Sliding Down Sunset Cliffs

OB Brew News ###########

Despite the Sound, All is Punk Bliss at The Holding Company

Chef Phillip Esteban Is Bringing a Seafood to Liberty Station

Neighbors for a Better San Diego / April 26th, 2023

The Senate Bill 10 Opt-In is bundled into San Diego’s Housing Action Package 2.0 and currently making its way through the system. Mayor Gloria and his backers in Sacramento hope that San Diego will be the first city in the state — and probably the only city foolish enough — to “opt-in” to SB 10.