OB Rag

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

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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.

By Gustavo Solis / KPBS / April 21, 2023

Border Patrol agents are not supposed to destroy humanitarian aid left along the border. But that’s exactly what happened in the Otay Mountains east of San Diego last month.

After a routine water drop March 18, volunteers with the Borderlands Relief Collective found dozens of destroyed water bottles and cans of food dumped on the ground and accused Border Patrol agents.

By Maddy Tucker / LomaBeat.com  The Point / April 26, 2023

Die rolling on casino tables. Young adults dressed to the nines. Music blasting loud enough that dancers must yell in order to be heard by their friends and those around them. The Bling by Spring dance on April 1 was a party where Point Loma Nazarene University students danced and learned to gamble from dusk until dawn (or from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.).

It may have been an enjoyable night for everyone involved if it were not for numerous students within the PLNU student body (the majority of whom are not Black) being overheard using the n-word while singing

Join the OB Town Council tonight, Wed., April 26, at 7pm at Water’s Edge Church, or online, for the monthly public meeting.

In addition to hearing updates from elected officials, community leaders, public safety agencies, and OBTC Committees – there will also be a special presentation from Mike James of the Luminosity festival – OB’s epic drone and light show planned for July 4th this year.

By Frank Gormlie

Indeed, if La Jolla can secede from the City of San Diego, why can’t the Peninsula? The Peninsula — made up of the communities of Point Loma, Ocean Beach and the Midway District — could be its own city, its own municipality.

First, to answer my own question, La Jolla hasn’t seceded — yet — from San Diego, although there’s been countless efforts to do so since the 1950s.

Monday, May 1st is fast approaching. It’s the City of San Diego’s deadline for complying with the new short-term rental regulations. But there’s been a lot less licenses issued than the city anticipated.

Remember this whole plan? It was concocted by Councilmember Jen Campbell and her staff in the great “compromise” with a billion-dollar home-share corporation and a local union that represents hotel service workers. It was going to be the end-all arrangement and a final solution to the “wild west” atmosphere that permeated the STVR crisis at the coast for years.