OB Rag

Today’s San Diego Union-Tribune reports that there is a “troubling spike in coronavirus-positive hospital admissions among seniors in California, rising to levels not seen since the summer Omicron surge.

Hospitalizations have roughly tripled for Californians of most age groups since the autumn low. But the jump in seniors in need of hospital care has been particularly dramatic. Still, there is optimism that any winter surge will not be as bad as those of the last two years.

Rising hospitalization rates are a reason health officials are urging people, especially seniors, to get the updated COVID-19 booster shot and, if they test positive and are eligible, to access therapeutic drugs that probably will reduce the severity of any illness.

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From Peninsula News of Point Loma Association

Lights! Camera! More Lights! Action!

EXPLANATION — PLA Member, and faithful newsletter reader Ted, recently posed a question that might be on your mind, too.

“Why are there so many street lights on the new W. Mission Bay Bridge?”

Ted illustrates (with lead photo above).

We are pleased to announce that, we asked the question of the City…and we got a rapid response!

From the Ocean Beach Town Council:

Catch the entire 2022 OB Holiday Parade livestream produced by aLive studio!

By Ken Stone / Times of San Diego / Dec. 4, 2022

Portlandia, eat your heart out.

When it comes to the wacky and wonderful, nothing beats the Ocean Beach Holiday Parade with its VW hippie van convoy, young skateboarders gliding down a blue tarp “wave” and thousands of Obecians (and their dogs) lit up like Christmas trees.

Credit the Kazoos. Emcee Mike James, 66, retold the event’s origin story — how his late brother Rich in 1980 was looking for a way to bring the community together for the holidays.

OB Food & Toy Drive

During the week of December 12 — 17, volunteers from OB will conduct the annual OB Food & Toy Drive benefiting needy families and seniors throughout the Peninsula.

Did Police Move Homeless Away From Foot of Newport for the Holiday Parade?

City Received Less than Half of Allowed Applications for Short-Term Rental Licenses — Lottery for Mission Beach Still On

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By Geoff Page

The main items of interest at the Peninsula Community Planning Board’s regular monthly meeting, Thursday, November 17, were traffic recommendations the PCPB is making to the city. These kinds of things usually prompt community interest because they affect driving on the peninsula. Of these, items 2, 3, and 5 involved the traffic recommendations.

Item #2 – Review request by neighbors to install a stop sign along Voltaire at Bolinas or Soto.

Public Service Announcement

Green waste bins are being prepared to be rolled out to homes across the city of San Diego as the Department of Environmental services starts up their green waste program. All organic and food waste products will no longer be slated for the grey trash bins, but they now will be placed in the green bins with yard clippings.

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By John Rippo

SOMETIMES PEOPLE ASK what I would propose as a fine coffeehouse. In case you don’t know, I’ve been in a few and have some preferences. One of them is to never under any circumstance have anything to do with running a coffeehouse; this is because I was imprisoned in a retail operation by family as a mere child and had enough of “serving the public” to last a lifetime. But I do have a few fond concepts and list them below. Add your own if you’re so inclined.

1. A coffeehouse should be big, with high ceilings, lots of windows that open, and preferred to sit on a corner. It should have decent parking and bike racks.

“Operation Higher Court” sent lobbyists to wine and dine Alito, Thomas and Scalia, while pushing right-wing positions.

By Marjorie Cohn / Truthout / November 29, 2022

Recent exposés have uncovered an emerging pattern of improper lobbying of right-wing Supreme Court justices by wealthy evangelicals.

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*** Every Saturday at 10:30 am. Climate Mobilization Coalition Zoom Meeting — December 24th and 31st. 

December 30th Friday to Jan 2nd Monday San Diego Auto Show and The Electric Vehicle Association of San Diego  San Diego Convention Center 111 W Harbor Dr. San Diego 92101.  We will be teaming up with the San Diego Auto Show to advocate for and educate about the latest electric vehicle offerings. It is a great way to see most electric vehicle offerings in one location.

The city of San Diego is trying to hide its embarrassment as applications for short-term rental licenses have fallen way short of its expectations. The city was going to conduct a “lottery” on December 16 to see which STVR hosts get licenses, thinking the city would be swamped with applications from the estimated 16,000 whole homes that were being used as short-term rentals for more than 20 days per year.

But, as of the day before today’s deadline to apply, there were “less than 5,400 applications,”