OB Rag

From East County News Service

Friends and relatives of Steven Krueger will host a memorial Sand Sculpture Build on Sunday, October 9, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in his home community of Ocean Beach near the main lifeguard tower. Almost a year ago, on October 11, 2021, Krueger tragically lost his life when a plane crashed into his UPS truck in Santee. After a 30-year career, Krueger, was less than a year away from his planned retirement.

Join neighbors and other residents Thursday, October 6 at the OB Pier to both celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 30-foot height limit and to say “No” to Measure C. At 11 am, there will be a rally and press conference by the new group Keep the Coast 30.

Keep the Coast 30 plans on a series of celebrations and press conferences throughout October to remind San Diegans about the historic vote taken a half century ago that established the 30-foot height limit west of I-5.

Join the Ocean Beach MainStreet Association and celebrate the OB Oktoberfest while enjoying a bier with a view of the Pacific Ocean in the beer garden, artisan and food vendors on Veterans Plaza.

From OB Oktoberfest Event Website:

The WILDEST Oktoberfest in San Diego is celebrating its 20th year on Fri, Oct 7th & Sat, Oct 8th, 2022 in Ocean Beach.

About this event

By Geoff Page

The Midway-Pacific Highway Community Planning Group’s regular monthly meeting Wednesday, September 21, once again called into question why this group exists. The agenda was filled with only informational items and no action items at all. Action items for this group are very rare. Public information about the group is almost impossible to find.

Vacancies on the group are chronic. There are three right now. They petitioned the city to allow them to have fewer members because it has been so hard to fill the seats. There is no listing of current members anywhere. Most of the members are either property owners or business owners in the area along with a couple of residents who rent.

From GoFundMe Keep the Coast 30

Join other San Diegans in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 30-foot coastal height limit.

In November of 1972, 63% of voters throughout San Diego voted to pass the citizen initiative, Proposition D, designed to protect the coast from rampant high-rise development like what you see in the attached photo of Miami Beach.

Prop D has protected our precious coastline admirably for 50 years despite continued assaults by the development industry. But, today, this hard-won protection is facing perhaps the most serious assault by the city and the development industry using the red herring of affordable housing.

By Fran Zimmerman

Greenlighting Prop C in November will blow open hyper-development and densification of the Sports Arena/ Midway/ Pacific Highway areas to unimaginably negative consequences.

Prop C promoters also count on voter shortsightedness and impatience: people dislike the area’s seedy status and will settle for anything bright and shiny.

By Brenda McFarlane

(Here’s Part 1)

Taking Ownership of our own Burning Man Experience

My husband and I quickly learned that you don’t just visit this place called Burning Man, you take ownership. For our first two years, we camped at Anonymous Village, a large group of more than 200 people that provides a place to support a sober burn. We felt comfortable joining them as my husband stopped drinking within the AA support system and I had been the secretary for my Nicotine Anonymous meeting for several years.
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Streets Designed for Flooding; Houses Built for Storms

By Rachel Ramirez/ CNN/ Oct. 2, 2022

Only 12 miles northeast of Fort Myers, yet seemingly light years away, Babcock Ranch calls itself “America’s first solar-powered town.” Its nearby solar array — made up of 700,000 individual panels — generates more electricity than the 2,000-home neighborhood uses, in a state where most electricity is generated by burning natural gas, a planet-warming fossil fuel.

The streets in this meticulously planned neighborhood were designed to flood so houses don’t.

By Mike Shinzaki

I got into pickleball seven years ago at the suggestion of some close pals. To be honest I didn’t take to it much at first, it seemed like a silly pastime. A month later I realized I was playing everyday. As time went on I started competing, instructing, and advocating for pickleball’s growth here in town. Pickleball quietly became the fulcrum of my entire life. It has been a beautiful surprise. I’ve gotten to know great people along the way, many of you included. Stefan Boyland as well.

In 2020, Stefan and I embarked on a coordinated, full-time undertaking to help pickleball secure its rightful place in the City of San Diego

The following is a letter to the editor at the Beacon — and proves that there are indeed good people in OB, contrary to some who muse they’re only in other places.

Editor:

My son, his wife, and my new granddaughter live in Ocean Beach. I’ve been flying down to Ocean Beach from Sacramento once a month since the first of the year.

On Aug. 27, my friend and I went to OB Surf Lodge for brunch. After eating, we walked across the street to take a stroll on the beach…