OB Rag

By Colleen O’Connor

Did you feel the jolts? Hear the rumblings? And rush to grab your get-away bag?

If not, you must have slept through the last 24-hours.

This afternoon’s scheduled final vote confirming Ketanji Brown Jackson, as the first black woman and public defender ever to be a U.S. Supreme Court Justice, is its own earthquake.

Deeply felt in California and the rest of the county, the aftershocks will reverberate for eons. The “strike-dip” fault lines cleaving both the Republican and the Democratic parties are already apparent. Just watch the rumblings of the 2022 and 2024 election cycles.

But, California is experiencing yet another earthquake; oddities in any April, in any year.

Sunset Cliffs meet and greet for Lori Saldaña for City Council 2022

Join Angela Hawkins and John Conway in supporting Lori Saldaña’s run for City Council on April 9th from 2-4 PM.

The pickleball vs. tennis issue at Robb Field made its way to the Mission Bay Park Committee Tuesday night, April 5. Both sides presented their views to the often overlooked but powerful committee. Reportedly, dozens on each side were in attendance.

Years ago, Robb Field — a regional park — was removed from Ocean Beach and handed to Mission Bay, and is under the “governance” of the MBPC.

The pickleball community is trying to get dedicated pickleball courts at Robb Field and wants the 12 tennis courts to be converted. “We have no dedicated pickleball courts in the parks in San Diego proper,” Stephan Boyland told Fox5.

OB Rag reporter Geoff Page has confirmed that Evergreen Street in the neighborhood of Roseville in Point Loma has been marked up for what appears to be single-lane striping.

Page described what he saw (see diagram):

From Patch San Diego

The special election to fill the remaining months of former Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez’s term will be decided in a runoff June 7.

David Alvarez led the field of three candidates with 38.42% of the vote, according to unofficial results released by the San Diego County Registrar of Voters Tuesday night which include all ballots cast at vote centers on Election Day. Georgette Gomez, a second Democrat who was also a San Diego City Council member, was second with 36.98% of the vote.

The City of San Diego is preparing to repair a large void under a pedestrian walkway at the end of the 5100 Block of Narragansett Avenue.

The project is west of the Silver Spray Apartments. The city plans to fill the void with concrete slurry and the placement of a 1’ x 3.5′ x 10′ terraced wall at void entrance where the steps washed away.

Technically, the city is going “for an After-the-Fact Site Development Permit and Coastal Development Permit” for the repairs. The large void is approximately 360 feet.

Members of the Point Loma community of Roseville have a new concern.

New strips have just appeared on Evergreen Street between Canon Street and Nimitz Boulevard and locals fear that a similar street lane debacle caused in Mira Mesa is coming to their neighborhood.

No one in the community has been informed, notified or educated on this new type of street striping.

And neither has the Peninsula Community Planning Board been notified. Board member Korla Eaquinta is requesting that a presentation by the city on the striping be made at the Board before any permanent painting of strips is made.

In Mira Mesa, the city had to apologize for its actions. At a community meeting hosted by the local town council, representatives from the San Diego Department of Transportation offered an apology.

From the United Food and Commercial Workers Union:

Tentative Agreement Reached between UFCW and Albertsons/Vons/Pavilions and Ralphs

A tentative agreement was reached by the bargaining committee representing seven UFCW Locals across southern California and Albertsons, Vons, Pavilions, and Ralphs.

Once our members have had an opportunity to review and vote, we will release more information on this historic and transformational deal. Nothing is final until our members decide.

Restaurant Review

Cesarina’s
4161 Voltaire St.
Point Loma, CA 92107
619-226-6222

By Judi Curry

It has been some time since I ate at Cesarina’s. The pandemic, new restaurants opening, etc., but Steve and I had something to celebrate and I wanted to go to Cesarina’s for their octopus and other authentic Italian meals.

A great many of the their recipes come from Napoli, and each of my three daughters spent a year in that city and raved about the food so I wanted to try it out again and see if it was as good as it was three years ago. In case you don’t want to read any more of this review I can honestly say, “It is!”

By Kathy Blavatt

All photos by Kathy

On March 20, 2022, the joy of welcoming Spring with the scent of Wisteria was intoxicating.

After years of isolation, the long-awaited O.B. tradition of the Ocean Beach Historical Society (OBHS) Wisteria Garden Party was revived and turned into a blooming good time!

While setting up for the party, the forecast of rain put a damper on the Ocean Beach Historical Society event. Like previous parties, much luck, or wishes coming true, the clouds parted and ushered in a perfect day for the Wisteria Party. Luckily, years of rain dissipating before the party began prevailed yet another year.