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Big Jetty O.K.

Big Jetty O.K.

Neighborhood News from Stringers | Ocean Beach
By Jimi Olsen, Jan. 9, 2010

Since repairs to the Mission Bay Channel jetties began (a 350-ton crane capacity derrick barge and at least one support vessel have been at work there off and on since October), the enormous mound of boulders ... More Comment (1)


OB to Fight for Fire Pits

OB to Fight for Fire Pits

Neighborhood News from Stringers | Ocean Beach
By Shane Finneran, Jan. 9, 2010

If the city can't afford to maintain the fire pits on its beaches, can community members step in? Members of Ocean Beach's planning board pondered that question at its January 6 meeting, discussing City of San ... More Comments (3)


Sandstony Cliffs of Sunset

Sandstony Cliffs of Sunset

Neighborhood News from Stringers
By Stephen Scatolini, Dec. 8, 2009

The December 7 meeting of the Sunset Cliffs Natural Park Council was canceled due to storm-related power outages in the Point Loma area. On the agenda was a presentation by City Associate Engineer Paul Jacobs. Jacobs ... More Post a comment


Bongtroversial

Bongtroversial

Neighborhood News from Stringers | Ocean Beach
By Carolyn Grace Matteo, Dec. 3, 2009

The most heated topic at the December 2 Ocean Beach Planning Board meeting was presented by Dave Martin, member of the Medical Marijuana Task Force, an 11-member organization established by the San Diego City Council this ... More Comment (1)


Coastal Commission Omission

Coastal Commission Omission

Neighborhood News from Stringers | Ocean Beach
By Stephen Scatolini, Nov. 16, 2009

City plans for the development of the parcel of land at Abbott Street and Saratoga Avenue have been approved by the California Coastal Commission, but one important consideration seems to have been given short shrift. Currently ... More Post a comment


Fair Warning

Fair Warning

Neighborhood News from Stringers | Ocean Beach
By Casey Bollier, Nov. 11, 2009

Demolition of the buildings at 4868 Santa Cruz Avenue began November 1. Residents who had lived there for years were given notice at the end of June that work would begin the day after Halloween. They ... More Post a comment


Canners' Crisis

Canners' Crisis

Neighborhood News from Stringers | Ocean Beach
By Robert Terra, Nov. 10, 2009

Last Tuesday morning, November 3, 11 people were in line at the RB Recycling center behind the Rite Aid off Sunset Cliffs Boulevard. Seven of the people were either homeless or didn't have any transportation. In ... More Comments (4)


For Cliff Sitters

For Cliff Sitters

Neighborhood News from Stringers
By Stephen Scatolini, Nov. 5, 2009

At the November 2 meeting of the Sunset Cliffs Natural Park Council, members approved the placement of 15 benches along Sunset Cliffs Boulevard. The council’s bench committee, chaired by Camilla Ingram, worked for two months on ... More Comments (9)


Poor Pauly

Poor Pauly

Neighborhood News from Stringers | Ocean Beach
By Robert Terra, Oct. 30, 2009

On Friday, October 23, Pauly Johnston came back to his campsite to find all his possessions gone. According to an area resident who lives in the apartments overlooking the area where Pauly sleeps, SDG&E hired a ... More Comments (4)


Jetty Fix or Foul-Up?

Jetty Fix or Foul-Up?

Neighborhood News from Stringers | Ocean Beach
By Stephen Scatolini, Oct. 29, 2009

For the past week and a half, work on the Mission Bay channel entrance has been under way. Visitors and locals have watched a 350-ton crane capacity derrick barge with two support tugs labor at placing ... More Comments (3)


Cove Cleanup

Cove Cleanup

Neighborhood News from Stringers | Ocean Beach
By Gail Powell, Oct. 28, 2009

The Mariner's Cove Apartments, a complex located on West Point Loma Boulevard in the Point Loma/Ocean Beach area, lost its newest onsite property manager recently. A new management company took over and has done some serious ... More Post a comment


Gypsies, Snacks, and “Steve”

Gypsies, Snacks, and “Steve”

Crasher | Ocean Beach | Solana Beach
By Josh Board, Oct. 28, 2009

I collect vintage radios, phonographs, and jukeboxes, so I go to O.B.’s antique stores a few times a year. A few weeks ago, in the early afternoon, I went down to Newport Avenue for an anniversary ... More Comments (8)


Car Clipper

Car Clipper

Neighborhood News from Stringers | Ocean Beach
By Gail Powell, Oct. 11, 2009

On Saturday, October 10, a motorcycle going east on West Point Loma Boulevard clipped a car that had pulled out of the underground parking lot of a condo complex on the north side of the street. ... More Comment (1)


What Sewage Spill?

What Sewage Spill?

Mission Valley | Neighborhood News from Stringers | Ocean Beach
By Cindy Winslow, Sept. 28, 2009

Dog Beach was crowded with beachgoers and their dogs playing in the hazy afternoon sun on Saturday, September 26. Just a couple days earlier, signs warning of sewage contamination in the water flanked the popular canine ... More Post a comment


Mega Romantic

Mega Romantic

Neighborhood News from Stringers | Ocean Beach
By Steve Terry, July 16, 2009

For such a hot day, there were a disproportionate number of people dressed in black at the end of the Ocean Beach Pier on Saturday afternoon, July 11. The estimated 70 people who gathered on the ... More Comments (2)

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