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  • Artist Conway creates unique and interesting Tim Burton-esque seaweed sculptures.

    futureprimitive: Artist Conway creates unique and interesting Tim Burton-esque seaweed sculptures.

  • I spotted these two kids by Rocky's Surf Shop, they were racing each other down the street. The girl was mad that the little boy ...

    coopandromy: I spotted these two kids by Rocky's Surf Shop, they were racing each other down the street. The girl was mad that the little boy ...

  • Blue Moonset at Sunrise

    VictorAlan: Blue Moonset at Sunrise

  • Sunset Cliffs

    kimrescate: Sunset Cliffs

  • Sand volleyball practice session

    misshottie45: Sand volleyball practice session

  • The surf advisory of December 22nd, 2009

    JG_Photography: The surf advisory of December 22nd, 2009

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Big Brother will be watching

Big Brother will be watching

La Jolla | News Under the Radar | Ocean Beach
By Matt Potter, March 17, 2010

The City of San Diego has cooked up a plan to build an elaborate video spying operation around Mission Bay and Ocean Beach. According to a request for proposal issued March 5, the City wants to ... More Post a comment


Sea Rage

Sea Rage

Neighborhood News from Stringers | Ocean Beach
By Carolyn Grace Matteo, March 3, 2010

The closing of the Ocean Beach Pier was announced at the March 1 Sunset Cliffs Natural Park Council meeting. “We lost a good 200 yards of railing on the south side [of the pier],” said a ... More Post a comment


White Bronco Seen

White Bronco Seen

Neighborhood News from Stringers | Ocean Beach
By Gail Powell, Feb. 17, 2010

A car crash on West Point Loma Boulevard February 15 resulted in a car upside down but no one hurt. Joggers and dog-walkers stopped to gawk at about 9:00 a.m. Police blocked passage on the busy ... More Post a comment


Winter Swim and a Twist

Winter Swim and a Twist

Neighborhood News from Stringers | Ocean Beach
By Jim Grant, Feb. 10, 2010

On Saturday, January 30, as I walked to my worn-out Toyota pickup in the parking lot at the Ocean Beach Pier, I heard screaming, yelling, and swearing coming from the direction of the seawall. A man ... More Comments (2)


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 (4)


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

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