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Ocean Beach News & Stories

Ocean Beach News & Stories

San Diego pickleball fans growing, but who pays for their courts?

Some San Diegans are taking their pickleball game to the next level. This October, local pickleball enthusiasts are booking trips on the Royal Caribbean Cruise ship to play, while others are enjoying Dinks and Drinks …

Ocean Beach historic cottage district thwarts apartment project

Ocean Beach hasn't built much multifamily housing in recent years, and now an apartment planned at the southwest corner of Point Loma Ave. and Ebers Street is on hold.The San Diego Planning Commission last week …

September 3, 2024
Front-yard chalkboard charms OB passersby

There’s a house on my block with the most delightfully weird front yard. The house itself is a nondescript gray box of a place, but the small space between it and the sidewalk is almost …

July 10, 2024
The vulnerability of San Diego's fire hydrants

San Diego fire hydrants have been reportedly getting hit or stolen in the last few weeks.On June 18, a semi-truck driver hit a fire hydrant just east of the UTC Mall, and more than a …

Gonzo Report: Half Hour Late lives up to their name at the Template

A text message buzzed my pocket as I stood outside of the Template, waiting to see Half Hour Late in Ocean Beach. “You’re in OB,” read the text from my colleague, “and the heart and …

Gonzo Report: Stinkfoot Orchestra conjures Zappa at Winstons

Video:GONZO REPORT: Stinkfoot Orchestra conjures Zappa at Winstons“Don’t ever fucking do that again!” yells the security guard at Winstons Beach Club in Ocean Beach. The recipient of his instruction is a guy named Steve, who …

After San Diego floods come the worst

The aftermath of the recent storms and floods is still festering within our countywide ecosystem; it will be part of the county's estimated $14 million mitigation of risks related to invasive agricultural pests and diseases."We …

Gonzo Report: King Yellowman brings reggae to Winstons

December 16, 2001, was my thirtieth birthday. That night saw my first attempt to visit Winstons in Ocean Beach. The bouncer didn’t let me in, possibly because I may have already been drunk due to …

February 22, 2024
Jim MacDonald’s cellphone captures over 2,000 local performances

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/@jimmacd3rd/">Just a Fan Recording Local Music</a> is the name of Jim MacDonald’s YouTube channel; it boasts over 2000 cell phone videos of live performances by local artists, 586 subscribers, and around 191,000 views. MacDonald …

November 30, 2023
Fear and Self-Loathing in La Jolla

Frank. Frank the Tank. Frank. The. Tank.Frank is the Tank — well, sometimes… Let me explain.Frank — and we’re not going to use his last name here, in order to, as they say, “protect the …

Antique collectives gone in Solana Beach, Ocean Beach, Carlsbad, Ramona, almost gone in Normal Heights

Antique stores and malls are fast becoming antiques themselves. The famed “Antique Row” along Adams Avenue in Normal Heights, which at its peak numbered 25 stores — and gave the stalwart Antique Row Cafe its …

The beautiful game gets a bold brew

San Diego has no shortage of sports-related beers. Padres fans have Ballast Point’s Swingin’ Friar Ale and AleSmith’s .394 Pale Ale, while Aztecs fans can sip on AleSmith’s San Diego State Ale, and even Gulls …

Why La Jolla and Pt. Loma areas lack sidewalks and Burlingame exults in them

This lowly but common part of every city’s infrastructure, as the National Association of City Transportation Officials so eloquently states on its website, plays “a vital role in city life. As conduits for pedestrian movement …

San Diego City Council moves toward sweep of homeless off all public property

In January, floodwaters swept away the tents, blankets and clothing of the homeless living along the San Diego River bed from Ocean Beach to Lakeside. Now some say the city is trying to sweep the …

Gonzo Report: Bruising show at Ocean Beach’s Holding Company yields pure punk bliss

“Suicidal Tendencies and The Last Gang shirts, I knew you would be exceptional people,” exclaims Agusto from South America, who is complimenting my wife and me on our T-shirt choices. The man himself is wearing …

Is a closed O.B. Pier such a bad thing?

San Diego lifeguards locked up the partly damaged Ocean Beach Pier due to safety concerns when the January waves destroyed its railing. Now, locals say, people keep cutting the locks and opening the gates leading …

Gonzo Report: Finding the spirituality of the setting - HR (Bad Brains) plays The Holding Company

January 15, a rainy Sunday. It’s 1 pm; my friends Ted Winter, Sandra McBride and I are pregaming by drinking Heinekens and doing White Runtz bong hits. At 1:45, I get a text from my …

January 25, 2023
Hob Nob Hill happy hour: Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey with a Mother Earth Nitro Vanilla Cream beer chaser

“Let me get this right,” I say to this fellow Jeff. “You’re offering me a shot of whiskey and a can of beer for $6. Six bucks?” “Yes, sir, that’s it,” says Jeff. He’s the …

December 29, 2022
How Covid tore San Diego friends and neighbors apart

When the shutdown started, I was working at a preschool in Hillcrest. I can still picture my director walking down the stairs from her office above my classroom to tell us it was time to …

Homeless bootcamp at Ocean Beach.

Everything costs in Ocean Beach. If you want a cup of coffee you can buy a cup for $3 at OB Beans Coffee Roasters where they don’t usually play music too loud unless the drug …

October 26, 2022

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