Volunteers showed up to a table set up near the seawall at the foot of Newport Avenue in O.B. on June 12 to sign up and help out a new group trying to make a …
June 13, 2013
Ocean Beach News & Stories
CSI Ocean Beach slaps on the paint, covers graffiti
Former Apple Tree parking lot opens for business
It took complaints from many different people and organizations in Ocean Beach, but the parking lot and shrubbery surrounding the now-shuttered Apple Tree market was trimmed and weeded so it could open today, June 1. …
June 1, 2013
New lifeguard statue vandalized in Ocean Beach
The San Diego lifeguard statue in Ocean Beach, dedicated in a ceremony last week (May 23), has been vandalized. Last night, May 30, someone painted portions of the statue in three different colors. In a …
May 31, 2013
Drug-related arrest outside Brighton Ave. bathroom in Ocean Beach
I had just arrived at the beach at 11:30 a.m. on Memorial Day, May 27, when I saw a police van, a patrol car, and two officers handcuffing a woman outside the Brighton Avenue bathrooms. …
May 28, 2013
New Ocean Beach restroom to close at night?
Should the restrooms at the foot of Brighton Avenue in Ocean Beach be locked up at night? The city has given itself a time extension to decide, and some members of the public are none …
May 27, 2013
Lifeguard statue dedication in Ocean Beach
The new bronze lifeguard statue next to the main lifeguard station at 1950 Abbott Street in O.B. was unveiled on May 23. About 200 people, an ROTC color guard from Point Loma High School, a …
May 24, 2013
Ocean Beach ashcans cut down on cigarette litter
If you're still addicted to cigarettes but you're within easy reach of a place to dispose of that nasty stub, there's a good chance you're in Ocean Beach. Since launching the “Hold On To Your …
May 3, 2013
Ocean Beach residents decide on new sign design
There must be something special about that soaring seagull and that great big red letter O, which, like much of the community of Ocean Beach, leans to the left. The results of a long-awaited vote …
April 30, 2013
Homeless people drawn to former Apple Tree store in Ocean Beach
Police and members of the Ocean Beach Town Council say they're going to turn up the heat on the property owner who once leased to the former Apple Tree market: they say little is being …
April 29, 2013
Food Network shoots show at OB Noodle House
The Food Network recently brought the popular show Diners, Drive-ins and Dives back into Ocean Beach to shoot segments at Hodad’s (again) and the OB Noodle House for the first time. The program segment done …
April 22, 2013
Deadly car crash in Ocean Beach
A head-on crash in Ocean Beach caused the death of a woman and sent another woman who is nine months’ pregnant to the hospital on the evening of April 21. The deceased had been traveling …
April 22, 2013
Opposing traffic’s differing speed limit
Heymatt: Why do some local roadways have different speed limits depending on which way you’re going? Seaworld Drive between Friars and Ingraham is 55 in one direction and 50 in the other. West Point Loma …
April 17, 2013
Dangerous: West Point Loma Blvd. and Ebers St. intersection
Following an accident at the intersection of West Point Loma Boulevard and Ebers Street on April 15 (in which there were no injuries), I talked to nearby residents Chris and Susie. We were out watching …
April 16, 2013
Ocean Beach gets $20,000 more for lifeguard memorial
The San Diego City Council on April 16 unanimously approved funding “not to exceed $20,000” to help pay for a bronze lifeguard statue with a concrete foundation and an adjacent three-foot-square bronze plaque. The two …
April 16, 2013
Beach Style: Artists and Greenpeace Canvassers
Tyrone Crawford spends most days with a clipboard attempting to educate people about the environment as a Greenpeace canvasser. I found him on the PB Boardwalk enjoying his day off. Crawford is a thrift shop …
April 4, 2013
Community garden at Robb Field?
An unremarkable dirt lot at the extreme northwest edge of Robb Field could make a dandy place for people who want to grow their own vegetables if an Ocean Beach man has his way. Just …
April 1, 2013
Neighbors on Long Branch save rape victim
There is a lot to be said for the exemplary response that several citizens of Ocean Beach exhibited last Sunday night, March 24, when a woman being sexually assaulted on Long Branch Avenue cried out …
March 29, 2013
Car hits motorcyclist on Sunset Cliffs Boulevard
Driving back from my friend's house on the south side of Ocean Beach on Saturday night, March 23, I came across a police barricade involving seven police cars. They were rerouting traffic as they did …
March 26, 2013
Alleged renegade in Jeep crashes cars on Sunset Cliffs
The dangers of parking your car on a busy street became clear to some Ocean Beach residents who were woken up at around 1:30 a.m. on Friday, March 22, by the sound of crashing metal. …
March 23, 2013
Ocean Beach Skaters
Ocean Beach isn't just for the hippies. They also have a large population of skaters. I ran into these guys at Robb Field. I was expecting the guy on the right to have an Irish …
March 12, 2013