El Cajon shrink gives up practice
Misconduct charges
Bruce Kauffman 3 p.m., May 24
Delinda Lombardo
Articles by Delinda Lombardo
OB Pier steps to get makeover
Rebar was making concrete pop
The Ocean Beach Pier gets roughly 500,000 people visiting each year, so its no surprise that after fifty-plus years, the stairs leading up from the pier parking lot at the foot of Niagara Avenue have ...
Sucker punched
"They looked totally normal — like tourists or spring breakers"
An Ocean Beach resident was sucker-punched Tuesday, April 3, around 8:00 pm while in his car on Santa Monica Avenue (near Cable Street). The victim, who wished to remain anonymous, told me he was about ...
Baseball-bat attack
O.B. crafts vendor tried to talk it out to no avail
Earlier this month, Christian Fischer’s life changed after three swings of a baseball bat in Ocean Beach that left him with injuries so severe, it may impact his livelihood forever. “The hospital said many things ...
Paramedics can make more money bagging groceries
Ambulance service state of emergency
In October 2015, American Medical Response acquired Rural Metro, one of the largest emergency (ambulance) providers in the nation. In October of 2017, the medical response company renegotiated with the City of San Diego a ...
Darkroom in the O.B. sand
"Cyanotype, as a process, is really, um, becoming trendy, I guess."
Mission Hills resident Judi Tentor has been a photographer pretty much her entire life. A few years ago she learned a new process called cyanotype photography. She talked a little about it recently as she ...
A Bumblebee in my Starkist tuna?
"You can see eyes and a mouth, wings, a big stinger, and it’s a little hairy.”
On February 12th, Taylor Preus, an employee of Mark’s Guitar Exchange in Point Loma, got more than he expected with his lunch. “I was just going about my daily routine — selling guitars — and ...
Voltaire Street property sale raises ruckus
Ocean Beach publication doesn't resist rumors in climate of rental market unrest
Steve Yeng, one of the owners of the OB Noodle House, Bar 1502, and the Holding Company on Newport Avenue, this week confirmed the acquisition of the property the original OB Noodle House is on ...
Cool piece of history starts to crack
Ocean Beach's Silver Spray Apartments doomed?
“I can hear the cracks as they happen,” Burke Inman told me. “I’m kind of freaked out to be honest.” The historic Silver Spray Apartments at 5116 Narragansett Ave in Ocean Beach is fabled for ...
New pie shop to take place of old Nati's
Plan for O.B. mainstay Mexican restaurant is more than a remodel
In December it was announced that Nati’s Mexican Restaurant in Ocean Beach was sold and would close for renovations and remodeling. On December 13th, Nati’s co-owner Dennis Kerr issued a press release, saying, "It is ...
