Will Oceanside use groins like Newport Beach to save sand?
“We are not going back down”
Ken Leighton 3:37 p.m., June 18
Delinda Lombardo
Articles by Delinda Lombardo
Point Loma caves cleaned out once more
“Man, please don’t call the news”
Three young men were rousted from a den along Sunset Cliffs Boulevard Tuesday morning after pictures of the elaborate cave surfaced on social media earlier in the week. Multiple reports have been made to the ...
Suspect in Mom's murder helped her with VRBO in Ocean Beach
Steps away from the beach and pier
Homicide detectives and SWAT officers swooped into Ocean Beach Wednesday, May 1, after a woman’s body was found inside the garage of a rental property and a 36-year-old man, Daniel Chase McKibben, was seen running ...
Car theft thwarted by Stronghold Jiu Jitsu teacher and students
Police said he’s on probation for priors
A man was arrested Thursday night after attempting to steal – for the second time – a 2011 Porsche Carrera parked outside of Stronghold Brazilian Jiu Jitsu academy in Point Loma. “My fiancé had just ...
Steel ball resurfaces again at Black’s Beach
Painted with nude beaches from across the world, a pumpkin, and a golf ball
On Sunday, a crew of lifeguards at Black’s Beach discovered that “the elusive steel ball” has resurfaced after a 2-year hiatus, this time washing up along the north end of the beach. “We haven’t seen ...
Double bluff collapse at Pelican Point again
"Pretty gnarly down there"
Pelican Point Apartments in Ocean Beach (5107 Narragansett) suffered a bluff collapse in January 2017, and was sold in May, 2018 to Michael Mills for $6.75M. Less than a year later, there have been no ...
OBecians reclaim pieces of pier broken by storm
To appear in Blue Water Grille and Raglan Ale House?
Massive tides and high surf significantly damaged the Ocean Beach Pier Thursday night, taking out portions of the railing that washed ashore only to be met by creative locals. The debris includes small and large ...
Sunset Cliffs Not So Natural Park
Restoration heading towards disaster?
In March, the Reader reported details of the Sunset Cliffs Natural Park Improvement Project, quoting Ellen Quick, trails committee chairperson for the park advisory council, saying “Thirty-five acres will be revegetated with native plants. That’s ...
Man and sons skate from Oceanside pier to Ocean Beach pier
"How cool would that be?"
A Carlsbad man and his three kids skateboarded from the Oceanside Pier to the Ocean Beach Pier on December 30, making it his fifth pier-to-pier skate and his youngest boy's first. “It was a solid ...
Dec. 19 swells stop the Orchard Ave. repairs – again
Steps to the salt pool ground off, several gaping holes, fence rusted
On September 26, the City of San Diego’s "Orchard Avenue, Capri by the Sea and Old Salt Pool Beach Access Improvements Projects" in Ocean Beach began, but within weeks, planned improvements came to a halt ...
