On December 5 the Ocean Beach Planning Board voted 8-1 in favor of allowing the proposed new CVS Pharmacy to sell liquor; it will be an ABC license Type 21 with certain limitations that relate …
December 7, 2013
Ocean Beach News & Stories
O.B. Planning Board approves liquor license for new CVS
Nice Ocean Beach Christmas tree, Charlie Brown
The O.B. Christmas tree has been a much-talked-about tradition for 34 years. If it looks perfect, people complain it's not O.B. enough. But when it gets partially destroyed, as it did several years ago at …
December 5, 2013
Not just about shrubs, says Ocean Beach resident
Ocean Beach resident Vince Adame and his lawyer Frank Gormlie, who also publishes the OB Rag community news website, drew a crowd of news media this morning, December 3. The day before, district attorney Bonnie …
December 3, 2013
Building begins on busy corner in Point Loma
A long-empty corner of Point Loma Heights is getting a makeover. A developer named Veritas Urban Properties recently broke ground on the empty lot at the intersection of Voltaire Street and Catalina Boulevard, a site …
December 3, 2013
Is this OB's best food deal?
Chilly night in OB. Just hopped off the 35 at Cable and Santa Monica. Walking down towards the ocean, no particular place to go. The feeling kinda wraps around you as soon as you get …
November 25, 2013
Taggers caught in the act in Ocean Beach
A citizen saw several young men tagging a public handrail on Ocean Front Street and Del Monte Avenue on November 21 and called in a description of the men and their vehicle to the police. …
November 22, 2013
All Things BBQ: BBQ House
The barbecue orthodoxy argues over much, but stays firm on one thing: barbecue must be smoked. That assumption demands to be challenged. As the late Naomi Wise, the Reader’s former restaurant critic, pointed out, smoking’s …
November 21, 2013
Ocean Beach talks about the next 30 years
Over 60 people turned out for the Ocean Beach Town Council’s “town hall” meeting at the Masonic Lodge on November 13. Attendees were there to help decide how to shape the community over the next …
November 14, 2013
Alcohol sales at new Ocean Beach CVS a hot topic
A heated and vociferous standing-room-only crowd attended the Ocean Beach Planning Board meeting on November 6. Residents were there to hear and discuss the proposal to allow alcohol sales in a new, as-yet-unestablished CVS Pharmacy …
November 9, 2013
Reputed meth addicts wreak havoc in Ocean Beach
On the morning of October 31, an Ocean Beach resident (“Don”) awoke to find that the front of his house had been vandalized with spray paint. While the drawings weren't offensive, they are an eyesore …
November 8, 2013
Best of Beer Week: November 9
Open House: Vista’s Mother Earth Brew Co. has done some major expanding and upgrading at its original brewery, which has necessitated them closing off its tasting room. Come in for a long overdue brew and …
November 7, 2013
Cops clip deadbeat dad cruising Ocean Beach
Two men were pulled over by police on the afternoon of November 2 for having a non-functioning brake light on their car. The incident, which occurred in front of the Ocean Beach Hotel on Newport …
November 5, 2013
Fearless film shoot finishes up in Ocean Beach
Fearless, a musical, finished shooting in Ocean Beach on October 30. Some local denizens participated in the production — whether invited or not. The hacky-sack man, the blonde pole-leaner, and a rowdy woman shouting outside …
October 31, 2013
Police take blood samples at foot of Newport Avenue in O.B.
There was yellow police ribbon around the rock on Veterans Plaza at the foot of Newport Avenue on October 21. The ribbon was surrounding a blood splatter on the pavement. Two police officers were there …
October 23, 2013
New beachfront homes to be built in Ocean Beach
Demolition has begun on the corner of Saratoga Avenue and Abbott Street in Ocean Beach. What has been an unsightly locale with a fence around it for nine months has finally been torn down to …
October 18, 2013
The Fussy Fork
A blogger eats her way through San Diego in search of vegan restaurants.
October 9, 2013
The Local to go the brewery route
Popular watering hole The Local Eatery and Drinking Hole (1065 Fourth Avenue, Downtown) is working on establishing its own brewery. A an early adapter to the craft beer model, The Local regularly serves a long …
October 3, 2013
How to stop Ocean Beach 4th of July marshmallow wars?
Ocean Beach’s decades-old Fourth of July tradition of a “marshmallow war” following the fireworks display has been taken to excess in recent years. So, this week, on September 26, the O.B. Town Council decided to …
September 28, 2013
Citizen repossesses stolen bike in Ocean Beach
Ocean Beach resident Michelle had her third bike stolen on September 9. Three days later, her boyfriend Jay found it. But he had to fight to get it back. At about 8:30 a.m. on September …
September 19, 2013
Ocean Beach Woman’s Club, at 89, struggling
The Ocean Beach Woman’s Club is celebrating its 89th birthday this year. But it's uncertain whether or not the club will be around next year. The organization began serving the community in 1924, helping to …
September 12, 2013