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
Ocean Beach News & Stories
Deadly car crash in Ocean Beach
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
Hippies everywhere
I have always been charmed by Ocean Beach. On Newport Avenue you can browse stores that offer a wide variety of wares. One store sells shells, the next bongs, nearby you can purchase a wetsuit …
March 11, 2013
San Diego police to be booted from O.B. parking lot?
Should the police trailer in the Ocean Beach pier parking lot go somewhere else? Next week, the people will have their say. The trailer has been in the middle of the parking lot at the …
March 10, 2013
RV parking ban planned for streets west of I-5
An ordinance to ban recreational vehicles, boats, and trailers from parking overnight on public streets west of I-5 is in the works, said Michael Patton, representative for District 2 city councilmember Kevin Faulconer, at the …
March 8, 2013
People's Food Co-op to expand – out of Ocean Beach?
The Ocean Beach People's Food Co-op is looking to expand their grocery store located at 4765 Voltaire Street. General manager Nancy Cassidy addressed the issue in the March 2013 monthly newsletter. "We are reaching full …
March 3, 2013
Illegal recycler tracked down by SDPD in Ocean Beach
I was sitting on my couch on a quiet, sunny morning in Ocean Beach on February 25, when the not-too-unusual sounds of police sirens made me get up to see what the ruckus was about. …
February 27, 2013
U.S. Bank robbed in Ocean Beach
The U.S. Bank located on Newport Avenue in Ocean Beach was robbed at around 3:45 p.m. on Friday, February 8. According to witnesses, a white man in his 40s with a medium build and goatee, …
February 9, 2013
No third three-story home on West Point Loma Blvd.
In a blow against the gentrification of Ocean Beach, architect Elizabeth Young's plans for a 400-foot variance on a planned three-story residence were shot down by the Ocean Beach Planning Board on February 6. The …
February 8, 2013
Robb Field skate park crasher was asleep
A barricade and orange cone mark the point of impact from a van that went flying over a fence surrounding Robb Field Skateboard Park on Tuesday morning, January 15. San Diego police have declared that …
January 19, 2013
Free barbecue in Ocean Beach
I was riding my bike along Abbott Street and Saratoga Avenue on January 13 and smelled the smoke of a barbecue coming from Saratoga Park, right next to the sand. I saw a long line …
January 16, 2013
Remodel starts on Ocean Beach’s Apple Tree Market
The new occupants of the old Apple Tree Market that closed in Ocean Beach on December 31 have lost no time in gutting the aged supermarket and getting it ready to become a Foodland store. …
January 7, 2013