Touting the advantages to commuters and the environment, representatives of four dockless bike/scooter rental companies got an earful of complaints and concerns at the March PB Town Council meeting. With the opportunity to finally confront the app-driven businesses in the flesh, about 100 people...
La Jolla resident Helen Spear is a kiter, and we don’t mean the kind on a string. Officially, what she does is called “kite surfing,” and it’s a sport she learned 15 years ago in Maui on — you guessed it — Kite Beach, the stomping ground for kite-surfing pros. But Spear started slowly. First, she...
PB SCENE: With the theme "A Time to Give," Discover Pacific Beach hosted the 38th annual PB Holiday Parade, which started at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017 down Garnet Avenue from Haines to Bayard. The 90-minute spectacular had something for the young, young-at-heart, and even the four-legged residents...
As planes flying to and from San Diego Airport were being rerouted to accommodate high winds on Dec. 7, the San Diego Regional Airport Authority met in the Administration Building adjacent the airport, and voted to implement another set of changes: A plan it believes will mitigate some of the airplane...
It’s one of the newest and fastest-growing industries in the country — businesses that assist aging seniors with downsizing and relocating. Greg Gunderson is the owner/president of one such company, Gentle Transitions. To explain how his staff helps seniors declutter and move into a smaller place,...
Step into the Firehouse American Eatery & Lounge and you instantly feel the comfy patio vibe with lush greenery and open-air access to the busy sidewalk outside and the ocean just beyond. A landmark in Pacific Beach for more than 10 years, the restaurant is situated near Pacific Beach Fire Station...
These days, navigating the streets in Pacific Beach means dealing with road blocks, backhoe loaders, bulldozers and construction workers onsite for our portion of the City of San Diego Utilities Undergrounding Program. (Which, by the way, was initiated in 1967 to provide residents with “clearer...
ONGOING EVENTS Pacific Beach Farmers Market 2-7 p.m. Tuesdays, along Bayard Street off Garnet Avenue. Organic Farmers Market 8 a.m. to noon, Saturdays at the Promenade at Pacific Beach, 4110 Mission Blvd. Kids Art Class 2:30-3:30 p.m. second and fourth Fridays, for ages 4-9, Pacific Beach Recreation...
October Community Calendar Ongoing Events Pacific Beach Farmers Market: 2-7 p.m. Tuesdays, along Bayard Street off Garnet Avenue. Organic Farmers Market: 8 a.m. to noon, Saturdays at the Promenade at Pacific Beach, 4110 Mission Blvd. Kids Art Class: For ages 4-9, 12:30-1:30 p.m. days TBD, Pacific...
One by one, they pull up to the Youth Aquatic Center on Fiesta Island in the heart of Mission Bay Park in the dreary overcast of an early Sunday morning. But this crowd is anything but dreary. These are the dynamic women of the Team Survivor Sea Dragons, convening on a stretch of sandy beach to...
On Monday, Oct. 23, the San Diego City Council will hear proposals to regulate the conversion of single-family homes in residential zones into short-term vacation rentals (STVR) for visitors that alter the character of neighborhoods and drive up home prices. As the 92109 Zip code is home to 42...
You could call it her mission, or you could call it her passion. Whatever you call it, Pacific Beach resident Patricia Benesh is determined to change the face of aging through her company, 7 Memories. Benesh has written three books on the subject and started the company to get more senior citizens...
Principal Aida Hernandez Barnard Asian Pacific Language Academy Contact: 2445 Fogg St. (858) 800-5700. ahernandez1@sandi.net Grades: TK-Grade 5; since 2007, offers a Mandarin Chinese immersion program Enrollment: 492 Mascot: The Panda Bear Are there any big changes ahead? We are opening a preschool...
Residents of the Soledad Terrace neighborhood around Los Altos Road have been scrambling to find answers about the City’s impending sale of the 4.76-acre site of the Pacific Beach Reservoir property with little success to date. The neighborhood is the site of the former home of famed horticulturist...
Civic Associations Pacific Beach Town Council, 1706 Garnet Ave., (858) 483-6666, pbtowncouncil.org Pacific Beach Business District, 1503 Garnet Ave., (858) 273-3303, pacificbeach.org District 2 San Diego City Council Rep: Lorie Zapf, City Administration Building, 202 “C” St., 10th Floor, San...
36th annual PAESAN Picnic: 4:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27, Crown Point Shores Pavilion, 3700 Corona Oriente Road. Each year the Pacific Beach Town Council holds a Police and Emergency Services Appreciation Night (P.A.E.S.A.N.) honoring SDPD Northern Division, Station 21 of San Diego Fire &...
The development of Pacific Beach — from sand dunes, marshy bays, strawberry fields and lemon groves to today’s vibrant “PB” — cannot be separated from one of its oldest organizations, the Pacific Beach Woman’s Club. For more than a century, the club has been an integral and dynamic part of the...
If Pacific Beach is a fertile community with deep roots conducive to healthy growth that allow residents to blossom and bear fruit, then the new community garden at St. Andrew’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church will be a perfect fit. Organized and operated by the local non-profit Beautiful PB, the community...
In the twilight hours of morning, the Pacific Beach Street Guardians (PBSG) roll trash cans across the PB boardwalk picking up litter from the previous night’s beach town activities. The Street Guardians are homeless people, contracted by Discover Pacific Beach to clean up community grounds. As...
At the July 18 meeting of the Development Permit Review committee (DPR) permitters approved an endorsement of the proposal by several La Jolla residents to add a new path for development in La Jolla, killing the “50 percent” exemption that some builders use to bypass the costly and time-consuming...
Hydrangea Cove, selling gift and beach cottage items, has moved to 845 Garnet Ave. Previously in business for six years on Turquoise Street, owner Susan Christopher said she took the opportunity to move her shop to an established retail area, just a-block-and-a-half from the ocean, with customer...
Police Station San Diego Northern Division 4275 Eastgate Mall UTC(858) 552-1700 Complaint Line: (619) 515-2777 Emergency Line: 9-1-1 Post office US Post Office, 4640 Cass St., (858) 272-1948, usps.com Fire station San Diego Fire-Rescue Department Station 21, 750 Grand Ave., (619) 533-4300. ...
Members of the club. The term is practically an idiom, referring to people who share interests, values and experiences. At ZLAC Rowing Club on Mission Bay, the expression is apt and probably as old as the club itself. Started in 1892, the club caters to those who relish the sport of rowing. But...
Pacific Beach has much in common with beach towns up and down the California coast – sun and sand, fun and a laid-back lifestyle. But a few local landmarks and attractions are unique to this community of approximately 47,000. 1) Crystal Pier Hotel & Cottages – In how many places can you sleep...
What is your ideal 48-hour staycation? Is it to relax and do as little as possible? Stroll, take in the sights, leisurely meals and some shops? Throw yourself into biking, surfing or paddle boarding? Bar hop and dance the night away? However you define vacation, you'll find it in Pacific Beach...
When it came to his vision for just the right restaurant in Pacific Beach, Mark Oliver asked himself a couple of rhetorical questions. “People want to eat healthy,” he recalled thinking at the time, “and what is the image that San Diego has? Mexican and seafood. And what can you do that combines...
The history of a place as colorful as Pacific Beach need not be encyclopedic, not when the quirks are more fun than the red-letter dates. It’s true enough that P.B. was founded in 1887, having been developed by R.A., J.R. and W.W. Thomas, D.C. Reed. O.S. Hubbell, D.P. Hale, Thomas Metcalf, Charles...