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Opinion: Next Gen/Metroplex commercial jet noise update for La Jolla and coastal San Diego
Opinion / Guest Commentary / Our Readers Write: Here's the latest news addressing the commercial jet noise associated with the FAA's NextGen Metroplex system, the impact studies commissioned by the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority (SDCRAA) and the recently proposed $3 billion airport...
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SHADOW OF A DROUGHT: The water shortage is over, so can San Diego and La Jolla residents shower like it’s 1999?
Last month, California emerged from drought conditions for the first time since December 11, 2011, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, breaking a 376-week streak. In response, the California Department of Water Resources increased the amount of water delivered from its State Water Project storage...
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BAPTISM BY GUNFIRE: Program gives public quasi-realistic taste of San Diego Police work
Inside SDPD is a free experience designed to let the public walk in a police officer’s shoes, giving them instruction in traffic stops, S.W.A.T. techniques, force-option simulation, working with K-9 officers and Taser firing.
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Point Loma's Women's Museum director honored as 'Woman of Distinction'
Point Loma 's Women's Museum of California executive director Diane Peabody Straw was one of 17 women from across San Diego honored as 2019 Women of Distinction by 78th Assembly member Todd Gloria, March 20 at the Women's Museum in Liberty Station. The 78th Assembly includes San Diego County, Coronado,...
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First Luck o' Loma is a neighborhood hit!
The Scene: St. Patrick's Day weekend in Point Loma was celebrated the way it should be — San Diego-style at Goodbar, 1872 Rosecrans St. There were adorable dogs up for adoption from The Animal Pad rescue shelter, giveaways from the San Diego Gulls hockey team, lively performances by Irish bands,...
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Peninsula News Briefs May 2019
Ride the Point raises $35K for pancreatic cancer research In honor of avid cyclist and its former president, Jim Krause, who died from pancreatic cancer in 2012, The Point Loma Rotary Club visited UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center on Friday, March 8 to present its pancreatic cancer research team...
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Peninsula Crime & Safety Report April / May 2019: BBB warns of new tech support scam; Suspect wanted for assault, armed robbery
BBB warns of new tech support scam The San Diego Better Business Bureau (BBB) just issued an alert about a tech support scam that deceives people by claiming their Internet Protocol (IP) address has been compromised. There are two versions of the scam. In one, a pop-up appears on the computer screen...
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New Peninsula Planning Board in place, ready to tackle latest issues
The votes are in and Robert Goldyn will return as chair of the Peninsula Community Planning Board (PCPB) for another three-year term. Elections were held 4-8 p.m. Thursday, March 21 at the Point Loma/Hervey Library, 3701 Voltaire St., when in addition to Goldyn's re-election (with 227 votes), three-year...
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Traffic causing safety concerns at Ocean Beach Elementary School: OB Planners seek crossing guards, signals, signs
The growing need for safer sidewalks and street crossings to Ocean Beach Elementary School was brought before the Ocean Beach Planning Board (OBPB) meeting at the Rec Center, April 3, along with a request to support regulations against unaccompanied adults in designated children's play areas, and...
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What's happening in Point Loma and Ocean Beach: Calendar of events for April/May 2019
ONGOING EVENTS • Bingo Games: 6:30 p.m. Thursdays, Portuguese Hall, 2818 Avenida de Portugal. (Doors open 4:30 p.m.) $21 to play all the games; food, drink for purchase, non-profit event. (619) 223-5880. • Citizenship Classes: 12:30-3:30 p.m. Saturdays, through June 1, Point Loma Library, 3701...
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Astronobeads designer from Pacific Beach soars into company's third year
In a world where everyone is looking down at their phones and posting selfies with messages about their own lives, 23-year old PB resident and jewelry-maker Bea Doheny is spreading a message of curiosity about things beyond oneself — a reminder to "look up." Doheny has been selling handmade solar...
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Man sues City, scooter-maker over crash in Pacific Beach
The City of San Diego is facing a lawsuit filed by a disabled man who said he was injured when teenagers on an electric scooter lost control and caused a bicyclist to slam into his wheelchair on the boardwalk in Pacific Beach last July. Plaintiff Richard Pearson is also suing the scooter manufacturer,...
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Mayor calls for new law to stop proliferation of people living in vehicles on City streets lots
At a press conference March 25 held in Mission Bay Park, Mayor Kevin Faulconer announced he would bring forward a new ordinance to ban the proliferation of people living in vehicles on residential streets and parking lots. At the same time, he said, the City will expand the existing Safe Parking...
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Pacific Beach Planning Group welcomes new members
The Pacific Beach Planning Group discussed several issues at its March 27 meeting at the library. These included election results, sidewalk safety, sewer line updates and a review of EcoDistrict accomplishments. Board members Elections subcommittee chair Carolyn Chase announced the results of the...
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It takes a village to raise a child: Two kid-centered businesses serve Pacific Beach families
Editor's Note: This feature is the first in a series of reports on family-friendly entities in Pacific Beach . In the upcoming issues, we plan features on the Beach & Bay YMCA, PB and Santa Clara Recreation Centers, preschools and sports leagues. In today's hectic and harried world, many families...
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Filmmaker from Pacific Beach explores refugee plight in San Diego
PB resident Bettina Hanna has a passion for exploring controversial issues. It's what fuels her fervor for documentary filmmaking. Her latest project, "The Bus Station," captures the plight of refugees caught in a chaotic web of immigration law and politics, as they're dropped off in downtown San...
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Pacific Beach community volunteer Cathie Jolley named a 'Woman of Distinction'
PB resident Catherine Jolley was one of 17 "Women of Distinction" from across San Diego, who were honored March 20 by 78th Assembly member Todd Gloria at the Women's Museum of California in Liberty Station. The 78th Assembly includes San Diego County, Coronado , Del Mar , Imperial Beach and Solana...
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City hears car-sleeping concerns and off-leash dog parks plea at Pacific Beach Council meeting
At its March 20 general meeting, the PB Town Council provided a forum for City officials to address the car-sleeping controversy and gather community input, while fostering a civil debate among residents seeking off-leash dog parks in town. The first half of the evening had residents barraging...
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Water Dept. updates City of San Diego on its reform policies after spiked water bills: ‘We developed Standard Operating Procedures that we did not have before.’
Just over a year after the San Diego Public Utilities Department (PUD) held a meeting in La Jolla to talk with residents about implausible spikes in their water bills, PUD provided the City Council’s Audit Committee with a “progress report” on its activities to ameliorate the concerns. The morning...
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Pacific Beach News Briefs
Call for community volunteers: Graffiti Clean-up Day is May 4 The PB Town Council will host the 11th annual Graffiti Clean-up Day, 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 4, launching from the patio of Pacific Beach Presbyterian Church, 1675 Garnet Ave. (at Jewell Street). Each year since 2008, volunteers...
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Pacific Beach Crime & Safety Report
Suspect(s) sought in felony vandalism cases San Diego County Crime Stoppers, along with investigators from the San Diego Police Department 's Northern Division, are asking for the public's help in identifying the suspect(s) involved in at least eight incidents, reported between November 2018 and...
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What's happening in Pacific Beach
ONGOING EVENTS Pacific Beach Farmers Market: 2-7 p.m., Tuesdays along Bayard Street off Garnet Avenue. Original Farmers Market: 8 a.m. to noon, Saturdays, Promenade at Pacific Beach, 4110 Mission Blvd. Pacific Beach Toastmasters: 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesdays at the Rec Center, 4649 Gresham St. Whether...
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How under-vaccinated are La Jolla's public schools? Rising medical exemptions beg that question; 28 students were medically excused
In 2015, California outlawed non-medical vaccine exemptions for school entry. At the time, only 90.4 percent of kindergartners in our state’s public schools were fully immunized. The law (SB 277) seems to have worked, since 95.1 percent of California kindergartners had all their required shots...
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City plans $430,000 repair to Ocean Beach pier--work should be finished by May 27
San Diego public works crews have begun $430,000 in emergency repairs on the Ocean Beach Pier, which has been closed since Jan. 19 because of major damage suffered during a winter storm that featured large waves and high tides. The repairs to railings, and sewer and electrical lines, which are...
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Crime report for Point Loma and Ocean Beach, mid-February to mid-March 2019
Vandalism case ends in injury Officers responding to a report of vandalism at 4:48 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 28 on the 3100 block of Midway Drive, arrived on the scene and attempted to contact the male suspect. A foot pursuit ensued. An officer caught up to the suspect on the 3500 block of Rosecrans...
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The pride of Point Loma--Beautification projects gain community support
Point Loma 's natural beauty and maritime history is celebrated and maintained by community volunteers who know a good thing when they see one. Capitalizing on the spring theme of rebirth, various groups are busy taking care of business and planning for the future. Here's some of what's going on:...
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Scouts launch geocache scavenger hunt in Point Loma--Community invited to find troop's treasure
Scavenger hunts are a fun activity for a birthday party or an educational tool for a classroom activity, and now technology has put a new twist on the old way of scavenging, making such hunts the perfect outdoor challenge for kids and adults. It's called "geocaching." While some may have never...
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Calendar of Events for Point Loma - Ocean Beach: March/April 2019
ONGOING EVENTS Bingo Games: 6:30 p.m. Thursdays, Portuguese Hall, 2818 Avenida de Portugal. (Doors open 4:30 p.m.) $21 to play all the games; food and drink for purchase, non-profit event. (619) 223-5880. Citizenship Classes: 12:30-3:30 p.m. Saturdays, through June 1, Point Loma Library, 3701 Voltaire...
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Bird Rock billboards going to 'pot': La Jolla and Pacific Beach residents riled over drug ads in neighborhoods
At the Bird Rock Community Council (BRCC) meeting on March 5, Bird Rock resident Laura Bertagnolli asked for help battling marijuana billboards lining Turquoise Street near the southern end of Bird Rock. Some of these billboards — two are currently in place, another was recently replaced with an...
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Play Ball! La Jolla Youth Baseball opens 57th season
Opening Day across America provides optimism, unblemished records and a brief peek into the future of the season ahead. For the nearly 400 La Jolla Youth Baseball players and their families, Sunday, March 3, 2019 marked the start of the league's 57th season and a brief respite from the rain. For...
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Dr. Jen Campbell set to tackle the issues at City Hall: For Pacific Beach that means homelessness, petty crime, e-scooters and short-term rentals
When Dr. Jennifer Campbell beat Lorie Zapf for the second district seat on the San Diego City Council by 16 percentage points in last November's election, the outcome bowled over a lot of people. The City's political establishment, consultants and media pundits were astonished that a political...
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Rose Creek residents think a park can stem mounting trash and pressures in Pacific Beach
With a number of City developments likely to increase the use and abuse of Rose Creek in east Pacific Beach , the Friends of Rose Creek made an impassioned plea for help at the PB Town Council meeting, Feb. 20. Friends of Rose Creek executive director Karin Zirk described her group's herculean...
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Pacific Beach planners ask City to reinstate car residence ban—Election for 16 board seats begins March 16
The Pacific Beach Planning Group discussed the upcoming election for new board members during its Feb. 27 meeting at the library. The group also passed a motion recommending the City re-instate the ban on living in vehicles on City streets and create more safe-parking spaces, in reaction to the...
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Custom sail cruises in Point Loma provide a front-row seat
The weather on Monday, Feb. 25 along the harbor off Shelter Island was perfect for the first time in many winter weeks. The wind was light and breezy, the sun was warm, the waves were calm, Karl the baby gray whale was making an appearance, and the five guests aboard Sail San Diego's sunset cruise...
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Standing-room-only at Pacific Beach library jazz concert
More than 100 music-lovers turned out for the Peter Sprague/Leonard Patton concert, Sunday, Feb. 24 in the PB Library Community Room. Funded by the Friends of PB Library (from donations and used-book sales), the free monthly concerts are offered 2-3 p.m., fourth Sundays from October through April....
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Pacific Beach News Briefs: Mayor Faulconer’s scooter proposals, limitations on single-use plastics, Walk for Water fundraiser and more
Committee forwards Mayor's scooter rules to the City Council At the San Diego Active Transportation & Infrastructure Committee (ATIC) meeting on dockless scooters Feb. 20, the committee voted unanimously to forward Mayor Kevin Faulconer 's recommendations — with amendments — to the full City Council...
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There's a local, San Diego-area angle to The Monkees history; band member Peter Tork dies at age 77
The first public performance given anywhere by the Monkees didn’t occur at an amphitheater or civic arena. It happened just north of La Jolla — on a temporary stage erected at what is now Del Mar’s Powerhouse Park. We thought a good way to remember Peter Tork — the bass-playing Monkee who died...
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Point Loma and Ocean Beach Community Conversation brings local issues to light: crime, traffic, neighborhood preservation make the headlines
Electric scooters gone wild. Congested traffic and the ever-increasing number of speeding motorists. The "uptick" in community crime. Short-term rentals replacing neighborhoods. Loitering and panhandling by homeless people. The preservation of North Chapel at Liberty Station. Safe roads for all...
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Peninsula News Briefs for Point Loma, Ocean Beach and San Diego: OBMA awards celebration; traveling exhibits from the Women’s Museum; volunteer sign-ups for OH! San Diego
City's online portal to make home improvements easier The City recently expanded its online portal, OpenCounter, to make the application process for single-family home improvements easier and more efficient. With this expansion, OpenCounter will now provide homeowners, contractors and builders...
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Crime and safety report - Point Loma and Ocean Beach report: Police investigate a stabbing; Sexual assault; List of incidents reported to San Diego Police
Stabbing outside bar in OB A 21-year-old male, exiting Winston's Bar, 1900 Bacon St., at 12:10 a.m. Jan. 17, saw his friend in an altercation with an unknown white male in his 20s and stepped in to break up the fight. The suspect, then stabbed the male in the right arm and fled in an unknown direction....
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Style meets dentistry at the La Jolla Dentist offices of Tracy and John Taddey
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Dental offices typically have a standard operating procedure and aesthetic including a simple waiting room, reception desk and examination rooms. When third-generation dentist Tracy Taddey set forth to redesign the office she shares with her father, John Taddey, the family business...
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New Business Roundup: Enterprising specialties come to the Point Loma and Ocean Beach Peninsula
NEW BUSINESS ROUNDUP: Here's a list of new Peninsula-area businesses and what they have to offer residents: • Veracity Digital Media: Online only; veracitymedia.com E-mail: jcaito@veracitydigitalmedia.com Veracity is a chatbot agency owned by brother-sister duo Johnny and Maria Caito. They tackle...
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Something to squawk about: Those perky parrots populate San Diego areas, like the Ocean Beach/Point Loma Peninsula
You've heard of puppy-love, and the month of February is the perfect time to express those warm, fluttery feelings to your partner. But parrot-love might be the new big thing for the Peninsula — and parrots are considerably more "fluttery" than puppies. Ocean Beach will embrace parrot-love this...
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Progress in place to fund Ocean Beach Library expansion
Friends of OB Library have been leading the slow charge to expand the aging facility. At long last, they have good news to share: San Diego Library Expansion Committee members will meet with District 2 City Council member Dr. Jen Campbell in March about working the expansion money into the City's...
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Get a garden growing with help from new Ocean Beach Seed Library
The roots are in place and the new Ocean Beach Seed Library is set to sprout, 1-4 p.m. Saturday, March 23 at the actual OB Library, 4801 Santa Monica Ave. The Seed Library will work under the traditional library "borrowing" premise: you check out seeds, bring them home, plant and grow them, then...
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Ocean Beach planners OK with liquor license for new Dirty Birds — but alcohol must not be served past 10 p.m.
Is Ocean Beach and its ever-expanding bar scene becoming the new Pacific Beach ? The question weighed on residents' minds as they waited to find out if the soon-to-open fourth location of Dirty Birds Bar and Grill (Cable Street and Santa Monica Avenue), would be granted a liquor license. The debate...
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Pacific Beach Scene: PB Town Council Installation Dinner
The routine induction of new officers and directors was transformed into a gala celebration of the best and brightest from the community and beyond when the Pacific Beach Town Council held its Installation Dinner, Sunday, Jan. 20. About 110 attendees packed the banquet room of the Mission Bay Yacht...
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Much a Doo about Dogs: Humane Society gets an earful at Pacific Beach Town Council meeting
The Jan. 16 PB Town Council meeting, ostensibly held to showcase the work of the San Diego Humane Society, essentially became a forum for dog owners pleading for open space for their pets with a community complaining about puppy poop in parks. Two issues driving the discussion — the use of the...
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Marking its 40th year: Pacific Beach Historical Society preserves town's colorful past
It all started with a bunch of historic photos of Pacific Beach seeking a "permanent home" ... Longtime resident Howard Rozelle, who served as board member on the PB Town Council, retired and was hoping the Town Council would purchase the collection of images he'd taken over the years of PB landmarks....
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La Jolla explorer-scientist Walter Munk, the 'Einstein of the Oceans,' dies at 101
Munk died at 4:15 p.m. of pneumonia at Seiche, his seaside home near UC San Diego, a campus he helped make famous through decades of work at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.