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Fireworks from SeaWorld over Mission Bay as seen from Crown Point Park. / Photo by Thomas Melville

REMINDER – Ocean Beach, La Jolla, SeaWorld, and Big Bay Boom fireworks canceled
In alignment with the State of California’s public health order prohibiting large events and gatherings, the Port of San Diego, title sponsor of the Big Bay Boom, and event producer Sandy Purdon re...

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Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry’s original battle flag emblazoned with Captain James Lawrence’s dying command is displayed at the U.S. Naval Academy Museum in Annapolis, Md. Both naval heroes of the War of 1812 are honored with street names in La Playa. (Courtesy of New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation)

Point Loma’s La Playa neighborhood street names – historic naval heroes
The original names of more than 250 streets in San Diego were changed by Ordinance No. 755 adopted May 21, 1900. This ordinance eliminated duplication and achieved some continuity where street name...

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Gardening while working from home
The first weekend after being sent to work from home during the COVID-19 quarantine, I woke up to questions: “Will my parents be okay? Is my job secure? Do I have enough food?” It was a lot to grap...

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Ocean Beach resident Nicole Kay Clark (@nicolekayclark) takes selfies on top of ‘Tiny,’ the Toxic Unicorn at the corner of Venice Street and Del Mar Avenue. THOMAS MELVILLE/PENINSULA BEACON

Ride the rainbow – Ocean Beach's unicorn is more than just a pretty face
In late winter, a mischievous postdoctoral scholar at Scripps – and a few of her friends – brought a little bit of magic and mystery from the desert to Ocean Beach. On March 7, a 10-feet tall, 8-fe...

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Call for artists for two major Port of San Diego public art projects
The Port of San Diego invites professional artists to submit their qualifications for two public art projects as part of the Port’s Percent for Art Program. This is a unique opportunity for local a...

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Mission Bay High students start art and lit magazine
Mission Bay High School students have found a new way to fight the coronavirus blues, through exhibiting art and literature in a new school magazine. Gracie Semmens and MBHS classmate Erick Girouar...

Jun 11, 2020 | 2

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Indoor movie theaters can reopen June 12
Indoor movie theaters join a growing list of businesses that can begin to reopen this Friday. Businesses must follow state guidelines and are required to fill out a Safe Reopening Plan before resum...

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La Jolla Concours d’Elegance in La Jolla rescheduled for 2021
Due to uncertainties surrounding COVID-19 this fall, organizers of the 16th annual La Jolla Concours d’Elegance, usually held in April and postponed until September this year, has been rescheduled ...

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This is a page from the Ebers Papyrus, which was purchased from another collector by Egyptologist Georg Ebers in 1872. Ebers Street in Ocean Beach honors him. (Courtesy of Wellcome Trust, a global charitable foundation based in the United Kingdom)

Street names: Authors in Ocean Beach and gems in Pacific Beach
T he original names of more than 250 streets in San Diego were changed by Ordinance No. 755 adopted May 21, 1900. This ordinance brought authors to Point Loma and gems to Pacific Beach, among many ...

Jun 08, 2020 | 6

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Hollywood discovers Ocean Beach, again
OB Pier, OB Playhouse, and OBES featured in ‘Mighty Oak’

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Floral metallic boyfriend bomber jacket and mask by VaughnBerry at the Virtual Fashion Show.

The show must go on for Fashion Week San Diego
Fashion Week San Diego has good news to share with the community. They decided the show must go on and scheduled a series of virtual runway shows. Gwen Bates has taken over the helm as the new dire...

May 31, 2020 | 1

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An eclectic mix of people and products at the Ocean Beach Farmers Market. / Photo by Thomas Melville

Ocean Beach Farmers Market reopening postponed to June 10
Ocean Beach MainStreet Association has announced the Wednesday OB Farmers Market, on hiatus due to the pandemic, will not return Wednesday, June 3, but will be postponed to June 10 due to a planned...

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City to distribute $1M to support artists struggling amid pandemic
As part of the City’s efforts to provide economic relief to those struggling financially during the pandemic, Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer on May 27 announced $1 million in funding to support local art...

May 28, 2020 | 12

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Kathryn Vaughn, Lynne Doyle, and Kristi Pieper at last year’s Susan G. Komen San Diego Breast Cancer Foundation dinner.

Major event organizers in San Diego embrace the virtual experience
With major public events continuing to be canceled, the choice for those remaining now becomes postponement – or going virtual. That wasn’t even an option, or much of one, pre-Covid-19. But now, wi...

May 21, 2020 | 6

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COLUMN - Beyond a needlepoint pillow and yellow tulips — the rewards of reaching out
During the challenges of the on-going health crisis throughout the world, I want to share with you, my readers, an encounter which brightened my day. Months ago, my old TV finally gave out, and I n...

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