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If you walk down the south side of West Point Loma Blvd. between Abbott and Bacon Street you might notice a cute and charming new addition to the neighborhood that celebrates OB’s love for our four-legged residents. With the words "Take a toy, leave a toy" written on the library door, fun artwork, and dog celebrating quotes, the Ocean Beach Dog Toy Library has been open since A...

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More on the Emerald Hills Radio Towers Project By Robert Campbell At the July 7th City Council hearing on the Emerald Hills Radio Towers project, Henry Foster’s Chief of Staff, Dan Horton entered his version of the Footnote 7 historical timeline into the record as “late arriving materials.” While his timeline begins on September 11, 2019, public record...

By Debbie L. Sklar / Special to the OB Rag Linda Vista may not always be the first San Diego neighborhood that comes to mind when people think about local history, but its story is deeply connected to the growth and transformation of the city itself. Located on a mesa overlooking Mission Valley, the neighborhood was born out of necessity duri...

By JW August Laurie Holcomb, founder of a multiple cannabis companies, has made serious errors in judgment, alleges the U.S.Attorney's Office in San Diego. The government announced last week it had filed a false claims act complaint against her, claiming that she had illegally obtained five pandemic loans from the federal government. Her companies wer...