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BY Anthony Gentile, writing for sdnews.com
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Wednesday, 08 September 2010 10:08 |
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Second forum tackles action plan on homelessness, overall cleanup
OCEAN BEACH — While the tension surrounding homelessness in Ocean Beach has subsided over the last month, community members are still searching for solutions. More than 50 people met at First Baptist Church of Ocean Beach recently for a second faith-based community-led forum — this one geared to move things forward.
“It has cooled off so much I can’t believe it,” said Jack Hamlin, San Diego Restorative Justice Program board chair. “People are talking again. It’s a completely different climate than it was in June.”
The goal of the first forum held in July was more about discussing issues and talking about cleaning up the image of the Ocean Beach community. The most recent forum aimed to lay out a plan for action. At the forum, participants were split into “peace circles” to discuss four categories that were identified as significant during the first forum. Those categories were public facilities, community, government and activities.
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San Diego Communities -
Point Loma/OB
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BY Anthony Gentile, writing for the Peninsula Beacon
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Monday, 30 August 2010 12:19 |
“Terriers” hired 100 local crew people and hundreds of extras each week during the shooting in April. PHOTOS COURTESY ERNIE ANDERSON, SDFC
Ocean Beach will find itself in the cable TV spotlight next month. The pilot show of FX network’s comedic drama “Terriers,” filmed and set in Ocean Beach, will air at 10 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 8.
“We’ve heard some great things about the show, so we’re hoping it will be successful,” said Denny Knox, exective director of the Ocean Beach MainStreet Association. “It seems like it has gotten really good reviews and I’m hoping that translates out.”
In April, production crews took over Ocean Beach for a few weeks during the filming for “Terriers.” In online promotions for the show, various locations around Ocean Beach are featured and the storyline takes place in Ocean Beach.
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San Diego Communities -
Point Loma/OB
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BY Anthony Gentile, writing for the Peninsula Beacon
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Monday, 30 August 2010 12:13 |
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New hotel, residential units to be scrutinized
Proposed changes to the NTC Precise Plan will be put under the microscope at the September Peninsula Community Planning Board (PCPB) meeting. At an Aug. 19 meeting, PCPB members voted to create an NTC Precise Plan subcommittee, which will discuss the proposed changes next month.
The meeting and formation of a new committee comes in response to a presentation by Corky McMillin Cos. at the July 15 PCPB meeting that includes turning two existing buildings within Liberty Station into a 350-room hotel and 30 residential units.
Two days before the August PCPB meeting, the board’s Community Plan Subcommittee held a special meeting to review proposed amendments to the NTC Precise Plan. Co-chairs and PCPB members Nancy Graham and Chris Veum hosted the well-attended public meeting and collected questions and concerns from locals in attendance.
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Point Loma/OB
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BY Anthony Gentile, writing for sdnews.com
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Friday, 27 August 2010 12:25 |
 Chargers QB to host walk at NTC Park
Before Philip Rivers takes the field for the Chargers’ Sept. 13 opener at Kansas City, locals will get one more chance to follow in the footsteps of the Bolts’ franchise quarterback. The inaugural Philip Rivers Celebrity 5K Walk and Fun Run will be held Saturday, Sept. 4 at NTC Park in Liberty Station in Point Loma.
“It’s a great chance to see Philip Rivers up close and personal,” said Dave Miller, president of event promoters Integrated Sports Marketing.
Rivers will be in attendance and walk at the event, fresh off the Chargers’ final preseason game Sept. 2 at San Francisco. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Rivers of Hope Foundation, a nonprofit organization that Rivers and his wife, Tiffany, founded to find homes for unwanted, abandoned and orphaned children in San Diego County.
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San Diego Communities -
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BY Anthony Gentile, writing for sdnews.com
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Monday, 09 August 2010 12:20 |
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Amikas, a local nonprofit group, is proposing to purchase the 436,000-square-foot Midway Processing and Distribution Facility in Point Loma and turn it into a self-contained neighborhood for up to 2,000 locally homeless people. PHOTO BY PAUL HANSEN I THE BEACON
P0INT LOMA — While the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) examines potential buyers for its Midway Processing and Distribution Facility in Point Loma, a local nonprofit group known as Amikas sees a direction for the facility that could also help with local homelessness issues.
Amikas officials are submitting a proposal to turn the 436,000-square-foot building into a sustainable neighborhood for the homeless.
The proposal is only one being considered by the Postal Service, which is seeking to liquidate the property and downsize services and facilities in times of declining revenues.
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