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A drunk driver who caused the death of her passenger -- a Point Loma woman named Sidnie Waller -- by drowning after she crashed her parents’ BMW off Sea World Drive into Tecolote Creek -- was sentenced on Jan. 5 to 15 years to life in state prison for second-degree murder. Jennifer Rae Xavier, now…

By Madison Beveridge / Peninsula Beacon / January 5, 2023 Companies have until Feb. 7, 2023 to submit their Statement of Qualifications in hopes of being selected as the master developer for revitalizing the Naval Base Point Loma Old Town Campus, known as OTC. On Dec. 7, 2022, members of the public, government, Navy, NAVWAR…

Here's a whole wave full of news from OB and PL - but from mid-October 2023 during the period the Rag was "down." Update on Possible Sale of Waters Edge Church City Pays Out $8M to Man Injured While Police Detained Him in 2019 in the Midway Camaro Crashes Into Sunset Cliffs House Midway Roommate…

By Dave Schwab / Peninsula Beacon / November 2, 2023 Members of Ocean Beach Community Garden, who just held their annual fall festival on Oct. 21, are actively recruiting new membership. “This summer we experienced a lot of turnover, and we are now collaborating on exploring options to revive membership,” said spokesperson Melva Gitana-Monsivais, who…

Here's a whole wave full of news from OB and PL - but from mid-October 2023 during the period the Rag was "down." Update on Possible Sale of Waters Edge Church City Pays Out $8M to Man Injured While Police Detained Him in 2019 in the Midway Camaro Crashes Into Sunset Cliffs House Midway Roommate…

Over 70 environmental and conservation groups in the ReWild Coalition called upon the San Diego City Council to fund Mission Bay wetlands restoration in next year’s budget. The groups rallied on Sept. 20 outside City Hall to request that the City Council earmark $250,000. At the rally, Andrew Meyer, director of conservation at San Diego…

By Paul Webb / September 20, 2022 The thing that I keep coming back to in all this is the notion that the planning groups are somehow stifling the development community and blocking much needed housing development that will bring down the cost of housing in San Diego. I will ignore for the moment the…

By Dave Schwab / Peninsula Beacon / August 10, 2022 The Federal Aviation Administration has implemented a new San Diego International Airport (SAN) departure procedure intended to lessen noise impacts to areas in the flight path, by having planes fly further out over the ocean before turning back south of Point Loma. The new ZZOOO3…

There are five challengers – Daniel Smiechowski, Lori Saldaña, Mandy Havlik, Dr. Joel Day, and Dr. Linda Lukacs – seeking to unseat incumbent Dr. Jennifer Campbell in this year’s District 2 City Council race.

The tragedy of the Russian invasion of Ukraine has impacted the world as the humanitarian crisis evolves and worsens daily. In professional and personal ways, San Diego Community Newspaper Group has a connection to Ukraine. The media company outsources most of its page and ad design to Design2Pro, which has a production center in Eastern Europe with many of the graphic designers located in Ukraine.