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Isabel of Aragon was promised to Diniz, the crown prince of Portugal, when she was only 10 years old.
It happened on Voltaire Street.
The blustery breezes of March have always blown some added anticipation and excitement into the hearts of Ocean Beach children.
The first of May 1924 was a “red letter day” in the history of Ocean Beach.
Driving a wagon down Chicken Ranch Canyon, one could see the sparkling waters of San Diego Bay spread out ahead.
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Every evening, the “sunseteers” descend on Sunset Cliffs.
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The last motion picture projector from the old Strand Theatre in Ocean Beach sat abandoned and forlorn in the Wings Beachwear store for 20 years.
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A look back at the Theosophical Society, Katherine Tingley, Lomaland and its Greek Theater, which remains today.
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The husband of Ashli Babbitt, the Ocean Beach woman who was shot to death by a police officer during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S.
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The 19-year-old, who has mild cerebral palsy and autism, is a public-address announcer for the Pointers.
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Artist Rebecca Reeb creates pet portraits for animal lovers in San Diego and beyond
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Run for Cover owner Marianne Reiner started an Adopt-A-Reader program with a National City elementary school.
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Point Loma’s first new hotel in more than a decade is now open at 1451 Rosecrans St.
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The 41st Ocean Beach Street Fair has been given the year off (for good behavior) this summer, so we all have a year to wait for the resumption of that well-loved tradition.
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With this issue, Point Loma-OB Monthly starts its third year of publication.
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Alas, April, the mild-mannered month that typically heralds the coming of spring — and sparkles like its designated diamond birthstone with a pile of precious celebrations — is now on lock-down. These fun events that highlight fertility and rebirth, freedom, the national pastime, pranks and humor, and literary and planetary pursuits will all have to be rejiggered this year.
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While most coronaviruses cause common cold, three have become more dangerous, crossing species to people: the first was SARS CoV in 2003 and the latest to “make the jump” — SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes “Coronavirus Disease 2019” or COVID-19. According to former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb, there was a large, late-season spike in U.S. “flu-like” illness, raising the unsettling possibility that the novel corona virus may have been here earlier than initially thought.
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Against the novel coronavirus called COVID-19, no one is immune, a UCSD medical professor explains. “Everyone can get sick and everyone can spread the disease.”
