Ocean Beach Woman’s Club ping-pong tournament returns
The Ocean Beach Woman’s Club will present its fourth annual public ping-pong tournament from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, at the club, 2160 Bacon St.
The 32-bracket coed competition will feature food and beverages from local restaurants. This year’s winner will go home with the Golden Paddle and an engraved championship belt.
Spectator admission is free. All proceeds from tournament sign-ups will go to support the Woman’s Club’s local philanthropic efforts.
To find out more, email [email protected] or call (619) 222-1008.
OB Hardware to celebrate 105 years in business
OB Hardware, one of the last independent family-owned hardware stores in San Diego, will celebrate its 105th anniversary with live music, free activities, limited-edition merchandise and more from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22, at the store, 4871 Newport Ave., Ocean Beach.
For more information, email [email protected].
Ballet opener to feature art and dance at Liberty Station
Artist J.T. Burke’s solo exhibition “Paradise” will make its San Diego debut Friday, Oct. 4, at the Mandell Weiss Gallery in the Arts District at Liberty Station, 2650 Truxtun Road, Point Loma.
The opening will be part of the San Diego Ballet’s 35th season opening event, “Overture,” a free dance performance at 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. in Studio 207 at the Dorothea Laub Dance Place in the same location as the gallery.
“Paradise” will run through Friday, Jan. 17.
For more information about the events, visit sandiegoballet.org.
Liberty Station’s Gallery 201 hosts solo art showcase
Arts District Liberty Station, in collaboration with Dinah Poellnitz and The Hill Street Country Club, is presenting the new exhibition “Interlaced,” a solo showcase by San Diego artist Christian Garcia-Olivo, through Friday, Jan. 10, at Gallery 201, 2820 Roosevelt Road, Point Loma.
Hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. Learn more at bit.ly/3XrDWkw.
Walk to End Alzheimer’s coming Oct. 5 at NTC Park
The 2024 Walk to End Alzheimer’s is set for Saturday, Oct. 5, at NTC Park at Liberty Station, 2455 Cushing Road, Point Loma.
The event will start with onsite registration at 8 a.m., followed by a Promise Ceremony at 9 a.m. and the walk.
Routes are approximately 1½- or 3-mile loops.
There is no registration fee for the walk, but every participant is asked to donate or raise funds to support the nonprofit Alzheimer’s Association.
For more information, call Mandy Shefman at (619) 329-1310 or email [email protected].
Point Loma Association’s Gateway Gala to offer dinner and auction
The Point Loma Association will present its 58th annual fundraising dinner and auction from 5 to 9 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14, at the Kona Kai San Diego Resort, 1551 Shelter Island Drive.
This year’s event is called the Gateway Gala for the association’s peninsula gateway sign project planned for south of Rosecrans and Lytton streets.
The nonprofit PLA works to beautify the area through graffiti removal, installing banners, murals and the Village Lights project on Rosecrans Street, and maintaining dozens of public landscape sites.
Gala tickets are $150. Learn more at pointloma.org/the-gateway-gala.
Point Loma Nazarene provost’s book explores Tribal Streetwear
G. James Daichendt, provost and chief academic officer at Point Loma Nazarene University, has published “Tribal and the Cultural Legacy of Streetwear,” described as “a series of chapters, essays and personal reflections that explore the various dimensions of Tribal Streetwear.”
The book is centered on the San Diego-based company started by Bobby Ruiz that celebrates its 35th anniversary this year. It looks at how Tribal derived inspiration from and has left an impact on a variety of subcultures, including graffiti, street art, tattoos, lowriders, music, skateboarding, surfing and breaking.
The volume is available through Intellect Books at intellectbooks.com/tribal-and-the-cultural-legacy-of-streetwear and other booksellers. — The San Diego Union-Tribune
Point Loma Optimist Club gets ‘Flag of the USA’ honor
The Point Loma Optimist Club was honored recently for its respectful and patriotic display of the flag by a local chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR).
The Linares National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Chapter of San Diego County presented the club with a “Flag of the United States of America” certificate for the “Avenue of Flags” it sponsors every Sunday and selected holidays along a 2-mile stretch of Rosecrans Street in Point Loma.
“Every Sunday, Optimist Club volunteers use a specially designed vehicle to set out approximately 160 flags in tribute to our nation and those who have served in the military,” said Brenda Kaesler, regent of the Linares NSDAR Chapter.
In addition, the club honors Navy submariners, based in Point Loma, on their return from overseas deployments.
High Tech High Foundation sets 25th-anniversary gala
The High Tech High Foundation will celebrate 25 years with a gala from 6 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, in Building 177 at Liberty Station, 2875 Dewey Road, Point Loma.
The event will include a cocktail reception, dinner and live entertainment.
Tickets are $450. Find out more at tinyurl.com/yc7bda7t.
New artist studio opens in Liberty Station
Fatsip, a new studio featuring paintings by Weston Riffle, has opened in Barracks 19 at the Arts District in Liberty Station, 2690 Historic Decatur Road, Point Loma.
Riffle’s colorful paintings focus on the beauty and culture of early California.
For more information, visit fatsip.com or call (619) 508-4075.
OB restaurant closes as employees allege nonpayment
Voltaire Beach House in Ocean Beach closed recently amid accusations that ownership had failed to pay wages to its staff.
As of the Point Loma-OB Monthly’s press deadline, the restaurant’s website was replaced by a message saying it did not exist.
The establishment first opened at 4934 Voltaire St. in January 2017. It assumed new ownership through a sale in January 2023, SanDiegoVille reported.
Employees alleged in early September that the staff had not been paid for a month and that payment of wages had been an ongoing issue.
However, manager George Somers told KUSI-TV that workers were “ripping me off” by not clocking out and accumulating overtime hours.
Long-closed stairway to Bermuda Beach reopens
A stairway to Bermuda Beach at the end of Bermuda Avenue in Ocean Beach reopened recently, nearly 10 years after it collapsed because of decades of exposure to the harsh coastal environment, according to the city of San Diego.
The three-flight staircase was originally built in the 1940s, but its “top landing and backfill eroded, concrete material broke down due to natural weathering and pieces of reinforcement corroded,” city spokesman Tyler Becker told NBC-TV/7.
The new staircase cost $3.65 million and is made of “high-strength concrete and epoxy-coated rebars for more durability and less maintenance,” Becker said.
Rosemarie’s planning to serve up its gourmet sliders in OB
Rosemarie’s expects to open its second San Diego location by the end of the year at 1774 Sunset Cliffs Blvd. in Ocean Beach, featuring gourmet sliders, loaded fries and other specialties.
The restaurant opened its first location last year in Mission Beach. The new one will move into the space occupied by Whomp Burger & Brew, SanDiegoVille reported.
For more information, visit rosemariesburgers.com.
Cabrillo National Monument visitors had economic impact of $54.3M in 2023
A report released by the National Park Service says more than 810,000 visitors to Cabrillo National Monument in Point Loma spent more than $54.3 million last year in the areas near the park.
According to the NPS, the local spending helped support 678 jobs and had a cumulative effect of $76.2 million in San Diego. — City News Service