Ocean Beach (San Diego, Calif.)
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Scope Note: 670 __ |a Wikipedia, July 10, 2018 |b (Ocean Beach, San Diego; Ocean Beach (also known as O.B.) is a beachfront neighborhood of San Diego, California. Ocean Beach lies on the Pacific Ocean at the estuary of the San Diego River, at the western terminus of Interstate 8. Located about 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Downtown San Diego, it sits south of Mission Bay and Mission Beach and directly north of Point Loma. The O.B. community planning area comprises about 1 square mile (742 acres), bounded on the north by the San Diego River, on the west by the Pacific Ocean, on the east by Froude St., Seaside St. and West Point Loma Boulevard, and on the south by Adair Street. The beach’s initial name was Mussel Beach, for the mussels available there. Its current name, Ocean Beach, was given in 1887 by developers Billy Carlson and Albert E. Higgins; coordinates: 32°45ʹ3.18ʺN, 117°15ʹ6.13ʺW)
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
The Door (Vol. 5, No. 3), 1973-07-24
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"PETE WILSON: How he got here... and where he's going" [investigative report; C. Arnholt Smith, Mayor Pete Wilson, San Diego city hall]; "Shorts"; BELMONT PARK: not very amusing [Raza Productions benefit the Needy Children's Breakfast Fund and issues with Belmont Park operator Bill Evans, as well as police action at benefit]; "about this issue..." [of The Door]; "methadone to me is 100% death" [methodone as panacea]; "Trials" [Venceremos members Andrea Holman Burt, Benton Burt, Jean Hobson,...
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1973-07-24