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THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2019
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PIER REPAIRS BEGIN Plan to reopen before Memorial Day
Point Loma students raise funds for cancer fight SEE PAGE 10
Ocean Beach Seed Library launches on March 23 SEE PAGE 3
City workers begin their significant repairs on the Ocean Beach Pier last Thursday as a surfer catches a wave.
JIM GRANT / PENINSULA BEACON
Restoring Ocean Beach landmark will cost $430,000
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Plenty of food and fun this St. Patrick’s Day SEE PAGE 6
t a March 7 press conference in Ocean Beach, Mayor Kevin Faulconer and District 2 City Councilmember Jennifer Campbell announced that significant repairs will be required to restore and reopen the iconic OB Pier landmark ahead of Memorial Day. In January, the pier was closed to
the public for safety and repair following a series of unusually strong storms and forceful king tides that battered it. City staff determined more than 2,200 feet of pier guard rail, electric, water and sewer lines need serious repair or replacement. Fixes are underway at an estimated cost of $430,000, the City said.
“The pier will remain closed in the meantime,” said City spokesman Alec Phillipp, adding cost estimates for repair timelines, costs and projections for pier re-opening are ongoing. The City also attributed bluff damage, south of the pier six weeks ago, to the impact of king tides with large surf in the 10- to 12-foot range.
WOMAN LEFT FOR DEAD, TESTIFIES AGAINST SUSPECTS BY NEAL PUTNAM | THE BEACON
Three people were ordered March 7 to stand trial for attempted murder and kidnapping in which a woman was shot three times and left for dead on the Ladera Street stairs at Sunset Cliffs. Mya Hendrix, 19, the semiparalyzed woman who came into court in a wheelchair, identified the three people at a preliminary hearing that lasted three days in Chula Vista Superior Court. The hearing was in Chula Vista because other crimes were committed in the South Bay area. Hendrix testified she was in the car after being kidnapped when the others shot and killed Mario Serhan, 59, while in traffic on April 11, 2018 in Chula Vista. Hendrix also identified the gun which shot her and and also killed Mario Serhan, 59, who was shot in the head in traffic in Chula Vista on April 11, 2018. Judge Stephanie Sontag ordered Cesar Alvarado, 40, Michael Anthony Pedraza, 28, Britney Giselle Canal, 30, to stand trial for Serhan's SEE TESTIFY, Page 15