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Thursday, September 3, 2015
San Diego Community Newspaper Group
www.SDNEWS.com Volume 27, Number 13
Cliff jumpers head over heels in Ocean Beach Lifeguards, police trying to control popular spot at Sunset Cliffs
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Larger than usual crowds of teens and young adults have been gathering and jumping into the ocean at the arch in Sunset Cliffs Natural Park this summer. Lifeguards are trying to get a handle on the situation.
Body of missing swimmer found in rocks at Sunset Cliffs in OB A body found in the rocks at Sunset Cliffs on Monday, Aug. 31, has been identified as missing swimmer Brian Wilson, according to the medical examiner's office. A little after 5 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 30, San Diego Lifeguard Services responded to a 911 call from a group of young adults who were enjoying the ocean on a dangerous beach without lifeguards that is below Santa Cruz Avenue in Ocean Beach. The ocean at that time was at low tide, with rough surf conditions along a rocky shoreline. A strong current added problems for anyone enjoying the warm ocean water on Sunset Cliffs.
Wilson, 23, of Ramona, and a friend went out for a swim. They soon lost contact with each other due to the rough water conditions. The friend returned to the beach to where several other friends and Wilson's wife were gathered. After 10 minutes of searching a 911 call was made. The lifeguard search team responded and spent several hours searching with the aide of divers, sea scouters, and a helicopter. The search was eventually called off due to poor visibility. The search was resumed at daylight on Aug. 31. – Mike McCarthy
PHOTO BY JIM GRANT
From the Bossman to the bassman
Shane Hardin continues the family tradition at Hodad’s BY TERRY RATNER | THE BEACON In early August, I spot a young man in a wheelchair outside Hodad’s in Ocean Beach. A California license plate on the front tray reads “Ricky.” He’s wearing a black buttondown shirt with “Hodad’s” embroidered over the left pocket, a Padres hat and a Bluetooth headset. A yellow burger wrapShane Hardin is creating his own path at Hodad’s. per sits on his tray table next to a PHOTO BY TERRY RATNER soft drink and a Gumby. I ask
him if he comes here a lot, and with a wide smile, he says, “I volunteer at Hodad’s.” I’d never entered Hodad’s before my interview with restaurant owner Shane Hardin, the late Mike (Bossman) Hardin’s 24-year-old son, who is now Hodad’s third-generation restaurateur. This is not a situation Hardin anticipated – it’s just the way things happened. SEE HODAD’S, Page 4
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