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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2018
SEASON’S GREETINGS
Clean & Safe Program begins in Ocean Beach BY DAVE SCHWAB | THE BEACON
Ocean Beach is ringing in 2019 by launching a program focused on community safety and beautification: Clean & Safe. The goal of the new OB Clean & Safe Program is to prioritize public safety, as well as act quickly to eliminate blighted areas and beautify the commercial districts throughout Ocean Beach. OB’s Clean & Safe program however is decidedly different than its counterpart in Pacific Beach, which was initiated about a year ago to employ homeless people to work on community beautification. “This is a rebranding of our (existing) OB Security Program to include a lot of the extras we do, so adopting Clean & Safe seemed like a better way to refer to what we have been doing,” said Denny Knox, executive director of Ocean Beach MainStreet Association (OBMA) business improvement district. “We don’t run ours exactly like the PB one that includes a court program. Ours is simple. We have a security team that works 40-plus hours per week taking care of a lot of basic clean-ups in the commercial district.”
Leucadia Pizzeria opens in Point Loma SEE PAGE 8
Variety of local live music on New Year’s Eve SEE PAGE 15
High Tech High students create OB tour SEE PAGE 5
The 35-foot Christmas tree in Ocean Beach, which was locally-sourced, is a popular spot for selfies at sunset, and will be up until Jan. 2. THOMAS MELVILLE / PENINSULA BEACON
SEE CLEAN, Page 18