Doggie Street Festival returns to NTC Park on Nov. 22<\/p>\n
Five days before Thanksgiving, local animal lovers can give thanks for their four-legged companions and maybe even find a new one at the 16th annual Doggie Street Festival and pet adopt-a-thon from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, at Liberty Station\u2019s NTC Park in Point Loma.<\/p>\n
The festivities will include pet products and services, veterinary tips, free dog treats, bowls and balls, live music, a barbecue and appearances by 15 area animal rescue organizations.<\/p>\n
NTC Park is at 2455 Cushing Road. Admission to the festival is free, and dogs are welcome. To find out more, visit doggiestreetfestival.org\/san-diego<\/a>.<\/p>\n Two in Point Loma get Environmental Heroes awards<\/p>\n Two honorees from the Point Loma area were among those named by state Assemblywoman Tasha Boerner (D-Encinitas) as 2025 Environmental Heroes.<\/p>\n Jim Peugh, a member of Friends of Famosa Slough, and Nathan Dappen, co-founder of Day\u2019s Edge Productions<\/a>, were among eight individuals and organizations in Boerner\u2019s 77th District recognized for having \u201cdedicated their lives to preserving and protecting our environment,\u201d according to a statement from Boerner\u2019s office.<\/p>\n Two local breweries win medals at Great American Beer Festival<\/p>\n Two peninsula breweries won awards at the Great American Beer Festival last month in Denver.<\/p>\n Pizza Port Ocean Beach won a silver medal for its Paloma Sour beer in the Specialty Berliner-Style Weisse category, and Stone Brewing at Liberty Station in Point Loma won bronze for Stone Lifeblood in the American-Style Brown Ale category.<\/p>\n Overall, 8,315 beers were judged and 347 medals were awarded to 273 breweries and cideries, according to the Brewers Association, which organizes the competition.<\/p>\n Jim Hall, owner of Point Loma\u2019s La Playa Books, dies<\/p>\n Jim Hall, owner of La Playa Books<\/a> in Point Loma, died Oct. 27, the store announced.<\/p>\n Hall, born in San Diego in 1934, was a history and philosophy buff who served as an officer in the Navy, an attorney and a secretary of health and welfare in California, the store said.<\/p>\n \u201cHe loved his bookstore very much,\u201d La Playa Books stated in a social media post. \u201cSome of his last words were \u2018Open the store!\u2019 He was comforted in his dying to know that the open sign was on, the flag was out and neighbors in Point Loma were heading in to buy a book.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe traveled the world, a mentor to many,\u201d the post added. \u201cWe have lost our foundation, friend, father and guide.\u201d<\/p>\n La Playa Books, at 1026 Rosecrans St., opened in October 2016, when Hall was 82. It sells new, used and rare books, along with cards and gifts.<\/p>\n The Boatyard restaurant eyes summer opening on Shelter Island<\/p>\n The long-planned Boatyard restaurant at the former Fiddler\u2019s Green site on Shelter Island is preparing to open in the summer under General Manager Chris Wood and executive chef Jason McLeod.<\/p>\n The original cedar lumber from the old Fiddler\u2019s Green restaurant has been repurposed, and engineers confirmed the building can support a 1,500-square-foot top-floor expansion without costly reinforcements, according to a report by SanDiegoVille<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Boatyard, which originally was planned to open this year, will serve wood-fired steak and seafood and feature a hidden speakeasy behind a harborside entrance at 2760 Shelter Island Drive.\u00a0For more information, visit theboatyardsandiego.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Doggie Street Festival returns to NTC Park on Nov. 22 Five days before Thanksgiving, local animal lovers can…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[2579,2580,34178,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-57064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-point-loma-ob-monthly","tag-point-loma-ob-monthly-news","tag-point-loma-ob-monthly-things-to-do","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}