Mar Calls For Ocean Beach Safety Improvements After Teens Swept Out To Sea

Mar Calls For Ocean Beach Safety Improvements After Teens Swept Out To Sea

After two Vallejo teens were swept out to sea at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach on Saturday, a city supervisor is calling for a hearing to…

Friends, Family Grapple With Loss Of Vallejo Teens Swept Out To Sea Saturday

Friends, Family Grapple With Loss Of Vallejo Teens Swept Out To Sea Saturday

Two Vallejo teens who were swept out to sea at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach on Saturday are presumed dead and their friends and family are…

Closures In Effect For SB Great Highway, Ocean Beach Parking Lots During Sand Removal Work

Closures In Effect For SB Great Highway, Ocean Beach Parking Lots During Sand Removal Work

Southbound traffic on Great Highway will be detoured on weekdays through mid-March while work crews shift excess sand from the northern end of Ocean Beach…

Public Comment Period Extended On Permit Plan For Ocean Beach Fires

Public Comment Period Extended On Permit Plan For Ocean Beach Fires

The public comment period for a proposal to require permits for fires at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach and impose seasonal restrictions has been extended by…

Beach Patrol Rescues Group of Teens Caught in Ocean Beach Surf

Beach Patrol Rescues Group of Teens Caught in Ocean Beach Surf

Four teens were rescued by beach patrol units at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach this afternoon after they became caught in the surf and dangerous rip…

Wind-Blown Kite Boarder Seriously Injured in Great Highway Collision

Wind-Blown Kite Boarder Seriously Injured in Great Highway Collision

San Francisco police are responding to two collisions leading to life-threatening injuries this afternoon, including one in which a person on a kite board was…

Necropsy on Beached Dolphin Inconclusive

Necropsy on Beached Dolphin Inconclusive

Biologists with the Marine Mammal Center performed a necropsy Tuesday on a bottlenose dolphin found dead on Ocean Beach Monday afternoon, but how the dolphin…

Body Found at Ocean Beach Identified

Body Found at Ocean Beach Identified

The body of a 58-year-old woman discovered by a jogger at Ocean Beach in San Francisco last week has been identified by the medical examiner’s…

Woman’s Body Found at Ocean Beach

Woman’s Body Found at Ocean Beach

A woman’s body was found at Ocean Beach in San Francisco this morning, a fire department spokeswoman said. At about 5:55 a.m., a jogger came…

Boat Grounded on Ocean Beach Might Be Stolen, Coast Guard Claims

Boat Grounded on Ocean Beach Might Be Stolen, Coast Guard Claims

A boat grounded on Ocean Beach this afternoon and abandoned might have been stolen from a San Francisco yacht club, according to a U.S. Coast…

City Officials Open Renovated Public Restrooms Along Ocean Beach

City Officials Open Renovated Public Restrooms Along Ocean Beach

Recreation and Park Department officials opened renovated public restrooms Friday along Ocean Beach in San Francisco, city officials said. The $1.5 million job renovated one…

Skateboarder Severely Injured After Being Struck by Alleged DUI Driver Near Ocean Beach

Skateboarder Severely Injured After Being Struck by Alleged DUI Driver Near Ocean Beach

A skateboarder suffered life-threatening injuries when a car near San Francisco’s Ocean Beach struck him on Thursday night, police said today. The collision was reported…

Coast Guard Rescues Surfer Near Ocean Beach

Coast Guard Rescues Surfer Near Ocean Beach

U.S. Coast Guard crews rescued a surfer in distress this afternoon beneath the Cliff House restaurant just north of Ocean Beach in San Francisco. The…

Coast Guard Rescues Fishing Boat in Distress Near Ocean Beach

Coast Guard Rescues Fishing Boat in Distress Near Ocean Beach

The U.S. Coast Guard towed a fishing boat to shore that was under distress off of San Francisco’s Ocean Beach on Monday evening. Around 4…

Father, Son Die After Being Pulled From Water at Ocean Beach

Father, Son Die After Being Pulled From Water at Ocean Beach

A father and his adult son died after being pulled from the water at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach on Wednesday. The two men were identified…

SFFD Responds to Multiple Ocean Beach Rescues

SFFD Responds to Multiple Ocean Beach Rescues

Firefighters at Ocean Beach rescued two surfers today and responded to two other reports of swimmers in the water that were later unfounded. The first…

Ocean Beach Sand Management Project to Begin in October

Ocean Beach Sand Management Project to Begin in October

The National Park Service will team up with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to conduct protective sand management activities at Ocean Beach in early…

Crews Wrap Up Removal of Ocean Beach Fishing Vessel That Ran Aground

Crews Wrap Up Removal of Ocean Beach Fishing Vessel That Ran Aground

The removal of a grounded fishing boat that ran ashore early Monday morning on San Francisco’s Ocean Beach is expected to be completed this afternoon….

Crews Remove 35 Gallons of Fuel From Grounded Ocean Beach Boat

Crews Remove 35 Gallons of Fuel From Grounded Ocean Beach Boat

U.S. Coast Guard and National Park Service crews are continuing efforts to remove a grounded fishing boat from San Francisco’s Ocean Beach today, a Coast…

Marine Officials Warn Boats to Stay Away From Whales Feeding Near SF Shoreline

Marine Officials Warn Boats to Stay Away From Whales Feeding Near SF Shoreline

Marine officials are warning ships, small boats and people on the water to stay well away from federally protected whales that have been spotted feeding…

Fisherman Missing After Boat Grounded Near Ocean Beach Had Outstanding $75,000 Warrant

Fisherman Missing After Boat Grounded Near Ocean Beach Had Outstanding $75,000 Warrant

A fisherman believed to have abandoned his grounded boat at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach early Monday has an outstanding warrant out of Santa Clara County,…

Coast Guard Suspends Search for Missing Boater

Coast Guard Suspends Search for Missing Boater

U.S. Coast Guard crews this afternoon suspended their search for a missing fisherman whose boat ran aground at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach earlier today. A…

Coast Guard in Search of Boater After Fishing Vessel Runs Aground Near Ocean Beach

Coast Guard in Search of Boater After Fishing Vessel Runs Aground Near Ocean Beach

United States Coast Guard crews are searching for a possible missing boater off Ocean Beach this morning after a fishing boat ran aground, officials said….

Suspect In Ocean Beach Area Bat Attack Remains At Large

Suspect In Ocean Beach Area Bat Attack Remains At Large

A man was hospitalized after being struck in the head with a baseball bat in an attack near San Francisco’s Ocean Beach on Monday afternoon,…

Crackdown: Your Ocean Beach Bonfire Might Get A Little Tougher To Plan

Crackdown: Your Ocean Beach Bonfire Might Get A Little Tougher To Plan

Fire-building visitors to San Francisco’s Ocean Beach this summer may have to contend with some new rules this summer as the National Park Service finds…

Watch The Board Of Supervisors Honor Ocean Beach’s Hero Surfer

Watch The Board Of Supervisors Honor Ocean Beach’s Hero Surfer

A San Francisco high school student who saved two distressed swimmers at Ocean Beach while surfing last week was recognized by the San Francisco Board…

Heroic Teen Surfer Recounts Rescue Of Two At Ocean Beach

Heroic Teen Surfer Recounts Rescue Of Two At Ocean Beach

11:50 AM: As crews continue to search today for a 14-year-old boy who was swept out to sea at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach on Wednesday…

Medical Crews Pull Distressed Swimmers From Ocean Beach Waters, 14-Year-Old Boy Still Missing

Medical Crews Pull Distressed Swimmers From Ocean Beach Waters, 14-Year-Old Boy Still Missing

10:29 PM: U.S. Coast Guard boats are continuing to search near San Francisco’s Ocean Beach tonight for signs of a 14-year-old boy who was lost…

Distressed Surfer Rescued From Ocean Beach

Distressed Surfer Rescued From Ocean Beach

A surfer in distress was rescued from the waves at Ocean Beach today after he was overcome by high surf and rough conditions, according to…

SFPD Seeking Man Who Disappeared From Ocean Beach

SFPD Seeking Man Who Disappeared From Ocean Beach

A 29-year-old man who was last seen in San Francisco’s Outer Sunset neighborhood in November remains missing, police said. Kevin Mayer was last seen on…

Hooray!  The Ocean Beach Sandcastle Contest Has Been Rescheduled

Hooray! The Ocean Beach Sandcastle Contest Has Been Rescheduled

A popular youth sand castle competition at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach has been rescheduled after being postponed earlier this month because of the federal government…

Federal Shutdown Means No Ocean Beach Sandcastle Contest

Federal Shutdown Means No Ocean Beach Sandcastle Contest

A popular youth sandcastle contest on San Francisco’s Ocean Beach is the latest local victim of the federal government shutdown, event organizers said today. The…

Gruesome Discovery: Track Shoe With Foot Inside Washes Up At Ocean Beach

Gruesome Discovery: Track Shoe With Foot Inside Washes Up At Ocean Beach

A dismembered foot still in a shoe washed ashore at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach Saturday morning, a National Park Service spokeswoman said. The foot was…

Sailboat Captain Arrested After Pursuit, Assault

Sailboat Captain Arrested After Pursuit, Assault

11:34 AM: A sailboat captain who was arrested Sunday evening after allegedly refusing to let a U.S. Coast Guard crew board his boat was identified…

Man Found Dead At Ocean Beach Was Frequent Night Swimmer

Man Found Dead At Ocean Beach Was Frequent Night Swimmer

A man found dead at Ocean Beach made a habit of night swimming in the Pacific, his friends say. 30-year-old Alex Peer was found face-down…

Medical Examiner Identifies Man Found Dead At Ocean Beach

Medical Examiner Identifies Man Found Dead At Ocean Beach

A man who was found dead at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach on Thursday morning has been identified by the medical examiner’s office as 30-year-old Alex…

Body Found Facedown In Water At Ocean Beach

Body Found Facedown In Water At Ocean Beach

Elsewhere Body found in water at Ocean Beach [OBB] A body was found at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach this morning, a fire department spokeswoman said….