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The second regional super POD vaccination site in Orange County opened on Saturday, Jan. 23, at Soka University in Aliso Viejo. Photo: Lillian Boyd
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“This site is of global significance as a place that has developed responsible whale and dolphin watching practices, while encouraging local people and visiting tourists to celebrate the importance of whales and marine conservation,” Cuevas aid. “The Dana Point community has set a gold standard that other whale watching sites can learn from.” To learn more about the Whale Heritage Sites, go to whaleheritagesites.org/ sites or worldcetaceanalliance.org. —Lillian Boyd
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Dana Point Awarded Whale Heritage Site by World Cetacean Alliance THE LATEST: Dana Point is officially the first Whale Heritage Site in the Americas, as established by the World Cetacean Alliance (WCA), the world’s largest marine conservation partnership, The WCA is an organization that promotes safe and sustainable whale watching. A Whale Heritage Site is defined by the WCA as “an outstanding location where cetaceans (whales, dolphins, or porpoises) are embraced through the cultural, economic, social, and political lives of associated communities, and where people and cetaceans coexist in an authentic and respectful way.” Donna Kalez and Gisele Anderson, codirectors of the Dana Point Whale Watching Company, began the application process early in 2020 after successfully trademarking Dana Point as the Dolphin & Whale Watching Capital of the World in 2019. Kalez is the general manager of Dana Wharf Sportfishing & Whale Watching, and Anderson operates Capt. Dave’s Dolphin & Whale Watching Safari with husband Dave Anderson. “To have Dana Point recognized as a Whale Heritage Site is a dream and has been a goal of mine for some time,” Kalez said. “Dana Point has historically been an incredible destination to watch and learn about whales and dolphins, and now we are happy to share this with the world.” Kalez says the criteria for acceptance are incredibly challenging, focusing on protection, sustainability, education, research, public access and awareness, as well as requiring a community effort that furthers the purpose of a Whale Heritage Site. “Being the first Whale Heritage Site in the Americas is an amazing accomplishment and serves to further recognize Dana Point and the whales and dolphins that live and visit here the recognition they deserve, as well send a message to the world that Dana Point is also a place that protects and responsibly watches cetaceans,” Anderson said. Both Kalez and Anderson credit the Dana Point Harbor Partners (DPHP), the harbor’s management company tasked Dana Point Times January 29-February 4, 2021
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Donna Kalez (left) and Gisele Anderson (right), co-directors of the Dana Point Whale Watching Company, applied for Dana Point to be designated a Whale Heritage Site in early 2020. Photo: Courtesy of Donna Kalez
with revitalization, for supporting their efforts to secure Dana Point as a Whale Heritage Site. “We are ecstatic that Dana Point has been named the Americas’ only Whale Heritage Site,” said Bryon Ward, Partner of DPHP, and President of BurnhamWard Properties. “Marine education and specifically whale & dolphin watching is a key pillar of the Harbor’s history and future. This exciting recognition is a testament to our highly experienced whale watching operators.” In 2020, Dana Point was one of eight candidate destinations from around the world. The World Cetacean Alliance states that each site is unique, providing and contributing in different ways to the criteria for becoming certified. Kalez says that Whale Heritage Sites give tourists a transparent and easy way to select
responsible whale and dolphin watching destinations, encouraging them to experience these incredible animals in their natural habitat, in an authentic and respectful way. “To celebrate the abundance and diversity of these magnificent creatures in our local waters, we are currently consulting with marine biologists and artists to create educational exhibits and whale-related public art installations within the Harbor,” Ward said. “As we further revitalize the Harbor in the coming years, we will instill the importance of education, conservation, and viewing whales in their natural habitat.” Elizabeth Cuevas is the Whale Heritage Sites Manager at World Cetacean Alliance. She says the Whale Heritage Site designation is the first step forward in responsible tourism. Page 3
THE LATEST: California’s workforce continued to feel the pinch from the pandemic and resulting economic crisis, as the jobless rate grew to 9% in the month of December—when new stay-at-home orders were issued for the state amid the winter surge of the coronavirus. According to the state’s jobs report released on Friday, Jan. 22, more than 52,000 nonfarm jobs were lost in December, causing unemployment to increase by 0.9% compared to the previous month. Orange County, which accounted for about 8,100 of those lost jobs, experienced a similar uptick, with unemployment growing to 7.4%, up from the 6.4% in November. The latest unemployment numbers from California’s Employment Development Department marked the first time the state saw a rise in the jobless rate since April 2020—a month after the World Health Organization officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic. At that time, unemployment was reported at 16.2%, with nearly three million Californians out of work. “Despite December’s losses, California has regained more than 44 percent of the 2,615,800 nonfarm jobs that were lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic in March and April,” the state noted in its report. Among the South Orange County cities of Dana Point, San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano, the three towns collectively had an unemployment rate of 6.6% in December, an increase of 1.2% from the previous month. San Clemente had the largest unemployment rate, with 6.8% of its labor force out of work, according to the state’s data. Dana Point’s jobless rate was at 6.6%, while 6.3% of San Juan’s labor force was unemployed last month. The leisure and hospitality industry took the biggest hit in December, losing 117,000 payroll jobs statewide. More than 14,000 of those positions were lost here (Cont. on page 4) danapointtimes.com
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(Cont. from page 3) in Orange County, according to the jobs report. Considerable job gains were seen in the construction industry, as well as the professional and business services sector, and in trade, transportation and utilities. Construction saw the biggest gains, with 31,600 new payroll jobs. Another 29,600 jobs were regained in the professional and business services industry. Prior to December, the state began to see glimpses of economic improvement. However, amid the surge of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations, resulting in a significant depletion of beds in intensive care units, the state imposed another round of regional stay-at-home orders. The Southern California region, which includes the counites of Orange, Los Angeles and San Diego, went into lockdown on Dec. 7, after the area’s available ICU capacity dropped below the 15% threshold. The order, which was lifted this week, had put a moratorium on all in-person dining, bars, breweries, wineries, hair salons and barbershops, and personal care services.—Shawn Raymundo
State Explains Math for Lifting Stay-at-Home Order; Purple OC Sees Decreases in Metrics THE LATEST: For the first time in many months, there is broad optimism about the coronavirus metrics around the state and locally, as California lifted its regional stay-at-home orders on Monday, Jan. 25, and hospitalizations and positivity rates showed continued decreases this week. With the stay-at-home orders lifted, it brought back the returned focus on the state’s four-tiered, color-coded, county-bycounty coronavirus monitoring system— where Orange County remained deep in the highest-risk purple “widespread” tier, despite decent decreases in all of its metrics. The lifting of the order also brought questions, particularly in the Southern California region. The orders were set to lift when the state’s four-week projections on available ICU capacity went back above the 15% threshold, but as of Tuesday, Jan. 26, the Southern California region remained at 0% adjusted available ICU capacity. Based on the state’s projection model, Southern California is set to be at 33% ICU availability on Feb. 21, which made the region eligible to exit the order. In a video conference on Tuesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly explained the state’s math and defended the state’s decision to lift the orders when it did. “We did, for a period of time over the holidays, make sure that the testing numbers were solid, that they were tracking with what we expected them to be on average, that we could account for any Dana Point Times January 29-February 4, 2021
The application window for small businesses and nonprofits to apply for the state’s second round of economic relief grant funding will open on Feb. 2. Photo: Shawn Raymundo
changes,” Dr. Ghaly said, “so that when we made a final projection … they were reliable and we could be confident in what is a fairly weighty decision for three major areas and regions of our state.” Dr. Ghaly also defended the use of stay-at-home orders in general, which have seemingly provided results with decreases in nearly every metric across the board after reaching post-holiday peaks. “We were concerned that without mitigation, without the stay-at-home order, without the hard work many Californians put in in the month of December,” Dr. Ghaly said. “We think that meaningfully decreased up to 25,000 hospital admissions, 5,000 ICU admissions, which not only protect our health system, but translate into real lives saved across our state.” Dr. Ghaly reported a 9% 14-day testing positivity rate in California with a 7.9% sevenday rate, both decreases from last week’s 11.6% 14-day average and 7.9% seven-day average as downward trends continued. The 14-day rate was 13.5% 14 days ago. Hospitalizations saw even larger decreases than last week, with a 20.4% decrease statewide over the past 14 days and a 10.6% decrease in ICU patients over the past 14 days. As of Tuesday, Orange County hospitalizations had decreased 23.8% in the past 14 days, and ICU patients had decreased 18.3% over the past 14 days. While the death rate continued to rise,
the increases were much smaller than in previous weeks. Statewide, the 14-day daily new death average has gone up 17.2% in the past 14 days, from an average of 427.6 deaths per day to 501. Last week, the state average had increased 63.3% in the previous 14 days. In Orange County, the 14-day daily average has gone up by 105.5% in the past 14 days, from an average of 21.5 deaths per day to 44.2. Last week, the county average had increased 274.76% in the previous 14 days. There have been 893 coronavirusrelated deaths reported in Orange County in January. There were 1,875 deaths in the county over the previous 10 months, with August marking the previous one-month high reported at 376. Tuesday also marked one year since the first two cases of COVID-19 were reported in California—one in Orange County and one in Los Angeles County. There have been 37,572 coronavirus-related deaths in California. “I want to take a moment to share my own sadness and condolences with those families, all those communities who’ve lost loved ones, who’ve had their world torn apart and turned over because of this disease,” Dr. Ghaly said. Nationally, the U.S. now tops 25 million coronavirus cases. There have been 421,129 deaths, and the national seven-day average testing positivity is at 9.08%, down
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from 10.42% last week. The state’s total new cases and case averages have dropped considerably from their winter highs. The 14-day rolling average of daily new cases dropped to 28,992.7 on Monday, markedly down from 38,902.4 on Jan. 18. Nearly all of California is in the purple risk tier in the state’s four-tiered, colorcoded coronavirus monitoring system, with 54 of the state’s 58 counties at the highest-risk level. There are only three counties at the red “substantial” risk level, one county at the orange “moderate” risk level and none at the yellow “minimal” risk level.—Zach Cavanagh
State to Open Second Round of Economic Relief Grants to Small Businesses THE LATEST: The state next week is set to launch its second round of economic relief grant funding to small businesses and nonprofits impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The window for small businesses and nonprofits to apply for a grant, ranging from $5,000 to $25,000, will be open from Feb. 2 through Feb. 8, with the selection notifications scheduled from Feb. 11 through Feb. 18. danapointtimes.com
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According to the California Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grant Program, eligible businesses include those that have an annual gross revenue of $2.5 million or less, have operated since June 1, 2019 and have been impacted by health and safety restrictions. Eligible businesses that earn between $1,000 and $100,000 in annual revenue qualify for a $5,000 grant; those that make more than $100,000 a year but less than $1 million qualify for a $15,000 grant; and businesses that earn between $1 million and $2.5 million could receive a $25,000 grant. Applications, the state notes, will first “be reviewed to determine the applicant meets the eligibility requirements. Eligible businesses will then be scored based on COVID-19 impact factors incorporated into the Program’s priority criteria so that distribution can take into account priority key factors.” Such factors include industry sectors hit hardest by the pandemic and underserved small business groups, as well as the health restrictions imposed under the state’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy—the four-tiered, color-coded coronavirus monitoring system. More information and application guides can be found at careliefgrant.com.—Staff
‘Hugs for Heroes’ to Deliver Meals to COVID Units at Mission Hospitals THE LATEST: The “Hugs for Heroes” initiative in Dana Point will make its first deliveries to Mission Hospital’s COVID care units. Hugs for Heroes is a project that is supported by the City of Dana Point, Capo Cares, participating Dana Point restaurants, and Capo Beach Church, aiming to support and encourage our local health care providers at Mission Hospitals, MisDana Point Times January 29-February 4, 2021
sion Viejo and Laguna Beach. Based on donations made by Dana Point residents, 284 meals will be delivered on Tuesday, Feb. 2, to every worker in Mission’s COVID care units at both the Mission Viejo and Laguna Beach locations. The meals were purchased from Dana Point restaurants, this time from Jon’s Fish Market, Chart House and Pepi’s Sports Bar and Grill, creating a win-win for local businesses, said Toni Nelson, co-founder of Capo Cares. Subway Dana Point and Brio Tuscany Grille will also be participating in future deliveries. Working with Mission Hospital staff, Hugs for Heroes volunteers also coordinated delivery of a truckload of donated snacks and handmade notes of encouragement to health care workers this week. Nelson, the Hugs for Heroes founder, expressed gratitude to the many residents who donated funds, snacks and heartfelt notes to encourage those who are working so hard during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Thank you to every person who made a donation for meals, dropped off bulk snacks at the community center, or took the time to write a note to those who are working so hard every day in difficult and often heartbreaking conditions,” Nelson said. “This is a testament to the kindness of Dana Point citizens, and the willingness of the City, our restaurants, community groups and countless citizens to send our health care heroes a collective hug from Dana Point. I’m particularly grateful to Capo Beach Church for facilitating our efforts to collect donations and purchase meals.” Nelson noted that the initiative is potentially expanding to the City of Laguna Niguel. Those who wish to participate in this ongoing program are urged to donate to Hugs for Heroes at capobeachchurch. com/hugsforheroes or drop off bulk, unrefrigerated snacks, drinks and notes of encouragement at the Dana Point community center, 34052 Del Obispo Street, Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.—LB Page 5
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South OC Opens POD Site Vaccine Supply, Appointment Scheduling Remain Obstacles BY LILLIAN BOYD AND SHAWN RAYMUNDO, DANA POINT TIMES
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ealth officials say Orange County has the infrastructure to distribute vaccines for COVID-19, but stress that the supply of vaccines is not meeting the demand. Residents eligible for the vaccine are reportedly “clamoring” to claim a vaccine appointment through the county’s website (othena.com) and app (Othena). Those who managed to snag a time awaited their turn on Saturday, Jan. 23, for vaccinations at Soka University in Aliso Viejo despite the rainfall. “The weather isn’t the best, but it’s an exciting day for the fabulous Fifth District,” Supervisor Lisa Bartlett said during her opening remarks for the launch of a new vaccination site. “Today is another exciting and significant milestone for Orange County as we open the second regional super POD site right here at Soka University.” Officials hope to deliver as many as 4,000 doses a day at the site, seven days a week, as long as supplies are available. Bartlett represents the county’s Fifth District, comprising mostly South County cities, including Dana Point, San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano. The district also contains one of the largest senior populations in the county. “While the need is great, our supply is limited. We are working as hard as we can and utilizing all our resources to secure more vaccines from the state,” Bartlett said on Saturday. “We are working on bringing smaller PODs to make vaccines more accessible.” The county receives about 20% of the overall supply designated for Orange County, with the remaining 80% going to hospitals and health care providers. Supplies from the state and federal government have been slower to come than anticipated, officials stated during Saturday’s press briefing. Beth Apodaca, director of the Dorothy Visser Senior Center in San Clemente, where a vaccination clinic is slated to open next month, stressed two important components to keep in mind when it comes to the distribution of the vaccine: it’s driven by appointments, and those appointments can only be made when there are enough shots available. “Everything is determined by whether (the county) received the vaccines,” Apodaca explained. She added that pop-up sites
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The second regional super POD vaccination site in Orange County opened on Saturday, Jan. 23, at Soka University in Aliso Viejo. Photo: Lillian Boyd
planned in several cities throughout the county can open “once they get the vaccine. So that’s what everything is contingent on.” Though the senior center, located on Avenida Victoria next to the fire station, is being set up as a vaccination clinic for seniors 65 and older, appointments are already booked solid. Apodaca also noted that the opening, Feb. 10, is a moving target, and one that could be rescheduled depending on the availability of the inoculations. Dana Point officials say they are coordinating with the county for a potential pop-up distribution site, as well. The opening of the pop-up sites planned around the county, Apodaca said, are meant to accommodate seniors who aren’t able to make the drive to Aliso Viejo and Disneyland
in Anaheim, where the first Super POD site was established. “That’s the whole philosophy behind this; they can’t get to Aliso and Disneyland,” she said, before touching on another dilemma associated with the rollout of the vaccines. “Some can’t even get the two miles here to the center.” Scheduling appointments has come with its own set of headaches, as the county has required the use of Othena to register for vaccinations. In the early days of the rollout, the site had experienced complications because of the high-volume of registrants. Apodaca noted that many seniors don’t have an email to register, let alone smart phones that they can use to access the app—an aspect of the rollout and planning
NAVIGATING OTHENA • Check your eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine at occovid19.ochealthinfo.com/phased-approach-vaccine-distribution. • Despite criticism from elected officials over Othena’s performance, the county health office is recommending residents download the Othena app on a smartphone rather than visiting the webpage on a browser. • Register on the app in order to secure a reservation. Based on their priority level, people will be notified by email or text to schedule their appointments when their turns come up to get the vaccines. • Monitor the app for availability. • If you are having issues with the app, you can email the developer directly at support@compositeapps.net. • For additional questions or concerns, call the County of Orange’s COVID-19 hotline at 714.834.2000.
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that, she said, was overlooked. “When they put that plan together, they didn’t take into account they don’t have an email … without an email you can’t register,” she said, referring largely to the much-older bloc of seniors. For Kathy McWade of Laguna Niguel, she was able to secure an appointment at the Soka University site this past Saturday for her 92-year-old mother after having signed up on Othena the day the program was announced on Jan. 12. “It was a huge relief,” McWade said. “She’s very healthy for 92. But she’s a tiny woman. We’ve both been super careful, but I don’t know if she would have survived COVID if she were to get it.” McWade says she’s unsure how her mother would have signed up on her own. “We’re both retired, so I was able to check the app regularly for openings,” McWade said. “I originally tried signing up for the POD site at Disneyland. But it’s further out and slots were going so quickly. When I saw that there were openings at Soka, I was able to grab the 8 a.m. appointment.” McWade and her mother arrived at 7:30 a.m. and were on their way out by 9 a.m. “Othena has her automatically signed up for her second vaccine,” McWade said. “I’m so happy they set up (the POD site) at Soka. But I’ll be even more relieved once both my mother and I have had our second vaccines.” At pop-up sites, like the one in San Clemente, residents must schedule an appointment directly with the center, Apodaca explained. But in order to do so, they must already be registered with Othena. For the past few weeks, she said, volunteers with the senior center have been working to register those looking to make an appointment. “It’s been a very difficult few weeks. The program, I’m sure, is wonderful; it’s just not made for seniors,” Apodaca said, later explaining the advice she typically gives to those signing up: “I tell everyone, don’t register on the website; download the app. It’s user-friendly; the web has issues.” County officials are encouraging members of the community to do just as McWade did—to periodically check Othena for availability, be patient, and help your elderly relatives get access to a vaccine. “If you aren’t tech-savvy, reach out to a trusted relative for help, just like you would with a doctor’s appointment,” a staffer with Supervisor Bartlett’s office said. But booking an appointment for seniors who are homebound, or have no close family members to assist them, or do not speak English, gets complicated. As of Tuesday, Jan. 26, Othena did not offer any other language services in addition to English—an issue that was brought to light at the Board of Supervisors meeting the same day. “The lack of alternative languages is a problem. Why was this not taken into consideration when Othena first launched?” Chairman Andrew Do asked health officials. danapointtimes.com
EYE ON DP According to Clayton Chau, director of the Orange County Health Care Agency, the approach was to smooth out the kinks of the program before expanding language options. “Starting a new system, there’s always glitches, and we improve them,” Chau said. “Just because you register doesn’t guarantee an appointment. The process is too slow. It’s the frustration of not getting an appointment and not getting the vaccine. It comes down to the county not having enough vaccines.” According to Bartlett’s office, the infrastructure for vaccine distribution is established and ready, but the supply of vaccines is not. Earlier this month, the county announced it would be launching “Operation Independence,” in which officials would collaborate with the Orange County Fire Authority to help administer COVID-19 vaccinations to residents countywide. “We are being very vocal with the state,” Bartlett said during the board meeting, addressing Chau. “We’ve got people clamoring to get vaccinated. We don’t have the vaccines. We’ve got to coordinate better with the state. Whatever you can do to drive home that point with health officers will make the difference. We’ve got to make this happen.” As the board meeting commenced, the California Health and Human Services De-
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Orange County officials hope to administer up to 4,000 vaccines per day at Soka University’s POD site in Aliso Viejo, when supplies are available. Photo: Lillian Boyd
partment held a conference call to provide statewide COVID-19 updates. “We understand that the vaccine supply is limited, but we also need to address that the supply we have now needs to get administered as quickly as possible,” said Yolanda Richardson, the director for the state’s Government Operations Agency. Richardson said the CHHS is considering working with third-party administra-
tors to improve efficiency of distribution and is building a network of vaccine administration to include public health systems, pharmacies, public hospitals, community health clinics, and pop-up and mobile sites. However, Orange County and other California counties continue to struggle with not knowing when vaccines will arrive and in what quantity.
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“We continue to hear that being a problem,” Richardson said. “Advance notice is definitely going to help with distribution. We don’t know at this time when that’s going to change, but we’re letting (counties) know that’s something we are all looking forward to.” According to data made available weekly by the Orange County Health Care Agency, roughly 118,000 people have received one dose of the vaccine, while nearly 30,000 people have received their second dose since Dec. 15. When the San Clemente pop-up site does open, the center is looking at getting about 500 seniors vaccinated, according to Apodaca. The endeavor, she continued, will require doctors and nurses that the county sends down to administer the shots, as well as several local volunteers to help sanitize areas and waiting chairs, and to also monitor each senior for about 15 to 20 minutes after they’ve received the shot. “If we can help 500 seniors stay alive, we’ll jump through the hoops,” she said, adding: “We have an amazing community in San Clemente that has really stepped up for seniors. Working with the city, because we’re not operated by the city, they stepped up with helping me with parking, getting help with the CERT (Community Engagement Response Team) group … they’ve been a blessing.” DP
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Letters to the Editor SELFISHNESS LUCIA BONNAUD, San Clemente
A few Sundays ago, it was a beautiful sunny day in San Clemente, perfect for a short hike on the San Clemente trail off of Avenida Salvador. I grabbed my iPhone, earphones and mask to enjoy the fresh air and get some exercise and appreciate the beautiful town that I am fortunate to live in. There were a lot of other people enjoying the trail also: families and bikers crowded the trail, people mask-less and masked. Those families who were not masked usually kept a sufficient distance between themselves and others. Then I came upon a group of five maskless women in their 30s and 40s, laughing, talking and enjoying themselves. Doubtful that they were roommates or from the same household. My hike was ruined from that point on. I was reminded of a text from one of our neighbors about how her daughter, a nurse, was exhausted at a local hospital from being overwhelmed by COVID-19 cases. How she warned us to be extra careful because the hospitals were truly overwhelmed. I couldn’t get over the resentfulness and anger I felt toward those who somehow rationalize that the sacrifices we all have to make do not apply to them. Those of us who are trying to be responsible and caring about our fellow citizens would love to spend time with our friends on a beautiful sunny day. Of course, there will be those who say if you want to isolate yourself, that is your prerogative, that not that many people are dying percentage-wise. Of course, these are the same people who complain about lockdowns and how this is trampling their rights. Ironically, those who feel entitled not to care about the well-being of their neighbors and are not willing to sacrifice a moment in time are feeding the hungry virus. They are responsible for the exhausted, overwhelmed, heroic hospital workers who are on the frontlines. They are prolonging the day when we can enjoy our fine restaurants and small businesses without worry. They are responsible for the continuation of the suffering of small businesses and people who get sick and, yes, those who die. Where is their humanity and concern for others? There is a word for people who only think of only themselves: selfish. Dana Point Times January 29-February 4, 2021
DON’T HIDE BEHIND CCC STEVE DIDIER, Dana Point
The city of Dana Point recently held online meetings with its planning commission short-term rental policy subcommittee. I appreciate being invited to meet with other residents who neighbor STRs. However, more public forums are needed to allow differing groups to hear each other. The city’s approach appears to be to divide and confuse, with limited public oversight. I am also concerned the city continues to publicly present STRs in residential zones as a California Coastal Commission requirement. Actually, the CCC’s authority is limited to the coastal zone, which is a narrow strip of land along coastal waters, not the entire city. The CCC has zero authority outside the coastal zone. Nearly all currently grandfathered-in STRs are located outside the coastal zone in the Lantern District and Capistrano Beach (Districts 4 and 5). Check the new STR map on the city website. Council’s top priority should be protecting residential neighborhoods and our beach community character. In 2015, Carlsbad’s council supported residents and banned STRs outside the coastal zone with no CCC involvement. Laguna Beach recently limited STRs to commercial zones with CCC support. Dana Point could take either action right now to protect residential neighborhoods while continuing to develop coastal zone STR policy. They could also implement a homestay/owner-occupied program, which is supported by residents and the CCC. The CCC’s priority is to ensure public access to coastal resources. The public has extraordinary coastal access in Dana Point from Salt Creek Beach, Strands Beach and the Headlands, to the Ocean Institute, harbor shops/restaurants, and Doheny State Beach/Campgrounds. And we have lots of existing hotels that need to fill rooms, with several more on the way. Our hotels, which actually pay their TOT, should not be competing against residential properties. Residents do not want Potterville. Council may ultimately choose to continue allowing unrestricted STRs/mini-hotels in residential areas outside the coastal zone, an idea already defeated by referendum once. If they do, they should not hide behind the CCC and own any decision to reject majority residents in support of big business and their real estate contributors.
expert in radiation biology. Warnock’s bluster is laden with unattributed claims he expects readers to take at face value. He argues that radiation levels in seawater, sediment and crops near San Onofre are being monitored (he does not say by whom) and that radiological releases follow government guidelines. He also defends Southern California Edison’s storage of about 1,600 metric tons of radioactive waste at the old plant. These activities follow Nuclear Regulatory Commission guidelines, Warnock says. It comes as no surprise that Warnock, a 32-year veteran of the nuclear industry, comes so passionately to its defense. Warnock criticizes Dr. Ian Fairlie, an English scientist who studied the Chernobyl fallout before advising government agencies in Europe and leading its prestigious Committee Examining Radiation Risks of Internal Emitters. During an online presentation Nov. 19, Fairlie warned listeners that it’s better to be aware of the dangers of radiation exposure than to live in ignorant bliss. Warnock, who doesn’t like this message, casts aspersions on the messenger. Fairlie’s warnings deserve attention. So does a campaign by a coalition of nine physicians and scientists and nearly 1,200 Californians who are petitioning lawmakers to fund research on possible cancer clusters near the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. Warnock downplays Southern California Edison’s frequent release of radioactive isotopes from SONGS into the ocean and atmosphere for more than 65 years. As a board-certified health physicist (to be clear, the certification is not a license to practice health physics), Warnock should welcome further gathering of objective data. We do, too. The Samuel Lawrence Foundation supports a method by UC San Diego scientists to greatly improve radiation monitoring at San Onofre and provide data in real time to the public. We support scientific debate. On this topic, however, Warnock clearly has neither the credentials nor the depth.
NUCLEAR INDUSTRY DEFENDER IS OUT OF HIS DEPTH BART ZIEGLER, president of the Samuel Lawrence Foundation
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Friday | 29 DANA WHARF HALIBUT DERBY DAYS 7 a.m-4 p.m. Dana Wharf’s Halibut Derby Days will be every Friday and Sunday, on either the Clemente or Sum Fun, now through March 31. Participants may win cash and prizes for catching the largest halibut. Sign up today by calling 1.888.224.0603 or visiting danawharf.com. Dana Wharf Sportfishing & Whale Watching, 34675 Golden Lantern, Dana Point.
Saturday | 30 A STORY WRITTEN IN STONE: HARBOR GEOLOGY HIKE 12:30-1:30 p.m. Participants will be guided by an instructor on a tour that highlights the geological principles and ideas reflecting the natural history of Dana Point Harbor. The group will examine the rock layers and geologic structures that surround Ocean Institute and form the harbor to uncover the geologic story of how the harbor was shaped over 15 million years into what it looks like today. Afterward, participants will observe sediment samples from around the world under microscopes and discuss sediment transportation in the ocean. The duration of the tour is one hour and costs $10 per person. Participants must wear face masks. Ocean Institute, 24200 Dana Point Harbor Drive, Dana Point. 949.496.2274. ocean-institute.org.
Monday | 08 GRIEF SUPPORT MEETING 6:30-8 p.m. People who are grieving can connect and support one another in this Zoom meeting, hosted by Pacific Coast Church. Talk to others who understand the pain and experience of losing a loved one. The meeting is part of a 13-week series. Cost is $15. 949.940.2600. griefshare.org. Dana Point Times January 29-February 4, 2021
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At the Movies: ‘Riding the Rails’— a Reminder of the Bittersweet Hard Times BY MEGAN BIANCO, DANA POINT TIMES
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n times like the past 10 months, it’s easy to feel as if things are worse than ever before. But once in a while, we get reminders of moments in history that were just as bad or even more difficult. Michael Uys’ & Lexy Lovell’s documentary Riding the Rails (1997) is about a handful of former runaways during The Great Depression who spent the 1930s train-hopping across the U.S. Many young people in the 1930s were advised, some by their own families, to go off on their own and see if they could have better luck in the nationwide financial recession. Uys’ & Lovell’s documentary originally hit the 1997 festival circuit before
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airing publicly on PBS in January 1998. The feature received high acclaim and won some noteworthy awards, and now for the first time ever, it’s premiering online for streaming this month. Throughout Riding the Rails, we get many colorful, shocking and inspiring stories with the use of archival photos and footage, as well as interviews with the subjects shot in 1996. One man— Rene Champion—from a family of French immigrants, ran off at age 16 to escape child abuse. Another man—Clarence Lee—left home when he was 15, the day after his father told him he didn’t know how he was going to feed the whole family. One of the few female freight train-hoppers, Peggy DeHart, ran away from her father’s
farm after a disagreement. These are only a few of the sad backstories of the young adults who struggled to get by as migrants from town-to-town. Riding the Rails has a good blend of real-experience perspective that neither glamorizes nor fearmongers the audience, with the commentators coming across as humble and modest. Uys & Lovell set the mood with songs from folk icons such as Woody Guthrie and Jimmie Rodgers to accompany sequences, along with live arrangements by commentator Bob “Guitar Whitey” Symmonds. Riding the Rails is one of those refreshing documentaries that is fascinating and educational, but it doesn’t feel preachy or bland. DP
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GUEST OPINION: On Life and Love After 50 by Tom Blake
Why I Don’t Play Cupid for Senior Singles
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senior single woman suggested this week that I add playing cupid to my job description. Cheryl emailed, “Because you know a lot of single men and women, you would be a great person to introduce them. For me, it may not work, because I live in L.A. County near LAX, about an hour’s drive from South Orange County. As you have previously mentioned, senior singles are not interested in driving long distances—especially at night. “I’m not saying you should become a full-blown matchmaker—that would take a lot of work and responsibility. But there are other ways you could become a ‘go-between.’ “How about allowing your readers to sign up on an ‘eligible-list’ page on your Finding Love After 50 website, and perhaps have them include the general area where they live, their status (divorced, widowed, for example), and a photo?” An “eligible-list” with a mini-profile of each person? Cheryl is suggesting I become a matchmaker. Cheryl added, “I’m sure there’s a great guy ON LIFE AND in my area who is lookLOVE AFTER 50 ing for me!” By Tom Blake In 27 years of column writing, I’ve encountered hundreds of seniors who’ve found love, and thousands who haven’t. And I’ve tried to introduce some of them, including widowers, widows, never-married and divorced people, particularly when they live within 10 miles of each other. Some have become couples, but in most cases, no match was made. Often, I hear the words, “We just weren’t right for each other.” Some people who had asked me to find them a mate were annoyed that I wasted their time, even though they were the ones who approached me in the first place. Older singles, who are set in their ways, can be very picky and hard to please. It’s often a no-win situation. For example, a woman who asked me to introduce her, says, “You didn’t tell me that he drinks bourbon, gambles on Dana Point Times January 29-February 4, 2021
football, talks too much and snores.” Me: “Sorry, I didn’t know that.” Another reason I won’t match-make is there are more single women seeking love at age 65 compared to men of the same age; the ratio is about 4-to-1, women to men. At age 75, that ratio increases to approximately 5-to-1. A similar ratio would exist on an “eligible-list” website page. And then I’d hear the all-too-familiar cry: “Where are the men?” Would including an “eligible” page on my website, as Cheryl suggests, yield successful matchups? Perhaps a few. However, the time, effort and cost to create and update a list would be prohibitive. Nearly every day during the pandemic, an email arrives in my inbox promoting new dating and/or matchmaking sites. One matchmaker included these words: “Local matchmaker has more older women and needs more men to match with female clients.” The same site said its workers “do their best to find that person and introduce you.” “Do their best?” Wow, matchmakers who often charge between $700 and $25,000 are only as good as the clients they have in their dating pool. Will I add a “fixer-upper” list to my website? No thanks. But, when the pandemic is under control, my partner Greta and I will resume the monthly senior singles meet-andgreet gatherings at Tutor and Spunky’s Deli in Dana Point. Many people met their mates there. So, Cheryl, I’ll remain a columnist and leave the matchmaking to the dating sites and matchmakers. They are the pros and the only thing they lack: single men. Tom Blake is a retired Dana Point business owner and resident who has authored books on middle-aged dating. See his website at findingloveafter50.com. To comment: tompblake@gmail.com. DP PLEASE NOTE: In an effort to provide our readers with a wide variety of opinions from our community, Dana Point Times provides Guest Opinion opportunities in which selected columnists’ opinions are shared. The opinions expressed in these columns are entirely those of the columnist alone and do not reflect those of the Dana Point Times or Picket Fence Media. If you would like to respond to this column, please email us at editorial@danapointtimes.com. The Dana Point Times and Picket Fence Media do not publish content that is defamatory.
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FROM THE ARCHIVES This photo of Herbert Sisk was taken at Salt Creek on July 21, 1965. Every week, the Dana Point Times will showcase a historical photo from around the city. If you have a photo you would like to submit for consideration, send the photo, your name for credit, as well as the date and location of the photo to lboyd@picketfencemedia.com.
Adoptable Pet of the Week: Frances SAN CLEMENTE TIMES
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his pretty girl is Frances, a grey chinchilla now available for adoption. Like most chinchillas, Frances spends most of her days napping, but she enjoys running and jumping around her enclosure when she’s awake. She is also quite sociable and does not mind being held or handled. With her sweet demeanor, Frances would make a great fuzzy friend in a chinchilla-knowledgeable home. If you are interested in adopting Frances, please visit san-clemente.org to download an adoption application
Frances. Photo: Courtesy of San Clemente/ Dana Point Animal Shelter
form. Completed forms can be emailed to animalservices@scdpanimalshelter.org, and you will be contacted about making an interaction appointment. SC
Sudoku BY MYLES MELLOR
Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 3x3 squares. To solve the puzzle, each row, column and box must contain each of the numbers 1 to 9. Puzzles come in three grades: easy, medium and difficult. Level: Medium Last week’s solution:
See the solution in next week’s issue.
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Closing and Opening Doors CIF cancels fall championships, but cross country able to begin BY ZACH CAVANAGH, DANA POINT TIMES
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he ever-evolving situation of high school sports during the coronavirus pandemic took another couple twists and turns in the past two weeks, with developments for the worse and for the better. On Jan. 19, the CIF-Southern Section made its expected decision to cancel its fall sports championships for football, water polo, cross country and girls volleyball. “There has not been enough progress made from the purple tier toward the orange tier for football, girls volleyball and boys and girls water polo to even begin
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competition this season,” CIF-SS Commissioner Rob Wigod said in a statement. “Subsequently, there will not be sufficient time for those sports to conduct viable league play, which is necessary for us to be able to conduct section championships in those sports.” Cross country, on the other hand, has finally received its spark of light, as California’s regional stay-at-home orders were lifted on Monday, Jan. 25. Cross country, as a low-contact outdoor sport, is the only fall sport that’s allowed to compete in the highest-risk purple “widespread” tier of the state’s four-tiered, color-coded coronavirus monitoring system. Monday was also the first day that youth sports competitions were officially allowed to resume by state guidance, in sports in which their county’s tier allows. As such, some schools in Orange County have begun to schedule virtual cross country meets, where teams race independently on the same course and compare times. There are obstacles to scheduling, as schools can only schedule dual meets against one other school, multi-school invitationals are subject to county health agency approval and some county regional parks aren’t allowing races to be run there.
While cross country can start to compete, CIF-SS canceled its cross country championships due to travel restrictions and coronavirus precautions. “The ability for us to host a Southern Section championship from one location and have student-athletes from all seven counties within the Southern Section footprint be allowed to travel to that single location is not realistic,” Wigod said. However, the cancellation of the fall championships, as well as the earlier cancellation of state regional playoffs, does come with another kernel of positivity. In its announcement, CIF-SS established end dates for each of the fall sports, which provide several weeks of extra time to allow schools to hopefully schedule as full a regular season as possible. The end date for water polo and girls volleyball is March 20, cross country is March 27, and football is April 17. “We are not canceling the entire seasons for our fall sports,” Wigod said. “We strongly support our member schools in returning to play.” Wigod confirmed that there is no change to the schedule yet for spring sports, and that with several spring sports in the purple risk tier, they can go on as
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planned. Any decision on the status of spring sports championships would not happen until April. These developments all come about as the strong and growing #LetThemPlayCA movement has sprung up on social media and with statewide rallies held on Jan. 15 and more being planned for Friday, Jan. 29. There will be a South Orange County rally on Friday at 4 p.m. in Mission Viejo at the intersection of Oso and Marguerite parkways. In his statement and in a video conference on Jan. 19, Wigod empathized with and supported the movement, saying that conversations continue between CIF, section commissioners, the Governor’s office, the California Department of Public Health and local health authorities to try and get teams back on the field. “We’re continuing to press the case,” Wigod said. “We saw some improvement (in the coronavirus metrics) yesterday. Hopefully that continues, and with that improvement comes the effort to continue to see if we can get a revision from orange (which includes football, water polo, volleyball, soccer and lacrosse) to red. We’re not going to give up, because it’s too important for what we’re fighting for.” DP
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Caring for Our Blue Planet Inauguration poet Amanda Gorman wants to save the world’s oceans
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n one of my first columns of 2021, I wanted to start the new year with a message of inclusivity and remind us all that surfing has a magical way of bringing people together. “In Hawaii, we greet friends, loved ones or strangers with ‘Aloha,’ which means love. Aloha is the key word to the universal spirit of real hospitality, which makes Hawaii renowned as the world’s center of understanding and fellowship,” Duke Kahanamoku, father of modern surfing, famously explained. “Try meeting or leaving people with ‘Aloha.’ You’ll be surprised by their reaction. I believe it and it is my creed.” Fast-forward about a century to last Wednesday, Jan. 20, when 22-year-old Amanda Gorman stepped up to the mic and, in front of a global audience, shared her words. “We seek harm to none and harmony for all,” said Gorman, the youngest poet to read their prose at a U.S. Presidential inauguration. Forget political affiliation, whom you voted for or anything else that is currently being used to divide us. In “The Hill We Climb,” Gorman’s words and intentions are pure: put down the differences and share a little aloha.
Poet laureate Amanda Gorman follows the time-honored tradition of writers who surf. Photo: Courtesy of Textured Waves “If we’re to live up to our own time, then victory won’t lie in the blade. But in all the bridges we’ve made,” she continued. Her poise, eloquence and grace at the podium were striking. But who was this young, strong, fresh-faced African American woman? Where did she come from? Growing up not far from Inkwell Beach in Santa Monica—the only place for Black beachgoers during Los Angeles’ segregated past—Gorman struggled with a speech impediment in which even saying the word “poetry” presented a challenge.
Her now-famous poem was largely composed while under the pandemic lockdown in Los Angeles. Inspired to make her voice heard, Gorman graduated cum laude from Harvard, and while going to school, also earned the distinction of being named the first National Youth Poet Laureate. It seems fitting that she was invited to speak at the inauguration by First Lady Jill Biden, an educator by trade, as Gorman’s mom is a teacher in Watts herself. She also wants to run for President in 2036—when
she’ll finally be old enough. But, as I discovered while trying to find out more about Gorman, we coincidentally share a connection to saltwater. Scrolling through her Instagram feed, I found her 2020 poem, “Ode to the Ocean.” With the heart of a surfer, her words offer a forceful, impassioned cry to save our seas. In it, Gorman writes: May the seas help us see healing and hope, May we sing out the ocean’s survival and revival. Being the people of this blue planet is our most profound privilege and power, For if we be the ocean’s saviors, Then it is surely ours. The day after Gorman’s inaugural debut, the group Textured Waves, which advocates for equality and inclusion in the surf, posted the above photo of Gorman on its Instagram feed. Getting her “feet in the wax,” as they say, clearly the stoke is on. As Kahanamoku said, “Our water is so full of life.” If you have a hot minute, go find “Ode to the Ocean” and give it a read. It becomes obvious pretty quickly that only somebody who has experienced surfing and the ocean in a transformative way could have penned such words. Clearly, her time on a surfboard moved her. There’s a lot of aloha in what she has to say; we should all take note. Jake Howard is local surfer and freelance writer who lives in San Clemente. A former editor at Surfer Magazine, The Surfer’s Journal and ESPN, today he writes for a number of publications, including Picket Fence Media, Surfline and the World Surf League. He also works with philanthropic organizations such as the Surfing Heritage and Culture Center and the Positive Vibe Warriors Foundation. DP
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BRYSE CELAYA
Water Temperature: 57-59 Degrees F
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ast week, the surf world lost the legendary Hawaiian surfer and shaper Ben Aipa. In his life, Aipa touched countless lives with the boards he built, his caring nature and ever-present smile. And now, his legacy lives on in his sons Akila and Duke, who continue to craft beautiful surfboards and embody the spirit of aloha. This week’s Grom of the Week, 15-yearold Bryse Celaya, is also part of that tradition. A freshman at San Clemente High, Celaya’s surf dreams are supported by the Aipa ohana. “Duke has treated me like a son all these years, and I can’t imagine how he must feel on the loss of his dad, Ben Aipa. I owe them so much and will continue to honor him in Dana Point Times January 29-February 4, 2021
Bryse Celaya. Photo: Courtesy of Vick Goddard
the water every day,” Celaya said. A valued member of the Triton surf team, Celaya can usually be found at dawn patrolling T-Street with his pals and former Groms of the Week Tyrone Fomenko and Dane Matson, the latter of whom is also bandmates with Celaya in the local group Haze.
And when there’s snow, Celaya takes to the mountains. Working ski operations at Snow Valley Ski Resort, he also finds plenty of time to sneak away for a few runs. No doubt, Ben Aipa’s looking down on Celaya and his buddies and smiling right now. DP
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Outlook: On Friday, Northwest swell holds in the morning, maintaining shoulder high to a foot overhead surf, (4-6’). Those waves slowly ease during the afternoon. Moderate to breezy west winds expected through much of the day Friday. Saturday’s surf fades to thigh-waist-chest high, (2-34’), then a fresh Northwest swell sets up more waist to chest high waves, (3-4’) on Sunday. Light/variable morning winds will be followed by light+ to moderate afternoon onshores this weekend.
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