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FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, FRIDAY, September 25,2019 2020
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EMOTIONAL MEMORIAL
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Movement for cleaner OB streets
CLIMBING TO FALL
BY DAVE SCHWAB | THE BEACON
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esidents are being asked to sign a petition on Ocean Beach’s Neighborhood Watch Facebook page to take action to “help to keep our sidewalks clean ensuring a healthier environment for everyone.” “One complaint that is often heard about the downtown area of Ocean Beach is how dirty, stained, and smelly the sidewalks are,” the online petition reads. “The OB Clean & Safe Program, a project of the Ocean Beach MainStreet Association, is looking to change that by applying for funding to provide Beachgoers climb up the tricky goat path from No Surf beach at Sunset Cliffs as summer turns to fall in San Diego, which is, um, just more summer. bi-monthly cleanings of New MELVILLE/PENINSULA BEACON portTHOMAS Avenue sidewalks, in addition to installing additionMelinda White (left) embraces an emotional Eva King during the memorial at Sunset Cliffs for Mike White, a well-known angler and surfboard al trash bins along the street.
San Diego avoids more state restrictions for the time being shaper who grew up on Ladera Street. Melinda, Mike’s sister, helped organize the memorial and paddle out where dozens of friends and family, including King, who was a life-long friend and former girlfriend, came out to celebrate Mike’s life on Sunday, Aug. 11. ‘Sunset Cliffs was THOMAS MELVILLE / PENINSULA BEACON his world and his playground,’ said Melinda. ‘He loved it here.’ See page 10 for the story.
High coronavirus numbers continue to keep County on the brink of moving to purple tier By DAVE SCHWAB | The Beacon
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‘To close down the economy again would crush any recovery we hoped for.’
Recently, the state introduced the new tiered system that allows certain indoor business activities to resume, while requiring them pulled the plug, hit to extinguisher, adhere to industry-specific the fire — and it exploded. It just guidelines. They also must follow blew up in my face, like little shothygiene, social distancing, and gun shells going off.” face-covering requirements. “It was a nightmare,” While many sectors wereadded alElliott of his loss. “Itcan wasoperate my little lowed to reopen, not all go-back-in-time sanctuary. It’s not at full capacity. Gyms and fitness a dollar centers canthing.” operate indoors at 10% Fortunately, capacity or less. the OB fire station was just around the to corner and Restaurants continue be open came and limiting put it outindoor sparing for they indoor dining damageto to 25% the main residence. operations capacity or 100 “[The fire] took all myPlaces boards people, whichever is lower. and tools, got my truck and COUNTY, Page 15 camper,” notedSEE Elliott.
Longtime Ocean Beach surfboard shaper trying to rebuild after fire
State officials on Sept. 22 stopped just short of ordering San Diego BY DAVE SCHWAB | THE BEACON County back into the most restrictive “purple” tier for economic B state surfboard maker reopening. But health secreAlbert “Ace” Elliott lost tary Dr. Mark Ghaly warned that much of what he’s escalating coronavirus numbers acquired, including 50-year-old continue to keep San Diego on the irreplaceable memorabilia, brink of being moved out of when the his shaping “red” shed on Froude Street less-restrictive tier. nearhad Saratoga Avenue caught “We a spike in our num-fire Aug. 6. bersonand managed to stay below Elliott’sthat workspace was full the metrics would have tak-of old back boards of friends en us a and tier,”photos said Michael he’d made customofboards for. Workman, director the County “I saw my bike was on fireneed in my Communications Office.”We backyard triedpushing to put it the out,” to stay with itand andIkeep said Elliott, who’s been riding ebikes for years. “I picked up a fire
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numbers down. We would have to be back in purple tier numbers for two consecutive weeks to be in danger of falling back again.” Just prior to the state announcing San Diego County’s health regulations would not immediately be tightened, Fourth District Supervisor Nathan Fletcher said: “We should be fighting COVID-19 and not the state. On Aug. 28, we were placed in the ‘red’ tier with the option to open additional business entities associated with that
tier. I strongly recommended we move slowly, only opening the lowest-risk entities while holding the higher-risk entities until we had seen the impacts of school and university openings.” Added Fletcher: “My fear at that time was expedited re-openings would put those businesses at risk of a sudden re-closure. I desperately wanted us to avoid the continuation of an open/close posture that is devastating for our small businesses.”
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