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FRIDAY, April AUGUST 2019 FRIDAY, 24,16, 2020
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Movement for cleaner OB streets BY DAVE SCHWAB | THE BEACON
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BORED SURFERS WANT TO SHRED CITY OFFICIALS: DON’T BE A KOOK, HAVE PATIENCE
Surfers Izzy Poulin and Trevor Borello walk down the Ladera Street stairs at Sunset Cliffs before the beaches were closed.
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Melinda White (left) embraces an emotional Eva King during the memorial at Sunset Cliffs for Mike White, a well-known angler and surfboard 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.
City opens some parks this week; beaches and boardwalks remain closed On April 20, Mayor Kevin Faulconer announced the City would reopen some neighborhood and community parks the next day for passive individual BY DAVE | THE Bresidents EACON use only. On SCHWAB April 21, ventured out to the open parks to B surfboard weather maker enjoy the sunny-and-70 Albert “Ace” Elliott lost after being cooped up for a month. much of what he’s On the first day of a reopened acquired, including 50-year-old Sunset Cliffs, where parking lots irreplaceable are still closed,memorabilia, hundreds of when peohiswere shaping shed onrunning Froude Street ple walking, and near Saratoga Avenue fire strolling the linear parkcaught throughonthe Aug. 6. – although not many out day Elliott’s workspace was full of were wearing facemasks. old boards and photos of friends Even though the parks are he’d made custom boards for. open, the following regulations “I be sawfollowed: my bike was on fire in my must backyard to putto it out,” · Parks and willI tried be open the said Elliott, who’s been riding ebikes for years. “I picked up a fire
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public for the purposes of walking, jogging or hiking. Gathering or congregating in any City park remains prohibited until further notice. pulled the plug, ·extinguisher, The public should only visithit the fire — and it exploded. It just parks located in their neighborblew up in my face, like little shothoods that are easy to walk to and gun shells going off.” should not be driving to parks. “It was a nightmare,” Parking lots will continue toadded reElliott of his loss. was my little main closed at City“Itparks until go-back-in-time sanctuary. It’s not further notice. ·a dollar Sportsthing.” fields (basketball Fortunately, OB fire station courts, baseballthe fields, tennis was just the corner and courts etc.)around will remain closed. they cameinand put to it out sparing Gathering parks play ordamageteam to thesports main residence. ganized remains “[The fire] took all my boards prohibited. and tools, got my truck and camper,” SEEnoted PARKS,Elliott. Page 6
Longtime Ocean Beach surfboard shaper trying to rebuild after fire
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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, SEE 10 to change that by is PAGE looking applying for funding to provide bi-monthly cleanings of NewportTHOMAS Avenue sidewalks, in MELVILLE/PENINSULA BEACON addition to installing additional trash bins along the street.
A dog wears a facemask while walking at Sunset Cliffs Natural Park on April 21. THOMAS MELVILLE/PENINSULA BEACON
The charred remains of Albert ‘Ace’ Elliott’s shaping shed in OB. SCOTT HOPKINS / PENINSULA BEACON
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