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FRIDAY, 16, 2019 FRIDAY,AUGUST May 8, 2020
EMOTIONAL MEMORIAL
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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Movement cleaner RED TIDES BRING BLUE WAVES, BUT ALSO TRAFFIC ANDfor STENCH OB streets SEE STORIES ON PAGES 2-3
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Annual OB Street Fair & Point Chili Cook-Off canceled Loma Pointers prep PAGE 13 forSEEseason opener SEE PAGE 11
A bright bioluminescent wave lights up blue near the Ocean Beach Pier last week.
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Some businesses – retail and clothing stores – could reopen May 8 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.
To ensure San Diego is ready to safely reopen as soon as state orders are lifted, Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer and County Supervisor and Board Chairman Greg Cox on May 4 introduced guidelines developed by inY DAVE SCHWAB | THE BEACON dustry andBworkforce leaders to prepare the region to restart economic B surfboard maker activity. The guidance can be used Albert “Ace” Elliott by restaurants, hair and nail salons,lost much ofplanning what to he’s and other businesses acquired, including 50-year-old safely reopen their doors. irreplaceable The San Diego memorabilia, County Boardwhen of his shaping shed5on Froude Street Supervisors on May voted to adopt near Saratoga Avenue caught afire the Business Safety Framework, on Aug. 6. for local businesses An unusual sight in Ocean Beach. The usually thriving Newport Avenue was comgeneral outline Elliott’sthe workspace wasneed full of pletely empty in late April. JIM GRANT/PENINSULA BEACON highlighting things they old boards photos of they friends to prepare for and do before he’d madeThe custom boards for. could reopen. supervisors also Newsom to provide the County with Starting Friday, May 8, some “I saw was onchief fire in requested thatmy thebike County’s ad-my the autonomy to make region-relat- local businesses can begin to rebackyardofficer and I tried to putGavin it out,” ed, COVID-19 decisions. ministrative ask Gov. open if they have a plan in place said Elliott, who’s been riding eThe charred remains of Albert ‘Ace’ Elliott’s shaping shed in OB. SCOTT HOPKINS / PENINSULA BEACON bikes for years. “I picked up a fire
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to protect their employees and the public. The goal of the framework is for businesses to be ready to reopen when authorized by the governor, who is expected to announce guidance on May 7. extinguisher, pulled thecan plug, But before businesses re-hit the fire — and it exploded. It just open, they need to create a Safe blew up in my face, like little shotReopening Plan. A template is gun shells off.” at sandiavailable nowgoing to review “It was a nightmare,” added egocounty.gov, but may be updatElliott of his loss. “It was my little ed depending on direction from sanctuary. It’sto not the go-back-in-time state. Businesses will need a dollarprint thing.” complete, and post the plan Fortunately, at their entrance. the OB fire station was just the corner and They also around must ensure proper they camephysical and put it out sparing sanitation, distancing the main residence. anddamage generalto business practices and “[The fire] took all my boards communication. and tools, got my truck and camper,” SEE noted SHOPS,Elliott. Page 6
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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 bi-monthly cleanings of BEACON NewCHRIS MANNERINO/PENINSULA port Avenue sidewalks, in addition to installing additional trash bins along the street.
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