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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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Bioluminescent waves wash the quarantine blues away in Ocean Beach By ANDREW OSTER | The Beacon
The stars settle down and melt into the horizon. The ocean shimmers and glows with a heavenly turquoise brilliance. Each wave breaks and shines and lights up my heart. Are we still on Earth? The luminescence seems to transform the water as well as the astral dimension we inhabit. This planet has unseen levels of life, doesn't she? The rising tide of electric-blue whitewater surges for our position on the beach. To our great, child-like delight, whatever area of sand that was touched by the ocean was activated with this light-show too. For every step, stomp, tip-toe, and leap, a forcefully corresponding f lorescent aura would display where body met Earth. If only there was such poetic feedback for our everyday impacts. Embraced here, in this dreamy higher dimension. Linear-time fades as the feeling-of-moments is how we track our lives now. A WHAT’S RED TIDE AND WHY DOES IT SMELL? Bioluminescence expert Michael Latz, a scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, said the current red tide, which stretches from Baja California to Los Angeles, is due to aggregations of the dinoflagellate Lingulodinium polyedra, a species well known for its bioluminescent displays. Each microscopic cell contains some “sunscreen,” giving it a reddish-brown color. On sunny days, the organisms swim toward the surface where they concentrate, resulting in the intensified coloration of the water – and the reason for the term "red tide." At night, when the phytoplankton are agitated by waves or other movement in the water, they emit a dazzling neon blue glow. The ocean along San Diego County
wave breaks and explodes with an ecstatic celebration of color. Like a supernova on some far, dreamy, aqua-spectrumed star. It claims the honor of 'Best One Yet,' for now. Until the next one of course. The ocean always has a next one. In between sets we f lick sand with our feet and watch the transcendent speckled patterns of the blue streaks upon the dark beach. A plethora of 'Best One Yets' come. Orion's Belt eases into the black, watery horizon, and the moment feels like a good time to depart. A rumble in our bellies for the Thai take-out back in the truck beckons us as well. Moments like tonight fill me with the specialness and sacredness of life's gifts. This story may seem like some lucid dream, but I assure you, truth is more awesome than fiction. Andrew Oster is an Ocean Beach resident and Peninsula Beacon reader is still brown in color, but now the sulfury odor is intense. The strong odor has reached about 1 ½ miles inland. There is also foam, indicating the breakdown of protein and other organic material. There are also reports of fish kills along beaches and in lagoons and harbors. The breakdown of the red tide by microbes results in low oxygen conditions that are deleterious to some animals. Is the water safe for surfing/ swimming? In general, during a red tide there is lots of dissolved and particulate matter in the water with associated enhanced microbial activity. It is personal choice whether to go in the water, but there is no public health warning associated with the red tide.
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Sunset Cliffs’ residents upset with huge and ‘disrespectful’ crowds every evening By DAVE SCHWAB | The Beacon
The crowds of people visiting Sunset Cliffs have been growing larger for the past 5-6 years and bringing with them more garbage, noise, and traffic, much to the dismay of many residents in that neighborhood. But after reopening the park on April 27, which was closed for about a month due to the Covid-19 pandemic, neighbors claim the situation has become unmanageable and are calling on the City to close the state park down and block access to it at night. “It has now been about 10 days since the city opened up Sunset Cliffs Natural Park for walking,” said neighbor Glen Volk in a letter to City officials. “Since then we have seen enormous crowds that have never ever been seen here before.” Added Volk: “Please consider making an emergency order to temporarily close the Sunset Cliffs area after dark or place a curfew on the area. You could set up roadblocks and check identification for entry into this area. If you do not have a Point Loma address, then you should not be allowed to pass into Sunset Cliffs after dark or some other sensible hour. It is not safe to allow this activity to continue.”
Sunset Cliffs neighbors have been putting up with at times disrespectful visitors watching sunsets in the late afternoon for the last six years, which Volk said that’s something people have learned to live with. “But now we have a whole new problem with partiers at night that come to watch the bioluminescence (red tide),” Volk said. “And they do not leave until after midnight, often partying until 2 or 3 a.m. This is a very disrespectful crowd, and it is really ramping up tensions here. It is a sh*t show like the 4th of July on steroids. And it happens every single night.” While acknowledging most passive beachgoers have been observing social-distancing regulations, the City admits Sunset Cliffs has been problematic. “Sunset Cliffs remains a trouble spot,” said District 2 Councilmember Dr. Jennifer Campbell. “That’s why I am calling on everyone, wherever you live, to obey the orders around social distancing and beach access. Remember that the City’s ‘stay at home’ order is still in place and that beach parking lots are still closed. “We do not want to follow the
example of other California counties and risk losing what we’ve worked so hard to gain. Do not gather in groups, respect your neighbors, and remember it’s now mandated that if you do leave your place, you must cover your face,” Campbell said. “This past weekend, the beaches were fantastic. We did not issue any citations to anyone who did not use the beaches passively,” said San Diego Police Department spokesperson Lt. Shawn Takeuchi. “All SDPD did was educate and remind people of the order and got compliance. On Friday (May 1), we placed new parking signs in the Sunset Cliffs area and that seemed to help. “I am not aware of any problems we had there. However, I’d continue to urge community members not to go to that area to watch the bioluminescence. When many people think the same thing small areas, such as Sunset Cliffs, cannot appropriately accommodate the crowds,” Takeuchi said. At midnight on Saturday, May 2, San Diego Fire Rescue saved a Navy sailor on Sunset Cliffs Boulevard who fell off the cliffs into the ocean, underscoring the need for greater security in the area.
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MERMAID MASK The Ocean Beach mascot mermaid Vera, who has been shifting locations inside various OB businesses, she has been sheltering-in-place in the Midway area since the pandemic, ready and waiting to rejoin the community when the stay-athome order is over. DAVE SCHWAB/PENINSULA BEACON
“We have decided to open as some of the grocery items will be allowed and more vendors are ready to return,” said Sara Berns, executive director of Discover PB. “We will still need to depend on a couple of volunteers to maintain the crowd. The biggest issue is there are very strict rules the public needs to adhere to, i.e. no eating on-site, one person per family/ group can shop, no sitting, etc.” Added Berns, “We need people
to enter and shop and move on, basically. We will be restricted to capacity. We really need people to comply or we will be shut down and it will be very difficult to recover again. Thank you for your support of the PB Tuesday Farmers' Market. See you in two weeks.”
OB OPTOMETRIST DONATES MASKS TO LIFEGUARDS Local optometrist Dr. Eli-BenMoshe is donating 200 protective masks to lifeguards at the Ocean Beach tower to hand out to beachgoers not wearing one. And besides helping those on area beaches, Ben-Moshe is distributing masks to anyone stopping by Newport Avenue Optometry during regular business hours starting tomorrow (May 9). "I would be happy to offer a mask to anyone living in the Ocean Beach or Point Loma areas," BenMoshe said. His office is located at 4822 Newport Ave.
FEEDING SAN DIEGO AT DEWEY ELEMENTARY Feeding San Diego announced the expansion of the Feeding Heroes initiative to provide additional hunger-relief services to military and veteran families throughout San Diego County at new sites, including Dewey Elementary, 3251 Rosecrans St., and Armed Services YMCA at 11 a.m. on Mondays. Amid the growing need for food assistance, San Diego is home to the largest concentration of military and veterans in the country, including 143,000
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STAY HOME ORDERS, SOCIAL DISTANCING SAVES 13,000 LIVES, UCSD STUDY SAYS The San Diego County Board of Supervisors received an update this week on the County’s efforts to mitigate the impact that COVID-19 is having in the region. They heard from Dr. Natasha Martin, associate professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health at UC San Diego. Martin’s simulation models help to explain disease epidemics and to predict the impact of prevention interventions. Her modeling looked at the rate of infection of COVID-19 in the region, as well as the number of
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County Public Health Officer Wilma Wooten went over the federal criteria the County have met so that it can move forward and ease even more of the local restrictions in her health officer order. The County has met four of the five federal criteria for reopening: • The County has experienced a 14-day downward trajectory in the number of people with influenza-like illness at local emergency departments. • The County has registered a downward trajectory of COVIDlike syndromic cases reported within a 14-day period. • The number of positive cases of COVID-19 in comparison to the number of tests administered over a 14-day period has been in a downward trajectory. • The local health care system has been able to handle the number of patients needing hospitalization for COVID-19 and other illnesses and diseases. The fifth criteria involves COVID-19 testing, an area where the County is making daily progress. “We are beginning to ease the local public health order and will be following state guidance so that we can move from stage one to state two,” said Wooten, adding that the guidance for the public remains the same. People should continue to stay at home, wear a face covering when in public, stay six feet away from other people and take other preventive measures, such as washing their hands and staying home when sick.
FACE COVERINGS REQUIRED IN PUBLIC Beginning on May 1, all San Diego County residents are required to wear cloth face coverings in public when within six feet of another person who is not a household contact. “When you wear a face covering, you protect those around you,” said Wilma Wooten, M.D., M.P.H., County public health officer, “When others use a face covering, they protect you.”
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It’s called the new normal. What is it? What will it look like? Is it already upon us? These and related questions are on everyone’s lips. But the reality is, many public groups, schools, and other institutions have already changed their modus operandi, switching over to remote conferencing and other operations likely to carry over post-pandemic. The Peninsula Beacon surveyed a representative cross-section of small businesses and individuals in the community to get their take on if – or how – things will be different moving forward. “It’s a mess, just a rat’s race to figure out what’s going on,” is how Brett Murphy, owner of La Jolla Sports Club at 7825 Fay Ave., which has been shuttered since mid-March, summarized the pandemic “pause,” and efforts of small businesses like his to secure government stimulus funding. “The wait times are ungodly on the
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phone calls,” he added. Acknowledging he’s “remained positive” during the six weeks his fitness center has been shuttered as non-essential, Murphy has been busy setting up a food bank to help his laid-off employees. He’s also getting around to doing some fixits in his fitness facility. With the coronavirus situation changing daily, Murphy said intimations are he may be allowed to re-open July 1. But he noted, even what his exact operating conditions will be like for reopening, are uncertain. “We have no clue,” Murphy said. “We’re being told people in gyms may have to wear masks and gloves, and that we may have to temperature check everyone who
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realize that their support will mean the difference in the long run.” Added Knox: “If you just love a business in OB, make sure you post great things about that business, recommend that business to your friends, and shop there as often as possible. Anything is possible when a whole community, like Ocean Beach, comes together to make it thrive.” Mission Beach small-business owner Greg Knight, who owns San Diego Kids Party Rentals, said the coronavirus pause has left him temporarily practically dead in the water. “Last year in April we did $145,000 in sales,” Knight said. “This year in April, I did $280.” Knight said it’s obvious he’s going to have to drastically change aspects of his business model, start on their reopening plans. We have one goal: protect employees, customers and the public." The City’s recommended strategies come from the Responsible COVID-19 Economic Reopening (RECOVER) Advisory Group, which was established on April 17. Cox and Faulconer created the group to give voice to businesses and their employees, and to plan for the unique needs of the region’s diverse industries. "This proposal will take input from the RECOVER group and from others to create a framework to safely reopen non-essential businesses when the time comes," said Cox. "This will be a starting point for what we expect will be a long, evolving return to business for San Diegans."
which includes lots of bounce houses for kids that he has warehoused. “We have to figure out how we do social distancing in them,” Knight said. “Maybe do things like having only one kid in at a time.” Knight’s studying the feasibility of steam cleaning his bounce houses to ensure they’re safe and sanitized. Councilmember Dr. Jennifer Campbell, whose district includes the Peninsula and Pacific and Mission beaches, said the new normal will be with everyone for the foreseeable future. "This pandemic will have a multitude of impacts over the coming weeks, months, and years,” she said. “I believe wearing masks will be a part of our lives when out and about to protect each other. I also believe that we'll see folks ordering more take-out to support local restaurants over the coming months, rather than eating out once they're allowed to open.” Read more online at sdnews.com The RECOVER Advisory Group guidelines provide steps a business can take when creating a health and safety plan specific to its daily operations, customer base and employee needs. Businesses can consider adopting these recommended strategies, in coordination with forthcoming guidance from public health officials, to secure the safety of customers and workers. The plan includes five focus areas and a check list of corresponding actions, which have been recommended by the RECOVER Advisory Group with input from County Public Health officials. They include: · Employee health: Require personal protection equipment (PPE) for employees and commit to voluntary compliance with public health officials on contact tracing and testing. · Safe worksite entry: Establish controlled entrance and exit practices to avoid queuing issues and work with the Public Health Department to create processes for employee symptom checks. · Workplace distancing and conditions: Evaluate occupancy and capacity to ensure proper physical distancing and keep shifts consistent with the same employees in each rotation or shift. · Employee training and compliance: Ensure signage on safety requirements, such as hand washing, physical distancing and reporting procedures for employees who become ill. · Enhanced cleaning and sanitation: Develop a sanitation plan that includes frequent cleaning of restrooms, workstations, and public spaces. The RECOVER Advisory Group also provided enhanced guidance specific to various industries, including restaurants, wellness facilities, attractions and tourism, commercial real estate, construction, and hospitality. Read more online at sdnews.com
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Homelessness on City streets drops by 12 percent Following innovative actions that made San Diego the only major county in the state to see homelessness decrease in 2019, a new report shows the number of people living on City of San Diego streets dropped by 12 percent in 2020, Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer and the Regional Task Force on the Homeless (RTFH) announced April 28. Faulconer will be joined this afternoon by City Councilmember and RTFH Chair Chris Ward and RTFH CEO Tamera Kohler to detail the continued downward trend in homelessness throughout the region and to highlight the steps the City of San Diego has taken to make an impact, including recent actions to assist even more homeless individuals amid the coronavirus pandemic. Conducted annually by the RTFH, the count captures the number of individuals experiencing homelessness on a single night, including those living on the streets, in parks, canyons and riverbeds. It also inventories those currently in shelters. The Jan. 23 count found that approximately 2,283 individuals were unsheltered, a 12 percent reduction compared to the 2,600 people counted last year. Unsheltered individuals are the most visible segment of the homeless population and includes those who traditionally can be the hardest to shelter and house.
In total, 4,887 individuals were experiencing homelessness in the City of San Diego according to the 2020 count, a 4 percent reduction when compared to the 5,082 individuals counted last year. That figure includes a 5 percent increase in the number of people in shelters and transitional housing, a positive sign that indicates more are being connected to supportive services that help to end the cycle of homelessness. San Diego County was the only major Continuum of Care jurisdiction in California that saw a drop in homelessness in 2019, a trend that continued this year with another decrease of 6 percent in the region. The City has taken steps in response to the coronavirus pandemic to continue to reduce homelessness during the crisis, including enacting a temporary eviction moratorium and sheltering in the San Diego Convention Center hundreds of additional individuals who were living outdoors. Operated by the City, County, RTFH and San Diego Housing Commission, one of the core missions of “Operation Shelter to Home” at the convention center is to find permanent housing for individuals. Case managers and housing navigators are focused on identifying the most appropriate exit strategy for shelter clients and working to end their cycle of homelessness, with the goal of decreasing the number of individuals
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Longtime owners sell Lucy’s, but the song remains the same By DAVE SCHWAB | The Beacon
Little has changed at Lucy’s in Ocean Beach since ownership switched hands the first of this year. Which is what folks, new owners and longtime patrons alike say they like about it, that Lucy’s, hopefully, will always remain the same iconic landmark watering hole. Husband-and-wife team Mary and Bobby Cooper, who opened the establishment on the corner of the crossroads at 4906 Voltaire St. in 1994, sold the tavern to local industry investors Todd Brown, Sean Green, Patrick Gallahue and Ryan Dhu. The new owners are connected to Good Time Design (The Blind Burro, Moonshine Flats) restaurant group.
The Coopers have since retired and moved on to Las Vegas. But not before one big well-attended wing-ding thrown in their honor by seemingly everyone in the community before they left. “My wife and I didn’t know anything about it,� said Bobby Cooper from their new place in Vegas. “I saw some people (gathering) across the street and wondered what they were doing over there. Everybody showed up to give us a good goodbye.� “I’ve been wanting to say thanks to all my staff and patrons,� chimed in Mary Cooper noting she and Bobby will be splitting time living between Vegas and their other place in Seal Beach. “I did not want to sell,� admitted a teary-eyed Mary. “But my
husband and I are both in our 80s and it was time. I hated to go. OB is like a family to me. So many nice people I refer to as ‘kids.’ " Assured Mary, “I think Lucy’s will be even better with the new owners.� Mary added they’ll be coming back to OB for visits from time to time. Speaking on behalf of Lucy’s new ownership group, Todd Brown talked about when – and why – they took over the place. “We took over operations on Dec. 18 and it was a deal that had been in the works for a while,� said Brown adding, “This is a special, iconic place: just fun.� Of Lucy’s ambiance, Brown said, “The sense of community in this place is just phenomenal, the extent
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Covid-19 is changing the way we live and work, including healthcare workers like nurses, who continue to engage patients individually in hospitals and out in the field. The Peninsula Beacon caught up with four of them for a Q&A discussing how the battle is going against the pandemic on the healthcare front lines. The impact is far-ranging for nurses, from little or no impact to a great deal – and suddenly. PB: How is working during the pandemic different than before? “There are so many differences in the day-to-day, but the glaring ones are the availability of supplies/PPE, and the level of anxiety and fear that comes with the job,” said Tiffani Zalinski, a critical care nurse in the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit at UCSD Jacobs Medical Center in La Jolla. “When Covid-19 broke out (March 14), I realized there was no PPE available on my unit, when our unit was previously stocked full of PPE, including N-95 masks, gowns, gloves, goggles, cleaning supplies, hand sanitizers. On March 14 when I came to work, all the PPE had been confiscated by the administration and locked away. We now had to obtain permission to get these supplies.”
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Added Zalinski, “We go to work every day wondering things like, ‘How many people here are asymptomatic carriers that haven’t been tested? Am I one of them? Are my coworkers infected? Are we going to get sick? Are our families going to get sick?’” “For me personally, not that much is different as I have been doing telephone triage for a while now,” said Mimi Kramer, RN, a triage nurse for Advantage Health Systems, Hospice Division, in San Diego, which handles patients countywide. “What is different is when I get a call about a patient who is running a fever or having difficulty breathing, I immediately think they may have Covid-19 and I need to assess what the ramifications of that would be.” “Well it is a bit scary when you hear news of healthcare workers falling ill and dying from
this virus,” said Angelito Tan, an RN in San Diego with the California Nurses Association. “We have had TB, HIV, Hepatitis, and MRSA (in hospitals), and a lot of healthcare workers have contracted such diseases during their careers. No one seems to question the hazardous conditions we as healthcare workers face every day, simply because it does not cause death in a matter of weeks. Now with coronavirus, everyone is now talking about how hazardous our jobs are.” “The pandemic has brought a whole new animal into healthcare,” said Shannon Cotton, a registered nurse in the Covid-19 designated ICU at UCSD-Hillcrest. “Covid 19 does not discriminate: it can infect anyone even if they don’t have any medical history. Patients are coming in, requiring only a small amount of oxygen, then, suddenly, they can’t
catch their breath and they need a breathing tube down their throat and a mechanical ventilator. Also not having visitors in the hospital is a kind of eerie. The nurse and doctor are the only connections a patient in the ICU with Covid-19 has to their family.” PB: Are nurses overworked or overstressed dealing with this crisis? “We a re cer ta i n ly overstressed,” said Zalinski. “But those with critical-care skills in San Diego may also feel somewhat overworked. We have been ordered to cross-train to ICU in the event of surges or critical needs. Our PACU staff has all undergone extensive “refresher” courses in ventilators and other aspects of Covid-19 patient care. The assumption is that if they need us, we will rise to the occasion.”
“This is a very stressful situation to be a healthcare worker during,” Kramer said. “If a nurse has to see a patient suspected or confirmed to have Covid-19 in person, that is very stressful.” “Nurses have always been overworked, management always looks at trimming staff to boost profits,” said Tan. “Not saying that hospitals aren't suffering financially during these times, but how often have we had a pandemic like this? Over the last decade hospitals across America have been making hundreds of millions if not billions in revenue yearly. We (nurses) do not benefit from that … Maybe if these hospitals would stop giving multi-million dollar bonuses to their chief executive officers and instead invest those dollars to hospital equipment/PPE, maybe we wouldn't be facing a shortage. It seems management is able to plan and prepare to maintain profits, but cannot do the same to protect the safety of their staffs.” “In the ICU, the stress level is palpable,” said Cotton. “Danger and disease is part of my job description, but with this new virus, and no cure, it can be very anxiety-provoking entering the room and knowing, ‘Hey, I could contract Covid-19.’ We know that over 60 nurses in the U.S. have died from Covid-19, and it’s probably more due to insufficient testing. But I would never change my job or not show up. I love my patients and my community.” SEE NURSES, Page 13
COMMUNITY 11 Obituary – Point Loma High grad and motocross champion Marty Smith, and wife Nancy FRIDAY · May 8, 2020
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Motocross champion and Point Loma High School alumnus Marty Smith, 63, and his wife Nancy died in a rollover dune buggy accident in the Glamis sand dunes in Imperial County April 27. The Smiths were with another couple, good friends Lee and Tammi Ramage, who were unhurt in the tragic accident. Smith was remembered fondly by fellow PLHS alumnus Jim Harvey. “My memories of Marty are 50 years old,” noted Harvey recalling, “I was 14 and Marty was 13 when we played Pony League on different teams. He was a very
gifted athlete, super fast and coordinated. He was a local legend on his motorcycle before he went pro.” Smith went pro during his senior year in high school. Clyde Williams, a Point Loman who met Marty “Smitty” Smith at PLHS, could see his friend’s racing potential early-on, having trail biked with Smith in Point Loma and Miramar in the early ‘70s. “Marty was clearly the ‘fast’ one out of our rag-tag bunch of motocross guys here that grew up with him, while he was living with his parents on Temecula Street in Point Loma,” said Williams adding, “After high school, Marty’s national professional MX trade soared to stardom.”
Williams recalls Smith always being positive. “He was always an upbeat type of guy,” he said. Williams shared some memorabilia of Smith with the Peninsula Beacon, which included: a magazine with Marty on the cover (featuring him during his high school motocross championship); a magazine poster when Smith was recognized with other motorcycle champions in 1976; and a photo took in 2012 when Marty received an award at Glen Helen Raceway honoring Marty’s motocross career. “Marty received a crystal trophy and a granite paver with his name on it for Glen Helen’s ‘Walk
of Fame,’ said Williams. Smith is considered to be one of America’s first motocross legends, having helped put Honda on the motocross racing map. Smith started racing young at age 14 at SoCal’s Carlsbad Raceway, on his way to becoming a factory rider for Honda in 1974. Smith continued his winning ways with Honda throughout the mid’70s, earning national victories in all three AMA Motocross classes (125, 250, and 500cc), and demonstrating how versatile he was with wins in the 250cc Supercross, Trans AMA, and FIM Motocross World Championship series. In 1977, Smith won the AMA 500cc
National Championship. A bad injury knocked Smith out of the 1978 season and additional injuries ushered in a forced retirement several years later in 1981 at age 24. After leaving competitive racing, Smith spent much of his time teaching students through his Marty Smith Motocross Clinic. He was inducted into the AMA Hall of Fame in 2000. Survivors include siblings Todd and Jeanette; three children, Tyler, Jillyin, and Brooke; and seven grandchildren. The Smiths had resided in rural Alpine in East County in recent years.
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In what almost seemed inevitable, the 41st annual OB Street Fair & Chili Cook-Off, originally scheduled for June 27, has been postponed until next year. The event will now be held Saturday, June 26, 2021, due to updates regarding the coronavirus from the City and County of San Diego to ensure the public’s safety. “We had to make the call,” said Denny Knox, executive director of Ocean Beach MainStreet Association. “We just couldn’t commit to signing a contract. The risk is too great. What if the City decided we all had to go back in for two weeks, and we were right in the middle of it?” Added Knox: “Plus we have less than two months to stage it. We’d never pull it off. It takes a lot of money to stage that event … and we don’t really know what the rules are going to be. How would you run a special event like a street fair if you were required to have 25% fewer people? The timing was just really bad so we said better safe than sorry.” Every year, the Street Fair & Chili Cook-Off features food booths, art, beachfront entertainment, and shopping. The chili competition showcases tastings from amateur entrants competing for the titles of Hottest Chili, Judges' Award, and People's Choice Award. OBMA had more than hinted two weeks ago that the event, like
nearly all large-scale events region-wide including Comic-Con and the San Diego County State Fair, would be canceled for 2020 due to pandemic safety concerns. Previously, Knox noted the summertime classic street fair makes up 80% of OBMA’s budget that finances all the extra community work the business improvement district does, all the murals, all the banners around town. “I’m not sure how we’ll replace the lost income, at this point,” Knox said. Concerning how OBMA will attempt to make up such a shortfall, Knox said, “We’re working on it, but it’s a slow process to figure out how to reinvent yourself like every other business has had to do.” OBMA’s executive director noted its also tough to plan ahead because everything with the pandemic is a moving target. “You just don’t have a date when everything might be back to normal,” Knox said, adding, "It’s going to be a struggle, and it’s going to look different than we’ve seen in it in the past,” of daily business operations once things return to some degree of normal. On a more positive note, Knox said they’re working on bringing the OB Farmers Market, which has been on hiatus due to the pandemic, back likely by the end of May or early June. Knox added she’s also encouraged by the response of merchants in OB, whom she said have been
“amazingly creative” in refitting their business models. “Ragland went right to curbside service right away and remade themselves as a take-out place,” she noted. “Dirty Birds did the same thing. And those companies have giving-back programs. “It’s so nice to see how generous our businesses are even in this kind of terrible situation,” continued Knox. “Steve Yeng has been incredibly generous to all kinds of groups, and they’re really working hard to keep people employed.” And Knox pointed out that, slowly but surely, businesses that have been closed are gradually being allowed to come back online. There are other encouraging signs. “I’m sure people are getting sick of cooking at home,” said Knox, who suggested some businesses are going to come back even stronger. “I think many of them are going to branch out a little bit, have a much stronger online presence, so they can weather things like this,” Knox said. “It’s been interesting seeing people get together, and do things together, and cross-promote.” Knox relayed an interesting quote she’d heard which summarizes ongoing efforts to adapt to the pandemic. “Somebody said this whole situation is like building an airplane while you’re flying it,” she said. “That’s such a funny statement, but it’s so true.”
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Volk thanked Councilmember Campbell and SDPD Police Chief David Nisleit for beefing up the police presence at Sunset Cliffs. But he warned it isn’t enough. “The pandemic has made things worse,” said Volk. “Now that they’ve closed our bars, restaurants and beach parking lots, and kids are out of school, there are few or no places where people can enjoy the ocean and be near their cars.” Volk has heard from several Sunset Cliffs neighbors who are reaching their breaking point. “It’s almost as if some people coming here have a sense of entitlement: This is a beach area and it’s OK to blast my music and throw
my trash on the streets,” he said. “I haven’t talked to a single resident who’s not disgusted with what’s going on. We need to wake people up.” Dedicated in 1983, Sunset Cliffs Natural Park is a 68-acre resource-based park stretching along the ocean bordering the western edge of Point Loma. The 18-acre linear section of the park lies to the west of Sunset Cliffs Boulevard between Adair and Ladera streets. The 50-acre hillside section, a designated multiple species conservation area, links to the 640-acre Point Loma Ecological Reserve beginning at the Navy property to the south. The park's topography includes intricately carved coastal bluffs, arches and sea caves. It affords inspiring panoramic ocean views.
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Point Loma, 1+ BR , 862 ESF
$499,000
Rarely Available & completely remodeled! First level, courtyard adjacent, loft-style oversized one bedroom condo w/ 400 ESF private patio, 9’ ceilings. plus 2 covered parking spaces & storage. Upgrades include wood beam ceilings, polished concrete flooring, remodeled bath w/ rain shower & in-unit laundry. Enjoy resort style gated complex!
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You will feel right at Home! Casual Elegance featuring 4 bd./3ba home with views, pool, 2 spas, koi pond, large open kitchen/family room, gracious living and dining rooms, 4 garages, plus 4015 sq. ft. of custom details on a 10,289 sq ft private corner lot. This home is located in the historic part of Point Loma!
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