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Water-use crackdown on tap for businesses, homeowners June 1 Supply issues, drought drive action BY SEBASTIAN RUIZ | THE BEACON
Pier-ing into paradise The setting sun silhouettes fishermen and ocean lovers at the Ocean Beach Pier recently. COURTESY PHOTO BY JIM GRANT
Mission Bay lands $10.5M in stimulus funds BY SEBASTIAN RUIZ | THE BEACON
About $10.5 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act stimulus money will go to dredge parts of Mission Bay around Quivira Basin that have slowly been filling with silt, according to a report heard by members of the Mission Bay Park Committee on May 5. Other improvements driven by the federal economic stimulus
money include fixing deteriorating parts of the Mission Bay Channel jetty. “There’s been a host of accidents but nothing that major,” said Bill Harris, a spokesman for Mayor Jerry Sanders’ office. There have been about 150 boating accidents over the last four years near Bonita Cove because of silting and jetty rock erosion. The erosion has caused narrowing of the channel and
shallower basins, according to a statement from the mayor’s office. Harris said work is slated to start by early fall. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is responsible for maintaining navigable channels, which includes Mission Bay, Harris said. The channel hasn’t been dredged since 1986, according to city offiSEE MBPC, Page 2
With the entire region of Southern California facing drought conditions, the city will start requiring residents and some businesses to change the way they use water effective June 1. The new water regulations come as the city prepares for less water coming from the city’s two main suppliers, the San Diego County Water Authority and the Metropolitan Water District, city officials said. The cuts translate into an estimated 10 percent reduction to the city’s water supplies, according to Bill Harris, a spokesperson for the mayor’s office. While impending regulations, including only watering lawns between 6 p.m. and 10 a.m., may take some water users by surprise, others are already in the habit of conserving, which has helped the city save water, city officials said. “[Watering between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.] is just a smart practice anyway, to prevent waste,” said Luke Sandri, manager of Green Garden Nursery at 4910 Cass St. “Everybody seems to be aware of it.” Businesses like Green Garden Nursery and Coastal Sage Gardening in Ocean Beach have been tweaking their business practices to deal with drought conditions for a while. The city won’t hinder their con-
Mayor [Jerry Sanders] has been asking everyone to fundamentally change the way they think about and use water for more than two years now. BILL HARRIS, SPOKESMAN, MAYOR’S OFFICE
sumption. The new regulations won’t affect them as much as residential and other users who will only be allowed to irrigate on specific days, for 10 minutes at a time per watering station. Each sprinkler head on an irrigation system can water for 10 minutes. “As long as sprinklers don’t overlap [areas] because we don’t want people over-watering,” Harris said. Decorative fountains must have a recirculating pump. According to the city’s Level 2 Drought Alert webpage: • Homes with odd-numbered SEE WATER, Page 8
Red-hot PLNU slams into nationals with conviction BY KEITH ANTIGIOVANNI | THE BEACON
The Point Loma Nazarene University (PLNU) Sea Lions won the inaugural Golden State Athletic Conference (GSAC) tournament last week at Carroll B. Land Stadium and entered the opening round of the National Athletic Interscholastic Association (NAIA) playoffs Tuesday in Azusa as the No. 3 seed. “Everyone is healthy and we are swinging the bat pretty well,” said PLNU head baseball coach Joe Schaeffer. The other teams in the bracket
are GSAC rivals Azusa Pacific University and Biola University, along with nonconference opponents British Columbia University and Purdue North Central University. The Sea Lions defeated Azusa 81 Tuesday in the opening round of the double-elimination NAIA Tournament, continuing to set their sights high. Going into the nationals, Schaeffer was optimistic about his team’s chances of advancing. “I feel pretty confident about the nationals,” Schaeffer said. “There are nine five-team tournaments in the nationals and we are probably
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in the toughest of all of them.” Schaeffer also noted that despite the overall success of the team this season, the opening round would not be easy. “It is going to be a battle but if we can come out on the winning end then it will prepare us for what we face next,” he said. The Sea Lions opened the GSAC Tournament on May 5 with a 4-0 victory over The Master’s College, followed by a 3-2 extra-inning win over Fresno Pacific on May 6 before going on to ultimately defeat Point Loma Nazarene University pitcher Andrew Bovich improved his overall record to a perfect 11-0 on May 5 to lead the Sea Lions ultimately to a title in the SEE BASEBALL, Page 5 Golden State Athletic Conference tournament. COURTESY PHOTO
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