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SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER GROUP BEACHANDBAYPRESS.COMFRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2020
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Student’s health battle continuesSEE PAGE 15
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LA JOLLA MAD MARCH PROGRESS REPORT
A progress report on community beau-tification performed by Enhance La Jolla, the community’s Maintenance Assessment District, for March 2020 has been released by district manager John Unbewust.
“Enhance La Jolla has authorized MAD vendors to continue their work in the Village, as all work performed by MAD enhances the cleanliness of the Village,” said Unbewust. “And, MAD’s vendors are complying with the governor’s executive orders and County/City directives regarding distancing and the use of gloves and masks. Enhance La Jolla believes that these efforts provide a significant benefit to all people working and living in the Village.”
Added Unbewust: “A clean environment is a worthy goal. MAD will continue to power wash sidewalks, maintain landscaping and pick up fallen limbs and other debris from trees, and provide litter control and trash collection regularly within the Village.”
Unbewust noted all trash receptacles are disinfected and lids wiped during each ser-vicing. He said painting trash receptacles (lids and frames) continues and will be completed this month. Other anticipated activities have been placed on hold.
“Once conditions allow, MAD will restart its efforts to improve tree wells, paint SDG&E transformers, and recondition wood bench-es and a dog waste station pilot within the Village,” said Unbewust. “MAD is coordi-nating with one of our neighbors to remove graffiti. The results have been remarkable.
Virtually all of these eyesores have been re-moved. So, if you see any graffiti, don’t hesi-tate to notify MAD.”
VAPA FOUNDATION’S FUNDRAISER ONLINE
The Visual and Performing Arts Foundation serves art students within the San Diego Unified School District by provid-ing additional funding for projects and mate-rials that are outside of the school's standard budget. This Saturday, April 18 at 6 p.m., the community is invited to enjoy a night of student performances and productions. Originally set to take place at The Conrad in La Jolla, the event has gone virtual and can be found at facebook.com/VAPAFoundSD/.
“We are excited to host this virtual event through Facebook Live and invite you to tune in on this evening to show your support for our city's children,” said Doreen Schonbrun, co-chair of the gala. “We will feature in-credible student performances and artwork to show you why the work of the VAPA Foundation is so important and deserving of your financial support.”
Proceeds from the benefit will support enhanced arts education programs for all students at SDUSD schools. For more infor-mation, visit vapafoundation.org.
ST. JAMES MUSIC SERIES CANCELEDThe annual music series of St. James by-
the-sea Episcopal Church at 743 Prospect St. has suspended the rest of its current season due to the COVID-19 outbreak. A concert by the San Diego ensemble SACRA/PROFANA, will be rescheduled for next fall. All ticket sales will be honored at that time.
The final concert of the season, featuring Chanticleer, was not able to be rescheduled but the group has already been booked to appear next spring.
Ticketholders who would like to receive a refund for either of these performances can email [email protected]. Alternatively, all ticket sales will be considered tax-deductible dona-tions to the St. James Music Series, and these proceeds will enable St. James to put together an even more robust season for next year, to be announced shortly.
For more information, visit stjamesmu-sicseries.com.
CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION AWARDS GRANT TO UCSD
The Conrad Prebys Foundation on April 13 awarded a $350,000 challenge grant to support the University of California San Diego in its COVID-19 efforts.
“As the region’s only academic medical center, UC San Diego has deep experience in researching and treating significant public health threats through the efforts of some of the world’s most respected physicians and scientists,” said UC San Diego Chancellor
Pradeep K. Khosla. “The Conrad Prebys Foundation has stepped up to help with our efforts in the battle against COVID-19.”
The challenge grant will double the fund-raising impact: for every dollar given to the fund, a dollar will be matched by the grant, up to $350,000.
“Since we first became aware of COVID-19, UC San Diego Health made immediate efforts to secure the necessary medical and surgi-cal supplies to protect and prepare our front line health care workers,” said Patty Maysent, CEO UC San Diego Health. “This generous matching gift further strengthens our posi-tion to safely care for the community during the anticipated surge. We are deeply grateful for this support during this worldwide health crisis.”
For more information, visit campaign.ucsd.edu/impact/coronavirus .
PB PLAN GROUP GOES ONLINEPacific Beach Planning Group, which typ-
ically meets the second Wednesday of the month in the PB Libary Community Room, held its first regular group online meeting April 8.
“It went very well. No problems,” said PBPG chair Karl Rand. “We successfully reviewed the development plans for a project on Wilbur Avenue and voted unanimously and enthusi-astically to approve. Also, Assemblymember Todd Gloria gave us a fairly thorough update on recent events at the state level, and he was very generous with his time when answering questions.”
Rand said PBPG meetings every second Wednesday “will be held by teleconference until further notice. Residential construc-tion is still taking place in San Diego, and the City is still processing permit applications, so we are working to do our part to keep the permit process flowing. We will continue to hear presentations on other matters too, like Trolley Station updates and various com-munity events.”
Rand added PB Planning Group's agendas are available a few days before each meeting at pbplanning.org.
COVID-19 IMPACT ON SAN DIEGO WORKFORCE
In its weekly email update, The San Diego Workforce Partnership has released these figures on the impact of coronavirus:• 224 total layoffs reported to the Workforce
Partnership since March 10 (up from 168 last week)
As anticipated, the region saw COVID-19 significantly impact many companies and their workforce, with layoffs effective immediately for the majority of employers.
• 32,774 total reported employees affected (up from 21,801 last week)
This includes 19,794 in the Hospitality and Restaurant & Bar industries. This is an estimate based on the notices received by the Workforce Partnership, although the full impact to employees and the region’s economy is still unknown;
• Data from the U.S. Department of Labor: In each of the past two weeks, Californians submitted over 20 times the average num-ber of weekly unemployment claims. “The continued increase in layoffs points to
the stark shift in how businesses must func-tion as a result of social distancing rules,” said Peter Callstrom, president/CEO of San Diego Workforce Partnership. “While the numbers are indeed intimidating, it’s im-possible to know what the future trajectory will look like. Instead, it points to the current nature of our region’s reality, as well as the demand for resources to support people who are unemployed.”
Workers can access information about re-sources and services by visiting workforce.
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is currently being finalized with lo-cal officials, will be communicat-ed as soon as possible. In what has been a continually evolving and challenging time globally, orga-nizers recognize the postponement may come as a disappointment, but look forward to providing partic-ipants with an exceptional event experience in the future.
KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR DONATES GOGGLES TO SCRIPPS CAREGIVERS
NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar recently visited Scripps Health in San Diego to donate 900 pairs of safety goggles to protect health care professionals on the front lines of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kareem regularly wore gog-gles on his way to becoming the NBA’s all-time leading scorer – so it’s fitting that he’s donating them in what may be one of his biggest assists yet, off of the court.
He said he wants to thank all of the doctors, nurses and medical professionals for all they’re do-ing to help fight the coronavirus. Kareem good-naturedly added that he hopes health care providers look as good wearing the goggles as he did when he played.
Kareem was motivated to give back after learning about the need for more medical equip-ment from his longtime lawyer Steven Anapoell, whose brother Dr. William Anapoell practices at Scripps. Kareem’s longtime friend and manager for the last 25 years, Deborah Morales, is leveraging his name, image and likeness global-ly to help locate and secure other much-needed, high-quality med-ical supplies for Scripps and other hospitals in Southern California.
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VIKING GOLF CLASSIC CANCELED
Due to the pandemic, The Foundation of La Jolla High School has canceled the April 27 Spring Fling & Viking Golf Classic.
“Many of our committee mem-bers worked tirelessly to put to-gether a great event, and we were looking forward to coming together as a community for La Jolla High School,” said the foun-dation in a letter to families. “We hope the time comes soon where we can again greet each other in person. La Jolla High School and our students need our support more than ever. The funds raised from these two events were going to provide approximately 25% of our total fundraising efforts this year. Although La Jolla High remains closed for now, we will continue to work to raise funds in support of the school. Please watch for informa-tion regarding our online auction coming soon.
GUARDIAN ANGELS HELPING OUT NEEDY
Members of the Guardian Angels in OB, Point Loma, Pacific Beach and environs are leaving a pieces of pink and green paper at resident’s doorsteps.
The angels would like for all members in neighborhoods cov-ered to adopt this common meth-od to help neighbors through this pandemic. Pllace the green paper in your front window or somewhere visible near the door.
If at any point you need help, or there’s something that you need, then place the pink paper with your phone number written on it in the window instead.
The organization will make sure that everyone knows about this so that neighbors can watch. Share this with friends and neighbors.
LA JOLLA TOWN COUNCIL INITIATES COMMUNITY LINK
"La Jolla Link, an online resource created with CPG Design for the benefit of the La Jolla community, has been created by La Jolla Town Council in keeping with its mission to serve as a community forum and information exchange, while pro-viding a resource for businesses to let customers know they are open and how residents can support them,” said LJTC president Ann Kerr Bache. “If you are a service provider, restaurant, or any other type of business who would like to
let customers know you are open and be included in La Jolla Link, send an email to [email protected].”
“We plan to work with other town councils and community or-ganizations to spread the word on behalf of our communities during this difficult time,” added Kerr Bache. To stay informed of com-munity happenings, visit lajolla-towncouncil.org.
LA JOLLA COMPANY INITIATES CLINICAL TRIAL FOR COVID-19 DRUG
MediciNova, with San Diego corporate offices at 4275 Executive Square, has announced plans to initiate a clinical trial of MN-166 (ibudilast) for COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). The study will be conduct-ed by Yale’s Advanced Therapies Group co-directed by Dr. Richard Bucala, chief, Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology at Yale School of Medicine.
“We are very excited to partner with MediciNova to pursue this novel approach for the treatment of lethal inflammation in COVID-19 patients,” said Bucala. This study is especially gratifying because MN-166’s inhibition of MIF activity was discovered in Yale Pharmacology by Elias Lolis, Ph.D. We believe MN-166 has the potential to reduce the
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ROCK ‘N’ ROLL SAN DIEGO MARATHON POSTPONED
Based on the direction and rec-ommendations of public health agencies and local authorities toward the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Rock ‘n’ Roll San Diego Marathon & ½ Marathon, origi-nally scheduled for May 30-31 has
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Pacifi c Beach, La Jolla businesses step up to help healthcare workersBy DAVE SCHWAB
Crises can bring out the best in people. Businesses too.
Which is being proven daily with the coronavirus pandemic through the philanthropy of local small-businesses donating to their employees, caregivers, hospitals and first responders.
Two beach-area small-business-es – Rickaroons at 679 Turquoise St. in North PB and Single Fin Surf Grill at 3844 Mission Blvd. in Mission Beach – have been lead-ing the way in responding to the health-care crisis.
Organic coconut energy bar entrepreneurs, the LeBeau fami-ly recently committed to helping healthcare workers.
“Hospital staffs everywhere are going to be stressed these next few months,” said company spokes-person Grant LeBeau.“Our goal is to show community support by committing to ongoing weekly donations to the staff of four local emergency rooms at some of our biggest area hospitals.”
“Although Single Fin is a for-profit business, there are no profits to be made (right now), so we have switched our business plan to focus on keeping our employees employed,” said restaurant spokes-person Michael Beltran. “We seek philanthropic-minded individuals or corporations who would like to provide specially designed packag-es to feed 20-100 essential workers who are on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic.”
Noting Rickaroons has also received support from Pressed Juicery, Laird Superfood, Local Krave, Cafe Moto, FATCO, Sun Bum, and Kopari. LeBeau added: “We have also offered our custom-ers the opportunity to donate a box of Rickaroons, which we will then match. Because of this, we have been able to add to our list of donor recipients the SD Food Bank and the Alpha Project.”
Pointed out Beltran: “No decision has been more difficult than when we closed our doors temporarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We have been constantly trying to adapt to the rapidly changing world around us.”
Beltran says when you think of “front line” workers, nurses, doc-tors, police, and firefighters come immediately to mind.
But he was quick to add: “Keep in mind the grocers, City workers, and delivery drivers are also on the front lines, so there are many choices of people you can send some love to. We just make it easy. You order and contribute, we prepare and deliver.”
The LeBeau family is present-ly distributing 100 Rickaroons, Instafuel pre-mixed instant coffee and powdered coconut creamer by Laird Superfood, roasted coffee beans weekly from Local Krave, Dark Horse, and Cafe Moto, as well as hand lotions supplied by donors Sun Bum, Kopari and FATCO. Those donations are going to UCSD La Jolla, UCSD Hillcrest, Scripps La
Jolla, and Scripps Mercy hospitals.“The way our budget cycle works
is we produce ahead of time what we think we’ll need for four to six weeks,” said Grant LeBeau. “COVID hit almost overnight, and customers started closing down. So with our relationships in the natural food industry, we put together a care package for local hospitals.”
Continued LeBeau: “We have a place on our website, rickaroons.com, where customers have been supporting us. For every box they buy – we match that. People can rally around and make a differ-ence without having to leave their homes.”
“We will be taking orders online at singlefinfeeds.com for 20-100 people and delivering within the City of San Diego,” said Beltran. “If you can’t contribute 20 meals, then contribute a few meals that will be added to other orders and delivered. Last week we prepared over 600 meals that were delivered to many local businesses including health care workers at UCSD La Jolla’s Emergency Room and Infusion Center.
“This is our slow season, so the money we make now pays our employees,” noted Beltran. “That money went away overnight. We just want to keep people employed. So we shifted our business to cater specifically to front-line workers, as well as grocers and other essential workers. We take donations for the
food. We prepare each meal and de-liver them to the unsung heroes of this pandemic.”
A sampling of other beach-area businesses helping out first respond-ers and others on the front lines during the crisis include:
• Local business owners, Tony Hall and Doug Gans of Torrey Holistics, have donated more than 7,000 N95 face masks and over 10,000 hand sanitizers to various health centers, local organizations, customers and staff since mid-March. With shortages of medical supplies around the country caused by the COVID-19 international health crisis, Hall and Gans saw an opportunity to directly help their community, the medical workers on the frontlines, and those most vulnerable.
"The Torrey Holistics family and I wanted to make sure that our staff and community stay safe in these unprecedented times,” said Tony Hall, co-owner and founder of Torrey Holistics. “Through my network, I was able to get the nec-essary items to support the people on the front lines who are working tirelessly to serve and protect San Diego.”
Torrey Holistics has announced a portion of April sales will be do-nated to senior centers. For more information, visit torreyholis-tics.com.
• Pure Bliss Bikinis, which makes sustainable women’s swimsuits
from recycled plastics, is offer-ing their “incredible seamstress” Suanne who started making masks last month.
“She is our lead seamstress and is spearheading our summer 2020 collection,” said the company on social media. “She let us know that her nephew, an ER doctor, request-ed she help make masks for his team at the hospital. She has now switched her efforts to mask-mak-ing. We couldn’t be more proud of her. If you or a loved one are work-ing in a high-risk environment and could benefit from a mask from Suanne, let us know.”
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• Lotus and Luna at 1552 Garnet Ave., which sells women’s jewelry and accessories from Thailand, will donate a second face mask to a healthcare worker or essential business professional for person-al use for every mask purchased from them. “If you’re looking for a cloth-mask option for your essen-tial outings, check out @shoplo-tusandluna’s bio at lotusandluna.com/collections/face-masks,” said Discover PB, the community’s business improvement district.
• Team Phun at 685 Turquoise St., which makes custom mer-chandise and branded apparel, said they’ve been “so busy help-ing first responders during this crisis that we have not been active on social media. Our entire team has been actively helping the men and women on the front lines supplying masks, PPE, and oth-er items to fight this virus with products including hand sanitiz-ers and non-branded masks. We can also prepare home-delivered gift baskets and other items for employees working remotely.”
For more information visit te-amphun.com.
• The GoFundMe campaign launched by Breakfast Republic has raised over $12,000 in an effort to provide free meals to medical work-ers fighting the COVID-19 pandem-ic. Breakfast Republic (part of Rise
& Shine Hospitality with locations in Pacific Beach, Ocean Beach, and Liberty Station) has decided to make its main objective to feed laid off workers and frontline medical workers during this pandemic.
The eatery is providing free meals out of Breakfast Republic's Mission Valley location to hospi-tality workers and later extended the free meals to anyone who has lost their job in San Diego. Being moved by the overwhelming pos-itive feedback, and what so many others were doing to help health-care workers, the restaurant ex-panded its efforts by delivering free meals to medical workers who are on the frontline fighting this pandemic.
Breakfast Republic committed $45,000 to do this endeavor. As of April 10, the group has donated over 3,300 meals.
• Randy Jones Foundation, a San Diego-based nonprofit, has partnered with Social Tap San Diego to provide free meals to County frontline health care workers. Donations will go di-rectly to providing much-needed meals as many hospital cafeterias are now operating at a dimin-ished capacity. #sandiegofeeds program also gives the ability to choose which hospitals and units will receive the donations.
Brant Crenshaw, owner/operator of Social Tap, will be personally in charge of organizing meal services and coordination of deliveries to health care providers.
For more information, contact [email protected].
• On April 14, San Diego Loyal SC announced a partnership with Rady Children’s and The Conrad Prebys Foundation to raise funds for the hospital’s fight against COVID-19, which was announced last week. Registration is open for the multi-week virtual fundrais-ing effort. SD Loyal asks fans, as well as the community, to help reach the team’s fundraising goal of $30,000 and help Rady Children’s get one step closer to completing The Conrad Prebys Foundation COVID-19 Response Challenge.
“Like most of the world right now, we’re challenged to come up with creative ways to support our community during this unprece-dented time,” said Warren Smith, president of SD Loyal. “We want to show support for our partners like Rady Children’s Hospital who have been at the forefront of child-hood health care for more than 65 years.”
Soccer fans are able to register to join one of three teams: Team Landon Donovan, Team Carrie Taylor or Team Nate Miller. Each team will embark on a social me-dia-fueled challenges—while stay-ing safe awt home—to raise money until Saturday, May 2, the original date of the Dream Big Walk, which was put on hold by the COVID-19 outbreak. Challenge winners—and donors—will be eligible to win priz-es and unique experiences with the SD Loyal.
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Business is booming at Green Gardens Nursery in Pacifi c BeachBy JACK GATES
There are lines of eager customers waiting to get in. Standing six feet
apart, of course. Many in pro-tective masks. And shoppers are not allowed inside the main building.
“But we’re fortunate to be open,” said Green Gardens Nursery manager Skylar Eppler, “and right now we’re seeing a huge increase in feed-your-self gardening. Customers are swooping up all sorts of veggie plants, herbs, fruit trees, planter boxes, and soil.”
Many Pacific Beach business-es have shuttered their doors because of the coronavirus. But Green Gardens Nursery on Cass Street at Beryl Street is open and thriving.
“We’re in that ‘essential busi-ness’ category because of food, we’re selling vegetable plants and seeds, fruit trees of all kinds and herbs,” said Eppler. “Business has increased by 30% overall. Because many people aren’t working right now, they have time on their hands and
many are turning to edible gardening. We’re selling every-thing from A to Z, apple trees to zucchini seeds.”
Eppler admits he and his 10 employees would rather be self-isolating like most people. But, he added, “We’re lucky to have the opportunity to work.
Finding the balance is the ul-timate goal, keeping ourselves safe from the virus, keeping the customers safe, yet trying to stay in business.”
In fact, Eppler pointed out he hasn’t had to let go of any of his employees. “I’ve added shifts for them because so many
customers want to grow their own produce right now.”
While many racks are empty at grocery stores, there are racks and racks full of vegetables, herbs and fruit trees surrounding the Green Gardens property. Eppler explained there are five times more veggie and herbs racks
than a month ago. “We used to get veggie and
herb deliveries maybe twice a week. Now we’re getting deliv-eries every day.”
Green Gardens has been a Pacific Beach landmark since 1978, but the manager said he’s never seen such a quick boost in business. “People are look-ing for things to do. We have queues of customers waiting to get in on the weekends.”
There are guidelines for shop-pers. Customers must wait in line with a safe distance apart. Only four customers are allowed inside at a time. Employees are wearing masks. And all sales are done at an outside table. “I’m trying to make sure both staff and cus-tomers are comfortable.”
Food gardening is noth-ing new during tough times. “Victory Gardens” were popu-lar during World War II to help reduce pressure on the public food supply. They were a morale boost. Those Victory Gardens provided hope for better things to come.
Sound familiar?
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at Westfi eld UTCWestfield UTC has closed
to shoppers to combat the COVID-19 pandemic; however, some retailers that provide es-sential services and restaurants offering take-out and delivery are still open for the community at 4545 La Jolla Village Drive, Suite E-25.
Westfield UTC's $600 million makeover has been complet-ed and has welcomed prevalent brands such as Apple, Ted Baker, Indochino, Rayban, Hermès, Kate Spade, Design within Reach, Lorna Jane, Under Armour, Jo Malone London, Kendra Scott, Marine Layer, Rodd & Gunn, Saje Natural Wellness, Superdry, and UNTUCKit. Alo Yoga and other first-to-market brands are com-ing soon.”
The property's health-and-well-ness offering, already including an expanded 24-Hour Fitness Super Sport Club, has also welcomed San Diego’s first SoulCycle and Peloton as well as One Medical and Forward.
Available UTC restaurants offer-ing takeout and delivery:
• Corner Bakery Café: Open 8 a.m.-3 p.m. daily for takeout and delivery only.
• Din Tai Fung: Open 11a.m.-8 p.m. daily for takeout and deliv-ery only.
• Elixir: Open 8 a.m.-4 p.m. daily for takeout and delivery only.
• Noodles & Company: Open 11 a.m.-7 p.m. daily for takeout and delivery only.
• Queenstown Bistro: Open Mondays-Saturdays 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Sundays noon-6 p.m. for takeout and delivery only.
• Red Robin Gourmet Burgers & Brews: Open 11 a.m.-8 p.m. daily for takeout and delivery only.
• Seasons 52: Open 11 a.m.-8 p.m. daily. Delivery available until 7 p.m. Curbside and take-out access til 8 p.m.
• Shake Shack: Open 11 a.m.-8 p.m. daily for takeout and deliv-ery only.
• Tender Greens: Open 11 a.m.-8 p.m. for takeout and delivery only.
• Veggie Grill: Open 11 a.m.-9 p.m. daily for takeout and delivery only.
Essential services are also still available from the following retailers:
• Forward Health: Open Mondays-Fridays 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
• One Medical: Open standard op-erating hours, Mondays-Fridays 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
• Wells Fargo: Open Mondays-Fridays 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m, Saturdays 9 a.m.-noon, closed Sundays.
• Lenscrafters: Open Mondays-Fridays noon-6 p.m.
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“Small businesses are the backbone of our local econo-my, and these businesses need our support more than ever,” Faulconer said. “With the help of generous corporate partners and San Diegans alike, we are expanding our Small Business Relief Fund to keep more busi-nesses af loat during these tur-bulent times.”
Cal Coast Credit Union, GoFundMe and Qualcomm h ave e a c h c o n t r i b u t e d $100,000 to launch a new ini-tiative between the City, Cal Coast Cares Foundation and San Diego Grantmakers to en-courage corporate partners and individual San Diegans to donate to the Small Business Relief Fund. The fund was cre-ated at Faulconer’s urging to provide grants and micro loans to small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Cal Coast is honored to part-ner with the City of San Diego to help local small businesses that are struggling with the
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Frustrated surfers want to paddle out but beaches remain closed By THOMAS MELVILLE
In early February, surfers, sunbathers, and sightseers swarmed Ocean Beach on a
glorious 75-and-sunny weekend that melted the winter weather with a warm Southern California bear hug. On the beach, the an-nual OB Surf Classic contestants lounged and cheered on their bros as onlookers from the pier stopped their strolls and took in the com-petition from above the waves.
Less than two months later, ev-erything changed.
On March 23, Mayor Kevin Faulconer closed all City beach-es, parks, and trials until at least April 30 to further limit public gatherings and slow the spread of COVID-19. “People can still go outdoors, but please go outdoors close to home,” Faulconer said. “This is about protecting each other.”
While abiding by the six-foot social distancing rules, resi-dents can still take walks, ride bicycles, and go for runs around their neighborhoods to keep ac-tive. But for surfers, who surf for their daily exercise and medita-tion, they have nowhere to go.
“Surfing is social distancing,” said Skyler Scharf, a surfer who resides in North Pacific Beach. “Surfers don’t want to hang out on the beach – we just want to surf and go home.”
Scharf, who learned to surf in
PB after moving from Arizona in 1996, says the surfers in his neighborhood don’t think it’s fair they’re banned from their daily activity. “It’s depressing – it's our passion, our fulfillment – it’s more than just exercise.”
Scharf suggests revising the rules of the beach closures to allow for surfing from sunrise to 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. to sun-set. “I’m not against the stay-at-home order – that has really helped – I just want a tweak to the rules to allow surfers. If the police and lifeguards can enforce the emptying of the whole beach, then they can figure out how to monitor a few surfers.”
L i feg ua rd Ch ief Ja mes Gartland, who is also a surfer, says lifeguard stations are ful-ly staffed and ready to help any
member of the public. “You can count on us; we want to count on you as well,” he said. “Everyone has an important part to play in flattening the curve of this virus. Please stay home.”
One of the main arguments from surfers is that other allowed activities like cycling and run-ning (especially on the narrow San Diego sidewalks) are more problematic than surfing. They have a point.
Kim Prather, a leading atmo-spheric chemist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, wrote in a recent Facebook post that her concern about cyclists, runners, and surfers has to do with the air possibly traveling farther than the recommended six-feet guideline.
“The best analogy is to think of
a smoker walking in front of you. If you want to avoid the exhaled smoke plume, you carve a pretty big path,” Prather wrote. “The same applies here. So it is best to error on the side of caution. Go out and exercise, but keep your distance.”
La Jolla surfer Izzy Poulin agrees. “I think if walking and biking are still allowed, surfing should be as well. It is already a very independent sport and people maintain more than a six-foot distance on their own. I never thought I would live during a time where outdoor activities aren’t allowed.”
Brooke Young, a recent Point Loma High grad who has been competing on the WSL Qualifying Series, hasn’t been in the ocean for three weeks and is going a bit stir crazy.
“I completely understand the sit-uation and how serious this is, but surfing is a form of exercise. If all ex-ercise was banned that’s one thing, but when there are hundreds of people walking and bicycling along Sunset Cliffs Boulevard every day it’s frustrating,” Young said.
District 2 Councilmember Dr. Jennifer Campbell says COVID-19 is the most conta-gious virus she has seen in 40 years as a physician or learned about while studying the history of medicine, and it’s spread has led to an unprec-edented response that can be
overwhelming and scary.“From surfers to dog park
visitors, soccer players to beach lovers, COVID-19 has had a major impact on the San Diego way of life. For those who love nothing more than to paddle out, this has hit particularly hard,” Campbell said. “While I certainly understand the frus-tration of staying at home, the empty beaches and boardwalks of District 2 are a sign of a com-munity coming together to pro-tect each other.”
Scharf, who’s seen a lot in his 50 years, hopes a compromise with surfers could be worked out. “I know how government works – it’s hard to get them to listen to the little guy. I don’t ex-pect to change anything – but if the ban goes on – something is going to happen.”
Maybe the most sage advice comes from San Diego surfing legend Skip Frye.
“As you all know, I love surf-ing and have been surfing in San Diego for over 60 years,” he said. “We have to protect each other, our lifeguards and our communities by staying home. That’s the best way to ensure that we can get out back out in the ocean as soon as possible.
“I’m asking the surfing com-munity to please take a break from surfing and do our part to beat this virus together. If I can do it, you can do it.”
Positives and challenges as school district’s online learning plan beginsBy DAVE SCHWAB
Now that all California schools have been closed for the remain-
der of the academic year due to COVID-19, San Diego Unified School District’s approximately 6,000 teachers and more than 121,000 students have been forced to more quickly adapt to online education.
SDUSD had a soft opening for its new online system involving numerous teaching platforms on April 6. The district is going com-pletely online following comple-tion of student and staff instruc-tion on Monday, April 27.
“We’ve been transitioning in-to the virtual distance learning online platform making sure students have their devices (com-puters) up and ready to go,” said Ernie Remillard, Mission Bay High School principal. “Many teachers have used online learning to a degree in their classrooms, so it’s been more about enhancing the capabilities of teachers on my staff.
“We’re in the soft launch of dis-tance learning. None of the work being done by kids right now is being graded. It will be starting the 29th.”
MBHS English and social sci-ences instructor John Keast, who teaches ninth and 12th grades, is one of many teachers getting en-hanced instruction on the Canvas
and other online learning systems. He claims it was an idea whose time was coming, even before now.
“Canvas is used in community colleges, state universities, the UC system, and nation- and world-wide,” said Keast.“I’ve actually been beating the drum on this for the last two years, putting all my work online as a practical matter.”
Keast added numerous of his students were taking week-long sports breaks from their studies, which necessitated his putting their assignments online “I told them, ‘It’s your job to check what you missed,’” he said.
The district’s online education soft launch has thus far focused on familiarizing teachers with online delivery for their lesson plans, and engaging students in a meaningful way before graded instruction resumes April 27. All classes are designed to help teach-ers navigate the wide range of on-line tools available.
Roughly 30 different instruc-tional classes have been offered daily to assist teachers in operat-ing their new online classrooms, drilling down into programs including SeeSaw, Canvas, and Google Classroom. Training in the various software allows a teacher to identify what program matches best with their class-room-teaching style, and with the needs of their students.
The district-wide effort is being led by resource teachers from the Instructional Technology Department, as well as 20 class-room teachers. This “teach-ers-training-teachers” approach allows for efficient instruction and sharing of best practices in a more familiar setting.
A parent of two Mission Bay High students, a junior and a freshman, who did not want to be named, said the homeschool-ing experience “has been proba-bly more hands-off than others. One of my kids is on Zoom most mornings and some afternoons,
and when he isn’t, he is pretty in-undated with schoolwork, as he usually is.”
The parent said it hasn’t been too tough of a transition for her eldest boy, for whom, “Life has just continued from home instead of physically in the classroom.” But for her younger son, “It is a different story. He has had a bit of work from some teachers via the Canvas/Google classroom/Schoology apps and others. But he has had to supplement on his own due to next-to-no communication.
“It has been frustrating as there
are days where he doesn’t have much at all. Hopefully, that will change in the coming days as the teachers get up to speed. This is a new experience for all of us, and all and all, they seem to be happy and adapting.”
Keast pointed out distance learning has other pluses.
“Being self-paced, that’s an ad-vantage because when you have class time, a lot of students get left behind, they just can’t keep up,” he said. “Another main ad-vantage is that I can riddle my online assignments with hyper-links to make sure they under-stand things. It’s a much more comprehensive way to address skill-building activities because nothing gets left out.”
Added Keast of online instruc-tion: “Overall, having a database of online learning resources, which are subject-specific, is a way to increase the amount of teaching time – and decrease pa-perwork – that you do. Kids don’t have to hall around 60-pound backpacks full of books and bind-ers. That’s unsustainable – and it’s over.”
The drawbacks of online education?
“Suddenly, there is a class di-vide with access to devices (com-puters),” said Keast, adding, “The district made a smart decision to make computers available to all our kids.”
Surfers head down the beach at sunset in Pacifi c Beach. PHOTO BY THOMAS MELVILLE
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In response to currently es-calating food insecurity, pre-cipitated by the COVID-19
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The Hunger Coalition has joined forces with the San Diego County Childhood Obesity Initiative (led by UC San Diego’s Center for Community Health), the Chronic Disease and Health Equity Unit of the County of San Diego’s
Public Health Department, and Community Health Improvement Partners (CHIP), which leads the San Diego Farm to School Task Force.
The San Diego Foundation has asked San Diego Hunger Coalition to assume a leadership role in uti-lizing funds donated to the $8 million COVID-19 Community Response Fund that have been earmarked for child nutrition as-sistance. The Hunger Coalition is responsible for identifying needs, soliciting requests, and awarding grants to school districts from a $300,000 fund provided by The San Diego Foundation. Multiple
small grants ranging from $5,000 to $20,000, administered by the Hunger Coalition, will help meal programs obtain the equipment, supplies, and safety standards re-quired to will help school districts safely feed as many low-income children as they can reach.
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One of the biggest sources of food assistance for low-income families is the federal Free and Reduced Price Meal Program. According to a 2019 San Diego Hunger Coalition food assistance landscape assess-ment, federal youth meal programs
account for 23% of all food assis-tance in San Diego County. This is double the output of all of the region’s food banks and pantries. With school closures, this vital flow of nutritious meals has slowed to a mere trickle.
“We have seen incredible cour-age and innovation on the part of school district nutrition ser-vice directors countywide,” says Anahid Brakke, executive director of the San Diego Hunger Coalition, “They have sprung into action and are now distributing pre-bagged meals, drive-thru style to parents in their cars, with no additional funding or guidance from the state
and federal government.”The Hunger Coalition says the
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La Jolla Village Merchants Association holds remote meetingBy DAVE SCHWAB
La Jolla Village Merchants Association president Brett Murphy started
out the business improvement district’s first remote meeting on April 8 with a message to members.
“These past four weeks have been pretty terrible for a lot of people, and we don’t have a date when we will be getting back to work,” said Murphy. “We’ve been strategizing with our fellow merchants. We want – and we
need – to do everything to help businesses recover during this uncertain time. On the bright side, I can be helpful to a lot of you.”
Murphy, co-owner of La Jolla Sports Club, pointed out he was forced to close March 16. “I’m living the same life you are,” he said. “I had to close my club down and layoff 60 employees, and since then we’ve been busy establishing a food bank for them.”
The fitness facility operator said he’s applied for all possible
small-business loans being of-fered at local, state and federal levels, and urged other LJVMA members to follow suit.
“Go through your existing lender,” Murphy urged. “Fraud is really rampant right now. We (LJVMA) will help you navigate through all that.”
Concluded Murphy, “Know that COVID-19 will change our Village forever. We, together, can determine what that looks – and feels – like.”
Mayoral candidate, District 1 Councilmember and Council
president pro tem Barbara Bry joined the April 8 merchants’ meeting.
“I’d like to thank you (LJVMA) for being proactive and not let-ting the health emergency stand in the way of your meeting, fig-uring out how to use technology and social media to engage the community and support small businesses,” said Bry.
Addressing homelessness in La Jolla. Bry said she visits the Village every other day to do per-sonal business and has noticed homeless, particularly on Girard,
have a higher profile now on the less-busy streets.
“I’ve asked for Porta-potties to be set up at the rec center and in the library parking lot,” Bry said, adding she has also appealed to San Diego Police Department’s Homeless Outreach Team for help.
“I’m going to be asking the HOT Team to be proactive in La Jolla,” she said. “If you need to send the HOT team to deal with someone let Steve Hadley (aide) know.”
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Strong emotional responses toward those with confl icting opinions
Recently I have noticed that I get more upset than I used to at people
with political opinions that differ from mine. Not only do I react negatively to their opinion, I react negatively to the person express-ing it. This never used to be the case; I was always open-minded, even accepting differences as a positive encounter. What has changed? It does not occur to me to be disapproving about some-one’s taste in art or music. If I like classical music and post-impres-sionist paintings and they prefer rap and minimalist art, it is not an issue.
Tastes and values evolve over time for both individuals and cultures. In 1913, people threw
things at the orchestra during the premiere of Stravinsky’s the Rite of Spring; today it is considered a classic. An exhibition in Paris of early impressionists in the early 1900s was panned; today their artwork sells for millions.
Some beliefs that were common a generation ago are no longer acceptable, and so it is with eco-nomics, psychology, even litera-ture. What used to be considered mainstream is objectionable. The banned books of a century ago are now in school libraries. Child labor was common then too; today it is illegal. It was only in 1920 that women got the right to vote in the United States. What I may call avant-garde today might be old hat tomorrow. What do we reject now that will be seen as mainstream in a few dozen years?
Political decisions can affect my life, whereas people’s tastes in the arts do not. So I take politics to heart, irrespective of the political and cultural trends of the past or what may be seen as acceptable in the future. It is the “now” that
matters. It is what is impacting me today that I care about. It is not only others individual’s polit-ical beliefs that I am beginning to disdain; I find I have a new rigidi-ty about which newscast to follow and which newspapers to read, because they each express a po-litical stance, which I will agree or disagree with.
I have begun to wonder about this contentiousness, because I am not the only one reacting, I see my friends becoming quite bellig-erent when confronting people with an opposing perspective.
I wonder why there is such an-tagonism. Perhaps it is because we live today with an uncertain future. The world’s tendency to-wards electing leaders to the far right or far left, the looming cli-mate change that will impact our lives and those of our descendants, predictions of severe droughts, f loods, fires, the extinction of entire species, the increasing inequality of the standards of living throughout the world—all these make us uneasy and even
frightened.When our environment ap-
pears to be dangerous, it makes us feel vulnerable. Feeling un-safe, we tend to retreat into safe-ty; safety is being with others like us. We are more secure within our group, where there is support and agreement.
This is a return to tribalism. The need to belong is more im-portant than the need to agree with all the moral and ethical stances our tribe has embraced. So we bend our belief systems to the group’s positions, whether we share those beliefs or not. As groups form, they formulate an identity, which can become rigid: “This is us” and “That is them”—them being first seen as different, then wrong, and even-tually threatening. This is when the group can become inflexible, unyielding to compromise, be-lieving “ours is the only way.” This contributes to attitudes that may promote clashes with those outside the tribe.
I have to admit here that these
are my own rambling thoughts not based on research, so perhaps it is best taken with a grain of salt. This is an attempt for me to under-stand my own recent negative re-actions to others’ political beliefs. I had always prided myself in being compassionate, understanding, and tolerant of different-mind-ed people. I am appalled when I not only dislike what I hear, but have negative feelings about the person formulating these beliefs.
Perhaps adhering to the oft-repeated admonishment: “Don’t kill the messenger” is es-pecially relevant today. I know I need to separate the message from the messenger, the con-tent from the person. Instead of being unhappy at the utteranc-es of people I am fond of, I will appreciate them for who they are, for what they do, for their acceptance of me, and not react to their partisan affiliations. This may be food for thought for you, my readers, too!
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By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D.
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Like most other organizations, two local self-help groups, North Shores Alano Club and God’s Garage in Pacific Beach, have both gone virtual with their 12-step meetings.
“We are closed to the public right now, though the club is usually open to paid members who can come in and hang out,” said an anonymous spokesper-son for the Alano Club at 4861 Cass St. “We can no longer have in-person meetings because we just have one big room, and we are observing social-distancing requirements.”
Added the North Shores Alano Club spokesperson, “We are now providing virtual meetings with a Zoom platform.”
Pastor David Nagler of Christ Lutheran Church, which over-sees God’s Garage at 4811 Cass St., said 12-step, self-help groups meet there including Alcoholics A n o n y m o u s , N a r c o t i c s Anonymous, and Heroin Anonymous. One of the well-known groups meeting there is the Dawn Patrol, which meets at 7:30 a.m.
“Those groups are not meeting right now in-person,” said Nagler. “We were very concerned be-cause we didn’t want people to be out of their meetings. So we left it to the leaders of each group to decide if they would meet if they could provide practical, safe so-cial distancing, though most of the groups now are meeting online.”READ MORE ONLINE AT sdnews.com
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SAN DIEGO COUNTY FAIR POSTPONED TO 2021
Based on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s press con-ference on April 14, mass gatherings are not likely to be allowed for the foreseeable future. Therefore, the decision has been made to post-pone the San Diego County Fair to 2021. The postponement of the fair was announced at the monthly 22nd District Agricultural Association board of directors meeting at the Del Mar Fairgrounds.
“The health and safety of our community takes precedence during this unprecedented time of crisis,” said Tim Fennell, CEO/general manager of the Del Mar Fairgrounds. “The San Diego County Fair is a beloved family tradition for more than 1.5 million San Diegans each year, as well as a source of livelihood for nu-merous individuals and businesses. Yet with the continued impacts of COVID-19, postpon-ing this year’s fair is the right thing to do.”
This fair’s theme couldn’t be more relevant: Heroes, Unite!
“Now, more than ever, we’re acutely aware that some of our very greatest heroes walk among us. We are so thankful to the healthcare workers and fi rst responders who are keeping our commu-nities safe, the teachers who keep our children learning and the countless community heroes who are going to extraordinary efforts to help oth-ers during this great time of need,” Fennell said.
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“These next steps are going to be difficult, but the fact that Crue’s a match is huge,” says Ace and Crue’s mother, Amber Pringle. “As I look at this rambunctious 3-year-old, he has no idea what’s to come for him.”
While Ace has been go-ing through chemotherapy,
COVID-19 has swept across the world; but the Pringle family did not need to change their lifestyle as the city shut down. “When COVID-19 came, we were already living on lockdown. We were already wearing masks to the store,” says Amber. “It’s interest-ing that everything has caught up with us. It’s so surreal.”
Additionally, the virus has brought a silver lining to Ace’s battle with leukemia. “Ace has been able to join his first grade class at PB Elementary with dis-tance learning,” says Ace’s father, John Pringle.
Ace was homeschooled before the San Diego Unified School District stopped in-person classes due to COVID-19. Now, because of the shift to online learning, Ace has been able to rejoin his first-grade class on Zoom.
“It’s been nice for Ace to join his classmates,” says John Pringle. “He enjoys connecting with all
his classmates all on one screen.”“Never would I have imagined
that all the kids would have this opportunity to do online learn-ing,” adds Amber Pringle.
Although the COVID-19 pan-demic has allowed Ace to learn with the rest of his class, the vi-rus has had an adverse effect on his parents. John and Amber, both small business owners who put their careers on hold to care for Ace, were just getting back to work before the virus reached the city.
Over the past few months, the Pringle family has received as-sistance from family and friends. “We’ve really had a lot of support and we’re extremely thankful to everyone who has helped out,” says John Pringle.
Like the rest of the city and the nation, the Pringle family are staying home and keeping safe. Additionally, they are celebrating the fact that Crue will play a cru-cial role in helping his brother. For now, the family hopes that Ace will soon be in remission so that they can go ahead with the bone marrow transplant.
Ace, fi rst-grader at Pacifi c Beach Elementary, and his 3-year-old younger brother, Crue. COURTESY PHOTO
To help support Ace and his family, consider donating on their GoFundMe page at gofundme.com/f/ace-pringle-leukemia-fundraiser.
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WOODSTOCK’S PIZZA DOUGH-NATION
Located at 1221 Garnet Ave., Woodstock’s Pizza Paci f ic Beach has launched a fundrais-er called Double Your Dough-Nation to provide free pizzas to the neediest, in partner-ship with The Salvation Army. Woodstock’s is matching ev-ery gift to feed those who are sick/quarantined, health care workers on the front lines, peo-ple who have lost their jobs and the homeless.
Woodstock’s PB, operated by Laura and Jeff Ambrose, is still open for curbside pick-up and free delivery. The Ambroses said they’ve managed to avoid layoffs so far, primarily by asking their college-age employees with fam-ily financial support to give their hours to employees who are sole-ly dependent on their wages from Woodstock's. For more informa-tion, visit restaurantji.com/ca/san-diego/woodstocks-pizza-pa-cific-beach-/.
SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY RECEIVES BIG GIFT
SDHS has received a $50,000 matching gift from Charles and
Carol Baum, which will double donations made to the organiza-tion during April. The gift was made in memory of the Baums’ beloved pets Chelsea, Winston, Sullivan and Jordan.
The gift will provide critical sup-port for SDHS during this time of need. As the community responds to COVID-19, animals are still en-tering SDHS’s care daily.
Donations will ensure that the organization is able to continue providing shelter, lifesaving medical care, wildlife rescue and rehabilita-tion, animal-cruelty investigations and more.
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FROM MY GARDEN – In troubled times, gardens are good for the soulBy LINDA MARRONE
These days, just like most of us I am spending a lot more time at home and
for me that gives me more time to spend in the garden. Plants and nature are good for the soul and they help me reflect on all the pos-itive aspects of nature and not just the scary ones.
Recently, I called Green Gardens Nursery in Pacific Beach (4910 Cass St., 858-483-7846) to see if they were open and much to my heart's delight, they are! I love it when I can help local business-es, especially during these trying times. The Nursery is usually open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily but you may want to check on times be-fore you go, just in the event that things change.
If you can't make it in, they are offering free local deliveries on or-ders $50 or more or you can call in your order and pick it up at the curbside. To respect public dis-tancing, they are allowing only four people at a time inside, to keep everyone safe. My delivery included a variety of pansies, vi-olas and spring f lowers, along with a 6-pack of assorted lettuc-es, 4-inch pots of thyme, orega-no and of course, my favorite fairytale flower, foxgloves.
Spring is the perfect time to
plant and even a small pot of f lowers, herbs or a house plant can lift your spirits. A small rectangular box that I keep on the patio outside my kitch-en was filled with lettuces and arugula in late winter (thanks to Chrissy at Green Gardens who planted them for me) and it yielded greens to add to salads for months since most leaf let-tuces will continue to produce
leaves as you snip off their outer ones.
Lettuces enjoy the cooler weather, so there is still time to pick up small lettuce plants in 6-packs at the Nursery and plant them in containers or in your garden before it gets too hot. Containers filled with herbs are always a welcome addition to both your outdoor garden and a sunny windowsill.
I have a small basil plant growing on my kitchen win-dowsill and it has thrived for months. The freshly torn leaves were a welcome addition to pas-ta and many other dishes for most of the winter and they add-ed just the right summery touch to a homemade pizza Margarita last week – well semi-homemade since I used frozen puff pastry as the crust.
I planted my pansies and vio-las in containers and all around the garden, along with the fox-gloves (Digitalis purpurea). In February, I also planted a few 6-packs of the hybrid foxglove, "Foxy" and they are just begin-ning to show signs of sending up their enchanting flower spikes. Foxy has a smaller flower spike than most foxgloves, which grows to about 2 to 3 feet in height. I find this type of fox-glove perfectly suited for con-tainer gardening.
My recent purchase of the fox-glove "Excelsior" came in 4-inch pots and it is a hybrid I am not as familiar with that Luke at the Nursery suggested. "Excelsior" will have flower spikes that will grow up to 6 feet in height and they come in the usual shades of white, pink and lavender.
All foxgloves love well-drained soil and mine grow in
areas with morning sun and partial shade. I water them as they begin to dry out and as they grow, they get fed with either Eleanor's V-F 11 Plant Food or with fish emulsion a few times. They can also be planted in full sun this time of year but will require frequent watering, even after they establish.
As their f lower spikes grow, secure them with bamboo stakes, so that they don't break. Hummingbirds and bees flock to foxgloves, but if you have chil-dren or pets that might nibble on leaves, do not plant them in your garden because their leaves are toxic. Keep the area around your foxgloves baited for slugs and snails with non-toxic snail bait, such as Sluggo, since the slimy little creatures love to eat their leaves and unfortu-nately it doesn't seem to affect them at all.
As I was getting ready for spring earlier this year, I up-dated the virtual tour of my ever-changing garden, which has been my passion for over 30 years. Since our local garden tours have been put on hold for now, you can take a tour of my garden on LindaMarrone.com. Enjoy, I hope it lifts your spirits and gives you hope for brighter days ahead.
The truth about masks and how to make them at home
The question has been whether to wear a mask and not to wear a mask.
The CDC and the World Health Organization is now recommend-ing that you wear one when you go out. Not only will this protect you but there are people who are carriers or pre-symptomatic and by wearing a mask you are pro-tecting other people. There is so much misinformation out there that I decided to do some research on my own.
It is recommended that the N95 or surgical masks go to the health professionals where they are need-ed most and that we wear a mask made with non-medical material. I went on YouTube and they have a variety of free patterns. I started making different styles to see what I liked better and wanted to share with you what I found. The goal is to have the mask secure and fit comfortably on your face.
The first one I made was from 100% quilters cotton and a felt piece in the center as the filter. Quilter's cotton is usually best with a thread count of 180 or more. If you don’t know what it is then you can hold the material up and if you can see light coming through then
it is not a tight enough weave. It is recommended that you double the material which will filter out more particles but it could make it harder to breathe. I made one for myself that went over my ears and one for my husband that had adjustable elastic in the back of the head.
The next one I made had 3-4 pleats on both sides. It is the easi-est one to make but it is not as air-tight. You can add a filter to this but that makes the pleats harder to sew. It is better to insert a slit in the back for the filter and then you can throw it away after each use. After each use, you want to wash the mask in hot water. It could al-so be made with ties or elastic. I tried making one using hair ties that go over the ears and that one was very comfortable for my face shape. When I used elastic, I pre-ferred to make it adjustable. I also liked the pattern where you can leave each side open and insert the filter there.
The other consideration is the nose. I tried using pipe cleaners, floral wire, and also took off the metal part on those old painter’s masks I had around. The elastic had gone bad so I reused the met-al piece for the nose on my masks. All three of these gave shape to the nose to help make it airtight.
I tried one by Dr. Ryan Southworth a board-certified emergency medicine physician who recommends using HEPA
vacuum cleaner bags. The company 3M, which al-
so makes N95 masks, says that these cleaner bags contain glass microfibers that will be harm-ful to the lungs. I called Hoover Vacuum headquarters to see what they would say. The Customer Service said that they don’t rec-ommend using this product for anything other than what it was intended: A vacuum cleaner bag. There is a company EnviroCare Technologies who said they have vacuum cleaner bags that are not made with fiberglass.
For a filter, you want something dense to keep the microns out. A great option would be a non-wo-ven product like non-fusible
interfacing, felt or Pellon. A char-coal re-useable washable filter can be used also.
I asked around to see what oth-er people are doing to help with masks. Fiveloaves twofish said they are making a total of 1,500 masks to donate to the commu-nity in Coronado and they are completely by donation. They are 100% designer print cotton and elastic with a pocket for adding a filter.
Fiber Artist Marty Chapman is donating masks to caregivers at East County assisted living facil-ities. She has asked anyone who wants to donate to send it to the fabulous textile museum, Visions Art Museum in Liberty Station.
Next, I talked with Ashley Neil Tipton who is a season 14 win-ner of “Project Runway.” She is making 1,000 masks with fabric donated by Judipatuti and using felt for the filter. They are donat-ing 70% of them to hospitals, old age homes, and missions. A group of students from local communi-ty colleges and adult education classes is forming a group to sew masks to donate where they are needed. If you are interested in helping, email Yolanda Salcido at [email protected].
If you need to leave the house and you don’t have a mask, then the CDC has simple face-covering directions to make on their web-site. One mask is made with a piece of cotton fabric or part of a T-shirt and the other is a no-sew meth-od with a bandana. They recom-mend using a coffee filter for this one. Check it out along with all their other recommendation at CDC.gov.
If you would like to share your favorite mask pattern, email me at [email protected]
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‘Camelot’ foxgloves and ‘Pacifi c Giant’ delphiniums growing along with other spring fl owers and roses in my garden last spring. PHOTO BY LINDA MARRONE
Mask styles I made using cotton fabric, which includes fi lter in back, insert fi lter in, felt fi lter, hair ties over ears, and adjustable elastic in back. PHOTO BY DIANA CAVAGNARO
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Obituary: Katie MacFarlane – Mission Bay High grad who performed with Jazz Band, Swing ChoirMission Bay High
School alumna Katie MacFarlane, 36, a
2001 graduate, died Tuesday, April 7 from a sudden illness that may have involved com-plications of COVID-19.
“Although it has been said she passed due to the pandem-ic, that remains unknown,” sa id MacFa rla ne’s s i s t er, Trayce Cerwick. “She passed so quickly that at this time we are still looking for answers ourselves.”
Added Cerwick: “But, even if corona is not the cause, I believe it did play a role in her death. The isolation itself al-lowed her illness to go unde-tected, and by the time she was in the ICU it was too late, her organs were completely shut down.”
“It is with a heavy heart sharing that a beloved gradu-ate of MBHS, Katie MacFarlane, has died,” posted Mission Bay Music on its Facebook page. “She was an amazing actor, vo-calist and dancer, performing multiple times at the San Diego Thanksgiving Jazz Festival, Sacramento Jazz Jubilee and school drama productions,” “She was a bright light who al-ways had a smile on her face. She cared deeply for her friends
and family. Our community is at a loss without her in it. She is missed by us all.”
During her time at MBHS, MacFarlane performed with the Jazz Band and Drama Department.
Noted John-Paul Balmat, MBHS music director, “We were good friends at MBHS. She graduated 2001 and I graduat-ed 2002. We performed togeth-er in the Jazz Band and Swing Choir under the direction of Rey Vinole and Everett Crouse.”
MacFarlane graduated from San Diego State University with a degree in hospitality and business management.
Her older brother, Andy
Walraven, said Katie was the kind of person “who could light up a room. She was a perform-er, singing at an early age, and sang with the jazz ensemble at MBHS.
“She was a bundle of energy,” added Walraven, which he said adds to the mystery of “why she went literally within 24 hours. The doctor had no explanation for her rapid decline. She took a COVID-19 test but it proved inconclusive.”
Walraven said he regrets that the virus “will not allow a family get-together during a tragedy like this. It’s a terri-ble feeling. My heart goes out, not only to the people who’ve passed from COVID-19, but to everyone else who has died naturally, and their families have to go through this as well.”
Survivors include Katie's mother, Jeanne MacFarlane of San Diego; a brother, Andy Walraven of Los Angeles; sis-ter Trayce Walraven Cerwick of San Antonio, Texas; and a nephew, Justin Cerwick of San Antonio.
Kat ie wa s pre de c ea s e d by her father, Dr. Robert D. MadFarlane, whom she loved and was known in San Diego for his work in addiction medicine.
Mayor Faulconer directs fl ags to half-staff to honor COVID-19 victims
In honor of COVID-19 vic-tims and in solidarity with oth-er parts of the nation that have suffered the heaviest loss of life, Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer has directed all City-operated buildings and facilities to f ly f lags at half-staff to pay tribute to every person who has lost their life to the coronavirus.
“The City of San Diego is f ly-ing f lags at half-staff in tribute to every American, Californian and San Diegan who has fallen to COVID-19 and in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in hard-hit places like New York,” Faulconer said. “The sudden passing of so many fellow Americans from a pan-demic disease is unparalleled in modern history. It is with a heavy heart that we mourn the continued loss of life and I ask that you join me by keeping the departed in your thoughts and prayers.”
O ver t he we ekend, t he United States passed the grim milestone of 20,000 deaths from the illness. New York, in particular, has been the heavi-est hit, recording more than 9,000 fatalities so far – the most of any state. Last week, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo described the impact as worse than the terrorist attacks of
Sept. 11, 2001, and lowered the state’s f lags to half-staff.
Recent reports have indi-cated San Diego’s early and aggressive action to slow the spread of the coronavirus may be helping to “f latten the curve” of local COVID-19 cas-es. While Faulconer has begun to express cautious optimism, he continues to urge vigilance, echoing warnings from public health officials that a prema-ture easing of orders that man-date physical distancing might contribute to a second wave of infections.
For updates on City of San Diego services, programs, links to helpful information and steps the public can take to help reduce the spread of the disease, please visit sandiego.gov/coronavirus.
For information regarding COVID-19 cases and directives from County of San Diego pub-lic health officials, please vis-it coronavirus-sd.com. Text “COSD COVID19” to 468-311 for text alert updates.
A statewide “Stay-at-Home” order is in effect until April 30. For more information on the order, including what’s closed, what’s open and which indus-tries are exempted by the state, please visit COVID19.ca.gov.
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