The Orange County Tribune Oct. 8, 2022

Saturday: 82/65 fog, then

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CALL, A BIG WIN

Update Planned On “Rails to Trails” Project

Could connect to the Santa Ana River path

An update on the pro posed “Rails to Trails” project that could link Garden Grove to the San ta Ana River Trail will be presented to the Garden Grove City Council on Tuesday night.

The Orange County Transportation Authority will make the presenta tion on that plan and other transit issues affecting the city.

What’s proposed is that

the existing bicycle and pedestrian path between Nelson and Brookhurst street in Garden Grove would be extended south east across the former Pa cific Electric right-of-way to connect with the exist ing Santa Ana River Trail which runs from the Pa cific Coast Highway into Orange and beyond.

Termed the “Garden Grove-Santa Ana Rails to Trails Gap Closure Project,” it would run for about four miles, allow ing a bicyclist to pedal – or a walker to stride –from downtown Garden Grove to cross the river

Police seek driver in hit-and run accident

The search is on for the driver of a vehicle that struck a pedestrian in Westminster Thursday night and fled the scene.

According to Command er Kevin MacCormack of the WPD, police were summoned at 7:38 p.m. to the area of Magnolia Street and Hazard Avenue regarding a traffic colli sion.

When they arrived, po lice found a man– identi

fied only as a male adult, aged 50-55 years old – lying unconscious in the intersection. Orange County Fire Authority personnel responded and transported the man to UCI Medical Center in Orange with “major head trauma.”

He was undergoing sur gery at the time of the police report of the inci dent.

knifes into the end zone to score a touchdown and the visiting Vaqueros went on to beat Bolsa Grande 21-20 on Friday night in a key Garden Grove League game at Bolsa Stadium. See story, other photo page 6 (Tribune photos by Jim Tortolano)

OC coronavirus stats are “encouraging”

Three of four metrics used to track the course of the coronavirus pandemic in Orange County point in an encouraging direction.

Inside Phil Nevin gets another year

According to the county health care agency, the sta tistics released Thursday showed that the number

of confirmed new cases declined from 1,598 last week to 1,495 this week. The number of deaths fell from 18 last week to nine this week.

As for the number of in

Televise council meets?

Most city councils and many other government agency meetings around Orange County have long been televised.

No rush hour for the Rams now

Stanton has been an ex ception, but that could soon change.

At Tuesday’s meeting of the city council, one

n STANTON COUNCIL

item for consideration is to explore the possibility of becoming the latest of municipal governing bod ies to face the camera.

The recommended ac tion from city staff is to

RANCHO ALAMITOS QUARTERBACK CHRIS HURLEY

“RAILS TO TRAILS” COULD CONNECT GG TO SA

Orange County Transportation Authority will make a presentation to Garden Grove City Council on Tuesday night (OCTA image).

Update is planned for the GG council on proposal

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and – eventually – continue into a separated bikeway into Santa Ana’s downtown.

Parts of the trail would paral lel the OC Streetcar route now under construction. As of June 2021, the cost of the trails proj ect was estimated at $42.3 mil lion.

Also on the agenda is approval of a comprehensive “Memoran

dum of Understanding” with the cities of Fountain Valley and Westminster for the develop ment of the Central Cities Navi gation Center for the homeless at 13871 West St., and an inter im lease agreement.

The council will convene at 6:30 p.m. in its chambers in the Community Meeting Center at 11300 Stanford Ave.

Corona stats encouraging

Continued from page 1 cases here. The death total is 7,459.

tensive care units used to treat COVID-19 cases, that sank from 22 to 14.

The only major category trend ing in the wrong direction is hos pitalizations, which increased from 124 to 133.

To date, the OCHCA reports a total of 669,278 coronavirus

Stanton council

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proceed with a 12-month pilot program starting Dec. 1 to live stream council meetings on the Zoom virtual meaning platform and report back to the council at the end of the program with data

The OCHCA also reports that 2.35 million of about 3.2 million residents of the county are fully vaccinated, and another 209,790 are “partially vaccinated.”

Those on Orange County who have received “booster” doses of the vaccine are at 1.379 million.

about public participation.

Also on the agenda for Tues day’s meeting is an update on how the city has spent and will spend its share of funds pro vided by the American Rescue Plan Act.

The council meets at City Hall at 7800 Katella Ave. at 6:30 p.m.

JIm Tortolano Editor and Publisher Marilyn Lewis Tortolano General Manager

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A senior resource fair with Halloween theme

Seniors are invited to attend the City of Garden Grove’s H. Lou is Lake Senior Center’s Haunted Halloween Resource Fair, on Tuesday, Oct. 18, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., located at 11300 Stan ford Ave.

The event will offer health and wellness resources and services, while providing a Halloweenthemed celebration for seniors, age 55 and older. Costumes are encouraged. Admission and parking are free.

Army, Lions, Badgers team up to help Boys/Girls Club

On Oct. 2, Garden Grove Host Lions Club member Susan Le rma, in collaboration with CEO Mark Surmanian of the Boys and Girls Club of Garden Grove and also a GG Lion, U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Kelhi, Platoon Sergeant and Sergeant Montalvo, Squad Leader for 2nd platoon “Badgers” at Cali fornia Job Challenge Academy assisted in a yard cleanup at the Larson location for the Boys and Girls Club to help prepare the location for their “Toasting Great Futures” wine event be ing held on Saturday, Oct 8. SFC Kelhi brought 33 of their Scholar students to help facili tate this cleanup and said, “Giv ing them the opportunity to give back to the community while expecting nothing in return is

an important lesson we want to share with the scholars and we are looking forward to continu ing this as long as there is a need and there is always a need.” California Job Challenge Acad emy is a six-month residential program where Youth Challenge program graduates live at the Academy on Joint Forces Train ing Base Los Alamitos, while completing in-depth learning at nearby Long Beach City Col lege.

They live and learn in a mili tary atmosphere while still fol lowing strict COVID-19 safety protocols as they work to earn nationally accredited certificates in a chosen career pathway in cluding cyber networking, weld ing, healthcare, automotive, and construction.

Rally for Myanmar Saturday

A rally to promote democracy, freedom and human rights in the southeast Asian nation of Myanmar will be held on Saturday after noon at the Stanton Civic Center, 7800 Katella Ave. The event will run from 12:15 to 2 p.m. with Stanton Mayor David Shawver opening the rally with welcoming remarks.

There will be a prayer for Myanmar, a singing of “God Bless America” and comments by dignitaries and community leaders. Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, is dominated by the military, which seized power in 2020, disregarding the results of the general election. The result has been widespread protests and violent po litical repression by the military government.

Attendees will receive free goodies from participating ven dors, including CalOptima, Community Legal Aid, Garden Grove Police Department, Or ange County Transportation Au

thority, and Santa Ana College. Activities include a costume contest, opportunity drawings, music and dancing, and a free meal.

In partnership with Albertson’s Pharmacy, free flu and COV ID-19 vaccination and booster shots will also be available. Seniors are asked to bring their medical or Medicare card. Copayments will not be charged unless required by the health plan.

Space is limited. To regis ter, call the H. Louis Lake Se nior Center at (714) 741-5253, during office hours, Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

THERE ARE A LOT OF HALLOWEEN events scheduled in the West Orange County area

Jack O’Lantern Jamboree held on Saturday, Oct. 22

Experience spooky obstacle courses, puppet shows, a reptile show and petting zoo, pumpkin patch, and more! Costumes are encour aged.

The Jack O’Lantern Jamboree will be held at Atlantis Play Center, 13630 Atlantis Way (north of Garden Grove Park).

Ticket prices are $12 per child, ages 3-11; $3 for individuals, ages 12 and over; and youth, 2 and under, are free. The event will be held on Saturday, Oct. 22 from 1-4 p.m.

Ticket sales began on Monday, Oct. 3 and will continue through Thursday, Oct. 21, or until quantities run out.

For more information, visit ggparksandrec.com or call (714) 7415200.

BOYS AND Girls Club of Garden Grove CEO Mark Surmanian (center) with Sgt. 1st Class Kelhi and Sgt. Montalvo (Lions photo).

Hit-and-run-driver sought

vehicle involved is de

a light-colored sedan,

east on Haz

Magnolia.

Anyone who may have wit nessed the accident is asked to call Officer Claire Tran of the WPD Traffic Division at (714) 548-3788.

Rancho edges Bolsa 21-20 for GGL lead

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Acosta’s team clearly came to play.

Bolsa jumped into the lead on a TD pass from Ethan Nguyen to Phu Nguyen but failed on a twopoint conversion to take an early 6-0 lead. Rancho countered at the 4:39 mark of the first quar ter on a quarterback keeper by

Chris Hurley.

The extra point kick – the first of three by Matt Sanchez – put the green-and-gold into a 7-6 lead that would eventually fea ture into the outcome.

Leaning on the elusive speed of Angel Diaz, the Vaqueros took a short Bolsa punt at the 47-yard and five plays later Diaz took it in from the 3-yard line and a 14-6 Rancho lead at 9:08 of the second period.

The Mats struck back with a 35-yard scoring pass with 35 seconds left before halftime, and knotted it up at 14-all with

a quarterback keeper for the 2-point conversion.

Bolsa grabbed its second lead of the night early in the third quarter. The interception of a Rancho pass at the 47-yard line gave the Mats the ball in good field position.

What followed was a sevenplay drive culminated by a an 11-yard touchdown pass from Ethan Nguyen to Eddie Zarate. The conversion attempt – an off-tackle play – was stopped just short of the goal line and the home team held a 20-14 lead at the 7:14 mark of the third quar ter.

Early in the fourth quarter Rancho connected on a 45-yard touchdown pass play and San chez’s PAT sealed rhe deal for the 21-20 final score.

Each team has three more league games to play, with RA playing La Quinta and Bolsa vs. Los Amigos next week.

Did the hard-fought win clear the way for the Vaqs’ fifth straight Grove League title?

Not likely, noted Enright. “Ev ery team in the league is gunning for us. It’s going to be tough the rest of the way,” he said.

Tough like Bolsa, perhaps.

Rams wondering where is the rush in the 2022 season

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back on 4.93% of pass attempts, which ranks 25th.

Los Angeles finished fifth by the same metric last season, bringing down the passer on 8% of dropbacks. Through four games en route to winning the Super Bowl, the defense had amassed 12 sacks. The Rams finished with 50, third-most be hind Pittsburgh and Minnesota. The defense has failed to record a sack twice, something it never did during the 17-game regular season in 2021, when the Rams had at least two sacks in all but two games.

Morris said the absence of sacks is one indication the Rams need more from the de fensive front.

“They cause disruption, they

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tip balls, they make the things happen that make defense easy, and we need more opportuni ties like that. We more of those things like that in order to make the game easier for us to play on defense. Right now we’re play ing decent, but you can play so much better, and we all know what it looks like,” Morris said.

In the 24-9 loss at San Francis co on Monday night, the Rams failed to sack Jimmy Garoppolo on 28 called passes. Donald had the lone hit on the quarterback, and the defensive line and out side linebackers did not account for any of the three passes de fended.

“Overall, looking at last week, I don’t think we played poor but I don’t think we played great,’’ Donald said.

While the 49ers used screens and other pass plays that devel oped quickly to limit the rush, Morris said that approach is not an excuse for the Rams’ ineffec tiveness.

“You know, they threw it fast last year, but that’s what I mean by like the disruption, moving guys off the spot. Tipping some of those balls, getting them out of the way, getting them out of rhythm. All those things make up for a good rush,’’ Morris said. “Sometimes there’s great rushes and there’s not a sack. Some times there’s great rushes and you have the sack, the stripsack.”

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Rancho In the Lead In the GGL

Vaqs

By Jim Tortolano Orange County Tribune

As is typical, Rancho Alamitos’ football team is again alone atop the Garden Grove League af ter a win Friday night.

What’s not so typical was how close the Vaque ros came to being unseat ed by a team that – until recently – dwelled in the bottom of the league.

“This is a much improved Bolsa Grande team,” said Rancho coach Mike En right after his team edged the Matadors 21-20 in a key GGL contest at Bolsa Stadium.

“They’re going to give the rest of the teams in the league a lot of trou ble” said Enright, who’s team is now the only 2-0

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Nevin getting another year

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became a club-record 14game losing streak.

team in the GGL, and 6-1 overall. Bolsa is 4-3 over all and 1-1 in league.

Indeed, the Matadors, who were 1-9 as recently as 2019, gave the fourtime defending league champs all they could handle, falling short by just a few inches. Mike

OAKLAND (AP) – The Los Angeles Angels have hired Phil Nevin as man ager for the 2023 season, removing his interim title and giving him a one-year contract Wednesday be fore the final game of the regular season.

The Angels will miss the playoffs for an eighth straight year. Nevin was promoted from third-base coach when Joe Maddon was fired in June with the Angels mired in what

Los Angeles went 46-60 under the 51-yearold Nevin, in cluding a loss on Wednesday to Oak land.

Nevin became emotional and teary before the final game against the Athlet ics, pausing in the dugout before expressing his ap preciation for the oppor tunity.

“There’s a lot of special people involved in this,” Nevin said.

Keeping Nevin provides some needed stability for Los Angeles heading into an offseason of uncertainty with owner Arte Moreno planning to sell the team.

Halo superstar twoway player Shohei Ohtani can become a free agent after the 2023 season, potentially leaving the franchise litte time left to capitalize on having him and threetime AL MVP Mike Trout on the roster.

Hey Rams ... where’s the rush?

By Dan Greenspan Associated Press

THOUSAND OAKS

(AP) – With defensive tackle Aaron Donald in the fold, rushing the passer had never been a problem for the Los Angeles Rams.

Until this season.

“Our pass rush, just in

general, has to pick up,” defensive coordinator Ra heem Morris said Thurs day. “That was a big topic

for us this week, some thing that we have to get going, particularly our four-man rush. All those things is what make us great.’’

The Rams (2-2) have seven sacks through four games, which is tied for 22nd in the NFL. They have sacked the quarter

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