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Día de los Muertos Point Loma Pointers prep celebration at Old Town for season opener SEESEE PAGE 15 11 PAGE
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.
Point Loma 61 Ocean Beachscores mom-preneur to rout University City leads Sexy Mama Movement SEESEE PAGE 17 13 PAGE
Longtime Ocean Beach surfboard tryingchange to rebuild after fire State Sen. Toni Atkins discusses impactshaper of climate in Point Loma KENDRA SITTON | The Beacon
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Members of Teatr KTO, based in Poland, perform the wildly kinetic and mischievous show Peregrinus at the South Promenade in Liberty Station as part of La Jolla Playhouse’s WOW Festival on Oct. 19. Peregrinus depicts a single day in the lives of people whose existence is summed up by the journey between home and work. THOMAS MELVILLE / PENINSULA BEACON
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OB Street cleaning Best Stewards local restaurants up aforblock at a time sunset dining
esidents are being asked to sign a petition on Ocean Beach’s Neighborhood Watch Facebook page to take action to “help to keep our sidewalks clean ensuring a healthier environment for everyone.” “One complaint that is often heard about the downtown area of Ocean Beach is how dirty, stained, and smelly the sidewalks are,” the online petition reads. “The OB Clean & Safe Program, a project of the Ocean Beach MainStreet Association, is looking to change that by applying for funding to provide bi-monthly cleanings of Newport Avenue sidewalks, in addition to installing additional trash bins along the street.
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B surfboard maker seeing every fire is more expensive. That's all Albert “Ace” Elliott lost ne advantage of the climate change.’ TONI ATKINS, STATE SENATE PRO TEMPORE much of Senate what pro he’s CaliforniaState acquired, including 50-year-old Tempore hailing from San irreplaceable memorabilia, Diego is that issues affecting when the looks ahead to next year, addressing ‘Well, that's not what I'm talking his shapingareas shed on Street coastal erosion is at the top of her about.’ I'm like, ‘Well, that is what southernmost of Froude the Golden near Avenue caught fire agenda. State areSaratoga being addressed at the we're talking about.’ Because the on Aug. highest level6. of government. As she She brought up the issue of cli- wave patterns and the sea level rise Elliott’s workspace wasinfull jokes, California does not end Losof mate change at a recent talk at the — climate change is all impacting old boards and photos of friends Point Loma Association when a that,” Atkins said in an interview Angeles. he’d Sen.ator made custom State Toniboards Atkinsfor.has constituent asked about the erosion later that day. sawDiego my bike was on fire in my of Sunset Cliffs amid fears the bluffs been in“ISan talking to constitAs leaders in the public space backyard andstakeholders I tried to putwhile it out,” will collapse. uents and other struggle to not only mitigate clisaid Elliott, is who’s been riding the Legislature on break. As shee- “The individual sort of responded, mate change, they also must figure The charred remains of Albert ‘Ace’ Elliott’s shaping shed in OB. SCOTT HOPKINS / PENINSULA BEACON bikes for years. “I picked up a fire
extinguisher, pulled the plug, hit the fire — and it exploded. It just out how to talk about it. The world blew up in my face, like little shotgetting apocalyptically hot can gun shells going off.” seem abstract, so at these town hall “It was a nightmare,” meetings, Atkins is working onadded deElliott of his loss. washas my allittle scribing how a hotter “It planet go-back-in-time sanctuary. It’s not ready affected the daily experiences a dollar thing.” of people in California. Fortunately, thebut OByou fire gotta station “I love the big stuff, wastojust around theway corner and be able bring it all the down theyon came and put it out to focus what it means forsparing your damage to the mainAtkins residence. life today, tomorrow,” said. fire] tookbeing all my boards “I'm so“[The excited about able to andontools, gotchange.” my truck and do that climate camper,” noted Elliott. Read more online at sdnews.com SEE FIRE, Page 5