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Thursday September 25, 2014
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Cabrillo Festival will re-create his historic landing, celebrate cultural melting pot
BY DAVE SCHWAB | THE BEACON A proposal to create a new pocket park on Cañon Street drew criticism from some Point Loma neighbors during the Peninsula Community Planning Board’s (PCPB) Sept. 18 meeting. Planning board member Don Sevrens introduced the possibility of turning a city-owned, triangular parcel on Cañon Street into a pocket park. Pointing out the Peninsula is deficient in park space, PCPB chairwoman Julia Quinn agreed it may be possible to turn the Cañon Street parcel into “a mini-park.”
BY DAVE SCHWAB | THE BEACON
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Among the highlights of the annual Cabrillo Festival, above, is the reenactment of his landing at what is now Ballast Point in Point Loma. Actors in period garb will help bring the historic moment to life for visitors. (Courtesy photo by James Floyd) The festival also celebrates a mix of cultures with dancing, song and food, left. (Photo by Paul Hansen)
Replica of Cabrillo’s ship, San Salvador, nearly ready BY DAVE SCHWAB | THE BEACON
After four years, the San Salvador scaffolding has started to come down. Over the next few months, preparations for her launch will take Courtesy photo place. Then the rigging process will begin.
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New ‘pocket park’ idea on Cañon Street draws some local resistance
HOW IT ALL BEGAN ...
What must it have been like for famed Portuguese explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, the first European explorer to discover America’s West Coast, to step foot on Ballast Point in Point Loma on Sept. 28, 1542 and plant a flag claiming it for Spain? Now you can stop imagining and reexperience the event the way it actually happened. Fast-forward 472 years to the 51st annual two-day Cabrillo Festival in Point Loma on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 27-28. The highlight of the annual historic festival, of course, is the re-enactment of Cabrillo’s landing on the shores of San Diego Bay with actors in period garb representing Cabrillo, his soldiers and priests landing and claiming the land. A Portuguese navigator sailing under the flag of Spain, Cabrillo discovered San Diego Bay while searching for the Strait of Anian, a mythical allwater route across North America. Shortly after he left what would become San Diego, Cabrillo died of an infection on the islands outside Santa Barbara. “We’re going back in time and commemorating the voyages of exploration along the coast of California and Cabrillo’s arrival in San Diego,” said Idalmiro
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Visitors at the annual Cabrillo Festival can take another nostalgic journey back in time by heading down to The Maritime Museum of San Diego to check out a replica of the famed Portuguese explorer’s vessel. A full-size, fully functional and historically accurate $6.2 million replica of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo’s flagship, San Salvador, is under construction at Spanish SEE REPLICA, Page 6
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Sevrens noted a 188-page document has been released on how to donate park space to the city. “First you raise the money, then you need to meet the city’s specifications,” said Sevrens. He added the Cañon Street parcel will be difficult to redevelop because it’s only 450 feet long and 95 feet at its widest point. “The idea is to make it a passive park, and some neighbors suggested native landscaping, maybe a wandering, decomposed granite trail and some SEE PARK, Page 6
The Bali Hai restaurant, an iconic Polynesian-theme dining getaway on Shelter Island, is poised to celebrate 60 years of idyllic views and sumptuous food and drinks. Courtesy photo
Bali Hai slates Polynesian blowout in honor of its 60th anniversary BY DAVE SCHWAB | THE BEACON One of Point Loma’s high-profile restaurants and an iconic destination for locals and visitors alike, the Bali Hai Restaurant on Shelter Island will host a 60th Anniversary Celebration on Thursday, Oct. 30 from 6 to 10 p.m. The Polynesian-theme restaurant at 2230 Shelter Island Drive is throwing a party with live entertainment, including performances by Creepxotica, Desi Realtor, Pride of Polynesian and live painting by Norm Daniels. “There are two generations who have done really well, and we have a legacy to uphold,” said Tommy Bau-
mann, Bali Hai general manager and son of owners Susie and Larry Baumann. “My brothers Andy and Grant and I enjoy that challenge, and we know how lucky we are to be the third generation to continue the success.” Baumann also touted the success of the Bali Hai over six decades in the Point Loma community. “There weren’t very many restaurants in neighborhoods back 60 years ago; we were one of a handful of the restaurants people went to,” said Larry Baumann. “This gave us the opportunity to become woven in the fabric of SEE ANNIVERSARY, Page 6