March 7, 2014 • www.myvalleynews.com • The Valley News
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The Starbucks on 40695 Winchester Road is set to close on April 15 to relocate to another location in the vicinity.
to determine whether it’s time to find a new go-to spot. For Deborah, the problem is getting in and out of the location. “It looks to me like there’s very little parking (in that lot),” she said. “There might be 20 to 25 parking spots total, so that’s a concern.” “I would not be able to make a left,” she said. “I would have to take the access road and continue out onto Ynez and go through the next light or two to make a U-turn and head back down onto Winchester.” Some customers meanwhile have been trying hard to keep the Starbucks from moving in the first place. Bill Kirkpatrick is one of those individuals. Kirkpatrick scheduled a rally Saturday, March 1, where he encouraged customers to grab a cup of coffee and bring some friends along. His said his hope was that high sale levels might indicate to higherups at the corporate level of Starbucks that the location was worth keeping. Unfortunately, the weekend’s rain kept the location from being much busier than it usually is, as many people opted to stay inside the comfort of their warm homes. Still, Kirkpatrick said he hasn’t given up on the idea of finding an alternative solution to moving the Starbucks to where the old Carl’s Jr. used to stand. He said he’s not opposed to seeing the Starbucks move
if it really must, but doesn’t like the idea of having it in that location. One of the primary reasons the new location doesn’t work for many customers, he said, is its proximity to a homeless encampment. “With the homeless hanging around it’s just not conducive to an environment for single women or families going in there,” said Kirkpatrick. “Or even to have my daughter go in there to study for a college exam just because of the alcohol and drugs and some of the things that go on over there.” Starbucks management has declined to comment on the franchises’ intended move. However, Kirkpatrick said he’s been in talks with higher-ups at Starbucks and has expressed the concerns that he and others have and they’ve suggested possible alternatives like opening up the Promenade Mall Starbucks an hour earlier to accommodate people’s schedules. Nothing is set in stone yet though and Kirkpatrick, Hughes and others are still waiting to see what happens to their coffee house of choice. They said they’ll still be working hard to save the Starbucks from moving over the coming weeks. “We’re just trying to start this small fire and turn it into a big fire so our voices can be heard,” Hughes said. To comment on this story online, visit www.myvalleynews.com.
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JOHNSON, from page A-1 On February 13 Johnson added another Hall of Fame honor, as the San Diego Hall of Champions inducted him into the Breitbard Hall of Fame during the annual Salute to the Champions banquet. “It just was an honor to be recognized by the people of San Diego,” said Johnson, who grew up in El Cajon and now lives in Orange County. “I’m very proud of San Diego, and to be acknowledged by the San Diego Hall of Champions means a lot to me.” The Lake Elsinore TT track closed shortly after Johnson’s debut there, but the experience of racing his own shadow taught Johnson a lesson. “If I can match the best of me I’m doing good,” he said. “No matter how fast you go, how slow you are, you’re always having to beat your own shadow.” The faster Johnson’s shadow went, the faster Johnson went, and Johnson adopted the mentality of racing against the best of himself. “If I do that then there’s a chance that I can be a real good competitor out there,” he said. Although the last-place finish led to a break from racing for a couple of years, he returned to competition at the Four Corners track in Ramona. “Once we went pretty much every weekend from then on we were at some motocross track,” he said. AMA Hall of Fame member Don Vesco lived in Murrieta during the last several years of his life but owned a Yamaha dealership in El Cajon during Johnson’s youth.
course to be built, it marks the first time there’s been a line extension for Metrolink in 20 years. That’s something Metrolink Spokesman Jeff Lustgarten said he’s excited about. “Exension of the Perris line has been a longstanding goal of our board,” said Lustgarten. “And it became a reality late last year once Riverside County Transportation Commission was able to get through all the necessary environmental clearances and whatnot.” Lustgarten said the train extension time table isn’t exact but that Metrolink and RCTC are seeking to get it done by the tail-end of 2015. He said the board isn’t worried the 91 will become too crowded as a result of the extension of the line. “It’s not a concern at this point,” he said. “We look at our schedules at least twice a year to see if there are adjustments that have to be made either with time or trains and at this time we’re not anticipating any significant impacts to the 91 line.”
AMA Hall of Fame rider Broc Glover is also from El Cajon. “It gave me every opportunity to do what I needed to do,” Johnson said of growing up in El Cajon. “San Diego has a great bunch of guys for us to look up to.” Ricky Johnson is unrelated to current stock car racer Jimmie Johnson, although Jimmie Johnson’s father was Ricky Johnson’s mechanic and Ricky Johnson changed Jimmie Johnson’s diapers in the 1970s. Ricky Johnson is also in Montgomery Middle School’s Hall of Fame. “I wasn’t exactly a very good student,” he said. He did receive “A” grades in Terry Love’s physical education class. “The one thing I could do was go fast, and Coach Love encouraged it,” Johnson said. “Coaches play a very special role in our lives.” Johnson attended Valhalla High School but did not graduate. He received his AMA pro license
when he was 16 and obtained his first national-level win at Carlsbad Raceway when he was 17. “San Diego was perfect for a guy who wanted to grow up to race motorcycles,” he said. Johnson himself became a father figure to La Mesa’s Edward Muncey, whose own father was killed during a 1981 hydroplane race. In 1982 Bill Muncey became the first motorsports racer to be inducted into the Breitbard Hall of Fame. Johnson is the second. “It’s a very motorsports-rich environment, but there’s just been so many other athletes as well,” Johnson said of being the first motocross racer inducted. “This means the world to me,” Johnson said of his induction. “This is a great honor to me.” Johnson now teaches driving skills to military personnel during desert training exercises.
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number of years. The track that will compose part of the rail line was purchased in 1993 from what was then the Southern Pacific Railroad through the Measure A transportation sales tax program. The measure was approved by voters in 1988. But then, the purchase hasn’t been the only component in facilitating the project. While much of the original line from the Southern Pacific Railroad will be used in the train route, accommodations and changes will need to be made to the rail so that higher speed trains will be able to travel along it and that’s something that has required a substantial amount of additional funding, according to Standiford. “The sales tax measure that was approved was a 20 year measure, so not all of the money comes immediately,” said Standiford. “We also had significant opposition that we had to work through for part of that line, especially near UC Riverside; there was a lawsuit that delayed the project filed by residents in
that area.” Standiford was referring to litigation filed by friends of Riverside Hills. The organization sought to prevent the train line from being built by challenging the environmental impact report that was compiled prior to the start of the project. Those individuals eventually settled in a deal which would require RCTC to contribute funding to project betterments such as home soundproofing. It also required that the transportation commission purchase lands for animal habitat and recreational trail development. But perhaps the most important reason the project didn’t get underway sooner was that there wasn’t a demand for it, according to Standiford. “We probably didn’t have the population in 1993 that would have demanded it,” said Standiford. “But it was one of those things where you made the investment with the idea that growth would be coming in the future. There’s quite a few more people who live along the 215 corridor than there was in 1993 for example.” But now that the project is on
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A rally was scheduled on March 1, 2014 in the hopes that high sales would indicate to the corporate level of Starbucks that the location was worth keeping.