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A month ago, Eric Beatty wokeup to find that he had been ex-tended a Zoom meeting invita-tion on short notice.

If that was a surprise, it wasnothing to how he felt after sit-ting through it.

Stanford University made thedecision to discontinue 11 var-sity sports — including men’svolleyball, Beatty’s sport — fol-lowing the 2020-21 season. Theannouncement was made in anopen letter from university Pres-ident Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Pro-vost Persis Drell and athletic di-rector Bernard Muir on July 8.

“We now face the reality thatsignificant change is needed tocreate fiscal stability for Stan-ford Athletics, and to providethe support we believe is es-sential for our student-athletes

to excel,” the statement said. “Inthat context, we are writing to-day with some extremely diffi-cult news. In consultation withthe Board of Trustees, we havemade the decision to reduce thebreadth of our athletics pro-grams and staffing.”

Stanford will also cut its var-sity sports programs for men’sand women’s fencing, fieldhockey, lightweight rowing,men’s rowing, coed and women’ssailing, squash, synchronizedswimming and wrestling.

“Only around two or threeguys from our team actually par-ticipated in the Zoom meeting,but we were all just kind of inshock that we were blindsidedwith this decision,” said Beatty,an outside hitter for the Cardi-nal who graduated with a degreein management science and en-gineering this year.

Beatty, a 2016 graduate ofHuntington Beach High School,said that the men’s volleyballprogram drafted a petition togain support toward reinstatingmen’s volleyball, adding thatmore than 34,000 signatures hadbeen collected so far. The pro-gram has also been engaged infundraising efforts with thealumni as it tries to create itsown endowment. Banding to-gether with the other sportsmight be the best way forward.

“Through the talks that wehad with the athletic directorand people part of the athleticdepartment, it became clearthat they wouldn’t be able to justbring back men’s volleyball,”Beatty said. “It would at leasthave to be in conjunction withanother women’s sport to satisfy

Local families react to Stanford athletic department cuts

Kevin Chang | Staff Photographer

COSTA MESA HIGH volleyball standout Mason Tufuga, center, isaccompanied by his mother Yvette and father Mai, as he signs hisletter of intent to play for Stanford University on Nov. 13, 2015.

BY ANDREW TURNER

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The historic preservation or-dinance is returning to the La-guna Beach City Council foradoption following a majorityvote in July.

In a 4-1 vote with Council-woman Toni Iseman dissenting,the City Council passed the or-dinance to a second readingscheduled for this Tuesday at

Historic ordinance back before Laguna council

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A VIEWof the HotelLaguna at 425South CoastHwy. from theocean at MainBeach.

BY LILLY NGUYEN

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The Newport Beach Film Festi-val is pivoting again in responseto the coronavirus pandemic,with a premiere held drive-instyle next week plus a virtual Life-time Achievement ceremony thatcan hold cinephiles over until thefull festival can move ahead.

The debut screening of “A Lifeof Endless Summers: The BruceBrown Story” — a spiritual sequel

Bruce Brown highlights Newport film fest

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Photographer

BRUCEBROWN,

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festival.

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As healthcare workers protested thisweek for better protections and OrangeCounty reached a single-day high of 32deaths on Thursday, the county re-ported another 322 cases on Saturday,bringing the total number of COVID-19cases to 39,076.

Of the 39,076 cases to date, 1,798 areskilled nursing facility residents, 489county jail inmates and 144 individualsexperiencing homelessness. Sixteennew deaths were also reported, whichincludes one skilled nursing facility resi-dent; one skilled nursing staff; three as-sisted living facility residents and 11other residents.

The total number of COVID-19 relateddeaths in the county is 720.

The county also reported 6,871 testson Saturday, bringing the cumulative to-tal to 459,479, but county officials havenoted that issues with the state’s currentCalREDIE electronic system, whichgathers state testing data from laborato-ries, may result “in a lower number ofdaily COVID positive cases received andtests reported.”

State officials said Friday that thestate was in the process of developing anew coronavirus tracking system. Stateofficials said a server outage forCalREDIE on July 25 led to a delay of re-cords coming into the state’s lab report-ing system and that the state would be

Reportedviruscases inO.C. top39,000Sixteen more deaths areannounced on Saturdaybringing the total numberin the county to 720. BY LILLY NGUYEN

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A 21-acre parking lot portion of CostaMesa’s sprawling Orange County fair-grounds, home of the O.C. Market Placesince 1969, has remained quietly shutteredduring the coronavirus pandemic.

But a battle over its reopening has beenbrewing for months.

Some of the 400 vendors who ordinarilypeddle wares at bustling weekend swapmeets, and who rely on that income, saythey are the hapless victims of a disputethat has been locked in an impasse sinceMay.

Jeanine Robbins and husband Mike run

Paradise Cigars out of a mobile humidorthat has become a swap meet staple sincethe business opened in 1979.

Weekend sales have been a mainstay forthe couple, who had to file for unemploy-ment following a March 12 coronavirus clo-sure.

“Here we are now in August, and it’s beenfive months we haven’t worked,” said Rob-bins, who lives with Mike in Anaheim. “It’sdevastating — we desperately want to beable to reopen.”

At the heart of the argument is Spectra, afood service and hospitality business thathas operated the weekend parking lot at-traction since 2016, when the company en-

tered a lease with the 32nd District Agricul-tural Assn. run by the Orange County Fair &Event Center Board. The rental agreementruns through August 2024.

Spectra last year generated $6,938,600 inrevenue to the district — paying around$2 million in rent for the Market Placespace and handing over more than$4.83 million from food and beverage con-cessions made inside the fairgrounds, ac-cording to financial figures provided by fairofficials.

But since the O.C. Market Place wasclosed in March, Spectra has been trying to

Don Leach | Staff Photographer

THE OPERATOR of the O.C. Market Place tried to pull out of its lease agreement due to the coronavirus shutdowns, claiming hardshipbeyond its control. But the O.C. Fair & Event Center Board says the swap meet location can open anytime.

O.C. Market Place vendors left hanging asoperators, fair board haggle over reopening

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to the seminal 1966 surfdocumentary “EndlessSummer” — will be onThursday at 8 p.m. on theupper level of the parkingstructure between Bloom-ingdale’s and Nordstrom atFashion Island.

Two days prior, the festi-val, in partnership withVariety magazine, willhonor actor Eugene Levy(“Schitt’s Creek,” the“American Pie” franchise,“SCTV”) with a pre-recorded show to bestreamed on the NewportBeach Film Festival web-site.

The first-ever NBFFLifetime AchievementAward presentation, fea-turing “Schitt’s Creek” co-stars and other celebrityguests, shows at noonTuesday on newportbeachfilmfest.com.

“A Life of Endless Sum-mers: The Bruce BrownStory” is directed by thelate Brown’s son, Dana,and is a tribute to the manbehind the iconic surf film

and the Oscar-nominated1971 motorsports film “OnAny Sunday.” The screen-ing would have been theopening night film for the21st annual NewportBeach Film Festival, and ina way, still is — althoughdates for the rest of thefestival are pending.

The festival was origi-nally scheduled for Aprilbut postponed aftersweeping stay-at-home or-ders blanketed California.The festival rescheduledfor Aug. 6-13 but delayedagain for dates to be an-nounced, after the reopen-ing of movie theaters.

“The health and safetyof our filmgoers and staffis our number one priority.While we are disappointedto not present a full festi-val in August, we arethrilled to bring the com-munity together to cele-brate and honor the legacyof Bruce Brown and hisimpact on documentaryfilmmaking and surf cul-ture,” said Gregg Schwenk,festival chief executive andco-founder, in a state-ment. “With the festival’slongstanding commitment

to action sports cinemaand deep relationship withthe Brown family, it is theideal film to celebrate alegendary filmmaker in aniconic setting.”

Admission to the Thurs-day screening is $75 percar and includes a goodiebag. The showing doublesas the kickoff event for theLot Drive-In SummerMovie Series, continuingweekly through Aug. 30.Tickets are available atnewportbeachfilmfest.com.

“The 21st annual New-port Beach Film Festival isSouthern California’s larg-est lifestyle film festivaland fastest growing in theUnited States, bringing50,000 attendees to ourshores annually,” said GarySherwin, president andchief executive of NewportBeach & Co.

“We applaud Gregg andthe team for their incred-ible commitment to keepthe spotlight on film, film-makers and NewportBeach despite these un-precedented times.”

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working through the back-log of information.

Of the 491 currently hos-pitalized cases, 167 arecurrently in intensive careunits, but the county re-ported Saturday that 32%of ICU beds are availableand about 63% of ventila-tors remain available.

Approximately 29,568cases have recovered.

Here are the latest cu-mulative coronavirus casecounts and COVID-19deaths for select cities:

• Santa Ana: 7,496 cases;192 deaths

• Anaheim: 6,682 cases;171 deaths

• Huntington Beach:1,753 cases; 51 deaths

• Costa Mesa: 1,274cases; 13 deaths

• Irvine: 1,225 cases; 10deaths

• Newport Beach: 917cases; 11 deaths

• Fountain Valley: 376

cases; 10 deaths• Laguna Beach: 142

cases; less than fivedeaths.

And here are casecounts followed by deaths,by age group:

• 0 to 17: 2,378; zero• 18 to 24: 5,810; two• 25 to 34: 8,755; 10• 35 to 44: 6,373; 24• 45 to 54: 6,379; 67• 55 to 64: 4,687; 90• 65 to 74: 2,312; 141• 75 to 84: 1,315; 162• 85 and older: 1,034;

224By race/ethnicity:• Latino: 9,360; 308• White: 5,692; 222• Asian: 1,684; 99• Black: 291; 10• Unknown: 17,601; 14• Other (includes Pacific

Islander, American Indianand multiple races): 4,450;67

Updated figures areposted daily at occovid19.ochealthinfo.com/coronavirus-in-oc.

For information on get-ting tested, visit occovid

19.ochealthinfo.com/covid-19-testing.

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RESPIRATORY therapist ChristinaRodriguez speaks outsideFountain Valley RegionalHospital's emergency room on Thursday.

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I f you’re writing about thepresident of a company, doyou write his title with a capi-

tal P? What if he’s the presidentand founder?

What if he’s the chief executiveofficer, which every-

one knows standsfor CEO and notceo? Do youcapitalize thename of a local

restaurant’s signa-ture chili-spice fried

chicken or their beef Wellington?And what’s up (literally) withbloody marys?

In a written work, too manycapital letters can be the hallmarkof an amateur — or a sales pitch.Companies like to treat theirproducts, properties and peopleas if they’re all proper nameseven when they’re not. Timidwriters seek to oblige, uppercas-ing words out fear of dishonoringsomeone’s title or trademark.

But if you want your writing to

look more like professionallyedited work, you should do theopposite. Newswriting shuns theidea that news articles should bedeferential to business. If anationwide restaurant chainwants everyone to refer to theirspicy shrimp tacos as SpicyShrimp Tacos, too bad.

If the same three words in ageneric sense can describe thetacos, that’s how most news pub-lications lean. Obviously, thatdoesn’t work with a dish like HulaPie because hula pie in the ge-neric sense doesn’t mean any-thing.

So the only times you’ll see atraditional news outlet treat aproduct as a proper name iswhen the name can’t be inter-preted as generic description.

This goes double for “the com-pany.” Yes, a court filing or otherlegal document would designatea company as “the Company.”But outside of a court of law, youdon’t have to capitalize it.

Titles are harder. A senator islowercase. But when you’re usingthe title immediately before hername, it’s uppercase: Sen. JaneDoe.

Representative can be abbrevi-ated, but it’s capitalized before aname: Rep. John Smith. Housespeaker, senate majority leader,minority whip and chairman areall capitalized when they’re usedas part of the name, HouseSpeaker Nancy Pelosi. But they’relowercase when referring to heras just the speaker of the house.Ditto that for the president.

Business titles are far less likelyto be capitalized. You may be thefounder, chief executive officerand president of your company,but unless your employees callyou Founder Jones or PresidentRodriguez, these terms are alwayslowercase.

New terms like COVID aredifficult because there’s no con-sensus yet on how to write them.The Associated Press Stylebook

calls for uppercase COVID andCOVID-19 and lowercase co-ronavirus. AP made waves re-cently when they decided theirstyle would now capitalize Blackas a race. The backlash was noth-ing short of hysterical.

Some terms are capitalizedwhen they’re new, like internet,but over time get incorporatedinto the language as genericterms. Most tech terms, includingemail and web, are usually lower-case now.

Food and drinks pose some ofthe trickiest capitalization conun-drums. The name Bloody Mary,according to Wikipedia, is associ-ated with several different histori-cal figures. And if you’re referringto Queen Mary I of England asBloody Mary, obviously that’scapitalized because it’s a nick-name.

But since the drink was in-vented, the name has less andless to do with any person. That’swhy, even though many legiti-

mate authorities would capitalizethe name of the cocktail, Associ-ated Press Style calls for lower-case bloody mary.

Some food and drink namesare more flexible. You can lower-case french fries to comply withAP style, or you can dub themFrench. Sparkling wines from theChampagne region of France areChampagne in AP style, but otherpublishers call them champagne.

Brazil nuts, Cobb salad, Brus-sels sprouts, Buffalo wings, beefstroganoff and beef Wellingtonfollow no clear pattern for capi-talization. If you don’t want tobuy the AP guide, you can checka dictionary or just search for theterm on the website of a majornewspaper and follow their lead.

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I fell in love with Balboa Island,Corona del Mar and the FunZone when I was 10, like thou-sands upon thousands of otherchildren, not the least my ownchildren and grandchildren.

Balboa Island and surround-ings offer memories that indeedlast a lifetime, maybe especiallyso because those vacation weeksare brief and precious, so familiesfill them with nothing but fun. Ithas always been obvious the areawas created in the 1920s to be avacation mecca, with the penin-sula as the young adult partyplace and the island for familieswith young children swimming inits protected beaches.

I have been watching the areachange for decades, feeling help-less to stop mansionization of theisland. The rich folks who buy orbuild the three-story monsters doso for bragging rights, never go tothe beach or cross the ferry, areoften absentee owners, and afterthree years get bored, sell theplace and buy somewhere else tobrag about.

Our cottages are quickly disap-pearing. I personally watchedtwo developers stand in front of202 Amethyst Ave., haggle overwhich would get it, and saw itbulldozed in 15 minutes for amansion. It never made it to theMLS. This happens a lot.

The city is the wolf watchingthe henhouse, benefiting alwaysfrom much higher property taxper parcel.

For every mansion, there’s oneless cottage for families on vaca-tion and one less family helpingMarine Avenue merchants sur-vive, not to mention the loss ofcharm the island cottages haveevoked for a century.

Then there’s the evisceration ofthe Fun Zone. First the city ap-proved the demise of the bumpercars to build the museum no onegoes to and will surely fail. Thenit took out the iconic merry-go-round, probably the last in New-port Beach, while Paris, France,has merry-go-rounds in practi-cally every park.

Then it took out the belovedPenny Arcade and allowed the

restaurant around the corner totake the space. How can a restau-rant afford that real estate? Thebig picture as I see it is for theFun Zone to fail to make way forcondos, and the Fun Zone willbecome as boring as Lido and theother five SFR islands. But theproperty tax haul will be enor-mous, as with the mansions.

Now the City Council is consid-ering an ordinance where ownersmust reside in their short-termrentals. That’s impossible on itsface and they know it. I have longknown I’d have a lot more in-come if I rented my two cottagesout full time, because short-termhas a lot of costs, not the least thecity’s transient taxes.

But I find joy in the faces of thefamilies I rent to, especially thesummer repeats with their ec-static children. Short-term rentsallow my family to come onEaster and Boat Parade weeksand time in between renters todo touch-ups beyond what myexcellent manager oversees.

The rich folk who don’t wantthe summer parking and trafficknew it was a vacation paradisewhen they purchased on theisland and are utterly selfish and

heartless if they want vacationsto stop. I think they’re behindthis. Or worse, maybe it’s the cityitself.

Lynn Stewart Balboa Island

Short-term lodgingstill popular choice

After months of public debate,the Newport Beach City Councilpassed phase one of the Short-term Lodging (STL) ordinance onJuly 14. This ordinance includes afew new good-neighbor policies,encouraging owners and op-erators to screen STL guests toassure that they are neighbor-hood-friendly.

The council recognizes thelong tradition of STL as part ofthe city’s landscape and econo-mic engine for nearly 100 years,beginning when Balboa waspromoted as a holiday destina-tion.

This tradition continues todaygenerating income for the city,owners and businesses, generat-ed from rentals primarily on thePeninsula and Balboa Island.

During the summer months

8 million to 10 million peoplevisit Newport Beach, most ofthem for day trips. During thesummer these day visitors strainresources and take up most ofthe available street parking. Atthe same time, overnight guestscontribute to the vibrancy of theneighborhood, buy mementos,frequent local businesses andrestaurants, and rent bikes andsurfboards, among other things.STL guests generate millions ofdollars, translating into sales taxand transient occupancy tax.

The police department andlifeguards do a remarkable job ofpolicing, navigating traffic,watching over beachgoers andpeople enjoying the ocean. Mostresidents on Balboa Island andthe Peninsula beach communityunderstand summer is a busytime and there are impacts onparking. However, all STL proper-ties must have at least one park-ing space on site.

Newport Beach is one of themost highly regulated cities inthe country for STLs. All are li-censed via a permit process andare mandated to pay transientoccupancy tax just like hotels,exceeding $4 million a year.

Most “rental home” ownershire management companiesresponsible for the balance be-tween the visiting guests andresidents, assuring owners thatguests adhere to the noise ordi-nances and abide by policiesstipulated in the contracts allvisitors sign.

Each visiting STL guest is giveninformation including owner andmanagement company contactinformation, city ordinancesrelated to gatherings and noise,street sweeping schedules andother pertinent material.

Residents and visitors have thesame goal: to enjoy the beach,the bay and all inherent recre-ational opportunities while tak-ing care to be good neighbors.

Short-term lodging continuesto be a popular choice for gen-erations of families to enjoy ourNewport Beach Paradise.

Craig Batley Newport Beach

Michelle Steel’s videoshows her bigotry

Mary Brown’s letter (Mailbag,July 26) seems to indicate thatshe is upset that Rep. HarleyRouda’s voting record is 100% inaccord with that of Nancy Pelosi.

I wonder if she would be irri-tated if Michelle Steel (the erst-while Republican candidate forthis November’s 48th Congres-sional District) voted in lockstepwith Trump if she were to beelected. She seems to feel thatRouda wants to defund the police(he does not) and that he is a“socialist” (he is not) and needsto be held “accountable” (what-ever that means.)

I also wonder if she is aware ofMichelle Steel’s video that showsher bigotry.

In the video she states that sheremoved her daughter from col-lege at UC Santa Cruz becauseher daughter now felt gay mar-riage was OK. Steel sent herdaughter for “brainwashing”(Steel’s own words) to Mary-

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City leaders are letting Balboa Island lose its charm

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mount for a year and then toVanderbilt. Obviously Steel isn’tfor equality in marriage.

In this day and age we shouldall be careful about sendingsomeone like Steel with thisbigoted mindset to Congress.

Lawrence Freedman Newport Beach

Thank youfor the Mailbag

I want to thank the Daily Pilotfor its renewed interest in pub-lishing letters to the editor whenthere is space in the newspaper.

I look forward to all points ofview, and many of my friendsand neighbors do as well. It mayinterest you to know that there isgreat pass-along readership ofthe Mailbag and further scrutinyof all parts of the paper (articles,commentaries and even ads).

Whenever we come across anadvertiser (e.g. Figge Photogra-phy, which a friend of mine hasused, Merrill Gardens, where anacquaintance of mine stays, orUCI Health, which I have used),we applaud them. The readershipof issues with letters also helpsget greater exposure for col-umnists and contributors likeJune Casagrande.

I also applaud the highlightingof the Mailbag (e.g. “Also fromthe Daily Pilot,” July 20) on thefront page. I have a renewedinterest in rereading the issuescontaining letters (which I save),and it often leads to greater ap-preciation of the writing staff(like the great local Sports report-ing of Matt Szabo and AndrewTurner).

I am making sure that all of mychums from the old HuntingtonBeach Independent readershipare tuned in to the wider focus ofthe Daily Pilot. Kudos again andkeep up the good work!

Tim Geddes Huntington Beach

Thoughts on schoolsin Orange County

Maybe the headline shouldhave been “Keeping schools

closed has a teachers union link”(Push for reopening OrangeCounty schools without maskshas pro-charter school links,July 16),

I’m sure that if the governorhadn’t protected teachers’ in-comes (except for charter schoolteachers) the union could find away to open the schools. TheAmerican Academy of Pediatrics,the CDC and Harvard Universityresearchers agree that the kidsneed to be back in school. Why isit that 22 countries in Europehave allowed students to returnto the classroom without anyspike in COVID-19?

I keep hearing “follow thescience.” The science says kidsneed to be in school. I thinkschool administrators and teach-ers are smart enough to figure itout. It’s not rocket science.

Wear masks where appropriate,socially distance and wash yourhands. These are policies thatshould be put in place by thelocal school districts as the O.C.Board of Education stated andkeep the state and federal politi-cians out of it. I trust the educa-tors more than I do the politi-cians whose motives are ques-tionable.

Jerry PiersallCosta Mesa

The recent decision by thetrustees of Newport-Mesa Uni-fied School District to pass the4x4 model is misguided in somany ways.

First, the fact that the boarddidn’t listen to their constituents(we the parents and students inthe district) is disheartening at aminimum and as elected officialsa true dereliction of duty on theirpart. It was clearly evidentthroughout the meeting last week

that this vote was ‘in the bag’long before the meeting tookplace.

From the hand-picked speak-ers (teachers and administrators)to the outright disregard for thefactual representation by thestudent body, it was clearly evi-dent that something else was atwork.

As I thought about the rationa-le for their decision, I keptharkening back to the fact thatthis model helps no one. It wasevident that once distant learningwas put in place, some teachersmailed it in for the remainder ofthe spring session with little to noaccountability.

The vote last week only en-hances that line of thinking. Theconstricted class schedule willforce all parties (students andteachers) to work at a muchfaster pace, increasing anxiety ofall parties involved regardless oflearning level. In addition, thelimit on classes will create acrowding out effect for programssuch as the arts, yearbook, ASB,language, and P.E.

It has been widely reportedthat AP students will be severelyimpacted by the break betweenclass and year-end testing. Let’snot forget that upper-level stu-dents, many who are collegebound, will have to explain touniversities why they only tookthree to four classes instead ofthe usual six to seven.

These students will be at adistinct disadvantage versusother students from other dis-tricts, possibly losing out on acoveted spot at their college ofchoice. And for those who are insupport of this model claiming asafer environment, the reductionin students that teachers interactwith does not guarantee a saferoption.

There are plenty of other op-tions to keep teachers, adminis-trators and students safe and stillprovide a rich learning environ-ment for our kids. NMUSD mustdo better.

I know that while I felt helplesslast week watching, I do have onelast power and that is at the vot-ing booth. I will be exercising thatright the next time I vote if thispattern continues.

Steve Shaw Newport Beach

Wearing masks should be mandatory

I agree with Dr. Michael Hurw-tiz (“The benefits of face masksare beyond dispute,” July 28). Onthe one hand, the vast majority ofmedical experts believe wearing aface covering helps prevent thespread of COVID-19. On the otherhand, those who refuse to wear amask say it is perfectly legal forthem to “just say no.”

With these two thoughts inmind, here’s my question:Shouldn’t we be doing everythingpossible to slow the spread of thecoronavirus? If you answer yes,then I suspect you are wearing amask. If you object to the word“everything,” then I’m guessingyou aren’t wearing one. Whichbegs another question: Why notpass a federal law requiring everycitizen to do his or her part in thewar on COVID?

At 71, I’m old enough to re-member the good ol’ days ofdriving without a seat belt. Theobjections to enacting the federalMotor Safety Law in 1968 werevirtually the same then as theyare now to wearing a mask. In theend, Congress decided the healthand safety of all Americans out-weighed an individual’s right todrive any which way he or shewanted.

The old phrase, “You don’tbring a knife to a gun fight,”applies to our current battleagainst COVID-19. Simply put,attacking the virus piecemeal —state by state, county by county,city by city — isn’t working. Weneed a unified, national plan tobreak the back of this virus. It’stime everyone, and I mean every-one, buckle up and join the fight.Wear a mask.

Denny Freidenrich Laguna Beach

Our nation is under brutalattack. The enemy is COVID-19.Within a span of less than fivemonths, we have had more than4 million wounded and 150,000dead.

The simplest way to combatthis enemy is for every resident ofour country to wear a mask inpublic — outdoors, indoors, onairplanes, in buses and trains, inplaces of business, in any publicspace where there are other hu-

man beings. Yes, it is that simple.Yes, there is total unanimity onthis issue in the scientific com-munity, notwithstanding nonsen-sical political pronouncements tothe contrary.

It is unfathomable as to why somany in our midst are so churlishabout this simple minor incon-venience, which is guaranteed tosave tens of thousands of livesand get our economy back ontrack.

If COVID-19 was actually aforeign nation attacking us, thoserefusing to wear a mask would beconsidered enemy collaboratorsand dealt with accordingly. It isthe height of absurdity for right-wing media, the White Houseand its many enablers to glorifythese petulant brats as protestersfighting for their freedom againstan oppressive government.

Let us reaffirm our pledge ofallegiance — that we are onenation, indivisible. Please listento science. Please, don’t let ourcorrosive politics divide us tosuch an extent that tens of thou-sands of our fellow citizens aredoomed to die as collateral dam-age. Stop being COVID collabora-tors!

Jamshed Dastur Balboa Island

Poseidon desal waterproject is all wet

For the past 20 years Poseidonhas sought to force the OrangeCounty Water District into aone-sided contract wherebyPoseidon will produce 50 milliongallons of fresh water daily, whichthe district will buy at a price setby Poseidon whether or not thewater is needed.

If this is such a great idea, whyhas Poseidon found it necessaryto contribute millions of dollarsto elected officials to gain theirsupport and is offering to dredgethe entrance to the Bolsa Chicawetlands to gain that support?This dredging will only take placeif their permit is approved butwill be kissed off if the permit isdenied.

Desalinized water is muchmore expensive than the waterpurchased from the MetropolitanWater District, which costs $900

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to $1,100 an acre foot while Posei-don’s desal water costs $2,600 anacre foot (their figure), so you canexpect a rate hike. The water isnot needed, unnecessary and tooexpensive and will cause extremesea-life mortality.

Richard C. Armendariz Huntington Beach

As former chair of the Hunting-ton Beach Planning Commission,I presided over 40 hours of Posei-don’s hearings. I offer four rea-sons why the Regional WaterBoard should reject the projectand a suggestion.

1. Hidden Tax. If Poseidon isapproved, the citizens of South-ern California may pay the largesthidden tax in my lifetime. Thishidden tax is the difference con-sumers will pay, because Posei-don is an international corpora-tion and has profits guaranteedfor its 35- to 50-year lifespan.Consumers will pay up to sixtimes more for their water! Plusthere is an annual 3% price esca-lator clause! These estimates arethe best we can do as Poseidon’sterm sheet does not include actu-al prices! Would you buy a houseif the seller could decide uponthe price after the contract wassigned?

2. Desalinization wins the

most expensive water prize.Current groundwater costs $450/acre foot, while ratepayers ofPoseidon’s Carlsbad plant pay$2,800/acre foot. Poseidon’s wateris already 6.2 times more expen-sive than O.C. groundwater.

3. We don’t need Poseidon. In2018 the O.C. Water District re-port shows O.C. in a uniquelyfavorable situation when com-pared to the Carlsbad area: a)Orange County is on top of anaquifer; b) O.C. has the Santa AnaRiver, another source of freshwater; c) 12 years ago, OrangeCounty began to reclaim wastewater and replenishes the aquiferdaily; and d) over the last 20 yearsconservation has helped toshrink demand.

4. Ratepayers may be forcedto buy unneeded water (andthen pump it into the ground).Poseidon wants to produce morewater than the region needs andforce us to purchase their expen-sive water and dump it into theaquifer. This is precisely what thegroundwater replenishmentsystem has been doing for 12years (and at much cheaperrates).

When we want a desalinationplant, we should construct onethat is cheaper to build and op-erate. So what is the “secretsauce” that lowers constructionand operating costs?

It’s a municipal utility (just likethe O.C. Water and Sanitation

districts). cheaper to build, be-cause it would be right sized forthe region’s needs, not for Posei-don’s profits. A utility is cheaperto operate because it won’t needto raise rates to generate profitsfor directors and shareholders.

The people of Orange Countyshould be outraged at theprospect of this hidden and com-pletely unnecessary tax.

Randy KokalHuntington Beach

Climate change bill is promising

I’ve done a little investigationon Curt Abdough’s commentaryin the Daily Pilot, “Climatechange bill would prevent catas-trophe worse than the pan-demic.”

The science-based facts bearhim out. A recent study into theEnergy Innovation and CarbonDividend Act, conducted by Co-lumbia University economists,concluded that carbon emissionsin the atmosphere would bereduced by nearly 40% in 12years.

Digging a little further, I foundthat the Intergovernmental Panelon Climate Change, the world’smost recognized body of scien-tists working on climate change,last year warned that humankindmay have only another decade todrastically reduce carbon emis-

sions if we hope to avoid theworst consequences of globalwarming, meaning the threat-ened collapse of a livable bio-sphere.

That puts my grandchildrenand everyone else’s grandchildrenin unacceptable peril. The writerof this commentary has made astrong case for this bill. All fiveOrange County members ofCongress are co-sponsoring thismeasure.

Let’s waste no more time.Ocean reefs are acidifying, sealevels are rising, hurricanes anddroughts are getting more severe,wildfires are claiming more livesand homes, carbon-polluted airis filling more lungs. Readersshould urge public officials at alllevels to support this bill beforetime runs out on us all.

Tom OsborneLaguna Beach

I was very encouraged to readCurt Abdouch’s commentary inthe Daily Pilot regarding theEnergy Innovation and CarbonDividend Act.

I was particularly encouragedbecause HR763 seeks and expectssupport from Democrats andRepublicans alike. We need tohave actions that show Congresscan work together for the good ofAmerica. Creating over 2 millionjobs that will bring about a clean-energy economy is a very positivestep. The aspect of putting mon-

ey into people’s pockets at a timeof high unemployment and be-yond will be very advantageous,particularly for low- and middle-income Americans.

I hope others will join me inwriting to our members of Con-gress. Their bipartisan support ofHR763 will help get our planetmoving in the right direction.

Anne CaennLaguna Beach

COVID-19 can bea death sentence

I suppose I’ve long been undera mistaken impression. I as-sumed courts were in place toensure justice.

How is exposing inmates to apotentially fatal virus (some ofwhom may be incarcerated whileawaiting trial) and jail personnel(who work to make a living)possibly be considered justice?

To ensure justice, we must notinflict what could amount to adeath penalty on people whohave not been convicted of acrime or who face misdemeanorcharges. Nor should we endangerjailers by mandating they servewithout appropriate safeguards.

I don’t know the solution but Irecognize injustice that is asobvious as this.

Ben MilesHuntington Beach

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Title IX obligations, andthen there were other obli-gations that had to be met.

“We were kind of sens-ing that it wasn’t a situa-tion where they could pickand choose certain sportsjust because of theirpopularity or just becauseof their alumni support toget back. It would almosthave to be a situationwhere we created a bigenough endowment tobring all 11 sports back.”

In addition to financialconsiderations, the na-tional level of sponsorshipof the sports factored intowhich sports would bediscontinued.

The 11 sports that werecut were all sponsored byless than 22% of the morethan 350 Division Ischools, the university

statement said. Nine ofthe sports were sponsoredby less than 9% of such in-stitutions.

The Tufuga family isdeeply rooted in volley-ball, as Mai and Yvette firstmet each other on a vol-leyball court. Their kids,Mason and Malia, bothplayed volleyball at CostaMesa High School, andeach has gone on to jointheir respective volleyballprograms at Stanford.

Yvette Tufuga said shehad immense gratitude tothe university for accept-ing her two children asscholar-athletes, but shewas disappointed to hearabout the cuts to the ath-letic department.

“We feel deep disap-pointment in Stanford’sdecision to remove men’svolleyball and 10 othervarsity sports withoutinviting key figures ofthese sports [or] their

alumni to troubleshootthe situation and see howour growing sport can besalvaged at such a presti-gious and seeminglywealthy university,” shesaid. “We fear there couldbe a ripple effect in men’svolleyball, which contin-ues to be more prominenton the West Coast whilesteadily gaining nationalpopularity.”

Mason Tufuga, who ismajoring in communica-tions, said he saw time atoutside hitter, oppositeand setter while playingfor the Cardinal from 2017to 2019. After taking lastyear off, Tufuga is plan-ning to play in the upcom-ing year.

Stanford has said that itwill honor all existing ath-letics scholarship commit-ments, as well as the con-tracts of coaches impactedby the decision. Supportstaff members losing their

jobs will receive severancepay.

All impacted sports willalso have the opportunityto compete at the club lev-el, provided that there issufficient student interestand the programs can befinancially self-sustaining.

The Intercollegiate Sail-ing Assn. (ICSA) had Stan-ford as the No. 1 team inits coed rankings to finishthe fall. The coronaviruspandemic wiping out thespring schedule turnedout to be just the first blowto the program.

Jacob Rosenberg, a 2016graduate of Sage HillSchool, learned to sail atBahia Corinthian YachtClub. He competed for theCardinal in college, and healso earned his degree inmanagement science andengineering this year.

“The cuts saddened medeeply,” Rosenberg said.“This is a resilient team

and program that willcontinue to find ways tosupport and fund theteam, but it’s a tough blowafter the [college admis-sions] coaching scandallast year to COVID-19 end-ing the season this year.Now to this news, beingdemoted to club after win-ning a national champi-onship this year, beingranked number one whenseason was canceled, andhaving both the men’s andwomen’s college sailors ofthe year.”

Jack Parkin, who has ap-peared locally in the Gov-ernor’s Cup Youth Interna-tional Match RacingChampionships, andMichelle Lahrkampearned the National Sailorof the Year honors, deter-mined by the ICSA.

Sammy Pickell, a 2018graduate of Corona delMar High School, alsocompeted for Bahia Co-

rinthian Yacht Club grow-ing up. She was namedICSA All-American crew asa sophomore.

“It does surprise me,”Pickell said of the sailingprogram being discontin-ued at the varsity level.“This year, we had ourbest year ever. We werenumber one, had two Na-tional College Sailors ofthe Year for the first timein program history, andwon a national champi-onship in match racing,among other successes.

“One of our alumni,Luke Muller, just recentlyqualified for the Tokyo2021 [Olympic] Games.Regardless of the reasonsStanford chose in cuttingsports, our team definitelydidn’t have any issuesmaintaining athletic ex-cellence.”

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the reluctance of preserva-tionists.

The ordinance amendsthe city’s current inventoryof historic structures from1981, which the city’s his-toric preservation ordi-nance — first adopted in1989 — acknowledged.The ordinance providedincentives to owners tomaintain those properties.

Efforts to update thehistoric register began in2013 as the register be-came outdated, withmany of the structures

listed having been modi-fied or demolished in ad-dition to new properties,city staff said in February.

Over 30 public work-shops and meetings havebeen held since work be-gan to update the city’shistorical preservationprogram in 2015.

The City Council alsoadopted a resolutionadopting a negative decla-ration for the project,which states that theplanned program will nothave a significant adverseeffect on the environment.

On Tuesday, the councilwill be considering adop-tion of an ordinance to

amend current city codeon the historic preserva-tion program in additionto a resolution to makechanges to the city’s localcoastal program and re-quest certification by thestate Coastal Commission.

PROMENADE ONFOREST EXTENSION

The City Council willalso be considering exten-sion of the Promenade onForest pilot program,which opened to the pub-lic in June as part of thecity’s economic recoveryand business developmentplan.

Extension of the pro-

gram would be throughJan. 30 with the council torevisit the matter at theirfirst scheduled meeting inJanuary.

Councilmembers ap-proved the closure oflower Forest Avenue —between Coast Highwayand Glenneyre Street —through Sept. 7 and thepromenade includes sixdining decks, 41 dining ta-bles and intermittent retaildisplays to allow for pa-trons to safely eat, shopand interact while allow-ing businesses to operate.

In a report prepared bycity staff for Tuesday’smeeting, staff referenced

the July 1 order that shut-tered indoor dining.

“It is unclear how longthe closure will last; how-ever, it is feasible to as-sume that restaurants maybe subjected to dimin-ished occupancy rates foran extended period andthe reduced occupancymay jeopardize the long-term viability of localrestaurants,” city staff said.

“The COVID-19 pan-demic has continued toworsen since the initialapproval and it appearspublic gatherings will con-tinue to be modified forthe foreseeable future.”

Estimated costs to ex-

tend the program throughJanuary is $119,000. Ap-proximately $98,500 is re-lated to sanitation andsafety services.

The remaining $20,500would be allocated to ad-ditional furniture, replace-ment of damaged assetsand printing COVID-19 re-lated materials such ascirculation arrows andregulatory signs.

City staff said the ArtsCommission’s special pro-grams budget would alsocontribute $12,500 for twolive performances a week.

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terminate its leasing agree-ment, citing a “force ma-jeure” clause that states ei-ther party can exit the con-tract if unable to performfor 90 days or more due toextreme circumstances.

Executive Vice PresidentRichard Schneider ex-plained in a May 20 termi-nation letter the co-ronavirus shutdown forcedSpectra’s hand.

“Anticipating that thestay-at-home order, orother government restric-tions, will prevent the Out-door Marketplace from re-opening by June 12, thepurpose of this letter is tonotify the Association thatSpectra is hereby terminat-ing the agreement, effective[June 20].”

O.C. Fair & Event Centerchief executive MicheleRichards, however, was notcontent to accept the ter-mination.

In a May 27 letter, sheclaimed the Market Placewas, in fact, allowed to re-open under allowances giv-en Orange County retailersby the state on May 23.

“Spectra is authorized toresume operation of theO.C. Marketplace immedi-ately,” Richards wrote.“Spectra remains obligatedto perform under the termsof the rental agreement, in-cluding making all rentpayments required underthe agreement.”

In a June 4 letter of rebut-tal, Schneider counteredthat Spectra was told by theOrange County Health CareAgency “there are no guide-lines or protocols in placeto allow swap meets to op-erate.”

Stephanie Singleton, aprogram manager for theOrange County Environ-

mental Health Division,confirmed by email Fridaythat outdoor swap meetsand flea markets, alongwith food operations thereare, in fact, allowed to re-open as Stage 2 businessesunder state guidelines.

Yet the stalemate contin-ues. The fair board plannedto address the matter at a

June 11 meeting and thenagain on June 25, but twiceheard public commentsand tabled the talk untilJuly 23, at which time theitem did not appear on theagenda.

Fairgrounds spokeswom-an Terry Moore confirmedFriday the last rental pay-ment from Spectra was for

the month of March, in theamount of $171,666.

During the June 25OCFEC board meeting,Robbins and other vendorspleaded with officials to dosomething to allow them toresume business.

Some suggested the fairboard offer Spectra rent re-lief to ease any claim of

hardship, while others sug-gested OCFEC accept thecompany’s termination andtake over operations.

“Right now, everyone islosing — not only the ven-dors, but the state, thecounty and the city in taxrevenue,” said Greg Silva, aclothing vendor for the past30 years.

“I would hope we cancome to some kind ofunderstanding, letting theMarket Place reopen whenthe time is right.”

Schneider declined a re-quest for an interview, in-stead providing a state-ment.

“In June, Spectra termi-nated its contract to op-erate the OC Marketplace,as permitted by the termsof the contract,” the state-ment said. “Subsequently,we have asked the Districtto meet to discuss a new ar-rangement under which wecould continue to operatethe Marketplace, as wehave for the last four years,so that its more than 400vendors will have a place tosustain and grow theirsmall businesses.”

Speaking on behalf of thefair board Friday, Mooresaid the ball was in Spec-tra’s court.

“Spectra has a valid con-tract,” she said. “If they’dlike to open the MarketPlace, they need to get thepermits and get the busi-ness going.”

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CROSSWORD AND SUDOKU ANSWERS

Campbell Case has thetalent in girls’ lacrosse, butshe also lives in SouthernCalifornia in a sport that isstill East Coast dominated.

That did not stop Case, aNewport Beach resident,from receiving a big honorthis week.

Case, who plays attackand recently graduatedfrom St. Margaret’s Episco-pal School, was named anUnder Armour Girls’Lacrosse Senior All-Ameri-can.

She was the only girls’player who lives west of Illi-nois to make the 44-playerteam.

“It was definitely a dreamcome true,” Case said. “Iwas really excited about it. Ihad played in the under-classman tournament thatthey offer leading up to it,so I had been able to repre-sent the West team. Butfinding out that I actuallymade the senior games wasa dream come true.”

Case, who is bound forJohns Hopkins University,would have been on theSouth roster for the annualSenior All-America Game inMaryland originally sched-uled for Saturday, but it hasbeen canceled due toCOVID-19.

“I’m definitely happy thatWest Coast lacrosse is get-ting some recognition,”

said Case, whose olderbrothers, Mason and Davis,each played soccer at Co-rona del Mar High Schooland UC Berkeley. “There’sbeen some absolute ath-letes coming out of OrangeCounty and the WestCoast.”

Case was a four-yearstarter at St. Margaret’s andhelped the Tartans winback-to-back U.S. LacrosseSouthern Section titles in2018 and 2019. The sportwas set to transition to anofficial CIF Southern Sec-tion sport with champi-onship playoffs this spring,before the season was can-celed because of COVID-19.

As a junior, Case scored31 goals in just 12 matchesfor St. Margaret’s, despitemissing time in the middle

of the season with a left an-kle injury.

First-year St. Margaret’scoach Mollie Stevens saidshe appreciated Case’s workethic, and her leadershipon a younger Tartans teamthis year.

“She’s just the most pos-itive player and an amazingteammate,” said Stevens,who was a four-year starterat the University of Floridaand earned All-Americanhonors as a senior captainin 2017. “We had a lot offirst-year players on St.Margaret’s this year, andshe was kind of like a play-er-coach. The girls weren’tafraid to ask her questions,either. I mean, it’s pretty in-timidating when you have aplayer like Campbell Caseon your team, and she was

just so welcoming andfriendly and really helpedthose first-year playersgrow.”

The Tartans (1-2) playedjust three matches thisspring, but Case scored sev-en goals in a 13-9 win overWestlake Village Westlakeon March 4.

“I’m from Maryland, soI’m used to big lacrossestates around me, but we’rejust at such a big disadvan-tage out here now until itcontinues to grow,” Stevenssaid.

“But I’m so excited thatshe got [All-American].She’s so deserving. It’s reallynice to see that she was rec-ognized the way she shouldbe, and wasn’t just pushedoff the map because of be-ing a California girl.”

Case hopes to play forJohns Hopkins as a fresh-man next spring.

The university an-nounced recently that itwill offer only online classesto undergraduates this fall,due to the continuing co-ronavirus pandemic.

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ LACROSSE

Newport Beach’s Case named All-American

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ST.MARGARET’SgraduateCampbell Casewas recentlynamed anUnder ArmourGirls’ LacrosseSeniorAll-American.

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Mesa’s Harmonrepeats asfirst-team pick

Costa Mesa High jun-ior small forward TarahHarmon repeated as afirst-team All-OrangeCoast League girls’basketball selection, andEstancia senior guardPamela Cabezaz madethe first team.

Harmon averaged 16.1points and eight re-bounds per game for theMustangs, who went 7-15 overall and 5-5 in theleague. The third-placeMustangs lost at Carpin-teria Cate 62-29 in thefirst round of the CIFSouthern Section Divi-sion 4A playoffs..

Sophomore centerLorelei Hobbis made thesecond team, averaging5.2 points, 13.7 reboundsand 2.5 blocked shotsper contest.

Junior forward Alejan-dra Meza was a second-team honoree for Es-tancia (3-25, 1-9), whichfinished in last place inleague play.

Saddleback sopho-more guard KendrahLopez was named theleague MVP. The Road-runners (19-9, 10-0) wonthe league crown.

— From staff reports

O.V.’s CaiazzoAll-Golden Westfirst-team choice

Bella Caiazzo, a juniorshooting guard for theOcean View High girls’basketball team, earnedfirst-team All-GoldenWest League honors.

A second-year starter,Caiazzo became a top op-tion on the offensive endfor the Seahawks.

Junior guard EmmaBeard earned second-

team all-league honors forOcean View.

Ocean View finishedthe season at 7-21 overalland 1-9 in the league. TheSeahawks ended in a tiefor fifth place with West-ern (5-18, 1-9).

Garden Grove seniorforward Sandra Balan-dran, who averaged 17.1points per game, wasnamed the Golden WestLeague MVP. She led theArgonauts (17-9, 10-0) tothe league championship.

— From staff reports

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL

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OCEAN VIEW’S Bella Caiazzo drives to the basketagainst Santa Ana’s Melina Rueta on Dec. 3, 2019.

All-Expressfirst-team honorto Wondercheck

Pacifica Christian Or-ange County High’s CharisWondercheck earned aspot on the All-ExpressLeague first team in girls’basketball.

Wondercheck started atpoint guard as a freshmanthis season, helping theTritons (10-10, 7-3 inleague) to a share of sec-ond place in the leaguewith La Verne Lutheran(14-8, 7-3). Pacifica Chris-tian lost to Santa MonicaPacifica Christian 54-34 inthe first round of the CIF

Southern Section Division5AA playoffs.

Junior guard Anna Eddywas named to the all-league second team forPacifica Christian O.C.,and Nola Mihaly-Garvinreceived honorable men-tion honors.

Brethren Christian hadjunior guard Kylie Allisonon the second team, whilesophomore forwardRachel Peters was hon-orable mention.

The Warriors (6-14, 4-6)finished in fourth place.

Connelly junior pointguard Nina Menzogopianwas named the ExpressLeague MVP after leadingthe Koalas (15-2, 10-0) tothe league championship.Koalas’ Megan Marrujoearned the league Coachof the Year award.

— From staff reports