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Over the course of more than 1,500 winsand nearly half a century spent in collegebaseball, Mike Gillespie built his toweringcoaching career by trusting his gut. It rarelyled him astray.

It was his gut that guided him to call for asuicide squeeze in the decisive game of theCollege World Series, a bold call that eventu-ally led USC to a national title in 1998.

He built three programs into powerhouseson that preternatural instinct, guiding gen-erations of college baseball players by intu-ition, inspiration and prodding, putting hisarm around them when they most needed it.

Gillespie regularly bucked convention, andhe preached the same lessons to his players— to trust their gut, to follow their own path,to believe in themselves. His 47-year careerwas a testament to that undying trust.

It was his fearless instinct, buoyed by adeep love for the game, that made “Skip,” ashe was known to his players, a true giant ofcollege baseball.

It kept him in the sport — and thriving —through 2018, its hold on him lasting into hisfinal days, when the Hall of Fame coachwatched and talked baseball from the com-fort of hospice care.

Gillespie died at his home in Irvine onWednesday following complications from re-cent lung issues and a stroke. He was 80. Heis survived by his wife, Barbara, children,Kelly, Mitch, Matt and Tiffany, grandchildren,Cade, Cole, Samantha and Cooper, andbrother, Gerry. Services are pending.

His death sent ripples to every corner of

college baseball, from the teams he coachedat College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita,USC and UC Irvine and beyond, underscor-ing just how widely his influence was felt.Scores of former coaches and players sharedstories deep into the night via group text,reminiscing about his impact on their lives.

“His presence was unmatched,” said UCLAcoach John Savage, who served as pitchingcoach under Gillespie at USC from 1997 to2000. “You could feel him, if you’re in the

See Gillespie, page A4

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Mike ‘Skip’ Gillespie, former college baseballcoach at UC Irvine and USC, dies at age 80

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COACHMIKEGILLESPIE,center, talks withassistants BenOrloff, left, andEric Deragischduring a UC Irvinepractice in 2014.

His teamswonmore than1,500gamesover a47-year career andhe led theTrojans to fourCollegeWorldSeries appearances.BY RYANKARTJE

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JIM CARNETT ISN’T TOO UPSETABOUT HIS BAD HAIRCUTPAGE A5

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After nearly 25 years in the cosmetologyindustry, Travis Vu became a first-time busi-ness owner in opening TravisVu The Salon inFountain Valley two years ago.

The coronavirus pandemic put a strain onhis business, as it has for many, with shut-downs put into effect in an effort to mitigatethe spread of COVID-19.

“The first month, I thought, ‘It’s OK. May-be just one month and they can open again,’but when they start to [get to] the secondand third month, I’m like, ‘Oh my God,’ ” Vusaid.

“It got so depressing. I got so stressed out,and I’m worried, because all the bills, we stillhave to pay. None of them give us any break,even the rent. Everything. We were reallystressed out when it got to May and we’renot open yet.”

When barbershops and hair salons were

allowed to reopen in late May, Vu, 47, of An-aheim had deferred rent to pay. Then a spikein coronavirus cases resulted in him havingto close his doors again. He said he brokedown and almost cried.

After securing a permit from the city,TravisVu The Salon (10130 Warner Ave.)opened again for business this week. Threechairs were set outside under the shade of aroof for clients to arrive after having bookedappointments.

Iced water with lemon and wrapped re-freshments were put out on another table.

“We’re lucky that we have this kind of roof,and the direction of the sun [allows forshade],” Vu said. “So it’s very cool, and [MileSquare Park] right across the street is verynice, so breeze is coming all day long. It’s

very nice.”Marlys James-Jolly, 70, of Long Beach

joked that her hair stylist was able to take 10years off her appearance after receiving ahaircut at TravisVu The Salon on Saturday.

“[It was] a huge relief, and I could relaxabout what my hair is going to look like,”James-Jolly said of being able to get a profes-sional haircut again. “I’ll come back in fiveweeks, and if that’s outside, that’s fine, too. Ilike it being outside, if you want to know thetruth. I wish they would continue with that.”

The state has issued comprehensive guid-ance for barbershops and hair salons to re-open. Outdoor operations can take placeunder a tent, canopy or other form of sun

Raul Roa | Staff Photographer

TRAVIS VU, 47, of Anaheim finishes cutting the hair of client Thuy Ngo outside TravisVu The Salon in Fountain Valley on Saturday. Vu was ableto open his salon for business again this week by operating in the open air following guidelines set by the city because of the coronavirus.

Hair industry adapts to COVID-19Some Orange County salons and barbershops move operationsoutside in order to get back to work as the pandemic continues.

BYANDREWTURNER

See Industry, page A2

The Newport Beach CityCouncil and Aviation Committeehave signed off on generally fa-vorable evaluations of the pro-posals for support services at thesoon-to-be overhauled generalaviation program at John WayneAirport.

The City Council unanimouslyagreed to accept the AviationCommittee’s recommendations

Tuesday for fixed base operator,or FBO, proposals. Though theapproval is only advisory — theairport is in Santa Ana and isoverseen by Orange County —the county allowed neighboringNewport to offer feedback.

The planned upgrades to gen-eral aviation infrastructure atJWA offer new amenities to usersof larger, typically noisier busi-ness jets while preserving accessfor pilots of the smallest, gener-

ally single-engine planes.A subcommittee of the New-

port aviation committee talkedto all seven FBO applicants andevaluated their proposals accord-ing to a set of city goals that pri-oritize maintaining the balanceof small hobbyist planes andlarger corporate jets, moving thecharter outfit JetSuiteX to themain terminal, and restrictinghours of operation for any gen-eral aviation terminal.

Though the aviation commit-tee accepted its subcommittee’sevaluations, it came on a split,8-6 vote after a 2½-hour discus-sion Monday, said CouncilmanJeff Herdman, who also sits onthe main aviation committee.

He said the committee wantedto reiterate the importance ofkeeping the current balance ofplane storage, which leans

N.B. OKs general aviation proposals for JWABYHILLARYDAVIS

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Plans to remodel the closedCoast Inn on 1401 S. Coast Hwy.are now official after years in cityplanning channels, following 4-1vote by the Laguna Beach CityCouncil that approved the proj-ect on Tuesday.

The City Council voted to ap-prove the project, with Council-woman Toni Iseman dissenting,but included provisions in theplans to scale back the size of aproposed rooftop deck to 2,500square feet and reduce the num-ber of umbrellas proportionately.

Rooftop signage will also be re-moved from the project.

Over 100 emails were sent toCity Council both in support andagainst the project, but speakersTuesday were largely against it.

Discussion focused on therooftop deck, which would re-quire variances — a deviationfrom rules a municipality can useto guide land use — for buildingheight to allow for the construc-tion decks on the ocean-facingside of the hotel, reconstructionof historic towers and installationof a nonpermanent umbrella sys-tem.

“It’s not fine dining. It’s not aspa,” Councilman Peter Blakesaid. “We’ve got to give themsomething.”

“Twenty-four people are notgoing to come and spend moneyto stay in this hotel unless theyhave some reason to do it and[property owner Chris Dornin] isnot going to spend this kind ofmoney to totally restore this hotelunless somehow or another, hehas a way of recouping it,” Blakesaid.

“We have to come to termswith the fact that, ‘Are we willingto give a variance so we could in-centivize historicity in thistown?’ ” Blake said. “If not, we’regoing to see these buildings getscraped.”

Laguna’sCoast Innremodelplans getgo-aheadThe renovationhasbeenstuck in cityplanningchannels since itwasintroduced to theHeritageCommittee in2015.BY LILLY NGUYEN

See Coast Inn, page A5

Scott Smeltzer | Staff Photographer

THE COAST INN in LagunaBeach got the permits andapprovals from the CityCouncil to start renovations.

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barbershops to conductbusiness, Semeta believesthat an eagerness to getback to work will lead tocompliance.

“I think that people arevery motivated to try to beopen if they can, so atleast there is a path for-ward for if they’re willingto go through … puttingall those guidelines inplace,” Semeta said. “Iknow in the city of Hunt-ington Beach, we try to bevery facilitative to allowbusinesses to open underthe guidelines while keep-ing them safe, and theseguidelines certainly aregoing to make sure thathappens.”

Newport Beach MayorWill O’Neill said that as ofTuesday’s City Councilmeeting, permits for out-door services in the cityhad been issued to 69restaurants. He added thatpermits were in progressfor three hair, nail or mas-sage businesses.

The Orange CountyHealth Care Agency re-ported 31 coronavirusdeaths and 637 new casesof COVID-19 in the latestnumbers released on Sat-urday. The pandemic hasclaimed 649 lives in thecounty, while the cumula-tive cases seen county-wide stands at 36,833.

There are currently 546hospitalizations related tothe virus, with 169 of thosepatients in intensive careunits. An additional 6,357tests were administeredwithin the last day, bring-ing the number of tests forCOVID-19 in the county to

shelter that has no morethan one side closed. Thatis to allow for outdoor airmovement.

Customers are to bescreened and asked not tobring others to appoint-ments. There are also ex-tensive requirements forcleaning and disinfectingfrequently touched sur-faces and equipment.

Denise Konopelski, 64,of Seal Beach decided towork with a friend to renta suite in HuntingtonBeach through Sola SalonStudios. Their salon re-mains closed, as it is noton the ground floor.

In the meantime,Konopelski said she hastaken to giving haircuts athome.

“Everything is over thetop, but I feel that if youdo everything over thetop, then you’re followingthe rules,” Konopelski saidof the guidelines for op-erating. “With sanitationas such a big thing, every-thing has to be washed.I’m forever washing every-thing, but I just am goingoverboard so that I can’tget in any trouble, and ofcourse, I have to keep myclients safe, and I wantthem to feel safe, so it’s areal clean environment.”

Huntington Beach May-or Lyn Semeta said thatthe city has ramped up itsmessaging to urge thepublic to utilize masks. Asfor the stringent guide-lines for hair salons and

415,621. Approximately23,860 recoveries havebeen made after contract-ing the virus.

Here are the latest cu-mulative case counts anddeaths for select cities:

• Santa Ana: 6,967 cases;172 deaths

• Anaheim: 6,278 cases;158 deaths

• Huntington Beach:1,694 cases; 46 deaths

• Costa Mesa: 1,198cases; 10 deaths

• Irvine: 1,189 cases;nine deaths

• Newport Beach: 835cases; eight deaths

• Fountain Valley: 363cases; nine deaths

• Laguna Beach: 133cases; fewer than fivedeaths

And here are the demo-graphics in OrangeCounty for the casecounts followed bydeaths:

By age:• 0 to 17: 2,216; 0• 18 to 24: 5,474; 2• 25 to 34: 8,328; 10• 35 to 44: 6,007; 21• 45 to 54: 6,002; 58• 55 to 64: 4,415; 84• 65 to 74: 2,162; 122• 75 to 84: 1,231; 147• 85 and older: 965; 204By race/ethnicity:• Latino: 8,639; 272• White: 5,454; 204• Asian: 1,568; 92• Black: 285; 8• Unknown: 16,580; 11• Other (includes Pacific

Islander, American Indianand multiple races): 4,307;62

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that sentiment to everyone fromHumphrey Bogart, to the Calvinand Hobbes comics—but it’s also afeeling shared by everyone livingthrough the roller-coaster that hasbeen 2020.

Though the economic, physicaland mental health impacts havenot been felt equally in our com-munities, no one has been leftcompletely untouched by theCOVID-19 pandemic. Which isperhaps why we have seen a mas-sive rallying of the public andprivate sector to support peoplethrough this crisis.

Eviction and mortgage morato-riums, expanded unemploymentbenefits and scaled-overnightfood distribution programs meantthat for the last few months mostpeople have been able to keep aroof over their head, with enoughfood in the cupboard and moneyleft over to keep the lights andWi-Fi on. This doesn’t mean thepast few months have not beenextremely hard, but the socialsafety net we’ve consistentlyunderfunded for decades reap-peared to stave off the worst of theeconomic impacts, in hopes that itwould allow us to adequatelyaddress the public health crisislooming in front of us.

Four months later, even asCOVID-19 cases and hospitali-

zations are continuing to rise, thesocial safety net that has keptmany afloat is beginning to fade.

Expanded unemploymentbenefits were set to expire at theend of July, and many of the evic-tion protections and mortgagemoratoriums have already disap-peared, with many courts in Cali-fornia, including Orange County,resuming evictions that had beenpaused since March.

This context is necessary tounderstand this key point: This is amoment we have been asked tomeet. Not the last four months,but this moment.

As someone who has dedicated30 years of my career to buildingaffordable homes for seniors,

veterans and families across Cali-fornia, I’m acutely aware of howunprepared we are to address thehousing crisis that is so intricatelytied to us successfully managingthis public health crisis. When ourpublic officials are stressing theimportance of staying home asoften as possible, it forces us toaddress just how unstable theconcept of home is for millions ofCalifornians.

The year 2018 was the first thatthe state’s average median incomereturned to pre-Great Recessionlevels — in layman’s terms, theaverage California resident wasfinally “catching up.” However, thisshort economic recovery window,coupled with rising rent and home

prices, means that most Califor-nians weren’t saving for a rainy day— let alone a rainy year. It’s esti-mated that only 23.7% of Cali-fornia households have sufficientenough savings to survive at thepoverty level for three monthswithout any income — that meansover 75% of Californians can’t.They’re also the ones most likely tobe going without a stable incomeright now, dependent on fadinggovernment and private socialprograms.

To their credit, our state Legisla-ture and governor reaffirmed theircommitment to addressing Cali-fornia’s housing crisis by fundingkey housing programs in the re-cently passed state budget. But a

cloud looms, with so much of thestate budget tied to the action, orlack of action, being taken inWashington, D.C.

As the federal government con-tinues its deadlock over additionalCOVID-19 relief, our local, countyand state governments are leftwith dwindling options when itcomes to helping the vast majorityof Californians maintain theirhousing. The House of Repre-sentative’s HEROES Act, or therecently passed Moving ForwardAct, an infrastructure bill thatwould increase affordable housingproduction dramatically, whilealso creating new, local jobs in ourcommunity, are good places tostart.

Regardless of the specific pieceof legislation, Congress mustrecognize that responding to thelooming housing crisis — whichwill involve addressing rental andmortgage payments, as well as theoverall housing supply — is theonly way to functionally addressCOVID-19 as we wait for a vaccineand other medical therapies.

It’s never so bad that it can’t getworse. Let’s make this moment amovement that solves our housingand public health crisis for futuregenerations.

COMMENTARY | LAURA ARCHULETA

A housing crisis: the next chapter in the coronavirus saga

LAURA ARCHULETA is anOrange County resident and servesas president and CEO of JamboreeHousing Corp., California’s largestnonprofit affordable housingdeveloper.

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JOHN BETZrolls a refrigeratordownWall streetoutside two duplexhousing units insouth Los Angeles forhomeless people. Thepresident and CEO ofJamboree HousingCorp. writes thataffordable housingacross California isthreatened bycoronavirusshutdowns and thecoming end ofgovernment aid.

toward smaller planes. He cred-ited Councilwoman Diane Dixonfor negotiating the small-planemix last year, while she was may-or, with Board of SupervisorsChair Michelle Steel.

“We want to hold the Board ofSupervisors to that agreement,”Herdman said.

An initial committee recom-mendation showed no appetitefor a general aviation terminal —a small facility with fee-based

customs screening for private in-ternational flights — at all, but thecity is willing to accept one that isrestricted to operating hours of8 a.m to 10 p.m.

Dixon said that general aviationisn’t regulated by the long-standing legal agreement New-port has with JWA to restrict com-mercial activity, meaning privateplanes can land and take off 24hours a day. These discussionsdon’t change that, but attempts tolimit what they can, she said.

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NEWPORT BEACHwants to reiterate theimportance ofkeeping the currentbalance of planestorage, which leanstoward smaller planeslike these.

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Raymond Einar Berg, M.D.March 13, 1930 - July 2, 2020

Raymond Einar Berg, M.D., passed away peacefully at hishome in Newport Beach, California, at the age of 90, followinga courageous, six-month battle with blood cancer. His lovingfamily was at his side.

A native Californian, Dr. Berg was born in San Francisco toNorwegian American parents. He made his first trip to Norwayat the age of two months, traveling with his family acrossthe Atlantic aboard the SS Bergensfjord. He would forevertreasure his Norwegian heritage and returned to Norwaymany times during his life to visit beloved relatives and delightin the country’s spectacular scenery and familiar culture.

Growing up during the Great Depression, Dr. Berg spenthis early childhood living on his Uncle John’s ranch in Auburn,California, where there was always food to eat but also workto be done. From a young age, Dr. Berg helped tend to theanimals and fruit orchards. His favorite chore was milking thecows. Despite the hard times and hard work, Dr. Berg alwaysremembered his years on the ranch as idyllic, and it was onthe ranch that he developed his strong work ethic and deepappreciation for life and the great outdoors.

Throughout grade school, Dr. Berg continued to spendsummers on the ranch but returned home to San Franciscoeach year for formal schooling. He was a popular student atBalboa High School, where he earned numerous athletic andacademic honors and graduated valedictorian in June 1947.He attended the University of California, Berkeley, where hewas a scholarship student, member of the Pi Kappa Alphafraternity and sports reporter for The Daily Californian. Hecompleted his premedical studies in three years, receivinghis undergraduate degree in 1950. In 1954, he received hismedical degree from UCSF School of Medicine.

A rotating internship at D.C.General Hospital inWashington,D.C., was followed by a first-year residency in general surgeryat St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York City, then a majorteaching hospital in Greenwich Village. In 1956, Dr. Berg’smedical training was interrupted when he was commissionedinto the U.S. Navy Medical Corps, where he served as ship’ssurgeon aboard the carrier USS Lexington (CV-16) based inYokosuka, Japan. In 1958, he returned to San Francisco tocomplete his residency in orthopaedic surgery at Universityof California Hospitals.

Dr. Berg found his life’s calling as a practicing physician andwas a dedicated, brilliant orthopaedic surgeon. He truly lovedhis work and improved the lives of nearly 30,000 patientsover the course of his long career. He maintained a privatepractice in Orange County, California, for more than 48 years,30 of which he was on the medical staff of Hoag MemorialHospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach. He enjoyed workinglocum tenens assignments across the country and servedas a Qualified Medical Examiner and consultant to both theCalifornia and Washington state departments of workers’compensation. He held medical licenses in six states and staffappointments at 29 hospitals. He was still seeing patients onJanuary 16, 2020, the day he received his cancer diagnosis.

Perhaps the professional accomplishment of which hewas most proud was the founding of the Newport CenterAmbulatory Surgical Facility (now Hoag Newport CenterSurgicare) in the late 1970’s. With vision and perseverance,Dr. Berg fought to overcome then-existing state regulatoryobstacles and the resistance of the local medical communityto establish a privately funded, outpatient surgical facility, onlythe 35th in the country, confident that outpatient surgery wasthe way of the future.

Dr. Berg was a Diplomat of the American Board ofOrthopaedic Surgery, Fellow of the American Academy ofOrthopaedic Surgeons and member of numerous medicalsocieties. He was a former Director of Sports Medicine at theUniversity of California, Irvine, and co-founder of the SquawValley Orthopaedic Clinic, Lake Tahoe. In 1977, he served asa volunteer attending surgeon with Orthopaedics Overseasin Tunisia.

With his limitless curiosity, adventurous spirit and joie devivre, Dr. Berg lived an exceptional life pursuing his passionsand enthusiastically sharing them with family and friends.From his father, he gained a lifelong love of hunting, fishingand boating. He became an avid, accomplished sailor,owning many boats over the years, including the NautorSwan 37 Heidi, which he sailed 13,000 miles from Finlandto the Mediterranean, the Romsdal 65 North Sea trawlerViking, which he maintained in the Pacific Northwest, andthe Islander 48 Lorelei, which he and his family sailed off theCalifornia coast for 20 years. He loved to fly and became alicensed pilot, owning two Cessna single-engine aircraft. Heenjoyed hiking and camping in the wilderness and logged80,000 miles with his family in their beloved RV. He was aworld traveler with a passion for languages. He was an expertdownhill skier well into his 70’s with an elegant style perfectedin the Austrian Alps. A serious humorist, Dr. Berg nevermissed an opportunity to dispense laughter, and his quickwit and well-timed jokes, puns and limericks will be sorelymissed.

Dr. Berg was a Master Mason and 60-year member ofBalder (now Columbia) Lodge in San Francisco. He was a65-year member of Sons of Norway, never missing an annuallutefisk dinner. He was a 47-year member of Newport HarborYacht Club, where he spent many happy times with familyand friends. Balboa High School remained important to himthroughout his life, and he was an active member of theschool’s alumni association.

Dr. Berg’s greatest pride and joy was his family. He issurvived by his loving wife of 35 years, Lori Doyn Nelson,their two sons, Jon Nelson Berg and Peter Nikolai Berg(Anne Bowler), and his son from a previous marriage, EricChristopher Berg (Cindy Morris). He also is survived byhis sisters, Ellen Kilham and Mildred Lubimir. Dr. Berg waspreceded in death by his parents, Einar Joachim NicolaiBerg of Os, Norway, and Synneva Augusta Olava Ruud ofWaterville, Washington, and his sister, Evelyn Berg.

The family would like to express its gratitude to theexceptional doctors, nurses and staff at City of Hope NationalMedical Center for the outstanding, compassionate care theyprovided Dr. Berg during his illness.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, a private funeral servicewas held on Saturday, July 11, 2020, at Pacific View MemorialPark, Corona del Mar, California. Memorial donations may bemade to the Masonic Homes of California. Please mail checksmade payable to California Masonic Foundation to: Masonsof California, Attn: Denise Avila, 1111 California Street, SanFrancisco, CA 94108.

JOHN Gabriel MACKMay 8, 1937 - July 20, 2020

Johnny Mack passed away peacfully in his sleep on July 20,2020 from a long battle with lung cancer. He is survived bythree sisters, Kathleen, Mary (Dave), and Ronnie (Norman),his wife, Shaye, five children, Karen (Ken), Tracey (Ron),Craig (Jamie), Chad (Stefanie) and Amy, 21 grandchildrenand 5 great grand children. He was an avid sailor and golfer.He was a wonderful husband, father and friend, a very caringman and he will be greatly missed by all who knew him.“Always late, but worth the wait!”, Sail on Johnny Mack!

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other dugout, if you’replaying for him.”

It was that aura that hisformer players would re-member most. His pullover the clubhouse was ob-vious to anyone who en-tered.

One of just two people towin a College World Seriesas a player and coach,Gillespie commanded re-spect, carrying himself witha quiet confidence thatproved timeless even as thegame he so adored evolvedaround him.

A firm believer in toughlove, he pushed even hisbest players beyond theirbounds of comfort. Sixplayers he coached at USCalone would go on to benamed major league All-Stars, many of whom con-sidered him a catalyst totheir careers.

His methods could beunrepentantly old school.He preached preparation,routine and discipline, andhis players learned quicklythat they needed to earn

their stripes. Many came torealize that beneath the in-tensity and expectationwas a rich sense of humorthat only strengthenedtheir esteem for Gillespie.

“If you got a complimentfrom Coach Gillespie, therewas no better feeling inbaseball,” said MorganEnsberg, who played thirdbase on USC’s 1998 na-tional title team. “The barwas incredibly high.”

When Aaron Boone, oneof those six future All-Stars,made multiple errors over asingle series at USC, Gille-spie boldly held tryouts athis entrenched third basespot to “light a fire underhis butt,” recalled GeoffJenkins, a former Trojansoutfielder who played 11years in the big leagues.“After that, I don’t know ifBooney made an error therest of the season.”

Gillespie knew how towield that presence, shap-ing it as circumstances re-quired. After an upset lossto Hawaii-Hilo while theTrojans were ranked No. 1in the nation, he forced histeam to watch as the op-posing players snappedphotos in front of the USCscoreboard.

Upon opening their 1998College World Series runwith a demoralizing loss toLouisiana State, Gillespiewaited for players to filterout of the clubhouse, theirheads hanging, before tack-ing on the message he’dbeen waiting to deliver.

“Oh, by the way, doesanybody in this clubhousenot think we can win thistournament?” Gillespieasked. The room roared inresponse.

“Part of what made himthis huge figure was that weknew, whatever we asked,whatever we needed, hewould always have an an-swer,” said Gabe Alvarez, aUSC assistant who playedfor him from 1993 to ’95.

Over the course of his ca-

reer, Gillespie would clingto the few moments whenan answer did elude him.He bristled at the notion ofanyone calling him a leg-end and wondered oftenhow his career might’vechanged if his boldest callshad gone awry.

Failures were few and farbetween. He was the rarecoach to successfully stepinto the shoes of a legendand emerge with his ownHall of Fame career. RodDedeaux had won 11 na-tional titles at USC andmore games than any othercollege baseball coach inhistory when Gillespie wastapped as his replacementin 1987.

Gillespie, who played leftfield under Dedeaux andwon a title with USC in1961, spent the previous 16years building a junior col-lege dynasty. College of theCanyons had been foundedjust two years earlier whenGillespie, previously acoach at Palos Verdes andRolling Hills high schools,was hired to start its base-ball program in 1971.

In short order, he turnedthe new Canyons programinto a juggernaut, winningthree state titles, 11 confer-ence championships, and420 games.

Gillespie would make hismost lasting impact on col-lege baseball at his almamater. Over two decades asthe Trojans’ coach, histeams appeared in 15NCAA regionals and fourCollege World Series. Hisdecision to steal home withtwo strikes in 1998, withEnsberg sliding safely tothe plate, would live on.Thirty years later, upon hisretirement, he called it “themost gratifying singularmoment” in his career.

Gillespie was 66 whenUSC cut ties with the leg-endary coach following twodown seasons. He plannedto retire and work as a sub-stitute teacher, but thegame pulled him back in,leading him to manage theNew York Yankees’ rookie-league Staten Island teamin 2007.

A year later, Irvine calledSavage to ask about Gille-spie.

“I laughed,” Savage, hisformer pitching coach, re-called. “They had a Hall ofFame coach right in frontof them.”

Gillespie quickly pickedup where he left off, win-ning 393 games and takingthe Anteaters to the 2014College World Series. Athree-year deal turned intoa memorable 11-year jour-ney. His towering presenceat the school would remainafter he retired in 2018 tospend time with his wife,Barbara, who suffered fromAlzheimer’s.

Ben Orloff, who playedunder Gillespie and tookover as Irvine’s coach, didnot remove Gillespie’sname plate from the officewhen he left two years ago.It didn’t feel right, he said.

“I keep it in there as a re-minder of what it means tobe a coach,” Orloff said.

Gillespie never quite leftthe game behind. He oftencalled Orloff to recap in-nings and discuss specificdecisions. A week beforehis death, Orloff sat withGillespie as the legendarycoach clearly recalled de-tails of games 30 years ago.

“He missed it,” Orloffsaid. “He just loved going tothe office. He loved beingaround the players, lovedpractice and road trips andlunch with the staff.

“He just loved the game.”Ryan Kartje is a staff

writer with the Los AngelesTimes.

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MIKE GILLESPIEwas one of just two people to wina College World Series as a player and coach.

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I n recent months,COVID-19 has killed8,000-plus Californians.

That’s a tragedy that sixmonths ago would haveseemed beyond all com-prehension and logic, yetwe’re anesthetized to ittoday. I don’t make light ofthe disease, but I person-ally attempt to keep it inperspective. Not obsessingis important.

I was recently encour-aged by my brother, Bill, toget a coronavirus crewcut.

Like so many of us, Bill isquarantining at home thissummer. His hair — likemine — has gone unsuper-vised for months. Get thepicture? But his son, Eric —neither a professional coif-feur nor resident of Seville— graciously pulled out hisamateur home clipper andproceeded to square Billaway.

“Wow, Bill, you look

great,” I rhapsodized a fewdays later after viewing aphoto he sent me. BrotherBill was a gifted high schoolathlete who looked great ina buzz and who looksgrand today as a buzzedsenior.

I, on the other hand,never looked good in abutch haircut as a kid.That’s why I’ve not permit-ted myself, as an adult, tobe seen in public placessans tresses.

I recently had to relearnsomething taught me bymy mom when I was amere stripling: “Don’t auto-matically do what otherstell you to do; rely uponyour own good commonsense.”

Last week — followingEric’s offer — Bill decided itwas time for what we Car-netts used to call our annu-al “summer buzz.” I neveradded a springtime buzz to

the equation because Irefused to expose my cue-ball head to girls sittingbehind me in class.

Some guys in junior highand high school pulled offwith panache that MickeyMantle flattop All-Ameri-can-boy look. Not me.Besides, I looked more likeMickey Spillane.

So, the other day, havingforgotten history and nowdoomed to repeat it, Iwatched Hedy tear into anAmazon box that arrived atour doorstep. It was a $50home hair clipper. Thatshould have triggeredwithin me a remembranceof Mom’s “common sense”adage.

Hedy appeared confidentthat with the new appli-ance she could transformmy hair from mishmash tomarvelous. Miss Hedyclawed determinedly at thecardboard packaging and

began pulling out attach-ments. Neither of us knewtheir purpose.

What we did know wasthat we weren’t going towaste time trying to deci-pher the enclosed “direc-tions” flier. One can’t beexpected to make sense ofdirections written in hiero-glyphics.

Hedy soon began thrash-ing away with her clipperson this venerable old head.She powered forth with theaplomb of a professionaljack hammerer.

My wife employed im-pressive sweeping motionswhile human hair fell inclumps from each arc.Those clumps accumulatedinto heaps on my shoul-ders, lap and on the floor.

“How much do you wantme to take off?” sheshouted over the clamber.

“Uh, most … I guess.”I began to have second

thoughts. Buyer’s remorse.And I was hyperventilating.“Wait, what are we doing?Should we rethink this?”Too late, we were past thepoint of no return

Hedy kept “sweeping,”and, at last, stepped infront of me to evaluate herwork. I knew I was in trou-ble when she emitted anervous laugh. I looked inthe mirror ... and let out aprimal scream.

AAARRRGH!I now possess a hideous

pandemic buzz! My onlyrational observation at thetime was: “THIS … CAN-NOT … BE!” It’s worse thanany summer butch I everreceived as a kid. I’m livinga seventh-grader’s night-mare!

Help.It’s my fault. I have no

one to blame but myself. Iwanted things trimmed.My hair was too long, un-

ruly, greasy and itchy (canhair actually itch?), and Iwanted it gone. Well, it’sgone ... all of it. Maybeforever.

Hedy collected silvershocks of hair left on myshoulders and lap, and onthe floor, and gently placedthem into a hermeticallysealed baggy. Why? Grand-mas do such things. Shethrows out soiled Band-Aids but preserves grandpahair.

Hedy and I had a goodlaugh over it and, since Idon’t believe I’ll be meetinga duchess, cardinal or NBAreferee anytime soon, whatdoes it matter how I look?

As retirees, Hedy and Iare finding sheltering inplace tolerable.

But I’ve hidden the clip-pers.

COMMENTARY | JIM CARNETT

The pandemic might be the best time for a bad haircut

JIM CARNETT is a formercolumnist for the Daily Pilot.

Mayor Bob Whalen saidhe agreed, but felt that therooftop deck could bemade smaller to eliminatethe need for a variance.Councilwoman Sue Kempfagreed with both councilmembers, adding that shefelt that incentives neededto be available to devel-opers but that the cityneeded to also benefit fromthe project.

Council members voted,as part of the approval, forthe applicant to pay an in-lieu parking fee, which willallow developers to pay adesignated fee rather thanprovide some or all parkingspaces required by thecity’s zoning code.

The City Council firstheard the project in Janu-ary 2018, but continued theproject for council sub-committees and continueddiscussion. It was initiallyscheduled to come beforethe City Council in April,but the hearing was post-

poned to June due to theCOVID-19 pandemic be-fore being tabled for July.

It was first introduced tothe city in a concept reviewin 2015.

The revised project in-cluded restoration of theCoast Inn; remodeling ofthe hotel’s 24 rooms andexisting restaurant; a pro-posed 3,707-square-footrooftop bar and spa withoutdoor dining and alco-hol; new rooftop signs androoftop mechanical equip-ment. Rehabilitation of theproperty will include plas-tering, reconstruction ofhistoric turrets and therooftop signage.

City staff said occupancyof the rooftop deck will belimited to 101 people andthe hours of operationwere proposed to be 8 a.m.to 10 p.m. on Sundaysthrough Thursdays and8 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Fridaysand Saturdays. Access willbe restricted to hotelguests. Scott Smeltzer | Staff Photographer

PLANS TO REMODEL the closed Coast Inn on 1401 S. Coast Hwy. are now official after years in city planning channels,following a 4-1 vote to approve the project by the Laguna Beach City Council on Tuesday.

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CROSSWORD AND SUDOKU ANSWERS

Social distancing, hand-washing, wearing a mask— this is the tripartite“prescription” that epide-miologists agree will slowthe spread of the co-ronavirus. Given this,there’s a distinction be-tween ignorance, definedas a lack of knowledge orinformation, and stupidity,defined as a lack of goodsense or judgment.

The science deniers inmy beloved Surf City can-not claim ignorance — wehave the knowledge andinformation needed tomitigate the spread of thisdeadly contagion. Rather,stupidity is the only excuseone can make on behalf ofthis unmasked foolishness.

Ben MilesHuntington Beach

Praise fora city service

Services provided bycities and counties receiveso many complaints, Iwant to present a com-mendation for a change.We live in Newport Beach,and for several days, waterwas accumulating on thearea between our sidewalkand the curb of the street.

On inspection, I sawwater coming up from acrack between our drive-way and the sidewalk. Thewater was making a pool inthe street in front of ourhouse and running downthe gutter.

Ugh, I thought, I have tocall a plumber and getready for a big bill. It wasFriday, and my wife sug-gested that I should firstcall the city of NewportBeach’s water department.

I told her that everyoneat the city was probablyhome because of the virus,but I would try to reachsomeone. I called the city’swater distribution depart-ment, and to my pleasantsurprise, rather than hear-ing “enter one, enter two,”etc., the number was an-swered by a live person,and warm-sounding younglady.

Telling her the problem,she took my informationand said I would be calledbetween 1:30 and 3:30 p.m.At 1:30 my telephone rangand it was Richard fromthe water distributionoperation. He had alreadybeen out, had inspectedthe problem, and told me,“Good news for you, this isthe city’s leak.”

A short time later, a cityrepresentative was at mydoor telling me that theleak would be stoppedMonday morning. Early

Monday morning a crewwas out to cut a hole intothe street and repair theleaking supply pipe. Thenext morning, a crew wasout to repair the hole.

Not only was the servicefast, but everyone whocontacted me was exceed-ingly friendly and showedconcern. Thank you city ofNewport Beach waterdistribution department.

Martin A. BrowerCorona del Mar

Students belongin the classroom

Let’s get the studentsback in the classroom. Itreally is as easy as ABC.

Teachers will do remoteteaching from their homesusing their laptops, andstudents will be in theclassroom listening to theirteacher teach them on thelarge screen monitor ineach classroom. Teachersare now safe from catchingany COVID-19 from stu-dents, and students canfinally get back to schoolwith their friends. Eachschool would hire “class-room monitors” whowould be assigned to eachclassroom to maintainorder and be there for anystudent need.

Roy EnglebrechtNewport Beach

Letter writergets it right

Once again HuntingtonBeach resident Tim Geddesis right on target in hisletter published in theDaily Pilot.

Much more concise thanI, he argues that bothcounty government andcity government in New-port Beach are “controlledby conservatives who aretone deaf to communityneeds.” Even many of theconservatives in NewportBeach feel that way.

Essentially what isneeded is a total shake-upof both the county Boardof Supervisors and the CityCouncil (not to mentionthe Orange County Boardof Education). Costa Mesarecently went through justsuch a major transforma-tion, which resulted in acity government that ismuch more responsive tothe community needs thanthat of Newport Beach.

Two of Newport’s councilmembers, Joy Brenner andJeff Herdman, have tried touphold their campaignpromises to the communi-ty in Newport, but it isdifficult swimming against

the tide.In short, the total trans-

formation that took placein Costa Mesa, the resi-dents of Newport can putforth candidates supportedby the community as Jeffand Joy are. They can cre-ate a majority if they electnew council members whoare also like-minded.

Geddes also character-ized accurately, in myopinion, two candidateswho are running for higheroffice, Michelle Steel forCongress and Diane Dixonfor Assembly as “arch con-servatives.”

That distinction maydraw some votes in New-port but not large numbersin other surrounding com-munities of the respectivedistricts they will repre-sent.

The two incumbentswho will offer voters anescape from seeminglytraditional “old backroompolitics” are Harley Roudaand Cottie Petrie-Norris,who were elected in 2018to Congress and the Cali-fornia Assembly, respec-tively. These candidates arelike a breath of fresh air. Inmy memory, OrangeCounty has never had suchaccomplished, energeticand positive candidates.

You have a choice: Youcan stay in the past with

what I would describe aspolitics characterized by acynical outlook on life, oryou can look into the fu-ture with some optimismand faith.

Lynn LorenzNewport Beach

Concerns aboutSen. Moorlach

To date, Orange Countyvoters have looked forleadership, integrity, effec-tiveness, and a measure ofindependence from theirelected officials in re-sponding to our manychallenges.

Our needs, especially inour coastal communities,are different than in otherareas. Whether it is publichealth, education or re-opening our local econo-my, we need problem-solving that protects andpreserves our safety aboveall else.

Our congressional repre-sentative (Harley Rouda-D,Laguna Beach) and ourstate Assemblywoman(Cottie Petrie-Norris, D-Laguna ) have stepped upbig time in this regard.

Their opponents havelapsed into partisan nay-saying with no solutionsand no responsible ap-proach to the COVID-19

pandemic still plaguingour county.

Add another Republicanwho falls into this category,State Sen. John Moorlach(R-Costa Mesa).

From my experienceMoorlach has spent hisentire political career carp-ing about leadership inSacramento without pro-viding it.

He has been a partisanwarrior without caringabout his constituents. Ibelieve he benefited from asmear campaign in theform of several mailers thatknocked out one of hisrivals, Costa Mesa MayorKatrina Foley, withoutrealizing the Democraticprimary winner, Dave Min,is eminently qualified,capable and better suitedto serve our citizenry thanhe is.

I would rather have aUCI law professor who willfight for our interests thana CPA who puts dollarsover denizens.

Like Rouda and Petrie-Norris, Min cares aboutpeople and stands up forthem.

He will move OrangeCounty forward whileMoorlach is stuck in neu-tral or reverse.

Now is the time for re-sults. Now is the time forrepresentation. Now is the

time for leadership.

Tim GeddesHuntington Beach

Defending RoudaLetter writer Mary Brown

has it all wrong about Rep.Harley Rouda.

Few members of Con-gress could possibly have abetter record of looking outfor constituents. In his firstyear Rouda held five TownHall events and took partin over a thousand meet-ings with constituents. InMay he voted for the He-roes Act which, accordingto the House Appropria-tions Committee for localgovernments in CA-48,would bring $2.7 billion tolocal governments incoastal Orange County;ensure pay for police, fire-fighters, first respondersand teachers; assist OrangeCounty businesses throughthe Paycheck ProtectionProgram; distribute a sec-ond round of direct econo-mic payments; make surethat all Americans canreceive interim healthcarecoverage; and fund testing,tracing and treatmentmechanisms to get us backto work. According to IRSstatistics for CA-48 thislegislation would alsoprovide tax relief for morethan 100,000 OrangeCounty families by repeal-ing the cap on State andLocal Tax.

Rouda’s commitment tobipartisanship is reflectedin comparing his votingrecord with the nearestRepublican, Rep. KenCalvert (CA-42, Corona).According to ProPublica,Rouda and Calvert havevoted the same 42% of thetime. Far from being a“radical socialist” ourcongressman is the finestexample of a principled,hard-working public serv-ant who reflects the hopesand values of his constitu-ents.

Bob TaylorNewport Beach

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