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Shi Guorui, “The Yangtze River 7-8 May 2013,” 2013, camera obscura gelatin silver print, unique. Collection of Foundation INK, Geneva. Promised gift to Los Angeles County Museum of Art. (Photo courtesy of Shi Guorui)
Contemporary Chinese photography critiques urbanization, globalizationMOPA’s innovative ‘Out of the Shadows’ exhibit focuses on three decades of development in China
KENDRA SITTON | Uptown News
The water is silky, the moun-tain glacial in Shi Guorui’s pho-to “The Yangtze River 7-8 May 2013.” Over two days in 2013, he used a camera obscura to
shoot the scene which a Western audience might interpret as se-rene or natural. Shi explained in a phone interview that a Chinese audience would see something much different. He took the photo right after the
completion of the Three Gorges Dam, the largest power station in the world, so everything in the photo is man-made, the river unnaturally high.
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Community planning groups in limbo with elections canceled
KENDRA SITTON | Uptown News
The delay of primaries in other states have garnered headlines, but San Diego has had its own election troubles because of the coronavirus pandemic as well. Both Uptown Planners and North Park Planners have had to cancel elections scheduled for March 12 and March 17, respectively.
When the seriousness of the coronavirus was still not reflected in government policies, the groups had to decide on their own how to move forward. The elections sub-committee for Uptown Planners went through several ideas of how to vote while maintaining social distancing. At first, they got rid of the candidate statements in one big, enclosed space and canceled all agenda items for the meeting other than the election. They set-tled on a system that had everyone waiting in a long, spaced-out line around the block on a rainy day with only a few people brought into the Joyce Beers building at a time. They finally canceled the entire election on the morning of March 12, when Governor Gavin Newsom requested gatherings of over 250 people not to meet.
“I had been looking for city and county guidance on this all week and everyone seems to be scram-bling to come up with their own guidelines since the federal gov-ernment doesn't seem to have any guidelines that make any sense,” Steve Cline, elections subcommit-tee chair, explained on March 12. “We just reached a point where it just seemed like the risks far out-weighed the need to get this done today.”
A deciding factor for Cline and the Uptown Planners chair, Soheil
Sanctuaries close doors amid crisisKENDRA SITTON | Uptown News
For faith communities home to more than 250 people, there was a clear mandate last week-end: they could not meet, ac-cording to San Diego County. For those falling below that number, they had a more dif-ficult decision: shut down at a time when people need their community’s support the most or risk the potential of congre-gants spreading the virus to each other.
Mayors Kevin Faulconer and Bill Wells at the Rock Church, six feet apart. (Screenshot of Rock Church livestream)
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Campaigns change course over coronavirusKENDRA SITTON | Uptown News
While not as critical as the weeks leading up to the primary, the weeks afterward are still an important part of the prolonged elections in the U.S. Politicians would normally spend this time fundraising and meet-and-greets to keep momentum leading up to the initial vote. The top two can-didates in crowded fields would also try to widen their coalition now that the field has narrowed. However, the coronavirus pan-demic has virtually suspended several campaigns while others pivot strategy to follow public health guidelines.
Chair of the San Diego County Democratic Party said the party is looking at ways to hold remote meetings and adapting voter con-tact so “organizing can continue without putting anyone at risk.”
Senator Toni Atkins is almost
guaranteed to win in the general election, but she would normally be spending this time fundraising for other candidates. According to her campaign manager, she did not have any local events sched-uled this week or next, but any upcoming events will likely be postponed.
Nora Vargas, a candidate for the County Board of Supervisors District 1, also announced her campaign would postpone all events and activities in light of the pandemic. She also launched a bilingual online resource to answer people’s questions on her social media pages.
Brian Maryott, a Republican ca nd idat e i n t he 49t h Congressional District, an-nounced on Monday, March 16, that he will be holding virtual town halls each Wednesday on Facebook at 6:30 p.m. until the crisis ends.
Democrat candidate in the 50th District, Ammar Campa-Najjar, said his campaign office was closed while staff worked re-motely on March 13. At the time, he said he would not host events for more than 15 people and vol-unteer appreciation parties would be postponed. While the restric-tions on events have changed, he offered to help field questions from the community as CA-50 has no representation while Rep. Duncan Hunter awaits sentencing.
For politicians already hold-ing public office like City Council members Chris Ward, Barbara Bry, Assembly member Todd Gloria and City Council President Georgette Gomez, there is little time to campaign for higher office while triaging this crisis.
In the smaller campaigns for City Council in District 3, focus has also shifted. In an email, frontrun-ner Stephen Whitburn explained,
“The biggest impact has been the cancellation of events and meet-ings we had planned to attend. I go to as many community functions as possible to chat with people and get their thoughts… Hopefully, this won’t last very long, and things will get back to normal. In the meantime, it’s still busy. Our web-site lists my cell phone number, and people have been reaching out about various neighborhood issues. I’ve also been reading up on how other cities have handled some of the problems we’re dealing with. So, there’s plenty to do, but I look forward to the community meetings resuming and seeing ev-eryone again.”
Toni Duran, who made it through the primary by beating out Chris Olsen, said in an email,
“We don’t want to put volun-teers or voters at risk, so now isn’t the time for face-to-face campaign-ing. My campaign is less important
than the health and welfare of our entire community. People can still donate or sign up for later volun-teer opportunities. However, I will personally be volunteering my time with nonprofits who are still providing critical services, in a responsible and safe way, to our vulnerable populations, and I en-courage others to do the same.”
Later, she announced on Twitter that one of the organi-zations she will be volunteering at Mama’s Kitchen, a nonprofit which brings meals to sick peo-ple. Since they typically rely on retirees who are self-quarantin-ing, the organization put out an urgent call for volunteers.
For many voters, electoral pol-itics are far from the most import-ant story right now, and rightly so. The campaigns that succeed in November will be the ones that recapture the public’s attention after the pandemic ends.
— Kendra Sitton can be reached at [email protected].
SERVING SENIORS DELIVERS MEALS TO ANY SENIOR
Serving Seniors has an-nounced the temporary closure of all 15 of its congregate din-ing sites throughout San Diego
County effective immediately. The nonprofit organization has rapidly transitioned to delivered meals for all clients to continue meeting the needs of the thou-sands of low-income and home-less seniors who rely on meals as a primary source of nutrition to survive.
To support the large num-ber of homeless seniors who visit the Gary and Mary West
Senior Wellness Center – the or-ganization’s f lagship dining site located in Downtown San Diego on Fourth Avenue – Serving Seniors’ staf f are of fering pre-packaged to-go meals and transitioning clients to meal delivery options. To-go meals will also be available at all oth-er dining congregate sites until all clients can be fully transi-tioned to meal delivery service.
The transition is critical in light of California Governor Gavin Newsom’s mandate that all peo-ple over the age of 65 should stay home and self-quarantine. Free meals from Serving Seniors are available to anyone aged 60 or over, regardless of income. If you are a senior in need, or know of a senior in need, you can sign up to receive meals by calling 619 235-6572 and selecting option one, or
reaching out via email at [email protected]. While recipi-ents have the option of making a donation for the meals, nobody is turned away if they do not have the means to do so.
“It is our utmost priority to keep everyone associated with Serving Seniors healthy and safe, while also ensuring that
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El Cajon Boulevard tour highlights transit, development
KENDRA SITTON | Uptown News
The Urban Land Institute host-ed its third annual bus tour of El Cajon Boulevard to show off re-cent efforts to activate underused urban space on the important corridor and to show where de-velopments will soon be added. In two rented MTS buses, nearly 100 architects, developers, engi-neers, and community activists visited sites along the boulevard, including Little Saigon, Hoover High School, Fair@44, an empty lot by the Interstate 15 bridge, and the BLVD Court.
Affordable housing will soon come to lots that have been vacant since 1983 when the I-15 freeway divided the community in half. Meanwhile, Fair@44 and BLVD Court have transformed empty pavements into places of gather-ing and commerce. BLVD Court is a new addition to the activated sites and was added after the suc-cess seen at Fair@44. Fair@44 has a new taco truck, bright paint on the asphalt, shade and seating. BLVD Court brought together vendors so people could stop by to purchase beer and support lo-cal artists. Little Saigon has used street art to preserve the unique character of the immigrant en-clave. Hoover High School’s con-struction is nearing completion,
with a hopeful April finish. Some of the original City
Heights community members, whose activism was sparked af-ter more than 2,000 homes were torn out to make way for I-15 de-cades ago, were in attendance. They helped form the ideas for ki-osks along the bridge above I-15 and that the bridge needed to be strong enough for housing to be built on its ends. Forty years later, those ideas are finally coming to fruition with development along the bridge deck.
An important addition this year was the bus-only lane, which has made the road more pedestri-an- and bike-friendly, and brings in hundreds of more riders com-pared to last year. The plans to add density, improve safety and activate new public spaces are part of Blvd 20/20 – a vision of El Cajon Boulevard for the next decade.
Properties along the boulevard have seen a spurt of recent invest-ment. Since the first economic development tour in November 2014, property sales have topped $467 million along the El Cajon Boulevard corridor, with more than $163 million in 2019 alone, according to the Boulevard BIA.
— Kendra Sitton can be reached at [email protected].
Community members of Little Saigon passed out egg rolls and ribbons for good fortunes.
Council President Georgette Gomez welcomed people to the tour inside Tiger! Tiger! (Photos by Kendra Sitton)
A bus drives along El Cajon Boulevard before passing over the bridge above I-15.
The tour ended at BLVD Court where there were pop-up vendors and a bar.
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Mission Hills couple strike racist covenant from house deed as part of centennial
KENNETH ZAK | Uptown News
I’ve enjoyed living in four different Mission Hills homes over the past 20 years. Meandering past so many well-pre-served, historic homes is a cherished benefit of our neighborhood. So, as the cen-tennial of our 1920 craftsman bun-galow approached, Kyona and I wanted to celebrate its history and contribute to its preservation. We repainted our home in historically accurate colors, repaired the original iron spot brick fireplace, fixed the roof, commissioned beveled glass windows to com-pliment the orig-inal stained glass, and reproduced two handcrafted Westport Plank chairs for our covered porch.
But in reviewing the title to our home, we also uncovered a grant deed recorded in 1912 from the Mission Hills Company. That grant deed included a restrictive covenant that “runs with the land” upon which our home was built and provides “[t]hat no part of the premises hereby conveyed shall be conveyed, transferred or demised to any person other than the White or Caucasian race.” This racist re-strictive covenant, now clearly illegal and unenforceable, had nonetheless been part
of the title documents for every sale of the property over the past 100 years.
Rather than ignore the offensive lan-guage, we decided to face this ugly histo-ry and take action.
Research revealed that California property owners may file with the County Recorder a Restrictive Covenant Modification eliminating such provisions. California Government Code Section 12956.2 specifically allows eliminating any property restrictive covenant based on race, color, religion, sex, gender, gen-der identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, familial status, disability, veteran or military status, genetic in-formation, national origin, or source of income or ancestry in violation of state and federal fair housing laws.
Following the statute to eliminate the offensive provision was simple and inexpensive.
First, we obtained a full copy of the grant deed containing the restrictive covenant from the San Di-ego County Administration Building at 1600 Pacific Highway. The clerk was extremely help-ful. Copies of those two pages cost only $2.05.
Second, we prepared the Restrictive
Covenant Modification document and had it notarized. A full copy of the grant deed was attached with the offensive restrictive covenant language stricken through (but still legible so the County Counsel could confirm the language fell within the statute).
Finally, we recorded the modification document in a second trip to the County Administration Building, again assisted by a very helpful clerk. While the statute provides the County Recorder may waive the filing fee, they declined to do so. The recording fee was $95.
We had already spent a lot of time and effort preserving the structure and appearance of our home for its cen-tennial. But forever purging the racist restrictive covenant language from its title felt even better. We cannot change history, we can only make it. We hope that removing such language preserved something much more significant for the present and future of Mission Hills: our humanity.
— Kenneth Zak is an award-winning au-thor, poet, and attorney (kennethzak.com). Kyona is an Ayur-vedic health counselor and yoga therapist (ky-veda.com).
Coronavirus is nothing like we’ve ever seen and requires a response like we’ve never seen
As coronavirus grips the nation and spreads throughout the world, it is under-standably causing anxiety and disrupting our lives. Our response needs to rise to the occasion - providing health services, economic relief, and reassurance that we can make it through this crisis.
As cases broke out in California and across the nation, I reached out to my constituents to get their thoughts. Nearly 80% of you expressed concern with the outbreak and a majority were not happy with the government’s response to the crisis, which is understandable.
More than three-quarters of constit-uents asked for regular email updates, which I have been providing.
The Congress, led by the House of Representatives, has passed legislation responding to the outbreak.
The first was the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, a bipartisan, emer-gency response package that provides $8.3 billion for the development of treatments and a coronavirus vaccine.
It also supports small businesses im-pacted by this epidemic, allowing for low-interest SBA loans to those affected economically by the virus.
Soon after, the House passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
This bill will provide free testing for the coronavirus, even for the uninsured.
Locally, we must ensure we have enough tests for the community. While we are not where we want to be with test-ing, work is being done to get testing on
a level to meet our needs. If you are feeling sick, you should stay
home and that can mean a critical loss of income. This bill will provide 14 days of paid sick leave.
We are already hearing stories of Americans who are losing their jobs as a result of the economic impact of the spread of the virus.
The bill includes $1 billion for un-employment insurance benefits. These funds will replace a significant share of lost wages so that those impacted can pay their bills.
While the two bills passed by Congress have some economic relief, we will need to go further to lessen any financial im-pact for those losing wages or having to fund medical or support services like childcare that wasn’t planned for.
Schools around the country are taking proper caution by discontinuing in-person learning. Unfortunately, this means that many students, who usually get meals at school, could be left without food.
The Families First bill includes funding to ensure domestic nutrition assistance programs have adequate resources.
In addition, I have updated my office policy due to the current situation. My of-fice has suspended in-person meetings and many of my staff are working remotely.
My San Diego office will continue pro-viding constituent services but we are asking people to call my office first as we are open by appointment only.
If you require constituent services, you can visit my website: susandavis.house.gov or call 619-280-5353.
Obviously and understandably, world governments, including the United States, are focused on containing the spread of the virus and treating people who have been infected.
However, as we move past this crisis - and we will - we need to look at how these pandemics begin and start taking prevention and preparedness seriously.
It is unconscionable, that the Trump Administration shut down the White House’s National Security Council Directorate for Global Health Security and Biodefense.
There are U.S. agencies that also work to identify the next virus that may cause the next pandemic. They include USAID, NIH and the Department of Defense.
Are these agencies getting the resourc-es and support they need to be effective? It's a conversation we need to have.
As my top priority now is stopping this virus and helping my constituents, in the future I will be looking at whether we are doing enough prevention.
These can be unsettling times but there are inspiring stories of people work-ing together and sacrificing to stop the spread of the virus. However, some are still not taking this with the seriousness necessary. As Dr. Anthony Fauci says, it’s better to be criticized for overreacting.
I would love to hear some of the creative actions taken by my constituents - like on-line tutoring, calling on neighbors, etc.
Americans have a long history of rising to the enormity of these crises. Together as a nation, as neighbors, and as a family, we will overcome this challenge.
— Congresswoman Davis represents cen-tral San Diego, including the communities of Grantville, Allied Gardens, San Carlos, Del Cerro, Old Town, Kensington, Mission Hills, University Heights, Hillcrest Bankers Hill, North Park, South Park, Talmadge, Normal Heights, as well as La Mesa, Lemon Grove, Spring Valley and parts of El Cajon and Chula Vista.
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we meet the needs of our se-nior clients who need us now more than ever,” said Serving Seniors CEO Paul Downey. “We are working diligently to provide meals to as many se-niors as possible for the weeks and months to come. Whether you’re a brand-new client, or a longtime client, we will be able to get you the nutritious meals you need.”
The mission of Serving Sen iors i s made possible through the generous dona-tions of the community. Now, more than ever, Serving Seniors is relying on donations to con-tinue providing resources to vulnerable seniors throughout the county. To learn more on how you can help, or to make a donation, please visit servingse-niors.org today.FEEDING SAN DIEGO SETS UP EMERGENCY FOOD BANKS
Feeding San Diego hosted a press conference earlier to-day, Tuesday, March 17, to an-nounce additional emergency food distributions to help meet the increased need throughout San Diego County. Amid the progression of the novel coro-navirus, Feeding San Diego is maintaining its operations and striving to minimize dis-ruption to hunger-relief ser-v ices whi le i mplementi ng new methods of food distribu-tion, including drive-thru and drop-and-go models to ensure appropriate social distancing. Closures of schools, businesses and partner sites have result-ed in significant gaps in food assistance, which Feeding San Diego is monitoring closely and launching additional food dis-tributions based on community
input and the needs of specific populations.
"We're in a crisis. We have a global health crisis that's all over the news. But it's much bigger than that. It's creating a job crisis, a people crisis, and a food crisis," said Keith Maddox, executive secretary-treasurer of San Diego & Imperial Counties Labor Council.
A central food distribu-tion will be held at Central at the Labor Council at SDCCU Stadium, 9449 Friars Road in the Northeast Lot on March 21 at 10 a.m. Listings of avail-able emergency distributions will be updated daily and pub-lished at feedingsandiego.org/coronavirus.
SAN DIEGO BLOOD BANK ISSUES URGENT PLEA FOR DONATIONS
School closures and work-from-home policies have result-ed in canceled blood drives. San Diego Blood Bank collects more than half of its blood supply on bloodmobiles. An additional strain on the blood supply is ex-pected in the coming weeks. See all coronavirus-related travel and exposure deferrals.
“The U.S. is on the verge of a serious blood shortage that will lead to blood rationing and tri-age. We need healthy people to come out to donate immediate-ly,” said David Wellis, CEO, San Diego Blood Bank. “Supplies are dropping to critical levels. We are confident the San Diego community will rally around this urgent need.”
It is important to note:• Donor safety measures
are in place: SDBB has been in close communication with San Diego County Health & Human Services Agency, and they are advising SDBB on proper protocols amid coronavirus mandates. Surfaces are being cleaned between donations and
donors are being screened upon arrival.
• Locations are convenient. San Diego Blood Bank has six donor centers and will be post-ing active blood drives for the following day on social media. Appointments are encouraged so we can ensure proper staff-ing at locations. Walk-ins are welcome.
• There is no research evi-dence that donating blood im-pacts your ability to fight in-fection later. While white blood cells needed to fight infection slightly decrease for a short time after donation, abun-dant cells remain in the event of an infection. Furthermore, donated cells are regenerated post-donation.
• Individuals are not at risk of contracting COVID-19 by receiving donated blood. Respiratory viruses are not known to be transmitted by blood transfusion, and there have been no reported or sus-pected cases of transfusion transmission of this virus.
"It's safe to donate blood," said Admiral Brett P. Giroir, M.D., Assistant Secretary of Health, "Part of preparedness includes a robust blood supply. Healthy individuals should schedule an appointment to donate today to ensure that blood is available for patients who need it."
According to Doug Morton, COO, San Diego Blood Bank, “It’s important to note that blood collection activities are not ‘mass gatherings,’ rather they are controlled blood drives conducted using appropriate infection control mechanisms intended to assure the safety of the products, donors and staff. San Diego Blood Bank is high-ly regulated and is following best practices, such as proper-ly cleaning surfaces between donation.”
All blood types are needed
and people who have never do-nated before are encouraged to donate. To make an appoint-ment, visit sandiegobloodbank.org/GiveLife or call 619-400-8251. Donors must be 17 years or older, weigh a minimum of 114 pounds and be in general good health.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING BALLOT MEASURE MOVES FORWARD
San Diego City Counci l Rules Committee recommend-ed changes to the draft ballot language for the “Homes for San Diegans” bond measure, the next crucial step toward putting the initiative on the November 2020 ballot.
Homes for San Diegans pro-poses a $900 million housing fund for the construction of up to 7,500 homes for families and individuals who lack secure housing, including veterans, families, seniors, transition-al-aged youth, and people living with disabilities. This measure would also allow San Diego to gain its fair share of state and federal matching funds.
Following today’s vote, the Rules Committee directed the City Attorney’s Office to con-duct all necessary legal anal-ysis and draft general obliga-tion bond measure language, considering the input received from the committee members and the public.
Lots of San Diego companies suddenly have women on their boards
WOMEN ADDED TO BOARDS
A Voice of San Diego review found more than a dozen San Diego companies have added a woman to their board of di-rectors within the last year fol-lowing the passage of SB 826, which requires publicly held companies based in California to have at least one woman on their boards. The law's first set of requirements kicked in Jan. 1.
Less than a year ago, San Diego still had more than 20 companies with no women on their boards. Many of those company boards have since brought on a woman.
The Secretary of State's of-fice released a new statewide report on companies' progress complying with SB 826. But the report isn't necessarily a great window into how many compa-nies actually have a woman on their board of directors; rather, it simply documents companies that have filed a 2019 Corporate Disclosure Statement, which includes a question about their board makeup.
Only 330 of 653 companies filed a statement, and of those, only 282 reported themselves as in compliance with the law. But many companies that actually do have at least one woman on their board appear to have not filled out the form.
San Diego-based Qualcomm and Jack in the Box, for exam-ple, don't appear to have filed their forms, according to the report. Yet both have multiple women on their boards.
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How businesses can prepare for COVID-19 setbacksDOUG WALKER | Insperity
As the threat of the COVID-19 virus continues to spread throughout the country, many company leaders are faced with the responsibility of keeping their employees healthy and safe, as well as making decisions that could affect the future of the busi-ness. As the impact of the virus continues to expand, it is likely that organizations will have lit-tle to no time to prepare for travel restrictions, city ordinances and continued outbreak, and it may be helpful to use this time to cre-ate and communicate a plan. Despite the many unknowns, it is important for business leaders to remain calm, and step back to determine how best to navigate the uncertainty.
While there are still many un-knowns surrounding the virus and its lasting impact, below are
several steps business leaders can consider to help mitigate setbacks in the workplace.
Adjust company policiesWhile company health policies
and structured employee benefits can serve well for an organization throughout the year, business leaders may want to consider ad-justing these for the short-term. For example, management may want to encourage individuals to work from home if they begin to show even slight symptoms of ill-ness. Allowing team members to work remotely in such cases can help avoid the spread of germs throughout the workplace.
Communicate expectationsIt is important to remember
that despite the uncertainty surrounding the severity and impact of COVID-19, project deadlines and daily business
should not be neglected. It may be helpful to set aside time to communicate expectations to employees, and to train teams to assist with assign-ments across departments. Implementing processes to keep track of project progress, and encouraging individuals to re-port to managers with regular status updates can better allow for business to carry on as usu-al. Incorporating cross-training between departments may help employees to handle deadlines and projects quickly and effec-tively despite office absences.
Minimize threatsCompanies should look for
ways to reduce the spreading of germs in the workplace as much as possible. Ensure employees have access to proper hygiene tools such as alcohol-based hand sanitizer, adequate handwashing
facilities and disinfecting wipes. Businesses can also introduce dis-posable coffee cups, utensils and paper towels to the breakroom to keep germs from spreading. If organizations have a nurse or health care facility on site, it may be beneficial to have a trained professional speak to the orga-nization regarding symptoms to look for, best practices and risks associated with the virus.
Utilize technologyIt may be helpful for business
leaders to consider implementing guidelines for remote working to make certain that employees are prepared to conduct business if it becomes necessary to be away from the office. It is also import-ant that managers and employees are provided with the tools and capabilities to do so effectively. Consider investing in technology that may aid in communication,
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— Doug Walker is a manager of HR services with Insperity, a lead-ing provider of human resources and business performance solutions. For more information about Insperity, call 800-465-3800 or visit insper-ity.com.
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The Flame’s original signage was rehung this week on the Egyptian-revival building in Hillcrest that was once home to San Diego’s longest-running lesbian bar. The sign’s return sig-nals the hopeful debut of a jazz club in the coming months.
Owner and developer James Nichols recently annexed the circa-1945 building with sev-eral apartment units and spent $3,000 restoring the dramatic 18-foot neon sign. He is report-edly in advanced talks over leas-ing the 2,000-square-foot space in front to an unnamed tenant who will include a bar and small kitchen if an agreement is struck.
The historic structure also op-erated decades ago as a steak and cocktail establishment known as The Garden of Allah. 3780 Park Blvd.
The recent state and city man-dates that currently prohibit restaurants from conducting dine-in service due to the glob-al pandemic crisis have resulted in take-out and delivery-only options at a number of popular
establishments. We combed through the neighborhoods of Uptown and found places cook-ing up certain dishes we all cherish, especially while socially distancing ourselves for a while. Consider our picks below when you’ve grown tired of the things in your freezer.
Chocolates and savory dish-es from Eclipse Chocolate Bar & Bistro in South Park are available for pickup, curb-side delivery, and home delivery through UberEats, GrubHub and Postmates. Owner Will Gustwiller says, “We’ll still be operating as a retail artisan food shop,” referring to his full inven-tory of chocolate bars, drink-ing chocolate and bistro fare. 2145 Fern St., 619-578-2984, eclipsechocolate.com.
Things like pancakes, omelets
and turkey meatloaf hash from Breakfast Republic are a click or phone call away before picking up the morning fare at locations
that include North Park (2730 University Ave., 619-642-0299) and Mission Valley (1570 Camino de la Reina, 619-310-6214).
Get your comforting ramen fix from several different loca-tions of Tajima, which include kitchens in Hillcrest (3739 Sixth Ave., 619-269-5050) and North Park (3015 Adams Ave., 619-756-7517). In addition to assorted ra-men, customers can opt for ap-petizers and rice bowls as well. The food can be ordered online,
by phone, or in-person for pick up. tajimasandiego.com.
Enjoying a full steak dinner with dessert doesn’t have to end in these restricting times. Nearly the entire supper menu at Rare Society in University Heights is available for pickup or curbside delivery between 5 and 8 p.m. daily. The food can be ordered through toast.com or through Rare Society’s website. 4130 Park Blvd., 619-501-6404, raresoci-etysd.com.
Over in Mission Hills, consum-ers can saunter into the bakery at Cardellino anytime between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. to purchase house-made breads, Danishes, muffins, croissants and more. In addition, Cardellino’s savory menu is available for takeout. Highlights include oven-roast-ed broccoli, rigatoni Bolognese, crafty pizzas and more. 4033 Goldfinch St., 619-600-5311, car-dellinosd.com.
Nothing spells comfort like a hot pot pie from Pop Pie Co. in University Heights. The eat-ery is selling its full assortment of sweet and savory flavors such as key lime, apple crumble, pork
with chilies, steak and ale, and more. Orders for curbside de-livery can be placed by phone or through Pop Pie’s app. 4404 Park Blvd., 619-501-4440, pop-pieco.com.
Takeout business at Ponce’s Mexican Restaurant in Kensington has been brisk as the long-established restaurant continues cooking up signature favorites such as chicken tortilla soup, shrimp ranchera burritos, pork verde, assorted tacos and enchiladas and more. Place or-ders by phone or through Door Dash. 4050 Adams Ave., 619-282-4413, poncesrestaurant.com.
Neatly packaged three-course meals brought to your vehicle curbside are in the off-ing at Et Voila French Bistro. Customers choose an appetiz-er, main entree and dessert for
a cost of $30 per person. (Yes, the restaurant’s wildly famous mushroom ravioli is among the main-course options.) The menu is posted online, and same-day orders can be picked up be-tween 5 and 8 p.m. 3015 Adams Ave., 619-209-7759, etvoilabis-tro.com.
Daddy’s Hot Dogs in Hillcrest doesn’t have to close a dining room because it never had one. The walk-up window is the perfect alternative to grab-bing a wiener at the Costco food courts, which lately are more chaotic than ever. The all-beef hot dog selection extends to about 10 different styles. 1281 University Ave., daddyshot-dogs.com.
— Frank Sabatini Jr can be reached at [email protected].
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Spicy sesame ramen from Tajima (By Frank Sabatini Jr.)
A bounty of sweet and savory foods are available for takeout at Eclipse Chocolate Bar & Bistro. (Courtesy photo)
Steak to go at Rare Society (Courtesy photos) A piece of history returns to Park Boulevard. (Katalyst PR)
Soothe your soul with a steak pie and corn from Pop Pie Co. (By Frank Sabatini Jr.)
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Please refer to your news sources to check the rapidly changing guidelines and man-dates regarding dining out, per the CDC as well as city, state and federal branches of government. As of printing, takeout, delivery, drive-thru, and curbside pick-up are the only options.
Before dissing the notion of making your own pancakes at North Park’s hottest new break-fast joint, just hear me out as to why you should partake in it at some point (once the quarantine is over).
For starters, the “flip your own” approach at Flap Your Jacks is optional. No judgment is passed if you decide to spare your lazy little hands the task of applying batter to your table’s built-in grid-dle and then giving your spatula a twist of the wrist.
Yes, a full menu and gleaming new kitchen are in place—driv-en by a professional chef—should you prefer ordering something like Monte Cristo French toast or extraordinary lemon souffle pancakes, which you should do as well in another visit. They’re festooned with citrusy mascar-pone cheese and assorted berries and sport a wildly light and airy texture.
Indeed, making flapjacks at
home can be troublesome and messy. But you won’t face those pitfalls here.
The clumsiness of making them is removed by a spacious non-stick griddle positioned only feet away from your chest and in easy arm’s reach. You cook while comfortably sitting, just as you would when enjoying Korean barbecue or meat fondue.
Assorted batters such as but-termilk, red velvet and chocolate are placed at your table in squeeze bottles. The batters dispense cleanly and precisely enough to create fun and zany shapes should you feel so inspired.
Customers at the table next to us crafted what looked like a forest scene, framed exquisitely by the rectangular edges of their griddle. Our waiter said such batter art-works aren’t uncommon, citing others who have nailed down the images of Cookie Monster, various animals, and even a beach image replete with palm trees and ocean waves.
We stuck to traditional disks. And did so with childlike ex-citement. Not a single irregu-lar-shaped hotcake in our pro-duction line. Each was cooked perfectly despite getting carried away a few times in conversation. That’s because the griddles are set at a medium-heat level, which means the pancakes don’t cook as fast as you’d expect—but they also don’t burn easily.
The batter flavors we chose were buttermilk, banana bread
and peanut butter. All are made in-house and tasted excellent. There are also numerous “mix-ins” and toppings and house-made syrups to choose from.
The melty peanut butter chips I tried added richness. My compan-ion reveled in fresh blueberries he added to his buttermilk beauties. And if you’re a fan of fruit-flavored syrups, the raspberry option is ex-ceptional because it isn’t cloying like the imitation stuff.
Owners Marc Wornovitzky and his brother, Ilan, sunk $2 million into the two-level space, which sat empty for some years before coming to life earlier this month. They created an inviting, modern motif that includes fun décor and shiny ventilation hoods over the tables. The siblings also run four Jersey Mike’s franchises in South Bay and a couple of sushi places in their native Mexico City.
Chef Sergio Howland is also from Mexico City. He’s a gradu-ate of the Culinary Institute of America. His culinary talents are profoundly evident in other dishes we tried, such as a croque madame sandwich oozing with Gruyere cheese, bechamel sauce and lean ham. The accompanying slab of hash browns were superi-or—incredibly crispy on the out-side, fluffy on the inside.
His red chilaquiles are marvelous, too. We opted for the ad-dition of grilled chicken (boneless, skinless breast m e a t), w h i c h sat atop a bowl of tortilla chips
semi-soaked in spicy salsa. Those gave way to layers of refried black beans, crema, queso fresco, and fresh cilantro.
My companion’s “smokey Benedict” featured smoked salm-on on toasted croissants with a pair of eggs on top. The star of the dish was the lemon hollanda-ise sauce draping the eggs. It was extraordinarily silky and com-posed—testimony to Howland’s training at a prestigious chef school.
Flap Your Jacks offers cocktails from a full bar. Drinks such as the North Park julep and as-sorted bloody marys are the perfect com-plements to other menu items such as a mushroom scramble, “holy mole” enchiladas, and poblano pepper tamales.
Several brunch items like grilled asparagus with prosciutto, burgers, and steak frites are avail-able from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily.
But for novelty’s sake, and regardless of whatever else you order, try your hands at flapping.
— Frank Sabatini Jr. is the au-thor of ‘Secret San Diego’ (ECW Press) and began his local writing career more than two decades ago as a staffer for the former San Diego Tribune. You can reach him at [email protected].
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Flap Your Jacks3020 University Ave.
(North Park)619-539-7242, flapyour-
jacks.comPrices: Specialty waffles,
pancakes and French toast, $10 to $12; “flip your own pancakes,” starts at $8; egg dishes, $11.50 to $15; Mexican breakfasts, $12.50 to $14; light fare,
$8.95 to $13.50; daily brunch plates (starting at 11 a.m.), $10.95 to $18.75
Sibling owners Marc (seated) and Ilan Wornovitzky
Pancake-making isn’t difficult. (Photos by Frank Sabatini Jr.)
A croque madame sandwich with hash browns
Lemon souffle pancakes with berriesSmoked salmon eggs Benedict
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Nakhshab, was that Uptown is home to a large population of peo-ple over the age of 65 who are most at risk of getting the coronavirus.
The confusion of the week lead-ing up to the election also points to the unclear legal position com-munity planning groups (CPGs) have. In the lead-up to when Newsom and then the county de-clared no gatherings are allowed to exceed 250 people, the City Planners Department offered no real guidance on whether to meet or not.
The department released a let-ter the next day, March 13, laying out what the groups are legally al-lowed to do under the Brown Act. Since CPGs are private organiza-tions maintained by community members, the city could not order meetings be postponed, unlike boards and commissions directly overseen by the city which had al-ready been postponed by the time the March 13 letter to CPGs was sent. Instead, it was up to each CPG to decide. With elections expected to bring hundreds of people, the county order to limit events antic-ipating more than 250 people was a clear mandate against the March 12 Uptown Planners election. For a regularly scheduled meeting that brings in less than 50 people, what to do was less clear.
Because of advocacy from grassroots YIMBY groups like Rise Uptown and Rise North Park, both elections were expect-ed to bring in hundreds of people.
Cline said Uptown was planning for 600 or 700 people to vote in the election, compared to less than 400 in the last election. This was largely due to canvassing and promotion from Rise Uptown, as well as the less organized coun-termovement it inspired.
“It's very different from the primaries where there's like 40% turnout. So, a lot of people from San Diego know about the elec-tion, but for this very localized and very specialized election, you need to gather people to come out. I know I've reached out to dozens and dozens, maybe hundreds of people in the area to say, ‘Hey, come out and vote for us and this election.’ It's hard to get every-thing printed and volunteers co-ordinated for support that night,” explained Oscar Taveras, a candi-date endorsed by Rise Uptown. He spent much of March 12 contact-ing the people he had reached out to and let them know the election was off. Whenever a new election is held, that months-long effort could be difficult to reorganize.
“All in all, the reception to this action has been quiet in spite of the tension from the various fac-tions, so I'm hopeful that everyone can get along and cooperate and recognize that this was in the best interest of the community,” Cline said. He said he did receive a few emails “out of left field” claiming the cancelation was to rig the election in favor of the YIMBYs.
Without the new board mem-bers, the groups cannot meet a quorum so no business can be conducted until after the election. This means any developers will have to wait until after the end of
the quarantine to get their proj-ects approved. Even phone meet-ings or some other adaptation that meets the social distancing mandate would not be adequate for those groups without new members.
Unless mail ballots or online voting was initiated for those CPG boards postponing elections, they cannot meet a quorum. However, other CPG meetings could meet if the bylaws allow them to use phone or video conferencing as other groups like City Council have found useful.
“The city mothers and fathers who have the power, with the city attorney, [should] implement whatever revision to the master set of bylaws concerning the structure of our planning group in order to facilitate this kind of arrangement. If it isn't in there, it should be in there anyway,” said Helen Rowe Allen, one of the candidates running without the support of Rise Uptown. “This isn't the only time that we're going to have this kind of situation. And after all, we're in the 21st cen-tury. We ought to have this just always.”
A video or phone option would certainly be more accessible to the community, although it was not included in the package of reforms seen by the City Council earlier this year that City Attorney Mara Elliott halted.
Under current rules, the advi-sory role of CPG groups will not be able to continue until after this crisis is over.
— Kendra Sitton can be reached at [email protected].
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A memorial plaque at San Diego’s first AIDS hospice was dedicated at a BBQ on Saturday, March 7, as part of the OH! San Diego (Open House San Diego) event put on by the San Diego Architectural Foundation.
The Truax House was orig-inally named after local pio-neering AIDS activist Dr. Brad
Truax. After serving as a hos-pice, it sat vacant until a re-cent restoration by Nakhshab Development & Design, Inc. Other buildings were added to the property and it now hosts 10 studio apartments, 30 loft apartments, four luxury town-homes and a community room. The house has been renamed the Truax Lofts.
Developer Soheil Nakhshab and Assembly member Todd Gloria’s community representa-tive Randy Wilde unveiled the plaque. The memorial plaque was promised to the communi-ty during the bidding process to redevelop the house. It features Rumi’s poem “Only Breath,” not any information on the history of the house.
Community members enjoying the BBQ at the new Truax Lofts (Photos courtesy Nakhshab Development & Design, Inc.)
Soheil Nakhshab (left) and Assembly member Todd Gloria’s representative Randy Wilde with the plaque.
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Powers Plumbing doing business in Mission Hills since 1923JILL DIAMOND | Uptown News
Like a fine wine, some things age well with time.
Take Powers Plumbing for ex-ample, founded by Luther Powers in 1914, a mainstay at 1705 W. Lewis St. in Mission Hills since 1923.
According to president, general manager and owner Janet O'Dea, Powers started his career in Los Angeles and moved to San Diego, likely in response to the building boom.
“His first office was on Eighth Street in Downtown San Diego and then soon after moved to Mission Hills,” she said. “In 1923, he had the building built, that we still oc-cupy, by Master Builder Martin V. Melhorn.”
The historic building is owned by his granddaughter, she said. The business celebrated its 100th year in 2014 with a variety of events attended by city officials and locals.
And even though they have been in business since 1914 and times have changed, Powers has been able to sustain for several rea-sons, O’Dea noted.
“The business passed on to Luther's son Calvin and his oth-er brothers also worked for the business. It changed hands when
Calvin retired and two business-men owned the business for a while,” she said. “Jack Dietrick ran our shop and the other part-ner ran a shop called R.E. Reiling, in University Heights.
“Eventually, that partnership split up and each stayed put with Powers Plumbing surviving. After the Korean War, veteran Phil Stull started work here. One of his first jobs was to plumb Holy Cross Cemetery. He was on that job for a few years but after that was fin-ished, became an expert with ser-vice and repair and remodel work,” she said.
Today’s bizIn 2007, O’Dea said she needed
her own toilet fixed, and was a Powers customer.
“I noticed that the plumber changed out the toilet lever; the one we had was made of porcelain and was stamped with the word ‘Press.’ I wanted to get it back and Phil told me it was on his desk,” she recalled.
“Apparently, he was going to call me about this to get it back to me. One thing led to another and I ended up working here part-time, started taking plumbing courses and learning the business from Phil and eventually purchasing the business from him.
“Phil told me that when he was just starting out, Calvin Powers would come over and shoot the
breeze with him in our back room. Phil has been my connection to the original family and that has a lot of meaning for me and my husband Allen, who also works here now part-time.”
So, what makes Powers differ-ent than its competitors? They are “old house experts.”
“We live and work in a historic district in San Diego and we have a repair mindset and a quality mind-set. It keeps good items working for their entire lifecycle and keeps items out of the landfill,” O’Dea added.
Historic digsThe Powers building itself is
a historic building and it was
included as a contributor to the Fort Stockton Trolley Line Historic District, she said.
“We have a plumbing museum in our front window. It shows the real brawn that plumbers had as they transformed our nation with modern plumbing systems by us-ing hand drills for example. If you think back to 1914 when Mission Hills was being built, the plumbing systems were still very new, indoor plumbing was marvelous and we take it all for granted now. But in those early days, the old houses had a privy in the back.
“The plumbing industry, that we are a part of, has had a tre-mendous impact on the success of the human race and it is also very taken for granted until — the day when you have no hot water when you are ready for your shower,” she continued. “It reminds me to be grateful every day for the advan-tages for our sanitary systems.”
Powers Plumbing remains a place where people can still get what they need and a smile, too.
“Our neighbors are nice, our shop is friendly, we are always busy and people drop in to see us, which is so nice,” O’Dea said. “We get a lot of candy, cookies, fruits, avoca-dos and nice notes from our clients throughout the year and especially during the holidays. We feel that we are an asset to the community and feel appreciated for it.”
— Jill Diamond is a local freelance reporter with a penchant for history.
Renewed hope for a new districtLU REHLING | Save Our Heritage Organisation
Another opportunity is dawn-ing for the creation of a Park Boulevard Residential Historic District. The San Diego Planning Department's proposal stalled in 2018; however, city staff now plan to complete the required designa-tion steps this year.
The proposal for this district, the core of which is known as Apartment Row, is distinctive be-cause it recognizes the neighbor-hood's role as a central corridor that showcases the city's develop-ment. Rather than being an en-clave of single-family homes most-ly similar in age and style, larger multi-family dwellings make up most of the district mix, which
includes more than 100 proper-ties. About three-quarters of the properties, built between 1908 and 1961, would be contributing resources eligible for preservation and tax relief. Collectively, these buildings present a visual time-line recording the transformation of this popular and welcoming passageway to Balboa Park and Downtown.
Today, the neighborhood of-fers a model for how smart urban density near public transit can transcend the purely utilitarian by also offering architectural in-terest, appeal for visitors, a place for special events (such as charity runs), and a sense of community.
Unfortunately, larger histor-ic importance and the presence
of multiple buildings by master architects notwithstanding, des-ignation of this proposed district has faced difficulties. While lack of support by St. Spyridon Church is unfortunate, its properties in the district could be exempted. A bigger problem two years ago surfaced when most district prop-erty owners did not respond to the city's survey of interest. As in the Gaslamp (another historic district with citywide and tour-ist impacts), district owners are mostly non-resident landlords. As a result, the kind of grassroots efforts by owners that have pro-pelled many other historic dis-trict proposals are not likely for this one. Recognizing that, this year the city plans to extend its
outreach to residents as well as owners.
We can thank the city for not giving up on establishing this historic district, one that is consistent with approved community plans and the sole such proposal in the pipeline for Uptown. As a district home-owner and resident, I encour-age my neighbors and other interested San Diego groups and individuals to support the city's outreach by emailing Senior Planner Kelley Stanco at [email protected] and by getting the word out at meetings of Uptown Planners and of the North Park Planning Committee, which already has voted support for the district. Success is possible in 2020!
— Reprinted with permission from Our Heritage eNews, Save Our Heritage Organisation.
Boundaries of the proposed Park Boulevard Residential Historic District. (Photo cour tesy San Diego Planning Department)
The building then and now (Photos provided by Powers Plumbing)
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“In the process of building this dam and blocking the riv-er, in effect, over a million peo-ple had to be relocated from their home. More than 3,000 famous villages and locations were f looded. Over 300 cul-tural sites and relic locations were also completely f looded in the process. It’s making a very subtle gesture,” said the show’s curator Tiffany Wai-Ying Beres, while translating for Shi.
Shi used a pinhole camera to capture the scene which ren-ders the landscape ghostly, with pitch black sky and bright white mountain, since all negative light is translated as positive in the black-and-white photo-graph. The pinhole camera is an ancient method of photography used by Aristotle to study eclips-es and in China in fifth century B.C.
For each photograph Shi takes using the camera obscura, he builds a tent with a tiny hole in the fabric on one end and a gi-ant piece of photographic paper on the other. He stays in the tent for days as the paper is exposed to the light. This method also means any movement is lost and the finished product only contains permanent features of the landscape.
Shi turned to the method be-cause it slows time.
“It's an experience of captur-ing time more than anything. It's also an affirmation of his existence in a certain place at a certain time. So that is very appealing to him,” Beres
translated. She felt that quick photos on phones made people spectators to their environment where this method forced him to engage with it. Sitting in the tent waiting for the exposure has become a meditative prac-tice for him.
In the second photo featured in the “Out of the Shadows” exhibit, Shi captured the con-struction of the CCTV tower in Beijing in the lead up to the 2008 Olympics. The tower was built in record time as China quickly developed ahead of the games. The structure is unique because of the strange skybridge connecting two towers at an acute angle. Shi’s photo shows the tower with crumpled edges while it is still under construc-tion. Freeways are vacant and streets empty of people because of the long exposure time. Cars and buses and people were there at one point but moved too quickly to have an impact. The modern terrain is empty save for the buildings themselves.
Another featured artist, Yang Yongliang, has his own critiques of urbanization and globalization in the show. His virtual reality video “Nine Dragons” puts the viewer in the perspective of a historical dragon traveling through the postmodern world.
While international audi-ences may just see dragons as a symbol of East Asia and even young Chinese audiences have f lattened the meaning of drag-ons to just be representative of good fortune, Yang explained through a translator that drag-ons used to be water gods that protected ecology. In the video he created based on a painting from 11th-century artist Chen Rong also titled “Nine Dragons,” the dragons leave the clouds and travel to the ocean where they see the urbanization featured in many of Yang’s works.
“Globalization, urbaniza-tion is always a concern that he puts into his work. That's a global issue that we face as
human beings all together. We can provide as Asian artists a perspective from our specif-ic cultural backgrounds. We wanted to introduce that very specific point of view to tell a story that should be interesting to a broader audience and spe-cific to San Diego,” translated Yang’s assistant.
Yang got his start using layers of photographs to cre-ate entrancing landscapes of contemporary China. Since he pivoted to video and later VR technology, he has built on the anti-urbanization themes of his earlier work. One of the reasons he switched to VR is because in art school he learned the Chinese philoso-phy that landscape paintings were meant to be immersive and viewers were supposed to “mind travel” and imagine themselves in them. VR is an immersive space. Yang also hopes the new platform will preserve the best of traditional art and introduce it to younger generations.
The VR video and the photo-graphs will be on display at the Museum of Photographic Arts until September (due to the COVID-19 crisis, the museum is currently closed to the public until the end of March or further notice). While pinhole cameras trace back to ancient China, modern photography was intro-duced to China from Europe just a century ago. Artists quickly took photography and created an art form unique to the rest of the world that remains different to this day.
“Every artist in the show has, in some way, transformed the art of photography or moving images and they're applying dif-ferent kinds of aesthetics, and different kinds of processes than what where we're used to when we think about traditional pho-tography,” Beres said. “Anyone who goes to see the show will see photography like they've never seen it before.”
— Kendra Sitton can be reached at [email protected].
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Shi Guorui, “New CCTV 2007,” 2007, camera obscura gelatin silver print, unique. Collection of Foundation INK, Geneva. Promised gift to Los Angeles County Museum of Art. (Photo courtesy of Shi Guorui)
Yang Yongliang, still from “Nine Dragons,” 2018, virtual reality video; 10 min. (Photo courtesy of Yang Yongliang)
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Some churches that initially said they would stay open while encouraging seniors, immuno-compromised, and sick people to remain at home and ending the practice of communion re-versed course. The rapidly shift-ing situation meant many plac-es that intended to stay open on Wednesday, were dissolving in-person services by Friday. A handful stayed open, including University Christian Church (UCC), St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, and Ohr Shalom Synagogue. With the ban shrinking down to 10-per-son gatherings, many buildings have shut their doors for the time since a major wildfire or another catastrophe — or ever. For heav-ily religious people, this may be the first time they have had to spend an extended period of time away from their communities, marking an end to a significant tradition to them and possibly thrusting them into additional emotional isolation.
“I've spent all this time advo-cating for digital media, and I've just written my dissertation on digital media, and yet, I think that something is absolutely lost when you're not able to be in physical community with each other,” said Rev. Caleb Lines of UCC.
With important religious holidays like Shabat and Easter looming, the grief of the lost ability to gather could increase. Meanwhile, religious institutions are turning to innovative uses of technology to keep their commu-nities connected.
Many churches livestreamed their services on their web-site, Facebook Live, Twitter, or Instagram, including St. Paul’s Cathedral, UCC, and Mission Hills United Methodist Church.
The Rock Church, the larg-est megachurch in the city of San Diego, had Pastor Miles McPherson interview Mayor Kevin Faulconer, El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells, and Dr. Wilma Wooten, from San Diego County Health and Human Services, on its livestream. While the service still had normal worship, prayer,
and even a short message, the in-terview was able to provide vital information about the outbreak to a different audience.
Congregational Church of La Jolla sent “Worship at Home” kits to congregants that includ-ed verses, ref lections, and a written-out sermon for families. First Baptist Church of National City offered drive-thru blessings on Sunday, with even Mayor Alejandra Sotelo-Solis driving up to the church to be prayed for by the pastors gathered there. Missiongathering Church re-leased a guided meditation. Dharma Bum Temple will put its weekly classes on YouTube.
“One of the really cool things about this unfortunate oppor-tunity that we got forced into is that we're able to be really inno-vative with the way that we're doing ministry and really hone in on the fact that church is not happening inside of a building anymore. The ways that people are finding spirituality are not confined to the four walls of a sanctuary,” said Bailey Brawner, pastor of Mission Hills UMC.
Social distancing could mean social isolation, so faith commu-nities are grappling with how best to stay connected beyond just classes and services. Dharma Bum Temple is going to rely heav-ily on its Facebook group and UCC’s church app will be more significant than ever. Pastors are struggling to find ways to keep seniors engaged who are not dig-itally savvy. St. Paul’s Cathedral is organizing a phone tree so vul-nerable people will be checked in on weekly. With school out, Kensington Community Church is figuring out ways to conduct youth group through Zoom or Instagram. Stephen Colon, a youth leader, said this is import-ant because it will keep the group connected so they do not feel the need to sneak off to North Park to hang out with each other. In ad-dition to fears about seniors and young people slipping through the cracks, many of these reli-gious buildings host recovery groups.
“We have a huge recovery community, so a lot of people battling addiction. We see a few hundred people a week with mul-tiple classes. For many people
battling addiction, it's a day-to-day, life-threatening situation where they rely on meetings and they rely on the community to stay clean and sober,” said Jeff Zlotnik, co-founder of Dharma Bum Temple. “I wish I could say this is exactly what we're going to do. And that's going to fix everyone and solve all the prob-lems, but it's not. It's going to be difficult.”
Despite fears about what will happen to their congregants, for many faith leaders, shutting down services was a moral im-perative. Patient 31 in South Korea is connected to 80% of cases in the country because she went to two church services, the hospital (after a car collision) and a buffet with a fever. The vast majority of the people she exposed were at church. With people at those church services then spreading it to others, thou-sands of cases can be traced back to this one patient.
In the U.S., hundreds of peo-ple in Washington, D.C. were exposed to coronavirus when an Episcopal priest gave out commu-nion before testing positive to the virus. The first confirmed cases of coronavirus in a few cities have been Episcopal priests, including D.C. Chattanooga, Tennessee and Fort Worth, Texas after the de-nomination held the Consortium of Endowed Episcopal Parishes annual conference in February.
In his message on Sunday over livestream, Jeff Martinhauk, priest at St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, explained that throughout the week the cathe-dral staff had made the radical change of not offering eucharist without knowing a few days later they would do the unthinkable of closing their doors. By the time the county banned gath-erings of 250 people, they had decided they could not risk be-coming another story of a faith community spreading the virus exponentially.
“Closing down churches, from the perspective of in-person gath-ering, is a way to love your neigh-bor. I sincerely understand that for many people, the experience of church is about connection. And there's a fear that, especially in the context of many people so-cially isolating, that they might need that connection more than ever. But I think that's actually where we need boldfaced leader-ship to step in and say, ‘No, this is the right thing to do. This is a Christian thing,’” said Colon.
The Roman Catholic Diocese has canceled all public masses and school classes as of Monday, March 16, with other denomi-nations putting out warnings to only hold services if congre-gants can have six feet of space between them.
For many religious San Diegans, they must go digital to maintain their community’s bonds as COVID-19 continues to upturn daily life.
— Kendra Sitton can be reached at [email protected].
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