4S Ranch, Crosby Estates, Del Sur, The Lakes, Santaluz WWW.LOCALUMBRELLANEWS.COM LOCAL LIFESTYLE PUBLICATION | VOLUME 6 | ISSUE 1 SAN DIEGO HOUSING MARKET LLIISNATSTIIENDSGETS Pages 16 & 17 #3 IN AMERICA Brokers Corner Opinion by Ray Shay Read on pages 2-3 As our team prepares to launch the above estate home in the beautiful gated community of Salviatti in 92127, I thought about the home’s expansive south facing back yard, large swimming pool, spa, pool house, and the primary bedroom on the Renovate Now... first floor. I then recalled the recent Case-Shiller Index Report that said San Diego is #3 in America for the highest percent- Pay Later age of home value increase in the past year, with #1 and #2 being Seattle, Washington, and Phoenix, Arizona, respectively. Zillow also forecasts another gain of about 8% in home values in San Diego County in 2021. Regardless of what the “ex- Read on page 14 perts” say, I have repeatedly seen that a home’s actual value is not determined until it hits the open market, as the market will always tells you the truth. Shay After Dark READ MORE Page 2 Read on page 15 Travelling with Troy Read on page 15 Safety Tips Read on page 18 Da Mole Report Read on page 18 Paparazzi Read on page 31 SD MUSIC SCENE Page 28 Better Call Ray Shay! DRE 01946504 Keller Williams Luxury International
2 VOL. 6 ISSUE 1 Happy New Year, San Diego! BROKERS CORNER SAN DIEGO HOUSING MARKET #3 IN AMERICA RAY SHAY BROKER I OWNER DRE 01946504 “The open market always tells Whether you decide to sell your home yourself or utililze you the truth!” the expertise of a real estate professional it is essential you get the following three items correct: People have various ideas about their homes’ value, but whatever they are, you do not know the truth until the home is placed active on the open market. As a licensed real estate broker with over 15 years of expe- rience, I am always transparent to our clients when we are representing them in the buying or selling of their homes. My team of International agents and myself simply tell our clients the truth. #1 How well is your home prepared for Market? It sounds fundamental and rather straightforward, yet so many people get this wrong. I love it when our friends give us plenty of lead time when considering selling their home. We can professionally launch a home in about three days, but it is even better when we get a few weeks or even several months notice. Then we can make the home and yard look the best it can be. There are a variety of things, in addition to staging which are important. We look carefully at what makes sense to help you get the most for your home. We also offer the Keller Wil- liams “Refresh” program to essentially flip your own home by allowing us to make those improvements that result in a higher sale price . During the home selling and buying process, you should normally not be surprised by the approximate price your home should sell for, how long it will take to sell, what your final proceeds will be, and of course what expenses you will be responsible for. Whether they are moving up, down, or out of California, there really should be no “surprises”. FINDING OR SELLING A HOME?CONTACT SHAAYNRD AESAK LABTOOURT OSFFAMTAR8K5E8T H-4OM4E9O-7PP3O5R5TUNITIES. Local News > LocalUmbrellaNews.com /LocalUmbrellaMedia @LocalUmbrellaMedia Advertise? [email protected]
Stay Safe, Friends! VOL. 6 ISSUE 1 3 #2 Is your marketing strategy #3 Are you priced complete? appropriately? I probably sound like a broken record but a home in today’s If you complete #2 and #3 perfectly, but you overprice your market needs to be promoted locally, nationally, and home, it will cause significant problems that will ultimately internationally. hit you in your pocketbook. If you shoot for the moon and no one comes to see your home or there is no way it will That is why in addition to English our team of licensed appraise, you are just spinning your wheels. Realtors® speak Mandarin, Taiwanese, Spanish, Korean, and Vietnamese. As a Certified International Property Specialist, It is much easier and fruitful to advertise the home at a it gives me the opportunity to expose your property glob- reasonable price to increase the number of potential buyers ally, and many buyers from around the world say, “America to see your property. Once you breach the threshold with has the cleanest shirts in the dirty laundry for international multiple buyers, it will give us a much higher probability to real-estate investments.” push up the price We also never cut corners. Some agents have asked why we to possi- continue to spend money on drone videos, professional pho- bly above tography and staging when the home will likely be sold in even three days? appraisal value. In We take our responsibility to our client’s success very seri- those in- ously, and we hope to continue our long term relationship stances we with so many of our friends that we’ve helped. take the appraisals contin- gency off of the table and we can also fre- quently improve the terms to include cost-free rent backs. In my professional opinion, I believe prices will continue to rise in San Diego County over the next year. The low mort- gage rates, Covid 19, and the large number of buyers moving money out of the stock maket and purchasing hard assets is not likely to slow. San Diego is a beautiful city with great schools and an amazing climate. Comparing our city to cities in California and we are much more affordable. If you have any questions or concerns do not hesitate to contact me on my cell phone. All discussioons are strictly confidential. Have a great day and thanks for taking the time to read our Community Hub® newspaper . Local News > LocalUmbrellaNews.com /LocalUmbrellaMedia @LocalUmbrellaMedia Advertise? [email protected]
4 VOL. 6 ISSUE 1 Happy New Year, San Diego! Live Like You’re Dying San Diego Resident and Oceanhouse Media CEO Michel Kripalani Talks About Love, Life and Purpose By Jeanne Rawdin Harcourt Publishing Company, Mer- en, and they have two daughters, Tia so we already had the bowls. At the cer Mayer, Soundprints, Andersen who is 12 and Talia who is 10. Karen time, it was incredibly novel and got Michel Kripalani is President of Press, Chronicle Books and others. operates another imprint with the featured by Apple and rose to the Oceanhouse Media, Inc., a leading In many cases, the company works company called Beauty Everywhere, top of the charts. That app is still publisher of more than 650 mobile directly with authors to bring their a digital publisher and community available on the App store today and and desktop apps based in Encin- beloved books to the app market, that creates inspirational products has been updated. itas. He’s built his entrepreneurial always staying true to the original to help people live better lives. empire by sticking to the company’s content and intent. What’s funny about it is that I was mantra of “Creativity with a Pur- Umbrella Media caught up with concerned we had already missed pose” and is a strong advocate for Oceanhouse Media has creat- Michel Kripalani recently to find the boat. There were already 10,000 developing apps that uplift, educate ed apps for all 44 of Ted Geisel’s out more about this fascinating apps on the App store, which had and inspire. Dr. Suess books as an interactive, local entrepreneur and how he ap- been open for seven months, and educational experience. The Dr. proaches his business and his life. I was thinking wow, that’s a lot Oceanhouse Media, or OM, was Seuss apps have received critical Let’s go back to 2009 when you of competition. Little did I know founded in January 2009, less than a acclaim and won numerous awards created your very first app called just how crazy and huge this thing year after Google launched the App from various organizations, such as Bowls. How did that idea come would blow up. store. Kripalani became one of the Parents’ Choice Awards and Chil- about? How did you come to secure the pioneers of interactive apps back in dren’s Technology Review. Twelve of licenses to create apps for all 44 of the “Gold Rush” days, as Michel calls the company’s children’s apps have We were looking do something Ted Geisel’s Dr. Suess books? it. Being a veteran of the video gam- reached the number-one spot on that would take advantage of ing industry didn’t hurt either. Be- the App Store in the Top Paid Books IPhone technology, including the Before Oceanhouse, I ran Presto fore that, Kripalani gained acclaim category. touch screen. We wanted to devel- Studios, a video game development as a founder and the CEO of Presto op something that would do more company here in San Diego. Way Studios, creator of “The Journeyman In addition, OM has a diverse than just tap or swipe, so we came back when, UCSD was the first Project” series and “Myst III: Exile” variety of other apps including up with the idea of swirling, which university in California to sign on games that are still on the market. games, music, photography, health led us to the idea of Tibetan bowls. to Google’s big digitization program and fitness, reference, productivity As a user, you swirl your finger where Google was looking to dig- Today, the company has licensing and finance. Google has selected the around the edge of the bowls to itize all of their books. They asked agreements with Dr. Seuss Enter- company as one of its Top Develop- create a sound, along with cymbals me as the CEO of Presto Studios prises, HarperCollins, Random ers, a designation granted to only and other Eastern musical instru- to be on the advisory board for the House Children’s Books, Hay House 150 groups worldwide. ments. My wife and I are very much libraries to help them understand Publishers, Zondervan (a division of of Eastern religion and meditation, digital technology because I had a HarperCollins), Houghton Mifflin Michel is married to his wife, Kar- Local News > LocalUmbrellaNews.com /LocalUmbrellaMedia @LocalUmbrellaMedia Advertise? [email protected]
Stay Safe, Friends! VOL. 6 ISSUE 1 5 background in video games and I into being interested in early child- and then came out west to Califor- Street Olympics. The marathon was was an alumni. So, for two years I hood education. I have the blessing nia by the time I was in fifth grade. 26 loops around the house. We had sat on the advisory board for the as an entrepreneur to go in direc- By middle school, we were living little medals and everything. I was libraries, which was kind of ironic tions that interest me. And I find in South Korea. In ninth grade, just always a bit of an organizer for because when I was in school, the that to be a lot easier when you’re I lived in Australia. This was all anyone who was willing to follow. library was not a place I went to running a business because there are pre-internet and pre-email, so we Why did you choose to live in very much. times when things are going to get were pretty cut off at the time. My Encinitas and what do you love really, really tough and really bad. dad was from India, so by age 12 I about it? The main library at UCSD is the When you enter into those times, had been around the world twice, Geisel Library, so I asked the head it’s a lot easier to be doing some- because we’d been back to visit I went to UCSD and I fell in love librarian if I could have an intro- thing that you love. family numerous times. So I grew with San Diego. I was fortunate duction with Audrey Geisel. We Tell me about your childhood. up with a very wordly view. I was a enough to buy my first house in met with her and the president of Where did you grow up and what tinkerer; I used to build models and Cardiff, which was a great bachelor Dr. Suess who asked, ‘Why would were your interests as a kid? rather than doing crossword puzzles, pad overlooking the ocean. Having we want to have Dr. Suess on an I would make crossword puzzles. traveled as much as I have, which is Iphone?’ We had done a full demo, I grew up traveling. My dad was millions of miles, I realized there is a full prototype of Dr. Suess’s ABC an engineer so we ended up mov- I was often the kid who would no place in the world like San Diego book on an Iphone and were able ing once every 12 months almost organize everyone else in the neigh- -- from the weather, the culture and to show it to her running, and that throughout my entire childhood. borhood. When the 1976 Summer the opportunities our state and landed us the agreement in October We lived a little bit on the east coast Olympics were happening in Mon- country provide. As much as we love 2009. treal, I organized the Campbell traveling with the family, there’s nothing like coming home to Encin- Then we had a fire drill to get itas and taking a walk on the beach three apps out before that Christ- and just being able to go outside mas season, including How the and jog all times of the year. We’re Grinch Stole Christmas. Within grateful to be able to live here. We a span of two and a half years, we have no interest in ever moving were publishing apps for all 44 away or selling our Encinitas prop- books that Ted Geisel had written erty. and illustrated across all phones and I know that your wife, Karen, was tablets. diagnosed with a brain tumor nine years ago, and that really We really tackled it from the per- transformed the way both of you spective of if Ted were alive today approach life. Tell me about that. and had access to an Ipad, what would he want to do with it? We When people say, “Live like you’re went back to thinking through how dying,” we really decided to do he wrote his books and what he did, that (just like the country west- so we created a lot of playful interac- ern song by Tim McGraw). We’ve tion between the words and pic- come through this. Karen still has tures. Our Read and Learn series of a tumor, we believe it to be benign Dr. Suess titles is pretty world-class and we’ve done everything we can on the App store for how it helps do via Western medicine to treat early readers to engage with books it. Now it’s really just about being and find little educational moments really careful how she lives her life. and things. She has to be very thoughtful of Did your kids use the apps when what she eats and what thoughts she they were younger? has. So we’re using a lot of Eastern metaphysical techniques to find the They did. My two daughters grew beauty in everything that happens up with Ipads and used a lot of our to us. Karen’s using that as a foun- content. They were that first genera- dation to explain to people or to tion, you know, two-year-olds having teach people who are interested in access to Ipads, so we got to see first- listening alternative ways of looking hand how children interacted with at things that might otherwise be all of our products. viewed as bad or harmful, and to How did your kids influence your try and help them to see the silver busines decisions? lining in everything. Your wife has her own imprint My wife and I are very big into under Oceanhouse Media called meditation and metaphysical and Eastern religion and then as the kids were born, that very much drove us Local News > LocalUmbrellaNews.com /LocalUmbrellaMedia @LocalUmbrellaMedia Advertise? [email protected]
6 VOL. 6 ISSUE 1 Happy New Year, San Diego! Beauty Everywhere. What’s that two or three years. And then things Our family got closer. We’re pig sitting in slop and thinking that about? got really challenging after that, as spending a lot of time together, it’s they’re happy sitting in slop, but the App store got oversaturated. We bonding us. Our employees are hap- the unknown of what could be may We realized that we needed to really had to get down to the ques- pier, our business is actually doing actually be better if we’re willing to have two brands, or two imprints tion of what’s making this business well during COVID, because families give ourselves the opportunity to within the one company. We decid- tick. So one of the biggest challenges are home and they need at-home give it a shot. ed Oceanhouse Media was the brand was just being able to ride those learning and education. Education What makes you get out of bed in appropriate for the kids’ media macro-economic waves, trying to apps, as a whole, are up and we are the morning? section of the business, so we rolled navigate those things properly. thankful for that. all of our metaphysical, spiritual Knowing that I may not have the content under this other brand, Plus, we have a very different way Personally, I’ve used COVID as a opportunity to get out of bed to- Beauty Everywhere, where Karen of running our business. A lot of time for rebirth. I really focused a morrow. I realize that today there’s is very focused on helping people people tend to go out and raise a lot in 2020 on who I am, where I’m a lot of work to do and I’ve got to to see the beauty in everything. It lot of money and use that money to going and what I want to do. And keep it going. I am very focused on offers inspirational apps and mani- grow a business very fast and shoot I realized that it’s been a transition legacy in the good sense, not the festation tools centered on finding for the moon. We have opted to run time for me to focus on giving back. ego-driven sense. I’m focused on gratitude for all the ups and downs the business on a cash basis and not I started coaching people. Karen and legacy in the sense that I want to take investors. I have both been in life coaching leave bread crumbs for my daugh- in life. and business coaching. We’re doing ters, for my family, for my friends, What do you look at when you’re There are times when that’s everything we can to help people for my community, for anyone. So choosing a new product to offer? tough because you see other people during this time. I write a lot. I write in a journal moving faster than you. And there daily, it’s designed for my daughters From a business standpoint, it cer- are times when you’re really happy My mom sold her house and to read when I’m gone. I’m in the tainly has to make financial sense. you made that decision when you moved closer, that’s a blessing. We process of working on a book that is Over the past 12 years, we have see other people burning too much are way more involved in our daugh- inspirational in nature to get people probably reinvented the business cash, then crashing and burning. ters’ education now. That’s a bless- moving. And I tackle each day with model six or eight times, which is The real challenge is making sure ing. My elder daughter started tutor- gratitude and the gifts that I’ve been crazy. We just keep pivoting to find we have a long view on the business ing on Fiver. She saw what tutoring given. a way to make it work. Many of our and that our short-term decisions was like, being on the receiving end, early competitors are long out of won’t ultimately hurt us in the long because we went heavy on the virtu- I’m in my mid-fifties now. I’m get- business because they just couldn’t run. al tutoring when schools shut down. ting to the point where my mental- figure out a way to make it work. How has COVID affected your And then she said, I can do this. Just ity is starting to shift and I’m really life? last weekend, she was tutoring a kid starting to figure out how I can help Along with the financial compo- in math who lived in Turkey who others more, whether it’s through nent, we always consider how inter- When COVID hit, we bought an was originally from South America. writing or coaching or mentoring esting something is to us, knowing RV and we took off. It was our quar- He was struggling in English and my or advising or whatever it happens that once we get into it, it’s going antine vehicle. We did 14, 000 miles daughter immediately just switched to be. And that’s what truly gets me to take a lot of time and energy. It’s across 36 states. We ran the business going to become part of our psyche remotely. The kids went to school over to Spanish and he got better. out of bed in the morning -- think- and our minds, and do we want that remotely. We adopted a little dog This kind of stuff wasn’t going to ing what is my purpose at this stage energy around us. Early on, there named Lorax that traveled with us. happen if it was just normal life. in life, and how can I accelerate it? was an opportunity to do something What lessons have you learned? with WWE, the wrestling company. I know that a lot of people are Sometimes people ask me what We were like, it’s just not our thing, hurting and have been really im- I don’t know how to summarize my life purpose is, and it’s to live an it doesn’t matter how much mon- pacted by COVID, and I’m com- it other than to say large challeng- extraordinary life. But more impor- ey we would make; it’s just not of pletely sensitive and empathetic to es can turn in to really amazing tantly. It’s to inspire others to live interest to us. them, which is absolutely first and opportunities for change when we extraordinary lives of their own by foremost. For us, we view challenges are open to embracing that change. demonstrating what is possible. We want to work with really as an opportunity for change and The unknown before us can actual- wonderful partners that are educat- growth. And that’s a reflection of ly be better than the known that’s To learn more, go to www.ocean- ing, uplifting and inspiring people. what we went through when Kar- behind us. It can be a little bit like a housemedia.com and www.beautyev- Author and marketer Joe Polish en was diagnosed with her brain erywhere.com. talks about when you’re in busi- tumor. We’ve come to the point ness, try to make decisions that are with Karen and her brain tumor based on ELF, an acronym for Easy, that she doesn’t have a black mass in Lucrative and Fun. When you hear her head; she has a gold nugget in people talking about dead-end jobs her head. And the gold nugget has or projects they don’t like, it’s very given us the ability to focus on what often that they’re on the wrong side matters most and to make choices of that particular equation. for our family in ways that we can What are some of the biggest live a more enriching life. challenges you’ve experienced in building your business? Using that same mentality, that’s the way that we look at COVID. We When you’re operating in a gol- said, what blessing could come out drush type of environment, it’s easy of this? It was as simple as, well now to get caught up in thinking, ‘This is we can have a dog. We could never just going to keep on going forever have a dog before because we used because the whole market is going to travel so much. That’s a small super easy,’ which was really the first thing, but the girls love it. Now we can buy an RV and we can travel for months on end because the girls can go to school remotely. We closed the office; we sent all the employees to work from home forever. We didn’t say this is temporary for COVID. We said, we’re going to make this work because this is going to be a health- ier work/life balance for good. I’ve set up a home office, which I love. I find that I’m happier, I’m more productive. And I’m really focused on the things that matter the most to us. 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Stay Safe, Friends! VOL. 6 ISSUE 1 7 THE COVID-19 VACCINE IS HERE Older Adults Still Need to Take Precautions By Sharp Health News Team and Simona Valanciute President & CEO, San Diego Oasis Less than a year after the novel coronavirus appeared in the U.S., we now have two safe vac- cines against COVID-19 approved by the FDA for emergency use—the fastest major vaccine development ever seen. The previous record-hold- er was the mumps vaccine, which still took four years to create. While this is an amazing accom- plishment, the pandemic is far from over. Even though older adults are in the first priority group to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, they still need to take precautions to keep themselves and their families safe. Here are some answers to the top questions seniors may have as states begin to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine. How do the COVID-19 vaccines work? Are they safe? Both the vaccines currently being given, from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna, are mRNA vac- cines, which mean they contain genetic material from the novel coronavirus. When someone gets an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, their body’s cells basically get instructions on how to create the proteins unique to the virus—and because those cells recognize that the virus shouldn’t be there, they produce antibodies that help them fight off infection if they’re ever exposed to the virus again. Both vaccines were tested in clinical trials according to rigorous safety standards estab- lished by the FDA. The makers of both vaccines have reported a 94-95 percent efficacy rate in preventing severe illness. Learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine in this article by Sharp Health- Care. To find out how, when and where you can get the vaccine please visit the San Diego County COVID-19 Web page. What can I do if I’m vaccinated? Simona Valanciute, President and CEO, San Diego Oasis. If you’re older than 75, or older than 65 with public health experts strongly advise against re- to take all necessary precautions as we wait for certain health conditions, you will likely be vacci- suming visits with family and friends until all of most of the population to get vaccinated will take nated before many of your family members and them are vaccinated. more patience, but it’s how we will move forward even some friends. This means that until most of Will we ever go back to “normal”? to the other side of this pandemic—and hopeful- the population is vaccinated, your lives probably ly, to healthier, more balanced lives in the years shouldn’t change much. The novel coronavirus will likely continue to ahead. spread until a large majority of the population (at Certain things will be safer for you to do, least 70 percent) is vaccinated or has developed Simona Valanciute is the President and CEO of though, such as going to the grocery store and natural immunity after surviving infection. The San Diego Oasis, an award-winning nonprofit or- running other errands. However, you will still vaccines will not be an immediate ticket back to ganization serving people age 50 and better, who need to take precautions against COVID-19 until the way life was in 2019. Many experts agree that pursue healthy aging through lifelong learning, most of the U.S. population is vaccinated. This it’s better to think about how we “move forward” active lifestyles, and community service. Learn includes wearing a mask around others, physi- instead of “getting back to normal.” more at www.sandiegooasis.org. cally distancing from others, avoiding crowded indoor gatherings, frequently washing your hands In the meantime, it’s important for all of us, About Sharp HealthCare and refraining from touching your face. The CDC but especially older adults, to continue taking Sharp HealthCare, San Diego's most comprehensive has more detailed guidelines for how to protect care of ourselves and staying safely engaged with health care delivery system, is recognized for clinical yourself and your family. the world around us, even if we’re isolating at excellence in cardiac, cancer, multi-organ transplan- How long will I need to wear a mask and phys- home. Seek out virtual volunteer opportunities, tation, orthopedics, rehabilitation, behavioral health, ically distance? such as tutoring or phone banking, and stay in women's health, home health and hospice services. contact with family members through phone Sharp HealthCare has been widely acclaimed for its Vaccinated people should still wear masks calls and video chats. Additionally, learning new commitment to transform the health care experience around others, and avoid crowded indoor gath- skills and meeting new people keeps you cogni- for patients, physicians and staff through an organiza- erings, for at least the next several months. This tively sharp and is good for your mental health. tion-wide performance improvement initiative called is because scientists are still trying to figure out Many organizations, including San Diego Oasis, The Sharp Experience. The Sharp HealthCare system whether people who have been vaccinated can offer free or low-cost online classes in a variety of includes four acute-care hospitals, three specialty hospi- still spread the virus to others, even if their risk of topics, from dance and fitness to art and technol- tals, three affiliated medical groups, a health plan, and getting sick is now much lower. ogy. numerous outpatient facilities and programs. To learn When can I visit my family and friends? more about Sharp, visit Sharp Health News. We’ve all been challenged in 2020. Continuing You should wait until at least two weeks after your last shot with either vaccine. However, most Local News > LocalUmbrellaNews.com /LocalUmbrellaMedia @LocalUmbrellaMedia Advertise? [email protected]
8 VOL. 6 ISSUE 1 Happy New Year, San Diego! HOW YOUR FAMILY MOM’S TIPS FOR DISTANCE CAN ADOPT HEALTHIER DIGITAL HABITS IN 2021 LEARNING FROM HOME (StatePoint) As we head into 2021, By Sharon Sardina Sharon poses with her husband Brian. different, but we shall conquer this adults and kids alike may still be Well, here we are, finally in when they lose connection. together as one. Our kids are not enjoying the excitement of digital so behind academically, they have devices received as gifts. The new the year 2021. The year everyone Give them praise and encourage- learned to be resilient learners and year is a great time for a reset, so couldn’t wait to arrive. The year ment! No matter what school looks that is gold. with those new devices, consider we all started counting down to in like, remind them that they, and adopting some digital habits. March and anxiously waited for the we, are doing the best we can, and Sharon Sardina is a stay-at-home calendar to say-- January 1.2021. their effort and hard work does not mom with three active active boys. Here are some great ideas for Many of us moms could have bet go unnoticed. She loves baking, decorating, exer- helping your family build health- all the back-seat goldfish we found cise and motivating other moms to ier relationships with their digital while we had all this time on our Have fun and laugh! be their best. Stay tuned for more devices: hands cleaning our car during Remember Mamas, we are all in from this energetic lady! the lockdown, that we would be this together, although some of our • Get healthy: Not all screen time back in school in October, then we distance learning from home looks is wasted time. You can use your thought November, ok maybe De- device in positive, productive ways cember? Come on!!! School has to that help your family work toward go back in person, right?? We can’t improved physical health. For exam- possibly be online forever?? Or can ple, a steps counter might encourage we? Cue the dramatic music. your family to move more or even take up running, while a yoga app We have been exclusively doing can help guide your family through distance learning now since March. quick routines you can practice Our school has never returned to from the comfort of home. on-campus learning. We bought desks, chromebooks, put our Pin- • Get smart: Likewise, the mem- terest worthy organization skills bers of your family can use their to good use, made sure to set up a devices to exercise their minds. En- quiet space for our kids to kill this courage everyone to let their smart- distance learning and set a billion phones and tablets double function alarms on our phone to remind us as e-readers, and to download apps to log in and take a lunch. that teach new skills and build knowledge. You can even try setting Some of us may be working from a goal as a family, such as learning a home alongside our children and new language using the same app. some of us have become full-time teachers now whether it be lesson • Schedule digital downtime: Too planning, to editing, to writing much screen time is associated with assignments, to doing art projects poor quality sleep, increased anxiety with our children all while mak- and a range of other health con- ing 32,167 breakfasts, lunches and cerns, so be sure each day includes snacks a week. Boy do these kids digital downtime. This is important eat all the time! We literally have if your family is working and learn- become the school teacher, the ing from home. Make the most of librarian, the attendance clerk, the these screen-free blocks by engaging lunch lady, the custodian and may- in active play, moving, getting fresh be for some the principal. air or spending quality time togeth- er. Many of us are left wondering whether our kids will ever return • Get assistance: Making sure to school like it used to be back every member of the family is using in 2019. Ahhh what a great year their device only in safe and healthy that was. I really didn’t imagine we ways is easier said than done, howev- would be starting our 2nd semester er, a parental guidance app can help. of the 20/21 school year online. I Using OurPact for example, you keep reminding myself that noth- can remotely establish automated ing is forever...goodness I really schedules for when internet, apps hope this holds true. and the device itself are unavailable. Features include URL whitelisting Here are a few tips that have and blacklisting, daily screen time helped me navigate three boys do- allowances and iMessage/SMS block- ing distance learning from home. ing, helping ensure device usage passes your approval. Available at Give them GRACE! Remember the iOS App Store and Google Play they are adjusting to the new nor- Store, parents can also sign up for mal like we are. an account at www.ourpact.com. PHOTO SOURCE: (c) nd3000 / iStock via Getty Lower expectations. I don’t mean Images Plus to give up on their good grades, I mean remember that learning online is not for everyone and if a A falls to a B, everything will still be ok. As long as they are moving forward, it is all good! No distractions. Set them up a space where they can focus and are free from distractions like the TV or siblings. Wi-Fi availability. We had to buy a 2nd router to maintain 3 kids online at the same time. There is nothing more frustrating for kids Local News > LocalUmbrellaNews.com /LocalUmbrellaMedia @LocalUmbrellaMedia Advertise? [email protected]
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VOL. 6 ISSUE 1 9 MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 By Andy Hinds Vice Principal Reyes and Principal Steinberger greet new students at Roos- as a teacher to make my students If you aren’t chilled to the bone evelt International Middle School’s Drive-Through Welcome Day feel safe and hopeful; staying pos- itive is crucial.” Mr. Garcia is con- by memories of your own middle with the amount of screen time re- online classes, as teachers, admin- cerned that internet connectivity school experience, just imagine quired of their children—and how istrators, and staff use their exper- issues continue to be a hindrance going through it while sequestered they can help keep them focused tise and passion to keep students to learning; but reports that his at home, relying on a finicky inter- on “school” internet despite the engaged and families connected. class attendance and student en- net signal as your only connection siren song of “fun” internet—they gagement is solid despite technolo- to your teachers and peers. That’s are largely impressed with efforts Principal Bernard Steinberger, gy glitches. what many American students in of the school district, the adminis- who started working at Roosevelt 2020 are currently facing during tration, and Roosevelt teachers in this spring, just three weeks before English teacher Jennifer Peterson the COVID-19 pandemic, including developing an entirely new teach- in-person school was shut down, says that the biggest challenge for those in San Diego Unified school ing model since the country was says that the most surprising aspect her this year has been the addi- district. blindsided by the virus last spring. of this strange era has been the tional class preparation. “I knew I Geena Pearson, whose son is in kindness and understanding that would have to totally transform the Halfway through the second sixth grade, singles out “consistent the school community has shown way I teach in order to successfully quarter at Roosevelt Internation- communication” as a major aspect toward one another. “I miss that connect with and challenge my al Middle School, the reviews are of Roosevelt’s success in dealing energy of interacting with kids in students in an online platform,” coming in from students, teachers, with the hardships inflicted by the person,” he says, adding that he is she says, “so I spent a lot of my and families; and the consensus pandemic, noting that Principal “proud and grateful” for the effort summer doing so, and I continue is that, relative to the general Steinberger and RooFriends (the that the students and staff are put- to plan into the evenings many hellscape that is 2020, pandemic school foundation) have “exceeded ting into making this a meaningful days despite the fact that I am part school is going pretty well. With expectations” in this regard. Ms. school year. Steinberger says an time this year (for the first time in the caveat that the COVID era has Pearson added that the online unexpected positive aspect of mov- my career) due to [budget] cuts.” been personally tragic, economical- classes have been “working out ing almost every aspect of school This workload is in addition to the ly devastating, and at the very least pretty seamlessly for [her] son,” and online has been higher than usual increasingly complicated parenting majorly disruptive to millions of that “he’s loving all his teachers.” parental involvement. Back-to- demands of her own children, who people, it is clear that bright spots She was especially surprised at how school nights and “town hall” meet- are going to school online while and glimmers of hope abound at “engaging and challenging virtual ings have had record turnout, Mr. she works from home. Ms. Peterson Roosevelt. PE was.” PE and Music classes are Steinberger reports, “presumably has been pleasantly surprised by perhaps the most unrecognizable because it’s much easier for families the extent to which she has been In the case of academic classes at from last year, relying on exercise to log into a Zoom meeting than able to connect with students in Roosevelt, the content varies little challenges, workout videos, and in to drive to school on a weeknight.” the virtual classroom, and how from in-person curriculum, even the case of Music, online music pro- Obviously, everyone is yearning for much she can differentiate and per- as the format is a drastic departure duction and composition platforms a return to “normal” school, but sonalize instruction using online from traditional school. Google where kids make and share their Mr. Steinberger appreciates the learning platforms like Flocabulary, Classroom, Zoom, and other learn- own music in addition to practic- lessons of this crisis, including the Nearpod, Screencastify, Newsela, ing platforms comprise the class- ing their actual instruments. effective use of online learning and and Flipgrid. Perhaps confirming room and texts, and students com- communication platforms. “Edu- what parents have long suspect- municate with their teachers via Roosevelt serves families from cation in this country will change ed, Ms. Peterson admits that the email, chat, or virtual office hours. the uptown area of San Diego and forever because of this,” he predicts. “mute” button can be an effective The schedule has been modified beyond, and is located adjacent classroom management tool that to prevent burnout and confusion to the world famous San Diego For History and Social Studies offsets some of the additional stress from too many Zoom meetings: in- Zoo. But in some ways, its physical teacher Francisco Garcia, the strug- of online teaching. stead of the usual six classes per day attributes are currently irrelevant, gle is a matter of social conscience. in a semester system, students take since most students haven’t been “Truly one of the biggest challenges The current plan with San Di- three intensive classes per day (four on campus at all this year. None- is maintaining a sense/of normalcy ego Unified schools is to increase if they take an elective), and follow theless, the sense of community while I teach—when in fact we are in-person instruction to the stu- a quarter system. With decreased transcends the limitations of fully living through a period of societal dents who need the most help, and time in the (virtual) classroom, uncertainty. I feel a responsibility ramp up to a “Phase 2” reopening kids are expected to complete more in late January. Of course, all of work independently than they nor- that depends on the trajectory of mally would. infection rates, which is currently far from ideal. Although it seems Despite the obvious drawbacks like there is not much we can do of isolation from their peers, to affect this trend, Ms. Peterson some students recognize upsides has a homework assignment for to online school. Eighth grader us all that definitely can’t hurt: Toby Newlin and Seventh grader “Wear your mask! Teachers want Rivka Alaya both sited the lack of to be back in the classroom with social “drama” as an unexpected our students. A lot of us have our bonus that decreases stress and own children we are caring for at allows them to focus on their work. home while trying to continue to However, Newlin notes, “I now teach other people’s children. We have added drama at home, like my love our jobs and understand the mom looking over my shoulder.” struggle working parents are going Still, missing their friends—and the through. Let’s all commit to one an- inability to make new ones—was other’s health and wear our masks the most frequent complaint from so we can ALL go back to school.” students interviewed for this story. While parents tend to struggle Local News > LocalUmbrellaNews.com /LocalUmbrellaMedia @LocalUmbrellaMedia Advertise? [email protected]
10 VOL. 6 ISSUE 1 Happy New Year, San Diego! WYATT EARP The following is a work of historical fiction based on real life events and places frequented by Wyatt Earp in the late 1800’s in California. Neighborhood Publications You know my name. Legendary lawman, O.K. the sun at my back, I strolled down main street, Reaching Over 125,000 Corral, big mustache, friends with Doc Holiday. it was dusty but lively. The area was known as No, no I’m not Kurt Russell (who is that by the the Stingaree (later adopted to The Gaslamp San Diego Area Mailboxes way, it’s 1887), it’s really me, Wyatt Berry Stapp Quarter) ; we are the area of undesirables. Plen- Every Month! Earp. Just Wyatt Earp is fine, you ain’t my ty of gambling halls, brothels, and a number of momma don’t use my middle name. I’ve had a drug peddlers. 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Stay Safe, Friends! VOL. 6 ISSUE 1 11 FOSTER FAMILIES PROVIDE SAFETY AND DEPENDABILITY FOR CHILDREN The Landis home is a busy place. It’s pizza night Angels Foster Family that conflict resolution,” he tells them. “You’re and six young children are all very excited about Network is a non-profit smart girls with a lot of words.” Not missing a decorating sugar cookies for dessert. A basketball dedicated to providing beat, Nate continues. “This is a challenge we are bounces across the family room, nearly missing a safe, stable, loving homes blessed to make. We have to make every moment puzzle under construction. A light-up ball flashes. for children in San Diego count because we have fewer moments to waste.” A toddler needs a snuggle. This is a typical Mon- County. You can reach Angela says that every evening after the children day evening. them at (619) 283-8100. are all tucked in to bed, she and Nate sit together in a rare moment of quiet, and give thanks that Angela and Nate have three children of their gela. They say they were also pleasantly surprised they made it through another day. own: Russell, 10, Rocco, 8, and Allegra, 6, and by how much fostering gave them as a couple three pet dogs. Added to the mix are three foster and as a family. “There’s so much that’s terrifying, Angela adds that not only has the couple’s rela- children, a sibling set of girls with the nicknames you’d think it would tear a couple apart, but it’s tionship been enhanced by fostering young chil- “Braveheart,”“Wheels,” and “Boom Boom,” who brought us closer together,” says Angela. She says dren, their three children have benefited as well. range from two to six years old. her admiration for her husband has grown as “It’s been hard and it’s an adjustment, but we also she’s watched him keep his promises and step up have built-in playdates and have had some incred- The couple hadn’t planned on fostering sib- to meet the needs of six children. Nate smiles and ible talks with our children about domestic vio- lings, but when their first placement’s sister need- adds, “Six is more than a crowd. We had to band lence and drug use,” she says. “They’ve also grown ed a safe, loving home, they were asked to con- together.” As if on cue, Nate responds to a scuffle to really appreciate what we provide,” noting that sider taking her. They liked the idea of keeping going on behind him. He doesn’t need to turn things like consistency, safety, and food are often the girls together so they rose to the challenge his head to know who it is, the two older girls, things children can take for granted. – then did it again a few months later when they Allegra and Braveheart. “Try to be big girls with welcomed the third sister into their home. The Fostering is something the Landis family highly first sister arrived in late 2017; all three have been recommends to people who have room in their with the Landis family since last June. hearts and homes for children who need stability while their biological parents are given the time The couple says that fostering is hard work, but to get their lives back on track. “You just have to worth doing because they’re helping children in a want to help,” says Nate. “You’re not saving any- way that’s very intentional and organized. “Angels one, you are providing safety and dependability has supported us beyond our expectations by for the season they are in.” providing training, a clinical case manager, and hooked us up with other foster parents,” says An- Local News > LocalUmbrellaNews.com /LocalUmbrellaMedia @LocalUmbrellaMedia Advertise? [email protected]
12 VOL. 6 ISSUE 1 Happy New Year, San Diego! MEET MACKENSIE STRUBLE: PERSONAL CHEF, CANINE CHEF AND FAITH AND WELLNESS COACH A personal journey to health and wellness that became her life’s passion and career Introduction by Mia Bertelsen ic Keto pound cake in hand. They for their pets.” the call so I could get back to work, hired me on the spot. They offered Not all of us can afford to have a and I rushed over. It was my Mom. The following story is written me a position that paid me more by MacKensie and shows us a very than my old job. I was scheduled to personal chef and wellness coach to I grabbed the phone and very personal look into her journey. Her start my recruiter job on Monday help us improve our health and diet. quickly said, “hello?” There was reasons for being so open and honest and I saw them on Sunday. So, God But we can learn from MacKensie’s silence for a moment, and then sud- with the world are to let us know was really quick to come in between positive, can-do attitude, based on denly, without hesitation, my mother that we are not alone and there are of what could have been.” her strong faith. Our hope is that belted out, “Adam is gone!” so many people out there who are ex- you will be inspired to take the next periencing the same ups and downs People really struggle to have a step to improve your health too! I dropped the phone. in life. At different points in her healthy diet. “A lot of it has do with My boss quickly picked it up with life she found herself at a very low our mind set and our knowledge,” By MacKensie Struble a puzzled look on her face, unaware place struggling to make a living, 100 she shared. “Do we know what sub- Let’s flashback to January 7th, 2011, of the news I’d just been provided. pounds overweight, suicidal and ad- stitutions we need to make in order when my entire world changed. It My body began to cave. My mouth dicted to pain medication. Through to enjoy some of our favorite foods was a typical Friday night. I got off was agape, though I lacked the ability her faith in God, being super orga- that we used to have? Once we have work at my second job and was head- to produce any words. A cowork- nized and goal driven and meeting a game plan established, it makes the ed into my third at McGraths. I was er grabbed me in the midst of my the love of her life, she turned her execution a lot easier. If we are fail- waitressing in the bar that night, and lament, and proceeded to drag me life around. Today she is so proud to ing to plan, we are planning to fail.” people were already parked outside behind closed doors. have created her own business cook- when I arrived. I rushed in, waved Once there, another coworker ing healthy meals for her clients. Her She prepares the meals for her to everyone on the line, secured my pulled me into a hug for what financé Shawn has been at her side clients according to their individual apron, took a glance in the mirror to seemed like forever. The world making this dream become a reality dietary needs and goals, vacuum seals ensure my hair and makeup were up around me ceased to exist. I had together. it and delivers the meals to them. to par, and headed out to the floor. fallen deep into a pool of debilitating She cooks for about ten people and One by one my tables began filling emotion and I couldn’t breathe. The MacKensie shared with me that she covers all meals for the week. up. I headed back to the waitress sound of my mother’s grief-stricken writing is one of her talents. “We MacKensie is a self- taught cook. “I station to submit my orders and voice just kept playing over and over really paint a picture with our grew up in a household of four kids prepare salads. Naturally, Shawn was in my head, “Adam is gone!” words,” she said. “It is so powerful and my mom and my granny were working with me that night, too. I briefly snapped back to reality when we get together to share our very passionate about cooking,” she Fridays always called for all hands on and released myself from his hug. I own accounts and testimonies. The said. deck. wouldn’t discover the irony of this statement ‘me too’ is that moment I delivered to my first two tables person’s placement in my life that when we realize that the struggle we “I only prepare food with organ- and then I heard the phone ring, night until later when I learned the are going through is something that ic, non-GMO ingredients and I’ve which was normal on a Friday night, cause of my brother’s death and how, someone else is experiencing and we expanded services as a canine chef as but this time, it was for me. My boss he, too, had attempted the same know that we are not alone. That can well,” she added. “Many people are hurriedly motioned for me to take thing, but survived. It is funny how trigger healing in and of itself.” serious about improving food quality God is always in the details. The next two and a half years of MacKensie’s personal weight loss my life felt like a prison sentence, is a huge achievement and especially waking up every day in my own per- because she has maintained it. “I sonal hell only to be reminded of the just hit four years of maintenance,” same heartbreaking news I had cried she shared. “I lost 108 pounds in 9 myself to sleep over the night before. months.” When the desire to join my brother exceeded my will to live, I found my- Her journey to be a personal chef self abusing OxyContin and Percocet. started with a nice couple who were My life slowly started crumbling both approaching 500 pounds each before me a little at a time. On the and were in serious danger with their outside, I still held down three jobs health. “After almost three years and “acted” like an adult, but behind of cooking for them and coaching closed doors, I had lost all vitality. My them, they have lost almost 400 once jovial life ceased to exist. There pounds combined,” she boasted. was no zeal or purpose left, just a mere existence of going through the Her business based in Joplin, motions. Missouri almost didn’t happen. The It wasn’t until 1/5/14, just a few plan was to drive around the US in days before the anniversary of my their RV and promote their faith brother’s death, that I finally surren- and healthy meals. Wisconsin was dered and gave my life back to God. their next stop. “When we were I dropped to my knees after con- ready to take off, our RV just shut templating my own suicide attempt down,” she laughed. With some help and told the Lord that if He still had they pushed the RV into the closest purpose for me, I would live the rest parking spot and worked to fix her of my life serving Him. for over a week. They decided to stay With each passing day, I felt myself in Joplin. “I had my old job as a re- growing stronger and stronger. I cruiter all lined up, and then a friend stayed with my sister and her family of mine told me about a couple who for support the next few weeks, and was looking for a Keto chef to assist then relocated to Joplin to begin them with major weight loss,” she rebuilding my life. explained. “We only had one car at I took my first job at a local flower the time so I had to truck over there with the whole family. Wherever I went, the RV went. I had the organ- Local News > LocalUmbrellaNews.com /LocalUmbrellaMedia @LocalUmbrellaMedia Advertise? [email protected]
Stay Safe, Friends! VOL. 6 ISSUE 1 13 shop on Valentine’s Day, and then Throughout the course of my strongly planted in our hearts result- leap of faith in 2017 to fulfill the transitioned into a better-paying weight loss journey, I was also pre- ed in waves of success that spanned purpose God had for me, EVERY- position within a month’s time. It paring to relocate Marcus and myself much wider than just our family. ONE would’ve missed out on all of wasn’t long after that the Lord bless- closer to family. Every night after I Here are some success stories we are this. The fulfillment of your purpose ed me with Marcus. Words can’t de- finished prepping my food, I would proud to share: doesn’t just affect you, it affects scribe the amount of joy I possessed go and count our money, anticipat- everyone who is meant to cross your in my heart. ing the moment we would reach our A woman was able to release 85 path. goal. pounds and carry a healthy pregnan- At five months pregnant, I unex- cy. It doesn’t matter what you’re going pectedly lost my position. I had no Anyone who truly knows me will through in life or decisions you’ve idea how I was going to make ends tell you that I never intended on A busy Mom was able to take made, God still has purpose for you. meet. I came home that night and returning to Sedalia. In fact, I fought control of her health and feel more He will take all of your broken pieces decided to draw a bath for myself. I against it, but, God was persistent. comfortable in her skin. and intricately place them back remember being so fearful of what Once I’d saved up $854 to cover all of together for the fulfillment of some- was to come and just asking God for our costs, I put in my two weeks. My An elderly woman who was too thing greater than yourself. Don’t the strength to trust in Him. last day was 1/6/17, and we moved weak to cook for herself was able to fear the fire, embrace it. Trust in the following day on Saturday, 1/7/17, release weight, drastically improve Him. Allow yourself to be refined by I thought to myself, “who would the anniversary of my brother’s her quality of life, and begin weaning His hand, and once He’s done, you’ll hire me now? I’m five months preg- death. As if it wasn’t clear enough off of prescriptions. come out stronger than ever before. nant!” To make matters worse, I was that God had His hand in this entire also without a vehicle. The thought move, that confirmed it. Everything A middle-aged woman was able to There’s nothing I can do to change of finding another place of em- had officially come full circle, down successfully regenerate hair growth the past, but I can find peace in the ployment that was within walking to the date and time. where she was experiencing major woman that I’ve become and the distance immediately made me feel loss and improved her overall well- purpose that God has for me. It is overwhelmed, but I took a few deep It wasn’t even two months after ness. through God’s healing hand that breaths, and handed it over. Marcus and I were settled in that I’m even here to share my testimony God reconnected me with Shawn. A breastfeeding mother was able with you today, and I do so in the In the meantime, I decided to take What initially began as two friends to invest in herself to lose weight hopes of sparing even just ONE per- advantage of the time off by going hiking at Bothwell quickly blos- without sacrificing her supply. son from having to travel the roads to see my Mom. I was standing in somed into so much more. It all I did. the kitchen when I received the call. suddenly made sense why God was An officer was able to release There was a new position available so persistent about Marcus and me weight to pass his physical for a On 1/5/21, I’ll be celebrating the for me and I could return to work moving to Sedalia. Shawn was our long-awaited promotion, and fit per- obvious, but it represents so much the following week. God had success- missing piece. fectly in his tuxedo on his wedding more than that. This isn’t just a cele- fully come through for me again. day. bration commemorating seven years Just a few months later, we made of sobriety, but, rather, life, and God’s I celebrated one year of sobriety on the decision as a family to downsize A mother was able to come home continued openings for me to make 1/5/15 — just a month before natu- and pursue our dream of RVing after working a long shift and spend a difference in this world. rally giving birth to my healthy, 9 lb fulltime. We moved to Yuma, AZ and what little time she had with her 13 oz baby boy on 2/10/15. We had soon after started our first business, children without having to worry Now I’m the one in the position just moved into our new apartment, ChefGirlRV. about how dinner was going to be to love on others and assist them breastfeeding was going great, AND I prepared because we cooked the in reaching their full potential. He was able to take a decent amount of What initially started as a tempo- healthy food for her. turned my tragedies into triumphs, time off work to bond with him. rary side hustle in our toy hauler one by one, and He’ll do it for you, to help others achieve success, has Another woman was able to reg- too, if you’ll let Him. Every single day Not long after I returned, God turned into a growing business ulate her hormones, release weight, that we wake up is an opportunity blessed me, yet again, with a bet- reaching clients all over the US. and restore her sex life with her to embrace our purpose and change ter-paying position as a recruiter We’ve invested over 30,000+ hours husband. someone’s life. I pray you never for the same company. Everything into our trade (and counting), be- forget how valuable your contribu- had fallen into place. I conquered came personal chefs, started catering, Despite late nights, breastfeeding, tion is to the world, and that you’re sobriety. My job was secure. The next provided meal prep and coaching insane workweeks, and raising a always eager to fulfill it. order of business was self-care. services to thousands, and, most child, I succeeded. I had completely importantly, we’ve kept God at the transformed my life with small, con- In this new year, it’s time to release After giving birth to Marcus, I had forefront of it all. sistent action steps every single day. everything that’s no longer serving reached a weight of 232 lbs. I can us, and take a clean step into the still remember the day I stepped on The magnitude of ONE decision Instead of focusing on all of the abundance that’s to come. Forgive the scale at my Dad’s house and the to pursue, in faith, the desire God so reasons why I couldn’t, I pressed for- those who have wronged you and numbers “2-3-2” reflected back at ward and created my own conditions free yourself of all negativity. Don’t me. It was in this moment I made to support the reality I was deter- deny yourself the blessings He has for the harsh realization that I needed mined to create. you. If you’re not in love with your to start making myself more of a life, start creating a different one. Sa- priority. If I hadn’t taken the action needed tan will tell you it’s too late to make on 1/5/14 to pursue sobriety, or that a change, or you’re unqualified, but I began researching the science be- God reminds us every day how faith hind Lowcarb/Keto and how it would the size of a mustard seed moves affect my body. My primary focus mountains. The only thing standing was finding a regimen that would between you and the life you want is allow for me to focus solely on my doubt. nutrition to produce results. This was the perfect fit. If there’s only one thing you take away from my testimony today, In March of 2016, I began my please understand that you can journey. I configured my macros ALWAYS start over. Seasons aren’t and dove right in. Most nights, I permanent. Winter NEVER follows would stay up late after Marcus went winter. There’s ALWAYS time for to sleep and prep all of my food. I you to make a change. For anyone planned out exactly what I was going who is struggling with self-worth or to eat the following day, logged it, thoughts of suicide, please reach out. and tweaked it accordingly so I could Believe me when I say that the world stay as close to my allotments as would not be a better place without possible. I was steadily losing weight you. I’d give anything to have my every week, and my energy levels had brother here today. Check on your increased. family and friends, and do it often. We’re all fighting silent battles that Around August, God introduced no one knows about. A kind gesture me to Young Living essential oils. It truly can make all the difference. is then that I began combining the God bless use of Lowcarb/Keto + therapeutic grade essential oils to properly sup- #ChefGirlRV port my body. By November of 2016, I had hit goal and lost over 100 lbs. Local News > LocalUmbrellaNews.com /LocalUmbrellaMedia @LocalUmbrellaMedia Advertise? [email protected]
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Stay Safe, Friends! VOL. 6 ISSUE 1 15 SHAWY AITFHTETRINDAARK TRAVELING WITH TROY Riding the Wave Travel Deals & Steals Guest Article by Tyra Wu So you want to make up for the trips you couldn’t take in 2020, I got your back! Even better I have some good news for you. According to my research, countless hotels are offering massive dis- counts on rates all over the world. To give some examples there are 25% off discount codes when you book a few months in advance. Don’t forget that marriot owns some of the best properties in the world such as the Ritz Carlton and St Regis and much more. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, many businesses are suffering, but one Not only hotels are getting on the bandwagon but By Troy Shay industry, surfing, is experiencing an unexpected surge. San Diego surf shop also airlines which sometimes can be the most owners say more people, from beginners to seasoned veterans, are paddling expensive part of the trip of your planning on go- CalDRE#02081818 out. ing to a popular destination. Now of course there is no promise of travel soon, I’m leaning on the Direct: (858)449-0335 San Diego resident Mike Hazlett started surfing during the pandemic as a way more optimistic side. I mean almost every week to exercise while social distancing. Hazlett is an avid hiker and runner, but had some airline unveils some massive discount on never tried surfing before. “It was really just to try something different and their fares such as Alaska introducing a buy one challenge myself,” Hazlett said. “I wanted to get out there while I had the time. get one free for anywhere they fly. To really put The whole point of surfing is to not be on top of each other.” Since he start- it in perspective, I got a non stop flight on my fa- ed, he says surfing has gone from a way to workout to a lifelong hobby. “It’s vorite airline, Alaska airlines, to Miami for $280 definitely something I hope to continue throughout the rest of my life,” Hazlett for two people which is $140 per person! I know said. He now surfs multiple times a week and has considered moving closer to I was star struck too. It doesn’t stop there, South- the beach so he can surf more often. west Airlines released $29 one way for destina- tions all over the country. There is plenty more Business booms for local surf shops options but they come and go very quickly so Heather Shields, an employee for South Coast Surfboards, a surf shop in Pa- my best advice to hop on these incredible deals cific Beach, says the surge has made this year their busiest in surfboard sales is to sign up for newsletters from all the major to date. “We have been around since 1974 and have never experienced such a companies: Alaska Airlines, Southwest Airlines, movement to surf,” Shields, said. “It is great for the sport.” American Airlines, Jet Blue, Delta Airlines, and United Airlines and many more. In March the shop was forced to close for six weeks, which Shields says was devastating as they are usually only closed two days a year. Despite this, she For all my credit card users and specifically my said she is happy about the increased interest in surfing. “I feel that the inter- travel credit card holders, many airlines are est in surfing is due to the fact that it’s a sport that you can do outside, with- giving additional bonuses to those who book out a mask and it is free,” Shields said. “Surfing is such a great workout too, now for a future trip. For example, American you don’t even realize how much you’re working because it is so fun.” Express is including an additional 25% bonus for points which allows you to use less points for an According to ActionWatch, a surf and skate retailer, surfboard sales are up 15% incredible stay. If you have questions about the over last year nationwide. South Coast Surfboard Shop has also experienced a best travel credit cards let me know because I’m growing demand for surfboards, especially those tailored to beginners. very in tune with the best of the best. “It has been so crazy that vendors are running out of boards,” Shields said. The On a tangent, there has been a lot of talk about the company called Travel Zoo. If you haven’t surfing craze has been a silver lining during all the craziness of this year.” heard of them they, they are travel experts that negotiate with companies that provide you Managers at another store in La Jolla, Mitch’s Surf Shop, say they’ve had a with some unreal deals. Many vacation packages include much more than hotels stay. It can similar experience. “Since the end of May we have seen a significant uptick be as small as gourmet breakfast every morning or as big as safari tour each day. The world is in surfboard sales,” General Manager Matt Larson said. “In fact, our surfboard your oyster! I used to never believe Travel Zoo was real but now that I have done my research room had become empty several times throughout the summer.” they actually are a very legit company. Of course, make sure you always read the fine print but they can allow you and your family travel to some of the best destinations in the world for a fraction of the price. Your last question may be “Troy we don’t know if we want to or will be able to travel soon?”. Don’t you worry, there are countless fully refundable trips that have gone out all the way to 2022 if not later. You don’t even have to choose specific dates so there is no reason not to book trip. Sign up for their email list so you can updates on upcoming vacations. This is not sponsored in any means so please give them a shot because I know you will love it. Surf schools feeling the impact Short but sweet is the motto for today. Find some great deals and utilize your credit card San Diego surf schools have also experienced an increase in business recently. points was the focus for today. I hope that this all can be over soon so we can finally start Kaitlyn Matousek became a surf instructor in May for San Diego surf school, checking off those bucket list destinations! Have a wonderful rest of your day and wishing you after she lost her job due to the pandemic. “I actually started by teaching my and your family a happy and healthy New Year! friends how to surf during the pandemic,” Matousek said. “A lot of them want- ed to get out in the water, and I thought it was a really fun thing to do with my friends. I thought if I could get paid for this, that would be really awesome.” She has also witnessed a surge in the number of people taking surf lessons. Many of those are first-time surfers. Although surfing for the first-time can be intimidating, Matousek encourages everyone to try it out. “The worst thing that happens is you go out and you don’t like it,” Matousek said. “If you’re intimidated about surfing around a crowded area, definitely try to go with a friend who knows how to surf so they can keep an eye on you.” Tina Wu Realtor® CalDRE #02970656 Direct: (760) 473-8649 For more travel tips, Follow my blog for all my adventures around the globe and any cool tips that may come in handy, especially when it comes to saving money. www.troyjamesshay.com Local News > LocalUmbrellaNews.com /LocalUmbrellaMedia @LocalUmbrellaMedia Advertise? [email protected]
16 VOL. 6 ISSUE 1 Happy New Year, San Diego! YOUR 92127 COMMUNITY EXPERTSTM SOLD DEL SUR NEIGHBORHOOD STYLE ADDRESS BED BATH EST SF DAYS ON SOLD PRICE CLOSE DATE MARKET SALVIATI DET 17212 Sangallo Lane 5 5 4957 24 $2,170,000 12/16/20 SANTALUZ DET 8247 Santaluz Village Green N 3 3 2527 36 $1,450,000 12/9/20 SANTALUZ DET 7859 Entrada Angelica 3 4 2572 36 $1,820,000 12/11/20 SANTALUZ DET 14279 Caminito Lazanja 5 6 4735 15 $1,800,000 SANTALUZ DET 8271 Run of the Knolls 4 5 5305 26 $4,700,000 12/31/20 THE CROSBY DET 17138 Blue of the Night Land 4 5 4295 $1,875,000 12/21/20 THE CROSBY DET 8178 Lazy River Road 5 5 3585 0 $1,425,000 12/15/20 SANTALUZ DET 7976 Purple Sage 5 5 3990 24 $1,530,000 12/24/20 THE CROSBY DET 8147 Lazy River Road 5 5 3593 36 $1,450,000 12/16/20 SANTALUZ DET 7786 Doug Hill 4 4 3221 50 $1,500,000 12/24/20 BEL ETAGE DET 17019 Coyote Bush Dr. 5 6 4759 49 $1,800,000 12/31/20 67 12/7/20 Median Sales Price – Single Family Median Sales Price – Townhouse-Condo Rolling 12-Month Calculation Rolling 12-Month Calculation $1,400,000 All MLS — All MLS — 92127 — 92127 — $600,000 $1,200,000 $500,000 $1,000,000 $400,000 $300,000 $800,000 $600,000 $400,000 $200,000 5-2013 3-2014 1-2015 11-2015 9-2016 7-2017 5-2018 3-2019 1-2020 11-2020 5-2013 3-2014 1-2015 11-2015 9-2016 7-2017 5-2018 3-2019 1-2020 11-2020 Call Today For your FREE Home Market Valuation Sold properties taken from Sandicor from 8/24/2020 to 9/24/2020 and may represent listings from other brokerages. Information accurate but not guaranteed. DIRECT 858.449.4970 Ray Shay REALTOR® KELLERWILLIAMS BROKER ASSOCIATE CALDRE#01354548 [email protected] Ray.ShayRealtors.com OFFICE 858.449.7355 INTERNATIONAL Local News > LocalUmbrellaNews.com /LocalUmbrellaMedia @LocalUmbrellaMedia Advertise? [email protected]
Stay Safe, Friends! VOL. 6 ISSUE 1 17 YOUR 92127 COMMUNITY EXPERTSTM SOLD 4S RANCH NEIGHBORHOOD STYLE ADDRESS BED BATH EST SF DAYS ON SOLD PRICE CLOSE DATE MARKET BRIDGEPORT ATT 16935 Laurel Hills Lane Unit 184 2 2 1068 $550,000 12/19/20 6 $745,000 12/11/20 RAVENNA TOWNHOUSE 10447 Whitcomb Way Unit 156 3 3 1642 9 $1,275,000 12/17/20 5 $917,000 12/15/20 SILVERCREST DET !7074 Silver Crest Drive 5 3 3628 0 $1,250,000 12/9/20 1 $830,000 GARDEN GATE DET 16404 Sunstone Drive 4 3 2131 21 $1,400,000 1/4/21 2 $1,640,000 12/21/20 HOMESTEAD DET 9857 Fox Meadow 5 4 3296 9 $585,500 12/30/20 10 $585,000 12/15/20 TANGLEWOOD DET 10011 Fieldthorn Street 3 3 1690 5 $926,000 12/20/20 6 $649,000 12/15/20 BERNARDO SPRINGS DET 16391 Santa Valera Court 4 4 3540 2 $600,000 12/22/20 30 $871,000 PROVIDENCE DET 16263 Deer trail Court 4 5 3977 9 $1,225,000 1/4/21 4 $1,180,000 12/9/20 GIANNI TOWNHOUSE 10536 Calle Tamarindo Unit 1 2 2 1356 6 $622,000 12/7/20 7 $1,270,000 12/8/20 GIANNI DET 10523 Camino Bello Mar Unit 1 2 2 1356 12 $1,080,000 12/9/20 36 12/31/20 LA VINA DET !6809 Saintsbury Glen 5 3 2181 1/5/21 GIANNI TOWNHOUSE 17022 Calle Trevino Unit 4 3 3 1395 GIANNI TOWNHOUSE 17007 Camino Marcilla Unit 9 2 3 1389 LA VINA DET 16848 Saintsbury Glen Unit 38 4 3 1952 ROSMARY LANE DET 16969 Silver Pine Road 6 5 3462 ROSMARY LANE DET !6957 Silver Crest Lane 5 4 3282 GIANNI ATT !7070 Calle Trevino Unit 3 3 4 1460 BERNARDO SPRINGS DET 16779 Santa Corina Court 4 3 3392 BELLE RIVE DET 15005 Palomino Mesa Road 4 3 2267 SOLD GATED COMMUNITIES NEIGHBORHOOD STYLE ADDRESS BED BATH EST SF DAYS ON SOLD PRICE CLOSE DATE MARKET AUBERGE AUBERGE ATT 7942 Lusardi Creek Lane 3 2 1,692 4 $1,150,000 12/11/20 DESCANSO BRIDGEWALK DET 7965 Lusardi Creek Lane 2 3 1,787 3 $1,149,000 12/11/20 MANDOLIN SUR 33 DET 15434 Tanner Ridge Circle 4 4 3,423 20 $1,690,000 12/4/20 SUR 33 SUR 33 DET 15489 Bristol Ridge Terrace 4 3 1,961 10 $890,000 11/20/20 AVANTE CABRILLO TOWNHOUSE 8472 Christopher Ridge Terrace 3 3 2,302 13 $840,000 11/24/20 SKYE DET 16228 Camden Circle 3 4 2,280 4 $982,000 11/25/20 KENSINGTON DET 16262 Oliver Way 3 4 2,034 94 $942,500 11/16/20 DET !5132 Lincoln Loop 4 4 2,438 22 $979,999 11/30/20 ATT 16750 Coyote Bush Drive 3 2 1,787 65 $750,000 12/4/20 DET 15873 Concord Ridge Terrace 4 3 2,420 5 $1,110,000 11/16/20 TOWNHOUSE !6755 Coyote Bush Drive 3 4 2,315 85 $847,500 11/23/20 DET 15636 Via Montecristo 4 3 3,037 10 $1,160,000 11/12/20 Current as ofJanuary 12, 2021. All data from the San Diego MLS. Report © 2020 ShowingTime. Percent changes are calculated using rounded gures. Ray Shay REALTOR® BROKER ASSOCIATE CALDRE#01354548 [email protected] Ray.ShayRealtors.com DIRECT 858.449.4970 OFFICE 858.449.7355 KELLERWILLIAMS INTERNATIONAL Local News > LocalUmbrellaNews.com /LocalUmbrellaMedia @LocalUmbrellaMedia Advertise? [email protected]
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22 VOL. 6 ISSUE 1 Happy New Year, San Diego! Assemblymember Shirley Weber gives a press conference in the capitol following the passage of her bill AB 392 which would limit the use of deadly force by police in California on July 8, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters NEXT SECRETARY OF STATE AIMS TO TEACH CALIFORNIANS “HOW FRAGILE THE DEMOCRACY IS” By Ben Christopher different wings of the White House, the U.S. Senate. Many Black Demo- school board member before join- [email protected] Newsom was given the opportuni- crats and other progressives — We- ing the Legislature in 2012, Weber’s ty — or the headache — of picking ber among them — urged the gov- most notable legislative achieve- Seventy years ago, sharecroppers Harris’ replacement. Three days ernor not to allow Harris’ departure ments have focused on education David and Mildred Nash refused before Christmas, the governor from the Senate to leave the nation’s policy — where she’s often ticked off to back down in a dispute with a finally brought the California-wide most esteemed legislative body with- the state’s teachers unions — new white farmer, and fled from a lynch guessing game to a close: Secretary out a single Black woman. regulations on when police can mob in Hope, Arkansas. With their of State Alex Padilla would sit out use lethal force and racial justice. 2-year-old daughter in tow, they the remainder of Harris’ term and Weber’s appointment was not Last year, she carried bills to place a found a new home out west in a become California’s first Latino U.S. widely anticipated like Padilla’s. But repeal of California’s ban on affirma- place so different her grandfather, Senator. her biography indicates life expe- tive action on the ballot (it failed) who would die without ever being rience relevant to the job of Cali- and to create a committee to study able to vote, called it a “foreign Padilla’s appointment opened up fornia’s top election administrator. possible reparations for California’s land.” its own vacancy. A few hours later, Voting, denied to the Webers in the descendants of slaves. Newsom made another announce- South, became a precious, fiercely This year that toddler, Shirley ment: Weber, a Democratic assem- guarded and unfailingly exercised Here’s a conversation with her, Weber, is slated to become the first blywoman from San Diego. right for the whole family. condensed and edited for clarity: Black Californian to become the state’s top election official. The rollout of the one-two ap- Support nonprofit journalism in Assemblymember Shirley Weber pointment was almost certainly California gives a press conference in the capi- It’s easy to imagine that poignant meant to appease different constitu- tol following the passage of her bill bit of historical symmetry was on encies of the state electorate. Latino We rely on your generous support AB 392 which would limit the use Gov. Gavin Newsom’s mind when he activists had spent weeks reminding to cover the stories that matter most of deadly force by police in Califor- announced Weber’s nomination late the governor that the state’s largest to you. If you find our work valu- nia on July 8, 2019. Photo by Anne last month. ethnic group had never been demo- able in these difficult times, please Wernikoff for CalMatters graphically represented the state in support our journalism. With Joe Biden and California Assemblymember Shirley Weber Sen. Kamala Harris on their way to A university professor and a Local News > LocalUmbrellaNews.com /LocalUmbrellaMedia @LocalUmbrellaMedia Advertise? [email protected]
Stay Safe, Friends! VOL. 6 ISSUE 1 23 gives a press conference in the capi- a badass…? Oh, it was (Assembly- the projects. I did everybody’s home- where I was the only (Black woman) tol following the passage of her bill member Kevin) McCarty (a Dem- work because I was stupid (laugh- in the room, I think I made a differ- AB 392 which would limit the use ocrat from Sacramento). That was ing) and I love doing homework! ence. Because when issues came up, of deadly force by police in Califor- early on in the game. He’s a badass I had an experience that none of the nia on July 8, 2019. Photo by Anne now. Q: When you were growing up, others had and that is being a Black Wernikoff for CalMatters when your family came to Califor- woman who has been the victim of A: So how do you plan to be a ba- nia from Arkansas, was voting a the system being supported. Q: We all saw the video of the dass at the secretary of state’s office big part of your family tradition? call in which the governor offered then? What are your priorities? Assemblymember Shirly Weber Secretary Padilla the job. I’m curi- A: Oh, definitely. My dad came has been named California Secre- ous, did you receive a phone call? I’m hoping that we will continue in ‘51. That was before the Voting tary of State after current Secretary Was it an email? What was that this change to make sure that voting Rights Act. People knew very clearly Alex Padilla was named to the U.S. ask like for you? is accessible to everyone and that in the South that you didn’t try to Senate this morning. Photo by Anne there are various ways that people register to vote because you could Wernikoff, CalMatters; Wikimedia A: I didn’t have the same experi- can vote. be killed. So my father was not a Commons ence that Padilla had with the tears registered voter. Neither was my and so forth and so on. I had gotten I also want to focus on civic edu- grandfather. And after my father Newsom’s two big picks make a phone call I think the night before cation. I look at what kids know and had to flee the South, when he came history for California by advancing when the governor made his deci- even what adults know about the to California, among some of the Latino and Black Democrats sion as to what he was going to do. elected positions and voting and the first things he did was to register Q: Was this something that you balance of power. All of those things to vote. He and my mom voted in In choosing a new U.S. senator were pushing for? Were you seek- have really become civic lessons in every election there ever was. and a new secretary of state, Gov. ing out the position? the last four years!…So I’m looking Gavin Newsom could shape Demo- at ways in which we can, in addition My mother volunteered at the cratic politics for years to come. A: No, no. It was not even on my to all the stuff we normally do, help polls when we were in elementary radar, initially. It was not something people have a good, strong civic les- school. She became one of the poll Q: Among those playing the I was pushing for, not something son about voting, about democracy, workers and eventually she became guessing game about the open that I had asked for. I know others about the relationship between the a supervisor at the polls. When my Senate seat, I think there was a had….I knew there were others who states and federal government. elementary school could no longer view that if the governor was to had been called in to discuss the po- allow folks to vote in the auditori- pick Padilla — which he did — he sition…I was approached in a very You know, I had one member um because of the free and reduced had to then offer the secretary of general way — a “what do you want come to me and say, “I want to be lunch programs (which required the state position to a Black woman. to do with your life?” sort of conver- a badass like you.” I said, “I didn’t school to make) space for the kids to As if one were a kind of compen- sation. But I didn’t connect the dots know I was! I’m just a little old eat, my mother said, ‘Well, you guys sation for the other. that it was about the secretary of lady.” can vote at our house.’ So our house state position until it became more became the polling place at 351 A: Yeah, it’s not at all. These are apparent. I’m not sure if our folks truly un- West 45th Street…We all knew as totally different realities…(I’ve had Q: You’ve accomplished a lot in derstand it. Because if you did, you kids that on those days when voting people say) ‘Congratulations, Shir- the Legislature. When you were would be vigilant about voting, you took place, you leave through the ley, you’re gonna do a great, great offered the position was there a would understand how fragile the backdoor and you come in through job, blah blah blah. But we still want voice in the back of your mind democracy is, and you would under- the backdoor because the people in a Senate seat.” And I say, “Amen. saying, “I don’t necessarily want to stand what tyranny is. the living room were doing import- We do.”…(Because U.S. Senators are leave this behind”? Or were you ant business — like voting. not subjected to term limits unlike ready to jump on it? I had a worker on my campaign state constitutional offices) the long in 2012. He was probably in his 40s Q: You were pretty vocal in term effect of having a Senate seat is A: You know, whether you’re in or 50s. He worked really hard on my pushing the governor to select a extremely important and it’s a voice the Assembly or at a university or campaign. He was on corners every Black woman for Senator Harris’ in that arena. They’re not inter- any of the various other things I’ve morning waving signs. And one day, soon-to-be-vacant seat. You told changeable. done, you kind of come to the real- after working on the campaign so Erika Smith at the L.A. Times that ization of your own mortality, that long, he said to me, “this is the first you would be “very, very, very Q: Your daughter (Akila We- this won’t last forever. And I only time in my life I really wish I could upset” if Newsom did not — ber, who sits on the La Mesa city have another term (in the Legisla- vote.” I said, “Why can’t you vote?” council) announced that she’ll be ture) to go…then I’m termed down. He whispered and said, “I’m an A: And I am. I’m still upset and running for your Assembly seat ex-felon.” I’m still concerned…I met with the once you leave it. Did you encour- But I always recognized the fact (Legislative) Black Caucus and one age her to get into politics? that you have to do what you can And I said, “You can vote!” He of the things I insisted that we do while you’re there, and you have to was shocked. So we registered him was send another letter to the gover- A: I would never try to get any- make it count. But equally import- to vote and he voted. And I realized nor saying that we still want a seat. body to go into politics because ant, at least in my world, is that you that there were just an awful lot of If a seat becomes available, we want that’s something you have to want have to empower other people to people in our district who didn’t a Black woman’s voice in it because to do…I never stopped going to do the work. Because most folks are know that once you have done your there are none in the Senate. meetings because I had children. afraid to take on the challenges that time, you have the right to vote. Not So my kids learned to take their I took on, OK? What I have always like some of the southern states. California may have another op- coloring books and sit in the corner tried to teach, to demonstrate to portunity, depending on (Democrat- while we had board meetings. others, is that you can be a change So I said when I get to Sacra- ic Sen. Dianne) Feinstein. If she runs agent, you can be the voice, you can mento, I’m going to deal with that. again or if she resigns or whatever (Akila ran for student body presi- be that strongback, you can be that And that was one of the first bills I she does — if there’s a change, we dent of her elementary school). Her person and still have the respect did (legislation requiring state and still want a Black woman. But in principal, who I knew, called me of everybody in the room…So if I county officials to inform those addition to that, it’s also the respon- and says, “Girl, I am shocked…I have can spark that in the (legislative) released from jail or prison of their sibility of the 48 other states. Only never had a sixth grade president members that are there now, and voting rights). And as I was walking one other state here in America, Il- come into my office and say, ‘Here is they’re doing some of it and if I can around Sacramento, I would men- linois, has also had a female African the agenda. Could you make copies even support them in some of their tion it to people and very, very im- American (U.S. senator). for the meeting?’” … She’s always efforts — you know, because I’ll be portant lobbyists would say, “People been a leader type. just across the street — that would who are ex-felons can vote?” But the governor knows I’m still be worth it. Q: Maybe it’s not surprising given very, very, very upset. Alex Padilla Q: Have you given her any cam- Q: Do you remember who that your background, but you seem has done amazing work. But I still paign advice? was? to view this job as another oppor- want to emphasize the fact that rep- tunity to be a teacher — this time resentation does matter. You know, A: The only advice that I’d ever A: (Thinking) Who wanted to be for 40 million people. having been on God, I can’t tell you give my daughter is: Don’t lose your how many boards and commissions sense of integrity; never become so A: Education is in my soul. I’ve angry that you become ineffective. been a teacher since I was 5 years There’s always a way to get things old on my mother’s back porch in done. Ben Christopher Ben covers California politics and elections. Prior to that, he was a contributing writer for CalMatters reporting on the state's economy and budget. Based out of the San Francisco Bay Area, he has written for San Francisco magazine, California magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Priceonomics. Ben also has a past life as an aspiring beancounter: He has worked as a summer associate at the Congressional Budget Office and has a Master’s in Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley. Local News > LocalUmbrellaNews.com /LocalUmbrellaMedia @LocalUmbrellaMedia Advertise? [email protected]
24 VOL. 6 ISSUE 1 Happy New Year, San Diego! newsbriefs MAPPED: continent (minus a temporary Linke- people every month. That means the southwest corner of Del Mar FACEBOOK’S PATH dIn surge in 2017 for Zimbabwe, that 40% of Earth’s population (7.8 Heights Road and El Camino Real in TO SOCIAL NETWORK Ethiopia, Kenya, and Cameroon). billion in December 2020) uses Face- San Diego. Ware Malcomb provided DOMINATION book-owned social media. master planning and architectural (2008-2020) By the beginning of 2020, Face- design services for the retail project book was measured as the leading The question now is if Facebook’s component. By Kellie Woodhouse | SDSU social network site in 151 out of 167 domination will grow further, or if measured countries, or over 90%. it’ll begin to subside. Located in the Del Mar Heights Facebook’s Path to Global Social China and Russia Resist community, One Paseo is a mixed- Network Domination Facebook’s Pull With increasing scrutiny of tech use master-planned project incorpo- giants, the company is facing massive rating office, residential and retail From just a few thousand users in The social giant’s growth, however, antitrust lawsuits in the U.S. by fed- space. In addition to providing 2004 to 2.7 billion monthly active didn’t come without resistance. eral and state authorities, and other master planning services for the users (MAUs) in 2020, Facebook is by countries are stepping up potential project, Ware Malcomb designed the far the world’s largest social network. China’s most popular social regulation as well. At the same time, 12 single-story restaurant and high- networking website has been Ten- Facebook is struggling to reach end retail buildings totaling approx- But its massive global footprint cent’s Qzone since the mid-2000s. younger audiences in developed imately 96,000 square feet located didn’t grow overnight. While Face- WeChat—a popular all-in-one mes- countries, which have increasingly within the new development. Ware book is the most popular social net- saging platform—does not techni- turned to Snap and TikTok instead Malcomb has completed additional work in many countries, this traction cally qualify for the above map as a for social media. tenant improvement projects within didn’t happen overnight. And in “social networking website”, but the One Paseo including The Butchery other places, it still hasn’t quite taken app now has more than 1.2 billion Did 2020 mark the height of Face- and ColorCounter as well as Archi- off. MAUs. Facebook had attempted to book’s global empire, or is it just an- tect of Record services for Pigment gain ground in the country but was other milestone on the path towards and Alcheme. To see Facebook’s path to domi- banned in 2009. further domination? nation, we mapped each country’s Additional amenities incorporated most popular social network from Similarly in Iran, Facebook was To view the interactive map, within the retail landscape design 2008-2020. The data was tabulated also blocked first in 2009 and then visit https://www.visualcapitalist. include a children’s play area with a by Vincenzo Cosenza at Vincos.it by intermittently since. Instead, Iran’s com/map-facebook-path-social-net- climbing art log, a relaxing fire pit examining annual traffic data from most popular social networks have work-domination/ area, community workout area and a Alexa and SimilarWeb. been Persian sites Cloob and Fa- lawn area for events adjacent to the Facebook Grows From the Ameri- cenama between 2009-2016. Face- CARLSBAD AUTHOR residences and offices. The restau- cas to Southeast Asia book did manage to capture the #1 RELEASES HIGHLY rants in One Paseo feature a mix of spot briefly in 2011, but since then, ANTICIPATED BOOK first-to-market locations like Blue What famously started as Mark they’ve been displaced by Face- ON AMAZON AND Bottle and locally owned Parakeet Zuckerberg’s late-night intoxicated book-owned Instagram. GOOGLE PLAY Cafe with outdoor dining and plazas. project called Facemash—a “hot or not” type website for students at The other countries that Facebook “Don’t wait for your daughters to Ware Malcomb also designed a Harvard University—soon evolved has had trouble capturing, despite come to you with questions about three-level parking structure accom- into the world’s predominant social not being blocked, are Russia and puberty because that day may never modating 548 parking stalls with a network. many former Soviet republics. There, come,” states Carlsbad’s Toyna Chin, top level shade structure. social network dominance has author of the newly released book Before 2008, the social network switched regularly between the net- “The Big P: A Girl's Journey Through PORT WELCOMES landscape was populated by social works VKontakte and Odnoklassniki, Puberty.” SANDY NARANJO network pioneers such as Myspace both owned by Mail.ru, a Russian AS NEW PORT and Hi5. Google’s Orkut was the internet giant. This is the author’s second book COMMISSIONER most popular network in Brazil and Facebook’s Monopoly Over Mobile in a five-part series focusing on the India, and Friendster found a foot- Social Networks changes a girl’s body will go through The Port of San Diego welcomes hold in Southeast Asia. as she grows. “Ideally, as a parent, Sandy Naranjo as the newest com- As big of a footprint as Facebook you’ve already begun having conver- missioner to represent National City. But the Facebook wave came in has on social networking, the tech gi- sations with your daughter about the On Jan. 3, Naranjo was sworn in at a earnest. By 2009, the social media ant’s reach is magnified when factor- changes she will go through as she virtual ceremony by her sister, Susan giant took the title of most popular ing in mobile apps that it also owns. matures. Before girls hit puberty they Naranjo, who was deputized by Port network for the bulk of the Ameri- are already begun asking questions Clerk Donna Morales to administer cas, Europe, South Asia, and Oceania, In 2020, the company saw 1.3 about their bodies and this is the the oath of office. with Orkut in Brazil being the sole billion MAUs on Facebook’s Mes- perfect opportunity to start those holdout until 2011. senger app, 2 billion MAUs on the conversations, have healthy dialogues Naranjo, a South Bay native, is a world’s most popular messaging app and build trust,” says Chin. political economist, environmental The story was similar in Africa, WhatsApp, and just under 1.2 billion justice advocate, labor advocate, and as increasing internet traffic data MAUs on photo sharing network For additional information, visit community organizer who has been pointed to Facebook dominating the Instagram. www.toynachin.com involved in numerous regional and social network landscape across the statewide boards and commissions. By Facebook’s own estimates in its CONSTRUCTION Q3 2020 reporting, its core products COMPLETED ON ONE are used by more than 3.2 billion PASEO IN SAN DIEGO Design firm Ware Malcomb announced that construction is complete on One Paseo located on Local News > LocalUmbrellaNews.com /LocalUmbrellaMedia @LocalUmbrellaMedia Advertise? [email protected]
Stay Safe, Friends! VOL. 6 ISSUE 1 25 newsbriefs In 2019, she was appointed by Na- Austin on March 18, with an increase the bank across the state, including mation solutions for government tional City Mayor Alejandra Sote- to three daily departures on May 20. direct oversight of its commercial agencies. Cognitive Medical Systems lo-Solis to the Sweetwater Authority Daily, nonstop service between San banking division. helps large public and private or- Citizen Advisory Committee, select- Diego and New York JFK starts on ganizations make the most of their ed for the AB 617 steering committee April 4. David E. Blackford will transition comprehensive healthcare IT invest- to advise the San Diego Air Pollution from his role as prior CEO to exec- ments. Control District, and selected by “Southern California is an integral utive chairman, with continuing Commissioner Patty Monahan for part of Alaska’s network and contin- responsibility for the bank’s commer- “The formation of CivitasDX is a the California Energy Commission’s ues to offer valuable opportunities cial real estate portfolio. purpose-driven, strategic move by Advisory Committee for the Clean for selective expansion,” said Brett both organizations,” said Robert Transportation Program Investment Catlin, Alaska Airlines vice president Ellingsen began his impressive Rasmussen, co-founder and CEO Plan. of network and alliances. career trajectory at CB&T in a four- of Agile Six, who will also serve as month temporary role as a junior CivitasDX’s managing director. “This She was most recently the Califor- ANTARCTIC ICE accountant that led to a permanent joint venture combines our compa- nia organizing manager for Mothers PIEDMONT NAMED position within the company. From nies’ collective expertise to help a Out Front, a national climate justice FOR SCRIPPS there, this led to more senior roles wide array of federal, state, and local organization, and the National City SCIENTIST handling risk management, regulato- government organizations better Land Use Policy Advocate for the ry compliance, international banking serve their constituents. We will do Environmental Health Coalition. Scripps Institution of Oceanog- and asset/liability management. so through a robust and modern, yet Prior to her work with the environ- raphy glaciologist Helen Amanda practical and responsive, approach to mental non-profits, she was with the Fricker is being honored by the UK In 2012, he was promoted to CFO technology development. Together San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Antarctic Place-Names Committee where he was responsible for the we will maximize project outcomes.” Council and the United Food and with an Antarctic ice piedmont in overall financial management of the Commercial Workers. her name. The Fricker Ice Piedmont company and then in 2016, rose to CRISTIANO AMON is located on the eastern side of the position of president and COO. TAKING TOP SPOT AT Naranjo earned three bachelor's Adelaide Island, a mainly ice-covered In this role, he oversaw business and QUALCOMM degrees in political science, econom- island off the west coast of the Ant- branch banking, SBA lending, private ics, and political economy with a mi- arctic Peninsula. banking, corporate services, and the Qualcomm’s Board of Directors nor in women’s studies at California bank’s finance and planning func- unanimously selected company Presi- State University, San Bernardino. The pioneering scientist is being tions. dent Cristiano Amon to take over recognized for her work using satel- the CEO position from Steve Mollen- GENERAL ATOMICS lites, including NASA’s ICESat-2, to SAN DIEGO kopf effective June 30, the company SELECTED study the evolution of ice sheets in COMMUNITY announced. FOR SKYBORG Antarctica and Greenland. COLLEGE DISTRICT’S VANGUARD ANNUAL ECONOMIC Amon started working at Qual- PROGRAM Antarctic place-names honor IMPACT $4.1 BILLION comm in 1995. Mollenkopf has been British individuals who've made with the company for 26 years and General Atomics Aeronautical exceptional contributions to advanc- The San Diego Community College has served as CEO since March 2014. SystemsInc. (GA-ASI) has been ing science in the polar regions. This District (SDCCD) annually generates The company said in a press release selected by the Air Force Life Cycle year, 28 polar scientists were honored $4.1 billion in economic activity, ac- that Mollenkopf will stay on “as a Management Center to support the as part of a larger celebration to cording to the latest report from a la- strategic advisor for a period of time.” Skyborg Vanguard Program. Skyborg mark the 200th anniversary of the bor market analytics firm that lauds will become the foundation of Arti- discovery of Antarctica. the SDCCD for playing a pivotal role Amon became company president ficial Intelligence/Machine Learning in reducing economic inequities. in January 2018. He has overseen autonomous capabilities for a family Fricker is the co-leader of the the company’s successful and rapid of future USAF unmanned combat Scripps Polar Center. According to Idaho-based Emsi, the expansion into the RF front-end aerial vehicles. $4.1 billion generated by the SDCCD space as well as continuing growth in CALIFORNIA BANK is enough to support nearly 42,000 connectivity and networking. GA-ASI will modify two of its & TRUST PROMOTES jobs, or 1 out of every 52 jobs in the company-owned Avenger Remotely ERIC ELLINGSEN region. He said in a statement: “We have Piloted Aircraft with upgraded da- been at the forefront of innovation talinks and the core Skyborg System California Bank & Trustannounced Among other highlights of the for decades and I look forward to Design Agent software, as well as the promotion of Eric Ellingsen, a report: maintaining this position going other payloads. These Avengers will banking industry leader and com- forward. In addition to driving the then be used as part of various exper- pany veteran of over 20 years, from • 98 percent of SDCCD students re- expansion of 5G into mainstream de- imentation events in 2021 and 2022, president and COO to CEO, effective main in the region after graduation vices and beyond mobile, Qualcomm which will enable manned aircraft to immediately. Ellingsen will continue and their impact alone amounted to is set to play a key role in the digital control Avengers while in flight and his role as president with new leader- $3.5 billion in added income in fiscal transformation of numerous indus- relay specific information between ship responsibilities as CEO. He will year 2019-20. tries as our technologies become the manned and unmanned air- continue to oversee the growth of essential to connecting everything to craft. Flights will be conducted from • Students will see a return of $6.20 the cloud.” GA-ASI flight centers in Southern in higher future earnings for every $1 California.ments. they invest in their education. ALASKA AIRLINES • For every dollar of public money ADDS TWO NEW invested in the SDCCD, taxpayers ROUTES FROM will receive $1.40 in return over the SOUTHERN course of students’ working lives. CALIFORNIA AGILE SIX AND Alaska Airlines announced two COGNITIVE MEDICAL new routes from its key hubs in San SYSTEMS LAUNCH Diego and Los Anfgeles that will JOINT VENTURE begin flying this spring. The airline will launch daily, nonstop service Two San Diego-based veter- between Los Angeles (LAX) and an-owned firms -- Agile Six and Cognitive Medical Systems -- an- nounced the launch of CivitasDX, a joint venture to help federal, state and local government organizations better serve their constituents. 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26 VOL. 6 ISSUE 1 Happy New Year, San Diego! GEORGEANNE IRVINE DIRECTOR OF PUBLISHING AND AUTHOR, SAN DIEGO ZOO GLOBAL When San Diego native Mosi Musa the vervet monkey, or the most? of them is heartwarming—they were Georgeanne “George” Irvine was a Moka the tiger, I feel they will be All of the stories inspire me for always at each other’s side through child, she slept with a dozen stuffed inspired to care about that individual their challenges. animals on her bed— a lion, two animal, its species, and wildlife in different reasons. Friendship and Do your young readers ever write teddy bears, a tiger, a monkey, an ele- general. What I didn’t realize until I miracles are themes that particularly to share their thoughts about your phant, and more. It was most certain- received feedback from teachers and move me, though, so the Ruuxa & books? ly indicative of what was to come: a parents is that the books also teach Raina book holds a special place in lifelong career at the San Diego Zoo children life lessons, such as the im- my heart. Ruuxa is a cheetah, who I receive feedback and photos from as a spokesperson and champion for portance of friendship, believing in had crooked legs as a cub and wasn’t children as well as their parents. wildlife and conservation as well as their dreams, and never giving up. supposed to be able to run, even Many write to me about Karen’s an award-winning author of chil- How do you decide which animals with surgery. But no one told him Heart, which is the story of a baby dren’s books about animals. will have their stories told? that and he ran anyway—and as an orangutan at the Zoo who survived The most important thing about adult at the Safari Park, he is now open heart surgery. I receive many George has devoted more than 40 any animal featured in these running 70 miles per hour. Raina, comments similar to this one, which years of her colorful career to the San books is that we are able to docu- Ruuxa’s Rhodesian ridgeback com- touched my heart. “I just have to tell Diego Zoo and Safari Park. She is the ment every aspect of its story with panion, was diagnosed with terminal you how much my daughter and I director of corporate publishing and photographs because the books cancer but survived against all odds. have enjoyed your book, “Karen’s an author, but has also worked in the are illustrated with photos. I keep And the friendship between the two public relations/marketing and devel- in close contact with our wildlife opment divisions of the organization. care and behavior staff and if they come across an animal that might We had a chance to sit down with be a good story, we start follow- George and talk to her about her ing that animal’s life by shooting wild life and career! photos. I’m currently working on Staying with one employer a book about Omeo, a koala joey, throughout your career is unusu- who lost his mother to cancer be- al these days. What has kept you fore he was even out of the pouch. there? In the beginning we didn’t even know whether he would survive When I started at the San Diego but we started shooting photos Zoo as a public relations assistant in anyway. Because of his resilience March 1978, I thought I would stay and the dedication of our wild- with the organization for a few years life care specialists—and the fact and then move onward and upward. that we have documented Omeo’s After a few weeks on the job, I real- entire life with photos—his story ized that working for the Zoo was will become a future Hope and not only fun, exciting, and fascinat- Inspiration book. ing but also meaningful. I quickly Which animal stories inspire you learned that wildlife and their hab- itats are in danger of disappearing and I could help make a difference in their future by becoming a voice for the animals and a champion for wild- life conservation. Plus I got to work with extraordinary colleagues and I fell in love with the animals. I never wanted to go anywhere else. How did the idea for the publish- ing division for the zoo come to be? Our now-retired CEO Doug Myers has always loved books and storytell- ing, and in late 2016 at the end of our Centennial celebration, he decided to act on a dream he had been consider- ing for several years: to create a book publishing division for the Zoo. The book industry was having a growth spurt and Doug thought that by telling our stories through books, we could inspire children and adults to care about wildlife and become in- volved in efforts to protect and save Earth’s precious animals and their habitats. Are there any central themes you like to explore in your books for children? I write our non-fiction Hope and Inspiration books, which feature stories about real animals that have overcome challenges in their lives. If children can connect with a specific animal, such as Floyd the flamingo, Local News > LocalUmbrellaNews.com /LocalUmbrellaMedia @LocalUmbrellaMedia Advertise? [email protected]
Stay Safe, Friends! VOL. 6 ISSUE 1 27 Heart.” I bought her the book and Yuan Yuan, two giant pandas from just gotten yourself killed!” My next backed away from the elephant. plush last week and we’ve read it China’s Fuzhou Zoo, visited the San thought was “Well, if you’re going to When I realized I wasn’t going to every night!!! My daughter has had Diego Zoo in 1987-88. I became very die, you may as well take photos.” In two open heart surgeries. She was close friends with their caretakers those split seconds I even wondered die at that moment, I called out to an infant when the surgeries were and visited them in China several if they would be able to retrieve my my friends in another canoe, “Did performed but she is aware she times. I also got to meet Basi up- had them. Your book has given my close and pose with her for a photo. camera from the river. Plus I hoped you get any photos of that?” They daughter a perspective of her surger- What are you looking forward to that my film wouldn’t be ruined so were so scared—and worried about ies that I have had difficulty explain- in the next few years at the zoo? they could develop it because I knew how they were going to tell my ing to her.” my photos would be spectacular! mother what happened to me—that I’m very excited about the opening they couldn’t remember. A month One grandmother sent me a of our new Sanford Children’s Zoo The elephant stopped a couple later, one of my friends developed detailed story about her newborn as well as our new hummingbird yards from us, shook his head and his film and realized he had shot one grandson, who had a heart attack aviary later this year. I’m also fol- splashed water at us. I was a clearly photo as we were backing away from when he was 10 weeks old. Thankful- lowing at least a half dozen animals shaken as was the guide, and when the elephant and already 25 feet ly, the boy survived after several open and can’t wait to write books about I looked back at him, he nervously away. heart surgeries and is now in grade them. Included in the wildlife roster said, “It’s OK. I don’t think he will school. The grandma explained how are Xanan, a California condor that come any closer.” And then we slowly meaningful the Karen book is to her we photographed from the time she “miracle grandson.” hatched out of her egg to her recent 2 KEYNOTES | 20 BREAKOUTS You’ve provided tours for many return to the wild and Tornero, a NETWORKING | EXHIBITS celebrities. Whose off-stage person- precious two-toed sloth, who is an ality surprised you the most? animal ambassador. San Diego What are your hobbies and pas- I especially loved taking Julie An- sions? Business drews and her family around the Zoo Summit because I’m a huge fan of Julie as Besides my family, friends, and well as Mary Poppins and The Sound three Boston terriers, I am passion- Engaging Business Minds to Achieve Success of Music. As I shared fun Zoo stories ate about photographing wildlife with them, Julie kept saying, “Damn, in their natural habitats, traveling January 28, 2021 | 8 am - 4 pm that’s a great idea for a TV show,” to to Earth’s wildest places such as the her husband, Blake Edwards, who jungles of Borneo and the forests of FEATURING later produced a short-lived show India, storytelling, and Broadway about a TV show host (Julie) who musicals! I love going to New York, Creating an Entrepreneurial Workplace® quits and moves to Iowa where she where I will see seven shows in five marries a veterinarian. A highlight days. I’m also passionate about the Michael Levin of the day was when we visited our San Diego Zoo and Safari Park, our President new rhino, who had just arrived animals, and the work we are doing from Sumatra and liked to wallow in to save and protect wildlife. Custom Solutions Inc. the mud. As we stood in front of the What is your most exciting travel rhino habitat, Julie said, in her lovely adventure? PANEL TOPICS ON: • Professional Development British accent, “Why, I know a song • Technology about a rhino. As a matter of fact, it’s It was during my first trip to Africa • Strategy & Planning • The Customer Experience about a rhino who likes to wallow in in 1989 on a month-long expedition • Marketing & Communications the mud. As a matter of fact it goes to Kenya, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and • Human Resources like this!” And there in the middle of Rwanda with friends. Every day was the Zoo, Julie Andrews sang me the incredible but our three-day canoe SDBusinessSummit.com | (858) 487-1767 song about the rhino. I felt like I was adventure down the Zambezi River in the middle of one of her movies! tops my all-time “most exciting” list. $10 Off Tickets with code “lum20” It was truly exhilarating! Everything that could happen did What have been some of your happen: We had to hide in the reeds career highlights? from poachers, who came after us after our guide yelled at them. One I feel like a kid in a candy shop of our canoes ran into a crocodile. I because I’ve had so many incredible had to hunker down in a wilderness opportunities throughout my career. bathroom to wait for hyenas to pass My Zoo job has enabled me to travel by before walking back to my tent. the world—from leading tours to the We were confronted by angry hippos wilds of India, Australia, and China and at one point, my canoe got stuck as well as several African countries to on a submerged tree trunk, nearly lecturing on two around-the-world dumping my friends and me into a private jet expeditions to traveling to river teeming with crocodiles. We Indonesia to help bring a critically were also left by ourselves on a dirt endangered Sumatran rhinoceros airstrip (with no protection), wait- back to the United States. I loved ing a few hours for a small plane to accompanying our goodwill ambas- pick us up to take us back to a small sador Joan Embery to the different town. talk shows, including to the Tonight Show when Johnny Carson reigned. But, the most hair-raising thing For some of the shows, we stayed happened when I was canoeing with in hotel rooms with animals—I’ve our guide. I sat in the front of the ca- bunked with lots of animals, includ- noe so I could take photos as we fol- ing a harbor seal, baby tiger, emu, lowed four young bull elephants that clouded leopard, kangaroo, and were slowly walking along the shore tarantula. Another major highlight in the reeds, grazing on water plants. was becoming personal friends with When they stopped, we stopped to two great and beloved women who watch them making sure we kept a were also mentors to me: Dr. Jane safe distance from them. Suddenly, Goodall and the late Shari Lewis one of the elephants charged us! He (Lamb Chop’s mom). And, one of the ran straight toward me—I was clos- most exciting 200 days of my public est to him! 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28 VOL. 6 ISSUE 1 Happy New Year, San Diego! JANUARY 2020 BY BART MENDOZA © MUSICSCENESD // MUSICSCENESD.COM Gregory Page One Hell Of A Memory Singer-songwriter Gregory Page’s proud of the work put in to making most recent album, One Hell Of A this recording. “The engineers, Robbie Memory, is the latest in a string of Robinson and Jeff Berkley labored aural gems that mix acoustic guitar over each special microphone, it’s based tunes with earworm melodies. placement on the instrument,” he said. Under normal circumstances Page “Whether it be a Mandocello from would be in the midst of a year of 1905 played by Steve Peavy or a set promotional appearances and globe of Uillieann Pipes played by Eric Rigler, trotting to promote it, however the each instrument, with its unique tone, past twelve months have been any- requires much thought and a strategy thing but normal. Several proposed to record. For me the recording is the tours to date have been cancelled, but icing on the cake in the creation of the there are still hopes Page can make it songs.” to Europe before summer. Asked to cite a favorite from his vast Page arrived in San Diego from En- said. catalog of tunes, Page is quick to gland in 1976 and began performing name “Ballad Of Bridget Healy” from music soon after. “I am a local musi- Plans are underway for a tour there the new album. “It’s one of my most cian here in this city, I play all sorts of later this year to promote the new recent songs. I had been trying for gigs around town which keep me busy album. “My label in Holland, V2 ages to write a song about my Irish and inspired,” he said. “But I’m also Records, whom I’ve released seven Grandmother Bridget Healy who grew an international Artist representing albums with, is hopeful I will be there up in Dublin during the 1916 Easter San Diego when I’m on stage at The in the Spring,” Page said. “In this Rising. I lived with my granny and she Paradiso in Amsterdam or perform- new found reality I am optimistic that would tell stories of what that war was ing at the Woodford Folk Festival in touring will resume (then) for me. I am like for her and her family,” he said. Australia.” already a mild germaphobe, so not much is different other than wearing While being a musician seems to get Page’s music is popular the world a mask, which I’m ok with. For me, it harder by the day, Page’s motivation over, but seems to have special depends on the timing of the vaccine. remains strong. “There are many ex- resonance in the Netherlands, where I will be standing in line with Personal traordinary adventures yet to experi- his concerts are sold out events. He Trainers and Hairstylists to get the jab ence,” he remarked. Page considers credits a fellow musician for help with in the arm.” his guitar a traveling companion. his breakthrough there. “The Dutch “What keeps me going is always the people and I have a fondness and Page notes One Hell Of A Memory, hope that I travel more and expe- appreciation for nostalgia and histo- is meant to be more than a collection rience cultures and places beyond ry,” he remarked. “Fifteen years ago of tunes. “I don’t write songs I write my backyard,” he continued “Travel I released an album, Love Made Me albums,” he said good naturedly. “In a is one of the most important ways to Drunk, on AJ Croce’s record com- world of singles and compilations the find empathy and understanding with pany. It was a collection of original art of deep listening to an album from my fellow humans. Music for me is my songs I wrote while I lived in Paris with start to finish is becoming lost.” He’s language.” my family. It’s drenched in nostalgia. AJ sent the album to a Dutch radio www.gregorypage.com program and the rest is history,” Page Local News > LocalUmbrellaNews.com /LocalUmbrellaMedia @LocalUmbrellaMedia Advertise? [email protected]
Stay Safe, Friends! VOL. 6 ISSUE 1 29 Lis Viegas meetings with great intention and together ing and performing is what I live for as an artist we co-designed an innovative sound, what is so I always prioritize those opportunities. With Cymbal of SucCess known as the ‘Glow Series’. I am so proud of the shutdown, I’ve learned to DJ, edit videos, how these cymbals turned out, they are abso- and produce music which I hope to release lutely stunning!” sometime in 2021.” She notes the difficulty uncertainty adds to each project. “Each day is Viegas is hopeful she’ll be able to resume different during this unique shift and at times it’s touring later this year, but in the meantime is extremely hard to find the inspiration to create proceeding full speed on new projects. “Tour- when we have no idea when we will be able to For a musician there is no doubt that the high- play an in person concert again.” For her part est honor is to have a signature instrument. Viegas remains positive about making music. Most often the domain of guitarists, the most “I just allow each day to ride out as it wants to,” recent area musician to partner with a manu- she said. “I’ll take the inspiration when it comes facturer is drummer / percussionist Lis Viegas, and try not to force creating music when the who co-designed a series of cymbals called drive isn’t quite there. If that’s the case, I’ll focus “Glow,” for Red Cymbals, based in Australia on something else and revisit music at a time when the creation path and energy is more Viegas has toured internationally, performing clear.” with a long list of performers from Vokab Kom- pany to Balkan Bump, but the initial contact with www.redcymbals.com www.lisonthedrums.com Dylan Redman, the owner of Red Cymbals, was via a random post on social media. “Sometime in 2019, Dylan commented on one of my out- door drum videos at Sunset Cliffs and I started checking out their videos about their marvelous sounding cymbals,” Viegas said. The pair met in person at the NAMM Show 2020, with Viegas joining the Red Artist family soon after. Viegas is happy with the amount of input she had into the cymbals design. “I researched sounds, mate- rials and vibe that matched my playing and a sound that wasn’t quite out there already,” she said. “Dylan and I nerded out over a few zoom Be Mine Phantom Valentine End State Be Mine Phantom Valentine release their debut album, End State, this month. Co-produced and mixed by James Doviak, guitarist and keyboard player in British music legend Johnny Marr’s Band, “guitars are a main element of the album but there are some tracks that are predominantly synths,” said guitarist Dean Primicias. The chance to work with Doviak came through an initial meeting as an audience member. “It was one of those shows, during Johnny Marr’s Call The Comet tour, in Los Angeles,” Primicias recalled. “My brother, Wes, and I didn’t have a ticket so we went up early in hopes to get overflow tickets at the box office. We ended up meet- ing Johnny and I also struck up a nice conversation with James. I later had a chance to meet up again with James when they played the House of Blues in San Diego. This time I spent more time ask- ing him questions in preparation to record this album. I don’t think he knew what I was up to at the time, but he was very encouraging and shared some valuable information.” The album’s first single is “I Never Dream.” beminephantomvalentine.bandcamp.com Local News > LocalUmbrellaNews.com /LocalUmbrellaMedia @LocalUmbrellaMedia Advertise? [email protected]
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