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N ewport Beach City Coun-cil members broke groundTuesday on what will bethe site of the city’s new FireStation No. 2 — a plan that hasbeen on Newport Beach’s wishlist for several years.

The new structure on the cor-ner of 28th Street and NewportBoulevard will replace the LidoFire Station No. 2 on 32nd Street— built in 1953 — which cityofficials determined in 2014 had“exceeded its useful life,” accord-ing to a Nov. 10 staff report.

Instead of demolishing thecurrent station and building anew structure on site, the citypurchased a 17,693-square-footproperty at 2807 Newport Boule-vard in Jan. 2018 and decided tokeep the Lido Station operable in

the interim.The former site of a McDon-

ald’s restaurant, the new locationis larger and will provide betteraccess to more residential areasthan the old station, fire officialssaid in a presentation to the city.

Council members in Novem-ber accepted a $6,289,000 bid forthe work from Rialto-basedRobert Clapper ConstructionServices, Inc., eventually signinga not-to-exceed contract of $10million.

Having recently issued a noticeto proceed to the contractor,work is anticipated to begin soonafter Tuesday’s ceremony. Cityofficials are estimating the newstation could be up and runningby spring 2022.

— Daily Pilot Staff

N.B. officials break groundon new Fire Station No. 2

Raul Roa | Staff Photographer

MEMBERS OF the Newport Beach City Council, from left, Noah Blom, Diane B. Dixon, Will O’Neill and JoyBrenner, break ground on construction of Fire Station No. 2 at 2807 Newport Blvd. in Newport Beach Tuesday.

Noting California is “turning acritical corner” in its battleagainst the coronavirus as re-gional ICU capacities recoverfrom recent critical levels, statehealth officials on Monday lifted astay-at-home order for SouthernCalifornia, including OrangeCounty.

In effect since Dec. 7, the orderrestricted business operations,limiting customer capacity andforcing partial or full closures insome sectors, including restau-rants and personal care services.

Orange County restaurants arenow allowed to return to offeringoutdoor dining, while hair andnail salons can reopen after a 50-day closure.

Susie Smith, owner of Hunt-ington Beach hair salon MakinWaves, wasted no time bringingthe business back online. Hear-ing late Sunday night personalcare services could reopen, shehad the shop up and running bynoon Monday.

“There’s a huge sense of relief,”said Smith, describing the past 10months of the pandemic as ananxiety-provoking roller coasterride.

“It’s disheartening to thinkeverything you’ve put your wholelife into, to build a successful andcomfortable life, could just betaken away overnight, with nosolutions, no answers and notimeline,” she continued. “It’swreaking havoc on us, becausewe feel like we don’t know what’snext.”

Makin Waves, a downtown fix-ture since 1997, has been rela-tively lucky. A devoted clienteleand some money in savings havemade all the difference. By Tues-day, a stream of regulars andwalk-ins were booking appoint-ments for socially distanced cutsand colors.

“The amount of support we’vebeen getting from our clientelehas been amazing,” said Smith’sson, James Coelho, who works atthe shop. “Now we can open ourdoors again — it’s huge. I’mfreakin’ excited to get back to it.We’ve missed our customers.”

A statewide curfew that askedresidents to limit their move-ments between 10 p.m. and 5a.m. to further halt the spread ofthe virus was also lifted Monday.Gov. Gavin Newsom credited astatewide decline in new co-ronavirus infections and hospi-talizations for the change.

Monday’s announcement is asmall ray of hope for MichaelByrne, co-owner of the LagunaBeach bar the Saloon and ownerof Roux Creole Cuisine. After a se-

‘Relief’as O.C.salons,eateriesreopenBusinesses hamperedby stay-at-home ordersconnected to pandemicwelcome customers asstate reverses course.BY SARA CARDINE

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The first good news for highschool sports in some time cameon Monday with the announce-ment that the regional stay-at-home order due to the co-ronavirus pandemic was no long-er in effect.

A consequence of that sawcounties return to their respec-tive tiers in the state’s reopeningguidelines, opening the door forsome high school sports to begin.

Orange County and the entireCIF Southern Section begin thisnew dawn in the “purple” tier,under which cross-country is theonly fall sport in the section that

would be allowed to compete atthis time.

“I know that the State CIF andthe Southern Section have beenincredibly committed to provid-ing as close to as many contestsas possible for as many student-athletes as possible, just becauseit is such a huge role in the socialand emotional education of highschool students,” HuntingtonBeach Union High School Districtathletic director James Perry said.

“It’s been very obvious that thebiggest and best advocates forthis have been our student-ath-letes. They have been incrediblydedicated to the protocols.They’ve been incredibly account-

able to each other because theydon’t want to lose any more ofwhat has already been lost.”

The decision now falls to localschool districts, following theguidance of health officials, onwhen their schools can return tocompetition against otherschools.

Huntington Beach Union HighSchool District has plans in placefor its six schools — Edison,Fountain Valley, HuntingtonBeach, Marina, Ocean View andWestminster — to competeagainst each other if schools inleagues in which it has represen-tation are unable to participate.

“We’ve made plans to, if we

need to, our six schools will com-pete against each other, and if theothers can figure out a way, thenwe’ve created some wiggle roomin the schedules for them tocome in,” Perry said.

“We hope they’re in. We hopetheir kids get a chance to partici-pate, and we’ve got obviously aplan for that to happen witheverybody back and doing whatwe do, but if not, we’ve got plansto take care of our six schools.”

Last week, the CIF canceled itspostseason for fall sports, a deci-sion that was made in an effort toopen more time for sports that

Return to ‘purple’ opens door for cross-countryBYANDREWTURNER

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Orange Coast College women’s basketballcoach Samantha Doucette said Mondaynight she reckoned she would not spendmuch time on social media the following day.

The one-year anniversary of the helicoptercrash that took the lives of Kobe Bryant, hisdaughter, Gianna, and seven others arrivedon Tuesday.

Bryant, a Los Angeles Lakers great and aNewport Beach resident, has been celebratedin numerous ways — from murals and mem-orabilia collections to Orange County declar-ing Aug. 24 to be “Kobe Bryant Day” in recog-nition of the Nos. 8 and 24 he wore during hisplaying career.

Doucette has coped with the tragedy by re-

membering those who were lost on her ownterms, when she chooses to as opposed towhen a reminder comes up unexpectedly.

“I guess you could say I’m a Kobe fanatic,even more now than I was before,” saidDoucette, who was a three-time NAIA All-American while playing for the VanguardUniversity women’s basketball team. “I’mbuying all of his books, any magazine that[his face is] on. That’s how I feel close to thatshort time in my life, when I was able to learnfrom him and be a part of his life.”

Also lost in the fatal accident were OrangeCoast College baseball coach John Altobelli,his wife, Keri, and daughter, Alyssa; Sarah andPayton Chester, a mother and daughter from

Kevin Chang | Staff Photographer

A FAN READS the names of Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and the seven other victims that died in a helicoptercrash last year on a mural painted on the side of El Toro Bravo market in Costa Mesa on Tuesday.

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after...Orange County reflects

on death of Kobe Bryant,as Tuesday marked

the one-year anniversaryof the crash that killed

the Lakers legend,a Newport Beach resident,

and eight other people.Scott SmeltzerStaff Photographer

SISSY ANDCRAIG OBERLIN,John Altobelli’ssister andbrother-in-law,look at a memorialat home plate forthe Altobellifamily at theOrange CoastCollege baseballfield on Tuesday.

BYANDREWTURNER,MATT SZABO

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Frank Hood TraneOctober 14, 1931 - January 13, 2021

Frank was born in La Crosse Wisconsin in 1931 to Reubenand Helen Trane with older twin siblings, Jim and Betty.Frank’s grandfather had emigrated from Tromso, Norway in1864, and with Frank’s father incorporated the Trane Co. in1913.

Frank graduated Saint Paul’s School in Concord, NewHampshire in 1950. He was admitted to Stanford after hisJunior year of high school.

Frank attended Stanford School of Engineering andgraduated Cum Laude in 1953, receiving the honoraryengineering distinction of Tau Beta Pi. He attended StanfordGraduate School of Business and was class of 1955. He wasa member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. Frank finallyreceived a High School diploma from Saint Pauls’ in 1985,ending his High School dropout status!

Frank and his sweetheart, Allan Jean Farwell, were marriedin September 1951 while still at Stanford, and last yearcelebrated their 69th anniversary. Frank and Allan have threechildren, Marty Chapman (Dave), Cindy Christeson (Jon),and Byron (Frances). They had nine grandchildren, and 10great-grandchildren. Their granddaughter Amy was killed in atragic car accident in 2007.

Frank was on active duty in the Navy from 1955 through1958. He served as a Submarine Repair Officer in theCharleston Naval Shipyard. He was responsible for thealteration and repair work done on submarines while in theshipyard and subsequent test dives.He earned the permanentrank of Full Lieutenant and was in the process of attaining therank of Lieutenant Commander when he finished his service.Frank was a life member of the Naval Submarine League.

In 1958, the Tranes moved to La Crosse and Frank workedfor the Trane Company as a Manufacturing Engineer. Heeventually held the position of General Superintendent of theLa Crosse factories and became the U.S. Manager of BranchPlants. In 1966, Frank was awarded the honor of “KentuckyColonel” by the Kentucky governor for building a factory inLexington. Frank was on the Board of Directors for 24 years.The Trane Company was sold in 1984 to American Standard.

In 1963, the Tranes moved to Newport Beach, Californiawhere they continued to raise their family. Their children andgrandchildren live in the area and over the years Frank andAllan’s home on Newport Bay has been the frequent familygathering place. Frank had the pleasure of being “Bapa” tothe grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He kept them alllaughing.

Frank loved surfing 80 days a year and kept at it until hewas 85. He loved skiing and took the family to Snowmass45 Februarys in a row. He and Allan played golf at IronwoodCountry Club in Palm Desert where they had a home. Heenjoyed hiking the desert and surrounding mountains andbelonged to the Ironwood Hiking Club.

Frank and Allan liked cruising on small yachts all over theworld, mostly on their boat ‘Hallelujah.’ They enjoyed summercruising to Moonstone Cove on Catalina Island. They enjoyedfriendships at the Newport Harbor Yacht Club, the CruisingClub of America and the Santa Ana Country Club.

In 1965, Frank started a development company calledHoliday Shores and fully developed over 5500 lots on theArizona side of the Colorado River. In the late 1960’s Frankwas one of the founding trustees of Harbor Day School where12 members of the family have attended.

Frank was an active member of Saint James AnglicanChurch and served as treasurer and senior warden. Frankstudied the first 5 centuries of the Christian Church and lovedteaching the Great Reformation of the 16th Century from anAnglican perspective.

In 1990, Frank decided to devote his full time to churchwork. He was one of the founders of the American AnglicanCouncil, which helped form the Anglican Church in NorthAmerica, consisting now of more than 1000 parishes. Frankwas made an Honorary Lay Canon of the Church in 2013.

In 2013, without his knowledge, Frank’s desert Biblestudy group created and funded the Frank Trane Cross onthe Hill Endowment Scholarship Fund for King’s Schools inPalm Desert. Frank enjoyed corresponding with scholarshipwinners. One can still see the 30-foot lighted aluminum crossdesigned, built, and erected by Frank in 1996 to replace itsdamaged wooden predecessor high on a Palm Desert hill.

Frank will be remembered for his love of God and family,his generosity, his wisdom, his many athletic abilities, hishumor and his limericks. He could fix anything – electrical,mechanical and plumbing, be it in the house or on the boat,and his happy humming let us know where he was at all times.

Frank always said that his true legacy was his belovedwife Allan of 69 years and family. All 29 members of the fourgenerations of his family live within 10 miles of each otherand enjoy spending time together. Their shared Christianfaith continues to bond them together.

In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to St. JamesAnglican Church www.stjamesnb.org/give/ (949) 999-3900and King’s Schools https://www.kingsschools.net (760) 324-5464

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For answers to the crossword, see page A4.Newport Beach; Hunting-ton Beach resident andMamba Academy basket-ball coach Christina Mau-ser, and Ara Zobayan, thepilot for the ill-fated tripthat was headed for abasketball tournament atthe Mamba Sports Acade-my in Thousand Oaks.

Doucette, who said sheformerly coached twoteams in the Mamba SportsAcademy, described theaftermath of the tragedy as

world-stopping.“Not only was the entire

world on pause, but reallyeverything going on withinour teams because we justlost our leader, we lostsome of our players, andone of my players lost hermom,” Doucette said.

She said it had been likea dream when she didcoach at the Mamba SportsAcademy, interacting withBryant five days a week, notonly learning from him butbeing treated like a normalperson.

“He treated all of us likewe had known him for

years and we grew up to-gether,” Doucette said. “Ob-viously, him and I, we’re dif-ferent ages, but that’s howhe treated anyone that hewas close with was like youwere his friend and he re-membered little thingsabout your life.”

Kobe Bryant murals werea popular destination forthose wishing to celebratethe life of the Southern Cal-ifornia sports icon on Tues-day. At the mural of Kobeand Gianna located on thewall of El Toro Bravo mar-ket in Costa Mesa, morethan a dozen candles werelit in their memory.

Allie Ramirez, 30, ofSanta Ana, said watchingKobe and the Lakers was acommunal experience thatbrought people together.After leaving flowers at thesite, she recalled being withfellow fans outside StaplesCenter for Bryant’s lastgame.

“It was like a bunch ofLakers fans, and we actuallywent to a restaurant rightnext door,” Ramirez remi-nisced. “We were all watch-ing the game there, and itwas like we were inside theStaples Center. It was soamazing. It was one of thecoolest experiences I haveever had.”

Tyson Pruong, 32, ofSanta Ana, came with Ra-mirez, who also wore a shirtwith the Nos. 24, 8 and 2,

the last being the jerseynumber worn by Gianna.

“He was an amazingplayer on the court, amaz-ing person off the court,”Pruong said. “I’m not evena Lakers fan, but I idolizedhis game so much growingup.”

Ryan Radford, 35, ofCosta Mesa, said he grewup in Maryland, but he be-came a Lakers fan becauseof Bryant. After posing for apicture in front of the muralwith his dog, Radford saidthe reason for his visit tothe artwork was the same

as why he went to the Sta-ples Center on the day ofBryant’s death — to pay hisrespects.

“It was very melancholy,”Radford said, rememberingthe scene at Staples Center

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LEEWATANABE,whose brother Jourdan Watanabe died in 2009, looks at photos of theAltobelli family, killed in the crash that killed Kobe Bryant a year ago, at OCC on Tuesday.

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To access the bid documents and bid on thisproject, potential vendors and bidders must firstregister through the City’s PlanetBids portal at:https://www.planetbids.com/portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=45476.

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that day. “It was a sad sightto see. There was some oc-casional cheering involved.Obviously, people were outthere showing their re-spects, but it was quite ascene, man. It was over-whelming. A lot of emo-tional spectators.”

John Altobelli, who wonfour California CommunityCollege Athletic Assn. statechampionships in his 27years at the helm, was hon-ored as Orange Coast Col-lege shared a virtual memo-

rial video on YouTube.The 40-minute video fea-

tured remarks from Piratesclose to Altobelli, includinghis brother, sports informa-tion director Tony Altobelli,as well as head baseballcoach Nate Johnson. OCCAthletic Director JasonKehler, President AngelicaLoera Suarez and Dean ofKinesiology and AthleticsMichael Sutliff also gave re-marks.

Johnson was namedhead coach last July, shed-ding the interim title he wasgiven after John Altobelli’sdeath.

“I could tell stories all day

long,” Johnson said. “I defi-nitely miss those three[John, Keri and Alyssa Alto-belli]. It’s never easy to talkabout. I thank all of youguys for the support thatyou showed myself and thisteam through last year …Remember those that wereon the helicopter today.

“Make today count. Thatwas ‘Alto’s’ favorite saying,‘Make today the best day,’and I know he lived thatway. He instilled it in ourplayers. He talked con-stantly about that you ne-ver what’s going to happen… [but] make today a greatday, and make every day a

great day. Appreciate whatyou have, love your family,but more important, maketoday a great day.”

Tony Altobelli, a formerDaily Pilot sportswriter, puthis brother’s four statechampionship rings behindhim during his speech. Thefirst one, earned in 2009,came after one of the Pi-rates’ players, catcher Jour-dan Watanabe, died duringthe season.

“It’s wonderful that hismemory is never going tobe forgotten,” Tony Alto-belli said. “It’s painful, butyou have to get through it. Ihope this video helps other

people get through it, be-cause that’s what Johnwould want. John wouldsay, ‘Enough’s enough. Let’smove on and let’s love live,live life, hug each other andtell everyone we love eachother and share wonderfulstories and memories.’ Iknow that’s exactly whatwe’re going to do when weget back on campus again. Ican’t wait to spend the restof my career at OrangeCoast keeping John’s mem-ory alive and telling sto-ries.”

Altobelli closed out hisspeech with a quote fromnew President Joe Biden,

spoken at a COVID-19 me-morial the night before hisinauguration.

“To heal, we must re-member,” he said. “It’s hardsometimes to remember,but that’s how we heal.”

Christina Mauser’s hus-band Matt, a musician whois the lead singer of localband Tijuana Dogs, put ona concert with the PeteJacobs Big Band on Tuesdayevening. Proceeds from thefundraiser benefitted theChristina Mauser Founda-tion.

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ries of closures and reopen-ings, the restaurant hasbeen subsisting on carryoutorders and deliveries thatcan be handled in house.

Now, Byrne is makingplans to set up some tablesand chairs in an adjacentbank parking lot as soon asthe weather improves. Al-ready having cut staff fromnine people to three, Rouxis doing what it can to hangon.

“We’re a little place, andwe were down to nothing,”said Byrne, who has weath-ered the storm with thehelp of assistance programsoffered by the city of La-guna Beach. “We’re not in aplace to go out and buy alot of tables and things. Butwe’ll do it.”

This week’s easing of re-strictions marks a statewideshift away from peak hospi-talizations and new infec-tions seen since theThanksgiving holiday.

California’s 14-day aver-age testing positivity ratefell from 13.6% two weeksearlier to 9.4% on Sunday.COVID-19 hospitalizationrates also fell by 19.8% sinceJan. 11, while health officialssaw a 9.5% decrease in therate of COVID-19 patientsrequiring intensive care, ac-cording to reports.

In Southern California, a

region comprising OrangeCounty and 10 other juris-dictions, the four-weekprojected aggregated ICUcapacity jumped to 33.3%— above the 15% capacityrequired for stay-at-homeorders to be lifted.

Meanwhile, OrangeCounty health officials onTuesday reported 1,365 newcases of coronavirus and 64deaths, bringing the coun-tywide case count to225,983 and pushing the fa-tality rate to 2,768.

Area hospitals reportedtreating 1,677 residents forCOVID-19, 26% of whom —or 437 individuals — werebeing cared for in intensivecare units, the agency re-ported.

The county’s seven-dayaverage of new casesdropped from 67.1 per100,000 residents recordedon Monday to 46.6, accord-ing to Tuesday’s figures.

Another 13,849 tests werereported on Tuesday, bring-ing the cumulative numberto 2,587,867 and account-ing for a seven-day averagetesting positivity rate of12.9%, down from 16.7% re-ported Monday.

Here are the latest cumu-lative coronavirus casecounts and COVID-19deaths for select cities inOrange County:

• Santa Ana: 41,007 cases;499 deaths

• Anaheim: 37,874 cases;531 deaths

• Huntington Beach:9,216 cases; 132 deaths

• Costa Mesa: 7,884 cases;77 deaths

• Irvine: 8,943 cases; 42deaths

• Newport Beach: 3,208cases; 46 deaths

• Fountain Valley: 3,025cases; 43 deaths

• Laguna Beach: 706cases; fewer than fivedeaths

Here are the case countsby age group, followed bydeaths:

• 0 to 17: 22,859 cases;one death

• 18 to 24: 31,440 cases;five deaths

• 25 to 34: 45,609 cases;32 deaths

• 35 to 44: 35,485 cases;57 deaths

• 45 to 54: 36,350 cases;186 deaths

• 55 to 64: 28,261 cases;366 deaths

• 65 to 74: 14,035 cases;527 deaths

• 75 to 84: 7,031 cases;635 deaths

• 85 and older: 4,766cases; 959 deaths

Updated figures areposted daily at occovid19.ochealthinfo.com/coronavirus-in-oc. Information onthe COVID-19 vaccine inOrange County can befound at occovid19.ochealthinfo.com/covid-19-vaccine-resources.

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fell into the first season ofthe 2020-21 school year toschedule additional regularseason and league contests.

The last date of competi-tion for cross-country isnow Saturday, March 27. Allother impacted fall sportsare in the “orange” tier, theend dates for which are asfollows: eight-man football,April 3; football, April 17;

water polo and girls’ volley-ball, March 20.

Some leagues alreadyhave a schedule put to-gether while awaiting ap-proval for their schools tocompete. The Orange CoastLeague has dual meetsscheduled to take place onWednesday of each week,beginning Feb. 17.

Costa Mesa and Estanciaare part of the Orange CoastLeague. Both are in theNewport-Mesa UnifiedSchool District, as are Co-

rona del Mar and NewportHarbor, which reside in theSunset Conference.

“With the governor liftingthe stay at home order, wewill be following the [Cali-fornia Department of Pub-lic Health] guidelines,which allow for certain out-door, low-contact sports tobegin inter-team competi-tion,” district spokeswom-an Annette Franco said,adding that the districtwould be working withcoaches and athletics staffto determine details withhow and when to proceedwith the resumption of ath-letics.

Laguna Beach is also amember of the Sunset Con-ference. Laguna Beach Uni-fied School District officialssaid in a statement Tuesdaythat the high school’s cross-country team continues towork out under CDPHguidelines, and the districtis looking into beginningcompetition.

The Garden Grove Uni-fied School District, whichincludes Los Amigos, willbe discussing the return ofhigh school athletics withthe leagues that it is a partof.

“As news was receivedyesterday from the gover-nor about the regional stay-at-home order being lifted,the Garden Grove UnifiedSchool District will bemeeting with the threeleagues we belong to —Garden Grove League, Em-pire League and GoldenWest League — to discusscompetition for cross-county as well as youthsports guidelines,” districtspokeswoman Abby Broylessaid. “We are still in the‘purple’ tier as a county andremain in strength andconditioning in stable co-horts for all other sports.”

The CIF State office re-leased updated guidelinesfor all sports on Friday, Jan.22. For cross-country, theguidelines called for masksto be worn and social dis-tancing to be adhered to byall at a meet when they arenot in a race.

The finish line area is tobe modified to allow forphysical distancing, and afurther suggestion asks forconsideration to be givenfor courses to be no lessthan 6 feet wide at theirnarrowest point.

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