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BY LUKE MONEY, Healthcare agency reports a single-day high of 4,060 RONG-GONG LIN II cases on Sunday, as officials ask people to not gather. Orange County reported its BY LILLY NGUYEN show that adult bed capacity in highest daily number of co- intensive care units across the ronavirus cases over the weekend, Cases in Orange County have county are up to an unadjusted the latest record to fall amid the continued to push past previous 7.5%. most brutal barrage from a dis- records as county health officials The adjusted number of beds ease that is now infecting, hospi- plead with residents to refrain available is 0%. talizing and killing Californians at from gathering this Christmas This mirrors the rest of South- levels never seen before. and New Year’s. ern California, which the state de- The 4,606 new coronavirus in- On Sunday, the Orange County fines as Imperial, Inyo, Los Ange- fections announced Sunday shat- Health Care Agency reported les, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San tered the county’s previous one- 4,060 new daily cases, breaking Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis day high of 3,445, according to records set just last week. Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ven- data compiled by The Times. On Monday, the county health tura counties. The region bot- There have been 3,000-plus agency reported 3,753. Tuesday’s tomed out on Thursday. new daily cases logged county- numbers fell further to 2,233. Orange County is deploying wide only five times throughout Hospitalizations are now up to mobile field hospitals as the the entire pandemic — all since 1,806 with 390 patients currently county continues to respond to Dec. 13. Christina House | Los Angeles Times in intensive care units. an uptick in hospitalizations. Over the last week, Orange OVER THE last week, Orange County has seen roughly 693 new coronavirus Just two deaths were recorded, County officials said one such cases per100,000 residents, the14th-highest county rate in the state, both residents not currently living See Record, page A3 Times’ data show. Above: Triage tents are set up at UC Irvine Medical Center. in a care facility. Data on Tuesday See Orange, page A3 H.B. City Council members spar over mask usage

Mayor Pro Tem Tito Ortiz and Erik Peterson did not wear face coverings at Monday night’s meeting. BY MATT SZABO

Tempers flared at Monday night’s Huntington Beach City Council meeting, as a clear divide has been established on the dais on the issue of mask usage during the coronavirus pandemic. Mayor Pro Tem Tito Ortiz and City Councilman Dan Kalmick, each of whom were elected in No- vember, were at the heart of the dispute. Following a COVID-19 update by City Manager Oliver Chi and Huntington Beach Fire Depart- ment Chief Scott Blaine Ohigashi | Angels Baseball LP Haberle, Kalmick addressed the ANGELS BROADCASTER Victor Rojas, his wife and the couple’s two teenagers run Big Fly Gear, a boutique apparel company, out of their Texas home. council. He noted that two of the seven members, Ortiz and The voice of the Angels sells Erik Peterson, were not wearing Tito masks. Ortiz “We have to Dodgers championship T-shirts lead by exam- ple,” Kalmick said. “I’d just like to register my formal disappoint- BY BILL SHAIKIN run by Angels broadcaster Victor Rojas and but he believes Angels owner Arte Moreno, ment in council members Ortiz his family. President John Carpino and senior advisor and Peterson ignoring the mayor’s The holiday shopping season is on, and Rojas, his wife, and the couple’s two teen- Bill Stoneman did. letter asking them to wear masks with it the hunt for merchandise to com- agers run the business out of their Texas “The interview went well,” said Stoneman, as this meeting. I feel that it puts memorate the Dodgers’ first World Series home. He collaborates in designs, stuffs T- the GM of the Angels’ 2002 championship us at risk, and I’m just very disap- championship since 1988. shirts into packages for shipping, sends team. “He had a lot of competition, but he pointed that that’s the position One T-shirt is particularly eye-catching, handwritten notes and makes telephone calls came across very well. His thoughts were that you’re taking.” with its homages to Vin Scully, the Dodgers’ to thank customers. He just might be the per- good. He understands the baseball side of Ortiz, who also did not wear a classic uniform, and the hexagonal Dodger son on the other end of your email question. things pretty well. He’s got a great back- mask at his swearing-in ceremony Stadium scoreboard. “Some people don’t believe it’s me when I ground for it.” earlier this month, responded by Who sells that shirt? The voice of the An- reply to emails,” he said. As Rojas manned the microphone last accusing Kalmick of taking off his gels. Some people did not believe, either, when summer, a positive spin became increasingly mask at a Veterans Day event last The “It’s Time for World Champions Base- Rojas revealed last month he had interviewed difficult to find. The Angels stumbled to their month that both attended. ball!” shirt is the newest item in the collection to become the Angels’ general manager. “As soon as the cameras turned of Big Fly Gear, a boutique apparel company Some might not have taken him seriously, See Voice, page A3 off, you took your mask off amongst a bunch of older veterans that were there,” Ortiz said. Kalmick immediately denied Orange County bishop tests positive for the coronavirus Ortiz’s claim during the meeting and again on Tuesday. BY ALEX WIGGLESWORTH “There was video footage and many, many other folks there that The Roman Catholic bishop can attest that I wear my mask all of Orange County has tested the time,” Kalmick said in a text positive for the coronavirus, message. “I do so for both the church authorities announced safety of myself and others and last week. because I’m not a hypocrite.” Bishop Kevin Vann, 69, has During the meeting, Mayor mild symptoms and is isolating Kim Carr was passionate about at his home, the Diocese of Or- the need to wear masks. ange said in a statement. Initial “This is not a ‘plandemic,’” contact tracing suggests that Carr said, using a word that Ortiz Vann contracted the virus from used during his speech two weeks amember of his support team, earlier. the statement said. “This is very real, and it’s up to Vann has canceled all appear- us as Huntington Beach residents ances and won’t resume his to protect one another ... I’m sorry normal activities until he’s if I sound a bit exasperated, but it cleared by a doctor, the church is absolutely emotional for me said. that we cannot get people just to The announcement came as do something simple as to wear a Orange County, like most of the mask.” state, continued to record an Kevin Chang | Staff Photographer unprecedented surge in new co- SHORT-TERM RENTALS ronavirus cases and related hos- BISHOP KEVIN VANN is shown with Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove behind him. Vann has tested APPROVED FOR REGULATION pitalizations. positive for the coronavirus, church authorities announced last week. Vann, 69, is isolating at his home. The City Council unanimously There were 1,806 coronavirus approved short-term rentals in patients in county hospitals on county public health depart- other medical facilities. county’s 25 emergency medical Surf City, as long as the unit is Tuesday. A month before, there ment to issue an order that for- The order — the first of its centers became so overwhelmed owner-occupied as a “hosted were 270 patients. bids hospital emergency rooms kind in the region — went into The rapid rise prompted the from redirecting ambulances to effect last week after 20 of the See Bishop, page A2 See Mask, page A2 A2 WEDNESDAY,DECEMBER23, 2020 DAILY PILOT | COASTLINE PILOT | HUNTINGTON BEACH INDEPENDENT WWW.DAILYPILOT.COM

THE DAILY COMMUTER Chapman University president PUZZLE self-isolating at home after By Jacqueline E. testing positive for coronavirus Mathews

ACROSS 1Clutch BY SARA CARDINE we identify any possible on campus, 33 students 5Hidden supply exposure so we can limit living off campus, four 10 Get ready for As Chapman University the possible spread.” staff members and two surgery, briefly students crammed for ex- Early in the pandemic, faculty members. 14 Actress ams last week before the Chapman University offi- Aresident of Newport Anderson end of fall semester, Presi- cials established a line of Beach, Struppa is married 15 Edgar __ Poe dent Daniele Struppa an- succession in the event to Orange County Board of 16 In a __; furious nounced he was self-iso- senior staff members Education member Lisa 17 As strong __ ox lating at home after testing should fall ill or become Sparks. In July, the board positive last Wednesday incapacitated, Struppa approved a recommenda- 18 Toys "R" Us for the coronavirus. said in the announcement. tion to reopen county merchandise “I want to share the The move was made to en- public schools without 20 Last calendar news that today I tested sure the institution would mask and social-distanc- pg. positive for COVID-19,” “continue to function ing mandates, with Sparks 21 Washerful Struppa began in a Dec. 16 smoothly during this pe- voting in favor of the mea- 22 Uneasy feeling message to staff, faculty riod.” sure. 23 Close friend and students. “I am feeling In a follow-up video Lawyers representing 25 Damone or tired and am resting at made Thursday, the presi- the county school board in Tayback home, but overall, my dent thanked students, August filed a lawsuit with 26 Black-and-blue symptoms are not extreme staff and faculty for their the state Supreme Court mark and currently limited to a overwhelming comments challenging Gov. Gavin 28 Outspoken; SUDOKU 21 Team defeat slight fever and cough.” and correspondences con- Newsom’s authority to is- forthright 24 Jewelry store Struppa, 65, said he veying their support. He sue health orders during 31 Merits By The Mepham Group purchase likely caught the virus said his daughter’s best an emergency, but the 32 Aerosol 25 Lab bottle from his 16-year-old friend had also been court ultimately refused to 34 TV's "Car 54, Complete the grid so each row, column and 26 __ man; daughter, who’d tested stricken by coronavirus hear the matter. Where __ You?" 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every wedding party positive on Monday, the and, since her parents Struppa said he planned 36 Doe's mate digit, 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve member same day he himself be- were out of town, was stay- to self-isolate and work re- 37 Walk off with Sudoku, visit sudoku.org.uk. 27 1-to-10 or 3:5 gan experiencing symp- ing with them. motely from home in the 28 Pull along with toms. “We now three corona coming weeks. 38 Donkey's Given the timing of people in this house — it’s “Thank you for your af- comment effort everything, Struppa esti- definitely the house of co- fection and for your 39 Facial twitch 29 Exact duplicate mated his window of con- rona,” he said. prayers,” he said in his 40 Benny 30 Refrain opener tagion likely began some- According to an online Thursday’s video message, Goodman's music 32 __-fry; wok dish time around Dec. 12. dashboard intended to recorded in his bedroom- 41 Postpone; put 33 Bic product “Since the stay-at-home track the number of con- turned-office. “I look for- on hold 35 Black-__ peas order, my contact with the firmed coronavirus cases ward to seeing you all 42 __ stew; creamy 37 Scandinavian community has been very on campus, as of Tuesday, again pretty soon.” white soup nation: abbr. limited,” he continued. “I atotal of 44 infected indi- 44 Path less 38 Uncovered am working with our con- viduals were identified, in- [email protected] traveled 40 55-cent item tact tracing team to ensure cluding five students living Twitter: @SaraCardine 45 Hippie's home 41 Tricycle rider 46 __ aback; 43 Rejects with surprised disdain MASK THE SECOND 47 Boring 44 __ hound; and third 50 Snout long-eared dog Continued from pageA1 blocks of Main 51 MLK's wife 46 Human trunk Street have 54 Subdues 47 Bum stay.” been closed to Short-term rentals had vehicular 57 One-liner, e.g. 48 JennAir For answers to the crossword and technically previously traffic since 58 European appliance Sudoku puzzles, see page A3. been prohibited, though last summer. capital city 49 In this place hundreds were being 59 On the __; free 50 Element whose rented throughout the city. to roam 1Pleased 9Suffix for symbol is Ne According to a staff report, Scott Smeltzer 60 "Éand on that 2Stood up depend or differ 52 __ milk; nonfat Chapter 5.120, which will Staff beverage farm there was __, 3Error 10 Charles, William be added to the Hunting- Photographer 53 Beer containers EIEIO" 4Neat as a __ or George ton Beach Municipal 61 Individuals 55 Aged 5Gangster Al 11 __ out; pealed Code, has a purpose of Delgleize, Mike Posey and Huntington Beach will 62 "__ touch"; 56 Wine and dine protecting the character of Kalmick voted no. be one of the initial cities museum sign 6Calm, as 12 Potato salad 57 Coughing spell residential neighborhoods, The original agenda to be involved in the pro- 63 Fitness centers another's fears ingredients maintaining the long-term item would have kept the gram, which has been 7Not naked 13 Pain in the neck Tribune Media rental housing stock and second and third blocks spearheaded by the city of DOWN 8Barn breakfast 19 __ as an ape Services ensuring the collection closed through Labor Day Irvine. The CCE is a public and payment of Transient 2021. energy program that Occupancy Taxes. The second and third would buy different types Unhosted short-term blocks of Main Street were of energy for residents and rentals in Sunset Beach closed last summer to en- businesses. will be allowed. courage outdoor dining, Other cities that have Join us for our though some business agreed to join the OCPA THIRD BLOCK OF MAIN owners in the third block include Fullerton, Buena STREET TO REOPEN have expressed displeas- Park and Lake Forest. The City Council voted ure at the setup. Peterson and Ortiz, who 4-3 to keep the second The second block clo- were absent from an CHRISTMAS EVE block of Main Street closed sure will be reexamined at emergency meeting on the to traffic but to reopen the the Feb. 15 City Council subject on Dec. 11, each third block as soon as pos- meeting. voted no on the item. serviceonline sible with modifications. “I just don’t think we Peterson’s motion, H.B. JOINS ORANGE need to compete with the which would leave the sec- COUNTY POWER private market,” Peterson ond block closed through AUTHORITY said. “That’s not our job. at least the end of Febru- The City Council voted Our job’s to clear the way, Thursday, Dec. 24th at 4p.m. ary, was also supported by 5-2 to join the Orange so that capitalism works.” Ortiz, Carr and Council- County Power Authority, a woman Natalie Moser. Community Choice Ener- [email protected] Visit StJamesNewport.org or our Council members Barbara gy program. Twitter: @mjszabo Yo uTube channel, youtube.com/ BISHOP nounced they would de- “So I’m pleading with StJamesNewport to watchthe service. ploy mobile field hospi- the community: Please, Continued from page A1 tals to relieve some of the please do not gather, and stress on the region’s make sure you follow the with COVID-19 patients healthcare system. public health guidance, that they began diverting “Every day we break because our hospitals are ambulances to other fa- the record of the number now bombarded.” Celebrate with cilities in Orange County. of people who have been Times staff writers Hay- As a result, ambulances infected,” Dr. Clayton ley Smith, Luke Money were having difficulty Chau, Orange County’s and Rong-Gong Lin II choir,orchestra, finding a hospital that health officer and Health contributed to this report. would take patients. Care Agency director, told Earlier last week, the county Board of Su- [email protected] achildren’s county officials an- pervisors on Dec. 15. 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San Luis Obispo, Santa Bar- community: Please, please through the healthcare sys- tients who can survive else- nians have died from RECORD bara and Ventura counties do not gather. And make tem for a few more weeks where and in some cases COVID-19 over the last 14 Continued from page A1 —has recorded 828 new sure you follow the public —afrightening prospect, keeping patients on ambu- days, a staggering number coronavirus cases per health guidance because given that hospitals and in- lances for as long as eight that accounts for 12% of the County has seen roughly 100,000 residents over the our hospitals are now bom- tensive care units are al- hours until space is avail- state’s 22,600-plus fatalities. 693 new coronavirus cases last seven days, Times data barded.” ready inundated with able. Officials have said the per 100,000 residents, The show. Just because counties COVID-19 patients. The concern, though, is surge is being fueled, at Times’ data show — far That figure is easily the don’t rank among the hard- On Sunday, the most re- that there eventually may least in part, by people ig- lower than other Southern highest of the five state- est-hit in terms of new in- cent day for which com- be too many critically ill pa- noring public health guid- California counties but still outlined regions and is fections doesn’t mean plete data are available, tients for the limited num- ance and gathering with 14th highest in the state. more than double the per- they’re escaping the latest there were record-high bers of available ICU doc- family and friends to cele- “Our hearts break for our capita caseloads seen in ru- surge unscathed. San Diego numbers of coronavirus- tors and nurses — a chilling brate Thanksgiving. neighbors lost to this pan- ral Northern California and County health officials on positive patients hospital- prospect that could result Significant numbers of demic,” county health offi- the Bay Area. Friday also reported a ized (17,190) and in inten- in patients not getting the people choosing to do the cials wrote Sunday on Twit- Along with Orange record number of sive care (3,644) statewide. care they need and, poten- same for the winter holi- ter. “We ALL have the County, four others in COVID-19 cases, 3,611. The situation is particu- tially, increases in mortality. days, officials warn, will power to protect each other Southern California rank “I urge San Diegans to larly precarious in ICUs, Many hospitals are pre- only pour gasoline on a and #stopthesurge.” among the top 14 statewide follow the public health or- which are needed to care paring for the possibility of pandemic that’s already More than 130,000 Or- in terms of newly con- ders, avoid gatherings and for the sickest patients. ICU rationing care in the com- blazing out of control. ange County residents have firmed infections per wear a facial covering availability has cratered ing weeks as the number of “I have yet to see any been infected throughout 100,000 residents in the last whenever they leave their amid the relentless patients exceeds their staffs’ clear signals that things are the pandemic, and officials week. San Bernardino is residence so we can get this COVID-19 surge, and bot- abilities to care for them. slowing down, and I’m very say more than 75,000 of second, at 1,448; Riverside virus under control,” Dr. tomed out at 0% in both “Think New York in April. concerned about the next those have recovered. is fourth, with 1,180; Im- Wilma Wooten, the county’s Southern California and the Think Italy in March,” two months,” said Dr. Tim- Almost 1,800 county resi- perial is seventh at 1,045 public health officer, said in San Joaquin Valley. Spellberg said. “That’s how othy Brewer, an epidemiol- dents have died from and Los Angeles is ninth, at astatement. “I’m not going to sugar- bad things could get.” ogist at UCLA. COVID-19. 973. While many of those in- coat this: We are getting Already, COVID-19 is Times staff writers Alex Orange County is far “The number of infec- fected with the coronavirus crushed,” said Dr. Brad killing more Californians Wigglesworth, Soumya Kar- from alone in rewriting the tions in our county, in our may experience only mild Spellberg, chief medical of- than ever before. The state lamangla and Adam coronavirus record books. surrounding counties, has symptoms, or even none at ficer at Los Angeles County- has averaged 233 daily Elmahrek contributed to The pandemic’s worst wave been rising every day,” Dr. all, a significant proportion USC Medical Center. deaths over the last week, this report. is washing over the state Clayton Chau, Orange —state officials have esti- Hospitals are already more than double the num- and hitting Southern Cali- County’s health officer and mated about 12% — will fall having to take steps to keep ber two weeks ago. [email protected] fornia especially hard. Health Care Agency direc- ill enough to require hospi- up with the influx of ICU More than 2,700 Califor- Twitter: @TheDailyPilot Overall, the region — tor, said last week. talization within two to patients — including plac- which the state defines as “Every day, we break the three weeks. ing them in other parts of Imperial, Inyo, Los Angeles, record, the number of peo- In other words, the rami- hospitals not designed for Mono, Orange, Riverside, ple who have been infected. fications of these record that purpose, clearing out San Bernardino, San Diego, So I’m pleading with the case counts won’t ripple critical care wards of pa-

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County Health Care “I have never been so deaths 242 deaths Email Agency Director and Public afraid of Christmas and •Newport Beach: 1,986 •65 to 74: 7,978 cases; [email protected] Health Officer Dr. Clayton New Year’s in my life like I cases; 28 deaths 350 deaths TCN Classifieds ©2020 Times Community News. Chau said during a Board am now — I can’t imagine •Fountain Valley: 1,646 •75 to 84: 4,012 cases; 800-234-4444 All rights reserved. of Supervisors meeting last what it would be like after cases; 25 deaths 390 deaths week. the holiday if people are •Laguna Beach: 437 •85 and older: 2,836 “Our hospitals are now not listening and people cases; fewer than five cases; 592 deaths bombarded. The emer- are not complying.” deaths Updated figures are gency rooms have no ca- Here are the latest cu- Here are the case counts posted daily at occovid pacity to triage people as mulative coronavirus case by age group, followed by 19.ochealthinfo.com/corona MARKETPLACE quickly as they can. I’m counts and COVID-19 deaths: virus-in-oc. pleading with the commu- deaths for select cities in •0 to 17: 12,093 cases; For information on get- To place an ad, go to nity, please, please do not Orange County: one death ting tested, visit occovid http://timescommunityadvertising.com/ gather,” Chau said. •Santa Ana: 25,454 •18 to 24: 18,586 cases; 19.ochealthinfo.com/ Fatalities in the region cases; 357 deaths five deaths covid-19-testing. have now reached 1,779. •Anaheim: 22,027 cases; •25 to 34: 27,235 cases; Employment “The reason we have an 381 deaths 26 deaths [email protected] increase in cases is be- •Huntington Beach: •35 to 44: 20, 613 cases; Twitter: @lillibirds 3D Animator. Creates high-level art and design. Req. Bach in Animation, idea of hiring a broadcaster handle a job that is some- Gibson’s legendary home Communication & Multi- VOICE media Design or rel ﬁeld as GM. He said he had al- thing they’re not currently run, a sky full of stars with- or foreign equiv & 2 yrs Continued from page A1 ready identified two experi- doing or haven’t been in- out mentioning the words exp in job or 2 yrs exp as Animator, Jr. Animator or enced baseball men who volved with over the past Gibson or Dodgers. His rel. occup. Any suitable fifth consecutive losing sea- would have served as top five or 10 years.” Hank Aaron shirt simply combo of educ, training son, and their lowest win- lieutenants: one a former How about spending a says “755,” a career-home &/or exp is acceptable. Jobsite: Irvine, CA. Send ning percentage this cen- major league general man- couple of years as an assist- run total exceeded only by resume ref#20011 to K. tury. ager; the other a former ma- ant general manager, to Barry Bonds. Finnsson, Blizzard En- tertainment Inc., PO Box “As an Angels fan, I was jor league manager and make a team more comfort- And, yes, the Angels 18979, Irvine, CA 92623. getting a little frustrated,” current coach. able in any subsequent in- broadcaster sells an Angels he said. General managers have terview? shirt, a Mike Trout tribute Senior Designer. Col- laborate with teams to He started to write a had a variety of back- “I’d certainly consider it, that reads “The Millville translate game systems memo to himself about grounds. Fred Claire, the but it’s not something I’m Meteor,” a nod to Trout’s & gameplay user experience goals into intuitive how he would fix the team. GM of the Dodgers’ 1988 looking to do at this time,” New Jersey hometown. interfaces that support & He had played one year in championship team, was Rojas said. “You never Rojas is not concerned enhance the game expe- the Angels farm system, in promoted from publicity di- know. I try not to close any about any Angels fans that rience. Req. 4 yrs exp in job or 4 yrs exp as Game 1990, and was a rookie rector. Andrew Friedman, doors. Three years ago, I might consider his sale of Designer or rel. occup. league teammate of Garret the architect of the Dod- didn’t think I was going to Dodgers championship Any suitable combo of Anderson. Joe Maddon gers’ 2020 champs and own an apparel business.” shirts as some sort of be- educ, training &/or exp is acceptable. Jobsite: Santa oversaw the minor league widely recognized as the Big Fly launched before trayal of the team for which Monica, CA. Send resume system. He had once best in the business, spent the 2019 season. The com- he broadcasts. ref# 20010 to: K. Jones, Activision Publishing, Inc., coached, for the Florida six years on Wall Street and pany has filled about 1,500 “It’s baseball,” he said. 3100 Ocean Park Blvd, Marlins, and had served as two in baseball operations orders this year, with a busi- “We’re giving back. We’re Santa Monica, CA 90405. general manager of an inde- before the Tampa Bay Rays ness conducted entirely on- teaching our kids the busi- pendent league team. made him a general man- line and reliant on word of ness side of things. If they His father, Cookie, played ager at age 28. mouth until trying social like it, they like it. If they 16 years in the major At 32, Rojas was a cus- media advertising this fall. don’t, no problem. There’s CLASSIFIED leagues and managed the tomer service representa- “As a side business, and plenty of other options in Angels in 1988. tive at Nordstrom in Boca as a way to teach our kids the market.” He had called an Angels Raton, Fla., “when I had this the entrepreneurial spirit, The Dodgers’ champi- game almost every day for crazy idea of wanting to be- we’re thrilled with where onship drought has been It's 11 years. In 2015, when Jerry come an MLB broadcaster.” we’re at,” Rojas said. reset to zero years. The An- Dipoto resigned as general At 34, he became one. He does not have licenses gels’ drought is up to 18 manager, Rojas said he “For the longest time, my from Major League Baseball years. Rojas’ fervent hope is the solution talked with manager Mike name was Cookie’s son,” or the players’ union, so he that another option in the Scioscia about whether he Rojas said. “And now it’s cannot use team or player T-shirt market soon will be you're could make the jump from Victor Rojas, Angels broad- names. He focuses on what ahalo over a championship the broadcast booth to the caster. You get pigeonholed. he calls “a one-of-a-kind trophy, held up by a Mil- executive suite. You get put in a box. I think piece of art that tells a lville meteor. searching In 2020, with a memo sometimes people get story.” that had extended to 4,000 closed-minded to the idea His “Hollywood Ending” BILL SHAIKIN writes for the for-whether words, he asked for an in- of someone being able to shirt commemorates Kirk Los Angeles Times. terview. Moreno had fired Billy Eppler, and he granted you're Rojas an audience. CROSSWORD AND SUDOKU ANSWERS The first question, Rojas seeking a said, was about what the Angels needed to do to get home, better in 2021. Rojas de- clined to discuss his plan in detail out of deference to apartment, new general manager Perry Minasian — “I think he’s a pet great hire,” Rojas said — but said he talked about defi- ciencies on the major or new league roster and the 40- man roster, player devel- occupation! opment and international scouting, and the culture within the organization. Another question, Rojas FIND said, was how the Angels an apartment could sell their fans on the through classified A4 WEDNESDAY,DECEMBER 23, 2020 DAILY PILOT | COASTLINE PILOT | HUNTINGTON BEACH INDEPENDENT WWW.DAILYPILOT.COM A CANCER PATIENT NEEDED CRITICAL CARE, BUT DUE TO THE SURGE IN COVID-19, SHE DIED WITHOUT IT

BY GUSTAVO ARELLANO pital wards will have similar Kim, on the other hand, “was issues, and then the emergency just worried. She knew what her he last words Kim Folsom rooms,” he said. “When hospitals nurse friends were going told her husband over the become overwhelmed, it’s not through.” T phone Dec. 7, as she lay in They traveled out of their just COVID patients that might the emergency room of Hi- not receive care, but other emer- home solely for doctor’s appoint- Desert Medical Center in Joshua gency issues.” ments and cruises through the Tree, were terrifyingly simple. —— desert. It was only in the last “I’m scared.” Imet Billy on a crisp, windy week of Kim’s life that the two They were the last words that Saturday morning at his home, truly experienced how society Billy, a retired mechanic for the located up the road from the had changed during their quar- city of Costa Mesa who was in the entrance to Joshua Tree National antine. parking lot of the small hospital, Park. He and Kim bought it three On Dec. 2, Billy took Kim to ever expected his wife to say. years ago, around the time she Hi-Desert Medical Center for a Kim called Billy just as he had received her cancer diagnosis, so blood transfusion after she felt returned from their home with they could fight it together in an woozy. While they checked in, a some of her clothes. She was a area they loved. man barged in without a mask former nurse with a radiant smile “Look outside my window,” “insisting it was his right to do and matronly toughness that Billy said from his living room, so.” could calm down angry drunks at decorated with multiple guitars Once he tried to shove past a the biker bars she and Billy loved he had built. “Kim loved to sit security guard, Billy — whose to visit. A three-year bout with here. There’s life all over the shoulder-length hair and impres- pancreatic cancer hadn’t dimin- place.” sive Van Dyke beard make him ished her spirit or resolve. Photo courtesy of the Folsom family As if on cue, hummingbirds look like a Hunter S. Thompson But now, as Billy prepared for a began to flit around one feeder, heavy — shot him a stare, and last, desperate dash to save his BILLY AND KIM FOLSOM bought a house in Joshua Tree three while pigeons swooped in to the man harrumphed off. wife’s life, the two faced a so- years ago, around the time she received her cancer diagnosis, so they nibble from another. An antelope The following day, the Folsoms bering reality. could fight it together in an area they loved. squirrel scurried across the went to Kim’s oncologist at Hoag The coronavirus surge was windowsill to grab some peanuts Hospital in Newport Beach. Billy going to kill her. book, where he had kept friends surge because people didn’t wear Billy had left. The ritual was had business in San Clemente, so And she didn’t even have apprised of what was going on, to masks. Those who don’t wear it repeated throughout the two- he decided to pass by some old COVID-19. post: “She’s gone.” can deny it all they want, but hour interview; at one point, haunts along the coast. “All the She had woken up in a pool of Nearly 12 hours had passed that’s the way it is. when Billy was deep into a point bars were packed,” he said. “No blood earlier that day, so Billy since the Folsoms had arrived at “So, yeah, I’m angry,” he con- and had forgotten to replenish one was wearing a mask. No one had rushed her to Hi-Desert. The the emergency room. cluded. “Not just for my wife. For the treat pile, the squirrel socially distanced. No one facility didn’t have the equip- The pandemic had already hit all of us.” knocked over a trinket. cared.” ment to take care of Kim, he said. the couple hard. Sixteen of their Arepresentative for the Desert He and Kim had instituted Billy is now more fatigued than So the attending doctor began to friends had died of COVID-19, Care Network, which oversees “germ control” long before the angry at a society where people call hospitals across the Inland including four of five members of Hi-Desert Medical Center, told coronavirus on account of her still don’t believe the danger of Empire to see if Kim could be aNew Orleans blues group. Billy me they “won’t be able to pro- cancer: hand sanitizer on the bar, disease “whose tentacles are now transferred to them. lost all of his gigs as a concert vide” a comment with regard to disinfecting wipes around the everywhere.” He had to pick up None could accept her. They photographer in February. Kim Folsom’s death. house. They hunkered down Kim’s body the morning after she were swamped with COVID-19 They hadn’t seen their grand- The ICU bed availability in along with Kim’s son and ex- passed because more dead were cases. children for months, and a UC Southern California currently pected the United States to easily on the way. A request for her Everywhere, too full. Irvine clinical trial Kim had stands at 0%; Riverside County, beat the pandemic. original birth certificate will take “The nurses were extremely enrolled in for an experimental whose hospitals are closer to But as weeks turned into six to eight weeks instead of just distraught, and I’ve never seen drug was canceled during the Joshua Tree than those in San months, and Kim’s condition one. them that way,” Billy told me five surge in June. Bernardino County, just set a worsened, all Billy could do was “And I don’t even know when days later. “The doctor was get- Now, the long-feared cratering record for deaths reported in one turn increasingly angry. The I’m going to get Kim’s ashes,” ting frustrated.” of Southern California’s health- day with 42. former Republican (he quit the Billy said. That’s when Billy volunteered care system due to the co- Reports of ambulances waiting GOP after the 2016 election of He walked me out to show off a to take Kim in his truck, strap on ronavirus is here — and it’s up to six hours to unload patients Donald Trump) had to unfriend large camper he had bought this some off-road lights, and speed killing people like Kim, says Billy. are becoming commonplace. In longtime friends because they year in the hopes of traveling down California Route 62 toward He bears no ill will toward the San Bernardino County, ambu- derided any lockdown orders, or with Kim. Now, he wants to rent Interstate 10. The plan: “get Hi-Desert staff, whom he de- lances aren’t responding to all 911 simply labeled the coronavirus as it out so others can enjoy it. pulled over by police so we could scribed “to a person [as] sympa- calls. They simply can’t. fake news. Iasked him what he wanted get an escort” to the nearest thetic, compassionate and very Dr. Mark Ghaly, California’s “They’re intelligent people. people to take from Kim’s death. hospital. kind to us. … They did all they secretary of health and human They’re not stupid,” he said. “But His eyes watered, but his voice But that Hail Mary never came could.” services, said he’s “concerned” Icall them fake patriots. They’ll was firm. to pass. Shortly after their phone Instead, Billy lays Kim’s ordeal about stories like that of the say, ‘I’ll die for my country “I hope they learn,” he said, conversation, Kim’s health squarely on “maskholes.” Folsoms and worries that similar against tyranny, but I won’t wear “that her last days were chaos.” quickly deteriorated. She died at “We’re never going to know if scenarios will increase as long as amask for my fellow human age 60, in the arms of Billy and she could’ve been saved,” said the surge continues. being.’ Well, you don’t have a GUSTAVO ARELLANO is a her son. the 68-year-old, his blue eyes “We know once ICUs become country without caring for oth- columnist for the Los Angeles Soon after, Billy went on Face- weary yet steely. “There was a too overwhelmed, then the hos- ers.” Times.

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