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SUNDAY,MAY 16,2021 /// Now including Coastline Pilot and Huntington Beach Independent/// dailypilot.com Vaccine resistance may delay county’s July 4 goal Health officials were hoping to achieve herd immunity by Independence Day, but Labor Day is becoming a more realistic target date. BY SARA CARDINE Operation Independence — Orange County’s goal to reach herd immunity against COVID-19 by the Fourth of July holiday — may be a bust if those hesi- tant to get vaccinated don’t act soon. Touted as a target by which health of- ficials would complete a countywide vaccination program, the dream is fad- ing fast as the demand for first doses plummets and vaccine shipments from the state are turned away. “If we want to get to herd immunity Photos by Scott Smeltzer | Staff Photographer by July 4, we’d need at least 600,000 peo- JIM WASKO is the owner of the new Crab Cooker in Newport Beach. The restaurant is getting ready to open in this summer after a total rebuild. ple in our community to want to get a COVID vaccine between the beginning of this week and July,” Dr. Regina Chin- sio-Kwong, a deputy health officer for Owner of popular Crab Cooker the Orange County Health Care Agency, said Thursday. OCHA reports about 54% of the coun- ty’s 3.2 million residents over age 16 looks to reopen this summer have so far received at least one dose of the vaccine, a far cry from the 70% re- quired to meet the lowest threshold for The Newport restaurant closed herd immunity. The demand for appointments has in 2018 for rebuilding. And yes, declined 75% since April, causing the the12-foot taxidermy great white agency to announce last week it would shark will be there to greet guests. shutter its four remaining super vacci- nation point-of-dispensing sites as of BY LILLY NGUYEN June 5 and instead concentrate efforts on community and mobile clinics. Jim Wasko initially thought the recon- Chinsio-Kwong said the agency has struction of the Crab Cooker would have turned down its weekly allocation of taken a year, or maybe as long as 18 Moderna and Johnson & Johnson shots months, back when he shut down the for the past two weeks, so supply would iconic Newport Beach seafood restaurant not exceed demand. in 2018 and it went under the wrecking ball. If such trends continue, the once- Instead, it’s taken nearly three years, vaunted goal of returning Orange Wasko said in an interview Friday, to give County residents to prepandemic levels the venerable restaurant its sea legs once of health and safety will not be achieved again. until much later in the calendar year. Plumbing issues caused an eight-month “At the current rate of people coming delay that involved an intensive re-engi- in for their first doses, realistically, we’re neering of the restaurant’s foundation in looking at Labor Day,” Chinsio-Kwong 2019. Then Wasko had to deal with the ar- See Goal, page A6 GARRETT SICKELS with Richard & Richard Construction, looks at the lights in the Crab Cooker. See Crab, page A6 Laguna Beach council to consider return ALSO FROM THE DAILY PILOT: of summer concerts at Tuesday meeting BY ANDREW TURNER The Laguna Beach City Council at its meeting sched- uled for Tuesday will consider areturn of some summertime performances. After the council previously suspended spring and summer concerts on March 9, the coun- cil will consider a proposal from the Arts Commission with ahandful of city-funded events. The performances include Music in the Park at the Festi- val of Arts on four summer Don Leach | Staff Photographer Sunday afternoons, as well as F.V. BOYS’ BASKETBALL APODACA: 3 ORANGE Sunset Serenades each Friday CLINCHES SHARE OF FIRST COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO evening in September. Don Leach | Staff Photographer LEAGUE TITLE IN 8 YEARS FIGHT AGAINST THE SPREAD LAGUNA BEACH Mayor Bob Whalen and council members Toni Iseman PAGE A8 OF HATE PAGE A3 See Laguna, page A3 and George Weiss begin a meeting of the Laguna Beach City Council. SoCal plein air painters to host Newport show and sale in June BY SARA CARDINE “COASTAL BREEZE,” After a year of hosting events a plein air and shows almost completely on- painting line, members of the Southern created by California Plein Air Painters Assn. Costa Mesa —aclub for people who create artist Diane art in nature — have been itching Prendergast to get back to the great outdoors. on a recent For more than two decades, the trip to organization has been a haven for Cambria. artists who prefer painting en plein air, a practice that allows painters to observe the natural colors and light effects of an open landscape. “Technically, I think our 20th ration from backyards, parks and Members typically showcased anniversary was last year,” Pren- beaches. their works in an annual outdoor dergast said Thursday. “We were Newport Beach’s Environmen- exhibit that let audiences not only planning a big celebration, but tal Nature Center, a 5-acre out- purchase paintings, but also see then COVID.” door classroom bustling with ac- the al fresco art pieces created in As the pandemic dragged on, tivity before the pandemic, peri- real time. But the coronavirus and public parks and gardens re- odically allowed tiny groups of Photos courtesy of Diane Prendergast forced SOCALPAPA to an online mained closed to the visiting distanced and masked painters to format last year, according to public, local artists set up easels ARTISTS AMANDA FISH, left, and Linda Lawler enjoy painting “en show director Diane Prendergast. where they could, drawing inspi- See Painters, page A2 plein air” at Newport Beach’s Environmental Nature Center in March. A2 SUNDAY, MAY16, 2021 DAILY PILOT | COASTLINE PILOT | HUNTINGTON BEACH INDEPENDENT WWW.DAILYPILOT.COM THE DAILY AROUND TOWN: COMMUTER Pacific Airshow to debut Brian Clancy Quintet (June 23). PUZZLE The virtual concerts are free and are be- new Growler flight team ing put on with the help of the Music Per- The Pacific Airshow in Huntington formance Trust Fund and American Fed- By Jacqueline E. Beach will host the U.S. Navy Growler Leg- eration of Musicians Local 7. Mathews acy Flight Demonstration Team for the Those interested in viewing the shows first time this fall, the show announced re- can visit lagunalive.org to RSVP for each ACROSS cently. respective event. 1Dry as a desert The team’s two EA-18G Growler aircraft 5__ throat; will join in formation with the North bacterial infection American T-28 Trojan Navy aircraft from Blind Children’s Learning 10 Do a farmer's the Vietnam War era for a three-ship salute Center raises $125,638 job to the history and tradition of Naval avia- 14 Beasts of tion. The Santa Ana-based nonprofit Blind burden The Pacific Airshow, which debuted in Children’s Learning Center, which helps 15 Depart Huntington Beach in 2016 and returns prepare children with visual impairments 16 __ reviews; great Oct. 1 to 3, will also feature the U.S. Navy and disabilities for a life of independence, critiques Blue Angels celebrating their 75th anniver- recently raised $125,638 through its 17th 17 Ending for gab sary among other highlights. annual Destination Independence Walk. or song Proceeds will be used to serve children 18 Smitten Laguna Live! presents and families served by the nonprofit in 20 Amt. of vanilla three areas of focus: academic and mobili- Summer Jazz Series ty support, family support services and to add Asummer series of jazz music perform- early intervention. 21 TV's "Empty __" ances will run weekly into the month of This year’s event took place in a relay 22 Wedding cake June, and it is being brought to the public format, allowing participants to engage levels by Laguna Live! with one another in a safe, socially dis- 23 Uneven The series is bringing artists in for virtu- tanced manner. 25 "__ Now or SUDOKU 25 Sunbeam al concerts each Wednesday, which are live Walkers could choose to walk in person Never" appliance streamed and can be seen on Facebook at during an April 18 in-person walk at Mater 26 Short-horned By The Mepham Group 26 Disney's "__ and 6p.m. on the day of the show. It began on Dei High School or on their own time vir- grasshopper the Tramp" May 12 with Elena and George Gilliam tually. 28 Eerie Complete the grid so each row, column and 27 __ these days; Quintet. Some 340 walkers, organized into 42 31 Nervous 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every eventually Still to come in the lineup are Adam fundraising teams, collected funds from 32 Beard remover digit, 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve 28 Old Russian Bravo Quintet (May 19), John Noreyko’s 657 donors who responded in support of 34 Reiner or Estes Sudoku, visit sudoku.org.uk. ruler's title TUBOP (May 26), Jason Fabus Quintet children with visual impairments and their 36 Skillful 29 Detective (June 2), Peggy Duquesnel and Friends families. 37 Lucifer 30 Alpine warble (June 9), Kevin Hicks Quintet (June 16) and —From staff reports 38 Carousel or 32 Knocks Ferris wheel 33 Feasted 39 Thee 35 Birds' partner, PAINTERS ing sun and as they con- nia’s biodiversity makes 40 "Wonderful!" in phrase tend with weather, wind [this] the perfect place to 41 Flood barrier 37 Brought Continued from page A1 and distractions from feature art showcasing our 42 Unreliable charges against passersby. But the allure of state’s amazing beauty and people 38 Team from work among its 15 native the format is undeniable, uniqueness,” he continued.