8 San Diego Reader January 7, 2016
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yoga here for 24 years.” When asked how many yoga classes are
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IMPERIAL BEACH Not another yoga studio Strip-mall policy bars business from moving in Three days after moving to a new location, Imperial Beach’s IB Yoga studio found itself homeless on Christmas Eve. The studio had moved on the weekend
of December 19 into the location of Clube de Jiu Jitsu Pitbull, planning to share space with the Brazilian martial arts club located in Silver Strand Plaza at 600 Palm Avenue. But IB Fitness is also located in the plaza, which caused a conflict because IB Fitness also offers yoga classes. So, on December 23, IB Yoga taught their third and last class in their former new home and started looking for another location. “We are moving again!” said a mass-email
message from the business on December 24. Asked about IB Yoga, Josh Breckenridge,
general manager of IB Fitness, said, “They want to take food off my table…of course I don’t support it. I’m not going to support any competing business…. We have the first right of refusal. We’ve been teaching
taught at IB Fitness, Breckenridge said, “We have 15 to 20.” The weekly IB Fitness schedule posted
online lists four yoga classes. Breckenridge said the schedule does not reflect the addi- tional private lessons given by yoga teachers. “It’s black-and-white,” Breckenridge said
about the non-competition clause that tenants sign in order to lease space in Silver Strand Plaza. “I’m sure [the owner of the martial arts studio] would not be happy if we started teaching Brazil- ian jiu jitsu…. There’s a sushi place here. What if I wanted to offer sushi? I couldn’t.” The plaza’s property managers initiated
the action against IB Yoga, Breckenridge said. “They came in and spoke to us.” Repeated calls to ECP Commercial, the
leasing manager of the plaza, and to Col- leen Nemeth, the general manager, were not returned. Formerly, the yoga studio was located in
a stand-alone building on Seacoast Drive but moved because the owner of their building was looking into expanding. Once the con- struction gets started, “they would’ve had to move,” said Jesse Ramirez, the owner of the building at 717 Seacoast Drive. The yoga folks were optimistic about find-
ing a new home quickly. “We will open our doors on Saturday,
January 2, 2016 for a 10 a.m. class,” an email from the business said. “Stay tuned for the new location and address.”
VINCENT FARNSWORTH LEUCADIA
Atop Station White WWII lookout’s plaque remains intact Most coastal North County residents probably don’t know a piece of World War II history rests on a hilltop in Leucadia. But the residents of the Skyloft condominiums, east of I-5, do. A question to a resident gave me a quick
response as to the location of an obscure in-ground plaque dedicated to the mem- ory of volunteers looking out for Japanese planes and submarines. The site once had a 90-degree view of the coastline from La Jolla to Dana Point and an unobstructed view overlooking Ponto Beach and the Batiquitos Lagoon. Leucadia’s lookout, “Station White,” was
established in 1942 after the February 23 Japa- nese sub attack on a Richfield oil facility in Ellwood, CA, near Santa Barbara — the first of five documented attacks on the U.S. mainland during the war. When Leucadia’s 1600 block of Gascony
Road was developed, the City of Encinitas required the panoramic view to be maintained by the homeowner. A plaque was placed at the lookout site in 2003, honoring sheriff “Mac” McDermott and his colleagues: “Members of the Civilian Corp. who volunteered to protect San Diego County against enemy aircraft and submarines.” The site recently appeared on the city’s code-enforcement radar when it was noticed the homeowner had allowed foliage to partially block the view. Once contacted, reportedly the homeowner quickly lowered the landscaping. A visit on December 23 found potted
poinsettias and an American flag next to the plaque, and ocean views all the way to out to San Clemente and Catalina Islands. Historical footnote: The Japanese sub
attack of the Ellwood oil field caused invasion hysteria in Los Angeles the following night. Anti-aircraft guns blazed for hours into the night sky, mistakenly thinking that L.A. was under a Pearl Harbor–style attack. Histori- cally known as the “Invasion of Los Angeles,” Steven Spielberg comedically portrayed the incident in his 1979 film 1941, starring Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi.
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