Riders can use the lanes to the side of the roadway along a half-mile stretch of Bastanchury Road between Prospect Avenue and Imperial Highway and another half-mile stretch between Eureka Avenue and Lakeview Avenue.
The bike lanes were part of projects widening the street from one driving lane in each direction to two lanes. A two-way turn lane was added in the median.
“Adding capacity has improved traffic flow,” Assistant city engineer Rick Yee said.
Other improvements include adding sidewalks, landscaping and retaining walls.
The bike lanes were funded through AQMD’s Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee, Yee said.
A photo of Josh Wong, who died from an illness 12 months ago is displayed on the score board during a baseball game between Woodbridge and University Thursday, April 20, 2017 in Irvine. Woodbridge won 9-5. (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer)
Woodbridge player, Jackson Lyon is responsible for organizing the tribute to Josh Wong who died 12 months ago from an illness during a baseball game between Woodbridge and University Thursday, April 20, 2017 in Irvine. Woodbridge won 9-5. (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer)
Woodbridge pitcher Scott Armstrong throws against University during a baseball game Thursday, April 20, 2017 in Irvine. Woodbridge won 9-5. (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer)
University pitcher, David Schlomovits throws against Woodbridge during a baseball game Thursday, April 20, 2017 in Irvine. Woodbridge won 9-5. (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer)
University right fielder, Ben Hansen makes a catch for an out against Woodbridge during a baseball game Thursday, April 20, 2017 in Irvine. Woodbridge won 9-5. (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer)
Woodbridge’s Dylan Smith is out at home during a baseball game against University Thursday, April 20, 2017 in Irvine. Woodbridge won 9-5. (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer)
Woodbridge’s Caleb Anderson is out at thrid base as he’s tagged by University’s John Rizzo during a baseball game Thursday, April 20, 2017 in Irvine. Woodbridge won 9-5. (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer)
Woodbridge’s Dylan Smith hits a triple against University during a baseball game Thursday, April 20, 2017 in Irvine. Woodbridge won 9-5. (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer)
University center fielder, Jake Rome can’t quite get to a fly ball during a baseball game againsy Woodbridge Thursday, April 20, 2017 in Irvine. Woodbridge won 9-5.(Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer)
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Woodbridge’s baseball team Thursday night honored the family of a popular and courageous Irvine Pony baseball player, Joshua Wong, who died after an illness last September at the age of 12.
The ceremony happened before the Pacific Coast League game at Ryan Lemmon Stadium. Woodbridge defeated University, 9-5.
The evening ended with the father of Joshua Wong, Jimmy, thanking the Warriors for their support. The family then prayed with the Warriors on the field. Murray, Woodbridge athletic director Rick Gibson and Dick Owens, representing the Ryan Lemmon Foundation, also attended.
“Mr. Wong is an unbelievable man,” said Woodbridge outfielder Jackson Lyon. “I’m just so glad we can be a help to his family during this time of need and we will never forget Josh, no matter what.”
Joshua’s parents, Jimmy and Queenie, threw out the first pitches Thursday night. Before that, Lyon brought them and their daughters, Claire, 15; Emma, 12 and Olivia, 3; into the Warrior locker-room where a picture of Joshua Wong hangs above the entrance and which Woodbridge players view as they head onto the field.
Lyon, who first found out about Joshua Wong’s story on Facebook, said the Woodbridge team has dedicated the season to Joshua Wong. Lyon, and other Woodbridge teammates went to Wong’s funeral and have continued to stay in touch with the family. Lyon said he never met Wong but was inspired after hearing more about him.
(More later on Joshua Wong, the ceremony and the family’s reaction).
In the game, Woodbridge kept pace with Beckman for second place in the Pacific Coast League. Beckman plays today, Friday, April 21, hosting Northwood at 3:30 p.m.
“I thought Uni really battled,” said Woodbridge Coach Tim Murray. “They never gave up and they ended up squeaking out some runs. It shows a lot about what that program is made of now with Kevin McCaffrey (the head coach).”
Spencer Weston led the offense, going 3 for 4 with three RBI and two runs scored. Lyon was 2 for 3 with two runs scored and Dylan Smith was 3 for 4 with four RBI.
“Beckman is one of the teams we’re fighting with; Northwood is another,” Murray said. “And we would like to try and challenge for a league championship. It would be nice to be able to stay in the race. We’re going to go and play Corona del Mar next week and try and take our shot.”
Woodbridge hosts CdM on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. at Ryan Lemmon Stadium.
Woodbridge scored three runs in the first inning to take charge.
Weston had an RBI single, driving in Towns King, who celebrated his 18th birthday with a one-out double. Smith then drove home Kyle Giberson and Weston to put the Warriors ahead, 3-0.
In the second inning, Lyon walked, King was hit by a pitch and Giberson singled to drive in a run.
Woodbridge added another run in the third inning. Chase Bradley doubled and scored on a triple by Smith.
University scored three runs in the fourth inning, one coming on a single by Jackson LoBianco. Two more runs scored when Ben Hansen reached on an error, cutting the lead to 5-3.
But Woodbridge scored four more runs in the sixth inning. Weston drove home two on a double, Bradley had a sacrifice fly and Smith drove in a run with a triple.
University scored two runs in the seventh. Jake Rome had an RBI double and another run scored on an error.
“We brought five JV guys up and I thought Eddie (Dunn) and Ryan (Miller) did awesome on the mound,” said University Coach Kevin McCaffrey.
The two pitchers relieved starter David Schlomovits, who pitched the first two innings.
McCaffrey was glad to see Rome deliver at the plate.
“It was good to see him get a quality base hit and good to see our guys compete like that, especially when we’re so short-handed,” McCaffrey said.
University’s baseball team was missing several starters who were out with the flu.
Scott Armstrong (6-2) pitched a complete game to get the victory. He allowed two earned runs, allowed six hits and struck out four.
SAN FRANCISCO — A power outage struck a wide area of San Francisco on Friday, blacking out about 90,000 utility customers, trapping people in stuck elevators, snarling traffic as intersection signals went dark and forcing shops and restaurants to close.
Pacific Gas & Electric crews were assessing the problem and there was no immediate estimate for restoration of electricity.
The Fire Department tweeted that it had responded to more than 100 calls for service, including 20 stuck elevators with people inside. However, no injuries were reported related to the outage.
Media reports indicated that firefighters and utility crews were at a smoky fire at a substation, but there was no word on whether it was related to the outage.
The outage affected the Financial District, including Bay Area Rapid Transit’s downtown Montgomery Station.
People used the lights of their cellphones to walk through the darkened station before BART stopped service there.
People milled on sidewalks, controllers directed traffic manually, and shops were dark. Some buildings had power, others did not. ATM screens were blank.
People were confused about what was going on and what to do, said Pam Martinez, a 25-year-old San Francisco resident and software engineer who was on a train when she heard the announcement that her destination station was closed.
“Even crossing the street was chaotic because the streetlights don’t work and there’s a few ambulances trying to go through the crowds,” Martinez said. “It’s pretty crazy.”
She considered getting a Lyft ride back home but decided that would take too long.
Patricio Herrera sat glumly in his darkened restaurant, Ziggy’s Burgers, at what should have been a busy lunch hour full of people hungry for his freshly ground hamburgers.
“We have lost everything today,” said Herrera, the store’s consulting chef and manager. Six employees sat at tables behind him, chatting or checking their phones.
Employees at a Starbucks were giving out cups of iced and hot coffee in the darkened shop. A worker said that was better than letting the coffee go to waste.
Brent Chapman, who works in billing and reporting for First Republic Bank, told his team to go home after huddling on a sidewalk and waiting for word of when power would be restored.
They had been ready to send out a finished project Friday, one they’d been working on for six months, after some had pulled an all-nighter.
“It’s brutal. This is seriously the worst possible time that this could have happened,” he said. “I do not want to leave. I want to stay and get this done.”
The San Francisco Chronicle reported the outage also affected the Presidio, and KRON-TV reported effects stretched to the Marina/Cow Hollow area.
San Francisco has a population of about 850,000.
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AP reporters John Antczak and Amanda Lee Myers contributed to this story from Los Angeles.
SANTA ANA The president of the Buena Park School District’s board was charged Friday with distributing child pornography after authorities accused him of having hundreds of illicit images of minors.
Dennis Brian Chambers, 50, faces two felony counts: for alleged possession and control of child pornography, and for allegdly bringing obscene matter into California. He was also charged with a sentencing enhancement for an allegation that he had more than 600 images, including 10 of a child under the age of 12.
Detectives investigating a group suspected of distributing child pornography over the internet carried out a search warrant at Chamber’s Buena Park home on Wednesday.
Prosecutors, in a felony complaint filed against Chambers, said the alleged possession and distribution of child pornography took place between Feb. 28, 2016 and Wednesday, April 19.
Greg Magnuson, the district’s superintendent, has indicated that while the case is active Chambers will be asked to avoid school functions and visiting campuses.
Viktor & Rolf’s second Mariage collection could be defined by a clean, unfussy and refined elegance — a descriptor that applies equally to a bow adorned jumpsuit as it does to a dramatic pleated skirt on a princess gown and a fantastically regal tiered gown that played on mixed textures. In a bout of conceptual glamour and deeper exploration of tulle techniques, the designers created an asymmetric tiered tulle gown that contrasted volume with extreme shape.
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“This season became a dance with the artist and the editor in my mind. Not a stitch more than what was needed, yet full license to push a design that was simply more,” Ines Di Santo mused in her show notes. Lavish elements included sweeping capes and oversize bows, while sheer bodices and barely there straps added a sultry appeal.
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Fernando Garcia and Laura Kim approached their first bridal collection as co-creative directors of Oscar de la Renta with a rational plan: “We kept some Oscar-isms, like sashes and ferns and foliage as a strong base for embroideries, because he loved gardens so much,” Garcia said. “But we’re making it much lighter and more relaxed,” Kim added.
The show opened with two adorable flower girls in white cotton pique eyelet and straw hats, and progressed to include diaphanous brides in floral guipure lace, silk tulle with jasmine embroidery, Chantilly lace with anemone appliqué and stretch silk georgette. There were modernist columns, ballgowns, a suit with a silver sequin corset and lots of illusion necklines to tease skin in a tasteful way. True to their word, the dresses looked light as air — nothing stiff. To further knock the stuffing out of traditional bridal, Garcia and Kim made a Sarah Jessica Parker/Carrie Bradshaw moment with a white denim jacket embroidered with “Just Married” across the back over a white, tea-length tulle ball skirt embroidered with the Oscar de la Renta signature across the hem, accessorized with some statement jewelry. A big necklace said “Just Married,” too.
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There was a distinct connection between Vera Wang’s spring bridal lineup and her recent fall ready-to-wear collection, both featuring light, breathy empire dresses, capes and interesting sleeve details.
“I’ve wanted that,” said Wang of the fusion between rtw and bridal during a preview. “I’ve wanted that forever, but we have 24 stores globally now with very different clients. Because of that, we really have to satisfy a lot of needs and they aren’t purely inspirational or artistic. Each culture seems to have a different kind of bride.”
If she’s felt hemmed in by tradition in the past, Wang felt the customer is ready for a little push and she’s in a position to challenge them with edgier wedding attire now that she’s approach her 30th year in business. The collection had traditional wedding trappings — ivory tulle, passementerie, Chantilly lace, a ballgown or two — but Wang worked them in a modernist way, avoiding ornamentation on spare, architectural silhouettes that were countered by loose, Gothic bohemian peasant dresses.
By Wang’s estimation, she’s done more than 12,000 weddings per year for 30 years. “That’s a lot of brides,” she said. “I don’t think there’s anything we haven’t explored.” She thinks the brides of today
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Francesca Miranda’s newest collection included hand-embroidered floral appliqués and airy gowns that gave an essence of romance, individuality and femininity.
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Guests at a rooftop dinner at the Gramercy Hotel were among the first in New York to glimpse Bonpoint’s Mon Premier Diamant line.
Still a few weeks away from arriving in the Madison Avenue store, the My First Diamond line features intricate bracelets with barely there baguette-cut diamonds on a pink gold bracelet or silk ribbon.
While Gucci Westman, Rickie De Sole, Julia Restoin Roitfeld, Elizabeth Manice, Charlotte Santo Domingo, Kate Davidson Hudson, Jane Keltner de Valle and others arrived at Gramercy Terrace, Bonpoint’s artistic director Christine Innamorato chatted about the delicate jewelry designed with Neva Oslo. The bracelets feature all the letters of the alphabet so that mothers can choose the initials of their children. She said the silk bands are meant to symbolize the link between the mother and child.
In response to interest among shoppers in Canada requesting the brand, Bonpoint is looking for stores in Toronto and Vancouver. Las Vegas and Costa Mesa’s South Coast Plaza are being considered for store openings, though another West Coast port-of-call, San Francisco, has been challenging in terms of available real estate. By 2020, the company aims to open three more stores, Innamorato said. In the meantime, the immediate focus is expediting e-commerce
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