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Breakdance with Olympic prospects
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Breakdancing will be an official sport at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, and local b-girls and b-boys have been practicing breakdance maneuvers in hopes of repping Team USA. Throughout the county, breakers are “spontaneously” linking up via “social media,” according to b-girl Melissa Adao, and more formally at the Apex School of Movement and Culture Shock Training Academy.
Photograph by Matthew Suárez
For the recent Olympic qualifiers held on Instagram and Zoom, Adao, a 41-year-old Golden Hill dweller, busted funky grooves up top then got down with traditional footwork and freezes. “There are three judges who score you on the spot, based on a USA Breakin’ scoring system,” she explained. “I made the top eight bracket for all of the Olympic qualifiers I’ve entered, so I am happy!” The wins garnered her a spot at Austin, Texas, where face-to-face battles will ensue, and judges will decide who’ll progress one
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The city of Escondido is moving forward with plans to replace the Lake Wohlford dam, a structure built of earth and rock that has stood at its present location since 1895.
Lake Wohlford is about 5 miles northeast of downtown Escondido, just beyond city limits in the unincorporated area of San Diego County, and the dam is owned by the city. The lake has long served the city both as a recreational asset for boaters and fishing enthusiasts, and as an emergency storage reservoir to supply drinking water in case of a drought.
After nearly a decade of planning, design work and environmental review, the project is ready to move forward once funding is secured, said Christopher McKinney, deputy city manager and Escondido’s utilities director.
Sparkling waters! Blue, rippling, and fresh.
You come across them suddenly, on this twisty road in the mountains, heading towards Valley View Casino.
It’s Lake Wohlford. First time I’ve ever seen it. Two minutes later, stepdaughter Mag and I are high-stepping it towards this house among the bungalows on the lake’s hillside. It’s more than a house: it’s an eatery. We’re hungry.
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25484 Lake Wohlford Road, Escondido
Inside’s as near as you’ll get to old-school country diner. We sit down near a guy with a big hat and a bigger beard. He looks over from his stool, the third-last in the row.
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