Newport Beach resident makes a Christmas resolution, bikes 160 miles in solo ride for charities
Newport Beach resident Allan Cooper made a Christmas resolution to do more to help others during the COVID-19 crisis and came up with a two-day, 160-mile bike ride from the Santa Barbara Pier to the Newport Beach Pier that would raise awareness and funds for four charities.
(Kevin Chang / Staff Photographer)
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Newport Beach resident Allan Cooper woke up on Christmas morning in a bit of a funk, thinking how disappointing 2020 had turned out to be for him and countless others facing personal and financial losses during the COVID-19 pandemic.