The Coast News, October 6, 2023

Elderly clamber for care

Scripps groups drop Medicare Advantage, seniors left in bind

By Laura Place

Eyes to the skies

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— Thousands of seniors receiving primary care through Scripps Health have been left scrambling after executives announced that two of their most popular medical groups would no longer accept Medicare Advantage plans.

Stargazers prepare for a heavenly meetup on Oct. 14 when the sun, moon and Earth align for an annular solar eclipse. In San Diego County, a partial solar eclipse will be visible. Story on 23.

Scripps began sending out letters early last week notifying members that beginning Jan. 1, 2024, Scripps Clinic and Scripps Coastal would no longer accept Advantage plans from carriers including Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield of California, UnitedHealthcare and Centene Health Net.

— Scripps CEO Chris Van Gorder

The change affects an estimated 32,000 San Diego County seniors, according to Scripps. The groups will continue to accept Original Medicare, or Parts A and B. Representatives for the popular San Diego health network said continuing to accept Advantage plans was no longer financially viable after trying unsuccessfully to negotiate with private insurers to be reimbursed for their costs.

“Scripps has long served seniors and others in our community who are enrolled in Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans. Scripps and

Teens arrested in armed shoe robbery

By Jordan P. Ingram ENCINITAS —

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Three teenagers were arrested in connection with a shoe sale turned armed robbery earlier this month in the Encinitas neighborhood of Cardiff by the Sea.

After communicating via social media regarding the sale of several pairs of shoes, a male victim met with two 16-year-old suspects, a boy and a girl, at approximately 5 p.m. on Sept. 14 in the Cardiff by the Sea Apartments parking lot

in the 2100 block of Carol View Drive, according to Sgt. Heather Bruton of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.

After handing the suspects each a box of shoes, a third man approached the group, removed a gun from his pants and pointed it at the victim.

The victim ran to his vehicle and got into the driver’s seat, and the male and female suspects fled

“It’s become a game of delay, deny and not pay.”

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However, as of this month, a quarter of a century later, Olde Ivy Antiques has a new name…Ocean Tide Interiors. “I wanted our name to reflect who we are today, with our expanded and elevated offerings, while still featuring our unique vintage shops,” Lynne explained in a recent interview with Coast News. “We look forward to sharing with you all that is yet to come!”

As the ‘go-to’ destination for coastal home decor and vintage finds in Carlsbad Village, Ocean Tide Interiors now offers expanded categories of product lines, including furniture, art, lighting, rugs, and custom made-to-order upholstered items, as well as design services.

“Our curated vintage shops continue to be part of the shopping experience, offering a variety of unique antiques, books, jewelry, records and garden salvage,” Lynne said.

Ocean Tide Interiors is one of those rare finds, a store you walk into and suddenly you’re lost in thought. Experience seaside chic with 22 antique booths with rediscovered treasures right alongside seaside inspired hand-painted furniture and coastal art from some of the finest local and regional artists.

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Carlsbad updates park objectives

City to maintain existing parks, not build new ones

By Abigail Sourwine

The city’s Parks and Recreation Department will prioritize maintaining and improving existing parks rather than building new ones and increasing the number of pickleball courts, according to a master plan update.

EUSD closes libraries due to 'sexually explicit' book

By Samantha Nelson ESCONDIDO

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District has temporarily closed its school libraries after a book “containing sexually explicit material” was found in one of its campus libraries.

According to a Sept. 27 statement from Superintendent Luis Ibarra, library services will be temporarily halted across the district so that library media technicians can conduct a “thorough audit” of its book collections.

“Unfortunately, it came to my attention that a book containing sexually explicit material was in one of our school libraries,” Ibarra’s statement reads. “As an elementary district that serves students from PK to 8th grade, we are committed to not introducing inappropriate material to our students.”

School officials have not released the book’s title or where it was found.

The Escondido Union School District covers 23 elementary and middle school sites.

“The careful review of book collections is a routine practice that our library media techs do often in order to make room for newer collections,” Ibarra states.

Library services will resume on EUSD campuses once the audit is completed by “no later than” Oct. 6, according to the superintendent.

Some social media posts have suggested that the book could be one of the “banned book” titles that have been recently challenged at schools and libraries throughout the nation. The Coast News is awaiting further confirmation from the school district regarding the book title.

According to Library Foundation SD, this increasingly prevalent effort to ban certain books dispropor-

tionately targets books that offer diverse perspectives, such as those from people of color and the LGBTQ community.

The foundation along with the San Diego Public Library recently joined the “Books Unbanned” campaign to resist book bans and increase access to challenged books.

Library pushes for more access to banned books

The San Diego Public Library and Library Foundation SD are launching their participation in “Books Unbanned,” a new campaign resisting book bans by making challenged titles available to young readers across the United States.

Through Books Unbanned, young readers can access a collection of frequently banned or challenged titles in e-book or audiobook form. The list of more than 250 titles includes some of the most challenged books in the U.S., such as “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison and “All Boys Aren’t Blue” by George M. Johnson.

“Libraries are the great equalizers. Anyone can visit a library to learn something new and expand their understanding of the world beyond their own experiences,” said San Diego Public Library Director Misty Jones. “The library must be where diverse materials representing our communities are available and where all ideas can be presented and discussed. Book bans and challenges threaten our freedom to read and the library’s role as an open and welcoming space.”

The campaign was started in response to an increasingly prevalent, nationwide effort to challenge and ban certain books across public and school libraries.

The update, providing guidance for the department through 2030, will not impact current park development plans, including two of the most significant undertakings in Veterans Memorial Park and Robertson Ranch Community Park.

Outside of these new parks, the department will focus on education on sustainable practices, evaluations of fees and protocols and adding and improving amenities for the next seven years.

“The focus itself is to maintain our existing high-quality parks and recreation services but adapt them to the current needs and priorities of the community,” said Parks & Recreation Director Kyle Lancaster.

During a Sept. 26 meeting, Neelay Bhatt of Next Practice Partners, a consultant group that worked with the city on data to inform the new master plan, told the Carlsbad City Council that in a citywide survey of residents’ satisfaction with services, only a small percentage of people surveyed responded that their needs for a local park were not met.

Bhatt said the data points to a desire for services instead.

When asked if they would like to see a greater emphasis on recreation projects, programs and services, 2% said no and 60% said yes.

“This is a consistent pattern I’ve seen through that pandemic and, again, speaks well to what the community here values,” Bhatt said.

The exception to the de-

prioritization of new development is pickleball: Parks and Recreation will look into potential sites for more courts to meet the high demand. Poinsettia Park hosts the city’s six courts, which residents say are a hot commodity.

The Carlsbad City Council directed staff to prioritize new areas for pickleball courts rather than converting tennis courts, a move led by Mayor Keith Blackburn, who said he didn’t want a turf war between pickleball and tennis players.

Some residents criticized the plan for its lack of direction on a park in the Ponto area.

“Homeowners have consistently provided facts and data that prove unequivocally that south Carlsbad is underserved in parks,” resident Mark O’Donnell said. “And it doesn’t take much to look around that area to see that the entire area is rife for improvements.”

Ponto residents have long fought for a park in southwest Carlsbad, even suggesting the city buy 11 acres near Cape Rey Hotel, but the idea hit a dead end when the owner was unwilling to sell. The Coast News previously reported that local group People for Ponto had lobbied the city about the development for seven years.

“Every time there was a vote on anything related to

planning area F, the people raised their voice and asked you to develop Ponto,” Jodi Jones of People for Ponto said in the meeting. “They asked for Ponto Park.”

Bhatt presented a map of all the parks and recreation areas in the city with circles representing the area the park serves. The city’s standard is three acres of park space per 1,000 residents.

Per the busy map, Veterans Memorial Park, at the intersection of Cannon Road and Faraday Avenue, serves the Ponto area, but residents say that’s inaccurate because coastal resi-

dents need to cross Interstate 5 to get there.

“It’s great to see charts and graphs saying everyone’s happy things are good; just keep doing what you’re doing,” Jones said. “But I’ve listened to the community for five years, which I know is not as long as many people, but there is a big hole in the data that is not being represented.”

Councilmember Teresa Acosta made a motion for staff to research options for a park in the southwest quadrant and bring them back to the council, but the motion did not pass in a 3-2 vote.

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Group discusses status of San Onofre’s nuclear waste

By Alison St. John

It was good to gather around a table with 20 people who care about what’s happening at San Onofre, where 3.5 million pounds of radioactive waste is being stored 100 feet from the ocean. The informal group, hosted recently in Solana Beach by Bart Ziegler of the Samuel Lawrence Foundation, included eminent scientists and environmentalists.

As a journalist who covered San Onofre for seven years for KPBS, starting in 2012 when steam generator leaks were first reported, I was interested to hear a group of experts talking about the deeply disturbing questions that still swirl around the now-shuttered nuclear power plant.

In 2015, when I questioned Southern California Edison employees about the risks involved in storing high-level nuclear waste on-site, I concluded they were taking the path of least resistance because finding anywhere else to keep it appeared virtually impossible.

After all, Congress has failed so far to find a permanent storage site, though they’ve had 40 years to pick a location after accepting legal responsibility for the waste in the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982.

So, after San Onofre closed down in 2013, Edison buried the remaining high-level radioactive waste in 73 canisters on land they had already leased from the military, squeezing it in near its other stored waste next to the beach. Job done.

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that there is no consensus about what approach to take. Most of the energy in the debate has centered on where to take it. Congressman Mike Levin, to his credit, has managed to leverage millions of dollars to start a process to find a community willing to accept it. They would store it temporarily at “consolidated interim storage” sites. This “consent-based siting” approach could take over a decade.

But a contingent at our gathering felt that it was like watching the deck chairs on the Titanic sliding sideways. History has shown the chances of ever finding a community willing to accept radioactive spent fuel are slim. Hopes that were high three years ago are already fading that New Mexico or Texas would accept this kind of waste.

Instead, they say, a safer and perhaps more honest approach would be to face the fact that we benefitted from the electricity generated at San Onofre, and we should start planning for ways to make sure it is safe on our shores for the long term.

diation escaping from the canisters is above a safe level.

Off-site monitoring is crucial to take it out of the hands of Edison, the company responsible for safely storing the waste.

Monitors exist that would give several days advance warning of the need to evacuate. But it was pointed out that with up to 10 million people potentially threatened by a problem at San Onofre, there would be gridlock if an evacuation were announced - not to mention that Interstate 5, the main artery out of San Diego County, runs right past the plant.

Understandably, most of the public would rather ignore the problem. We discussed why more young people are not up in arms about the situation. Taylor Bratton, a 26-year-old marine ecologist and a surfer, suggested bringing more surfers into the debate since they frequent the waves next to San Onofre.

The decision-makers would almost certainly be retired or deceased by the time the canisters reached the end of their guaranteed life expectancy. Some of the older canisters have been stored there for 25 years already.

Part of the problem is

This takes the pressure off another daunting aspect of the problem: how to move the waste, which would need special, not-yet developed transport technology and raises questions like, should the communities it passes through be informed or not? The Sierra Club’s national policy on nuclear waste disposal concludes, “Transportation could be the weakest link in the chain leading to disaster.”

In the meantime, there are more urgent concerns, like how do we know if the canisters start leaking?

Mark Thiemens, former UCSD Dean of Physical Sciences at UCSD, said monitoring would effectively tell if the level of ra-

But she admitted that with so much anxiety-provoking news breaking daily about the potential threats of climate change, possible nuclear waste leaks are somewhat upstaged.

One participant suggested that perhaps what may eventually make people pay closer attention is if home insurers start raising rates within a certain distance of the plant.

Since the buried canisters are mere feet above sea level, there is a valid concern about erosion and cracking of the thin-walled metal canisters. While attending one of Edison’s Community Engagement Panel meetings several years ago, we were shown slides of the concrete containers that hold the metal canisters full of spent fuel rods.

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It would have taken a rare combination of courage and toughness to solve California’s three-month property insurance crisis fairly.

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Neither quality was displayed by either Gov. Gavin Newsom or Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, and so blackmailing insurance companies won big against ordinary Californians for the second time in 27 years.

How craven were these two officials? First, on a cool day in late September, Newsom issued a uniquely unspecific executive order essentially telling Lara to do something, almost anything, about the crisis spawned by the insurance industry, whose biggest companies had stopped writing new property policies anywhere in California for the preceding three months, claiming huge wildfire losses.

Lara’s response was to capitulate to the companies, including State Farm, Allstate, USAA, Farmers and more. Exactly one week after the Legislature refused to give them carte blanche in setting new rates, Lara effectively did just that.

Several leading insurers now have rate increase applications pending before Lara’s department for price hikes averaging about 34 percent starting sometime next year. Under a deal Lara struck mere hours after Newsom’s flailing order, they will almost certainly get the bulk of those increases. In return, all they must do is issue or restore homeowner policies in wildfire prone areas, charging pretty much whatever they want in the process.

Property owners elsewhere might also see their rates increase to help subsidize the companies and thus keep them in the California market. For the first time, the industry will now use projections of future fire losses to justify rate increases, rather than only past performance, and never mind if their profit-motivated predictions never come to pass.

All this, the companies say, because they’ve had big losses in California since wildfires became larger and more common starting in 2017. But how much have they really lost? Over the last two decades, these companies made far higher profits in California than nationally, even more if you include the $12.1 billion that utility companies were forced to pay them to refund insurance payouts after fires caused by the electricity providers.

Between 1997 and 2021, insurance companies enjoyed an 8.8 percent return on spending in California, compared with 6.2 percent nationally, according to figures reported by the Consumer Watchdog advocacy group and not disputed by the industry. Add in the

big money from the utilities, and profits here were even higher.

Consumer Watchdog founder Harvey Rosenfield, author of the 1988 Proposition 103, which made the insurance commissioner elective and mandates setting rates based on past expenses, says his outfit – which often intervenes in insurance rate cases – will not meekly accept Lara’s capitulation to the insurance companies.

“Insurance companies used their economic power to create shortages (and) pressure elected officials to change the (Proposition 103) rules that have kept insurance in California stable, affordable and available for decades,” Rosenfield said. “Consumer Watchdog will not allow Lara to derail the rights of consumers.” Translation: “We’ll see you in court, Mr. Lara.”

The fair way to end the insurance boycott would have been to tell the companies if they’re not going to sell all kinds of insurance here, they can’t sell any. Firms that boycott should lose their licenses to sell any new insurance here for several years, including extremely profitable coverage like life insurance. But Lara took well over $100,000 in campaign dollars from the industry he regulates, despite earlier promises not to accept any insurance company donations. When the donations were revealed, Lara was forced to return most of the money.

Still, the industry’s apparent influence over him was clear in the deal he made. Lara acted much like 1990s-era Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush, who also accepted insurance company donations and then gave in to the industry’s previous boycott of California over a requirement that anyone selling homeowner coverage also had to sell earthquake insurance.

Quackenbush orchestrated a deal eliminating that rule and forming the California Earthquake Authority to replace policies long carried by the industry. In both that case and this fall’s, California was blackmailed and elected commissioners who had taken insurance company dollars capitulated.

That’s not how government is supposed to work, but it is reality when leaders lack the courage and toughness to fight off obvious extortion. Email Thomas Elias

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School threat probed

By Laura Place

Law enforcement is continuing to investigate a shooting threat against San Marcos Elementary School that was posted on social media over the weekend and traced back to a San Marcos residence.

The statements on X, formerly known as Twitter, included threats of violence directly mentioning the elementary school and included images of firearms. The account also replied directly to a yearold post by the school’s account with a threat.

The San Marcos Unified School District sent out a notification to school staff and families regarding the threat around 9:45 p.m. on Sunday and a district-wide notification around 8:45 a.m. on Monday.

“Our district office team and the San Marcos Elementary team have been working closely with law enforcement to con-

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with the victim’s shoes.

The incident was captured on the victim’s Tesla cameras mounted at various locations on the vehicle.

Detectives from the North Coastal Sheriff’s Station used the video footage from the vehicle’s cameras to identify, locate and arrest the two juvenile suspects. Both were booked into a juvenile detention facility on robbery charges.

According to law enforcement, the male suspect was wearing a pair of shoes stolen during the robbery at the time of his arrest.

Detectives later identified the third suspect with a gun as Jesus Manuel Quinonez, 18, who was also named as a suspect in a similar robbery of shoes on Sept. 11 in San Marcos.

SWAT teams for the Carlsbad and Escondido police departments served a search warrant on Sept. 20 at Quinonez’s home in Carlsbad and arrested him for both robberies.

Carlsbad police have also identified Quinonez as a suspect in an Aug. 15 stabbing in Carlsbad.

During the search of his home, law enforcement found clothing Quinonez wore during the Encinitas robbery, shoes stolen during the San Marcos robbery, and evidence related to the Carlsbad stabbing.

Quinonez is currently in custody for robbery, possession of stolen property, assault with a deadly weapon and participating in a street gang. His bail is now set at $300,000.

Piazza gets 8 years for child sex abuse

By Laura Place VISTA

— A former North County swim instructor was sentenced to eight years in prison in Vista Superior Court on Sept. 27 for felony and misdemeanor child molestation charges.

Nicholas Piazza, 20, received his sentence from Judge Brad Weinreb in the presence of attorneys and the family of one of his victims, who spoke emotionally about the harm caused to their son and family.

Vista, Encinitas OK plans for joint shelter

By Laura Place & Abigail Sourwine

The cities of Vista and Encinitas are moving forward with plans for a joint homeless shelter on Santa Fe Avenue in Vista.

Buena Creek Navigation Center, as it was officially dubbed last week, is set to provide services and shelter for people experiencing homelessness as early as January 2024.

State Sen. Catherine Blakespear (D-Encinitas) was responsible for netting $5 million in state funding to make the shelter a reality.

The Encinitas and Vista city councils signed a memorandum of understanding last week, agreeing to work together and put out a request for proposals from service providers who would carry out the day-today shelter operations and provide case management.

The center would consist of four buildings on adjoining parcels on Santa Fe Avenue — one four-bedroom single-family home, a detached garage, and two multi-family residential buildings.

Two buildings will be used for shelter and two for administration, staff housing, common space or any other use the service provider sees fit. The shelter buildings are two stories with six rooms on each floor. At maximum capacity, with two people in each room, the center would hold 48.

Both cities agreed to work together to cover the cost of operations and share resources. Encinitas would cover 25% of the rental costs at $11,000 per month and could use 25% of the beds, while Vista would have access to 75% of the beds and cover $33,000 in rent per month, Vista officials said.

Patty Anders, policy and housing planning manager for Encinitas, said the location of the center and Vista’s higher need are factors in the 75/25 split.

“Partnering with Vista allows both cities to substantially reduce the cost of independently operating the navigation center by sharing cost and leveraging resources,” Anders said.

“It creates a more regional solution of providing emergency shelter beds in North County, which we know we are in urgent need of, and it will allow both cities to have permanent shelter beds reserved exclusively for homeless individuals of both Encinitas and Vista.”

Vista council members requested a thorough inspection of the properties to ensure they are in good condition before they enter into a lease with Santa Fe House LLC, the landlord.

“I don’t wanna be stuck in a situation where we thought we were getting something, and we’re not getting it at the end of the day,” said Councilmember Corinna Contreras.

According to Vista Homeless Services Program Manager Jonathan Lung, the shelter will offer flexible lengths of stay, ideally around 120 days, with options for extensions. Pets and people’s partners will also be allowed, and three meals a day will be provided.

Based on responses to the request for proposals, Vista staff are hoping to bring forward a contract with a recommended service provider by late November, Lung said.

During the Encinitas City Council’s Sept. 27 discussion, resident Elena Thompson said she is concerned about the proximity of the low-barrier shelter to cannabis dispensary Vista Wellness Center and cannabis clinic So Cal Wellness Center.

As a low-barrier shelter, Buena Creek will not require sobriety, but the use of illegal drugs on site is still prohibited and clients would have check-ins with staff that would be difficult to maintain while using drugs, Anders said.

Thompson also said the council should get more information about funding and whether or not the city will be able to enforce its anti-camping laws once the shelter opens. Cities in California cannot clear encampments without providing adequate alternative shelter.

“I think we need to re-

Piazza originally faced three felony charges for allegedly abusing three boys in 2021 to 2022 while he was employed at Callan Swim School in San Marcos and while working as a private swim instructor.

noying or molesting a child.

At the Wednesday sentencing hearing, Weinreb said Piazza will also be required to register as a sex offender, and is prohibited from contacting any of the victims.

Deputy District Attorney Isaac Jackson, who prosecuted the case, said he believes the sentence was fitting based on the charges, but said he knows it is nowhere near enough for the victims and their families.

ally review this contract before it gets rubber stamped tonight and we’re stuck living with it without any money to pay for it,” Thomp-

While the case was set to go to trial this year, a plea deal was reached in August setting a sentence of eight years, in exchange for Piazza pleading guilty to one felony count of lewd and lascivious acts against a minor under 14 and two misdemeanor counts of an-

“It’s always difficult when you have a case like this. There will never be a prison sentence that can truly address what happened to these victims,” Jackson said. “This case was particularly egregious because he usurped a position of trust.”

Piazza’s defense attorney Andrew Limberg declined to comment on the sentencing.

Piazza was first arrested in the summer of

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Musician Jesse Ray Smith Wears His Heartland on His Sleeve

Cardiff’s Jesse Ray Smith is a singer-songwriter, husband and father dedicated to the pursuit of crafting timeless songs and records. His brand of Modern Americana blends current indie folk flavors with southern rock sounds of the past, harkening back to artists such as Bob Segar and Chris Stapleton.

“My mom gave me the middle name ‘Ray’ because “Jesse Ray Smith” sounded like a singer’s name to her, so I guess I was born a musician,” says Jesse. “I was 10 when my dad handed me a guitar. I listened to all the greats -- Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Bob Marley, Tom Petty. I started busking the streets of California the summer before college and have followed music ever since.”

Jesse’s recent release ‘Back to Yesterday’ was produced by 2023 Grammy-winning producer Tyler Chester and delivers what Jessie describes as “Heartland Rock with Heartbreak Soul.”

“Sometimes my songwriting is intimate and tells a secret; sometimes it thunders like a train through a little beach town. Authenticity is always the goal.”

Jesse recently played at the Belly Up, and next will play a free intimate show with his songwriting partner Sean Cox Briar at the Cardiff Library on

November 1st. He’s working on a holiday show and cooking up something with the Belly Up for early 2024. “You can’t beat the Belly Up!”

Jesse’s UCSD undergrad studies brought him to San Diego. After college his band The Pheromones played around San Diego and that’s how he met his wife, Nerissa, a Cardiff native.

“We knew Cardiff would become our home. People here are dedicated to a positive mindset that is infectious. I’ve always noticed how a community with a focus just works better, and here the focus is the ocean. I feel so fortunate to be raising my family here -- next to the beach where people are so positive and appreciate the community and lifestyle. This place is very special and so are the

people.”

“I think it’s important for the arts to be well represented in any community, which is why I wanted to join the Encinitas Chamber of Commerce. I love the entrepreneurial side of building a music business, and offering my music as a partnership resource in this community is a way for me to connect with other businesses and network. I’m honored to be a part of it.”

Jesse’s perfect day in Encinitas? “Dropping the kids at school, grabbing a coffee and empanada from Bump. Then to my studio to work on some music before a quick surf around noon, finishing the day with ice cream from JoJo’s with the girls and a walk at the lagoon.”

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MUSICIAN Jesse Ray Smith (L) performing at the Belly Up.

TWO BUILDINGS along South Santa Fe Avenue in Vista are planned to be used for a non-congregate shelter co-leased by the cities of Vista and Encinitas. Photo by Laura Place

Former city manager named CEO of Clean Energy Alliance

By Laura Place SOLANA BEACH

— Greg Wade will leave his post as city manager of Solana Beach after accepting a position as the new chief executive officer of the Clean Energy Alliance.

Wade was selected from over 50 applicants for the leadership position at CEA, a public entity focused on providing alternative energy resources via a partnership with North County cities.

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Burglary ringleader sentenced

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REGION — The ringleader of a residential burglary crew that San Diego prosecutors say targeted 43 homes and took more than $1 million in cash and jewelry was sentenced Oct. 2 to 56 years in state prison.

George Boozer, 48, led a crew that included eight other defendants who burglarized homes over an 18-month period, according to the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office.

Boozer pleaded guilty earlier this year to 68 counts that included residential burglary and conspiracy to commit a crime.

Three other defendants have also pleaded guilty and await sentencing, while the remaining defendants may still go to trial.

The District Attorney’s Office said the crew committed burglaries in other California counties and “utilized sophisticated measures to conceal their appearance and vehicles used to commit the offenses.”

One of Boozer’s co-defendants, Lauren Patrick, helped case affluent neighborhoods for homes the crew targeted, while another co-defendant, Devon Taylor, took part in stealing property from homes and pepper sprayed some homeowners’ dogs during the crimes, prosecutors said. Both Patrick and Taylor are slated for sentencing next week.

“These criminals not only stole cash and valuables from the victims, but they also stole their peace of mind, their safety and their security,” said San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan.

of directors unanimously approved Wade’s appointment as CEO with a $325,000 salary on Sept. 28.

Wade will officially step into the role on Dec. 1 after eight years with the city of Solana Beach, replacing outgoing CEO Barbara Boswell.

“I’m honored to serve CEA’s member communities as CEO,” said Wade.

“Throughout my career, I’ve been inspired by San Diegans’ commitment to

making our community an excellent, innovative and environmentally sustainable place to live. The cities of Carlsbad, Del Mar, Solana Beach, Escondido, San Marcos, Oceanside and Vista have joined together to create an exceptional energy resource, and I’m looking forward to building upon

the organization’s commitment to a sustainable future.”

Along with public administration experience, Wade is closely acquainted with clean energy initiatives, having led the establishment of the Solana Energy Alliance, San Diego County’s first Community Choice Aggregation, while serving as city manager.

In 2019, Solana Beach also became one of CEA’s three founding cities under his leadership, “which

makes him well-versed in CEA’s operations, future opportunities and goals, and what has made the CEA successful,” the agency said.

Before joining the Solana Beach government, Wade served as the assistant city manager and community development director in Imperial Beach.

Solana Beach Councilmember Kristi Becker, one of CEA board members who approved Wade’s appointment, said he will

San Marcos, other cities allow medical pot deliveries

State law protects patients’ access to medical cannabis

By Laura Place SAN MARCOS

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North County cities that have taken a hardline stance against cannabis are being forced to yield slightly in their regulations under a new state law requiring jurisdictions to allow local delivery of medical cannabis.

Under Senate Bill 1186, known as the Medicinal Cannabis Patients’ Right of Access Act, all California jurisdictions must allow the delivery of medical cannabis products within city limits by the start of 2024.

The city of San Marcos adopted a new ordinance on Sept. 26 stating that delivery of these products will no longer be prohibited.

However, city officials maintained that medical cannabis establishments, even those that are delivery-only, will still not be permitted in the city.

Deputy City Attorney Jacqueline Paterno said due to the city’s proximity to Vista, where there are eight delivery-only cannabis establishments, residents would not be prohibited from accessing delivery.

“In remote jurisdictions, it would be necessary

to allow establishments because there’s no other business nearby that could serve the population,” Paterno said. “There’s plenty of establishments that can deliver nearby into San Marcos that are nearby, so we don’t have that issue of having to allow actual delivery-only establishments to open or be permitted in San Marcos.”

Some North County jurisdictions widely allow commercial cannabis and are already compliant with the act. There are multiple dispensaries in Vista and Oceanside, and Encinitas approved its first dispensaries last year.

Carlsbad, which bans all cannabis activities, including medical delivery, will bring forward their own ordinance on Oct. 17 to bring their laws into compliance with SB 1186, city spokesperson Kristina Ray said.

The cities of Solana Beach and Del Mar will also need to bring forward similar ordinances before year’s end.

The city of Escondido is also highly restrictive of commercial cannabis activity, but the city code does not explicitly prohibit residents from having products delivered, according to Deputy City Manager Chris McKinney.

Within San Marcos, some believe current regulations on marijuana are excessively restrictive. Resident Carol Gendell

questioned city officials about this topic at the Sept. 26 meeting.

“I would like to know why, in 2023, we are still debating whether we can have delivery, never mind the existence of cannabis stores in San Marcos?” Gendell inquired. “What is it that we are at this point concerned about, given that it is legal?”

San Marcos City Attorney Helen Holmes Peak said the city’s choice not to allow recreational marijuana is a legal policy decision at this time.

“Proposition 64 does not require the provision of recreational marijuana. SB 1186 does require the provision of medical marijuana delivery, which the city has done. It has met its required mandates, and the city has chosen to go no further,” Holmes Peak said.

Marijuana business attorney Ed Wicker is one of many advocates who has pushed North County leaders to pass more progressive policies around marijuana over the years. He said the importance of SB 1186 cannot be understated but that cities must go further.

“SB 1186 makes it very clear that patients have rights. However … it doesn't go nearly far enough in allowing cannabis businesses across the board. It’s a very small

be missed by the city.

“It’s super bittersweet … for Solana Beach to lose you as our city manager. You have been such a strong leader for the city, and I personally am sad to see you go, but there is no denying you were our top candidate for this position,” Becker said.

City officials held a special closed session meeting Monday to accept Wade’s delayed resignation and discuss recruitment plans for a new city manager.

O’side continues downtown patrols

By Samantha Nelson

The city has extended its contract with MainStreet Oceanside to provide security services downtown following the end of a one-year pilot program.

Almost exactly a year ago, the city approved a $1.3 million professional services agreement with MainStreet Oceanside to manage a one-year downtown security pilot program. MainStreet hired Gatekeepers Security Inc., which provided four security officers on foot, vehicle and bicycle patrols 24 hours per day, seven days a week in the downtown area.

After the city's pilot program expired, the Oceanside City Council approved extending the contract by another 15 months for $1.9 million.

In June, the council allocated Measure X funds to bring security officers downtown, paying MainStreet Oceanside a $123,000 administration fee for staff and resources to manage the program. MainStreet Oceanside will help cover the cost with $149,000 from the Downtown Oceanside Property Business Improvement District’s security budget.

The amended security program will extend its reach to include more streets in and near the downtown area. Security officers will patrol areas from the Strand up to Horne Street, Civic Center Drive South to Seagaze Drive, Neptune Street South to Wisconsin Avenue, and cross streets including Pacific, Myers, Cleveland, Tremont, Freeman, Ditmar, Nevada, Clementine and Horne streets.

According to Economic Development Manager Michelle Geller, feedback from downtown businesses, residents and visitors regarding the security officers’ presence has been “overwhelmingly positive.” People expressed they felt safer walking to their cars at night and in general while downtown.

Geller noted although there have been a “handful of incidents” where some had negative

experiences with a security officer, those incidents were “dealt with seriously and swiftly” by Gatekeepers leadership.

As part of the extended program, MainStreet Oceanside is also providing additional incident de-escalation training and best practices for how to interact with and provide resources for the area’s unhoused population. Security officers will work closely with the Oceanside Police Department’s Homeless Outreach team to assist in connecting unhoused individuals with resources.

“They’re working really well together,” said Gumaro Escarcega, chief operating officer of MainStreet Oceanside.

Council members Rick Robinson and Eric Joyce cautioned that while the situation downtown has improved, other areas of the city are still experiencing issues with homelessness, crime and property damage. Both officials also noted seeing more unhoused people moving inland.

“This service moves people out of a space – so they don’t disappear, they go to some other space, which we’ve seen just outside of downtown and down the hill where we’ve seen incidents rise,” Joyce said. “We can’t say it’s directly because of this, but it could be a contributing factor.”

Escarcega said MainStreet Oceanside will be reporting the program’s performance to the city on a monthly basis.

THE CITY of San Marcos, like many other California cities opposed to legalized cannabis, recently adopted an ordinance to comply with a new state law requiring all municipalities to allow medical marijuana delivery services. File photo

Winston, Del Mar reach settlement

School drops lawsuit after two year legal battle

By Laura Place DEL MAR

— A twoyear legal battle between the Winston School and the city of Del Mar was put to rest this week under a settlement agreement restoring the school’s 55-year lease.

O’side objects to state housing laws

Council’s letter to Newsom pushes for local control

By Samantha Nelson

A majority of the Oceanside City Council, including the mayor, sent the governor a signed letter objecting to recent state laws limiting local jurisdictions’ control over land use decisions.

The letter, addressed to Gov. Gavin Newsom, states the council members “vehemently object to the litany of legislation passed by the legislature and signed into law by the Governor that removes control away from local jurisdictions and places land-use decisions solely in the hands of the super-majority in Sacramento.”

“Land-use policy is one of the most critical roles of local government and for a handful of politicians on the opposite side of our great state to pass laws that affect 40 million residents without consideration of the unintended consequences has been an unmitigated disaster for the city of Oceanside,” states the letter drafted by Deputy Mayor Ryan Keim.

The subject of local control over land use, zoning and housing decisions has been a hot-button issue across the state over the last few years, including last year’s Our Neighborhood Voices initiative that aimed to re-establish local control over land use matters by repealing state housing laws via over referendum.

While that collaborative referendum effort failed to make the 2022 ballot, some cities, like Huntington Beach, continue to push back against the state.

Earlier this year, Huntington Beach rejected adopting a new housing element, a requirement for every California city that details how cities intend to meet their mandated housing numbers as determined through the Regional Housing Needs Assessment. The city has also banned the processing of Senate Bill 9, a state law that allows homeowners to create up to six housing units on existing single-family lots.

The state has since

sued Huntington Beach for violating state housing laws.

For Oceanside, the city has already approved its housing element for the 2021-29 cycle and must provide a total of 5,443 homes — 1,268 for very low income households, 718 for low income, 883 moderate and 2,574 above-moderate.

In the letter, Keim pointed out that although the city will be able to meet its mandated RHNA numbers without rezoning any single-family neighborhoods by focusing on “smart and sustainable corridors,” laws like Senate Bill 9 are counterproductive to that goal.

“Despite this responsible planning, devastating one-size-fits-all bills such as SB 8, SB 9 and AB 2097 have been forced onto the entirety of the most populous and diverse state in the Union,” the letter reads. “The unnecessary and increased density dictated by these bills in all areas of the city without consideration of our general plan, housing element and development standards will undoubtedly affect the quality-of-life of everyone in our city without addressing the lack of affordable housing.”

The letter further asserts that state housing laws intended to increase housing and decrease homelessness have had the opposite effect.

“Ironically, housing prices have only climbed alongside the population of unsheltered homeless as more ‘housing production’ bills are passed each year,” the letter states. “To compound the situation, law enforcement has had their hands tied by misguided bills that prevent them from protecting their communities from crime associated with the homeless crisis.”

The letter is referring to Proposition 47, a ballot measure passed in 2014 that made some non-violent property crimes (not exceeding $950) and drug possession offenses into misdemeanors.

According to the letter, the state is at a “tipping point” where it could lose “the qualities that make California one of the most wonderful areas in the world to live.”

“Together, as the gov-

submit a proper redevelopment plan for the campus as required by the lease. The school’s lawsuit claimed that the city unfairly terminated their lease after rejecting over a dozen design plans for not meeting unreasonable requirements.

Winston School buildings and continued operations of the Winston School for the foreseeable future,” said City Manager Ashley Jones. “This outcome provides a significant benefit to the city, to Winston School and the students that they serve.”

timeline for the redevelopment. The school must submit a complete application to the city’s Design Review Board by Oct. 31 and begin construction by the end of 2027.

The project must be substantially completed by the end of 2031.

Winston School, a small nonprofit special education institution serving around 100 students annually, sued the city in fall 2021 after the city terminated their lease and ordered them to vacate the Shores Park property where they have operated for decades.

At the time, the city said the termination was justified because the school had repeatedly failed to

Del Mar and Winston School entered negotiations in February and agreed to delay further court proceedings, hoping to come to a settlement that both parties could support. On Sept. 29, city and school officials announced they had reached a solution.

“I’m very pleased to announce that after many months of settlement negotiations, the city and Winston School have reached an agreement on updated lease terms and a settlement agreement that will allow for the dismissal of the pending lawsuit, major redevelopment of the

Winston officials said they expect both parties to benefit from “less ambiguous lease terms” in the future.

“Winston is pleased to have the lawsuit behind us,” said Laura Cunitz, the school’s board president.

“We feel we have developed a strong working relationship with City staff and are very much looking forward to redeveloping our 1947 campus to meet the needs of today’s students. The updated campus will be an asset to the Del Mar community.”

City and school officials also agreed on a new

The Winston School has been at the Shores Park property in Del Mar since 1988, in buildings that date as far back as the 1940s. In 2008, the city and school entered into a memorandum of understanding stating that Winston would help the city fundraise to buy the property from the Del Mar Union School District in exchange for a longterm lease to continue the school’s operation. Winston School would end up contributing $3 million toward the $8.5 million purchase price, which was used as a rent credit for the school.

County breaks ground on Village View park

By City News Service FALLBROOK

— County officials and Fallbrook community members broke ground today on the 6.7-acre Village View County park in the rural community.

The new site will feature an all-wheel park or skatepark, shaded picnic and play areas, a multipurpose field, a walking trail, nature trails and separate off-leash zones for small dogs and large dogs, according to the county.

“I want to thank the incredible residents of Fallbrook and our county parks team for making this vision a reality,” said San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond. “Your unwavering support and enthusiasm have paved the way for a brighter, greener future. It is vital the community has a safe place where our children can play, our parents can enjoy a picnic in the shade, and where we can all take a stroll on a nature trail to enjoy some peace and quiet in a chaotic world.

“This land is now public park land. It’s yours, it’s mine — it’s ours in perpetuity,” he said.

Park plans also include a native plant garden, a 60-space permeable parking lot, bike parking, an ADA-accessible restroom and a combined drinking fountain and water bottle filling station.

The county parks department held public meetings, issued surveys, worked with focus groups and spoke with community planning groups to hear what residents wanted.

“Personally, I would just like to say thank you to everyone who has been a part of the process up until now,” said Brian Albright, county parks and recreation director.

The wished-for skate park is intended to accommodate beginners and seasoned skaters with a bowl, quarter pipes, rails, kickers, wedge ramps, stairs and more.

Village View County

Park will be open from sunrise to sunset seven days a week and access will be free. A grand opening is expected in spring 2025.

Oceanside gets water recycling, desal grant

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded Oceanside $201,000 for the city’s

Water Recycling and Desalination Planning Project.

Oceanside received the award after applying for WaterSMART funding to investigate expanding water reuse and increasing water recharge, according to the city’s water utilities department.

The federal funding will be used to evaluate the expanded use of treated effluent at the San Luis Rey Water Reclamation Facility to

produce recycled water, and expansion of the Advanced Water Purification Facility for groundwater recharge and higher quality recycled water and seawater desalination, according to the city.

“Expanding water reuse and groundwater recharge will provide our community with local, reliable and drought-resistant supplies well into the future,” said Lindsay Leahy, water utilities director.

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THE OCEANSIDE City Council sent a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom demanding the state return control over land use decisions to local governments.

Where is Rob?

greeted by strangers and recognized months after I’d spoken at conferences.

The hat and I are woven together in the public imagination. Whether to wear it is no longer a choice.

rob weinberg

They haven’t yet sent out the St. Bernards with their brandy casks. However, last week, it came close.

Regular readers know my Panama hat helps me stand out from any crowd. After wearing one for 30 years, the hat and I are one in many minds, and it’s become my trademark.

Standout image plus consistent usage equals solid branding.

Yet last week, the question arose: is it possible to overbrand oneself?

For five years, I’ve belonged to a non-profit business support group. Since 2019, I’ve been on their board of directors.

I actively participate in monthly meetings and am ANYTHING but a wallflower. And, since we’re inside, I don’t wear my hat.

At last week’s meeting, the chair called for my committee report…and didn’t see me. “Where did he go?” she asked. Everyone in the room looked around for me.

Sans hat, I’d become invisible. When I put it on and stood up, everyone recognized me and applauded.

No, I’m not making this up.

Without the hat, I’ve had family members unable to find me at Costco and been yelled at by Chamber of Commerce executives. With it, I’ve been

After considerable thought, I’ve concluded it’s impossible to over-brand. There’s absolutely no downside to any individual or business providing a consistent message and image.

Why else would Coke, McDonald’s, and the rest of the gang spend hundreds of millions (each) every year on their marketing?

Obviously, a great deal of importance, value, and equity is built into their respective brands.

This suggests that it’s inconsistency on my part – not wearing my brand all the time – that causes the problem.

So here’s some unasked-for advice: Make sure you’re using consistent colors, signage, fonts, tone and tag lines in your own business’ marketing efforts. Develop an image and message that accurately represents you, then have the same steady presence in your website, social media, business cards, collateral, etc.

And, to ensure you’re never invisible, wear that brand every place, night and day. In time, your presence may also be missed when someone doesn’t see it.

With that said, I wish you a week of profitable marketing.

Rob Weinberg is a marketing columnist and owner of MBT Consulting.

Pet of the Week

Vanilla Bean is pet of the week at the Rancho Coastal Humane Society. She is a 9-month-old, 43-pound, female hound mix.

Vanilla Bean was transferred to Rancho Coastal Humane Society from a local rescue partner through Friends of County Animal Shelters.

She’s a medium energy, adolescent pup. Her current training involves “sit, down and four on the floor” commands. She enjoys her quiet time and naps.

Vanilla Bean likes play dates with other dogs. She also enjoys sunbathing and playing in the water.

The $145 adoption fee includes a medical exam, neuter, up-to-date vaccinations, registered

Smartville gets $10M for projects

By City News Service CARLSBAD

MiraCosta’s dynamic duo

grow to reach the top of their field as professional and FIFA soccer referees.

ple early on for her children about the importance of schooling.

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Carlsbad-based Smartville Inc., an electric vehicle battery-repurposing company, was recently awarded $10 million from the U.S. Department of Energy as part of a $325 million investment to develop long-duration energy storage technologies.

The funding, from the DOE’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations, will go to 15 projects intended to provide “benefits to local power systems, mitigate risks associated with disruptions to the grid and help communities develop reliable and affordable energy systems,’’ a statement from Smartville said.

By Staff OCEANSIDE

— MiraCosta College is celebrating two professors and twin brothers who “exemplify the spirit” of Hispanic Heritage Month, according to college officials.

Since 2011, Apolinar and Eduardo Mariscal have served as full-time mathematics and computer science professors at MiraCosta, a goal they achieved after a lifetime of support and parallel journeys.

“Our dream became a reality when we got hired to teach at MiraCosta,” Apolinar said. “Ever since we were young, we both loved helping others reach their potential, and MiraCosta College is the perfect place to do just that.”

The twin brothers have been inseparable since birth. In high school, they studied together to ensure they got perfect grades, and in college, they pushed one another and ran together to reach the nationals as cross-country runners. After graduating, they helped one another

Now retired from refereeing, the twins are continuing to push each other in their careers at MiraCosta College.

“The environment at MiraCosta College allows us to be more than teachers too,” Eduardo said. “We see ourselves as coaches, not only helping students succeed in the classroom but supporting them so they can reach their full potential.”

Every week, the twins set aside time to run together and discuss the latest challenges and learnings of being professors at MiraCosta College – much of which they attribute to their family upbringing.

The youngest of five siblings, Apolinar and Eduardo draw a significant part of their inspiration from their mother.

Before becoming a kindergarten teacher, their mother attended community college with the dream of becoming a doctor. Circumstances changed her path, but she never wavered in her belief in the power of education, even as a single mom. She later refocused her energy on becoming a kindergarten teacher and set an exam-

sity of Southern California.

“Her encouragement pushed us to focus on our studies and strive for excellence,” Eduardo said.

For the twins, it’s important to become role models like their mother and the many teachers who helped them along the way. They are encouraged by the opportunities that MiraCosta College offers to its students, many of whom are Latinx and students of single parents just like them.

“We want to see the math and computer science industry filled with individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences similar to our lives,” Eduardo said. “That’s why MiraCosta College is the perfect place to be.”

Hispanic Heritage Month began on Sept. 15 to coincide with the independence dates of five Latin American countries and the independence of Mexico on Sept. 16. Originally a weeklong event, it now runs until Oct. 15.

For a list of the many events and celebrations MiraCosta College hosts in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, visit miracosta.edu/ latinx.

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microchip and a one-year license if the new home is in the jurisdiction of San Diego Humane Society’s Department of Animal Services.

For information about adoption or to become a Virtual Foster visit Rancho Coastal Humane Society at 389 Requeza St., Encinitas, call (760) 753-6413, or log on

MERIT SCHOLAR

Calvin Jann, a student at the Army and Navy Academy in Carlsbad, was named a commended student in the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program.

HONOR SOCIETY

Bennett Hochner of Carlsbad was recently initiated into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society, at the Univer-

SILVER SURFERS

The California Surf Museum has named Marge Calhoun as a 2023 Silver Surfer award winner. Calhoun, who died in 2017, was a 20th century surfing icon who was the women’s world champion at the 1958 Makaha International surfing contest.

CENTENARIAN DAY

Brookdale Senior Living in San Marcos honored resident Anita Jefferson, 100, on National Centenarian’s Day on Sept. 22.

Niche Rankings listed the San Dieguito Union High School District as the best school district in San Diego County, second best in the state and 18th in the U.S.

HYGIENE BAGS

Coastal Roots Farm, Jewish Family Service of San Diego, Hillel and Kindness Initiative are handing out 400 tote bags containing a month’s supply of free menstrual and other hygiene items to those in need.

COUNTY ASSESSOR

San Diego County Assessor-Recorder-County Clerk Jordan Marks was named as the recipient of the International Association of Assessing Officers’ 2023 Emerging Professional award.

“Recycled batteries from electric vehicles are the most sustainable and environmentally friendly form of battery energy storage,’’ said Mike Ferry, president of Smartville. “Smartville’s mission is to give these batteries a second life as reliable and domestically produced storage assets.’’

The company will deploy its Smartville 360 energy storage systems in six locations across four states. The systems will use repurposed EV battery packs from retired electric vehicles in the United States.

They are intended to provide grid resiliency and backup power while simultaneously helping lower energy costs for senior centers, low-income multi- family affordable housing complexes and EV charging facilities in San Diego, Atlanta, New Orleans, Orangeburg and Denmark, South Carolina. In total, more than 7 megawatt hours of battery capacity will be installed, the company statement said.

In developing the proposed projects, the company received key support from the HBCU Community Development Action Coalition and four Historically Black Colleges and Universities – Denmark Technical College, Claflin University, South Carolina State University and Dillard University in New Orleans.

“Smartville’s energy storage technologies and cutting-edge methods to repurpose EV batteries are helping underserved communities develop affordable energy systems,’’ said Rep. Mike Levin, D-San Juan Capistrano.

“Congratulations on this well-deserved grant and I look forward to more funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law coming to our district to strengthen energy durability in our communities.’’

TWIN BROTHERS and MiraCosta College professors Apolinar and Eduardo Mariscal have pushed each other to succeed throughout their entire lives. Now, they hope to be role models for their students. Courtesy photo

CALHOUN

Twin brothers, college professors a shining example

Padres begin to pick up the pieces sports talk

jay paris

What is it about San Diego teams running counterculture to what makes San Diego so great?

You know our enviable checklist: great weather, pristine beaches and a sunny attitude among the locals that have many referring to it as “San Diego Chill.”

But executives with the San Diego Padres and San Diego Chargers (remember them?) often took that chill too literally.

Does “frosty” arrive after “chill?” Because that describes the relationship between the top brass of the current Padres and the departed Chargers while building their clubs. Hey, can't we all just get along?

The Padres, fresh off a season that was toe-tagged long before they were eliminated, released a statement this week promising to fix their mess.

Not sure other professional organizations are privy to this stunning approach, but the Padres claim they will, in part, “perform a thorough assessment of our organization, beginning today.” Shouldn’t that be the quest every day? It needed a bow to be placed on the most frustrating season in Padres history to reach that conclusion?

The Padres’ word salad of a statement drones on, and do pass the ranch dressing, please. There were a bunch of flowery sentences that sounded as if a lawyer wrote them or someone keen with the English language in a way that says a lot without saying the most important thing.

A.J. Preller, the man constructing the roster, and Bob Melvin, the gentleman managing the roster, are the Hatfields and McCoys of baseball. If they went out to dinner, it would be in separate Ubers and two tables of one.

But not a word in the statement on how they will find common ground. Sound familiar with the Padres and Chargers?

The Padres really did sour once on future Hall of Fame manager Bruce Bochy.

When then-Padres CEO Sandy Alderson sent down lineups crafted by the Ivy Leaguers punching the keyboards, Bochy, or Leucadia’s Tim Flannery, his third-base coach, would alternate wadding them up and aiming for the dumpster.

Alderson got miffed and all but left the help-wanted ads on Bochy’s desk. With the San Francisco Giants

seeking a manager, Alderson didn’t squawk when Bochy left, only to go on to win three World Series titles.

Remember when the Chargers went to Super Bowl 29? Shocking, I know.

What was nearly as baffling was that not two years later, general manager Bobby Beathard, another one with Leucadia roots, had grown tired of coach Bobby Ross.

In a power struggle between those headstrong men, Beathard showed Ross he was the boss and fired the only person to coach the Chargers to a Super Bowl.

Fast forward a couple of decades, and it was Chargers GM A.J. Smith locking horns with coach Marty Schottenheimer. That pair wouldn't trade glances in a narrow hallway or speak if confined in an elevator.

When Archie Manning, father of Eli, dined with the duo prior to the 2004 draft, what he saw scared the daylights out of him. He angled to avoid plopping his kid into such a dysfunctional family.

Schottenheimer was gleefully shown the door when a playoff loss eclipsed a 14-2 record in 2006. Smith never got his ring, and now all of this rings true again with the fractured Padres.

To think Preller and Melvin will start singing “Kumbaya” after this ambiguous statement is balderdash. One of them needs to go, and callers filling the sports-talk radio lines are split over which one, or both, hits the bricks.

Read the organizational ladder if reading the room.

The higher-ranked executive, especially if they possess a longer contract, seldom exits in these situations. Meaning Melvin, in the last year of his deal, is heading somewhere (Giants, Mets, retirement) soon. It’s doubtful Preller, signed through 2026, will find his backside on Petco Park’s spinning door.

But something is amiss as the Padres missed a golden opportunity with a star-studded lineup that produced an epic faceplant. The chatter now is about subtraction, not addition, to a payroll that could cascade from $250 million to $200 million.

What we know is money can't buy love between executives not pulling the rope in the same direction. Good luck in trying to wish that away.

It’s Padres chairman Peter Seidler’s team, and he’ll do as he pleases. But to think running it back is an option, with Preller and Melvin unable to play nicely in the team’s sandbox, is a farce.

The Padres’ slogan last season was “Bring the Gold.” If they’re peddling the Preller/Melvin card for next season, “Fool’s Gold” will be more appropriate.

Contact Jay Paris at jparis8@aol.com and follow him @jparis_sports on X.

In loving memory of James Lloyd O’Connell Jr. March 18, 1925September 13, 2023

James Lloyd O’Connell Jr., 98, died Wednesday, September 13, 2023, of congestive heart failure at his home in Encinitas.

Lloyd was born on March 18, 1925, in Oakland, California, to James Lloyd O’Connell Sr. and Lillian Lauretta O’Connell. He had one younger sibling, Warren, who died in 1949.

His elementary schooling in Oakland was at St. Augustine Catholic School, and he graduated from University High School in 1944. That same year, he enlisted in the Navy, did his basic training at the San Diego Naval Training Center, and later became a radar specialist. He met his fu-

ture wife, Geraldine (Gerry) Ruth Williams, at the Army Navy YMCA in San Diego.

During WWII, he served in the Pacific on the USS Brookings, leaving the ship to attend Officer Training School at Oregon State in 1945. While in Oregon, the war ended, and he left the Navy and transferred to UCLA as a Business Major, but graduated in 1950 with a BA in Education. Dad completed his master’s in Education at San Diego State University in 1957.

Lloyd began his 35year career in Education as a 4th-grade teacher in the Albany Unified School District in northern California. He moved to Hilmar, CA, to teach 6th Grade and Phys. Ed in high school. As his family grew, he and Gerry moved south to La Mesa, where he taught 6th Grade while he finished his Master’s Degree.

The family finally settled in Encinitas, where he became the Principal of Ocean Knoll Elementary (1960-76), Pacific View (1960-61), and Park Dale Lane (1976-79). His other projects included founding Dir. of Summer School, Encinitas Union School District (1961-73); Federal Project Dir. (1961-

74), Author and Director of State Projects for the Educationally Handicapped and Early Childhood Education. Returning to the classroom, he finished his career as a 5th-grade teacher at Pacific View Elementary (1980-83).

Dad loved his community. He was Charter President/Secretary of the Y’s Men’s Club - North Coast YMCA, a member of the Kiwanis (11 years), a member of the congregation at St Peter’s Episcopal Church in Del Mar and later at St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Encinitas.

He joined the Encinitas Historical Society in 1984. Ida Lou Coley was a mentor and a fount of information about the town’s early days.

He wrote grants and fundraised to help restore the schoolhouse. He served as President 12 times, established and led the Downtown Walks, established the Docent Program, and founded the 3rd Grade History Writing Program.

Dad’s leisure time was spent camping, playing golf, fishing, sailing, and reading westerns and detective novels.

Basketball was a passion. John Wooden gave him a tryout at UCLA,

and he coached the 145lb. Basketball team at UCLA his Senior year. Later, he joined the Rocking Chair Basketball League in Encinitas. His team, The Whiz Kids, were the champs in 1966-67.

He loved working in his beautiful garden and dancing with his wife, Gerry. He was unwavering in his love and support of his children and grandchildren.

He is survived by his daughters Elizabeth Dreazy of Encinitas and Catherine O’Connell of New York City, and his son James L. O’Connell III of San Diego, his two grandsons Trevor Hackett of New York City and Joshua Dreazy of Oceanside. His wife, Geraldine (d. 2007), and his daughter, Eve (d. 1971), predeceased him.

Funeral Service will be held on September 30, 2023, at 1:30 PM, at St Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 890 Balour Dr. Encinitas.

In place of flowers, the family suggests memorial donations to The Encinitas Historical Society, encinitashistoricalsociety.org, St. Andrews Episcopal Church, parishadmin@standrewsepiscopal.org, or Silverado Hospice, silveradohospice.com/sd

Mavis Marie Hossack Bonus Oceanside

September 21, 2023

Radoslav Brkic Vista

September 20, 2023

Diane Marie Samuels Fallbrook

September 6, 2023

Dorothy Lou Clausen Oceanside

September 17, 2023

Annie L. Quiroz Oceanside

September 8, 2023

Oriole Phona McLean Oceanside

September 6, 2023

For more information call

760.436.9737 or email us at: obits@coastnewsgroup.com

Submission Process

Please email your verbiage in email or word document format and a photo to obits@coastnewsgroup.com or call (760) 436-9737. All photo attachments should be sent in jpeg format, no larger than 3MB. the photo will print 1.625” wide by 1.5” tall inh black and white.

Timeline

Obituaries should be received by Friday prior at 12 p.m. for the next Friday’s newspaper. One proof will be e-mailed to the customer for approval no later than Monday at 10 a.m.

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IS IT STILL NECESSARY TO WEAR BLACK?

A funeral is not a time to make a bold fashion statement. But, while black is the traditional color of mourning and a safe option, it is not the only color you may choose to wear. Grey, blue, and eggplant are other choices. A church service will require more formal wear than an memorial service held at a park or at the family’s home.

When attending a life celebration or outdoor service, attire doesn’t have to be quite as formal. Just remember not to go overly casual no shorts, flip flops, and t-shirts UNLESS the family has specifically requested a certain attire, such as Hawaiian, wearing the deceased’s favorite color, etc. The family will usually make their choices known or you can ask the chapel staff.

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Photo: $25 Art: $15 (Dove, Heart, Flag, Rose)

“Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.” — Irish proverb

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CITY OF ENCINITAS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT

LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION PLACE OF MEETING: Council Chambers, Civic Center

505 S. Vulcan Avenue Encinitas, CA 92024

IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT/SECTION 504 REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973 AND TITLE VI, THIS AGENCY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PUBLIC ENTITY AND DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, ETHNIC ORIGIN, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEX, RELIGION, VETERANS STATUS OR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY IN EMPLOYMENT OR THE PROVISION OF SERVICE. IF YOU REQUIRE SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEETING, PLEASE CONTACT THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT (760) 633-2710 AT LEAST 72 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.

It is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held on Thursday, the 19th day of October 2023, at 6 p.m., or as soon as possible thereafter, by the Encinitas Planning Commission to discuss the following hearing items of the City of Encinitas:

1. PROJECT NAME: GOODONYA Café; CASE NUMBERS: MULTI-004710-2021, USE-004712-2021, CDPNF-004711-2021; FILING DATE: July 20, 2021; APPLI-

CANT: Kris Buchanan; LOCATION: 1051 South Coast Highway 101, Suite A & B (APNs: 258-312-09-00); PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Public hearing to consider a

Minor Use Permit Modi cation and Coastal Development Permit for the expansion of an existing restaurant (GOODONYA) with alcohol service into the adjacent tenant space and enclosed patio and to allow for the sale of bottles of wine to-go. GOODONYA proposes to encompass the adjoining suite which includes both retail space and o ce space that will remain.; ZONING/OVERLAY: The project site is located within the Downtown Encinitas Speci c Plan- Commercial Mixed-1 (D-CM-1) Zone and in the First Street Corridor Subdistrict of the Downtown Encinitas Speci c Plan and Coastal Overlay Zone; ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS: The project has been determined to be exempt from environmental review pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15301, which exempts the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, licensing of private structures, and mechanical equipment, involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the lead agency’s determination.

STAFF CONTACT: Rachael Lindebrekke, Associate Planner: (760) 633-2703 or rlindebrekke@encinitasca.gov

CITY OF ENCINITAS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT

505 South, Vulcan Avenue, Encinitas, CA 92024 Phone: (760) 633-2710 | Email: planning@encinitasca.gov

| Web: www.encinitasca.gov

City Hall Hours: Monday through Thursday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM and every other Friday (10/6, 10/20, etc.) 8:00 AM TO 4:00 PM (Closed Noon to 1:00pm)

NOTICE OF PENDING ACTION ON ADMINISTRATIVE APPLICATIONS AND COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMITS

1. PROJECT NAME: Jepsen ADU; CASE NUMBER: CDPNF-006438-2023; FILING DATE: March 6, 2023; APPLICANT: Meaghan Lawler; LOCATION: 1193 Balour Dr (APN: 259-060-30-00); PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Coastal Development Permit to allow for the construction of a 414- square foot accessory dwelling unit over an existing garage; ZONING/OVERLAY: The project site is located within the Residential 5 (R5) Zone, the Special Study Overlay, and the Coastal Overlay Zone; ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS: The project has been determined to be exempt from environmental review pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15303(a) which exempts the construction of a second (accessory) dwelling unit in a residential zone.

STAFF CONTACT: Reb Batzel, Assistant Planner: (760) 943-2233 or rbatzel@ encinitasca.gov

2. PROJECT NAME: Minardi ADU; CASE NUMBER: CDPNF-006372-2023; FIL-

ING DATE: May 17, 2023; APPLICANT: Bart Smith; LOCATION: 267 Cerro Street (APN: 259-340-51-00); PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Coastal Development Permit to authorize the construction of a new detached accessory dwelling unit; ZONING/OVERLAY: The project site is located within the single-family residential 8 (R-8) Zone and the Coastal Zone Overlay; ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS: The project has been determined to be exempt from environmental review pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15303(a) which exempts the construction of a second (accessory) dwelling unit in a residential zone.

STAFF CONTACT: Kaipo Eager-Kaninau, Assistant Planner: (760) 633-2717 or kkaninau@encinitasca.gov

3. PROJECT NAME: McGrath House; CASE NUMBER: CDP-005577-2022; FIL-

ING DATE: August 17, 2022; APPLICANT: Rose McGrath and Michael Darling; LOCATION: Vacant Land (APN: 260-261-02-00); PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

to Sell. The undersigned or its predecessor caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned o may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying o all liens senior to the lien being auctioned o , before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s o ce or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

NOTICE TO

2. PROJECT NAME: The Captain; CASE NUMBER: MULTI-004729-2021, SUB004731-2021, DR-004730-2021, USE-006496-2023, and CDP-004732-2021, SIGN006495-2023; FILING

DATE: July 27, 2021; APPLICANT: RAF Paci ca Group;

LOCATION: 158, 184, and 186 North Coast Highway 101 (APNs 256-392-06, 12, and 11) PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Public hearing to consider a Density Bonus

Tentative Map (TMDB), Design Review Permit (DR), Major Use Permit Modi cation (MUPMOD), Coastal Development Permit (CDP), and Sign Program (SIGN) for the demolition of the existing development and construction of a new mixed-use development consisting of 45 residential condominium units (41 market rate and 4 very low-income units), and 14 commercial condominium units (1 restaurant, 7 retail, and 6 o ce units) within three two-story podium buildings on a two basement-level parking structure, and includes grading, streetscape improvements, and landscaping. The project also proposes a sign program for the development’s commercial component and rescindment of the existing use permit; ZONING/OVERLAY: N-CM-2 (North 101 Corridor Speci c Plan) and Coastal Overlay Zone; ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS: The project has been determined to be exempt from environmental review pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15332. Section 15332 exempts in- ll development. None of the exceptions listed in Section 15300.2 exist for the proposed project.

STAFF CONTACT: Esteban Danna: (760) 633-2692 or edanna@encinitasca.gov

3. PROJECT NAME: La Rue Twinhomes; CASE NUMBERS: MULTI-005336-2022; DR-005337-2022; CDP-005338-2022 FILING DATE: April 20, 2022; APPLI-

CANT: Bart Smith; LOCATION: 2143 Oxford Avenue (APNs: 260-404-09-00);

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Public hearing to consider a Design Review Permit and Coastal Development Permit for demolition of an existing one-story duplex and detached four-car garage and construct two new attached single-family residences on two underlying legal lots. Each residence will include a basement, an attached two car garage, and an attached ADU on the rst oor; ZONING/ OVERLAY: The project site is located within the Residential 11 (R-11) zoning district, Coastal Overlay Zone, Special Study Overlay Zone, and the Hillside/Inland Blu Overlay Zone; ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS: The project has been determined to be exempt from environmental review pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15303(a), which exempts a single-family residence and a secondary (accessory) dwelling unit in the residential zone.

STAFF CONTACT: Sara Cadona, Associate Planner (760) 633-2697 or scadona@ encinitasca.gov

An appeal of the Planning Commission determination, accompanied by the appropriate ling fee, may be led by 5 p.m. on the 10th calendar day following the date of the Commission’s determination. Appeals will be considered by the City Council pursuant to Chapter 1.12 of the Municipal Code. Any ling of an appeal will suspend this action as well as any processing of permits in reliance thereon in accordance with Encinitas Municipal Code Section 1.12.020(D)(1) until such time as an action is taken on the appeal.

The above items are located within the Coastal Zone and require issuance of a regular Coastal Development Permit. The action of the Planning Commission or City Council, on the above items, on an appeal may not be appealed to the California Coastal Commission.

Under California Government Code Section 65009, if you challenge the nature of the proposed action in court, you may be limited to raising only the issues you or someone else raised regarding the matter described in this notice or written correspondence delivered to the City at or before the time and date of the determination.

For further information, or to review the application prior to the hearing, please contact sta or contact the Development Services Department, 505 South Vulcan Avenue, Encinitas, CA 92024 at (760) 633-2710 or by email at planning@encinitasca.gov

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Request for a Coastal Development Permit for the construction of a two-story single family residence with an attached three-car garage on an existing vacant lot; ZONING/OVERLAY: The project site is located within the Residential 8 (R-8) Zone and the Coastal Overlay Zone; ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS: The project has been determined to be exempt from environmental review pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15303 (a), (d) and (i) which exempts the construction of a single-family residence, garage and utility extensions and street improvements to serve the construction.

STAFF CONTACT: Rachael Lindebrekke, Associate Planner, 760-633-2703, rlindebrekke@encinitasca.gov

4. PROJECT NAME: Hoag ADUs; CASE NUMBER: CDPNF-006557-2023; FILING DATE: February 1, 2023; APPLICANT: Rich Anderson; LOCATION: 685 & 691 Requeza St (APN: 258-252-33); PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Coastal Development Permit to allow for the construction of two 995-square foot detached accessory dwelling units on a property with an existing duplex; ZONING/OVERLAY: The project site is located within the Residential 3 (R3) Zone, and the Coastal Overlay Zone; ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS: The project has been determined to be exempt from environmental review pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15268(a) which exempts ministerial projects.

STAFF CONTACT: Reb Batzel, Assistant Planner: (760) 943-2233 or rbatzel@encinitasca.gov

PRIOR TO 5:00 PM ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2023, ANY INTERESTED PERSON MAY REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS AND PRESENT TESTIMONY, ORALLY OR IN WRITING, TO THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. WRITTEN TESTIMONY IS PREFERRED IN ORDER TO HAVE A RECORD OF THE COMMENTS RECEIVED.

If additional information is not required, the Development Services Department will render a determination on the application, pursuant to Section 2.28.090 of the City of Encinitas Municipal Code, after the close of the review period. An Appeal of the Department’s determination accompanied by the appropriate ling fee may be led within 10-calendar days from the date of the determination. Appeals will be considered by the City Council pursuant to Chapter 1.12 of the Municipal Code. Any ling of an appeal will suspend this action as well as any processing of permits in reliance thereon in accordance with Encinitas Municipal Code Section 1.12.020(D)(1) until such time as an action is taken on the appeal.

The above items are located within the Coastal Zone and require the issuance of a regular Coastal Development Permit. The action of the Development Services Director, on the above items, may not be appealed to the California Coastal Commission.

Under California Government Code Sec. 65009, if you challenge the nature of the proposed action in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised regarding the matter described in this notice or written correspondence delivered to the City at or prior to the date and time of the determination.

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PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, bene ciary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (844) 477-7869 or visit this Internet Web site WWW. STOXPOSTING.COM, using the le number assigned to this case 109994-CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be re ected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

NOTICE TO

TENANT: E ective January 1, 2021, you may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase.

T.S. No. 109994-CA APN: 173-260-13-00 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 2/14/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT

YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER On 11/20/2023 at 10:30 AM, CLEAR RECON

CORP, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 2/24/2006 as Instrument No. 2006-0132274 of O cial Records in the o ce of the County Recorder of San Diego County, State of CALIFORNIA executed by: FELIPE CRUZ MORALES, A

MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE; AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE EAST COUNTY REGIONAL CENTER BY STATUE, 250 E. MAIN STREET, EL CAJON, CA

92020 all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: MORE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1044 OAK DRIVE, VISTA, CA 92084 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition, or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created

by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $223,384.38 If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The bene ciary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written

Notice of Default and Election

First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call (855) 313-3319, or visit this internet website www. clearreconcorp.com, using the le number assigned to this case 109994-CA to nd the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. FOR SALES

INFORMATION: (844) 4777869 CLEAR RECON CORP 8880 Rio San Diego Drive, Suite 725 San Diego, California 92108 STOX 940906_109994CA 10/06/2023, 10/13/2023,

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T.S. No.: 23-29021 A.P.N.:

166-383-26-00 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED

7/3/2008. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank speci ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY

MAY ELECT TO BID LESS

THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT

DUE. Trustor: Antonio OrtegaBlas, an Unmarried Person Duly Appointed Trustee: Carrington Foreclosure Services, LLC Recorded 7/11/2008 as Instrument No. 2008-0372697 in book , page Loan Modi cation recorded on 1/15/2021 as Instrument No. 2021-0032373 of O cial Records in the o ce of the Recorder of San Diego County, California, Described as follows: As more fully described in said Deed of Trust

Date of Sale: 10/23/2023 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: At the entrance to the East County Regional Center by the statue, 250 E. Main Street, El Cajon, CA 92020 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges:

$221,467.24 (Estimated) Street

Address or other common designation of real property: 3925 SCOTT DR OCEANSIDE, CA 92056 A.P.N.: 166-383-2600 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the bene ciary within 10 days of the date of rst publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney.

If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holder’s rights against the real property only. THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING

CITY OF CARLSBAD

Summary of Ordinance No. CS-459 per Government Code §36933(c)

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 1.20 – MEETINGS

The proposed ordinance amends Carlsbad Municipal Code Chapter 1.20 which contains the rules and procedures for the conduct of meetings of the City Council, and all boards and commissions of the City of Carlsbad. The proposed changes re ect the input received from the City Council at its special meeting on June 1, 2023 including moving the appointments to boards and commissions to an earlier time on the City Council agenda and limiting the time for City Councilmembers’ nal comments on an item to three minutes. Other amendments are designed to align Sections 1.20.010(D) and 1.20.220(B) with California Government Code sections 54957.9 and 54957.95, addressing the removal of individuals who disrupt City Council meetings. The proposed ordinance also amends Section 1.20.270 to make it consistent with a recent revision to California Government Code Section 36934, which allows the City Council to dispense with the titling or reading of an ordinance if the title is included on the published agenda and a copy of the full ordinance is made available to the public online and in print at the meeting prior to its introduction or passage. Additional amendments are proposed to ensure that the code re ects current practices.

A certi ed copy of the full text of the proposed ordinance is posted in the O ce of the City Clerk, 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive, Carlsbad, CA 92008.

PASSED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, on the 26th day of Sept. 2023, by the following vote, to wit:

AYES: Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Burkholder, Luna.

NAYS: None.

ABSTAIN: None.

ABSTENTIONS: None.

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TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDITOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

As required by law, you are hereby noti ed that a negative credit report re ecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to ful ll the terms of your credit obligations. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS:

information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. For sales conducted after January 1, 2021: NOTICE TO

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LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BY THE ENCINITAS CITY COUNCIL

PLACE OF MEETING:

City of Encinitas City Hall – City Council Chambers 505 South Vulcan Avenue, Encinitas, CA 92024

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Encinitas will conduct a Public Hearing on Wednesday, October 18, 2023, at 6:00 P.M., to discuss the following item of the City of Encinitas:

DESCRIPTION: A Public Hearing to review, consider and introduce Ordinance 2023-10, amending Chapters 14.06 (De nitions) and 14.44 (Speed Regulations) of the City of Encinitas Municipal Code.

The City of Encinitas proposes Ordinance 2023-10 to amend Title 14 of the Encinitas Municipal Code to update the business and residence districts criteria, and to list the downtown business district segments.

ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS: This project is exempt from environmental review pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines.

The Agenda Report will be available prior to the public hearing on the City’s website at https:// www.encinitasca.gov/ under Agendas and Webcasts by October 12, 2023. For further information, please contact sta with questions or to provide comments. The public may also provide comments at the Public Hearing on October 18, 2023. STAFF CONTACT: Abraham Bandegan, City Tra c Engineer: (760) 633-2705 or abandegan@encinitasca.gov

IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT/SECTION 504 REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973 AND TITLE VI, THIS AGENCY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PUBLIC ENTITY AND DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, ETHNIC ORIGIN, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEX, RELIGION, VETERANS STATUS OR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY IN EMPLOYMENT OR THE PROVISION OF SERVICE. IF YOU REQUIRE SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEETING, PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY CLERK AT (760) 633-2601 AT LEAST 72 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING. PARA ASISTENCIA EN ESPAÑOL, POR FAVOR LLAME AL (760) 943-2150.

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LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BY THE ENCINITAS CITY COUNCIL

If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned o may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying o all liens senior to the lien being auctioned o , before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s o ce or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call (800) 758-8052, or visit this internet website www.Xome.com, using the le number assigned to this case 23-29021 to nd the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase.

Date: 09/19/2023 Carrington

NOTICE

TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, bene ciary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (800) 7588052 or visit this Internet Web site www.Xome.com, using the le number assigned to this case 23-29021. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be re ected in the telephone

Foreclosure Services, LLC 1600 South Douglass Road, Suite 140 Anaheim, CA 92806 Automated Sale Information: (800) 7588052 or www.Xome.com for NON-SALE information: 888-

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701-16 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S

SALE IMPORTANT NOTICE

TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 7/6/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER On 11/20/2023 at

10:30 AM, CLEAR RECON CORP, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 7/14/2005 as Instrument No. 2005-0596484 of O cial Records in the o ce of the County Recorder of San Diego County, State of CALIFORNIA executed by: RUEL BALLESTEROS, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY. WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE; AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE EAST COUNTY REGIONAL CENTER BY STATUE, 250 E. MAIN STREET, EL CAJON, CA 92020 all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: MORE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 2528 CORBEL WAY, SAN MARCOS, CA 92078 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition, or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $830,040.06 If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further

PLACE OF MEETING: City of Encinitas City Hall – City Council Chambers 505 South Vulcan Avenue, Encinitas, CA 92024

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Encinitas will conduct a Public Hearing on Wednesday, October 18, 2023, at 6:00 P.M., to discuss the following item of the City of Encinitas:

DESCRIPTION: A Public Hearing to review, consider and introduce Ordinance 2023-12, establishing new speed limit on South Coast Highway 101.

The City of Encinitas proposes Ordinance 2023-12 to reduce the speed limit along South Coast Highway 101 between D Street and J Street from 30 mph to 25 mph.

ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS: This project is exempt from environmental review pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines.

The Agenda Report will be available prior to the public hearing on the City’s website at https:// www.encinitasca.gov/ under Agendas and Webcasts by October 12, 2023. For further information, please contact sta with questions or to provide comments. The public may also provide comments at the Public Hearing on October 18, 2023. STAFF CONTACT: Abraham Bandegan, City Tra c Engineer: (760) 633-2705 or abandegan@encinitasca.gov

IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT/SECTION 504 REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973 AND TITLE VI, THIS AGENCY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PUBLIC ENTITY AND DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, ETHNIC ORIGIN, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEX, RELIGION, VETERANS STATUS OR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY IN EMPLOYMENT OR THE PROVISION OF SERVICE. IF YOU REQUIRE SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEETING, PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY CLERK AT (760) 633-2601 AT LEAST 72 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING. PARA ASISTENCIA EN ESPAÑOL, POR FAVOR LLAME AL (760) 943-2150.

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recourse. The bene ciary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned or its predecessor caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned o may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying

o all liens senior to the lien being auctioned o , before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s o ce or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, bene ciary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale

date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (844) 477-7869 or visit this Internet Web site WWW. STOXPOSTING.COM, using the le number assigned to this case 098759-CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be re ected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. NOTICE TO

TENANT: E ective January 1, 2021, you may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to

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TERI Farms launches new public CSA

In various areas of San Diego’s North County, TERI Farms has been growing certified organic fruits and vegetables for over a decade.

TERI Farms has operated a weekly Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program that was created to keep their 71 residential special needs clients “fit for life.”

Student murals unveiled at Washington Park

By Samantha Nelson ESCONDIDO — Four newly completed murals now adorn the walls of Washington Park’s recreation buildings, the eye-catching result of a partnership between the city and a local school district.

The student mural project first started in 2019 as a partnership between the city of Escondido along with the Public Arts Commission and the Escondido Union High School District.

Now in its third phase, Del Lago Academy students in teacher Sudi Memarzadeh’s class have contributed four new murals at the park, recognized in a Sept. 30 unveiling ceremony.

Neighborhood Services Manager Danielle Lopez said the partnership has been “very successful,” so much so that it may require

a new location in the future.

“We’re running out of space here, so we might be changing to a different park soon,” Lopez said.

Ava Manoochehri Farr, a junior at Del Lago Academy, was one of several students who pitched and painted a mural for the project.

“This gives us a space to express our feelings, our thoughts and help advocate for things that are important to us,” said Farr, who created a mural honoring Mahsa Amini and the women’s freedom movement in Iran.

Other students who painted murals over the summer includ Katelyn Guardado, Zulma Serrano Rojo, Daniel Laguna, Vada Mock, Alex Cross, Yasmin Bhakta, Fernando Rocio Armenta, Marixa Nunez and Alexa Rodarte.

TERI Farms produces over 7,880 pounds yearly that go directly to their residential clients. Recently, they expanded their prime farmland at TERI Inc.’s Campus of Life in San Marcos, doubling their client-facing CSA program.

TERI Farms’ history of producing nutritious food for people with developmental disabilities and the correlating health-related outcomes inspired them to start a new public-facing CSA program from TERI Inc.’s Common Grounds Café at the Campus of Life.

The growth of the TERI Farms CSA program is essential to expanding access to not only their residential clients but also to those in the North County community. There are many reasons why people join a local CSA.

TERI Farms recently surveyed 1,400 Common Grounds Café Loyalty members about the new

CSA program and received 71 responses. Ninety-four percent of respondents say they would join a CSA because they want to support local farmers and their families, with 77% wanting to keep their money in the local economy, and 65% believe the CSA could improve local ecosystems and conservation efforts, with 63% citing improved nutrition as a reason to join.

TERI Inc.'s residential clients help harvest produce. Photo by TERI Inc.

The survey participants also chimed in on value-added products and experiences the CSA could provide, with 67% requesting recipe ideas or cards, 65% saying they would like

sauces, pesto, and salsa added to their choices, and almost 50% saying they would enjoy VIP Farm Dinners. The CSA survey respondents seemed to echo findings from a recent CSA study.

“CSA initiatives provide a more sustainable way of producing and consuming food for many people and communities; one that cares for the earth and people, and one that re-connects people and places,” a study found.

Survey respondents also said what kind of fruits and vegetables they would like to see in their boxes, with lettuces being the most popular, followed closely by tomatoes and cucum-

bers and trailed by carrots, melons, and stone fruits. It sounds like the makings of a delicious salad for the menu of Common Grounds Café! The good news is that 87% of people said they want to learn more about joining the TERI Farms CSA!

It seems that joining a CSA has various benefits for all involved. Yet, joining the TERI Farms CSA is different because your money supports TERI’s core mission. One example is TERI Farms’ Agriculture Internship Program, which serves some clients with greater abilities and teaches them essential skills to improve their employment outcomes.

Interns can learn “soft” skills, including personal presentation and appropriately socializing with coworkers. Interns can learn “hard” skills, including timeliness, detail orientation, and task completion (Elkins, 1990).

Support of the TERI Farms CSA certainly means that customers will be a part of improving the local food system, but they will also join TERI Farms in changing how the world sees, empowers, and helps children and adults with developmental disabilities. To learn more, go to www. tericommongroundscafe. com.

RESIDENTS HARVEST vegetables for TERI Farms’ community supported agriculture (CSA) program. Courtesy photo

KATELYN GUARDADO, a Del Lago Academy student, stands in front of her colorful horse mural that now greets visitors at Washington Park. Photo by Samantha Nelson

Mother files claim against county

Woman alleges M.E. failed to ID her son’s body for 5 months

looked for so long and admitted that ‘this should not have happened,’” the claim states.

Medical Examiner’s statutory duty was expressly designed to prevent.”

By

Staff REGION — The family of a young man whose body was in the custody of the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office for five months filed a $5 million legal claim on Oct. 3 alleging county officials failed to promptly identify him, leaving his loved ones to believe he was missing.

The family of 19-yearold Ryan Lim alleges that his mother, Renee, contacted the Medical Examiner’s office last December to see if her missing son had died.

Ryan, who struggled with drug addiction, had several identifying factors, including dreadlocks and four tattoos.

Despite being told no one in their database matched her son’s description, Ryan’s body had actually been in the medical examiner’s custody for nearly a month at that point, according to the family’s allegations.

After months of searching for her son, Renee was notified in April that Ryan’s body had been identifed. By that time, his body “had been left to deteriorate to a distressing condition,’’ the claim alleges.

“When asked, all the Medical Examiner’s office could say was that they did not know why Ryan had been neglected and over-

Representatives from the county did not immediately respond to comment on the claim, which seeks $1 million for each month Ryan remained unidentified.

In 2022, Ryan was enrolled at Boardwalk Recovery Center, an alcohol and drug addiction rehabilitation facility in San Diego, according to the Union-Tribune.

RYAN LIM

The county has 45 days to respond to the claim, and if it denies the allegations or fails to respond, the family can sue, the family’ attorney Marc Greenberg told the Union-Tribune.

“This egregious failure of the San Diego County Medical Examiner to identify Ryan’s body for five months caused his family and particularly his mother — who never stopped searching for Ryan — unimaginable anxiety, fear, and desperate longing,’’ said Greenberg.

“Ms. Lim’s pain was exponentially multiplied by her ultimate realization that, during the entire time that she was searching for Ryan, his body lay alone and disregarded by the Medical Examiner, reducing daily to a distressing condition that robbed her not only of the chance to see her son’s face one last time, but also of the peace of laying him to his final rest in a timely manner after his death,’’ Greenberg continued. “No parent should ever have to endure such pain – pain that the

In early November, Ryan relapsed and moved out of the facility to live with a friend. On Nov. 7, Ryan was found “pulseless ... and unresponsive” on the sidewalk in downtown San Diego.

Months later, the Medical Examiner’s Office concluded his death was caused by a mixture of fentanyl, methamphetamine and two prescription medications.

America’s Independent Robert Quigley Wants Your Vote for President

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America is at a crossroads. Extremism and authoritarianism are not acceptable. Independents are problem solvers, centrist, negotiators and team builders. We succeed with deep analysis, compromise and listening.

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Note that Robert Quigley is available for Radio, TV, Podcasts, Google, Zoom and inperson live events and fundraisers when needed. We have 240 videos on website. News articles are available upon request. Look for Quigley at a venue near you as he travels the country in his national stump speech campaign tour; Robert Quigley For President On The Road To The White House. Please register your support on Quigley’s website. All donations will be greatly appreciated. Thanks a million! Robert Quigley

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DIEGO

— Thousands of Kaiser Permanente health care workers began a three-day strike Oct. 4 in what their union says in the

largest action of its type in U.S. history after contract negotiations failed to produce an agreement.

The nationwide strike began at 3 a.m. on the East

Coast, and strikes started at 6 a.m. in California.

Late Tuesday afternoon, a Kaiser spokesman told City News Service that talks were continuing “and could last into the night.”

According to Kaiser “several agreements over specific provisions have been reached” with the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, and the health system's negotiators were prepared to meet around the clock “until we reach a fair and equitable agreement.”

The union, however, continued circulating plans for picketing — with 75,000 Kaiser workers expected to take part across California and several other states.

“Kaiser executives are refusing to listen to us and are bargaining in bad faith over the solutions we need to end the Kaiser short-staffing crisis,” Jessica Cruz, a

licensed vocational nurse at Kaiser Los Angeles Medical Center — one of the planned picket locations — said in a statement released by the union Monday.

“I see my patients’ frustrations when I have to rush them and hurry on to my next patient. That’s not the care I want to give. We're burning ourselves out trying to do the jobs of two or three people, and our patients suffer when they can’t get the care they need due to Kaiser’s short-staffing.”

According to the union, picket locations include Kaiser facilities across the state, including in Los Angeles, San Diego, Riverside and Orange counties. Picketing was also occurring in Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Virginia and Washington, D.C.

Kaiser issued a statement Wednesday that rising inflation has led to a “massive surge” in expenses, and has made it tough for the company to balance taking care of its employees with being affordable to patients.

“It’s our responsibility to continue to balance taking care of our employees and being more affordable to our

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patients, members and communities. Wages and benefits make up about half the cost of health care in America, so we all need to work together on that critical goal,” according to Kaiser.

“As noted in a recent report from the American Hospital Association, rising inflation has led to health care experiencing a ‘massive surge’ in expenses driven by drugs and supplies, equipment shortages, staffing costs and supply chain disruptions,” the statement continued. “At the same time, in the wake of the pandemic, demand for care has increased dramatically, as people come in for care that has been delayed. Kaiser Permanente is not immune to these inflationary pressures.”

The workers’ contract expired Saturday, but bargaining continued over the weekend and again Monday, Tuesday and through the night into Wednesday. Kaiser cited progress in the talks.

“There has been a lot of progress, with agreements reached on several specific proposals late Tuesday,” according to Kaiser. “We remain committed to reaching a new agreement that continues to provide our employees with market-leading wages, excellent benefits, generous retirement income plans, and valuable professional development opportunities.”

Among the workers involved in the strike are licensed vocational nurses, emergency department technicians, radiology technicians, ultrasound sonographers, teleservice representatives, respiratory therapists, X-ray technicians, certified nursing assistants, dietary services, behavioral health workers, surgical technicians, pharmacy technicians, transporters, home health aides, phlebotomists and medical assistants, union officials said.

As school has started and the seasons have shifted my family and I are also looking for a shift with ourselves.

We’ve long wanted to change our diet and I think we have a solution. We’ve tried mostly plant based before and now we are going to dive in with some structure.

We’ve researched and now we need to plan to be successful with this new endeavor.

After watching “Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones” on Netflix we are convinced by the several communities to also live by the blue zone criteria.

So much of this is common sense but the majority of Americans have gotten away from these simple concepts.

Not necessarily by fault but by being lead in the wrong direction and being directly marketed too to eat and crave different foods.

Here’s our initial family plan for a fall detox:

— Research and understand a new lifestyle.

— Plan how to incorporate the new diet/ lifestyle into our daily routine.

— Consult with the blue zone recipes and pick 2 to start with.

— Each week incorporate 2 new recipes into our diet.

— By Week 3, be fully eating less processed, more whole food, plant based meals.

—Expect happy gut, happy mood, happy body overall.

— Future plans for a garden at home for spring. Plant fall veggies now.

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Del Mar wine, food bash a success

By Rico Cassoni

The Del Mar Wine and Food Festival showcased top culinary talents during its six-day run, culminating in the two-day Grand Tasting featuring celebrity chefs, local restaurants, and an array of wines, cocktails, and beers.

San Diego native Trey Johnson, a renowned food writer and TV personality, took center stage as the festival’s host, bringing his wealth of experience from shows like Guy’s Grocery Games and Iron Chef.

Furthermore, in 2021, Trey and his wife Claire took over San Diego Magazine. Joining Johnson as event ambassadors were San Diego Wave and US women’s All-World Soccer Star Alex Morgan, former NFL Superstar Drew Brees, and surf legend Rob Machado.

Ted Glennon, a seasoned hospitality professional turned winemaker and DJ, served as the festival’s curator, infusing it with his passion for wine, music, and event production.

In addition to offering a delightful culinary experience, the festival also partnered with Feeding San Diego, a charity dedicated to rescuing surplus food and fighting hunger, with a portion of proceeds going towards their noble cause. Making this event not only a celebration of food and wine but also a force for positive change.

We kicked off our day at the Cesarina booth, savoring deep-fried lasagna while congratulating Bib Gourmand winners, co-owners Nic Angius and wife/chef

Cesarina Mezzoni. The team thrilled us with news of Elvira, its upcoming Roman osteria and pizzeria set to open in the former BoBeau Kitchen+Bar space in Ocean Beach.

Inspired by our delightful experience at Cesarina, we’re eagerly anticipating Elvira’s launch. Next to Cesarina, Tap Truck, expertly managed by owner Corban O’Reilly delighted guests with craft cocktails from their mobile setup, perfect for event libations with assistance from Kelsie Karesloaver.

Lastly, we visited the Ranch45 booth, where Chef Aron Schwartz presented a delectable twist on Steak and Eggs, featuring Prime Brandt Beef New York Strip adorned with caviar and microgreens.

At the main event, our initial stops included Austin Hope and Duckhorn, where they showcased an impressive selection of wines. Aus-

tin Hope’s CJ Gormley and Kylie Colachis presented a delightful array of wines, including sauvignon blanc, malbec, and their outstanding grenache-syrah-malbec blend.

The cabernet was reliably excellent, and the GSM blend was a personal favorite, alongside the refreshing sauv blanc and malbec.

Meanwhile, Duckhorn’s Remy Crane and Trenta offered a wide range of wines from their extensive portfolio, such as Decoy Rose, Duckhorn Sauvignon Blanc, Migration Pinot Noir, and a standout Duckhorn Cabernet Sauvignon sourced from Howell Mountain.

Both Duckhorn and

Austin Hope Sauv Blanc offerings were perfect for the warm day.

At the Beeside Balcony booth, chef Christophe Cevasco showcased his passion for seafood with a perfectly grilled Spanish octopus, potato fondant, and arugula salad, delivering a symphony of delightful flavors.

We then explored the Brandt Beef collection, where Ranch45 had several engaging exhibits. One showcased different meat cuts and their origins, while another featured delectable small bites, including a deconstructed mini wedge salad with beef bacon, cherry heirloom tomato, and shaft blue cheese, as well as a grilled New York Strip tartine on sourdough bread with arugula – both culinary delights.

After exploring beef options, we ventured to the pizza booths.

Before reaching the Amalfi booth for our first pizza tasting, we paused at Tanner’s Prime Burgers, known for its legendary 1/3-pound 100% USDA Prime all-natural Brandt Beef burgers, topped with Cowboy Beef Bacon, caramelized onions and New School American cheese served at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club.

AUSTIN HOPE’S Kylie Colachis and CJ Gormley pouring flagship Austin Hope Cabernet Sauvignon at the Del Mar Wine and Food Festival. Photo by Rico Cassoni

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CITY OF ENCINITAS

PUBLIC NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

FOR MONITORING AND SERVICE OF FIRE AND SECURITY ALARM SYSTEMS

Notice is hereby given that the City of Encinitas Public Works Department (City) invites Request for Proposals (RFP) for:

MONITORING AND SERVICE OF FIRE AND SECURITY ALARM SYSTEMS

The website for this RFP, related documents and correspondence is PlanetBids (www.encinitasca.gov/bids). All project correspondence will be posted on the PlanetBids website. It is the responsibility of Proposer to check the website regularly for information updates, clari cations, as well as any addenda. Proposers must be registered with the City of Encinitas as a vendor on PlanetBids. To register as a vendor, go to the following link (www.encinitasca.gov/bids) and then proceed to the “New Vendor Registration” link. All addenda will be available on the PlanetBids website.

To be considered for selection, a Proposal must be received no later than 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 24, 2023 to: PlanetBids.

The City hereby noti es all potential Proposers that it will ensure that in any Contract issued pursuant to the advertisement, minority business enterprises will be a orded full opportunity to submit a response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color or national origin in consideration for an award.

The City reserves the right to reject any or all Proposals, or waive any irregularities or technical de ciencies in any Proposal.

The City does not discriminate based on handicapped status in the admission or access to, or treatment, or employment in its programs or activities.

Each prospective bidder is responsible for fully acquainting himself with the conditions of the work sites as well as those conditions relating to the work in order to fully understand the facilities, di culties and restrictions which may impact the total and adequate completion of the work. All prospective bidders shall attend a mandatory job walk meeting scheduled for 8:00 a.m., Tuesday, October 10, 2023 at the Encinitas Civic Center, 505 S Vulcan Avenue, Encinitas, California 92024. Failure to attend the mandatory job walk meeting shall result in disquali cation.

Please contact www.encinitasca.gov/bids if you need additional information.

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Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call (855) 313-3319, or visit this internet website www. clearreconcorp.com, using the le number assigned to this case 098759-CA to nd the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. FOR SALES

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T.S. No.: 230419137 Notice of Trustee’s Sale

Loan No.: 1344629102 Order No. 2295801CAD APN: 158-

A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank speci ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. No cashier’s checks older than 60 days from the day of sale will be accepted. Trustor: Vishal K. Shah, not personally but as Trustee on behalf of Vishal K. Shah Revocable Living Trust Duly Appointed Trustee: Total Lender Solutions, Inc. Recorded 9/3/2021 as Instrument No. 2021-0629114 in book , page of O cial Records in the o ce of the Recorder

information is to attend the scheduled sale. Notice To Tenant: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call (877) 440-4460, or visit this internet website site www.tlssales.info, using the le number assigned to this case 230419137 to nd the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase.

Change of Name (JC Form #NC100) will be granted without a hearing. One copy of the Order Granting the Petition will be mailed to the petitioner.

To change a name on a legal document, including a birth certi cate, social security card, driver license, passport, and other identi cation, a certi ed copy of Decree Changing Name (JC Form #NC-130) or Decree

Changing Name and Order

Recognizing Change of Gender and for Issuance of New Birth Certi cate (JC Form #NC230) may be required. Contact the agency(ies) who issues the legal document that needs to be changed, to determine if a certi ed copy is required.

A certi ed copy of Decree Changing Name (JC Form #NC130) or Decree Changing Name and Order Recognizing Change of Gender and for Issuance of New Birth’ Certi cate (JC Form #NC-230) may be obtained from the Civil Business O ce for a fee. Petitioners who are seeking a change of name under the Safe at Home program may contact the assigned department for information on obtaining certi ed copies.

If all the requirements have not been met as of the date speci ed, the court will mail the petitioner a written order with further directions. If a timely objection is led, the court will set a hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions.

Melanie A. Backovich Family Trust dated 12/05/2005, as amended and restated By: Brian J. Tingley, Trust O cer Comerica Bank and Trust, N.A.

611 Anton Boulevard, Suite 200 MC 4459 Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Tel: (248) 732-6843

10/06, 10/13, 10/20/2023

CN 28066

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF JOYCE GAMMON

Case # 37-2023-00024561PR-PW-CTL

To all heirs, bene ciaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Joyce Gammon

A Petition for Probate has been led by Christina Kosik in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego.

The Petition for Probate requests that Christina Kosik be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the le kept by the court.

of the ling of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner:

Julie A. Cardin 1015 Chestnut Ave., Ste G2 Carlsbad, CA 92008 Telephone: 760.434.1040 09/29, 10/06, 10/13/2023 CN 28054

Notice of Self Storage Sale

Please take notice Prime Storage - Vista located at 2430 S Santa Fe Ave Vista CA 92084 intends to hold an auction to sell the goods stored by the following tenants at the storage facility. The sale will occur as an online auction via www.storagetreasures.com on 10/19/2023 at 12:00PM. Unless stated otherwise the description of the contents are household goods and furnishings. Mike Reisner. All property is being stored at the above self-storage facility. This sale may be withdrawn at any time without notice. Certain terms and conditions apply. See manager for details.

09/29, 10/06/2023 CN 28046

Notice of Self Storage Sale

of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the bene ciary within 10 days of the date of rst publication of this Notice of Sale. Notice

To Potential Bidders: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned o may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying o all liens senior to the lien being auctioned o , before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s o ce or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. Notice To Property Owner: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, bene ciary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (877) 440-4460 or visit this Internet Web site www. mkconsultantsinc.com, using the le number assigned to this case 230419137. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be re ected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement

Date: 9/7/2023 Total Lender Solutions, Inc. 10505 Sorrento Valley Road, Suite 125 San Diego, CA 92121 Phone: 866535-3736 Sale Line: (877) 440-4460 By: Max Newman, Trustee Sale O cer 09/22/023, 09/29/2023 10/06/2023 CN 28018

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSECHANGE OF NAME CASE# 37-202300042393-CU-PT-NC TO ALL INTERESTED

PERSONS:

Petitioner(s): So a McAndrews led a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: a. Present name: So a McAndrews change to proposed name: So a Obligado THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this Court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for a change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must le a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely led, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING:

On December 15, 2023 at 8:30 a.m., in Dept. 25 of the Superior Court of California, 325 S Melrose Dr., Vista CA 92081, North County Division. (To appear remotely, check in advance of the hearing for information about how to do so on the court’s website. To nd your court’s website, go to www. courts.ca.gov/find-my-court. htm.)

NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE ABOVE DATE; ATTACHMENT TO ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME (JC FORM #NC-120) NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE.

The court will review the documents led as of the date speci ed on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120).

If all requirements for a name change have been met as of the date speci ed, and no timely written objection has been received (required at least two court days before the date speci ed), the Petition for

A RESPONDENT OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do not come to court on the speci ed date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future hearing date.

Any Petition for the name change of a minor that is signed by only one parent must have this Attachment served along with the Petition and Order to Show Cause, on the other non-signing parent, and proof of service must be led with the court. IT IS SO ORDERED.

Filed Date: 10/12/2023

Brad A. Weinreb Judge of the Superior Court. 10/06, 10/13, 10/20, 10/27/2023

CN 28069

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF MELANIE ANN BACKOVICH also known as MELANIE A. BACKOVICH STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Melanie Ann Backovich also known as Melanie A. Backovich died on June 21, 2023 (“Decedent”). The Decedent was the Settlor of the Robert G. Backovich and Melanie A. Backovich Family Trust dated 12/5/2005, as amended and restated. Comerica Bank and Trust, N.A., of Costa Mesa, California, serves as Successor Trustee. The Successor Trustee has the power to pay the outstanding debts of the Decedent from the trust property upon proper proof of the debts. In accordance with California Probate Code Sections 19050-19054, creditors of the Decedent must present claims for such debts to the trustee in writing within the four months after the rst date of publication of this notice or, thirty (30) days after receipt of the actual notice if the identity of the creditor is known or reasonably ascertainable by the Successor Trustee. If a creditor fails to present such claims to the Successor Trustee within such prescribed time period, the creditor will be forever barred as against the Successor Trustee and the trust property.

Comerica Bank and Trust, N.A.

Successor Trustee of the Robert G. Backovich and

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person les an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as

follows: Date: November 07, 2023; Time: 10:30 AM; in Dept.: 504. Court address: 1100 Union St., San Diego CA 92101, Central Courthouse. Court appearances may be made either in person or virtually, unless otherwise ordered by the Court. Virtual appearances must be made using the department’s Microsoft Teams (“MS Teams”) video link; or by calling the department’s MS Teams conference phone number and using the assigned conference ID number. The MS Teams video conference links and phone numbers can be found at www.sdcourt.ca.gov/ ProbateHearings. Plan to check in 15 minutes prior to the scheduled hearing time.

If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or le written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must le your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either

(1) four months from the date of rst issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as de ned in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may a ect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the le kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may le with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154)

Please take notice Prime Storage - San Marcos N Paci c St. located at 185 N Paci c St San Marcos CA 92069 intends to hold an auction to sell the goods stored by the following tenants at the storage facility. The sale will occur as an online auction via www.storagetreasures.com on 10/19/2023 at 12:00PM. Unless stated otherwise the description of the contents are household goods and furnishings. Michael G Gordon; Peter R Lemkin; Ashraf Michael. All property is being stored at the above selfstorage facility. This sale may be withdrawn at any time without notice. Certain terms and conditions apply. See manager for details.

09/29, 10/06/2023 CN 28045

Notice of Self Storage Sale

Please take notice Prime Storage - San Diego Mission Bay Dr located at 4595 Mission Bay Dr San Diego CA 92109 intends to hold an auction to sell the goods stored by the following tenants at the storage facility. The sale will occur as an online auction via www.storagetreasures.com on 10/19/2023 at 12:00PM. Unless stated otherwise the description of the contents are household goods and furnishings. Elijah Varela; Rick Bucklew; Lucas Brasolin Facury; Maria Theresa Pangilinan. All property is being stored at the above selfstorage facility. This sale may be withdrawn at any time without notice. Certain terms and conditions apply. See manager for details.

09/29, 10/06/2023 CN 28044

Notice to Creditors TO ALL INTERESTED

PERSONS:

Posted By: Deborah Sue Hargis ® 2022

Dated this 19th day of September, 2023, regarding APN - 2051530400, which is commonly known in public records as 2021 Gayle Way, Carlsbad, California 92008, San Diego County

Please take notice the following two actions Noticed herein 1) regarding DOC# 2005-0619053 DEED OF TRUST AND ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS recorded with the San Diego County Recorders o ce on July 25, 2005 8:00 AM, I, Deborah Sue Hargis, a living woman, did create a letter on May 25, 2023 rescinding my signature from this agreement then, mailed this letter via USPS registered mail to the entities known to have alleged they are a party to this agreement, with con rmed delivery; and, 2) regarding Deed

recorded in San Diego County Recorder’s O ce Fee number/ Doc # 2005-0619051 on July 25, 2005 8:00 AM, I, Deborah

Sue Hargis did also create and sign a letter dated June 4, 2023 titled, CERTIFICATE OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT accepting the Deed to said property referenced above. Then, mailed this letter via USPS registered mail to the entities known to have alleged they are a party to this agreement with con rmed delivery. 09/22, 09/29, 10/06/2023 CN 28039

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSECHANGE OF NAME

CASE# 37-202300039802-CU-PT-NC

TO ALL INTERESTED

PERSONS:

Petitioner(s): Brie Nicol led a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: a. Present name:

Reece Parker Lantz change to proposed name: Reece Parker

Nicol THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this Court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for a change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must le a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely led, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING:

On November 17, 2023 at 8:30 a.m., in Dept. 25 of the Superior Court of California, 325 S Melrose Dr., Vista CA 92081, North County Division. (To appear remotely, check in advance of the hearing for information about how to do so on the court’s website. To nd your court’s website, go to www. courts.ca.gov/find-my-court.

htm.) NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE ABOVE DATE; ATTACHMENT TO ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME (JC FORM #NC-120)

NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE.

The court will review the documents led as of the date speci ed on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120).

If all requirements for a name change have been met as of the date speci ed, and no timely written objection has been received (required at least two court days before the date speci ed), the Petition for Change of Name (JC Form #NC100) will be granted without a hearing. One copy of the Order Granting the Petition will be mailed to the petitioner.

To change a name on a legal document, including a birth certi cate, social security card, driver license, passport, and other identi cation, a certi ed copy of Decree Changing Name (JC Form #NC-130) or Decree

Changing Name and Order

Recognizing Change of Gender and for Issuance of New Birth Certi cate (JC Form #NC230) may be required. Contact the agency(ies) who issues the legal document that needs to be changed, to determine if a certi ed copy is required.

A certi ed copy of Decree

Changing Name (JC Form #NC130) or Decree Changing Name and Order Recognizing Change of Gender and for Issuance of New Birth’ Certi cate (JC Form #NC-230) may be obtained from the Civil Business O ce for a fee. Petitioners who are seeking a change of name under the Safe at Home program may contact the assigned department for information on obtaining certi ed copies.

If all the requirements have not been met as of the date speci ed, the court will mail the petitioner a written order with further directions. If a timely objection is led, the court will set a hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions.

A RESPONDENT OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do not come to court on the speci ed date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future hearing date.

Any Petition for the name change of a minor that is signed by only one parent must have this Attachment served along with the Petition and Order to Show Cause, on the other non-signing parent, and proof of service must be led with the court. IT IS SO

ORDERED.

Filed Date: 09/14/2023

Brad A. Weinreb Judge of the Superior Court. 09/22, 09/29, 10/06, 10/13/2023 CN 28034

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL)

CASE #: 37-2022-00048395CL-BC-NC

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT:

(AVISO AL DEMANDADO):

VATCHE BALJIAN YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO

ESTÀ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE):

YAMAHA MOTOR FINANCE CORPORATION, U.S.A.

NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to le a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plainti . A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can nd these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the ling fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form.

If you do not le your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away.

If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot a ord an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonpro t legal services program. You can locate these nonpro t groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia. org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil. case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación.

Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una

carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte. ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin nes de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin nes de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte. ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y dirección de la corte es):

Superior Court of California North County Regional Center 325 South Melrose Vista CA 92081

The name, address, and telephone number of plainti ’s attorney, or plainti without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es):

Drew A. Callahan

8880 Rio San Diego Drive, Suite 725 San Diego, CA 92108 ***

Telephone: 858.750.7600

Date: (Fecha), 12/05/2022

Clerk by (Secretario), E. Deavers, Deputy (Adjunto)

NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served as an individual. 09/22, 09/29, 10/06, 10/13/2023 CN 28017

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

- CHANGE OF NAME

CASE# 37-202300029050-CU-PT-CTL TO ALL INTERESTED

PERSONS:

Petitioner(s): Winifred Joyce Sunshine led a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: a.

Present name: Winifred Joyce Sunshine change to proposed name: Winnie Joyce Sunshine THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this Court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for a change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must le a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely led, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: On October 30, 2023 at 8:30 a.m., in Dept. 61 of the Superior Court of California, County of

San Diego, 330 W. Broadway, San Diego CA 92101 Central Division, Hall of Justice.

(To appear remotely, check in advance of the hearing for information about how to do so on the court’s website. To nd your court’s website, go to www. courts.ca.gov/find-my-court. htm.)

NO HEARING WILL OCCUR

ON THE ABOVE DATE; ATTACHMENT TO ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME (JC FORM #NC-120)

NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE.

The court will review the documents led as of the date speci ed on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120).

If all requirements for a name change have been met as of the date speci ed, and no timely written objection has been received (required at least two court days before the date speci ed), the Petition for Change of Name (JC Form #NC100) will be granted without a hearing. One copy of the Order Granting the Petition will be mailed to the petitioner. To change a name on a legal document, including a birth certi cate, social security card, driver license, passport, and other identi cation, a certi ed copy of Decree Changing Name (JC Form #NC-130) or Decree Changing Name and Order Recognizing Change of Gender and for Issuance of New Birth Certi cate (JC Form #NC230) may be required. Contact the agency(ies) who issues the legal document that needs to be changed, to determine if a certi ed copy is required.

A certi ed copy of Decree Changing Name (JC Form #NC130) or Decree Changing Name and Order Recognizing Change of Gender and for Issuance of New Birth’ Certi cate (JC Form #NC-230) may be obtained from the Civil Business O ce for a fee. Petitioners who are seeking a change of name under the Safe at Home program may contact the assigned department for information on obtaining certi ed copies. If all the requirements have not been met as of the date speci ed, the court will mail the petitioner a written order with further directions. If a timely objection is led, the court will set a hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions.

A RESPONDENT OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do not come to court on the speci ed date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future hearing date.

Any Petition for the name change of a minor that is signed by only one parent must have this Attachment served along with the Petition and Order to Show Cause, on the other non-signing parent, and proof of service must be led with the court. IT IS SO ORDERED.

Filed Date: 09/13/2032

Peter F. Murray Judge of the Superior Court 09/22, 09/29, 10/06, 10/13/2023 CN 28010

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2023-9019054

Filed: Sep 15, 2023 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business

Name(s): A. 4NTENT. Located at: 531 Encinitas Blvd. #200, Encinitas CA 92024 San Diego. Mailing Address: 27956 N. Bay Rd., PO Box 3079, Lake Arrowhead CA 92352. Registrant Information: 1. Angela Michelle Rosenberg, 27956 N. Bay Rd., Lake Arrowhead CA 92352;

Ethan Rosenberg, 27956 N. Bay Rd., Lake Arrowhead CA 92352. This business is conducted by: Married Couple. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above

Names(s) as of: 10/09/2018 S/ Marc Rosenberg, 10/06, 10/13, 10/20, 10/27/2023 CN 28079

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2023-9019226 Filed: Sep 19, 2023 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Mobile Bike Repair; B. Mobile Bike Repair North County. Located at: 285 Mission Villas Rd., San Marcos CA 92069 San Diego. Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Information: 1. Alex Parker Lockheimer, 285 Mission Villas Rd., San Marcos CA 92069. This business is conducted by: Individual. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the

10/13, 10/20, 10/27/2023 CN 28068

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2023-9019267 Filed: Sep 20, 2023 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. La Costa Animal Hospital. Located at: 7668 El Camino Real #101, Carlsbad CA 92009 San Diego. Mailing

Address: 141 Longwater Dr. #108, Norwell MA 02061. Registrant Information: 1. VetCor of Sequoia LLC, 141 Longwater Dr. #108, Norwell MA 02061. This business is conducted by: Limited Partnership. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above

Names(s) as of: 01/01/2023 S/Peter DeFeo, 10/06, 10/13, 10/20, 10/27/2023 CN 28067

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2023-9019790 Filed: Sep 26, 2023 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business

Name(s): A. Neighborhood Skin Studio; B. The Neighborhood Skin Studio. Located at: 531 Encinitas Blvd. #100, Encinitas CA 92024 San Diego. Mailing

Address: 7215 El Fuerte St., Carlsbad CA 92009. Registrant Information: 1. Jasmine Elizabeth Snyder, 7215 El Fuerte St., Carlsbad CA 92009. This business is conducted by: Individual. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above

Names(s) as of: 09/15/2023

S/Jasmine Elizabeth Snyder, 10/06, 10/13, 10/20, 10/27/2023

LEGALS LEGALS LEGALS LEGALS LEGALS LEGALS LEGALS

Coast News legals continued from page 19

Carlsbad CA 92008 San Diego. Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Information: 1. San Diego Custom Logo Embroidery Inc., 2205 Faraday Ave. #M, Carlsbad CA 92008. This business is conducted by: Corporation. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: 07/11/2018 S/Sandra Sapol, 09/22, 09/29, 10/06, 10/13/2023 CN 28015

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2023-9018920

Filed: Sep 14, 2023 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Success Rentals Property Management. Located at: 15778 Puerta del Sol, Rancho Santa Fe CA 92067 San Diego.

Mailing Address: PO Box 117, Rancho Santa Fe CA 92067. Registrant Information: 1. Success Rentals Inc., 15778 Puerta del Sol, Rancho Santa Fe CA 92067. This business is conducted by: Corporation.

Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: 09/12/2023 S/Elizabeth B. Heller, 09/22, 09/29, 10/06, 10/13/2023 CN 28013

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2023-9017932

Filed: Aug 30, 2023 with County of San Diego Recorder/ County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Fork and Melon. Located at: 5599 Foxtail Loop, Carlsbad CA 92010 San Diego. Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Information: 1. Cheryl Kathleen Melonakos Fork, 5599 Foxtail Loop, Carlsbad CA 92010. This business is conducted by: Individual. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above

Names(s) as of: 07/19/2018 S/Cheryl Kathleen Melonakos Fork, 09/22, 09/29, 10/06, 10/13/2023 CN 28012

Fictitious Business Name

Statement #2023-9018836

Filed: Sep 13, 2023 with County of San Diego Recorder/ County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Biscotti Box. Located at: 4519 Avenida Manessa, Oceanside CA 92057 San Diego. Mailing Address:

Same. Registrant Information:

1. Elizabeth Trevino, 4519 Avenida Manessa, Oceanside CA 92057. This business is conducted by: Individual.

Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: 09/11/2023 S/Elizabeth Trevino, 09/22, 09/29, 10/06, 10/13/2023 CN 28011

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2023-9018726

Filed: Sep 12, 2023 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business

Name(s): A. La Chispa Farm. Located at: 16976 Highland Valley Rd., Ramona CA 92065 San Diego. Mailing Address:

Same. Registrant Information:

1. Jose Gerardo Alcaraz, 16976 Highland Valley Rd., Ramona CA 92065. This business is conducted by: Individual. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: Not Yet Started S/Jose Gerardo Alcaraz, 09/15, 09/22, 09/29, 10/06/2023 CN 28009

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2023-9017724 Filed: Aug 25, 2023 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Orinda Investment Group LLC. Located at: 2130 Orinda Dr. #F, Cardi CA 92007 San Diego. Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Information: 1. Orinda Investment Group LLC, 2130 Orinda Dr. #F, Cardi CA 92007. This business is conducted by: Limited

Liability Company. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above

Names(s) as of: Not Yet Started S/Martin Cayetano Flores Piran, 09/15, 09/22, 09/29, 10/06/2023 CN 28008

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2023-9018604

Filed: Sep 11, 2023 with County of San Diego Recorder/ County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Pool Walkers Cleaning & Services; B. Pool Walkers. Located at: 326 Cole Way, Oceanside CA 92054 San Diego. Mailing Address: 2604-B

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EUSD partners with cybersecurity firm to detect self-harm

By Abigail Sourwine

The Encinitas Union School District’s IT department is working with a cybersecurity firm to monitor and report potential selfharm behaviors in students’ internet activity at school.

In the five years since work began on expanding a tool that blocks students from viewing explicit content while operating school computers, the software has become a more efficient aid to preventing self-harm and

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health systems across the country are facing unprecedented financial pressures. We are looking at all we do and when necessary, making difficult decisions to ensure that we can continue to meet the needs of the community we serve,” spokesperson Steve Carpowich said Tuesday. “The revenue from Medicare Advantage plans is not sufficient to cover the cost of the patient care we provide.”

Nearly half of Medicare beneficiaries in the United States use the Advantage plan, which has the benefit of lower monthly premiums and built-in limits on certain out-of-pocket costs compared to the Original plan.

Patients wishing to avoid gaps in coverage now face a difficult choice on a tight timeline. They can change medical groups and leave behind the Scripps providers and care they’ve come to rely on before Jan. 1, 2024, or stay with Scripps

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son said.

Sheriff’s Capt. Christopher Lawrence of the North Coastal Station said the shelter would help the team enforce these laws.

“This gives us the ability to enforce what was previously mentioned with our ordinances related to camping,” Lawrence said. “However, for people camping in cars, state law defines their vehicle as a residence, so anti-camping laws do not apply.”

If all Encinitas-designated beds at Buena Creek are full, the city would work through alternate avenues to find shelter for those violating the anti-camping law.

The navigation center is meant to be a short-term stop to help people experiencing homelessness find resources and permanent shelter that meets their needs, Anders said.

While Vista council members acknowledged the need for interim shelter services due to the lack of beds throughout North County, Councilmember Katie Melendez advocated for pursuing permanent supportive housing opportunities.

Using the funds the city will save through the new agreement with the Alliance could be a place to start, she said.

suicide.

In one case, “Twenty minutes before school dismissal, alerts came in of a child searching for the ‘fastest way to kill themself,’” Nathan Short, Director of Information Technology at EUSD, said in a statement. “While monitoring in real-time, the searches progressed from ‘nearby tall buildings’ and 'nearby cliffs’ to directions to a specific cliff within walking distance of the school. The high-risk intel coupled with

the district's rapid response prevented a student from taking their life.”

In partnership with iboss, a cloud security provider, the software monitors activity on school-owned devices and stores the data in its secure server where only authorized school and district personnel can view it. The technology works in tandem with other efforts to support student mental health, such as on-site psychologists, social-emotional

learning teachers and counselors.

Self-harm alerts increased when students were isolated from their peers as a result of COVID-19 safety measures.

“Negative experiences can go unnoticed, particularly as online learning becomes more common,” Thomas Koenig, media contact for iboss, said in a statement.

According to a year-long study of self-harm behaviors

in about 4,000 adolescents between 12 and 16 years old, one in four reported having self-harm thoughts and one in six reported engaging in self-harm behavior in the year studied.

“Self-harm is already established by 12/13 years of age,” the study found.

While the study found self-harm amongst adolescents is common, parents contacted by the district’s psychology team were often surprised to learn about in-

another private group but had to delay treatment until 2023 for the new plan to kick in.

Thinking about switching insurance plans again while still undergoing chemotherapy is daunting. Hayes does not want to leave his Scripps primary doctor, who has been an excellent advocate for his care.

“I don’t know if I can get into new insurance because I don’t know what the requirements for pre-existing conditions are,” he said. “I guess in the best of all worlds, some insurance gap plan will allow us to stay with our current primary, who is really good and fought for me to go to UCSD.”

dicators of self-harm associated with their child.

“When we can identify signs that a student is struggling online with their mental health, our team, alongside parents and other supportive resources, can move in swiftly to get the student the help and support they need,” Short said. “The earlier we take action to connect these students with appropriate mental health services, the better the outcome that we can expect.”

confirm whether these groups have contracts with all Scripps hospitals, including Scripps Mercy, Scripps La Jolla and Scripps Memorial in Encinitas.

Scripps is the latest health group to drop Medicare Advantage plans, preceded by the Mayo Clinic, Ohio’s Adena Regional Medical Center, Samaritan Health Services in Oregon and others.

Several systems have opted to part ways due to high prior authorization denial rates and slow reimbursements to providers. Scripps Health President and CEO Chris Van Gorder told Becker’s Hospital Review, “It’s become a game of delay, deny and not pay” with Medicare Advantage.

and switch to original or supplemental Medicare, also known as Medigap.

The latter option comes at the price of increased monthly premiums, sometimes up to several hundred dollars, which many obtained Advantage plans to avoid in the first place.

Supplemental plans also increase in cost the higher the person’s age.

Perry Hayes of Solana Beach has been with Scripps for years through a Medicare Advantage plan and said he was flabbergasted by the news that his plan would be dropped.

The 70-year-old said he has also already spent the past two years dealing with insurance issues when he was denied coverage for gastric cancer treatment at UC San Diego under his Advantage plan through SCAN. Hayes switched to an Advantage plan with

North County in Vista. Reimbursement amounts for the rotational shelter have not been determined.

Shelters in the network, known as the Alliance for Regional Solutions, will also be required to improve their data gathering and reporting.

This includes a monthly utilization report of all referrals to shelters made by Vista’s Homelessness Outreach Team, or HOT, and whether they resulted in successful intakes, basic demographic details, and their exit destination.

Carpowich said certain affiliated independent physician medical groups will continue to accept Medicare Advantage plans at this time, including Scripps Physicians Medical Group, Scripps Mercy Physicians Medical Group and Optum Care in San Diego.

Carpowich could not

vices focused on stable long-term housing.

Lastly, the contract requires 30% of sheltered Vista residents to be exited to long-term stable housing.

Earlier this month, council members heavily criticized Alliance leaders for not upholding their end of the previous agreement, requiring La Posada and Haven House to prioritize five beds each for Vista referrals.

Hayes said it is a shame that profit is the driving factor in these decisions, which significantly affects his and other people’s health.

“It should be about caring for patients, and it’s not — it’s about caring for patients while you make money,” Hayes said.

es providers to maximize those referrals. I think the performance outcomes are both reasonable and ambitious, which strikes me, as somebody who runs an organization with a lot of different programs, as a good place to be,” Anglea said.

The changes to the contract also come at a time of transition for Haven House.

VISTA RESIDENTS have been turned away from shelters like La Posada de Guadalupe in Carlsbad due to lack of bed space. File photo/The Coast News

“I really believe that our response to homelessness needs to be intervention and resolution. When we intervene, we might be able to offer shelter options for the short term, but ultimately, more and more we realize that permanent resolutions for people’s homelessness are permanent supportive housing and affordable homes,” Melendez said.

Vista adjusts shelter network agreement

After historically providing $20,000 upfront to a North County homeless shelter network for

prioritization of beds for Vista residents, the Vista City Council agreed this week to move forward on a “per-diem” model reimbursing shelters based on actual bed utilization.

The changes adopted on Sept. 26 followed a contentious meeting earlier this month when city leaders discussed data from homeless outreach teams indicating that Vista residents referred to shelters were being turned away due to a lack of beds.

Under the new agreement, Vista will reimburse $108 per bed used at Haven House in Escondido, $84.63 per bed at La Posada in Carlsbad, and $58.60 per bed at Operation Hope

The city is also requiring a single point of contact to confirm daily bed availability at shelters to prevent miscommunication.

“I do think this is an improvement. I think we’re all on the same page about really focusing on results and reporting,” said Vista Mayor John Franklin. “I’m really looking forward to this contract prioritizing people from Vista and making sure that we’re paying for those people who show up from Vista so that there’s more likely a bed for them.”

In order to continue funding, the contract requires the following annual outcomes: a minimum of 50 Vista residents receiving shelter, with 90% of those given access to case-managed social ser-

Outreach data provided by Exodus stated that from October 2022 to August 2023, 50 of the 87 Vista residents referred to La Posada and Haven House were turned away due to a lack of bed space.

Alliance leaders have assured the city that the data they received was incomplete and that their own records indicate a much higher level of successful shelter intakes for Vista referrals.

At Haven House, for example, only six of the 63 Vista referrals were turned away due to a lack of beds, with the most common outcome being shelter intake, said Interfaith Community Services CEO Greg Anglea.

Still, Anglea said there is definitely room for improvement in data gathering and that he supports the new funding model.

“The proposed model to move to a per-diem funding right incentiviz-

Due to a lack of funds, the shelter has temporarily relocated from its original location to the Abraham and Lillian Turk Recuperative Care Center, a repurposed 77-room hotel with 106 beds for homeless individuals who are recovering from hospital stays due to varying physical and mental illnesses.

Extra beds at the Turk Center are currently being used for Haven House until Interfaith can identify a new permanent location for the shelter.

Meanwhile, the city of Vista is also in the process of opening a new non-congregate shelter along South Santa Fe Avenue under a master lease with the city of Encinitas.

Earlier this month, Vista council members said they wanted to adopt an emergency order to expedite the shelter’s opening.

However, city spokesperson Fred Tracey said the order is no longer being brought forward.

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Encinitas has served North County residents since 1978. The health care provider’s decision to drop Medicare advantage from two popular medical groups has left many seniors facing gaps in coverage and reduced levels of care.

Photo by Laura Place

EVENTS CALENDAR

‘SLEEPY HOLLOW’

OCT. 6

HAUNTED CORN MAZE

Get ready to embark on a spine-tingling adventure like no other as we unveil the Haunted Corn Maze under the cover of a harvest moon. $25 per person, $45 each for front of the line. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. every Friday and Saturday this month starting Oct. 6 at Carlsbad Strawberry Company, 1050 Cannon Rd, Carlsbad.

GROWING ‘FAT PLANTS’

Growing caudiciform ‘Fat Plants’ will be the topic of a presentation by Al Klein, owner of Botanic Wonders Nursery who specializes in cycads, rare succulents and other exotic plants. 1:45 p.m. at Jim Porter Recreation Center, 1200 Vale Terrace Dr, Vista.

TCI OPEN HOUSE

MiraCosta Technology Career Institute (TCI) invites the community to an open house when the college will unveil its three new labs in welding, BrewTech and food technology. 3-7 p.m. Oct. 6 at MiraCosta College Technology Career Institute, 2075 Las Palmas Dr, Carlsbad.

‘MOON OVER BUFFALO’

Directed by Tracy Williams, this madcap farce promises to launch the season with loud laughter and unforgettable entertainment. Tickets $13-$18. 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 5-7 and 2 p.m. on Oct. 7 at MiraCosta College Theatre, 1 Barnard Dr, Oceanside.

TASTE OF OCEANSIDE VIP

Join MainStreet Oceanside as it welcomes a special Oceanside guest chef to the Oceanside Museum of Art. Explore the art galleries while enjoying live entertainment by Anthony Cullins. $150, 5-7 p.m. Oct. 6 at Oceanside Museum of Art, 704 Pier View Way, Oceanside.

A new musical adaptation to the tale of Sleepy Hollow. Tickets $20-$50, shows from Oct. 6 to Oct. 29 at the historic Sunshine Brooks Theater, 217 N Coast Hwy, Oceanside.

RUMMAGE SALE

The San Dieguito United Methodist Church will host North County’s largest rummage sale, featuring clothing, jewelry, books, art, household items, linens, plants, decor, baked goods, coffee and pies. Oct. 6 (9-2 p.m. ) and Oct. 7 (9-1 p.m.)on at San Dieguito United Methodist Church, 170 Calle Magdalena, Encinitas.

SHADES OF JADE

Rebecca Jade and Seaside Center for Spiritual Living present “Shades of Jade,” a concert performance featuring accomplished singer/songwriter Rebecca Jade. $40-$85, 7-9 p.m. Oct. 6 at Seaside Center for Spiritual Living, 1613 Lake Dr, Encinitas.

SOFIA TALVIK IN CONCERT

Singer/songwriter Sofia

Talvik, originally from Sweden, writes and performs in an Americana style. $15$18, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Oct. 6 at Templars Hall, Old Poway Park, 14134 Midland Rd, Poway.

OCT. 7

HELP ALTA VISTA POND Join North County Climate Change Alliance volunteers in maintaining the pond garden at the Alta Vista Botanical Gardens.

9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Oct. 7 at Alta Vista Botanical Gardens, 1270 Vale Terrace Dr, Vista.

‘SURF WHEN YOU CAN’

Retired U.S. Navy Capt. Brett Crozier discusses and signs his new book, “Surf When You Can.” 1 p.m. at Barnes & Noble, 1040 N El Camino Real, Encinitas.

THE ZOMBIES

The Zombies, recently inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, are tyouring after the release of their latest album, “Different Game.” $50, 8 p.m. at Belly Up, 143 S Cedros Ave, Solana Beach.

CARLSBAD OKTOBERFEST

The 41st annual Oktoberfest Fall Festival event will feature real German meals from Tip Top Meats, kids and adult activities, live German music from Haselnuss and a Bier Garten. 12 to 8 p.m. Oct. 7 at Carlsbad Strawberry Company, 1050 Cannon Rd, Carlsbad.

DEL MAR GOLF AND GALA

Enjoy dinner, a round of golf, a live and silent auction and other opportunities while raising funds for the Special Operations Forces Support Foundation. Registration starts at 9 a.m. Del Mar Country Club, 6001 Clubhouse Dr, Rancho Santa Fe.

MAUI BENEFIT CONCERT

A “Masters of Hawaiian Music” benefit concert featuring Grammy and Na Hoku Hanohano (Hawaiian Grammy) winners George Kahumoku Jr., Led Kaapana and Jeff Peterson will raise funds to help Maui wildfire victims. $75. 7 p.m. at La Paloma Theatre, 471 S Coast Highway 101, Encinitas.

SPIRITS FESTIVAL

Get ready to fully immerse yourself in a two-day experience fueled by top

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spirits and unlimited cocktails. Tickets $100 on Oct. 7 (3-7 p.m.) and $90 on Oct. 8 (1-5 p.m.) at Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in La Jolla, 700 Prospect St, La Jolla.

OKTOBERFEST (ONE PASEO)

One Paseo is bringing Munich, Germany, to San Diego with its annual Oktoberfest celebration!. $35, 2 to 6 p.m. Oct. 7 at One Paseo, 3725 Paseo Pl, San Diego.

DANCE WORKSHOP

Join the dancers and choreographers in Performance Art Workshop and the larger San Diego dance community for an evening of new works by artists of all experience levels. 7 p.m. at Performing Arts Workshop, 1465 Encinitas Blvd, Encinitas.

OCT. 8

JAMESTOWN REVIVAL

Country band Jamestown Revival at the Belly Up. $30, 8 p.m. at Belly Up, 143 S Cedros Ave, Solana Beach.

MAKE SOURDOUGH

Learn how to make the perfect loaf of sourdough bread. Tickets $79-$148. 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Oct. 8 at Maya Moon Collective, 3349 Adams Ave, San Diego.

JAZZ EVENSONG

Traditional Anglican evensong combined with contemporary American jazz. 4-5:30 p.m. Oct. 8 at St. Michael’s-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, 2775

JOIN THE NORTH COASTAL SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT SENIOR VOLUNTEER PATROL

The Senior Volunteer Patrol of the North Coastal Sheriff’s Station performs home vacation security checks, assists with traffic control, enforces disabled parking regulations, patrols neighborhoods, schools, parks and shopping centers and visits homebound seniors who live alone for the communities of Encinitas, Solana Beach, Del Mar.& portions of the county’s unincorporated areas. Volunteers must be at least age 50, be in good health, pass a background check, have auto insurance & a valid California driver’s license. Training includes a two week academy plus training patrols. The minimum commitment is 24 hours per month, & attendance at a monthly meeting. Interested parties should call (760) 966-3579 to arrange an information meeting.

Carlsbad Blvd, Carlsbad.

OCT. 9

CHASING HEROINE

Learn how Jeannine Coulter overcame 15 years of addiction and homelessness and turned her life around. Free-$5, 6-7:30 p.m. Oct. 9 at California State University San Marcos, 333 S Twin Oaks Valley Rd, San Marcos.

HIGHER SELF MEDITATION

Join us every week for a twenty-minute live, guided meditation with Divine Light. 9 to 9:30 a.m. Oct. 9 at Online, 92101, San Diego.

THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS

The Psychedelic Furs and Squeeze perform at The Sound on their 2023 tour. $75, 8 p.m. at The Sound, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd, Del Mar.

OCT. 10

AVIATOR STASH

Watch Aviator Stash and The Charities perform live at Belly Up. Aviator Stash voted best indie alternative band in 2019 San Diego Music Awards. $12, 8 p.m. at Belly Up, 160 S Cedros Ave, Solana Beach.

CHESS GAMES FOR 50+

Meet in Room 15 in the North Wing every Tuesday from 1 to 4 p.m. for casual games of chess. All skill levels welcome, participants must be 50 and over. 1 to 4 p.m. Oct. 10 at Carlsbad Senior Center, 799 Pine Ave, Carlsbad.

EL CAMINO QUILTERS

The October guest speaker is Pam Hadfield of Mama P Quilts, who has won multiple awards for her quilts. Her trunk show ranges from pieced quilts, appliqué with cotton and wool, quilts using mixed techniques, seasonal quilts and pictorial quilts. $10, 9:30 a.m. at El Corazon Senior Center, 3302 Senior Center Dr, Oceanside.

OCT. 11

DIGGIN DIRT

Diggin Dirt and Spacehall Sound Machine perform live at Belly Up. $18, 8 p.m. at Belly Up, 160 S Cedros Ave, Solana Beach.

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positive step,” Wicker said. “Regulations need to be appropriate. Full-on prohibition is not a fair and reasonable regulation.”

Bans against recreational dispensaries also cause cities to miss out on millions of dollars in potential tax revenue and local residents to miss out on business opportunities, Wick added.

On the other side, opponents to recreational marijuana in North County argue that it can lead to increased use among youth and negative health outcomes.

POWER OF COMPASSION

Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D., one of the foremost experts on compassion, will talk about the power of compassion to transform our world. Free-$5, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 11 at California State University San Marcos, 333 S Twin Oaks Valley Rd, San Marcos.

WOMAN'S CLUB OF VISTA

The club’s guest speaker will be Lesia S. Cartelli, founder and CEO of Angel Faces. $25, 10 a.m. at Shadowridge Golf Club, 1980 Gateway Dr, Vista.

SOULFUL SCREENWRITING

Join an empowering in-person workshop series where we explore dramatic narrative storytelling supported by writing exercises. $40-$250, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Oct. 11 at The Film Hub, 170 Eucalyptus Ave, Vista.

OCT. 12

THE RUED, WAVE PARADE

The Rued, Wave Parade and Sun Jelly perform live at Belly Up. $9, 8 p.m. at Belly Up, 160 S Cedros Ave, Solana Beach.

BRANTLEY GILBERT

Country artist Brantley Gilbert performs live at The Sound. $59.50, 8 p.m. at The Sound, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd, Del Mar.

OCT. 13

THE ORIGINAL WAILERS

The Original Wailers featuring Al Anderson and Kush & Bloodfiyah Angels perform live at Belly Up. $25, 9 p.m. at Belly Up, 160 S Cedros Ave, Solana Beach.

A NIGHT IN ALL WHITE

The gala support the Boys & Girls Clubs of Oceanside’s mission to provide all members the opportunity to reach their fullest potential. $200, 6 to 10 p.m. Oct. 13 at The Seabird Resort, 101 Mission Ave, Oceanside.

OCT. 14

PUMPKIN PLUNGE

Bring a swimsuit and join the Halloween fun at Alga Norte Aquatic Center. $10, 5 p.m. at Alga Norte Aquatic Center, 6565 Alicante Rd, Carlsbad.

“More laws legalizing marijuana or decriminalizing it result in increased exposure to secondhand marijuana smoke and vapor. Employees and patrons protected by current smoke-free laws may have their health put at risk through exposure to marijuana smoke and vaping,” North County resident Kathleen Lipit said at a recent Vista City Council meeting.

JAMESTOWN REVIVAL, a Texas-based Americana duo, performs on Oct. 8 at Belly Up. Courtesy photo

Skywatch: Don't miss October's annular solar eclipse

By E’Louise Ondash

There will be an epic heavenly meetup on Oct. 14, where the sun, moon and Earth will align to create an annular solar eclipse that will be visible in much of the United States.

An annular eclipse occurs when the moon blocks out the sun except for a bright, narrow ring of light that appears around the moon.

San Diego County residents will see the moon block about 75% of the sun – if the skies are clear.

But wait, there’s more.

An encore performance will occur on April 8, with a slight difference: This eclipse will be total –that is, the moon will completely block out the sun.

Total solar eclipses occur because the moon is slightly closer to the Earth than during an annular eclipse. San Diego residents will see a 40% eclipse – if the skies are clear.

Where in this country can you see both eclipses in near totality?

Austin, Texas, for one – exactly where MiraCosta College Astronomy Professor Rica French attended graduate school.

“If you’ve never seen a solar eclipse – even a partial one – it’s a thing of wonder,” says French, who wants to spread the word on both events. “You can watch it on television, but you can’t replicate the real experience.”

The paths of totality of two eclipses passing over the same location (like Austin, Texas) within a year is a big deal because this occurs only about once every 400 years.

If you miss these solar eclipses, there will be only three more chances in this century to see either type over North America.

If you need a bit more persuasion to get out and experience the coming eclipses, consider these facts:

Many eclipses happen over water because about

PIAZZA

2021 on suspicion of inappropriately touching a sixyear-old boy during a swim lesson while working as an instructor at Callan Swim School in San Marcos.

He was later released on bail and prohibited from working with children. However, he began working as a private swim instructor in North County during the summer of 2022, and would go on to abuse two additional boys, seven and five years old.

Piazza was arrested again in the fall of 2022, and has since been held without bail since.The parents of one of the victims who had private lessons with Piazza provided impact statements on Wednesday. The Coast News is not including the names of the boy or his parents to protect their privacy.

“Your actions, they

three-fourths of Earth is water, so few people get to witness total solar eclipses.

Earth is the only planet in the solar system that can have a total solar eclipse. Other planets have moons, but they aren’t the

correct size or distance.

The moon’s orbit (not a perfect circle) about the Earth is getting larger – 4 centimeters a year. Result: Someday, the moon will be too far away to create a total solar eclipse.

Having a basic understanding of the heavens and what’s up there is important, French argues, because “ever since humans existed, we’ve been able to walk about and look up to the sky. We en-

cording to former school employees.

When he was arrested for the first instance of abuse in August of 2021 and later released, sheriff’s deputies said they advised school management not to allow Piazza back to teach swim lessons.

on Oct. 14 include Crater Lake National Park, Ore.; Elko, Nev.; Albuquerque; Four Corners Monument; and Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah.

Cities within the path of totality or near-totality on April 8 include San Antonio; Little Rock, Ark.; Erie, Pa.; Poplar Bluff, Mo.; Indianapolis; Cleveland; Rochester, N.Y.; Burlington, Vt.; and Greenville, Maine.

French will have telescopes with protective filters set up near the clock tower in the middle of the MiraCosta campus for free, open-to-all viewing on Oct. 14. The annular eclipse begins at 8:08 a.m., reaches maximum coverage at 9:25 a.m., and ends at 10:52 a.m.

What about eclipse glasses?

Absolutely necessary, French emphasizes.

The sun emits hazardous ultraviolet (UV) radiation, and looking directly at a solar eclipse, even for a short time, can permanently damage the retina, cornea and/or the lens of the eye. Eclipse glasses block the harmful rays and reduce the intensity of the light.

“…Whatever viewers one chooses must meet the ISO 12312-2 international standard in order to be safe,” French says. “We discovered, unfortunately, with the 2017 (solar eclipse), that many unscrupulous vendors sold fakes – mostly on Amazon, but there were other websites.”

For an excellent animated explanation of eclipses, visit NationalGeographic.com.

gage with the Earth, sun and moon every day of our lives. Knowing about their motion in the sky is important.”

In addition to Austin and San Antonio, places within the path of totality

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To learn when future eclipses will occur, how they will look wherever you are, and additional info on celestial events, visit timeanddate.com. Scroll down to Sun & Moon, then click on Solar & Lunar Eclipses. Enter your location in the field at the upper right.

Want to share an adventure? Email eondash@ coastnewsgroup.com.

caused a lot of grief, a lot of stress and a lot of unresolved heartache. It’s outrageous to know you got released from jail the first time, you violated your bail conditions, and you were right back at it. Bottom line, Nick, you caused a great deal of trauma to these little kids,” said the boy’s father. “I’m glad you’re being held accountable for your actions.”

The sentencing con-

cludes a second court case resulting from Piazza’s abuse. Earlier this year, Callan Swim School reached a $40,000 settlement with a parent whose son was abused by Piazza while he was employed there.

Piazza worked at Callan Swim School from around fall of 2020 until early fall of 2021. His mother, Larissa Oden, served as the pool manager until last fall, ac-

Deputies noted in court documents that he was back in the pool shortly afterwards. Parents and former co-workers from that time told The Coast News that they were given excuses for Piazza’s brief absence and his eventual departure from the school that fall.

Piazza was explicitly prohibited from working around or being alone with children under the terms of his bail. However, parents at Callan did not know this, and some whose kids were taught by Piazza at Callan said he continued to reach out and offer private swim lessons.

duct an investigation. Because any and all threats of violence are taken seriously, these teams have been working around the clock to investigate the credibility of this threat,” San Marcos Unified said Monday morning.

The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said early Monday evening that detectives were able to pinpoint the post’s origin as coming from a San Marcos home.

The department declined to offer further details about whether a specific individual was identified, and stated that no one is in custody.

“A thorough investigation led detectives to determine the school threat was not credible,” the department said in a release. “The investigation is ongoing.”

Law enforcement presence was also increased at San Marcos Elementary on Monday, in addition to increased patrol at other schools, the district said.

While school was not canceled on Monday, San Marcos Unified spokesperson Amy Ventetuolo said the district witnessed around 20% more absences than normal.

San Marcos Elementary was also the target of a bomb threat back in February that prompted a school evacuation. A local woman was later arrested for calling in the fake threat.

The Sheriff’s Department reminded students that if they become aware of threats or have concerns about potential violence, they should reach out to school resource officers or call the Anonymous Student Speaking Out Hotline at (888) 580-8477.

NICHOLAS PIAZZA on Sept. 27 during sentencing after pleading guilty to child sex abuse charges. Screenshot/CBS8

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Encinitas honors child’s life with all-abilities park

City will renovate Scott Valley Park for better access

By Abigail Sourwine Scott Valley Park

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be renovated to accommodate children of all abilities thanks to over $40,000 in donations from the community and a family’s campaign to provide more recreational opportunities for disabled kids in memory of their daughter.

San Marcos residents Tyler and Emily Jones launched a campaign for a more accessible park in San Diego County following the death of their daughter, Sophie, in 2019. After suffering an anoxic brain injury earlier in her life, Sophie developed symptoms similar to those of cerebral palsy.

At age 11, Sophie died due to complications from surgery.

During her life, Sophie could only play in a park that accommodated her needs once, and it was in another state. On a family trip, Sophie and her cousins played on the All Together Playground in Orem, Utah, enjoying features like a

merry-go-round, zipline and teeter-totter accessible to wheelchair users.

Emily said when she visited Sophie at school, she noticed most students with disabilities would sit underneath the lunch tables at recess.

“There’s no equipment for them to play, so their recess is just sitting there

watching the other kids play,” Emily said. “After years and years of watching that, I was just so excited to finally have some equipment for her to play on and excited to go home and find a park.”

But when they returned to San Marcos, Sophie had no option to play similarly.

Orem is in Utah County, with a population of just under 700,000. Emily said she was shocked that San Diego County, with over 3 million people, didn’t have an all-abilities park.

After Sophie died, Emily remembers looking at her living room full of sympathy flowers representing over $1,000.

Escondido gauges interest on pot, taxes

By Samantha Nelson ESCONDIDO

“I thought, ‘What a shame that these will all die and all of this money will just disappear,’” Emily said. “And I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be neat if, in lieu of flowers, our community could donate so that Sophie’s friends could play at a park like she did?’”

Emily and Tyler directed friends to a GoFundMe page that raised over $43,000 in just a few weeks. Donations came from children as young as five who walked up to the Jones’ front door with handfuls of coins, some of which still had glitter from the tooth fairy’s delivery, Emily said.

“Kids have this amazing ability for empathy,” she said.

Emily reached out to several cities in the area for collaboration on a park with no success before contacting the city of Encinitas. After facing delays due to COVID-19, the Encinitas City Council accepted the Jones’ donation on Sept. 27 and outlined plans to put it towards a $350,000 renovation of Scott Valley Park.

The renovation will replace equipment that has reached the end of its service life with more accessible features: a play

structure with access by ramp, stairs and climbers leading to slides at two different heights, a spinner flush with the ground allowing wheelchairs and mobility aids to roll onto the platform, a seesaw with four high-back seats and grab bars, and an accessible area to transfer from mobility devices.

The park’s swingset will have two traditional belt swings, a more accessible bucket seat and a mommy-and-me seat with space for a caregiver and a child in two seats facing each other.

A separate area for tots will include a playhouse and sensory toys like musical notes, wheels and drums.

In addition to the play equipment, a colorful seating area with benches of different shapes and sizes and a wheelchair seat that reads, “Life is better when we play together.”

The playground is expected to open in the spring or summer of 2024.

“It’s one thing to give kids a lecture or a PowerPoint presentation — even adults — but we’re gonna learn 10 times more from interacting and playing together,” Emily said.

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As the city works to address its ongoing structural budget deficit, a community survey will ask residents their thoughts on implementing a cannabis program and other possible tax ventures to increase city revenue.

The Escondido City Council held its second vision workshop to determine goals for the city on Sept. 27.

At the meeting, the council revised its four strategic goals to include eliminating the structural deficit as its top goal, followed by improving public safety, increasing retention and attraction of residents, businesses and visitors alike, and encouraging housing development.

The council will also direct staff to send out a community survey asking residents what they think about implementing a taxed cannabis program, a transient occupancy tax and a parcel tax that would focus on establishing a library district in the city to generate additional revenue.

The city expects a $10 million average operating budget deficit over the next five years and an $18 million average deficit over the next 20 years.

Earlier this year, after closing a $11.3 million budget shortfall, staff warned the council that “deep cuts” would need to happen if additional revenue isn’t found. The city’s $59.6 million reserve funds will be gone by 2030 if nothing changes.

The community survey will not ask residents about another sales tax measure.

Escondido voters rejected a ¾-cent sales tax measure on the November ballot last year. If it had passed, the city would have generated approximately $21 million annually – at least half of which would have been used to support police and fire services, maintain infrastructure, parks and buildings and address homelessness.

According to staff, a parcel tax could generate as much as $28 million for the city annually. Based on numbers from Oceanside and Vista, staff anticipate anywhere between $24,000 and $4.5 million from a cannabis tax and about $1 million from a transient occupancy tax.

A parcel tax is a form of property tax set at a rate based on parcels – a unit of property – rather than the value of a property, which is the standard method of levying property taxes.

The tax could be used for all municipal services

or specific services like a library district, parks and recreation district or public safety district. In the city’s case, the parcel tax would focus on the library option.

Another option for the city would be to open itself up to cannabis businesses in some form and establish a cannabis business tax.

Escondido is one of nine San Diego County cities that still do not allow any cannabis business – whether for retail storefront or delivery, testing, manufacturing, distribution or cultivation.

Staff compared potential earnings to cities like Vista, which has 11 dispensaries and receives approximately $4.5 million annually through its cannabis business tax program.

While the city is open to exploring the cannabis option, Councilmember Mike Morasco reiterated his hardline opposition to regulating cannabis.

“I hope there’s at least

three of you who will vote for it because I’ll always vote no,” Morasco told the rest of the council at the workshop.

A transient occupancy tax, or hotel tax, would charge visitors a fixed fee on stays 30 days or less in hotels, inns, motels and other lodging rooms within the city.

While the city does not regulate short-term rentals, a program is currently in the works and could result in a TOT on vacation rentals.

A TOT and cannabis business tax would only require a majority of ballots cast to support all municipal services – if used for a specific service, like a library district, they would require two-thirds approval. A parcel tax would require two-thirds approval for all municipal or special service options.

“The next steps will include exploring the above and working with respective Council Subcommittees regarding budgetary and economic development related items,” said City Clerk Zack Beck via email.

To save money, the city is also looking to stop providing certain services, including parks and recreation, youth, senior and family programming, and instead shift those responsibilities to outside entities that would fund and manage them. City Manager Sean McGlynn referred to these as “beautiful exits.”

Staff will return in front of the City Council on Oct. 11 with a general fund financial report, followed by a fee study and full cost recovery model in January.

County will meet water needs in 2024

By City News Service

REGION — The San Diego County Water Authority has the reliable water supplies to meet the region’s needs for 2024, owing in part to more efficient water use and a supply diversification strategy, it was announced on Oct. 2.

The water year began Sunday, Oct. 1, which hydrologists used to begin measuring the snow and rain that will help carry users through dry summer months the following calendar year.

According to the agency, El Niño conditions continue to strengthen and could bring above-average precipitation to Southern California this fall. In a recent El Niño forecast by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, there is a greater than 95% chance that El Niño continues across the Northern Hemisphere through the winter into 2024. The chance of a “strong” El Niño is 71%.

“San Diego County continues to have the water necessary to support our $268 billion economy and quality of life for 3.3 million residents,” said Mel Katz, chair of the authority’s Board of Directors. “We are grateful for the reprieve from drought – but we recognize that dry times will return, probably sooner than later. We are ready when they do.”

Despite the significant precipitation over the past year, longer-term trends indicate a continued hotter, drier climate in the Southwest.

“On the Colorado River, a good water year and conservation efforts raised storage levels, prompting the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to declare that California will not face supply restrictions through 2024.”

Locally, at the end of August 2023, member agency local storage was up 137,400 acre-feet, or 80%, compared to the same time in 2022.

THE CITY will spend $350,000 on renovations to Scott Valley Park, including building an all-abilities playground. The project received $40,000 in community donations after San Marcos residents Tyler and Emily Jones started an online fundraiser in memory of their disabled daughter. Photo by Jordan P. Ingram

THE CITY is exploring a parcel tax, similar to a property tax but with a rate based on characteristics of a parcel rather than rates based on assessed property value. Courtesy photo

A WATER storage tank in San Marcos. The County Water Authority has stated it has enough water to meet the region’s needs in 2024. Courtesy photo

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Man gets 38 years in Vista man’s shooting death

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A man who carried out a fatal shooting in San Diego's East Village almost three years ago was sentenced today to 38 years to life in prison.

In April, a jury found Tyler Cosby, 26, guilty of first-degree murder in the death of 37-year-old Vista resident Samuel Burkhalter.

On Dec. 1, 2020, Burkhalter was found shot at the entrance of a parking garage near 1400 G St.

Responding officers and fire personnel performed first aid on Burkhalter, but he died at the scene, said San Diego police Lt. Andra Brown.

Witnesses reported seeing a man in a dark hooded sweatshirt and a black hat running through the garage following the shooting, then fleeing the area to the west on Market Street, Brown said. Cosby was arrested two days later.

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ed that some form of robotic inspection device would be developed to crawl inside the array and check for cracks. No one at our meeting had heard of any such technology being developed.

Some members of our group have concluded that to take care of our radioactive waste, we need a hot cell to allow the thin-walled canisters to be replaced by thicker-walled canisters.

The 38-year sentence includes 25 years to life for the first-degree murder conviction, a 10-year gun enhancement and three years for a narcotics and sales charge. Cosby was also ordered to pay fines, fees and $10,000 in restitution, and may have to pay more pending the outcome of a future court hearing.

Pippa Cunningham, deputy district attorney, said the victim's family was satisfied with the sentence.

Members of the Burkhalter and Cosby families were in court for the sentencing.

Superior Court Judge Joan P. Weber on Sept. 29 rejected the 50-year minimum sentence requested by the District Attorney’s Office.

Weber said Cosby had no prior criminal record, was just 23 at the time of the shooting, had experienced trauma after being

But Peter Anderson, who led the development of the Sierra Club’s national nuclear waste policy, said he was skeptical of the benefits of thick-walled canisters.

The Sierra Club is opposed to consolidated interim storage, which would require more risky transportation in the future, and postpones the ultimate question of where the waste is to be left permanently.

Some advocate moving the waste in thick-walled canisters from its existing location to the east side of the Interstate 5 freeway. That short distance would put it on higher ground and less at risk of sea level rise and corrosion of the canisters. However, the Marine Corps continues to resist this option, saying such a move could affect force readiness.

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hit by a truck as a child and later wrestled with severe drug use.

Before handing down the sentence, Weber described the hearing — which included victim impact statements from Burkhalter’s wife and other family members — as emotional.

Weber said that as a judge, she has sat at her bench many times and seen the tragedy of drug abuse, with both the defendant and victim having dealt with fentanyl addiction.

“Without that, we would have not have a dead father of three, and a man spending the rest of his life behind bars,” Weber said. “There are no winners today.”

“This was an execution,” Weber said of Cosby’s actions, adding he shot Burkhalter twice before shooting him right between the eyes.

Burkhalter’s wife, Jamie, told the court how her late husband was a general contractor whose greatest joy was being a dad.

“He was kind, he was funny and he loved so hard,” Jamie Burkhalter said.

The mother also read a letter from one of her daughters to Cosby.

“Tyler, you disgust me beyond all comprehension,” the girl wrote. “You left my family in shambles, and you deserve to rot in jail.”

Addressing the court, Cosby said he apologized “to everyone who knew and loved Sam.” Cosby, who was crying, said that nothing he could do or say to make the Burkhalter family feel better, “and I feel terrible about that.”

Cosby said he hoped that his sentence would help bring closure to the victim’s family, and also apologized to his own family members who were in court.

Edison has retained experts and consultants to deliberate over alternative sites to move the waste and has said their task is to be ready when the opportunity arises.

At some point in the

not-too-distant future, Edison will no longer be responsible for the waste, and it will become the Federal Government’s baby. A $5 billion decommissioning fund, collected from ratepayers over the plant’s operating life, will run out eventually, and taxpayers will have to pick up the tab — and the liability for the remaining radioactive waste.

Assuming liability may change the equation and incentivize Congress to step in and mandate that the Marine Corps allow the waste to be moved to higher ground on base. It was Congress that decreed the land on Camp Pendleton be leased to build the nuclear power plant in the first place in the 1960s.

In the meantime, we watch the slow progress of attempts to find a community willing to take the highly radioactive spent fuel rods and hope that the monitoring is adequate to give some warning if the thin-walled canisters start to erode faster than predicted.

If we care about the future of Southern California, one thing is clear: we cannot forget about the radioactive spent fuel rods lying quietly buried 100 feet from the ocean, 50 miles north of San Diego at San Onofre.

Alison St. John is an Oceanside resident and retired North County reporter/editor for KPBS.

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