Inland Edition, November 2, 2018

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The Coast News INLAND EDITION

VISTA, SAN MARCOS, ESCONDIDO

VOL. 4, N0. 22

.com NOV. 2, 2018

Santa Ana wind season has arrived By Christina Macone-Greene

VISTA — The recent Santa Ana winds might not have been the last of it and could continue into this month. These winds coupled with low humidity increases the risk of fire danger and has everyone on a red flag alert. “Generally, October and November are the Santa Ana wind event months for us,” Vista Deputy Fire Chief Ned Vander Pol said. “It’s not uncommon to have these events at this time of year.” From a weather standpoint, Vander Pol said Santa Anas are created by the high-pressure systems that speed up over the Four Corners area, with a low-pressure system over Southern California. “In our case, we get the hot, dry winds that come from the desert and make their way to the coast,” he said. “A significant Santa Ana wind event means we end up with temperatures that are warmer at the coast than they are inland. The one we recently had was deemed a moderate Santa Ana. There were some excessive winds north of us, but as far as San Diego County was concerned. it was considered a moderate Santa Ana condition.” Vander Pol said the National Weather Service generally reports Santa Ana wind conditions TURN TO SANTA ANAS ON 22

Taking flight CALIFORNIA PACIFIC AIRLINES was scheduled to make its first departure from Palomar-McClellan Airport in Carlsbad on Nov. 1. The round-trip flight to San Jose will mark the beginning of regular service to Las Vegas, Reno, San Jose and Phoenix. Courtesy photo

Coast News report cited in mailer dustup ‘Dark money’ emerges in Escondido challenger McNamara says Abed ad an attack on veterans San Marcos By Steve Horn

ESCONDIDO — The brouhaha that is the Escondido mayoral race has taken another twist and turn in response to campaign mailers distributed by incumbent candidate Mayor Sam Abed. Originally a detail hidden in plain sight in a set of court records, the Sept. 25 lawsuit filed against Escondido mayoral candidate Paul McNamara in his capacity as the president of the Palomar College Board of Governors has taken center stage in the race pitting him against Abed. Sued as both an individual and as a member of the governing board at-large by the Palomar College faculty union under the Brown Act, a California law which oversees transparency in public govern-

mental proceedings, the Abed campaign wasted little time responding to The Coast News’ Oct. 19 story on the issue. It started off as a social media blast on Abed’s Facebook and Twitter pages, but just days later Abed also pointed out that McNamara had been sued on THIS MAILER distributed by the camhis campaign mailers distribut- paign of Escondido Mayor Sam Abed drew a strong rebuke from challenger ed to Escondido’s residents. Paul McNamara, who served in the MaMcNamara and his fellow rines. Courtesy photo governing board member and campaign director, Nina Deersued by Palomar College Faculty field, are both named in the lawsuit for government ethics code & transfor deliberating without public no- parency violations,” Abed wrote tice about what eventually became in a Facebook post in response to a vote to give Palomar College the article. “Gave 27% salary raise President Joi Lin Blake a 27 per- without public knowledge! Why is cent salary increase. he hiding it from the public? And “Paul McNamara & his Campaign Manager Nina Deerfield are TURN TO MAILER ON 12

By Aaron Burgin

SAN MARCOS — So-called “dark money” is emerging as a major factor in high-stakes City Council races in San Marcos, where political action committees have pumped thousands of dollars into the campaigns of conservative candidates. Thad Kousser, a political science professor at UC San Diego, said that PAC spending at the local level is the new frontier, but it shouldn’t come as a surprise that thousands of dollars are flowing from committees into these races. Pointing to a City Council race in Richmond, California, which saw campaign money totaling nearly $3 million, Kousser said TURN TO DARK MONEY ON 14

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