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VOL. 33, N0. 15
APRIL 19, 2019
Breweries hit with string of break-ins
SAN Pearson MARCOS -NEWS announces bid for.76th seat
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By Aaron Burgin
REGION — A rash of break-ins and reports of burglaries at breweries, tasting rooms and wineries across the region has the San Diego libations community on edge. Surveillance footage from at least several of the incidents, which began in late March, appear to show the same person breaking glass doors at the breweries and attempting to steal money from the registers. Originally believed to be isolated to about five locations across the county, now as many as 18 breweries from as far north as Temecula Murrieta and throughout Vista, Oceanside, Rancho Bernardo, San Marcos and as far south as Scripps Ranch and Sorrento Valley have reported burglaries and vandalism. “They obviously had scoped out these locations, they knew exactly where the cash drawer was,” said Eve Sieminski, co-owner of Iron Fist Brewery in Vista and Barrio Logan. The Vista location was one of the first to be hit in late March. Sieminski said that there was no cash in the drawer, so they only had to deal with the property damage of a shattered glass door. “It’s definitely got everyone talking about it,” she said of the incidents. Police in three jurisdictions — Oceanside, San Diego Police Department and the San Diego Sheriff’s Department, TURN TO BREWERIES ON A9
By Steve Puterski
CARLSBAD — The first challenger for the race for the 76th State Assembly THE District has emerged. VISTA Ray Pearson, who currently serves on the CarlsNEWS bad Unified board of trustees, said April 12 he will challenge Tasha Boerner Horvath (D-Encinitas) for the district, Pearson which covers RANCHO Encinitas, Carlsbad, Vista, Oceanside and Camp PendSFNEWS leton. Pearson, a Republican, said his platform is centered on community and public service, which he has been doing since his teenage years growing up in Huntington Park. “I was in Youth in Government and it was a way for high school students to learn about state government,”
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STANDING AGAINST OFFSHORE DRILLING EXPANSION
Victoria Abrenica, of Spring Valley, attended an anti-offshore drilling event on Monday, April 15, at Moonlight State Beach in Encinitas. “I think it’s disgusting they want to drill out here,” Abrenica said. Story on A6. Photo by Jordan P. Ingram
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City stands firm on Ponto development By Steve Puterski
RESIDENTS of the San Pacifico neighborhood in Ponto have long called for a coastal park and open space on an 11-acre site. The city remains firm on its position of land use designations until the landowner either sells or develops the property. Photo by Steve Puterski
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CARLSBAD — The long-running battle over a piece of property in Ponto is not expected to have a resolution any time soon. Residents in the San Pacifico neighborhood have been calling for a coastal park and open space as required by numerous city policies and guidelines. Recently, Shopoff Realty Investments withdrew from its agreement with Hudson Advisors LLC, the landowner, to develop 136 condos
up to 40 feet on the 11-acre lot east of Ponto Drive and north of Avenida Encinas. In addition, plans also called for commercial development on the smaller 6-acre lot across Ponto Drive. But Debbie Fountain, director of housing and neighborhood services, said there is little the city can do, as it cannot violate the ownership rights of the landowner. “They have not formally withdrawn their applica-
tion,” she said of Hudson Advisors. “We are kind of in a holding pattern right now. We believe they have the right to develop the way the General Plan has designated the property, which is residential and mixed use.” Fountain stressed the city is not advocating one way or the other, just that it cannot violate the rights of the landowner. Should Hudson Advisors pursue its application, TURN TO PONTO ON A17
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