DEC. 25, 2020
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Business news and special achievements for North San Diego County. Send information via email to community@ coastnewsgroup.com. SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS
The Encinitas City Council approved $75,000 additional funding for Small Business Support during the Dec. 9 council meeting. Grants will be administered by the Cardiff-by-the-Sea Foundation through the Encinitas Small Business Support Grant program. The funding provided by the city will provide 50 additional grants of $1,500 each to small local businesses that are in need during the pandemic. Apply for a grant at encinitassupportfund.com/ grant-application. HELP GUIDE SOLANA BEACH
Solana Beach is currently seeking volunteers to fill 16 vacancies among its five local Citizen Commissions. The City Council appoints Solana Beach residents to serve on Citizen Commissions, including Budget & Finance, Climate Action, Parks & Recreation, Public Arts and View Assessment. Applications are being accepted until 5:30 p.m. Jan. 19. Applications at cityofsolanabeach.org or City Hall, 635 S. Highway 101, Solana Beach. CASA FAMILIES GET HELP
Sixty Casa de Amistad families will also have a brighter holiday thanks to the Del Sol Lions Club, Optimist Club of Del Mar/Solana Beach and local nonprofit Hope for San Diego with its Holiday Extravaganza Dec. 17. Casa de Amistad, a not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) organization providing for low-income, underserved children, teens and their families in coastal North County San Diego. Magdalena Ecke YMCA donated 200 stockings and gifts; El Camino Creek Elementary School and The Winston School ran a gift card drive and SDG&E provided a grant of $2,000. VISTA TERRACE PROCEEDS
Retail Insite announced the sale of three pad buildings at Vista Terrace Marketplace in Vista. The pads, comprised of O’Reilly Auto Parts, Dunkin Donuts, AT&T, and Verizon Wireless, were sold for $10,585,000 at a 5.37% CAP Rate. Brian Pyke and Connor Stevens with Retail Insite aided Daniel Tyner and Gleb Lvovich of JLL in the listing effort. Retail Insite was retained nearly four year ago by Black Lion Investment Group. Finishing a challenging BTS deal with Sprouts Farmers Market, led to deals with Dunkin Donuts, AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Anytime Fitness, Jersey Mike’s and Sport Clips. Black Lion still owns two pads and the back shop building and has retained Retail Insite to finish out the leasing efforts. NEW VISTA COVID TEST SITE
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T he C oast News ramped up its production of COVID-19 tests is San Diego-based Cue Health, Inc. Cue’s tests has expanded its operations into Vista. The company began moving into its 197,000 square-foot Vista facility in October, with plans to be fully operational by December. The additional facility will be used for the production of Cue COVID-19 Test Cartridges. Cue plans to hire an additional up to 500 employees at its Vista location, with more expected in the future as the company continues to grow in research and manufacturing. For details, visit cuehealth.com/.
ly pulls away; if you miss a rung on a ladder, you instinctively catch yourself. Both motions take a fraction of a second and require no forethought. Now, researchers including Encinitas resident Martyn Goulding, a professor in Salk’s Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory at the Salk Institute, have mapped the physical organization of cells in the spinal cord that help mediate these and similar critical “sensorimotor reflexes.” The new blueprint of this aspect of the sensorimotor system, described online in the Nov. 11, 2020 issue of “Neuron,” could lead to a better understanding of how it develops and can go NEW LACROSSE COACH Santa Fe Christian awry in conditions such as School’s Athletics Depart- chronic itch or pain. ment appointed Kelsey Cuje as the SURGERY CERTIFICATION new head Palomar Medical Cencoach of its ter Escondido has received Division 1 the Transcatheter Valve Women’s La- Certification from the crosse Pro- American College of Cardigram. ology for implementing evCuje is idence-based practices and a graduate meeting the highest quality Kelsey Cuje from Rutgers and outcome standards for U n i v e r s i t y heart valve surgery. PMC is - New Brunswick (2019), the first and currently only where she competed in D1 hospital in all of San Diego lacrosse for four years and County to receive this cerreceived both her under- tification. graduate and master’s degrees. She brings to SFC 12 SCHOOL PANEL OPENING years of impressive experiThe Escondido Union ence as a lacrosse athlete School District is accepting and seven years of coaching applications to fill a vacanexpertise as head coach for cy on the Proposition E Inclubs. dependent Citizens Oversight Committee. Voters in STAR STUDENT the Escondido Union School Isaac Nguyen of District approved ProposiOceanside was named to tion E in 2014 to modernize the Wartburg College Fall facilities. The ICOC has one Term Dean's List. vacancy, for the member representing the Taxpayers Association. Applications BOARD MEMBERS OFFICIAL Three MiraCosta Col- for the volunteer position, lege Board of Trustee mem- and additional details, are bers, Jacqueline “Jackie” available at eusd.org/icoc/ Members Simon, Frank Merchat, and membership. George McNeil, re-elected serve two-year terms, for no November 2020, were sworn more than two consecutive in Dec. 17, 2020. Simon was terms. Meetings are held at first elected to the Board 5 p.m. every other month, of Trustees of MiraCosta with no more than six meetCollege in November 2004. ings per year. A resident of Carlsbad, she represents MiraCosta College Trustee Area 3 including Carlsbad and Encinitas. Merchat ran unopposed and represents MiraCosta College Trustee Area 4 - the eastern portion of Carlsbad, since April 2015. Prior to his appointment, Frank served for five years on the MiraCosta College Foundation board of directors. Mcs in Neil joined the MiraCosta Year state E l a College Board of Trustees Re in December 2008, representing Area 5, southern Oceanside.
Chamber honors top volunteers By Staff
CARLSBAD — Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce honored its top volunteers of the year at a virtual event Dec. 9. Volunteers were honored for eight of the chamber’s 10 committees, as well as for Rookie of the Year, Go Giver and Chamber Champion. “The Carlsbad Chamber is blessed with many passionate volunteers who help us to thrive as an organization,” said Bret Schanzenbach, president and CEO of the Carlsbad Chamber. “We could never have the impact that we have in the business community as well as in the community at large without these amazing people.” The volunteers honored were as follows: — Ambassador of the Year: Susan Madden, P.I.C. North County Conscious Living Magazine — Business Resource Committee Member of the Year: Naila Sfeir, Calder Eames Design — Green Business Committee Member of the Year: Simon Freedman, Electric Vehicle Association of San Diego — Government Affairs Committee Member of the Year: Wade Aschbrenner, Audeo Charter School II — Membership Committee Member of the Year: John O’Reilly, O’Reilly Wealth Advisors — Carlsbad Young Professionals of the Year: Kevin Clemons and Vianca Hernandez, Au Technology Solutions — Technology Advisory Committee Member of the Year: John Sanders JohnSanders.com — Ready Carlsbad Business Alliance Member of the Year: Bob Welty, InfraGard San Diego — Committee Chair of the Year: Teresa Acosta,
Acosta & Partners for Government Affairs — Committee of the Year: Government Affairs — Rookie of the Year: Morgan Cohen, GoBeRewarded Marketing Agency — Rookie of the Year: Juan Velasco, Scale My Profits — Go Giver of the
Year: John O’Reilly, O’Reilly Wealth Advisors — Go Giver of the Year: Jani Jackson, Develop Your Team — Chamber Champion: John Biethan, Heard Not Seen Media A video of the virtual celebration can be seen at https://youtu.be/MJxSFj1TbFs.
Pet of the Week Orchid is pet of the week at your Rancho Coastal Humane Society. She’s a 2-year-old, 5-pound, female, domestic medium hair cat with a brown tabby coat. She was living in a garage with two other cats when she was picked up and taken to a shelter in Riverside County. Now she needs a home. Orchid is very sweet and would be perfect for someone getting their first cat, or getting another cat. The $100 adoption fee includes medical exams, vaccinations, spay, and registered microchip. VOLUNTEER
For information about Adoption by Appointment or to become a Virtual Foster log on to SDpets.org.
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.
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COUNCIL SWORN IN
The swearing-in ceremony for newly elected Oceanside city council, city clerk, and city treasurer was held Dec. 15, in the City Council Chambers. Mayor-elect Esther Sanchez was sworn in as mayor, Councilmember Ryan Keim for District 3, and Councilmember-elect Peter Weiss for District 4. City Clerk Zeb Navarro was sworn in and Victor Roy was sworn in as city treasurer.
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