The Coast News, February 8, 2019

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comment on until Feb. 11. The proposal would require a trigger point of 75 or more people to obtain a permit and insurance (up to 1,500 people depending on the size), although no group would be responsible for park fees, reimbursing the city for police and fire costs

ENCINITAS — A judge has sentenced a North County woman who THE falsely acVISTA cused former State NEWS Assembly ca nd idate Phil Graham of sexual misconduct to Burgan two days in county jail and three years probation, after the woman pleaded guilty Feb. 5 to criminal RANCHO charges stemming from her claims. SFNEWS Superior Court Judge Sim Von Kalinowski rendered his sentence Tuesday afternoon after Graham, who lost in the June primary, called on the judge to render a harsher sentence. Von Kalinowski ruled that Nichole Burgan, the woman who falsely accused Graham of forcibly kissing her in May 2018, should receive a more lenient sentence — which included a 90-day jail term that was stayed pending completion of her probation, $655 fine, 10 days public works service and a mental health evaluation — because she did not have a criminal record. “I know it’s not the penalty you’d hope to see,” Von Kalinowski said to Graham. “But I have to weigh the crime against the fact she doesn’t have a criminal record.” The sentencing came after Burgan’s attorney

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THREE PEOPLE were killed and three injured, including a 13-year-old girl, after a collision on Tuesday, Feb. 5, at the corner of South Coast Highway and Oceanside Boulevard. Photo via Twitter

Arango’s mother, Rufina Arango Rodriguez of Oceanside, and 56-year-old sister, Eloina Arango of Mexico, died in the mangled car. Medics took the teenager, whose name was not released, and her mother to hospitals. Physicians pro-

California Pacific Airlines closed? The San Diego UnionTribune inaccurately reported in a Feb. 1, 2019, article entitled, “California Pacific Airlines shuts down after two months,” stating with a questionable degree of certainty that California Pacific Airlines is “kaput.” However, several sources familiar with the

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By Aaron Burgin

City News Service

OCEANSIDE — A 19-year-old Oceanside man was jailed on Tuesday, Feb. 5, after allegedly plowing a pickup truck into an extended family’s crowded car at an intersection near Buccaneer Beach while intoxicated, killing a 74-year-old woman and her two adult daughters and injuring three of their other relatives. Mason Robert Fish was heading south on South Coast Highway shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday when he allegedly ran a red light at Oceanside Boulevard, crashing his 2007 Toyota Tacoma into the driver’s side of an eastbound 2003 Mazda sedan, according to police. The broadside impact sent the sedan spinning ``violently’’ across the road crossing and ejected two of the four backseat passengers, 40-year-old Petra Arango of Oceanside and her 13-year-old daughter, onto the pavement, Sgt. Rick Davis said.

SAN False accuser MARCOS -NEWS gets two days in jail, probation

situation and close to the airline’s inner circle have indicated that the company plans to resume full commercial service before the end of the month. As questions and allegations surrounding the airline mount, The Coast News will provide key details as they become available and confirmed.

nounced Petra Arango dead about an hour after the crash. The two men in the front seats of the Mazda — 82-year-old Aquilino Arango Ojeda of Fallbrook and 43-year-old Rey David Velasco Herrera of Oceanside — wound up trapped in the

wreckage. After firefighters freed them, they were taken to trauma centers for treatment of moderately serious injuries. Fish, who was uninjured, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of a controlled

substance. Davis declined to specify what kind of drug Fish allegedly had in his system at the time of the deadly crash. The suspect was booked into county jail in Vista on three counts each of gross TURN TO COLLISION ON A7

Residents push back on protest ordinance By Steve Puterski

CARLSBAD — Tensions ran high as residents and city officials discussed the city’s proposal for a standalone “expressive activities” ordinance during a Jan. 30 public forum. Residents and members of the North County Civil Liberties Coalition levied several concerns with the

draft proposal, which is to ensure First Amendment freedoms within the city. The City Council approved in August 2018 to fast track the crafting of the ordinance after the June 30 “Families Belong Together” march at Cannon Park. The city also has a survey on its website for residents to participate in and


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