The Coast News, Dec. 31, 2010

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VOL. 24, NO. 52

DEC. 31, 2010

Sting set sights on car thieves

THISWEEK HAPPY NEW YEAR! Best wishes for 2011 from everyone at The Coast News

NEW YEAR, NEW YOU?

By Shelli DeRobertis

COAST CITIES — An eight-month undercover auto theft operation zoomed in on local gangs and resulted in a grand jury indictment of 34 defendants on Dec. 17, according to the district attorney’s office in San Diego. More than $300,000 worth of stolen vehicles were recovered, which is the value of the 38 cars seized during the operation, according to officials. Twelve guns were also

Local residents share their resolutions for 2011 in this week’s “Hot Off A10 the Block”

SAFETY FOR SWAMIS

The state names 36 new protected marine areas, giving Swamis the largest protected zone B1 in the county

ROAD TO RECOVERY

TURN TO STING ON A1

A local woman rallies support to help a young motocross rider who broke several bones in a December accident A3

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KOOKY CHRISTMAS The “Magic Carpet Ride” sculpture, widely known as the Cardiff Kook, was dressed as a gift-bearing elf for Christmas. The popular statue, located on South Coast Highway 101 in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, is also the subject of a 2011 calendar featuring 12 months of photos of the sculpture in various costumes since the time it was erected in 2007. Photo by Daniel Knighton

Preserve Calavera, a watchdog for local habitats By Promise Yee

OCEANSIDE — Preserve Calavera works diligently to preserve, protect and enhance the natural resources of coastal North County. The nonprofit environmental watchdog has achieved some notable accomplishments. In the last nine years, Preserve Calavera completed restoration of the first 1.8 acres of the Buena Vista Creek Valley; negotiated an agreement with the Carlsbad Unified School District to improve buffers to Calavera Creek; secured an amended Reclamation Plan for Hanson Aggregates to protect El Salto Falls and Buena Vista Creek; and reduced the impacts of a big box store at Palomar Commons in Carlsbad. In addition to these significant milestones the organization conducts year-round TURN TO CALAVERA ON A16

HAPPY TRAILS A group of hikers treks through Buena Vista Creek Valley. Photo by Promise Yee

Volunteers turn eyesore into prime landscape By Wehtahnah Tucker

CARDIFF BY THE SEA — On any given Saturday a dedicated group of gardeners can be found along the stretch of land between Birmingham and Chesterfield drives beside the railroad tracks. Beautifying the area known as Carpentier Parkway has been a longtime project of the Cardiff Botanical Society, a committee of the Cardiff 101 Mainstreet Association that leases the land from the North County Transit District. Over the past seven years, the area has been transformed from a weed-infested, trash-laden eyesore into a promenade teeming with wildflowers, native species and drought tolerant plants. Linda Lee, a horticulturist with Quality Plantscapes, said the effort has been transformative but also inconsistent. “It’s always been something that the community has wanted to do but we’ve had our challenges,” she said. Ever the optimist, Lee looks forward to expanding the park. “We want it to be an TURN TO LANDSCAPE ON A14

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