The Coast News, August 29, 2025

County unlocks reserves

Board taps $380M to offset federal cuts

By City News Service

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The San Diego County Board of Supervisors on Aug. 26 voted 3-2 to change policies aimed at allowing the county to tap into its financial reserves to offset cuts coming from Washington, D.C.

The policy change will require a second reading before any formal approval, according to county rules.

The proposal, sponsored by Chair Terra Lawson-Remer and Vice Chair Monica Montgomery Steppe, has two updates to the county’s reserve policy:

— Modifying the reserve target calculation to two months of operating expenses only, reducing said target from $973 million to $945 million; and

— Recognizing all locally controlled reserves, not just “unassigned’’ funds.

Following a future presentation by Ebony Shelton, chief administrative officer, any proposal to spend the reserves will require approval by at least four supervisors.

Both of these changes, which the supervisors say follow best practices, would open up around $380 million in “flexible, board-controlled reserves that could help stabilize services in the face of federal or state cuts, or during an economic recession over the next four fiscal years,’’ they said.

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Verdi design

By Leo Place

ENCINITAS — A design for a pedestrian railroad undercrossing along San Elijo Avenue between Verdi and Liszt avenues is moving forward with the approval of the Encinitas Planning Commission, as the city continues seeking funding for the project.

The Planning Commission unanimously approved a design review, Coastal Development Permit, and mitigated negative declaration for the new crossing, known as the Verdi crossing, at its Aug. 21 meeting. The project has been in development for several years, and construction is expected to cost approximately $17 million.

“The next step is for the city engineer to apply for grant opportunities, receive funding and start construction. At this time, there is no anticipated timeframe for those next steps,” Associate Planner Fran Carr told the commission.

The Verdi crossing will connect to the Coastal Rail Trail, which runs along San Elijo Avenue, providing a safe way for residents to cross the railway without trespassing on the tracks.

The next-closest crossing points are the undercrossing at Santa Fe Drive to the north and the at-grade crossing at Chesterfield Drive to the south, which are around 1.3 miles

Encinitas surfer Levi Slawson, who grew up honing his style at Seaside Reef, is riding a career high after his breakthrough U.S. Open of Surfing victory vaulted him

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County advances contested Harmony Grove project

By Samantha Nelson HARMONY GROVE

— The San Diego County Planning Commission has once again approved the controversial Harmony Grove Village South project, despite objections from residents who warn the development will worsen fire safety in the area.

The project, located south of Harmony Grove Village near Elfin Forest and Eden Valley, calls for 453 homes in single-family and multi-family units, along with 5,000 square feet of commercial and civic space, 34.8 acres of biological open space, 36 acres of common areas, four acres of public and private parks, and two miles of trails.

The site is located approximately two miles west of Interstate 15, more than two miles from state Route 78 and the Nordahl Sprinter Station, and near employers such as Palomar Medical Center and Cal State San Marcos. County staff estimate the project will add 137 students to Escondido schools, including Bernardo Elementary, Bear Valley Middle and San Pasqual High. Harmony Grove Village

sition.

The project now heads back to the Board of Supervisors for a final decision.

producing 1,720 kilowatts. The project also now includes 10% affordable housing, split evenly between low- and moderate-income households.

Opponents remain focused on fire risk, pointing to the lack of a secondary access road and the site’s location in a Cal Fire-designated “Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone” surrounded by 15,000 acres of flammable open space.

JP Theberge, vice chair of the Elfin Forest/Harmony Grove Town Council, said the project “violates state fire code and just basic common sense.”

“In this era of increasing wildfires, area residents are understandably opposed to the project due to evacuation concerns,” Theberge said.

posed developments, as an added benefit.

Johnston Road, once considered for secondary access, was deemed unfeasible and was never included in the project’s plans.

“For all three projects, if any one (or all) of these projects is approved, the restric-

tive design and operational requirements would result in there being no significant and unmitigated impacts,” a county staff report stated.

Staff also responded to concerns about vehicle miles traveled, or VMT, noting that although the county updated its guidelines in

2022 to comply with state law, the VMT component of the project was not considered “new information” requiring additional review.

The San Dieguito Community Planning Group, which unanimously recommended denial in 2018, recently reiterated its oppo-

“We are now counting on the Board of Supervisors to keep our families safe,” Theberge said. “This project first came before the board in 2018, and at that time the supervisors ignored the very clear wildfire risk. Our local leaders now have a second chance — and better information — to do the right thing and vote down this poorly planned housing development unless they can provide a second way out should the main exit be unusable.”

“The fire danger in this area is severe, and the idea that even more homes would be added without even considering a secondary exit is unconscionable,” he added. “We’re counting on the board to put the brakes on this bad project.”

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Thy neighbor’s beach

By S.H. Chambers

If you are a Californian planning a road trip through one of the other western states, here’s a heads-up: You may encounter some hostility from the locals. No need for alarm. It rarely expresses itself with anything more than a sidelong glance, an awkward pause, or a certain flintiness in the eyes.

Should this happen to you, you may wonder whether it was prompted by something you said or did. It’s possible. The rules of grammar and etiquette are adhered to unevenly in the country, and even the most basic guidelines of taste, style, and fashion are subject to regional variation.

As a result, committing the odd faux pas while exploring the hinterland is all but inevitable. Even a traveler familiar with the local customs may occasionally slip up and violate some parochial taboo, raising a hackle or two.

He then said, “My brother was stationed there. Here’s your receipt, sir. Have a nice day.”

And there it was. Not only had I hit the animosity trifecta, I had been “sirred.” (Note to foreign readers: In this country, honorifics can be repurposed as insults.) I was puzzled and asked myself what was at the root of this hostility.

The following will excavate that root and suggest

because you fear the effect of contemplating the shimmering light at the end of that palm-lined road not taken. For you, to dream of California is to invite madness.

So, what do you do instead? Why, you rationalize, of course. Your mind offers up a list of allegations meant to tarnish the image of the Golden State: the fires, smog, crime, traffic, earthquakes, riots, bizarre

For you, to dream of California is to invite madness. So, what do you do instead? Why, you rationalize, of course.

a few ideas to keep it from sprouting.

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A few personal examples: (1) while those who drive at the posted speed in California are generally considered to be rude, in New Mexico, exceeding the suggested limit by as little as ten miles per hour will get you a sermonette from a trooper and an annoying fine, (2) if you are in Laramie and it occurs to you that Wyoming’s interpretation of the Second Amendment could use a few common sense tweaks, best to leave that thought unvoiced, and (3) addressing the gentleman in the broad-brimmed hat at the end of the bar as “dude” is ill-advised.

It is also possible, however, for such an episode to be triggered simply by who you are, i.e., a Californian. Once, in a small store in a remote town in Idaho, I was having a perfectly pleasant conversation with the proprietor about the sad state of the produce when he asked, “Where’re you from, anyway?”

I replied, “San Diego.”

The effect was immediate: the glance, the pause, the flintiness.

Let’s say you live in Phoenix. It’s August. It’s one hundred and fifteen degrees in the shade. There is no shade. You trudge down the skillet-like sidewalk to your car. In the car, you sniff the air, scorching your nostrils. You try to put your hands on the steering wheel. Youch! “This is ridiculous,” you think.

And then your thoughts turn to California, where, at that very moment, a jogger has paused on a breezy, bluff-top boardwalk to watch a pod of passing dolphins put on a show.

Or suppose you live in Great Falls and you’re out trying to start your car in January. It’s twenty below. As your starter slowly grinds and your nose slowly freezes, your thoughts turn to California, where, right then, a guy in shorts and a t-shirt is laughing with friends over coffee after their morning surf.

And you ask yourself, “What am I doing here? I could be that jogger! I could be that surfer! I could live in California!”

But you don’t dwell on this hypothetical. You don’t because you are bound to your inhospitable home by the seemingly unbreakable ties of job, friends, spouse, and family. And you don’t

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Will we return to sanity on AI?

There were plenty of lousy votes taken during the summer’s congressional sessions, when President Trump’s omnibus “Big Beautiful Bill” eventually passed after numerous senators and House members obtained their various pounds of flesh from it.

Trump gave concessions to senators from Alaska, Wyoming and many other states in order to win continued tax cuts for billionaires, plus massive slashes in Medicaid and in funds for rural hospitals.

Even Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson made an inexplicable vote: With 40% of residents of his Louisiana district on some form of Medicaid, he pushed hard for cuts in the program. Politicians have rarely made more suicidal-seeming efforts.

But in this mishmash of mistaken policy and misunderstanding, there was one extremely sane vote: The U.S. Senate voted 99-1 to kill a proposed 10-year ban on state-level regulation of artificial intelligence.

the message that graduate student received or any actions that might follow up on the message itself.

In his short story “Runaround,” Asimov put forward three laws which would become staples in his future works, like the bestselling “Foundation” trilogy.

“The first law,” Asimov wrote, “is that a robot shall not harm a human or by inaction allow a human to come to harm. The second law is that a robot shall obey any instruction given to it by a human, and the third law is that a robot shall avoid actions or situations that could cause it to harm itself.”

cults, homelessness, poor governance, fiscal mismanagement, and so on — any plausible-sounding excuse for staying put.

Clutching this list, you can ask, “Who would want to live there?”

And yet. Beneath this thin surface of rationalization lies the enduring truth that you really do want to join those lotus eaters out there having fun in the warm California sun. And soon a tiny crack appears on that thin surface. And from that widening crack sprouts the weed of envy, which produces the flower of resentment, which bears the fruit called hostility.

Then, whenever the Beach Boys sing, “Fun, Fun, Fun,” you grind your teeth.

But all of the above is in the superstructure. The more fundamental source of antagonism is in what Marx called the “economic base,” where the law of supply and demand still holds some sway.

Consider.

A cruise ship offers a variety of staterooms. On the upper decks, some of them actually comprise several rooms and a private veranda overlooking the ocean. Others, lower down, will have a bedroom, a bathroom, and a porthole. Still others, nearer

No, there will not soon be federal or worldwide regulations on A.I., but there is at least hope that some of the 50 state legislatures will do the right thing and make rules that protect humans from artificial intelligence turning malignant.

It has happened. Last fall, for example, a graduate student in Michigan was told “please die” by Google’s artificial chatbot Gemini. “This is for you, human,” Gemini told the student. “You are not special, you are not important and you are not needed. You are a burden on society. You are a drain on the earth. You are a blight on the landscape. You are a stain on the universe. Please die. Please.”

That’s an extremely human sentiment, reflecting anger and malevolence. It really does not matter what the student might have been having the chatbot do, there is no excuse for letting a human creation turn on a human in that way.

But so far, no state or nation has dared take the basic step to regulate A.I. (which can also function as robots) so that it cannot turn against its makers.

The idea for such regulation is nothing new. As far back as 1942, when America was at war with malevolent forces from Europe to East Asia and the Pacific, the scientist and science fiction writer Isaac Asimov saw this very danger coming and invented laws of robotics to prevent anything like

So Asimov conceived independent-minded machines, much like many of today’s, without having his three laws imprinted upon them. Right now, no one knows whether these machines are secretly plotting to get rid of humans just like Gemini wanted its human graduate student eliminated.

This kind of threat was perceived early last year by more than 100 technology leaders, corporate CEOs and scientists who warned that “A.I. poses an existential threat to humanity.”

The notion that the Trump administration could put a prohibition on state regulation into a draft of its key legislation for this year shows officials and the president totally ignored warnings.

At the same time, major A.I. companies from Meta to Open A.I., makers of the ChatGPT function built into many of today’s computers, oppose any kind of regulation on what their machines’ capabilities should be.

This represents pure human arrogance in assuming machines will never develop the sophistication to become a threat to our race.

But the Senate knew better. By a huge bipartisan majority, it clearly saw how fast A.I. is moving in precisely the potentially threatening manner anticipated by Asimov decades before A.I. actually existed.

At least, states still have the right to act on the wisdom of such visionaries, and hopefully prevent what could prove a fatal flaw for the entire human race.

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More ICE arrests in Encinitas

By Leo Place

ENCINITAS — Two Encinitas men working for a landscaping company were detained by federal immigration agents last week while heading to a worksite near the same intersection where another local man was detained two days before.

Around 9 a.m. on Aug. 22, a group of residents gathered at the intersection of Park Dale Lane and Village Parkway to protest the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Encinitas.

Two days earlier, on Aug. 20, the father of a local elementary student was detained by federal immigration officers at the same intersection, sparking outrage in the community and leading to an emergency discussion by the City Council.

The arrest occurred around 8:24 a.m., when officers from ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives stopped a man in a construction safety shirt and moved him into an unmarked vehicle, according to a video posted by advocacy group Alianza Comunitaria.

In the video, a woman could be heard demanding to see a warrant, while voices in the crowd said the man had been driving his children to school. Family members, including a woman and a young child, were seen attempting to speak with him as officers stood between them.

The Encinitas Union School District confirmed in a letter to parents that the man is the father of a district student and said the incident “caused fear and trauma across our district.”

ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations San Diego Field Office Director Patrick Divver said the man, a Guatemalan national, had a final order of removal dating back to 2017. The agency said he was alone in his vehicle during the stop and that his spouse and child arrived separately, describing the family’s actions as “shameful” and “dangerous.”

Divver emphasized that the enforcement did not take place at Park Dale Lane Elementary and was “entirely out of view” of the school.

On Aug. 22, protestors at the same intersection saw federal agents pulling over two men in a landscaping truck. A video of the incident taken by a community member showed masked officers pushing one of the men, who was pulling away, to the ground and attempting to chain his legs.

One resident, who asked not to be named, said the officers used excessive force against the man, later identified as 28-year-old Yohan Diaz, and declined to produce a warrant when requested by community members.

“They slammed him into the ground,” the resident said. “They kept yelling at us to back up … we

members of the public who unsafely and unnecessarily forced themselves into a law enforcement scene,” Divver said.

“Diaz violently resisted arrest and continued to become so combative that officers were forced to fully restrain him, including securing his legs, to protect officer safety and the public. Diaz is in ICE custody pending removal proceedings.”

“The second individual, Limber Hernandez-Verudgo, an illegal alien from Mexico who illegally entered the United States in violation of federal law, was also arrested, and is in ICE custody pending removal proceedings,” Divver said.

Daniel Alfonzo, owner of Meticulous Landscaping and the employer of the two men, said he had just spoken to both of them minutes before they were detained. After they were taken away, he had to come pick up the company truck they had been driving to prevent it from being towed.

“For my employees to just get harassed like that, it just sucks. It’s just discrimination,” he said.

Residents called the Sheriff’s Office to ask for their assistance, but the agents had left by the time deputies arrived.

North Coastal Sheriff’s Station Capt. Shane Watts said if sheriff’s deputies see immigration enforcement taking place in the community, they are unable to obstruct federal officers, but they can ask them to verify who they are.

Watts said the department was unaware of this operation before being contacted by community members.

“The incident that happened today, if we were here, we would have walked up and said, ‘We need to make sure you are who you say you are,’” Watts said to a group of residents following the arrest.

Fear, outrage packs City Hall

By Cameron Adams ENCINITAS —

The Encinitas City Council has launched a series of actions in response to community outrage over a federal immigration arrest that occurred near an elementary school last week.

The council unanimously approved an emergency item on Aug. 20 directing staff to explore measures that could support residents and bring greater transparency to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations.

The directive calls for a “know your rights” campaign in English and Spanish with help from community groups and the Sheriff’s Office, formation of a communications plan, and a Freedom of Information Act request documenting ICE activity in the city.

Other measures include exploring the establishment of safe zones at schools and places of worship, considering joining lawsuits challenging ICE actions, looking into limiting mask use by ICE agents, and sending a protest letter to federal officials requesting answers in a public forum.

of surprised,” said Amy Bryan of Solana Beach. “This is not the first kidnapping in Encinitas.”

Ron and Nicola Rancin of Leucadia said the video “infuriated” them and described the operation as intimidation. Local advocate Mali Woods-Drake led chants of “No one is illegal…on stolen land” before reiterating during public comment: “Unless you are indigenous, we are all immigrants on stolen land.”

Inside the chambers, the meeting was filled with intermittent applause, outbursts and chants. Audience members emphasized “for all” during the Pledge of Allegiance.

Mayor Bruce Ehlers urged residents to stay engaged.

“Anybody — and they don’t have to be citizens — has a right to due process,” Ehlers said. “This is just the first step. Don’t go away. Come back. Stay with us. I always like to tell people, ‘Democracy is a participatory sport,’ and so you’re doing it. Keep it up.”

Deputy Mayor Joy Lyndes, who introduced the motion, said the community was “traumatized.”

wanted them to understand that they had families, that they’re community members who provide a service to our community.”

Community members said they were stunned to see ICE officers back in the same area.

“I felt so upset, that they are intruding on our lives and other people’s lives,” said Pilar Romero, who lives two blocks away. She had just picked up her daughter from the train station and was driving home when she saw the chaos. She stopped to see what was happening.

“Everything became a nightmare,” Romero said. “They [the officers] told us, ‘Go away.’ I’m not going to go away; I have my rights.”

According to family members, Diaz has been in the United States since he was a baby, and the family has lived in Encinitas for decades. He is the main caretaker and financial breadwinner for his mother, and is one of four siblings,

the rest of whom all have papers. He also has a 12-yearold son.

Diaz was previously protected from deportation under DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), but his status expired after he lost his job and was unable to continue paying an attorney to help him renew it, his family said.

Residents who were at the scene where Diaz was detained called his family from his phone, which had been left in the landscaping truck.

“I couldn’t believe it,” his mother said, speaking through tears. “He had just left the house for work.”

In a subsequent statement, Divver said Diaz had a criminal history including child cruelty, assault with a deadly weapon, battery on a peace officer, obstruction of a public officer, vandalism, and a DUI.

“When officers moved in to arrest Diaz, they were met with interference from

Watts added that the department is focused on providing support to the community, and encouraged residents to file a federal complaint if they think someone’s civil rights are being violated.

Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer shared a statement criticizing the Aug. 22 arrests, noting that it happened close to Park Dale Lane Elementary School.

“Another ICE ambush near an Encinitas school this morning. This doesn’t make us safer,” she said. “We need to come together as local leaders to demand that ICE stay away from schools and churches and require agents to wear clear identification, so our community knows who is using force in our streets.”

Mayor Bruce Ehlers said the news of this second enforcement incident is upsetting.

“It’s absolutely disheartening. It’s alarming,” Ehlers said. “It’s counterproductive to what you would think their goal was. They’re alienating the entirety of Encinitas against their cause.”

The emergency item was introduced after ICE agents detained a parent of an Encinitas Union School District student the morning of Aug. 20 near Park Dale Lane and Village Park Way, a block from Park Dale Lane Elementary School.

A video of the arrest, which quickly spread on social media, showed a man being placed in an unmarked vehicle as onlookers demanded to see warrants and pleaded for him to be allowed to say goodbye to his wife and child.

The footage sparked protests outside City Hall and drew a standing-room-only crowd — including an overflow room — at the council meeting.

City Attorney Tarquin Preziosi said the late addition of the emergency item was legal because the arrest occurred after the agenda was posted.

Community anger was evident throughout the evening. Protesters carried signs reading “ICE Melts” and “Protect our community…from deportation” and chanted, “It’s immigrants, not hate, that’s what makes America great.”

“I’m outraged instead

“No child should have to face this type of fear,” Lyndes said. “We can’t not shout about this. We really have to step up and be heard.”

Councilmember Jim O’Hara said the events cost the community “a lot of its innocence, especially those children.” Councilmember Marco San Antonio, a father of two, said it was “the last thing I would want for my family.”

“It was heartbreaking,” he said.

Councilmember Luke Shaffer said the ICE action was “entirely counterproductive to safety.”

“Such decisions erode public trust and undermine the very sense of safety they claim to be upholding,” Shaffer said.

Capt. Shane Watts of the North Coastal Sheriff’s Station said his department was not notified by ICE about the operation and learned of it on social media.

“I often find out about these situations on social media like all of you,” Watts said. “I stand before you hurting — knowing that there’s a part of our community that is afraid.”

A PROTESTER holds a sign during an emergency meeting on Aug. 20 at Encinitas City Hall. Photo by Cameron Adams

TWO MEN were detained by federal immigration officers in Encinitas on Aug. 22, near the same intersection where another man was detained two days prior. Screenshot

FEDERAL AGENTS arrested a man on Aug. 20 who is the parent of a student in the Encinitas Union School District. ICE officials said the man was from Guatemala and subject to a final order of removal from the U.S. since 2017. Screenshot

Man killed in pursuit

By City News Service

ESCONDIDO — A man riding an electric motorcycle was killed when he collided with a police vehicle during a pursuit in Escondido, authorities said.

The crash occurred on Aug. 21 when an officer attempted to stop the motorcyclist on the bike path in the area of Valley Parkway and Rose Street, just east of Midway Drive, according to the Escondido Police Department.

Police said the rider did not yield and a pursuit ensued. It was unclear whether he was pronounced dead on the scene or at a hospital. His name was not immediately available.

“Because the crash involved an Escondido police vehicle, investigators with the Oceanside Police Department assumed the investigation per a mutual agreement,’’ the department said.

The circumstances surrounding the crash were unclear.

Authorities urged anyone with information about the collision to call Oceanside Police Traffic Investigator Ibrahim Serdah at 760-4354769.

Pendleton fire

A wildfire spread across a sprawling training range at Camp Pendleton on Aug. 21, blackening about 300 acres and sending a thick column of smoke into the air near San Clemente but posing no immediate structural threats.

The blaze erupted in the Camp Talega area of the U.S. Marine Corps installation in the early afternoon.

Within five hours, ground and airborne crews had gotten the burn area roughly 30% contained, according to officials.

Flats

Terramar,

By Leo Place

CARLSBAD — Nearly 100 hotel rooms will be converted into housing units as part of a project recently recommended for approval by the Carlsbad Planning Commission, with final approval to come from the Carlsbad City Council.

The existing Studio 6 hotel, a Motel 6 site offering extended stays, is situated on a 3-acre lot in an industrial area at Avenida Encinas and Cannon Road near the Carlsbad Strawberry Fields. The hotel’s 98 rooms will be converted into studio and one-bedroom rental units, with 15 of these units being deed-restricted as affordable housing.

Project applicant Alliance Development Services is partnering with the hotel’s owners to produce the project, which will be called The Flats at Terramar.

Since the development will largely maintain the existing building as is without significant external changes, it will have minimal impacts on the surrounding area and allow the housing units to be available sooner than in a new build, according to Alliance Development Services.

“We think this is a good idea to provide the affordable housing in an expeditious manner,” said Jim McMenamin, director of

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O’side cracks down on illegal fireworks

By Samantha Nelson OCEANSIDE

— City officials are weighing new strategies to crack down on illegal fireworks after complaints and safety concerns escalated this summer.

On Aug. 20, the City Council directed staff, including leaders from the fire and police departments, to research how other cities prevent, respond to and enforce fireworks violations. The effort was introduced by Councilmembers Rick Robinson, a former fire chief, and Peter Weiss.

Robinson said fireworks around the Fourth of July have long been an issue in Oceanside, but this year stood out.

impossible to take any enforcement action,” he said.

Elk Grove’s efforts reduced fireworks-related calls by 34%, Valdovinos added.

Parsons said illegal fireworks are more than just a nuisance. He recalled an Orange County tragedy this summer when 8-yearold Jasmine Nguyen of Anaheim was killed during a Buena Park fireworks accident. Oceanside emergency crews have also treated hand and eye injuries from fireworks in recent years.

The council agreed to pursue stronger prevention, intervention and en-

forward planning and development at ADS.

Carlsbad planning commissioners unanimously recommended approval of the project on Aug. 20. Several commissioners expressed enthusiasm about the repurposing of the building, which was built in 2000, and the inclusion of 125 parking spots.

“The structure itself is not that dated,” Planning Commission Chair Roy Meenes said. “I think it’s a win-win all the way around.”

Exterior additions to the site will include two pickleball courts, a dog run, a bike and surfboard storage area, and a trash structure. On the inside, the current hotel rooms will be outfitted with the required kitchen appliances and other features required under state building code. The floor plan will largely remain unchanged.

Under the state density bonus law, the city also granted various waivers of

development standards due to the inclusion of affordable units, including slight height limit increases.

“The Flats at Terramar converts an underutilized and outdated hotel, well past its prime and no longer an economically beneficial use, into much-needed, attractive workforce and affordable housing with convenient access to jobs and goods and services,” said Anna McPherson, principal environmental consultant with Atlantis Group, the land use consultant for the project.

The 15 deed-restricted units will include seven very low-income, five low-income, and three moderate-income units.

McMenamin said they plan to begin work on converting the hotel in early 2026 and hopefully make the units available in early 2027.

The City Council will make a final determination regarding the project in October, according to the city.

“We had a lot of illegal fireworks throughout the city — probably as much as I’ve seen in a long, long time,” Robinson said.

Robinson learned the City of Sacramento strengthened enforcement by updating its ordinance to allow year-round penalties and raising fines to as much as $10,000 for violations near schools, parks or critical infrastructure.

Between July 2 and July 5, Sacramento issued 44 citations worth $192,000 from the fire department and $75,000 from code enforcement, according to the Sacramento City Press.

Robinson discussed the model with Fire Chief David Parsons, who has also grown frustrated with local enforcement efforts.

“We’ve tried a different solution every year to make progress, which didn’t come to fruition as much as I would have liked,” Parsons said.

Parsons and Police Chief Taurino Valdovinos began exploring how other cities manage fireworks. Elk Grove’s program, led by police and code enforcement, has relied heavily on drones. In 2024, Elk Grove issued 21 citations totaling $240,000 in fines using one drone. This year, the city tripled its drone fleet, issuing 41 citations worth $330,000.

Valdovinos said current rules in Oceanside make enforcement nearly impossible.

“Someone has to identify the individual and be willing to sign a citizen’s arrest, which makes it nearly

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trolled reserves that could help stabilize services in the face of federal or state cuts, or during an economic recession over the next four fiscal years,’’ they said.

Lawson-Remer, Montgomery Steppe and Supervisor Paloma Aguirre on Tuesday voted in favor of the policy change, while their colleagues Joel Anderson and Jim Desmond were opposed.

In a statement after the vote, Lawson-Remer described the reform as a “bridge carrying San Die-

We’ve had a lot of illegal fireworks throughout the city — probably as much as I’ve seen in a long, long time.”

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forcement measures. Councilmember Jimmy Figueroa urged more community education about penalties, while Mayor Esther Sanchez pushed for outreach to youth.

“I don’t think people — and especially youth — understand that it only takes like a little cinder or something and a house can go up, especially in our at-risk neighborhoods,” Sanchez said. She suggested community service for young offenders in place of fines.

Weiss distinguished between small-scale fireworks and larger, commercial-grade explosives.

“I have no problem going after those commercial-grade displays,” he said.

City Manager Jonathan Borrego said staff expects to bring back a plan later this year.

Parsons assured the council the effort would be transparent.

“It’s to make our community safe,” he said.

gans over the immediate crisis to ensure healthcare, food and public safety are there when people need them most, while we work toward long-term solutions to keep our community strong.’’ Desmond, however, in a statement described the 3-2 vote as a “reckless step backward for San Diego County.’’

“It’s not really about the federal budget,’’ Desmond said before the vote. “This is about a really big change in the fiscal discipline in our county.’’ Aguirre said the county could not afford to let surplus reserves sit idle amid ongoing crises.

Cannon Road into housing, with units expected by 2027.

DMUSD welcomes new superintendent

By Leo Place

DEL MAR — Marisa

Janicek has officially begun her tenure as the new Del Mar Union School District superintendent, after the board of trustees approved her contract last week.

Del Mar Union announced in July that Janicek was a finalist for the position. On Aug. 20, the board of trustees unanimously approved a threeyear employment agreement with a salary of $260,000, not including benefits.

One of the final steps by the board in determining whether to hire Janicek was a validation visit to her workplace in the El Segundo Unified School District, where she served as assistant superintendent for the past seven years.

“We met with six different stakeholder groups for that validation visit, and they all said that we are hiring the most amazing individual who is very knowledgeable, capable, relational and child centered, and the all stakeholder groups said that you are so deserving of this new position,” said Trustee Bill Porter.

Janicek has served in the El Segundo Unified School District for a total of 19 years in various leadership positions, including as elementary principal, director, executive director and assistant superintendent. She also previously worked as an elementary school teacher in the Campbell Union School District.

Del Mar Union leaders noted her “forward-thinking” approach, her experi-

ence working with special education students, and her pioneering work to introduce artificial intelligence and other technologies to support teaching and learning.

Janicek shared her excitement for starting her work in the district.

“I came here because it’s a destination district with staff that cares deeply, students that are very loved and thriving, and a community that really wants the schools to succeed. So, I’m incredibly grateful,” she said. “I cannot wait to continue my career here and stay as long as you will have me.”

The district kicked off an extensive search process in the spring after former superintendent Holly McClurg announced her planned retirement in March. This included creating a leadership profile with input from the community.

Trustees recognized that the superintendent selection process took longer than anticipated, but said they faced a very important decision.

“I would say the most important job for any school board member that we’re elected to do is to hire the leader of the district, and so we took it very very seriously,” said Trustee Alan Kholos. “We came up with a profile of a leader that we were looking for, and I think we found that leader.”

The Del Mar Union School District oversees nine elementary schools in Del Mar, Del Mar Heights, Torrey Hills, and Carmel Valley.

Two injured in e-bike crash

By Leo Place

SAN

MARCOS

— An adult and a juvenile riding an e-bike in San Marcos this week were left with injuries after being struck by a vehicle, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office reported.

Around 6:26 p.m. on Monday, deputies from the San Marcos Sheriff’s Station arrived at the intersection of South Santa Fe Avenue and Bosstick Boulevard, where a car had struck an e-bike carrying two passengers.

The adult and the juvenile were transported to a local hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries, according to the Sheriff’s Office. The driver remained at the scene and cooperated with officers.

City OKs $56M energy overhaul

By Samantha Nelson ESCONDIDO — The

city is preparing to launch a $56 million infrastructure overhaul aimed at modernizing aging energy systems, a three-year project expected to generate long-term savings of more than $83 million.

The initiative, known as the Citywide Energy Roadmap, will replace or upgrade failing systems across city facilities to improve efficiency and operations. Consultants with Climatec Energy Services, who studied the project’s scope and costs, estimate that the city spends approximately $9 million annually on energy, including $3.94 million for parks and buildings, $2.46 million for wastewater, $1.39 million for streetlights, and $1.25 million for water.

Rates have climbed more than 40% over the past five years and are expected to rise further as utilities transition underground and insurance costs grow.

“The cost of doing nothing is just too great,” said Ashley Lough of Climatec during an Aug. 20 council meeting.

Although the $56 million price tag represents only a portion of the $150 million in total infrastructure needs, city staff prioritized a third of the projects. The council approved the plan unanimously, 4-0, with Deputy Mayor Consuelo Martinez absent.

“I’m really looking forward to upgrading our infrastructure, which is very, very necessary here in Escondido,” said Councilmember Joe Garcia.

Upgrades will include new HVAC and building automation systems, LED lighting, solar and energy storage, electric vehicle charging stations, microgrids, transformers, roof improvements, and upgrades to water and wastewater treatment facilities. Tyler Girtman of Climatec said the work will also help the city meet state mandates for LED lighting and phasing out banned refrigerants.

report progress. CEO Greg Anglea told the City Council on Aug. 20 that the nonprofit now conducts hourly perimeter checks, with two staff members present during open hours and overnight exterior checks.

Interfaith also added staff to register clients at morning meals while connecting them to other services. Anglea said limiting sack lunches to breakfast has “dramatically reduced foot traffic.”

The lunches now feature a logo reminding recipients to dispose of trash properly.

“All the people we serve understand that they cannot litter or camp within 200 yards of campus,” Anglea said, adding that clients who fail to comply are suspended from services.

Alcohol and drugs are not suspected to be factors in the collision at this time.

...In Vista, a man was found deceased in his vehicle early last Saturday after an apparent solo crash on South Melrose Drive between Shadowridge and Longhorn drives.

Deputies with the Vista Sheriff’s Station responded to reports of the crash around 4:30 a.m. on Aug. 23. At the scene, they discovered a heavily damaged vehicle with a deceased male occupant and broken concrete and debris strewn on the road.

The man’s identity has not been released to the public, and the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office said there is no other information available at this time.

Plans call for retro-commissioning at three sites, high-efficiency HVAC systems at 21 sites, central plant and electrical upgrades at two sites, and building automation systems at 16 sites. Crews will install LED lighting at 26 sites, add occupancy sensors and dimming controls at 17 sites, and install sports lighting at three locations.

Other improvements include microgrid systems at four sites, solar panels at six sites, EV chargers at 10 sites and high-efficiency transformers at 10 sites.

Water system upgrades include the installation of high-efficiency wash water recovery pumps, variable frequency drives, and hydraulic model development. Wastewater projects include high-efficiency blowers and controls, aeration basin enhancements, pump modernizations, dissolved oxygen control optimization, and a bioenergy facility study.

The upgrades will be funded primarily through

a $46 million financing agreement with Banc of America Public Capital Corp., which carries a 20year term and a 4.022% interest rate, resulting in an annual interest payment of $3.44 million. To supplement the financing, the city will contribute $7.9 million from general, water, and wastewater funds, as well as $3.8 million from Measure I, the one-cent sales tax that voters approved last year.

Since the savings will take years to fully materialize, staff recommended using Measure I funds to cover debt service in the early years. Annual savings are projected to exceed debt payments by 2036.

“When you look forward over the next 20 years, should the voters choose not to renew Measure I, this is just another thing that sets us up for success and tackles that structural deficit that the city’s been facing for so long,” said Mayor Dane White.

Climatec has guaranteed the savings, projected at 178%. If the targets are not met, the company will be required to add improvements at its own expense or repay the city for any shortfalls.

Interfaith update

City officials say conditions have improved around Interfaith Community Services’ headquarters following new requirements added to the nonprofit’s conditional use permit earlier this year.

In January, the City Council approved updates to the permit that allows the organization to serve the city’s homeless population. Interfaith has operated at 550 W. Washington Avenue for 23 years, offering transitional housing, emergency shelter, withdrawal management and related services.

The changes stemmed from an investigation by the Escondido Police Department’s Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving Unit, which found Interfaith among the city’s top 20 locations for service calls. The probe also cited 30 violations in recent years, including loitering and lit-

tering near the facility.

The city and Interfaith collaborated on solutions, which included annual reporting, a public right-ofway mitigation plan, enhanced security measures, and a new operations management plan. The permit also restricted sack lunch distributions to breakfast hours and required tracking to determine whether lunches contributed to litter.

Interfaith was asked to return in six months to

The nonprofit has organized two community cleanups since March, and of 811 clients who registered for meals, 443 have enrolled in additional programs. Interfaith also provides rental and housing support, senior services, tax help and employment assistance.

“It’s super important to realize that we have less people in and around our campus who are unsheltered because people who are unsheltered have engaged with

NEW SUPERINTENDENT Marisa Janicek, third from left, with trustees Bill Porter, Doug Rafner, Gee Wah Mok, Alan Kholos and Katherine Fitzpatrick. Courtesy photo

CITY OF ENCINITAS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT

505 S. Vulcan Avenue, Encinitas, CA 92024

Phone: (760) 633-2710 | Email: planning@encinitasca.gov | Web: www.encinitasca.gov

City Hall Hours: Monday through Thursday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM and every other Friday (9/5, 9/19, etc.) 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM and closed September 1, 2025 in observance of Labor Day

NOTICE OF PENDING ACTION ON ADMINISTRATIVE APPLICATION AND COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT

1. PROJECT NAME: Bergmann-Rivers Single Family Residence; CASE NUMBER: MULTI-006454-2023; CDP-006456-2023; FILING DATE: 8/16/2023; APPLICANT: Joshua Bergmann; LOCATION: 2215 Edinburg Avenue (APN: 260-414-12); PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Demolition of existing single-family home, construction of new single-family home, attached garage, and attached Accessory dwelling unit (ADU). Authorization of a temporary construction trailer for the duration of the construction work; ZONING/OVERLAY: R11/Coastal Zone, Special Study, Scenic/Visual Corridor Overlay; ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS: The project has been determined to be exempt from environmental review pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines sections 15301(l)(1) and 15303(a) which exempts projects that include demolition of a single-family residence and the construction of a single family residence and secondary (accessory) dwelling unit in a residential zone. The project meets these criteria. None of the exceptions in Section 15300.2 of the CEQA Guidelines apply, and no historical resources will be impacted by the proposed development. STAFF CONTACT: Fran Carr, Associate Planner, 760-633-2738 fcarr@encinitasca.gov

2. PROJECT NAME: Vandewater Single-Family Residence; CASE NUMBER: CDP-007203-2024; FILING DATE: May 7, 2024; APPLICANT: Kory Almryde; LOCATION: 235 Florita Street (APN: 256-373-04); PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Demolition of all onsite structures, and construction of a new single-family residence with a basement Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU), and site improvements; ZONING/OVERLAY: Residential Single-Family 11 (RS-11) Zone, Coastal Zone, and Special Study; ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS: The project has been determined to be exempt from environmental review pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15301(I)(1), which exempts the demolition of a single-family residence and related accessory structures/uses, and Section 15303(a), which exempts the construction of a single-family residence and related accessory structures/uses in a residential zone. The project meets these criteria. None of the exceptions in Section 15300.2 of the CEQA Guidelines apply, and no historical resources will be impacted by the proposed development; STAFF CONTACT: Megan McEl sh, Assistant Planner: (760) 633-2715 or mmcel sh@encinitasca.gov

3. PROJECT NAME: Edinburg Home (South); CASE NUMBER: MULTI-007697-2024; BADJ-007698-2024; CDP-007699-2024; FILING

DATE: 10/31/2024; APPLICANT: Sudhir Vora; LOCATION: 2180 Edinburg Avenue (APN: 260-411-21); PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Demolition of existing single-family home, construction of new two-story single-family home and attached basement garage, and consolidation of two underlying lots; ZONING/ OVERLAY: R11/Coastal Zone, Special Study; ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS:

The project has been determined to be exempt from environmental review pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines sections 15301(l) (1), 15303(a), and 15305(a) which exempts projects that include demolition and construction of a new single family home and minor lot line adjustments. The project meets these criteria. None of the exceptions in Section 15300.2 of the CEQA Guidelines apply, and no historical resources will be impacted by the proposed development.

STAFF CONTACT: Fran Carr, Associate Planner, 760-633-2738 fcarr@encinitasca.gov

PRIOR TO 5:00 PM ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2025 ANY INTERESTED PERSON MAY REVIEW THE APPLICATION AND PRESENT TESTIMONY, ORALLY OR IN WRITING, TO THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. WRITTEN TESTIMONY IS PREFERRED IN ORDER TO HAVE A RECORD OF THE COMMENTS RECEIVED.

If additional information is not required, the Development Services Department will render a determination on the application, pursuant to Section 2.28.090 of the City of Encinitas Municipal Code, after the close of the review period. An Appeal of the Department’s determination accompanied by the appropriate ling fee may be led within 10-calendar days from the date of the determination. Appeals will be considered by the City Council pursuant to Chapter 1.12 of the Municipal Code. Any ling of an appeal will suspend this action as well as any processing of permits in reliance thereon in accordance with Encinitas Municipal Code Section 1.12.020(D)(1) until such time as an action is taken on the appeal.

All of the above items are located within the Coastal Zone and require the issuance of a regular coastal development permit. For all the items above, the action of the Development Services Director may not be appealed to the California Coastal Commission. Under California Government Code Sec. 65009, if you challenge the nature of the proposed action in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised regarding the matter described in this notice or written correspondence delivered to the City at or prior to the date and time of the determination.

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CITY OF DEL MAR

NOTICE OF PUBLIC

HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, the 9th day of September 2025, at 6:00 p.m., in the City of Del Mar Town Hall, 1050 Camino del Mar, Del Mar, California, the Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on the following:

Application: V24-003

APN: 299-200-74

Location: Vacant Lot on Oribia Road (0 Oribia Road, Adjacent to 1439 Oribia Road)

Applicant: Reid and Beth Westburg

Applicant Representative: Kit Leeger, Leeger Architecture Zone: R1-40 (Low Density Residential), WUI (Wild Urban Interface)

Overlay Zone: Blu , Slope, and Canyon, Coastal Appeals Environmental Status: Exempt Description: Variances are requested from DMMC Sections 30.10.070.C.a and b to reduce the required front and rear yards (setbacks) of the substandardsized lot for the future development of a residential unit; and from DMMC Section 30.86.090.A.2 to allow a sevenfoot-tall wall at the rear (east) property line to comply with Fire and Building Codes.

Sta Contact: Elizabeth Yee, Associate Planner, (858-7936144) or eyee@delmar.ca.us Public Testimony: Those desiring to be heard in favor of or in opposition to this item will be given an opportunity to do so by participating in

Planning Commission meetings by addressing the Commission for up to three minutes or by submitting a written comment. Please submit a completed “Speaker Slip”, including the item number you wish to speak on, to the Planning Sta prior to the announcement of the agenda item. The forms are located near the door at the rear of the Meeting Room. When called to speak, please approach the podium and state your name for the record.

Written Comments: Members of the public can participate in the meeting by submitting a written red dot comment via email to planning@delmar.ca.us. The deadline to submit written comments is 12 p.m. on the day

CITY OF ENCINITAS

DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT

LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BY THE CITY COUNCIL

PLACE OF MEETING: Council Chambers, Civic Center 505 S. Vulcan Avenue Encinitas, CA 92024

IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT/SECTION 504 REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973 AND TITLE VI, THIS AGENCY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PUBLIC ENTITY AND DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, ETHNIC ORIGIN, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEX, RELIGION, VETERANS STATUS OR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY IN EMPLOYMENT OR THE PROVISION OF SERVICE. IF YOU REQUIRE SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEETING, PLEASE CONTACT THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT (760) 633-2710 AT LEAST 72 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.

It is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, at 6:00 p.m., or as soon as possible thereafter, by the Encinitas City Council to discuss the following item:

APPLICANT: City of Encinitas; DESCRIPTION: Public Hearing and introduction of Ordinance No. 2025-10 (PLCY-008321-2025) and Ordinance No. 2025-11 (PLCY-008282-2025) proposing Municipal Code amendments which modify the 2025 California Building Standards Code to related building codes, re abatement, to energy e ciency, and green building. ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS: The amendments proposed will not have a signi cant e ect on the environment because the strengthened requirements reduce hazards and accommodate features to reduce environmental e ects. Adoption of the amendments is exempt from environmental review as per Section 15308 of the CEQA Guidelines, which allows a categorical exemption for “actions taken by regulatory agencies, as authorized by state or local ordinance, to assure the maintenance, restoration, enhancement, or protection of the environment where the regulatory process involves procedures for protection of the environment.” Furthermore, the amendments related to energy e ciency and green building were previously evaluated in the Final Negative Declaration (ND) for the Climate Action Plan (Case No. 17-224), dated December 5, 2017, and Addendum to the ND (Case No. ENV-004106-2020), dated October 20, 2020. The ND and the Addendum evaluated the potential environmental e ects of the implementation of the Climate Action Plan, including the adoption and enforcement of energy e ciency and renewable energy ordinances. This project is within the scope of the Final Negative Declaration and the Addendum, and no further California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance is required.

STAFF CONTACT: Sustainability Manager Crystal Najera, (760) 943- 2285, climateaction@encintiasca.gov

The proposed ordinance will be posted on the City of Encinitas municipal website (www.encinitasca.gov) no later than Friday, September 5, 2025, as part of the agenda packet for the City Council meeting on September 10, 2025. The ordinance shall take e ect on January 1, 2025.

Under California Government Code Section 65009, if you challenge the nature of the proposed action in court, you may be limited to raising only the issues you or someone else raised regarding the matter described in this notice or written correspondence delivered to the City at or before the time and date of the determination.

For further information, or to review the application prior to the hearing, please contact sta or contact the Development Services Department, 505 South Vulcan Avenue, Encinitas, CA 92024 at (760) 633-2710 or by email at climateaction@encinitasca.gov

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of the meeting and the subject line of your email should clearly state the agenda item you are commenting on.

Under California Government Code 65009, if you challenge the nature of the proposed action in Court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or written correspondence delivered to the City at, or prior to, the public hearing.

Notice posted and mailed on or before August 29, 2025

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Introduced Ordinance No. 2025-1562

Ordinance No. 2025-1562 - an ordinance of the City Council of the City of San Marcos, California amending San Marcos Municipal Code Chapter 2.16 (Controls on Campaign Contributions) to increase campaign contribution limits. Ordinance No. 2025-1562 was introduced on July 22, 2025, and will be presented to the City Council for adoption on September 9, 2025. A certi ed copy is posted in the o ce of the City Clerk at 1 Civic Center Drive, San Marcos, CA. Phillip Scollick, City Clerk, City of San Marcos.

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CITY OF DEL MAR

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, September 8, 2025, at 4:30 p.m., (or as soon thereafter as practicable) in the City of Del Mar Town Hall, 1050 Camino del Mar, Del Mar, California, the City Council will conduct a public hearing on the following:

Encroachment Permit EP25068. A request to retain existing retaining walls and to extend the length of a wall within the public right-of-way at 610 Hoska Drive. (Applicant: Tim and Jayne Haines) APN #: 300251-25-00

Those desiring to be heard in favor of or in opposition to this item will be given an opportunity to do so by participating in City Council meetings by addressing the City Council for up to three minutes or by submitting a written comment. Please submit a completed “Speaker Slip”, including the item number you wish to speak on, to the City Clerk prior to the Mayor announcing the agenda item. The forms are located near the door at the rear of the Meeting Room. When called to speak, please approach the podium and state your name for the record.

Written Comments: Members of the public can participate in the meeting by submitting a written red dot comment via email to cityclerk@delmar.ca.us. The deadline to submit written comments is 12 p.m. on the day of the meeting and the subject line of your email should clearly state the agenda item you are commenting on.

If you have questions about the information in this notice, please contact Nestor Machado, Email: nmachado@delmar.ca.us, Phone: 858-755-9314.

Under California Government Code 65009, if you challenge the nature of the proposed action in Court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or written correspondence

and Demolition Recycling), and include local amendments. The City is required to adopt the State code as the minimum standard for development. The City is also proposing to include local amendments to re ect Del Mar’s unique characteristics and approach to design and development. The proposed action will ensure the City maintains standards consistent with State regulations, including development that accounts for re prevention and public health and safety. Those desiring to be heard in favor of or in opposition to this item will be given an opportunity to do so by participating in City Council meetings by addressing the City Council for up to three minutes or by submitting a written comment. Please submit a completed “Speaker Slip”, including the item number you wish to speak on, to the City Clerk prior to the Mayor announcing the agenda item. The forms are located near the door at the rear of the Meeting Room. When called to speak, please approach the podium and state your name for the record.

Written Comments: Members of the public can participate in the meeting by submitting a written red dot comment via email to cityclerk@delmar.ca.us. The deadline to submit written comments is 12 p.m. on the day of the meeting and the subject line of your email should clearly state the agenda item you are commenting on.

If you have questions about the information in this notice, please contact Nicole Morrow, Email: nmorrow@delmar.ca.us, Phone: 858-375-9529.

delivered to the City at, or prior to, the public hearing.

s/s Sarah Krietor, Administrative Services Manager/City Clerk DATE August 25, 2025 08/29/2025 CN 31076

CITY OF DEL MAR NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, September 8, 2025, at 4:30 p.m., (or as soon thereafter as practicable) in the City of Del Mar Town Hall, 1050 Camino del Mar, Del Mar, California, the City Council will conduct a public hearing on the following:

Project: Introduction of Ordinances to Adopt the Updated 2025 California Building and Fire Codes and Local Amendments Location: Citywide Applicant: City of Del Mar Environmental Status: This project is not subject to the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Section 15061(b) (3). It can be seen with certainty that the adoption of the Statemandated Building and Fire Codes with minor amendments will not have a signi cant e ect on the environment.

Sta Contact: Nicole Morrow, AICP, Associate Plannernmorrow@delmar.ca.us or 858-375-9529

Description: This is a request for the City Council to introduce two ordinances amending Del Mar Municipal Code Chapters 10.04 (Fire Code) and 23.12 (Building Code) to adopt the updated California Building Standards Code (2025), amend Chapter 23.70 (Construction

Under California Government Code 65009, if you challenge the nature of the proposed action in Court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or written correspondence delivered to the City at, or prior to, the public hearing.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING (City Council)

The San Marcos City Council will hold the following public hearing in the City Council Chambers located at the San Marcos City Hall, 1 Civic Center Drive, San Marcos, CA 92069; at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 9, 2025. Project No: SP22-0005, SP22-0006, GPA22-0004, MFSDP22-0005, TSM220004, CUP22-0005 & EIR23005.

Applicant: Cornerstone Communities Request: A Speci c Plan, MultiFamily Site Development Plan, and Tentative Subdivision Map for a 46-unit condominium development on 8.6 acres. Project includes Amendments of the Heart of the City Speci c Plan and General Plan to remove the Richmar sub-plan designation of the property. Additionally, a Conditional Use Permit for a temporary crushing of rock material during grading operations is requested.

Environmental Determination: Environmental Impact Report (EIR23-005/ SCH No. 2023080449) was prepared pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

Location of Property: A 8.6 acres vacant site located on the east side of Woodward Street, approximately 235 feet north of Mission Road, more particularly described as Lots 5 of Block 58

of Rancho Los Vallecitos De San Marcos, in the City of San Marcos, County of San Diego, State of California, according to map thereof No. 806, led in the O ce of the County Recorder of San Diego County, December 21, 1895. Assessor’s Parcel No(s): 220-210-49-00.

Planning Commission Action:

The Planning Commission recommended approval of the proposed project to the City Council by a “6-0” vote, with Commissioner Saulsberry absent. Further information about this notice can be obtained from Scott Nightingale, Principal Planner, by calling 760-7441050, Extension 3281, or snightingale@san-marcos.net

The City of San Marcos is committed to making its programs, services and activities accessible to individuals with disabilities. If you require accommodation to participate in a public hearing or any other city program, service, or activity, please contact the City Clerk’s o ce at 1 Civic Center Drive, San Marcos, CA 92069, or call (760) 744-1050, extension 3186. Phil Scollick, City Clerk, City of San Marcos. PD: 08/29/2025.

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Title Order No. : 15953943

Trustee Sale No. : 88138 Loan No. : 399514470 APN : 223620-13-00 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 8/3/2022 . UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 9/22/2025 at 10:30 AM, CALIFORNIA TD SPECIALISTS, AS TRUSTEE as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 8/4/2022 as Instrument No. 2022-0318209 in book ////, page //// of o cial records in the O ce of the Recorder of San Diego County, California, executed by: AMAZING DPAYSEH HOLDING LLC, A WYOMING LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY , as Trustor CONVENTUS LLC, A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (CFL LICENSE NO. 60DBO-43745) , as Bene ciary WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by cash, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank speci ed in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state). At: At the entrance to the East County Regional Center by the statue, 250 E. Main Street, El Cajon, CA 92020, NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE –continued all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County, California describing the land therein: See Exhibit “A” Attached Hereto And Made A Part Hereof. The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1588 GLENCREST DRIVE SAN MARCOS, CA 92078. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or

CITY OF ENCINITAS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BY THE CITY COUNCIL

Housing and Community Development Activities FY 2024-25 Draft Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER)

PLACE OF MEETING: Council Chambers, Civic Center 505 S. Vulcan Avenue Encinitas, CA 92024

IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT/SECTION 504 REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973 AND TITLE VI, THIS AGENCY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PUBLIC ENTITY AND DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, ETHNIC ORIGIN, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEX, RELIGION, VETERANS STATUS OR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY IN EMPLOYMENT OR THE PROVISION OF SERVICE. IF YOU REQUIRE SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEETING, PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY CLERK AT (760) 633-2601 AT LEAST 72 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING. PARA ASISTENCIA EN ESPAÑOL, POR FAVOR LLAME AL (760) 943-2150.

It is hereby given that the City Council will conduct a Public Hearing on Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 6:00 p.m., or as soon as possible thereafter, to discuss the following item of the City of Encinitas:

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The City Council will consider the approval of the City of Encinitas’ FY 2024-25 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER). The CAPER summarizes the expenditure of funds and accomplishments for activities funded under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program during the FY 2024-25 program year (July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025). ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS: The action before the City Council is to consider the approval of the FY 2024-25 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) under the federal CDBG program which is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to Section 15060(c)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines because it is not de ned as a “project” under Section 15378(b)(5). The funding activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. STAFF CONTACT: Cindy Schubert, Management Analyst: (760) 633-2726 or cschubert@encinitasca.gov

The draft FY 2024-25 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) will be available prior to the public hearing on the City’s website for public review and comment from September 5, 2025 to September 22, 2025 at https://www.encinitasca.gov/government/public-notices/development-services under “City Council Hearing Notices.” Hard copies will also be available for review at the City of Encinitas Development Services Department: 505 South Vulcan Avenue, Encinitas, CA 92024.

For further information, please contact sta with questions or to provide comments. The agenda report will be available on the Agendas and Webcasts webpage 72 hours prior to the public hearing at https://www.encinitasca.gov/government/agendas-webcasts. The public may also provide comments at the Public Hearing on September 24, 2025.

La presentación será en inglés. Llame al (760) 943-2150 antes del 22 de septiembre si necesita servicios de traducción durante la presentación. Para obtener más información, comuníquese con Cindy Schubert, Plani cador por correo electrónico cschubert@encinitasca.gov. Para asistencia en español, por favor llame al (760) 943-2150.

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encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to-wit: $1,779,512.39 (Estimated). Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this gure prior to sale. The bene ciary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election of Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation.

DATE: 8/18/2025 CALIFORNIA TD SPECIALISTS, AS TRUSTEE, as Trustee 8190 EAST KAISER BLVD., ANAHEIM HILLS, CA 92808 PHONE: 714-283-2180 FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION LOG ON TO: www.stoxposting.com CALL: 844-477-7869 PATRICIO S. INCE’, VICE PRESIDENT CALIFORNIA TD SPECIALIST IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. “NOTICE TO POTENTIAL

BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid on a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be

aware that the lien being auctioned o may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying o all liens senior to the lien being auctioned o , before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of the outstanding lien that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s o ce or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, bene ciary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 844-4777869, or visit this internet Web site www.stoxposting.com, using the le number assigned to this case T.S.# 88138. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be re ected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.” For sales conducted after January 1, 2021: NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee

auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction.

There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call (844) 477-7869, or visit this internet website www. STOXPOSTING.com, using the le number assigned to this case 88138 to nd the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid; by remitting the funds and a davit described in Section 2924m(c) of the Civil Code; so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase.   Disclosure In compliance with CA civil code 2924f(F), the opening bid for the foreclosure sale is based on a valuation provided t the trustee by the lender of the lender’s representative. The trustee does not determine, verify, or opine on the accuracy of this valuation and makes no representation regarding the market value of the property subject to foreclosures (the “Property”). The trustee’s compliance or noncompliance with CA civil code 2924f(f) shall not be construed

CITY OF ENCINITAS

DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT

505 S. Vulcan Avenue, Encinitas, CA 92024

Phone: (760) 633-2710 | Email: planning@encinitasca.gov | Web: www.encinitasca.gov

City Hall Hours: Monday through Thursday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM and every other Friday (09/05, 09/19, etc.) 8:00 AM TO 4:00 PM and closed September 1, 2025 in observance of Labor Day

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING AND PENDING ACTION ON ADMINISTRATIVE APPLICATION AND COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT/SECTION 504 REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973 AND TITLE VI, THIS AGENCY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PUBLIC ENTITY AND DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, ETHNIC ORIGIN, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEX, RELIGION, VETERANS STATUS OR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY IN EMPLOYMENT OR THE PROVISION OF SERVICE. IF YOU REQUIRE SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEETING, PLEASE CONTACT THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT (760) 633-2710 AT LEAST 72 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.

PUBLIC HEARING: TUESDAY, September 9, 2025 AT 5:00 PM, TO BE HELD AT THE CITY OF ENCINITAS COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 505 SOUTH VULCAN AVENUE, ENCINITAS

PROJECT NAME: Calcara Residence; CASE NUMBER: MULTI-005745-2022, DR005746-2022, CDP-005747-2022; FILING DATE: October 27, 2022; APPLICANT: Manchester Avenue Project LLC.; LOCATION: Vacant parcel on north side of Manchester Avenue between Paci c Ranch Drive and Sienna Canyon Drive (APN: 262-061-28); PROJECT

DESCRIPTION: Construction of a new two-story single-family dwelling with an attached three-car garage and a detached accessory dwelling unit with an attached one-car garage on a vacant lot; ZONING/OVERLAY: Rural Residential 1 (RR1), and Special Study, Cultural, Scenic Visual Corridor and Coastal Zone overlays; ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS: The project has been determined to be exempt from environmental review pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15303(a) which exempts the construction of small structures, including one single-family residence and an accessory dwelling unit. Up to three single family residences may be constructed under this exemption; therefore, the single-family dwelling and accessory dwelling unit may utilize this exemption. None of the exceptions in Section 15300.2 of the CEQA guidelines apply, and no historic resources are a ected by the subject project.

STAFF CONTACT: Christina M. Bustamante, Senior Planner: (760) 943-2207 or cbustamante@encinitasca.gov

PRIOR TO OR AT THE PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD AT 5:00 PM ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2025, ANY INTERESTED PERSON MAY REVIEW THE APPLICATION AND PRESENT TESTIMONY, ORALLY OR IN WRITING, TO THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. WRITTEN TESTIMONY IS PREFERRED IN ORDER TO HAVE A RECORD OF THE COMMENTS RECEIVED.

If additional information is not required, the Development Services Department will render a determination on the application, pursuant to Section 2.28.090 of the City of Encinitas Municipal Code, after the close of the review period. An Appeal of the Department’s determination accompanied by the appropriate ling fee may be led within 10- calendar days from the date of the determination. Appeals will be considered by the City Council pursuant to Chapter 1.12 of the Municipal Code. Any ling of an appeal will suspend this action as well as any processing of permits in reliance thereon in accordance with Encinitas Municipal Code Section 1.12.020(D)(1) until such time as an action is taken on the appeal.

The above item is located within the Coastal Zone and requires the issuance of a regular Coastal Development Permit. The action of the Development Services Director may not be appealed to the California Coastal Commission.

Under California Government Code Sec. 65009, if you challenge the nature of the proposed action in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised regarding the matter described in this notice or written correspondence delivered to the City at or prior to the date and time of the determination.

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as an opinion, warranty, or representation regarding (i) the priority of the deed of trust being foreclosed, (ii) the condition of title to the Property, or (iii) any other matters a ecting the Property, Including the value of the Property. The trustee relies solely on the trustee’s sale guaranty and/or Information provided by the lender regarding the lien priority and title condition and does not Independently verify such Information. All bidders are solely responsible for conducting their own Independent due diligence regarding the loan, the Property, its value, the lien priority of the deed of trust being foreclosed, and the condition of the title to the Property. The trustee assumes no liability for the accuracy or completeness of any information provided by third parties, including the lender. The valuation used to determine the minimum opening bid applies only to the Initially scheduled sale date. Any postponement or continuation of the sale does not obligate the trustee to obtain or rely upon a new valuation, nor does It alter the trustee’s limited role in the process. APN : 223620-13-00 LEGAL

DESCRIPTION EXHIBIT “A” PARCEL 1: LOT 13 TRACT NO. 400, IN THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, PHASE 1 UNIT 25, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ACCORDING TO MAP

THEREOF NO. 14328, FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, DECEMBER 28, 2001. EXCEPTING THEREFROM, EASEMENTS FOR MAINTENANCE, ENCROACHMENT, SUPPORT, REPAIR, DRAINAGE AND ALL OTHER PURPOSES AS DESCRIBED IN THAT CERTAIN DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS OF SAN ELIJO HILLS RECORDED IN THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA ON DECEMBER 17, 1999 AS DOCUMENT NO. 1999-0820064 AND ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO (COLLECTIVELY, THE “DECLARATION”). FURTHER EXCEPTING THEREFROM, SUCH EASEMENTS DESCRIBED IN THE DECLARATION DESCRIBED BELOW AND THE TRACT MAP OF THE RECORD REFERENCED ABOVE, AND SUCH OTHER EASEMENTS AS MAY BE OF RECORD AS OF THE DATE HEREOF. FURTHER EXCEPTING THEREFROM, ALL OIL, OIL RIGHTS, MINERALS, MINERAL RIGHTS, NATURAL GAS RIGHTS, AND OTHER HYDROCARBONS BY WHATSOEVER NAME KNOWN GEOTHERMAL STEAM AND ALL PRODUCTS

DERIVED FROM ANY OF THE FOREGOING, THAT MAY BE WITHIN OR UNDER THE PARCEL OF LAND HEREINABOVE DESCRIBED, TOGETHER WITH THE PERPETUAL RIGHT OF DRILLING, MINING, EXPLORING, AND OPERATING THEREFOR AND STORING IN AN REMOVING THE SAME FROM SAID LAND OR ANY OTHER LAND, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO WHIPSTOCK OR DIRECTIONALLY DRILL AND MINE FROM LANDS OTHER THAN THOSE HEREINABOVE DESCRIBED, OIL OR GAS WELLS, TUNNELS AND SHAFTS INTO, THROUGH OR ACROSS THE SUBSURFACE OF THE LAND HEREINABOVE DESCRIBED, AND TO BOTTOM SUCH WHIPSTOCKED OR DIRECTIONALLY DRILLED WELLS, TUNNELS AND SHAFTS UNDER AND BENEATH OR BEYOND THE EXTERIOR LIMITS THEREOF, AND TO REDRILL, RETUNNEL, EQUIP, MAINTAIN REPAIR, DEEPEN AND OPERATE ANY SUCH WELLS OR MINES

CITY OF ENCINITAS

PUBLIC NOTICE OF ORDINANCE INTRODUCTION

ORDINANCE NO. 2025-05

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Encinitas has introduced Ordinance No. 2025-05 titled “An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Encinitas, California Amending Chapter 2.16, Campaign Regulations and Political or Other Noncommercial Signs-Quantity, Timing and Display Area, of the Encinitas Municipal Code.”

Ordinance 2025-05 amends EMC Chapter 2.16 as follows:

• Removes Section 2.16.020’s limit on contributions to any committee formed to support or oppose a candidate. This amendment will not a ect the Code’s existing limitation on contributions made directly to a candidate or their controlled committee. A “controlled committee” is one that is controlled directly or indirectly by a candidate or acts jointly with the candidate in making expenditures.

• Makes clarifying amendments to the Code, including deleting unnecessary de nitions (“committee”), adding new de nitions referencing those found in the California Political Reform Act (“controlled committee” and “person”), and clarifying that Section 2.16.020’s limit on contributions applies both to donors making contributions and to candidates soliciting or accepting contributions.

• Amends contribution limits to candidates and their controlled committees for O ce of Mayor from $250 to $500 for any one election. Contribution limits to candidates and their controlled committees for O ce of City Council Member remains at $250 for any one election.

• Adds enforcement provisions, allowing the City to enforce violations of the ordinance as a misdemeanor pursuant to Chapter 1.08 of the City’s Code. The City may also seek civil or administrative penalties in addition to, or in lieu of, criminal penalties.

Ordinance 2025-05 was introduced at the Regular City Council meeting held on August 20, 2025, by the following vote: AYES: Ehlers, O’Hara, San Antonio, Sha er; NAYS: Lyndes; ABSTAIN: None. ABSENT: None. The City Council will consider the adoption of this Ordinance at the September 10, 2025, Regular City Council meeting commencing at 6:00 p.m., in the City Council Chambers, 505 South Vulcan Avenue. The Ordinance is on le in the o ce of the City Clerk, 505 South Vulcan Avenue and may be viewed between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act/Section 504 Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Title VI, this agency is an equal opportunity public entity and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnic origin, national origin, sex, religion, veteran status or physical or mental disability in employment or the provision of service. If you require special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s O ce at 760-633-2601 at least 72 hours prior to the meeting. / Kathy Hollywood, City Clerk.

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WITHOUT, HOWEVER, THE RIGHT TO DRILL, MINE, STORE, EXPLORE AND OPERATE THROUGH THE SURFACE OR THE UPPER FIVE HUNDRED (500) FEET OF THE SUBSURFACE OF THE PROPERTY. PARCEL 2: A NON-EXCLUSIVE

EASEMENT, IN COMMON WITH OTHER OWNERS, FOR INGRESS, EGRESS, USE AND ENJOYMENT, OVER, IN, TO, AND THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY COMMON AREA TO THE EXTENT PROVIDED UNDER THE DECLARATION, WHICH EASEMENT IS APPURTENANT TO THE LOT

DESCRIBED ABOVE. PARCEL

3: A NON-EXCLUSIVE

EASEMENT FOR ACCESS, INGRESS AND EGRESS ON, OVER, THROUGH AND ACROSS LOT B OF SAN MARCOS TRACT NO. 400

PHASE 1 - UNIT NO. 20, IN THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ACCORDING TO MAP

THEREOF NO. 14083, FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY NOVEMBER 28, 2000 SHOWN IN EXHIBIT

“A-1” ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF. A NON-EXCLUSIVE

EASEMENT FOR ACCESS, INGRESS AND EGRESS ON,

OVER, THROUGH AND ACROSS THE PORTION OF LOT C OF SAN MARCOS TRACT NO. 400 PHASE 1UNIT NO. 21, IN THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ACCORDING TO MAP THEREOF NO. 14084, FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY NOVEMBER 28, 2000, SHOWN ON EXHIBIT “A-1” ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF. STOX 954137_88138 08/29/2025, 09/05/2025, 09/12/2025 CN 31061

T.S. No. 134711-CA APN: 105-771-24-00 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 3/5/2013. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER On 9/29/2025 at 10:30 AM, CLEAR RECON CORP, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 3/7/2013 as Instrument No. 2013-0148870 of O cial Records in the o ce of the County Recorder of San Diego County, State of CALIFORNIA executed by: BRUCE R. HICKS, AN UNMARRIED MAN WILL

remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $437,070.81 If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The bene ciary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned or its predecessor caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located.

highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. FOR SALES INFORMATION: (855) 3133319 CLEAR RECON CORP 3333 Camino Del Rio South, Suite 225 San Diego, California 92108 STOX 954114_134711CA 08/29/2025, 09/05/2025, 09/12/2025 CN 31060

SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE; AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE EAST COUNTY REGIONAL CENTER BY STATUE, 250 E. MAIN STREET, EL CAJON, CA 92020 all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: MORE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 3068 WILLOW HEIGHTS ROAD, FALLBROOK, CA 92028

The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition, or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the

NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned o may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying o all liens senior to the lien being auctioned o , before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s o ce or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, bene ciary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (855) 313-3319 or visit this Internet website www. clearreconcorp.com, using the le number assigned to this case 134711-CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be re ected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. NOTICE TO TENANT: E ective January 1, 2021, you may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call (855) 313-3319, or visit this internet website www. clearreconcorp.com, using the le number assigned to this case 134711-CA to nd the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and

T.S. No. 135229-CA APN: 107-400-26-00 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 8/27/2022. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER On 9/22/2025 at 10:30 AM, CLEAR RECON CORP, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 9/2/2022 as Instrument No. DOC# 20220351876 of O cial Records in the o ce of the County Recorder of San Diego County, State of CALIFORNIA executed by: STACEY SILVERMAN FINE AND JUSTIN C FINE, WIFE AND HUSBAND WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE; AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE EAST COUNTY REGIONAL CENTER BY STATUE, 250 E. MAIN STREET, EL CAJON, CA 92020 all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON SAID DEED OF TRUST The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 2747 VIA DEL ROBLES, FALLBROOK, CA 92028 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition, or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $851,949.42 If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The bene ciary under said Deed of Trust heretofore

executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned or its predecessor caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned o may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying o all liens senior to the lien being auctioned o , before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s o ce or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, bene ciary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (855) 313-3319 or visit this Internet website www. clearreconcorp.com, using the le number assigned to this case 135229-CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be re ected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. NOTICE TO TENANT: E ective January 1, 2021, you may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call (855) 313-3319, or visit this internet website www. clearreconcorp.com, using the le number assigned to this case 135229-CA to nd the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. FOR SALES INFORMATION: (855) 313-

3319 CLEAR RECON CORP 3333 Camino Del Rio South, Suite 225 San Diego, California 92108 STOX 953892_135229CA 08/29/2025, 09/05/2025, 09/12/2025 CN 31059

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-25-1013742CL Order No.: FIN-25004924 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 7/25/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank speci ed in Section 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): Kathy Barry, a single woman Recorded: 7/30/2007 as Instrument No. 2007-0507358 of O cial Records in the o ce of the Recorder of SAN DIEGO County, California; Date of Sale: 9/19/2025 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: At the Entrance of the East County Regional Center, 250 E. Main Street, El Cajon, CA 92020 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $270,042.64 The purported property address is: 1821 EASTWOOD LN, ENCINITAS, CA 92024 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 257-11004-17 Legal Description: Please be advised that the legal description set forth on the Deed of Trust is in error. The legal description of the property secured by the Deed of Trust is more properly set forth and made part of Exhibit “A” as attached hereto. Parcel 1: An undivided one-twentysecond (1/22nd) interest in and to Lot 58 of Village Park Unit No. 1, according to Map thereof No. 6755 led in the O ce of the County Recorder of San Diego County, California, on October 14, 1970; Excepting therefrom the following An undivided 25 percent interest in all mineral, oil, gas and other hydrocarbon substances in and under or that may be produced from a depth below 500 feet from the surface of said lands, but without rights of surface entry, as set out in deed recorded September 21, 1967, as File No. 144559. Also excepting therefrom the following: (a) Living Units 133 through 154, inclusive, as shown upon the Lot 58 Village Park Unit No. 1 Condominium Plan recorded in the O ce of the County Recorder of San Diego County, California, on August 2, 1974, as File/Page No. 74209006. (b) The right to

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GRADUATES

Andrew Musgrave of Escondido graduated from Pacific University in Oregon with a Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies and Henry Schacht Bilicic, of Del Mar graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a Bachelor of Arts from the College of Arts and Sciences.

DEAN’S LIST

David Soto of Vista made the spring dean’s list at Eastern Oregon University.

HONOR SOCIETY

Andrea Perez of San Diego was recently elected into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society, at Louisiana State University Shreveport.

COUNTY EDUCATION

Escondido’s Orange Glen High School earned second place for achieving one of the highest growth rates in FAFSA and CADAA completions in the San Diego County Office of Education’s “Race to Submit” campaign. Additionally, the Escondido Union High School District also earned second place in the largest district category, reflecting districtwide commitment to preparing students for life after graduation.

TOP HIGH SCHOOL

Escondido Union High School District’s Del Lago Academy has been recognized as one of the Top 20 High Schools in San Diego County by U.S. News & World Report in its annual Best High Schools ranking. Del Lago Academy earned the 12th spot countywide. The school offers a specialized curriculum focused on applied science and innovation, providing students with hands-on learning experiences to prepare them for postsecondary education and beyond.

SCRIPPS HEALTH

Jolene Koester, past interim chancellor of the California State University system, and Rick Bregman, retired San Diego president of Bank of America and former national co-head of its healthcare banking, have been elected to the 18-member Scripps Health Board of Trustees.

CAREGIVER OF THE YEAR

Sanjay Patel and Fidelia Underwood of Griswold Home Care for North San Diego have been nominated for the Home Care Association of America’s 2025 Caregiver of the Year - Spirit of Caring Award.

NEW STAFF

The San Diego North Economic Development Council named Desiree Perez as its new events and administrative coordinator. Additionally, Chief Operating Officer Caitlyn Canby has been named a 2025 finalist for San Diego Business Journal’s 40 Under 40: Next Top Business Leaders.

WATERSMART WINNER

The Vista Irrigation District recognized Janet Chambers as the its 2025 WaterSmart Landscape

Pets of the Week

HAMBURGER HELPURR is pet of the week at Rancho Coastal Humane Society. He’s a 2-year-old, 8-pound, male, domestic short hair cat with a black and white coat.

Hamburger Helpurr was picked up as a stray and taken to a crowded shelter partner. When nobody came claimed him, he was transferred to RCHS through Friends of County Animal Shelters.

Hamburger is a cat with plenty of personality. He loves doing “zoomies” around the cattery. He’s not interested in playing with cat toys. His file calls Hamburger Helpurr “socially confident.”

His $100 adoption fee includes a medical exam, neuter, up-to-date vaccinations, registered microchip and a one-year license if the new home is in the jurisdiction of San Diego Humane Society’s Department of Animal Services. For information about adoption or to become a virtual foster, stop by RCHS at 389 Requeza St., Encinitas, call 760-753-6413 or visit SDpets.org.

Contest winner. At her home, she removed turf and installed a decomposed granite path and a cobblestone sitting area with a drought tolerant garden that provides flowering plants for pollinators.

MASS TRANSIT AWARD

North County Transit - San Diego Railroad is celebrating Director of Strategic Planning and Transit Systems Nicholas A. Sofoul’s inclusion in Mass Transit magazine’s “40 Under 40 Class of 2025,” which honors talented professionals who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, innovation and achievement in public transportation.

DONATION DRIVE

Summer campers at Discovery Isle Preschool in Oceanside and Carlsbad recently held a donation drive to benefit the Women’s Resource Center, which supports survivors of assault and domestic vi-

KAILEY is the San Diego Humane Society’s pet of the week. She is a 5-year-old female French bulldog mix with a tan coat.

Kailey can be a bit shy with new faces and spaces, and appreciates some extra time to build trust. Once she feels comfortable, she blossoms into a friendly, affectionate companion.

She enjoys giving kisses to her favorite people and climbing onto laps for hugs. She will thrive best in a household that can allow her to open up at her own pace. Additionally, her smushed face predisposes her to a number of medical conditions, so it will be important to monitor her health with a veterinarian.

Kailey’s adoption fee is $150. She is located at the San Diego Campus. Fees include spay/neuter services, current vaccinations, permanent microchip identification, an incentive for pet insurance and a license for residence in certain cities. For questions, visit sdhumane.org/adopt or call 619-299-7012.

James L Edwards Vista August 17, 2025

Gloria Josephine Murphy Escondido August 22 2025

olence. Campers donated more than 250 essential care items, including baby items, clothing, food and toiletries.

PIZZA CHAMPIONSHIP

Oceanside’s Chef Salvatore “Tore” Trupiano, owner of Mangia e Bevi and captain of PMQ’s U.S. Pizza Team, has been named Grand Champion in the 2025 Real California Pizza Contest, the premier national competition celebrating the country’s best pizza chefs.

HYGIENE KITS

Frontwave Credit Union is seeking the community’s help to build 5,000 hygiene kits for people experiencing homelessness through Oct. 1. To support the cause, visit https:// www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/hygiene-drive.

CHARITY AWARD

The Ronald McDonald House Charities of San Diego recognized Susan and Bill Hoehn, owners of the Hoehn Family of Dealerships, with its first-ever Lifetime Friends of the House Award.

Ididn’t know Richard “RC” Cordes when I lived in Maui in 1969.

RC’s surf journey water spot

Years later, we compared notes and found that we had both been students at Maui Community College and rode waves whenever and wherever they broke. Allow me to retract that statement. On days when the entire Pacific Ocean raged against us, I hit my breaking point. Most of us did.

I don’t know where RC was then, but I’ll never forget the swell that sent me and my homemade board into the jaws of maxed-out, presurf cord Honolua Bay. I was grateful I broke my board before the swell peaked.

I spent the early ‘70s in Encinitas at a shack we called “The Brother’s House.” 1972-1974 took me on a “surfcation” to Hawaii, Guam, Australia, New Zealand and Western Samoa. Upon my return to Encinitas, I found a tribe of surfers from the Pacific Beach area living in The Brother’s House. By then, the place was in such disrepair that the new occupants lovingly tagged it the “Rag Pile.”

Three surfers, Brian “Brimo” Johnson, David “DA” Andrews and RC, lived there until the bulldozers leveled it a year or so later. I have no idea where they moved, but I always knew where to find RC — on a certain Swami’s rock where he sat sipping on a warm beer, reading a book, board at the ready, waiting for the tide to drop so he could paddle out and catch a few waves before work.

He worked as a chef at some of North County’s finest restaurants. It is rumored he could combine average store-bought ingredients into a feast fit for any monarch. I think that was one of the secrets to his happiness:

He could take something average and find great beauty in it. During the half-century I knew him, I never heard RC say anything bad about a wave or the person riding it. That may have been something he picked up from his mentor, Skip Frye.

There are many similarities between Frye and Cordes. They were both minimalists in their surfing, never making more effort than necessary on a wave. They were both die-hard Padres fans, and liked sitting quietly in the rocks, watching the world race past them.

RC never spoke a lot, but that does not mean he didn’t have a lot to say. Words seemed carefully chosen for their impact. More often than not it was a mere nod, and a “Yeah, Chris,” motioning to a rising north swell from his stony perch. Regardless, he ended each conversation by saying, “See you tomorrow.”

I doubt he could fathom anyone wanting to be anywhere on earth more than his little corner of the world. It was there, he saw everything worth seeing — a beautiful beach with great waves, ridden by great friends. There was no hurry in any of it. It was like his entire life was a poem that moved as steadily as water in a slow stream. While he never seemed to move too quickly, he was always one step ahead of the rest of us. See you tomorrow, RC.

Juan A. Cazares Fallbrook August 7, 2025

Enrique Castillo Alvarez San Marcos August 16, 2025

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Blakespear rallies to keep Santa Fe upgrades

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ENCINITAS — Summarizing her thoughts on calls to roll back newly-installed safety features along a half-mile stretch of Santa Fe Drive, state Sen. Catherine Blakespear led chants of “improve, don’t remove” at a press conference on Saturday morning at the Nardo Road intersection.

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Blakespear, a former Encinitas mayor, hosted the Aug. 23 event with other local leaders, urging the City Council to reject any proposal for wholesale changes to the roadway improvements, which have garnered mixed reviews and even dissatisfaction among some residents since their partial completion last December.

“The city should focus on real problems and prioritize the other things that are happening in the city that are very important, not removing a recently installed road safety project outside of a high school,” Blakespear said, adding that tearing up Santa Fe Drive would be “totally misguided” and a “tremendous waste of general fund money.”

Blakespear, who helped secure $3 million in state funds to help pay for a majority of the western phase of the Santa Fe Drive Improvements Project, argued an overhaul of the project could impact other important city projects, such as rebuilding Fire Station 1 and hiring more sheriff’s deputies.

The Santa Fe Corridor Improvements Project, funded through a combina-

tion of local, state, and federal sources, is designed to enhance mobility and safety along the stretch from Interstate 5 to El Camino Real.

The project’s $4.15 million western segment, from I-5 to Evergreen Drive, was completed in April and included separated bike lanes, updated striping, landscaping and other infrastructure upgrades, according to city documents.

In December 2024, the Encinitas City Council voted unanimously to delay the remainder of the western phase for six months, pending review, after residents raised concerns about planter boxes, back-in parking, and narrow roadways.

A third-party review later identified issues and recommended redesigns, prompting the city to terminate the construction contract for the eastern phase between El Camino Real and Evergreen Drive in early 2025.

By May, the project was placed on hold pending

further direction from the council.

Ongoing issues

Councilmember Jim O’Hara, who attended the event, said he spoke at length with Blakespear about the road design and proposed changes. While both agreed on the need to keep roads safe and speeds low near San Dieguito Academy, O’Hara said, “our methodology on the design is very different.”

O’Hara told The Coast News that he favors buffer space to give both emergency vehicles and cyclists room to maneuver around obstacles. For example, a cyclist riding between curbs in the new system has no place to bail out in an emergency. Another issue is that visitors using back-in parking on the south side of the road must unload trunks while standing on drainage rocks and then cross the bike lane to reach the curb. O’Hara also hopes to stan-

STATE SENATOR Catherine Blakespear, in front, gets on her bike after an Aug. 23 event on Santa Fe Drive in Encinitas. The state lawmaker urged the City Council to reject any proposals to remove newly installed safety features along the roadway. Photo by Cameron Adams

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A RENDERING depicts the separation between vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians along Santa Fe near I-5. Courtesy photo

Fraud, theft charges filed after woman’s remains found

Foster mom’s death still under investigation

By Samantha Nelson VALLEY CENTER —

Prosecutors have filed fraud and theft charges against two men in connection with a missing woman whose skeletal remains were recently discovered on property where she once lived.

San Diego County sheriff’s investigators found the remains of 65-year-old Nadine Jett on July 16 while serving a search warrant at a home in the 14800 block of Oak Creek Road.

Authorities have not disclosed how long Jett was missing, but a neighbor said she was last seen in December 2023. The neighbor said squatters later moved onto the property, damaging it and causing disturbances that drew sheriff’s deputies.

The Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the remains as Jett’s last week. The Sheriff’s Office said no arrests had been made. Investigators have not determined whether Jett’s death was a homicide or identified possible suspects.

“Detectives with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office continue to pursue all leads and are working diligently to uncover the circumstances surrounding Jett’s death,” Lt. Juan Marquez said in a statement.

to multiple students from Solana Pacific Elementary School, Ashley Falls Elementary School, Carmel Valley Middle School and Torrey Pines High School, according to the San Diego City Attorney’s Office.

Prosecutors said that while driving a vehicle, Cruz would pull up alongside victims, then expose himself through an open passenger-side door.

Cruz pleaded guilty to counts of indecent exposure and annoying or molesting a child.

A City Attorney’s representative said Cruz will begin serving his custodial sentence in two weeks.

shortly after 4 p.m. Aug. 20, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office.

A computer records check revealed that Rotherforth was the subject of a temporary restraining order stemming from a domestic-violence case and thus could not possess a gun, and that one of his two passengers had waived his Fourth Amendment searchand-seizure rights in court, Sgt. Tyler Skeels said.

During a search of the vehicle, deputies found a loaded pistol in a small black bag behind the front passenger’s seat and impounded it, according to Skeels.

While Jett’s death remains under investigation, the District Attorney’s Office has filed 17 felony counts against Cedric Von Ferdinand, believed to be Jett’s foster son, and Escondido real estate agent Raymond Joseph Alto.

According to the complaint, Von Ferdinand faces charges of forgery, grand theft and falsifying records to claim Jett’s 20-acre property as his own. He is accused of stealing more than $500,000 of Jett’s money and belongings.

Alto faces similar charges and is accused of notarizing some of Von Ferdinand’s forged documents.

Jett also fostered the Lucci quadruplets, who reported finding forged signa-

tures and suspicious papers in the trash, prompting the investigation.

The Valley Roadrunner reported that Von Ferdinand gave conflicting accounts of Jett’s death. The Lucci sisters said he refused to let them see Jett while she battled pancreatic cancer.

Tiffany Lucci told the outlet Von Ferdinand claimed Jett died in Mexico around Easter 2024 and was cremated, but would not provide proof. She alleged he “found an opportunity, knew what he was doing, knew how much her estate was worth and was mad about what Nadine was leaving to us.”

She also told NBC 7, “He abused, you know, her

love for him, and here we are now, so my sisters and I are going to keep fighting for justice and to keep Nadine’s name alive, because she was a wonderful woman and she had a huge heart.”

The Coast News has requested further information from the Sheriff’s Office.

Carmel Valley man jailed for flashing kids

A Carmel Valley man who exposed himself to girls walking home from school through his neighborhood was sentenced Monday to nine months in jail, plus one year of probation.

Rene Cruz, 28, was arrested last fall on allegations that he exposed himself

Along with jail, Cruz will have to register as a sex offender, will be monitored via GPS, must attend sex offender therapy, and is prohibited from being within 100 yards of all San Diego County, pre-K, elementary, middle, and high schools.

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Fallbrook stop leads to ghost gun arrest

A man prohibited by court order from owning a firearm was arrested last week after allegedly being caught with a ghost gun in his vehicle during a traffic stop near Camp Pendleton.

Deputies pulled over Ryan Rotherforth, 28, for a vehicle-code violation in the 1600 block of South Mission Road in Fallbrook

“It was discovered that the firearm was altered, unserialized, and had live ammunition in the magazine,” the sergeant said.

On top of the barrel of the weapon someone had spelled out, in stenciled paint or stickers, the phrase “SEE YOU IN HELL” in block letters, according to sheriff’s officials.

Rotherforth was arrested on suspicion of felony weapons offenses, including carrying a loaded gun in public and illegally altering a firearm.

“The lack of a serial number makes it extremely challenging for law enforcement agencies to track these firearms to their owner or maker, hindering or delaying investigations and crime-solving efforts,” Skeels said.

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NADINE JETT, 65, left, was last seen alive in December 2023, a neighbor said. Jett was a foster mom, including for the Lucci quadruplets, right, who prompted the investigaton after discovering suspicious documents at the Valley Center home where Jett’s remains were found.

Jett’s foster son and an Escondido real estate agent face felony charges. Courtesy photos

Off the coast, in search of cetaceans and smiles

‘Whit the road

hales are like dogs,” says naturalist Marsha Devot, who is holding a large chart with dozens of pictures of whales and dolphins, illustrating the wide divergence of size among the species. “Over here you have your Great Danes and over here you have your chihuahuas.”

We are aboard the catamaran Lot a Fun, one of several in the fleet belonging to Dana Wharf Sportfishing & Whale Watching. Our craft is heading away from the Dana Point Harbor and the high bluffs to the northwest, its passengers on this perfect summer day hoping for an encounter with whales, dolphins, sea lions and sea turtles — any or all.

“We never know what we’re going to see,” Captain Emily Graves says over the loud speaker from the boat’s bridge. “We network with other boats up and down the coast,” increasing the chances of finding cetaceans (marine mammals).

And to augment the hunt, Devot also keeps a steady lookout for signs of sea life as we cruise off the Orange County coastline. About 20 minutes out, she lowers her binoculars and shouts to Captain Emily that she sees dolphins on the horizon at one o’clock. I see nothing for a good five minutes, but then… Suddenly, there are dolphins everywhere. And so are the smiles.

direction and we see the dolphins running, leaping, diving. There are way too many to count.

catamaran.

Passengers of all ages delight in this enormous pod of common dolphins, which surrounds the boat on three sides. As its name hints, the common dolphin is the most abundant cetacean in the world. Look in almost any

The rest of the world fades away as Captain Emily drives the Lot a Fun in wide circles around this maritime mayhem. Common sense would tell us that these hundreds (perhaps thousands) of dolphins would at any minute collide with our catamaran, but chaos is avoided because dolphins use echolocation — bouncing sound waves off objects to steer clear of them, including our

Among the hundreds of adult dolphins are many cows (females) with their calves (babies), cruising and leaping in tandem like synchronized swimmers. Their acrobatic prowess and speed are both mesmerizing and entertaining, especially for those experiencing this sight for the first time.

Captain Emily explains that the cameras on the bottom of the boat reveal that there is a bait ball below us — a tremendous number of swarming fish that form

a large sphere to protect themselves from predators like dolphins. These bait balls occur in the open ocean where there are no crevices or reefs in which the fish can hide. For these dolphins, it’s a grand buffet.

“Dolphins eat their prey headfirst, so it slides down their throats easily,” says Captain Emily, who keeps the catamaran circling to take advantage of the dolphins’ visit — or rather, our visit into their environment.

“Seeing hundreds of dolphins is often over-

whelming,” says photographer and naturalist Laura Lopez, who has led more than 500 whale-watching trips. “I never get tired of whale watching. Seeing larger baleen whales like blue, fin and humpback are often a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Passengers appreciate being educated and learning more about all these amazing animals.”

Whale-watching boats also go out daily from Oceanside. For video and photos, visit www.facebook. com/elouise.ondash.

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HUNDREDS OF common dolphins, the most abundant cetacean in the world, run off the coast of Orange County. Despite how it looks, dolphins will never collide with boats because they use echolocation – the bouncing of sound waves off objects so they can steer clear. At right, Marsha Devot, the naturalist aboard the catamaran Lot a Fun, scans the horizon for signs of blue whales, minke whales, dolphins, sea lions and sea turtles off the coast of Dana Point.

Photos by Laura Lopez (left) and E’Louise Ondash

apart. In 2008, the city approved applications for three railroad crossings across the tracks, owned by the North County Transit District. These included crossings at Santa Fe Drive, which was completed in 2013, and El Portal Street, completed in 2022.

A third crossing was approved for Montgomery Avenue, but the city decided to relocate it approximately 800 feet away to Verdi Avenue in 2017 to accommodate the construction of the Coastal Rail Trail in Cardiff.

The Verdi crossing project will include two 15-footwide yellow crosswalks across San Elijo Avenue at Verdi Avenue and Liszt Avenue. The crosswalks will connect to a pathway leading pedestrians and cyclists to the undercrossing beneath the railroad heading west.

After emerging from the undercrossing, residents will be able to cross South Coast Highway 101 via 20-foot-wide white crosswalks along the north and southbound lanes. Pedestrian crossing signals with lights will also be included, similar to the crossing at Santa Fe Drive to Swami’s Beach.

Cardiff resident David Solomon, who lives close to the proposed crossing site, said he is fully in support of the undercrossing as well as the new crosswalks and signals to increase pedestrian safety.

“We walk the rail trail everyday, and being able to cross over San Elijo is a

everyone, and said the commission’s role is to provide feedback on the actual design, more than the funding.

great thing to be able to do. Being able to be visible and have those lights will be a huge improvement,” Solomon said.

The project will require extensive grading to create enough clearance for the crossing beneath the rail line. The city will also install hardscaping, landscaping, drainage, lighting both outside and inside the crossing, and 10-foot retaining walls.

Design features will harmonize with the nearby Santa Fe undercrossing and the Coastal Rail Trail as a whole, including cable rail fencing, cairn sculptures, wooden benches, and colored hardscape.

“From a design standpoint, I find there’s a lifesize model of this project at Santa Fe,” said Planning Commission Chair Stephen

Dalton. “I think this is gonna be very similar. It’s got a nice connection to both streets, and I think that’s a very nice feature.”

Commissioner Susan Sherod was uncertain

cross at Chesterfield. It’s right there, and they go right across.”

Sherod also questioned how much funding had been identified for construction, with staff confirming that

The Verdi project will mirror the Santa Fe undercrossing, with benches, fencing and art features along the Coastal Rail Trail.

whether enough people would want to use the new crossing at Verdi, noting that many people already cross at Chesterfield.

“I’m not sure that people will come all the way down to use this, and it’s a lot of money to build it,” Sherod said. “Right now, people just

all of the money obtained so far has gone toward the design. Prior attempts to obtain grants from the Federal Railroad Administration have been unsuccessful so far.

Other commissioners noted that the Chesterfield crossing isn’t convenient for

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dardize signage and rules for cyclists, saying greater consistency from block to block would keep riders from feeling like they are “taking a quiz at every intersection.”

Safety along the often cramped and busy thoroughfare has been a longstanding issue, with the push for upgrades reignited following the death of Brodee Champlain-Kingman, a 15-yearold San Dieguito Academy student who was struck by a vehicle and killed while riding his e-bike near the school

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us and understand that to continue services, that’s not a place that they’re allowed to stay,” Anglea said. “It shows the respect they have for the services that we provide and shows the result of treating them with dignity and compassion.

“We know there’s a lot of work to do, but as we create those places for people to go and we work with them directly, we’ll be able to further drive down the number of people experiencing homelessness here in Escondido.”

Anglea said businesses have complimented Interfaith on its efforts.

Mayor Dane White said he was pleased with the progress.

“What we’re talking about tonight is whether we want to approve this, so it can then, at some point, go to City Council so they can eventually prioritize this in budget,” said Commissioner Chris Ryan. “I think we get a little ahead of ourselves talking about funding.”

Staff stated that the Coastal Rail Trail will remain open during construction, and detour points will be provided if work needs to be done on the actual trail.

The mitigated negative declaration found that the project could have potentially significant impacts on cultural and tribal resources and geology/soils, and outlined measures to mitigate these impacts.

These measures include:

• A Cultural Resource Mitigation Monitoring Program, with the full-time presence of a qualified archaeologist and a traditionally and culturally affiliated

in June 2023.

Brodee’s father, Troy Kingman, spoke in support of maintaining the newly-installed safety features along Santa Fe Drive.

“No matter how much pushback we get, slowing down and safety [are] not an inconvenience,” Kingman said.

Emily Andrade, a trustee on the Encinitas Union School District board, said traffic during school pickup and drop-off times can be “dangerous and crazy,” making safe routes a daily concern.

“The barrier protected

“I know some of our demands were a bit of a tall order, and I appreciate you following through on every single one of those,” he said, adding that he has not received complaints from businesses about loitering or trash since the changes.

Councilmember Judy Fitzgerald also praised the nonprofit.

“I think you’ve done a phenomenal job in tracking and reporting, and I really appreciate it. It’s great to see such a good success rate,” she said.

In February, the City Council approved an expansion of Interfaith’s withdrawal management services, which has since helped more people get sober. Nearly 200 individuals have gone through targeted

Native American monitor from the San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians in case of any discovery of cultural or tribal artifacts,

• A paleontological monitoring and recovery program with a qualified paleontologist required to be on-site during the initial cutting of previously undisturbed portions of the underlying Linda Vista, Torrey Sandstone or Del Mar formations in case of any discovery of fossils.

Encinitas leaders have also been developing plans for a pedestrian rail crossing further north, between Leucadia Boulevard and La Costa Avenue.

These plans include options near Hillcrest Avenue and Coral Cove Way, as well as at Phoebe Street, connecting to Vulcan Avenue between Jason and Glaucus streets.

In the past, Leucadia residents have advocated for the city to prioritize the Hillcrest option over Verdi Avenue, but have been unsuccessful in accelerating the project timeline.

bike lanes and pedestrian paths that have been created on Santa Fe Drive are definitely helping with student safety,” Andrade said. “They offer a much safer option for our students.”

Deputy Mayor Joy Lyndes introduced a resolution for the upcoming City Council meeting to support traffic calming measures, adding she would like to see similar installations all the way to El Camino Real.

“We must continue to represent all of our community — no matter what they choose to use to get around our city,” she said.

substance use screenings, with about 140 entering a 90-day residential program. Of those, 72 completed treatment and moved into long-term recovery. Two returned to homelessness in Escondido, while seven left for unknown locations.

Some council members had previously expressed concern that the program would attract people from other communities. Anglea said those clients were given transportation back to their areas of origin.

He credited the city’s support with enabling sameday admissions.

“No longer is it, ‘Great that you want help, can you come back next week?’ – we can always do same-day admissions,” Anglea said. “It’s an absolute game changer.”

THE NEW pedestrian rail undercrossing planned for Verdi Avenue will be similar to the existing undercrossing at Santa Fe Avenue, pictured, which leads pedestrians and cyclists from San Elijo Avenue west to Swami’s Beach. Photo by Leo Place

A BIRD perches along San Elijo Avenue near Verdi Avenue, where construction of a pedestrian undercrossing is planned to improve safety for trail users. Photo by Leo Place

Encinitas native credits mentors in US Open victory

By Cameron Adams

Levi Slawson is a popular guy at Seaside Beach.

“This is the spot,” Slawson said as he studied the ocean on Aug. 15. “Look at those wedges, it wants to be fun.”

Fellow surfers navigating boards between cars and waves stopped to congratulate him on his victory in the U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach earlier this month, where he clinched his first Challenger Series win after defeating Mateus Herdy, Kade Matson and Hiroto Ohhara.

As the 22-year-old prepares for the EDP Ericeira Pro in Portugal next month, the local surfing community is eager to celebrate his accomplishments.

Rob Machado, a threetime U.S. Open champ, told The Coast News that he watched this year’s competition online and was impressed by the young surfer's adaptability.

“He just had the froth,” Machado said of Slawson. “I’m beyond stoked for him.”

Slawson stomped a frontside air reverse earlier in the competition, but one of Machado’s favorite runs was a left-breaking wave that allowed Slawson to generate “a ton of speed.”

Solana Beach lifeguard Jason Shook, who witnessed Slawson’s skill set at the Grom O’Rama surf competition, said he was “a standout from the moment I saw him.”

“He's very well-rounded and his above-the-lip approach (aerial game) is top-notch,” Shook said. "He knows how to read the ocean – how to read waves — and to link maneuvers together on a wave to make it look almost effortless.”

Slawson, who attended Paul Ecke Central School, developed his love for surfing at a young age after daily trips to the beach with his father.

LEVI SLAWSON of Encinitas celebrates in Huntington Beach after winning his first U.S. Open of Surfing title earlier this month, a career-defining victory that vaulted the 22-year-old into fourth place in the World Surf League’s Challenger Series rankings. Slawson defeated Brazil’s Mateus Herdy in the final. Courtesy photo/WSL

“He’s one of the guys I watched every day,” Slawson said. “The inspiration is him as a person, and also his surfing is amazing.”

Slawson, a regular-footed surfer, even flipped footage of Machado — who rides goofy-foot — to study his style.

guided him. Growing up, he looked up to Trevor Christ, Doug Silva and Brad Gerlach.

“I remember being a

young kid paddling out at Seaside,” Machado said. “You can’t just paddle out and be the guy.”

Shook said the spirit of mentorship is ingrained in surf culture.

“It’s always been prevalent in the surf culture where the elders kind of guide the youngsters and the youngsters learn how to respect the elders,” Shook said. “We always like to pay it forward or give back — just gotta pass the torch along. Everyone’s out looking after each other.”

Slawson is currently ranked fourth in the World Surf League’s Challenger Series and is aiming for an automatic bid to the Championship Tour. He was recently featured in “Snapt 5,” a documentary series by filmmaker Logan “Chucky” Dulien. “You want to create history and you want to live crazy moments in life,” Slawson said. “If I'm going to work hard at one thing, I want to, of course, carry on the torch of a bunch of different, really good surfers and be a part of that conversation. Even for San Diego itself, we have such a good heritage of surfers around here and it's just a pleasure to be a part of it.”

“I’ve surfed my whole life because I love it and competition has always been an outlet for me to show it,” Slawson said. “At the end of the day, no matter what you achieve in your sport, if you're loving it, you're already winning.

“So that's how I've always looked at it: I love surfing, no matter what. I'm always a happier per-

son when I come out on the water, for sure.”

Growing up in Encinitas, Slawson said he learned by watching top surfers at Seaside Reef, but one in particular stood out — Machado.

“His style is probably the number one thing I watch,” Slawson said. “His rail surfing is one of the best in my opinion, and also his backhand surfing is really good. So I’ve always tried to mimic him in a way with those things, but most of all the style for sure.”

Machado said he has enjoyed helping shape young surfers like Slawson, much like others once

ENCINITAS SURFER Levi Slawson threw out the first pitch before an Aug. 9 game between the San Diego Padres and Boston Red Sox at Petco Park. Photo via IG/Slawson

LOCAL CHAMP Levi Slawson will compete in the EDP Ericeira Pro in Portugal next month. Photo by Cait Mier

SLAWSON, 22, honed his skills in a surf culture rooted in mentorship and respect.

Photo by John Ferguson/WSL

EVENTS CALENDAR

AUG. 29

FUN ANIMAL FRIDAY

Meet mice, hamsters, and guinea pigs with Wee Companions 10 to 11:30 a.m. Aug. 29 at Children’s Museum of Discovery, 320 N Broadway, Escondido.

CHINESE FOOD TOUR

Did you know that Peking Duck was once a dish reserved for the Emperor of China?. $79, 5 to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 29 at Jasmine Seafood Restaurant, 4609 Convoy St, San Diego.

FARMERS MARKET

San Marcos Farmers Market is moving to Friday nights! Shop, dine & unwind in North City. Friday nights just got fresher!. 4 to 8 p.m. Aug. 29 at North City San Marcos, 251 North City Dr, San Marcos.

SPRING AWAKENING

Spring Awakening comes to Brooks Theater, Aug. 29 – Sept. 14. $40, 8 to 10:30 p.m. Aug. 29 at The Brooks Theatre, 217 N Coast Hwy, Oceanside.

UTR PRO TENNIS

Catch tomorrow’s biggest stars before they hit primetime when pro men’s and women’s tennis returns to San Diego on Aug. 29Sept. 1. Free. 5 p.m. at University of San Diego Hogan Tennis Center, San Diego.

AUG. 30

SUMMER LUAU

Every Wednesday and Saturday throughout summer, The Hyatt Regency on Mission Bay is lighting the tiki torches for its Rhythms of the Pacific Luau. 5 p.m. at Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa & Marina, 1441 Quivira Rd, San Diego.

TIJUANA STREET FOOD

Join Wild Foodie Tours to enjoy an all-inclusive, fun, and insightful street food tour in Tijuana with tastings at 6-7 stops, plus a visit to the Mercado Hidalgo open-air market and a Mexican bakery. $69, 12 to 4 p.m. Aug. 30 at Meeting spot: McDonald's San Ysidro Trolley Station, 727 E San Ysidro Blvd, San Diego.

SAN DIEGO MADE MARKET

Join us for the San Diego Made Summer Market at NTC Park, Liberty Station, featuring vendors, crafts, food and drinks, and more!. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 30-31 at NTC Park at Liberty Station, 2455 Cushing Rd, San Diego.

RONI LEE, SUGAR FIX

Rock out with trailblazing guitarist Roni Lee as she brings fierce energy, iconic riffs, and unstoppable spirit to the stage in this electrifying live show. 8 to 9:30 p.m. Aug. 30 at The Bornemann Theatre on TERI Campus of Life, 555 Deer Springs

Rd, San Marcos.

VINTAGE GUITARS

Guitar Masters Vol. 2. Free outdoor music featuring local guitar legends. 12 to 4 p.m. Aug. 30 at Vintage Guitar Workshop, 2227 Faraday Ave, Carlsbad.

QIGONG

Discover the ancient art of Qigong and its profound spiritual and health benefits. $20, 9 to 10 a.m. Aug. 30 at Spiritual Arts Institute, 527 Encinitas Blvd, Encinitas.

AUG. 31

OZZY TRIBUTE/PAINT & SIP

Get ready to rock and paint as we pay tribute to the Prince of Darkness himself — Ozzy Osbourne — in this one-of-a-kind Paint & Sip experience at Black Plague Brewery. $45, 2 to 5 p.m. Aug. 31 at Black Plague Brewing, 2550 Jason Ct, Oceanside.

FRIDA KAHLO/ PAINT & SIP

Join us for a creative and inspiring Paint & Sip Brunch at Fresh Café in Escondido. $45, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 31 at Fresh Cafe, 258 E 2nd Ave, Escondido.

JAZZ EVENSONG

Jazz Evensong offers a unique blend of jazz rooted in the context of Anglican meditation and prayer. Free and open to the public. 4 p.m. at St. Michael's-bythe-Sea Episcopal Church, 2775 Carlsbad Blvd, Carlsbad.

SEPT. 1

ITALIAN CLASSES

The Italian Cultural Center presents Italian classes starting in September. Available online and in-person at the San Dieguito Heritage Museum. Sep. 1 at San Dieguito Heritage Museum, 450 Quail Gardens Dr, Encinitas.

ORGAN FESTIVAL

The Spreckels Organ Society presents the 37th Annual San Diego International Summer Organ Festival, the largest organ festival in the United States, featuring the Spreckels Organ, the largest openair. 7:30 p.m. at Spreckels Organ Pavilion, 2125 Pan American Rd E, San Diego.

SEPT. 2

IMPROV COMEDY FOR KIDS

Improv Workshop for Ages 8-13. Build confidence, creativity & teamwork. Tuesdays 4–5 p.m., Sept 2-Oct 7 in Oceanside. Space limited. $130. at OTC Studio 219, 219 N Coast Hwy, Oceanside.

LEVEL 2 FALL TAP CLASS

Level 2 Tap with Lindy Lyon. Sept 2-Oct 21, Tuesdays 9:30–11 a.m. Ages 16+, $160, 8 weeks. OTC Studio 219. Fun, musical, and beginner-friendly. Sept. 2 at OTC Studio 219, 219 N Coast Hwy, Oceanside.

PARKINSON'S SUPPORT

Monthly Parkinson's Support Group meeting features exercises to strengthen voice, swallowing and respiratory functions. 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Sept. 2 at San Rafael Church (Parish Hall), 17252 Bernardo Center Dr, San Diego.

CANNON ART GALLERY

The William D Cannon Art Gallery is thrilled to host "Printed & Stitched," which examines the storied overlap between printmaking and textiles. Free. Through Oct. 28. William D. Cannon Art Gallery, 1775 Dove Ln, Carlsbad.

SEPT. 3

GUIDED MEDITATION

Guided meditation by Linda Langhorn and Lawrence Coleman using ActualDesign Lightwork tools.

SEPT. 5

CHAMBER BLOOD DRIVE

The Encinitas Chamber of Commerce is hosting a blood drive in partnership with the San Diego Blood Bank. One donation can save up to three lives. 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sept. 5 at Encinitas Visitors Center, 535 Encinitas Blvd, Encinitas.

VISTA GARDEN CLUB

The Vista Garden Club will discuss the monarch butterfly at its September meeting. Ken Abernathy, a certified California naturalist, will lead the discussion. 1:45 p.m. at Gloria McClellan Vista Senior Center, 1400 Vale Terrace Dr, Vista.

ARGENTINE ANTS

students will further use the wheel as a tool. $350 (for 6 weeks), 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 6 at ICA North, 1550 S El Camino Real, Encinitas.

FREE OUTDOOR CONCERT

North City hosts free outdoor concert series with music by Eras. Free. 5 to 9 p.m. Sept. 6 at North City, 250 North City Dr, San Marcos.

SEPT. 7

ALIVE TOGETHER ART

12 to 1 p.m. Sept. 3 at San Elijo Lagoon Nature Center, 2710 Manchester Ave, Cardiff by the Sea.

‘THE SHAPE OF THINGS’ "The Shape of Things" celebrates surf legend Dick Brewer, Sept. 3 at the Historic Sunshine Brooks Theatre. RSVP Today. 6:30 p.m. at Sunshine Brooks Theater, 217 N Coast Hwy, Oceanside.

SEPT. 4

WRITING AS ART

Andrea Susan Glass, an author and book coach, will lead students through writing exercises designed to explore insights that complement one's art practice or enjoyment of art. RSVP online. 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sept. 4 at Front Porch Gallery, 2903 Carlsbad Blvd, Carlsbad.

‘TRUTH ABOUT READING’ Oceanside Public Library's READ Learning Center is hosting a free special screening of "The Truth About Reading" by Emmy award-winning documentarian Nick Nanton. 5 to 7 p.m. Sept. 4 at Oceanside Civic Center Library, 330 N Coast Hwy, Oceanside.

BOOTS BY THE BAY

Join Nashville’s top songwriters for an intimate sunset show. Featuring songwriters for Kenny Chesney, Blake Shelton and more. 6 p.m. at San Diego Mission Bay Resort, 1775 E Mission Bay Dr, San Diego.

TEEN & ADULT BALLET

Former professional dancer Marti Neal will lead teen and adult ballet classes for ages 13 and up. Beginner, advanced beginner and intermediate classes available throughout the week. $63-$104, 5 p.m. at Stagecoach Community Park, 3420 Camino de los Coches, Carlsbad.

A fascinating look at the work and research of Dr. Holway related to the effects of Argentine ant invasions and the effort to restore ecosystems back to the pre-invasion state. 12:45 p.m. at MiraCosta College, 1 Barnard Dr, Oceanside.

YOUTUBE TIPS & TRICKS

Mike McMahon will update participants on the newest YouTube tips and tricks. 2:30 p.m. at MiraCosta College, 1 Barnard Dr, Oceanside.

‘GIANNI SCHICCHI’

Laughter, lies and a cunning plan — don’t miss Gianni Schicchi, a one-act comic opera full of twists, turns, and Puccini’s unforgettable music. 7 to 9 p.m. Sept. 5-6 (and 2 to 4 p.m. on Sept. 7) at The Bornemann Theatre on TERI Campus of Life, 555 Deer Springs Rd, San Marcos.

SEPT. 6

AUTO SHOW

Free car show by the beach. Sunset Cliffs Auto Show. Live music, food, kids zone & more. Register cars or sunsetcliffsautoshow@ gmail.com. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 6 at Bethany Lutheran Church, 2051 Sunset Cliffs Blvd, San Diego.

CELEBRATE HATCH CHILES

Gelson’s Markets brings back its annual Hatch chile roasting tradition. Free. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 6 at Gelson’s La Costa, 7660 El Camino Real, Carlsbad.

UNITED WAY GALA

Join United Way of San Diego County for its inaugural gala, A Night United: Soaring Upward, to help raise funds for 53,000 local children, individuals and families. $300, 4 to 9 p.m. Sept. 6 at Hangar 858, 3760 Glenn H Curtiss Rd, San Diego.

WHEEL THROWING

With a main focus on functional pottery, beginner students will learn how to use the equipment in the studio and how to use the wheel while more advanced

Twenty-one original watercolor, acrylic and oil paintings by Sharman Slye. Most of the works are on display for the first time in the premiere appearance of this “art in faith” traveling exhibit. Free. 12 to 3 p.m. Sept. 7 at Christ Church Fallbrook, 2000 Reche Rd, Fallbrook.

KAHLIL CHILDS QUARTET

Kahlil Childs is a 16-year-old musician who’s been described as a jazz prodigy and budding star. Free. 2 to 3 p.m. Sept. 7 at Encinitas Library, 540 Cornish Dr, Encinitas.

GIVE IT A SPIN

Spend your next friend get-together or date night in our ceramics lab by giving it a spin. $30, 2 to 4 p.m. Sept. 7 at ICA North, 1550 S El Camino Real, Encinitas.

PLEIN AIR PARTY

Each month OMA welcomes friends and neighbors for fun handson art-making experience led by artists and cultural partners from our community. 12 to 2 p.m. Sept. 7 at Oceanside Museum of Art, 704 Pier View Way, Oceanside.

LEVEL 1 FALL TAP CLASS

Level 1 Tap with Lindy Lyon. Sept. 7-Oct. 26, Sundays, 7-8:30 p.m. Ages 16+, $160, 8 weeks. OTC Studio 219. Fun, musical, and beginner-friendly. 7 p.m. Sept. 7 at OTC Studio 219, 219 N Coast Hwy, Oceanside.

CINDY LEE BERRYHILL

Local singer/songwriter Cindy Lee Berryhill will perform with John Kruth, Renata Bratt and Thee Holy Brothers, Willie Aron and Marvin Etzioni. $20-$25, 4 to 6 p.m. Sep. 7 at Pilgrim United Church of Christ, 2020 Chestnut Ave, Carlsbad.

SEPT. 8

PLAYING WITH FIRE Chef Drew Deckman of 31ThirtyOne and Deckman’s Restaurant Group will show off his talents during a collaborative Playing with Fire dinner. $135, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Sept. 8 at The Lodge at Torrey Pines, 11480 N Torrey Pines Rd, La Jolla.

16-YEAR-OLD alto saxophonist Kahlil Childs, described as a jazz prodigy, brings his quartet to Encinitas Library for a free concert, 2-3 p.m. Sept. 7. Courtesy photo

rook digital

Stop losing to Google

By Paul Gonzalez

Imagine a customer searching for a service you offer. They type it into Google. But instead of clicking your website, they find the answer — on Google, without ever visiting your site.

That’s called a "Zero-Click Search." And it's secretly killing your business right under your nose.

Over 60% of mobile searches end without a single click. That means fewer visits to your site, fewer calls, fewer customers walking through your door. So why should every local business owner care?

Odd Files digital 101

1. Google’s Playing Keep-Away: Google now shows your business info — hours, reviews, directions — directly in search results and AI Overviews, along with other AI tools like ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini, etc.. That’s great... unless you’re not in the top 3 listings and don’t have an AI Marketing Strategy in place RIGHT NOW. Why does this hurt you? Because you’re invisible. If you’re not in the Map Pack or AI Answers, you’re not getting the call.

2. Attention Spans Are Gone: Your customers make click decisions in under 15 seconds. They don’t scroll. They don’t dig. They pick from what’s shown. If Google displays your competitor first, guess who they choose?

3. Trust Is Built Before They Click: Your Google reviews, photos, and business info need to be compelling—because 76% of people contact a business within 24 hours of searching.

Here’s the good news: businesses that understand this shift can dominate their local market. Optimizing for Google’s zero-click world is not just smart — it’s necessary.

So... are you ready to stop losing business to Google? Or will your competitors keep collecting the customers that should have been yours?

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No one covers your

SDIFF program uses film as teaching tool

By Leo Place SAN DIEGO — As the region prepares for the 24th annual San Diego International Film Festival in October, the festival’s FOCUS on Impact Education Program has been working with high schools and colleges in the region to bring these films into local classrooms as a jumping-off point for meaningful discussion.

This 2025 iteration of the critically acclaimed San Diego International Film Festival returns Oct. 15-19, with tickets to screenings going on sale in September. Through its separate education program, SDIFF can share the power of storytelling with the younger generation throughout the year.

The FOCUS on Impact Education Program provides educators with access to a library of selected festival films, which shed light on social, environmental and political issues, accompanied by recorded Q&As with filmmakers and curat-

The Passing Parade

Aug. 16 was just another happy Saturday at the Northeast Elementary School playground in Vernon, Connecticut -- until it wasn’t. A 40-year-old man who became trapped in a tube slide had to be rescued by the Town of Vernon Fire Department, WKRC-TV reported.

When first responders arrived, the unnamed man was stuck in the middle of the slide. He was provided oxygen, and ventilation was set up to cool the space. After about 30 minutes, which included taking the slide apart, the man was rescued and refused medical care or transport to a hospital.

[WKRC, 8/19/2025]

Incompetent

Criminal

Those pesky home surveillance videos. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department took a missing person report on Aug. 12 in regard to Sheylla Cabrera, 33, KTLA-TV reported. But the next day, as detectives viewed video from a neighbor’s Ring doorbell, they spied Cabrera’s husband, 36-year-old Jossimar Cabrera, struggling to pull a heavy sack or sheet away from the home.

Three days later, a sack containing Sheylla’s body was found in the Angeles National Forest. Jossimar allegedly fled to Peru, where local authorities picked him up, then released him pending charges. The couple’s three children were also found safe in Peru. [KTLA, 8/19/2025]

-- Only in Iowa could you be arrested for “simulated public intoxication.”

KCRG-TV reported that on Aug. 18, Fayette County Sheriff’s deputies were called about individuals lying in a ditch around 5:30 a.m. Kalab Barker, 31, was the only one still around when officers arrived; he was arrested and charged with the dubious crime of pretending to be drunk. [KCRG, 8/19/2025]

colleges.

“We want to share it with all students in San Diego County,” Mantooth said. “It integrates and lands with these students in a much more powerful way.”

SDIFF started the program in 2015, and adapted it to provide the virtual film library so it could be accessed by more students and educators. Festival officials select more films to add to the library each year.

Shane Schmeichel, senior director of Visual and Performing Arts at San Diego Unified, said the films tell important stories that can be integrated into curriculum in various subjects.

ed curriculum to spark critical discussion.

FOCUS on Impact also features an art competition for middle and high school artists, providing a platform for them to tell a story about social issues through creative artwork.

Educational institutions currently participating in the program include San Diego Unified School

District, San Diego Community College District and the San Diego County Office of Education, where the program is also made available to foster youth and those in Juvenile Court and Community Schools.

SDIFF CEO and Artistic Director Tonya Mantooth said they are seeking to expand the program to other school districts and

“The library will continue to add more films every year, and we curate those films out of the festival. For a teacher, they will be refreshed with new films constantly, while still retaining the current films that are in there,” Mantooth said.

In San Diego Unified, curriculum advisors in the district’s Visual and Performing Arts Department have worked with SDIFF to develop curriculum that teachers can use in the classroom to accompany the films in the library.

“There are really good direct links with social science, art, history, ethnic studies … more humanities-based courses tend to be the more direct connection between what the teacher had already been teaching and current events,” Schmeichel said.

Educators interested in joining the FOCUS on Impact Education Program for access to the film library can register online at sdfilmfest. com/education/rsvp.

SDIFF makes the FOCUS on Impact program free for schools. Because of this, the program relies heavily on donations and private funding.

For more information about the 2025 San Diego International Film Festival, visit sdfilmfest.com.

-- In Hillsborough County (Florida), a drone crashed into a home around 1:30 a.m. on Aug. 19, Fox5TV reported. The homeowners retrieved the drone from the backyard before the drone’s owner, Jason Brooks, 49, knocked on the front door, at which point they called police.

Sheriff Chad Chronister said the homeowner found a cloth bag attached to the drone, with four other bags inside. “Three bags with fentanyl powder and one bag of methamphetamine,” Chronister said. “Each bag has a person’s name written on the bag.”

When deputies arrived, they found Brooks outside. He told them he was flying his drone and “I believe it crashed in this area, and I’m going in the backyard trying to find my drone.” Brooks is a 15-time convicted felon; he was charged with possession with intent to sell or deliver, among other charges, and held without bond. [Fox5, 8/20/2925]

But Why?

As landscaper Brian Hanson mowed a lawn in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Aug. 14, he was interrupted by a man in full jester costume approaching him with a 12-inch dagger, The Smoking Gun reported. Hanson positioned his mower between him and the threatening cosplayer, Anthony Marzola, 51, who lives nearby. Marzola was allegedly unhappy about the sound of the mower and yelled at Hanson that he “cannot be mowing.” Police believe Marzola’s get-up may be related to his business, the Psychedelic Jester smoke shop; why he was in full costume at home was not explained. He was charged with aggravated assault

with a deadly weapon. [The Smoking Gun, 8/15/2025] -- David Hampson, 54 -- known to locals as “Silent Man” -- has been arrested again in Swansea, Wales, for standing in the middle of busy roads in the city, the Telegraph reported on Aug. 12. By “again,” we mean for the 12th time. Hampson, who has no fixed address, has been repeating his strange behavior since 2014, but he won’t explain himself to law enforcement or health officials and won’t even confirm his name in court. But he’s not mute, his brother said: “He never stops talking. He’s a spoilt brat. He just does it to have a comfy life inside prison.” [Telegraph, 8/12/2025]

Well-Done

Firefighters with the Doolittle (Missouri) Rural Fire Protection District responded to a truck fire on Aug. 18, Fox5-TV reported. Inside the trailer was 40,000 pounds of ribeye steaks -- which, while a total loss, had to smell AMAZING! Probationary firefighter Jenna Ulrich, the only vegan in the department, fought her first fire that morning alongside her dad, Glenn Ulrich. [Fox5, 8/20/2025]

Suspicions Confirmed

The Wynn Encore resort in Las Vegas and nightclub DJ Gryffin got punked when Justin Bieber impersonator Dylan Desclos, 29, showed up at the venue, Huff Post reported on Aug. 19. The pseudo-Bieber danced and partied, allegedly racking up a $10,000 bar bill, before his “team” alerted Gryffin that he wanted to perform “Sorry,” one of his big hits. “Dark venue and loud music didn’t help here,” Gryffin posted

after discovering he’d been had. A spokesperson for the Wynn Encore said Desclos had been granted access to the stage after an “elaborate and multistep ruse by him and his advance team.” The resort banned him for life after learning he wasn’t really Bieber. [Huff Post, 8/19/2025]

-- When Fujiyoshi Shindo, 93, was found dead in his home in Daisen, Japan, on Aug. 18, police initially suspected he had been mauled by a bear, The Japan Times reported. Bear sightings have become more common in northern Japan; more than 200 people were attacked in the 12 months leading up to March 2024. But as investigators looked into the incident further, they found that the man’s wounds were more consistent with a knife attack.

On Aug. 19, his son, Fujiyuki Shindo, 51, was arrested for allegedly murdering his elderly father. The younger man lived with his parents, and detectives seized several knives from the home in an effort to identify the murder weapon. [Japan Times, 8/20/2025]

The Tech Revolution

Visitors to Judong No. 3 Park in Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea, may rub their eyes when they see a lifesize, uniformed policeman, Oddity Central reported on Aug. 15.

That’s because the officer is a 3D hologram that patrols between 7 and 10 p.m., assuring people that “in emergencies, the police will respond immediately” and “there are surveillance cameras everywhere.”

The specterlike officers are intended to increase people’s perception of safety, and since their installation in October, data show they’ve had a significant impact on crime in the park, decreasing incidents by 22%. [Oddity Central, 8/15/2025]

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1. GEOGRAPHY: What canal connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea?

2. MOVIES: Which of Disney’s animated princess movies was the first to get a live-action version?

3. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is a male duck called?

2. MOVIES: Which of Disney’s animated princess movies was the first to get a live-action version?

4. LITERATURE: In which famous museum does a murder take place in the novel “The Da Vinci Code”?

1. GEOGRAPHY: What canal connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea?

2. MOVIES: Which of Disney’s animated princess movies was the first to get a live-action version?

3. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is a male duck called?

4. LITERATURE: In which famous museum does a murder take place in the novel “The Da Vinci Code”?

5. SCIENCE: What part of the plant is responsible for photosynthesis?

6. TELEVISION: When did the animated TV sitcom “The Flintstones” debut?

7. U.S. CITIES: Which city is known for the saying, “Where young people go to retire”?

8. FOOD & DRINK: Which Southeast Asian fruit has such a strong smell that it’s banned on public transportation?

9. ASTRONOMY: Which star is the brightest in the night sky?

10. MEASUREMENTS: How many meters are in a kilometer?

Answers

1. Suez Canal.

3. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is a male duck called?

5. SCIENCE: What part of the plant is responsible for photosynthesis?

6. TELEVISION: When did the animated TV sitcom “The Flintstones” debut?

4. LITERATURE: In which famous museum does a murder take place in the novel “The Da Vinci Code”?

7. U.S. CITIES: Which city is known for the saying, “Where young people go to retire”?

5. SCIENCE: What part of the plant is responsible for photosynthesis?

FOOD & DRINK: Which Southeast Asian fruit has such a strong smell that it’s banned on public transportation?

6. TELEVISION: When did the animated TV sitcom “The Flintstones” debut?

ASTRONOMY: Which star is the brightest in the night sky?

10. MEASUREMENTS: How many meters are in a kilometer? Answers

7. U.S. CITIES: Which city is known for the saying, “Where young people go to retire”?

2. “Cinderella.”

3. A drake.

4. The Louvre in Paris, France.

5. The leaves.

6. 1960.

7. Portland, Oregon.

8. Durian. 9. Sirius. 10. 1,000.

8. FOOD & DRINK: Which Southeast Asian fruit has such a strong smell that it’s banned on public transportation?

1. Suez Canal. 2. “Cinderella.” 3. A drake. 4. The Louvre in Paris, France. 5. The leaves. 6. 1960. 7. Portland, Oregon.

Durian.

9. ASTRONOMY: Which star is the brightest in the night sky?

10. MEASUREMENTS: How many meters are in a kilometer?

Answers

1. Suez Canal.

2. “Cinderella.”

3. A drake.

4. The Louvre in Paris, France.

5. The leaves.

6. 1960.

7. Portland, Oregon.

8. Durian.

9. Sirius.

10. 1,000.

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possession of all those areas designated as garages, patios, storage areas, carports and parking spaces (exclusive use areas) shown upon the Condominium Plan above referred to; Parcel 2: Living Unit No. 149 as shown upon the Condominium Plan above referred to. Parcel 3: The exclusive right to possession and occupancy of those portions of Lot 58 described in Parcel 1 above, designated as Patio, Garage, Storage Area and Carport (and Parking Space) on the Condominium Plan referred to above which are appurtenant to Parcels 1 and 2 above described. Parcel 4: One membership in Village Park Townhome Corporation No. One, a California Corporation not for pro t, hereinafter called the Corporation. Parcel 5: One Class A membership in Village Park Recreation Club No. One, a California Corporation not for pro t, hereinafter called the Association. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL

BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned o may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying o all liens senior to the lien being auctioned o , before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s o ce or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of

sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, bene ciary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 800280-2832 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this internet website http:// www.qualityloan.com, using the le number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA25-1013742-CL. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be re ected in the telephone information or on the internet website. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call 619-645-7711, or visit this internet website http://www. qualityloan.com, using the le number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA25-1013742-CL to nd the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. NOTICE TO

PROSPECTIVE OWNER-

OCCUPANT: Any prospective owner-occupant as de ned in Section 2924m of the California Civil Code who is the last and highest bidder at the trustee’s sale shall provide the required a davit or declaration of eligibility to the auctioneer at the trustee’s sale or shall have it delivered to QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION by 5 p.m. on the next business day following the trustee’s sale at the address set forth in the below signature block. NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE POST-SALE OVER BIDDERS: For postsale information in accordance with Section 2924m(e) of the California Civil Code, use le number CA-25-1013742-CL and call (866) 645-7711 or login to: http://www.qualityloan.com.

The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the bene ciary within 10 days of the date of rst publication of this Notice of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Bene ciary, the Bene ciary’s Agent, or the Bene ciary’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. Date: QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION 2763 Camino Del Rio S San Diego, CA 92108 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 800-280-2832 Or Login to: http://www. qualityloan.com Post-Sale Information (CCC 2924m(e)): (866) 645-7711 Reinstatement or Payo Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION TS No.: CA-25-1013742-CL IDSPub #0249754 8/22/2025 8/29/2025 9/5/2025 CN 31033

T.S. No. 134906-CA APN: 105-772-27-00 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 9/7/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER On 9/15/2025 at 10:30 AM, CLEAR RECON CORP, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 9/13/2006 as Instrument No. 2006-0649451 of O cial Records in the o ce of the County Recorder of San Diego County, State of CALIFORNIA executed by: JAMES D. DICKINSON AND GERDA S. DICKINSON, AS TRUSTEES OF THE DICKINSO N FAMILY

REVOCABLE TRUST DATED

SEPTEMBER 17, 1990 WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK

DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE; AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE EAST COUNTY REGIONAL CENTER BY STATUE, 250 E. MAIN STREET, EL CAJON, CA 92020 all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: MORE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1335 SUNNY HEIGHTS RD, FALLBROOK, CA 92028 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition, or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $1,170,457.65 If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The bene ciary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned or its predecessor caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of

the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned o may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying o all liens senior to the lien being auctioned o , before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s o ce or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, bene ciary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (855) 3133319 or visit this Internet website www.clearreconcorp.com, using the le number assigned to this case 134906-CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be re ected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. NOTICE TO TENANT: E ective January 1, 2021, you may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call (855) 313-3319, or visit this internet website www. clearreconcorp.com, using the le number assigned to this case 134906-CA to nd the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. FOR SALES INFORMATION: (855) 3133319 CLEAR RECON CORP 3333 Camino Del Rio South, Suite 225 San Diego, California 92108 STOX 953749_134906CA 08/15/2025, 08/22/2025, 08/29/2025 CN 30998

NOTICE OF PUBLIC LIEN SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the contents of the following storage units will be o ered for sale at public auction for enforcement of storage lien. The Online Auction will be held Friday, September 12, 2025, at 1:00 PM. Location of Online Auction: www.storagetreasures. com. Storage address: 1566 E. Valley Parkway, Escondido, CA 92027. Terms are CASH ONLY! Valley Rose Self Storage

reserves the right to refuse any bid or cancel the auction. The following units may include, but not limited to electronic items, furniture, & household items, unless otherwise stated.

Alecia Springer - F314 08/29, 09/05/2025 CN 31085

NOTICE OF PUBLIC LIEN SALE

In accordance with the provisions of the California Self-Storage Facility Act, Section 21700, et seq. of the Business and Professions Code of the State of California the under-signed will be sold at public auction conducted on STORAGETREASURES.

COM on September 13th 2025, ending at 10 am. The personal property including but not limited to: Personal and household items stored at West Coast Self-Storage Del Sur 16001 Babcock St San Diego CA 92127, County of San Diego, by the following persons:

Tenant

Leah Hann

Jason Hoshue

Theresa Long Yu Wang

Property is sold “AS IS BASIS.”

There is a refundable $100 cleaning deposit on all units. Sale is subject to cancellation.

08/29/2025 CN 31082

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE (Notice pursuant to UCC Sec. 6105)

Notice is hereby given to creditors of the within named seller that a bulk sale is about to be made of the assets described below. The names, business addresses of the Seller are: HOANG NGUYEN AND THAI-OAHN NGUYEN

655 E. LINCOLN AVENUE, ESCONDIDO, CA 92026

The location in California of the chief executive o cer of the Seller is: SAME AS ABOVE

As listed by the seller, all other business names and addresses used by the Seller within three years before the date such list was sent or delivered to the buyer are: QWIK KORNER COIN LAUNDRY

The names and address of the buyer are: ARROWHEAD OMEGA LLC 412 7TH STREET, CORONADO, CA 92118

The assets to be sold are described in general as: ALL FURNITURE, FIXTURES, EQUIPMENT, TRADENAME, GOODWILL, LEASE, LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS, AND ALL OTHER ASSETS OF THE BUSINESS KNOWN AS: QWIK KORNER COIN LAUNDRY and are located at: 655 E. LINCOLN AVENUE, ESCONDIDO, CA 92026

The business name used by the seller at that location is: QWIK KORNER COIN LAUNDRY

The anticipated date of the bulk sale is SEPTEMBER 17, 2025 at the o ce of RMC MORTON LAW, APC, 1020 ISABELLA AVENUE, CORONADO, CA 92118

The bulk sale is subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Section 6106.2

The name and address of the person with whom claims may be led is: RMC MORTON LAW, APC, 1020 ISABELLA AVENUE, CORONADO, CA 92118 and the last date for ling claims shall be SEPTEMBER 16, 2025, which is the business day before the sale date speci ed above.

Dated: 8/25/2025 Arrowhead Omega LLC, a California limited liability company S/ By: Sebrinna E. Gavzie, Manager 8/29/25 CNS-3962125# CN 31077

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE (UCC Sec.6101 et seq. and B&P 24074 et seq.)

Escrow No. 107-043050

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a bulk sale is about to be made. The name(s) and business address(es) of the Seller(s) are: Bottlecraft Oceanside, Inc., 602 S Tremont Street, Suite 101, Oceanside, CA 92054

Doing Business as: Bottlecraft Oceanside

All other business name(s) and address(es) used by the Seller(s) within three years as stated by the Seller(s) is/are: None

The location in California of the chief executive o ce of the Seller is: Same as above The name(s) and address of the Buyer(s) is/are: Shootzfam, LLC, 507 Vista Way, Oceanside, CA 92054 The location and general description of the assets to be sold are the trade name of the business, furniture, xtures and equipment, inventory of stock, leasehold interest, leasehold improvements, goodwill and covenant not to complete and transfer of License No. 41625118 of that certain business known as Bottlecraft Oceanside located at 602 S Tremont Street, Suite 101, Oceanside, CA 92054. The Bulk Sale and transfer of the Alcoholic Beverage License is intended to be consummated at the o ce of: The Heritage Escrow Company, 2550 Fifth Avenue, Suite 800, San Diego CA 92103, Escrow No. 107-043050, Escrow O cer: Christopher Portillo, and the anticipated date of sale/transfer is on or about 10/20/2025

The Bulk Sale subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Section 6106.2, but is subject to Section 24074 of the Business and Professions Code. Claims will be accepted until Settlement Agent is noti ed by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control of the transfer of the permanent Alcoholic Beverage License to the Buyer. As required by Sec. 24073 of the Business and Professions Code, it has been agreed between the Seller and the Buyer that the consideration for transfer of the business and license is to be paid only after the transfer has been approved by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Shootzfam, LLC By: /s/ Christopher J. Slowey

Title: Manager 8/29/25 CNS-3961250# CN 31072

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSECHANGE OF NAME CASE# 25CU042983N TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner(s): Elijah Sauder and Lorelei Marcus led a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: a. Present name: Elijah Paul Sauder change to proposed name: Elijah Paul Marusawa b. Present name:

North County Division.

(To appear remotely, check in advance of the hearing for information about how to do so on the court’s website. To nd your court’s website, go to www. courts.ca.gov/find-my-court. htm.) NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE.

The court will review the documents led as of the date speci ed on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120).

If all requirements for a name change have been met as of the date speci ed, and no timely written objection has been received (required at least two court days before the date speci ed), the Petition for Change of Name (JC Form #NC100) will be granted without a hearing. One copy of the Order Granting the Petition will be mailed to the petitioner.

To change a name on a legal document, including a birth certi cate, social security card, driver license, passport, and other identi cation, a certi ed copy of Decree Changing Name (JC Form #NC-130) or Decree Changing Name and Order Recognizing Change of Gender and for Issuance of New Birth Certi cate (JC Form #NC230) may be required. Contact the agency(ies) who issues the legal document that needs to be changed, to determine if a certi ed copy is required. A certi ed copy of Decree Changing Name (JC Form #NC130) or Decree Changing Name and Order Recognizing Change of Gender and for Issuance of New Birth’ Certi cate (JC Form #NC-230) may be obtained from the Civil Business O ce for a fee. Petitioners who are seeking a change of name under the Safe at Home program may contact the assigned department for information on obtaining certi ed copies. If all the requirements have not been met as of the date speci ed, the court will mail the petitioner a written order with further directions. If a timely objection is led, the court will set a hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions.

A RESPONDENT

OBJECTING TO THE NAME

CHANGE MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do not come to court on the speci ed date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future hearing date.

Any Petition for the name change of a minor that is signed by only one parent must have this Attachment served along with the Petition and Order to Show Cause, on the other non-signing parent, and proof of service must be led with the court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Filed Date: 08/15/2025

Brad A. Weinreb Judge of the Superior Court.

08/29, 09/05, 09/12, 09/19/2025 CN 31069

NOTICE OF LIEN SALES

VIN # WBA2J5C51JVC07639

MAKE - BMW

MODEL- 2 Series M 240i YEAR- 2018 LIEN HOLDER

STEVEN’S TOWING LOCATION OF SALE

8920 PASEO DE LA FUENTE SAN DIEGO CA 92154

DATE & TIME OF SALE

09/08/2025 at 10:00 AM

08/29/2025 CN 31063

Notice of Sheri ’s Sale of Real Property (CCP 701.540)

ATTORNEY: Curry Advisors, A Professional Law Corporation

WRITTEN OBJECTION

Pinnuelas. This sale may be withdrawn at any time without notice. Certain terms and conditions apply. 08/29, 09/05/2025 CN 31057

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE - CHANGE OF NAME CASE# 25CU043294C TO ALL INTERESTED

AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do not come to court on the speci ed date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future hearing date.

PLAINTIFF/PETITIONER: Richard Porreco, Rochefort Family Investments LLC

DEFENDANT/ RESPONDENT: Pedram Abraham Mehrian et al COURT CASE NUMBER: 22STCV07519 LEVYING OFFICER FILE NUMBER: 2025400041 Date 08/13/2025 Under a Writ of Execution Issued out of the above court on 11/13/2024, on the Judgment rendered on 08/29/2024 for the sum of $1,156,606.85 (estimated); I have levied upon all the rights, title, and interest of the judgment debtor(s), Carmel Paci c Living Estates LLC in the real property, in the county of San Diego, described as follows: 14287 Clarkview Lane, San Diego, CA 92130, PARCEL A: PARCEL 4 OF PARCEL MAP NO. 6367, IN THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ACCORDING TO MAP THEREOF ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1977 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 378748 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS.PARCEL B:AN EASEMENT AND RIGHT OF WAY FOR ROAD AND UTILITY PURPOSES OVER, ALONG AND ACROSS IN THE WESTERLY 30 FEET OF PARCEL 1 AND THE EASTERLY 30.00 FEET OF PARCEL 2 OF PARCEL MAP NO. 4894, IN THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ACCORDING TO MAP THEREOF ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF COUNTY RECORDER OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY. EXCEPT THEREFROM THAT PORTION LYING WITHIN PARCEL “A” ABOVE. APN: 305-020-3500 PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS SHOULD REFER TO SECTIONS 701.510 to 701.680, INCLUSIVE, OF THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE FOR PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE TERMS, CONDITIONS, AND EFFECT OF THE SALE AND THE LIABILITY OF DEFAULTING BIDDERS. PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will proceed to sell at public auction to the highest bidder , for cash in lawful money of the United States, all the rights, title, and interest of said judgment debtor(s) in the above described property, or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy said execution, with accrued interest and costs on: Date/Time of Sale 09/18/2025 10:00AM Location of Sale 325 S. Melrose Dr., South Courthouse Entrance, Vista, CA 92081 Directions to the property location can be obtained from the levying o cer upon oral or written request .

Kelly A. Martinez, Sheri /s/ M. LaCosta 2803, Sheri ’s Authorized Agent LIENS MAY BE PRESENT WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT SURVIVE THIS LEVY. 08/29/2025, 09/05/2025, 09/12/2025 CN 31058

Notice of Self Storage Sale

Please take notice Paci c Highway Storage located at 4350 Paci c Highway San Diego CA 92110 intends to hold a public sale to the highest bidder of the property stored by the following tenants at the storage facility. The sale will occur at the facility on 9/17/25 at 2:00 PM. Sharon Park; Leonarda

185 West F Street, Ste. 100 San Diego, CA 92101 TELEPHONE NO.: (619) 238-0004 FAX NO.: (619) 238-0006 ATTORNEY FOR: Rochefort Family Investments LLC LEVYING OFFICER): San Diego County Sheri ’s O ce 325 S. Melrose Dr. Suite 2400 Vista, CA 92081 Phone:(760) 940-2898 Fax: (760) 806-6215 California Relay Service Number (800) 7352929 TDD or 711 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF Los Angeles STREET ADDRESS: 111 N Hill St Los Angeles, CA 90012

PERSONS: Petitioners Water Arielle Sanford and Romeo Derek Brown led a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Present name: Water Arielle Sanford change to proposed name: Water Arielle Hazel b. Present name: Romeo Derek Brown change to proposed name: Romeo Cohen Hazel THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this Court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for a change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must le a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely led, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: On October 13, 2025 at 8:30 a.m., in Dept. C-61 of the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, 330 W. Broadway, San Diego CA 92101 Central Division, Hall of Justice. (To appear remotely, check in advance of the hearing for information about how to do so on the court’s website. To nd your court’s website, go to www. courts.ca.gov/find-my-court. htm.) NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE.

The court will review the documents led as of the date speci ed on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120). If all requirements for a name change have been met as of the date speci ed, and no timely written objection has been received (required at least two court days before the date speci ed), the Petition for Change of Name (JC Form #NC100) will be granted without a hearing. One copy of the Order Granting the Petition will be mailed to the petitioner.

To change a name on a legal document, including a birth certi cate, social security card, driver license, passport, and other identi cation, a certi ed copy of Decree Changing Name (JC Form #NC-130) or Decree Changing Name and Order Recognizing Change of Gender and for Issuance of New Birth Certi cate (JC Form #NC230) may be required. Contact the agency(ies) who issues the legal document that needs to be changed, to determine if a certi ed copy is required.

A certi ed copy of Decree Changing Name (JC Form #NC130) or Decree Changing Name and Order Recognizing Change of Gender and for Issuance of New Birth’ Certi cate (JC Form #NC-230) may be obtained from the Civil Business O ce for a fee. Petitioners who are seeking a change of name under the Safe at Home program may contact the assigned department for information on obtaining certi ed copies.

If all the requirements have not been met as of the date speci ed, the court will mail the petitioner a written order with further directions.

If a timely objection is led the court will set a hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions.

A RESPONDENT

OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST FILE A

Any Petition for the name change of a minor that is signed by only one parent must have this Attachment served along with the Petition and Order to Show Cause, on the other non-signing parent, and proof of service must be led with the court. IT IS SO ORDERED.

Filed Date: 08/18/2025

Maureen F. Hallahan

Judge of the Superior Court 08/22, 08/29, 09/05, 09/12/2025 CN 31048

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF WILFRED TACKEO SATO aka WILFRED T. SATO Case# 25PE002223C

To all heirs, bene ciaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Wilfred Tackeo Sato aka Wilfred T. Sato

A Petition for Probate has been led by Ernest Sato, in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego.

The Petition for Probate requests that Ernest Sato be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person les an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: September 17, 2025; Time: 1:30 PM; in Dept.: 502, Remote Hearing. Court address: 1100 Union St., San Diego CA 92101, Central Courthouse. (https://www.sdcourt.ca.gov/ sdcourt/probate2/probatevh)

Court appearances may be made either in person or virtually, unless otherwise ordered by the Court. Virtual appearances must be made using the department’s Microsoft Teams (“MS Teams”) video link; or by calling the department’s MS Teams conference phone number and using the assigned conference ID number. The MS Teams video conference links and phone numbers can be found at www.sdcourt.ca.gov/ ProbateHearings. Plan to check in 15 minutes prior to the scheduled hearing time.

If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or le written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must le your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of rst issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as de ned in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may a ect

your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the le kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may le with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the ling of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner:

Gregory S. Duncan, Esq. 1015 Chestnut Ave., Ste H3 Carlsbad CA 92008

Telephone: 760.729.2774 08/15, 08/22, 08/29/2025 CN 31017

STATEMENT OF DAMAGES (Personal injury or Wrongful Death)

CASE #: 37-2024-00018003CU-PO-CTL

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO

330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101

Civil PLAINTIFF: Marc Jordan

DEFENDANT: David C. Fleming; Lexie Davila

To: David C. Fleming

Plainti : Marc Jordan Seeks damages in the aboveentitled action as follows:

To Defendant David C. Fleming General damages: a. Pain, su ering and inconvenience

$100,000.00

b. Emotional distress

$100,000.00

e. Other Dis gurement

$300,000.00

Special damages: a. Medical expenses (to date)

$49,553.40

Punitive damages: Plainti reserves the right to seek punitive damages in the amount of when pursuing a judgement in the suit led against you.

$50,000.00

Date: 08/06/25 /s/ Marshall E. Bluestone Attorney for Plainti Bluestone Faircloth and Olson LLP 1825 Fourth St Santa Rosa CA 95404

Telephone: 707.526.42f50 08/15, 08/22, 08/29, 09/05/2025 CN 31000

Fictitious Business Name

Statement #2025-9013898

Filed: Jul 21, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Leb Ped. Located at: 7936 Sitio Peral, Carlsbad CA 92009 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Adrian Lamarr Peddy, 7936 Sitio Peral, Carlsbad CA 92009. This business is conducted by: An Individual. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: 07/21/2025 S/Adrian L. Peddy, 08/29, 09/05, 09/12, 09/19/2025 CN 31089

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9016076

Filed: Aug 21, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business

Name(s): A. Upbeat Music Center. Located at: 2000 S. Melrose Dr. #34, Vista CA 92081 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing

Address: 1. Upbeat Music LLC, 2000 S. Melrose Dr. #34, Vista CA 92081. This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: 08/08/2025 S/Vincent Cloutman, 08/29, 09/05, 09/12, 09/19/2025 CN 31086

Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Petal. Located at:

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9016341

Filed: Aug 26, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Ascentuals. Located at: 1728 S. Tremont St., Oceanside CA 92054 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: PO Box 3484, Oceanside CA 92051. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Amy Joy Chiorino, PO Box 3484, Oceanside CA 92051. This business is conducted by: An Individual. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: 08/25/2025 S/Amy Joy Chiorino, 08/29, 09/05, 09/12, 09/19/2025 CN 31084

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9016289 Filed: Aug 25, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Guau Guau Taza de Cafe. Located at: 4252 Alpha St. #B, San Diego CA 92113 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Guau Guau Eves Vera LLC, 4252 Alpha St. #B, San Diego CA 92113. This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: 08/25/2025 S/Eva Esmeralda Vega, 08/29, 09/05, 09/12, 09/19/2025 CN 31083

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9015064

Filed: Aug 06, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/ County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Travel Souls. Located at: 225 E. Orange Ave. #C2, Chula Vista CA 91911 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: 2717 Loker Ave. West #1289, Carlsbad CA 92010. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Cynthia M. Huerta, 2712 Loker Ave. West #1289, Carlsbad CA 92010. This business is conducted by: An Individual. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: Not Yet Started S/Cynthia M. Huerta, 08/29, 09/05, 09/12, 09/19/2025 CN 31074

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9016221

Filed: Aug 22, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County

300 W. Los Angeles Dr. #F6, Vista CA 92083 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Alexandra Garcia Guzman, 300 W. Los Angeles Dr. #F6, Vista CA 92083. This business is conducted by: An Individual. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: Not Yet Started S/Alexandra Garcia Guzman, 08/29, 09/05, 09/12, 09/19/2025 CN 31073

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9015136 Filed: Aug 07, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Joshua’s Donation Pick Up. Located at: 600 Avilar Ct., San Marcos CA 92078 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Joshua Evan Giebelhaus, 600 Avilar Ct.,

County of San Diego Recorder/ County Clerk. Fictitious

Business Name(s): A. Hatch

Electrical Services. Located at: 2855 Unicornio St. #B, Carlsbad CA 92009 San Diego.

Business Mailing Address: PO Box 130511, Carlsbad CA 92013. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Paul Marshall Smeltzer, PO Box 130511, Carlsbad CA 92013. This business is conducted by:

An Individual. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: Not Yet Started S/Paul Marshall Smeltzer, 08/29, 09/05, 09/12, 09/19/2025 CN 31068

Fictitious Business Name

Statement #2025-9016152

Filed: Aug 22, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business

Name(s): A. Flow & Be. Located at: 2737 Je erson St. #H, Carlsbad CA 92008 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Shannon Yarnall, 2737 Je erson St. #H, Carlsbad CA 92008. This business is conducted by: An Individual. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: 08/16/2025 S/Shannon Yarnall, 08/29, 09/05, 09/12, 09/19/2025 CN 31067

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9015566

Filed: Aug 13, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business

Name(s): A. The Powder Room Lash Studio. Located at: 635 S. Cleveland St., Oceanside CA 92054 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Kristin Lynn Nohelani Baca, 635 S. Cleveland St., Oceanside CA 92054. This business is conducted by: An Individual. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: 07/01/2025 S/Kristin Lynn Nohelani Baca, 08/29, 09/05, 09/12, 09/19/2025 CN 31064

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9015965 Filed: Aug 20, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Whispering Roses Nursery. Located at: 2339 Via Monserate, Fallbrook CA 92028 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Venkateswaran Sivaneswaran, 2339 Via Monserate, Fallbrook CA 92028; 2. Anitha Velur Palaniappan, 2339 Via Monserate, Fallbrook CA 92028. This business is conducted by: A Married Couple. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: 03/02/2025 S/Venkateswaran Sivaneswaran, 08/29, 09/05, 09/12, 09/19/2025 CN 31062

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9015511 Filed: Aug 13, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Seaside Painting Co. Located at: 4475 Dale Ave. #205, La Mesa CA 91941 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: 8030 La Mesa Blvd. #184, La Mesa CA 91942. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Paul Charles McGee, 8030 La Mesa Blvd. #184, La Mesa CA 91942. This business is conducted by: An Individual. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: 04/15/2000 S/Paul Charles McGee, 08/29, 09/05, 09/12, 09/19/2025 CN 31056

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9015425 Filed: Aug 12, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Angeliz Nails & Spa. Located at: 124 Lomas Santa Fe Dr. #103, Solana Beach CA 92075 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: 11370 Bootes St., San Diego CA 92126. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Helen Nguyen, 11370 Bootes St., San Diego CA 92126. This business is conducted by: An Individual. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: 07/01/2025 S/Helen Nguyen, 08/22, 08/29, 09/05, 09/12/2025 CN 31054

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9015417

Filed: Aug 12, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business

Name(s): A. Bruni Family Real Estate Group. Located at: 8702 La Mesa Blvd.., La Mesa CA 91942 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Lisa Bruni, 8702 La Mesa Blvd., San Diego CA 92194; 2. Patricia Welton, 8702 La Mesa Blvd., La Mesa CA 91942. This business is conducted by: A General Partnership. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: 01/05/2022 S/Lisa Bruni, 08/22, 08/29, 09/05, 09/12/2025 CN 31052

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9015622

Filed: Aug 14, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business

Name(s): A. Thrive & Glow LLC. Located at: 2108 N St. #N, Sacramento CA 95816 Sacramento. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Thrive & Glow LLC, 8379 Yosemite St., Lemon Grove CA 91945. This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: 07/30/2025 S/Theresa Tam Sing, 08/22, 08/29, 09/05, 09/12/2025 CN 31051

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9015741

Filed: Aug 15, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business

Name(s): A. Life with jade; B. j+j. Located at: 6215 Shamrock Pl., Carlsbad CA 92009 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing

Address: 1. Jade Andews, 6215 Shamrock Pl., Carlsbad CA 92009. This business is conducted by: An Individual. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: Not Yet Started S/Jade Andrews, 08/22, 08/29, 09/05, 09/12/2025 CN 31050

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9015785

Filed: Aug 18, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/ County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Bryan Manufacturing Systems. Located at: 7040 Avenida Encinas, Carlsbad CA 92011 San Diego. Business Mailing

Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing

Address: 1. Christopher T. Bryan Jr., 7040 Avenida Encinas, Carlsbad CA 92011. This business is conducted by: An Individual. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: 12/15/2024 S/Christopher T. Bryan Jr., 08/22, 08/29, 09/05, 09/12/2025 CN 31049

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9015728

Filed: Aug 15, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. ADD Real Estate. Located at: 5260 Ruette de Mer, San Diego CA 92130 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Amanda D Durant Inc., 5260 Ruette de Mer, San Diego CA 92130. This business is conducted by: A Corporation. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: 08/13/2025 S/Amanda D Durant, 08/22, 08/29, 09/05, 09/12/2025 CN 31046

Fictitious Business Name

Statement #2025-9015723 Filed: Aug 15, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Doulas by the Sea. Located at: 2425 Levante St. #B, Carlsbad CA 92009 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Melanie Costa, 2425 Levante St. #B, Carlsbad CA 92009. This business is conducted by: An Individual. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: Not Yet Started S/Melanie Costa, 08/22, 08/29, 09/05, 09/12/2025 CN 31045

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9015736

Filed: Aug 15, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/ County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. The Healthy Hay Company; B. Consultant Growth Solutions. Located at: 30250 Disney Ln., Vista CA 92084 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Full Spectrum Improvement LLC, 30250 Disney Ln., Vista CA 92084. This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: Not Yet Started S/David Peter Gerrard, 08/22, 08/29, 09/05, 09/12/2025 CN 31043

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9013436

Filed: Jul 15, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business

Name(s): A. The Proctor People Exam Proctors. Located at: 2399 Je erson St. #14, Carlsbad CA 92008 San Diego.

Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Allan J. Wanamaker, 2399 Je erson St. #14, Carlsbad CA 92008; B. Barbara R. Wanamaker, 2399 Je erson St. #14, Carlsbad CA 92008. This business is conducted by: A Married Couple. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: 07/01/2025 S/Allan J. Wanamaker, 08/22, 08/29, 09/05, 09/12/2025 CN 31042

Statement of Abandonment of Use of Fictitious Business

Name #2025-9014432 Filed: Jul 29, 2025 with San Diego County Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s) To Be Abandoned: A. Jersey Mike’s Subs. Located at: 4049 Arroyo Sorrento Rd., San Diego CA 92130 San Diego. Mailing Address: Same. The Fictitious Business Name Referred to Above was Filed in San Diego County on: 09/03/2020 and assigned File # 2020-9014709. Fictitious Business Name is being Abandoned By: 1. Beachside Subs Inc., 4049 Arroyo Sorrento Rd., San Diego CA 92130. The Business is Conducted by: A Corporation. S/Catherine Brown, 08/22, 08/29, 09/05, 09/12/2025 CN 31041

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9015204 Filed: Aug 08, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. MD Software Services; B. MD Software. Located at: 270 N. El Camino Real #F504., Encinitas CA 92024 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Lawrence J. Miller Software Services, Inc., 270 N. El Camino Real #F504, Encinitas CA 92024. This business is conducted by: A Corporation. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: Not Yet Started S/Lawrence J. Miller, 08/22, 08/29, 09/05, 09/12/2025 CN 31040

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9015536

Filed: Aug 13, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/ County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Sea Revelations. Located at: 817 Balour Dr., Encinitas CA 92024 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Sea Revelations LLC, 817 Balour Dr., Encinitas CA 92024. This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: 08/01/2025 S/Daniel Mori, 08/22, 08/29, 09/05, 09/12/2025 CN 31039

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9015642

Filed: Aug 14, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business

Name(s): A. Coastal Color Works. Located at: 2939 Cowley Way #G, San Diego CA 92117 San Diego. Business Mailing

Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing

Address: 1. Patrice Alexander, 1317 Cambridge Ct., San Marcos CA 92078; 2. Christian Pharo, 2939 Cowley Way #G, San Diego CA 92117. This business is conducted by: A General Partnership. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: Not Yet Started S/Patrice Alexander, 08/22, 08/29, 09/05, 09/12/2025 CN 31038

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9015646

Filed: Aug 14, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business

Name(s): A. ProvenCMC Solutions; B. ProvenCMC; C. ProvenCMC Solutions LLC. Located at: 6370 Montez Villa Rd., San Diego CA 92130 San Diego. Business Mailing

Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. ProvenCMC Solutions LLC, 6370 Montez Villa Rd., San Diego CA 92130. This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: 08/12/2025 S/David Provencal, 08/22, 08/29, 09/05, 09/12/2025 CN 31037

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9015550

Filed: Aug 13, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Nebelmeer Studio. Located at: 340 Isthmus Way #52, Oceanside CA 92058 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Cyprian Byrne Tayrien, 340 Isthmus Way #52, Oceanside CA 92058. This business is conducted by: An Individual. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: 05/19/2025 S/Cyprian Byrne Tayrien, 08/22, 08/29, 09/05, 09/12/2025 CN 31029

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9013374

Filed: Jul 14, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Diamoon. Located at: 326 Arroyo Dr., Encinitas CA 92024 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Ekaterina Gutsu, 326 Arroyo Dr., Encinitas CA 92024. This business is conducted by: An Individual. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: 07/14/2025 S/Ekaterina Gutsu, 08/22, 08/29, 09/05, 09/12/2025 CN 31028

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9013855

Filed: Jul 18, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Flourish and Flow Psychiatry. Located at: 2321 Loring St., San Diego CA 92109 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Katelyn Anne Brady, 2321 Loring St., San Diego CA 92109. This business is conducted by: An Individual. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: 03/24/2025 S/Katelyn Anne Brady, 08/22, 08/29, 09/05, 09/12/2025 CN 31027

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9014784

Filed: Aug 01, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Elite Junior Golf Tour. Located at: 2340 Carol View Dr. #E310, Cardi CA 92007 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Cory Edmon Page, 2340 Carol View Dr. #E310, Cardi CA 92007. This business is conducted by: An Individual. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: Not Yet Started S/Cory Edmon Page, 08/15, 08/22, 08/29, 09/05/2025 CN 31025

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9014970 Filed: Aug 05, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Carlsbad Alkaline Water LLC; B. Carlsbad Drinking Water; C. Carlsbad Famous Water; D. Carlsbad Historic Water; E. Carlsbad Mineral Water; F. Carlsbad Mineral Water Spa; G. Carlsbad Vending Water; H. Carlsbad Water; I. Carlsbad Alkaline Ice; J. Carlsbad Alkaline Water LLC. Located at: 2802 Carlsbad Blvd., Carlsbad CA 92008 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Carlsbad Alkaline Water LLC, 2802 Carlsbad Blvd. Carlsbad CA 92008. This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above

as of: 06/14/2019 S/Jacob R. Smith, 08/15, 08/22, 08/29, 09/05/2025 CN 31023

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9015065 Filed: Aug 06, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Psych Wellness Spa. Located at: 1582 Conway Dr., Escondido CA 92027 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Kimberly Kaestner A Professional Nursing Corporation, 1582 Conway Dr., Escondido CA 92027. This business is conducted by: A Corporation. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: Not Yet Started S/Kimberly Ann Kaestner, 08/15, 08/22, 08/29, 09/05/2025 CN 31020

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9014955 Filed: Aug 05, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/ County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. The Dollhouse Fitness LLC. Located at: 535 Encinitas Blvd. #104, Encinitas CA 92024 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: 521 E. Glaucus St., Encinitas CA 92024. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. The Dollhouse Collective, 521 E. Glaucus St., Encinitas CA 92024. This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: Not Yet Started S/Kendra Saad, 08/15, 08/22, 08/29, 09/05/2025 CN 31018

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9015257 Filed: Aug 08, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/ County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Smile Encinitas Dental Care. Located at: 4401 Manchester Ave. #203, Encinitas CA 92024 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Dustin Mark Deering DDS Inc., 4401 Manchester Ave. #203, Encinitas CA 92024. This business is conducted by: A Corporation. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: Not Yet Started S/Dustin Mark Deering, 08/15, 08/22, 08/29, 09/05/2025 CN 31016

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9014943 Filed: Aug 05, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/ County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. The UPS Store 0005. Located at: 2604B El Camino Real, Carlsbad CA 92008 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: 315 S. Coast Hwy 101 #U-305, Encinitas CA 92024. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Asra Set Incorporated, 315 S. Coast Hwy 101 #U-305, Encinitas CA 92024. This business is conducted by: A Corporation. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: Not Yet

Under the Names(s) Above as of: 07/21/2025 S/Velislava Vasileva Enchev, 08/15, 08/22, 08/29, 09/05/2025 CN 31009

Fictitious Business Name

Statement #2025-9014954

Filed: Aug 05, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business

Name(s): A. P B ‘s Finest. Located at: 3628 Bayonne Dr., San Diego CA 92109 San Diego. Business Mailing Address:

Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Braun, 3628 Bayonne Dr., San Diego CA 92109. This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: Not Yet Started S/Michael Braun, 08/15, 08/22, 08/29, 09/05/2025 CN 31008

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9014849

Filed: Aug 01, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business

Name(s): A. Willow Tree Weddings. Located at: 1418 Via Terrassa, Encinitas CA 92024 San Diego. Business Mailing

Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing

Address: 1. Monique Moreira Da Silva, 1418 Via Terrassa, Encinitas CA 92024. This business is conducted by: An Individual. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: Not Yet Started S/Monique Moreira Da Silva, 08/15, 08/22, 08/29, 09/05/2025 CN 31005

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9015052

Filed: Aug 06, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business

Name(s): A. Solera Skin. Located at: 3351 Calle del Sur, Carlsbad CA 92009 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Olivia Santana Marta, 3351 Calle del Sur, Carlsbad CA 92009. This business is conducted by: An Individual. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: Not Yet Started S/Olivia Santana Marta, 08/15, 08/22, 08/29, 09/05/2025 CN 31003

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9015757 Filed: Aug 07, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business

Name(s): A. AC Plumbing Construction. Located at: 2244 Faraday Ave. #U-163, Carlsbad CA 92008 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Armon Carter Plumbing Inc., 2244 Faraday Ave. #U-163, Carlsbad CA 92008. This business is conducted by: A Corporation. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: Not Yet Started S/Armon Carter, 08/15, 08/22, 08/29, 09/05/2025 CN 31002

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9014940

Filed: Aug 05, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/ County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Dee’s Garden. Located at: 4005 Ranchbrook Rd. Fallbrook CA 92028 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: PO Box 1747, Fallbrook CA 92088. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Yuvadee Lhuillier, 4005 Ranchbrook Rd., Fallbrook CA 92028. This business is conducted by: An Individual. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: 08/04/2025 S/Yuvadee Lhuillier, 08/15, 08/22, 08/29, 09/05/2025 CN 30996

Dieckilman, 08/08, 08/15, 08/22, 08/29/2025 CN 30987

08/29/2025 CN 30974

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9014908

Filed: Aug 04, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/ County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Garage Force Industrial Coatings of San Diego County. Located at: 422 Avenida de la Luna, Vista CA 92083 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Garage Force Coating Inc, 442 Avenida de la Luna, Vista CA 92083. This business is conducted by: A Corporation. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: 02/10/2025 S/Lizeth Stanley, 08/15, 08/22, 08/29, 09/05/2025 CN 30995

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9014907 Filed: Aug 04, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/ County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Grace Consultancy. Located at: 422 Avenida de la Luna, Vista CA 92083 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Lizeth Stanley, 442 Avenida de la Luna, Vista CA 92083. This business is conducted by: An Individual. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: Not Yet Started S/Lizeth Stanley, 08/15, 08/22, 08/29, 09/05/2025 CN 30994

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9014125 Filed: Jul 23, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Pinks Windows Encinitas. Located at: 2212 Edinburg Ave., Cardi CA 92007 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Coastal Cowboy Service Co LLC, 441 Brady Ln., Austin TX 78746. This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: Not Yet Started S/Connor Slattery, 08/15, 08/22, 08/29, 09/05/2025 CN 30993

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9014758 Filed: Jul 31, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Bendiciones Boutique LLC. Located at: 1501 E. Grand Ave. #1312, Escondido CA 92027 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: 1637 E. Valley Pkwy #208, Escondido CA 92027. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Bendiciones Boutique LLC, 1637 E. Valley Pkwy #208, Escondido CA 92027. This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: 07/28/2025 S/Esmeralda Santiago, 08/08, 08/15, 08/22, 08/29/2025 CN 30992

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9014944 Filed: Aug 05, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Gade Healthcare. Located at: 2701 Via Juanita, Carlsbad CA 92010 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Thomas Dieckilman, 2701 Via Juanita, Carlsbad CA 92010; 2. Douglas Malta Oliveira, Av. Antartico, 381, Conj. 73 E 74 Jardim Do Mar, Sao Bernardo Do Campo, Sao Paulo 09726150. This business is conducted by: Co-Partners. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: 08/05/2025 S/Thomas

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9014508

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9014319

Filed: Jul 28, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business

Name(s): A. Sleep AI; B. Sleep. AI. Located at: 2175 Salk Ave. #150, Carlsbad CA 92008 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Sleepscore Inc., 2175 Salk Ave. #150, Carlsbad CA 92008. This business is conducted by: A Corporation. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: 07/01/2025 S/Colin Lawlor, 08/08, 08/15, 08/22, 08/29/2025 CN 30986

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9014549

Filed: Jul 30, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business

Name(s): A. Freedom Link Real Estate. Located at: 1405 Topaz Way, Carlsbad CA 92011 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing

Address: 1. Louis John Puhek, 1405 Topaz Way, Carlsbad CA 92011. This business is conducted by: An Individual. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: 07/30/2025 S/Louis John Puhek, 08/08, 08/15, 08/22, 08/29/2025 CN 30979

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9014852

Filed: Aug 01, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business

Name(s): A. Be Known By LLC; B. Be Known By. Located at: 111 C St. #72, Encinitas CA 92024 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing

Address: 1. Be Known By LLC, 111 C St. #72, Encinitas CA 92024. This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: Not Yet Started S/Melissa LeClaire, 08/08, 08/15, 08/22, 08/29/2025 CN 30976

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9014732

Filed: Jul 31, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Penasquitos Pet Clinic; B. Neighborhood Veterinary Hospital of Penasquitos. Located at: 9728 Carmel Mountain Rd. #E, San Diego CA 92129 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: 7141 Sitio Corazon, Carlsbad CA 92009. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Hoolowitz Veterinary Partners, 7141 Sitio Corazon, Carlsbad CA 92009. This business is conducted by: A Corporation. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: 03/16/2020 S/Christopher Hoolihan, 08/08, 08/15, 08/22, 08/29/2025 CN 30975

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9014813

Filed: Aug 01, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business

Name(s): A. Down River Co. Located at: 1410 Santa Anita St., Oceanside CA 92058 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Maxine Lauck Designs LLC, 1410 Santa Anita St., Oceanside CA 92058. This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: 03/01/2025 S/Maxine Lauck, 08/08, 08/15, 08/22,

Filed: Jul 29, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Lux Ave. Located at: 1400 Flame Tree Ln. #A, Carlsbad CA 92011 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Shaheen Ghaznavi, 1400 Flame Tree Ln. #A, Carlsbad CA 92011. This business is conducted by: An Individual. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: Not Yet Started S/Shaheen Ghaznavi, 08/08, 08/15, 08/22, 08/29/2025 CN 30970

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9013661

Filed: Jul 16, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Powerhouse Electric. Located at: 3263 Buena Hills Dr., Oceanside CA 92056 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Richard Earl Powles, 3263 Buena Hills Dr., Oceanside CA 92056. This business is conducted by: An Individual. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: 09/15/2020 S/Richard Earl Powles, 08/08, 08/15, 08/22, 08/29/2025 CN 30968

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9014300 Filed: Jul 25, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Midland Senior

Care Insurance. Located at: 950 Boardwalk #201, San Marcos CA 92078 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. J & A Agency Inc., 950 Boardwalk #201, San Marcos CA 92078. This business is conducted by: A Corporation. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: 04/16/2012 S/Annette Midland, 08/08, 08/15, 08/22, 08/29/2025 CN 30967

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9014760 Filed: Jul 31, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/ County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Cedrus BioAdvisors; B. Cedrus Property Inspections. Located at: 6132 Colt Pl. #101, Carlsbad CA 92009 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Cedrus Group, LLC, 6132 Colt Pl. #101, Carlsbad CA 92009. This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: 07/01/2025 S/Guy F. Cipriani, 08/08, 08/15, 08/22, 08/29/2025 CN 30966

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9014734

Filed: Jul 31, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Mission Asian Market. Located at: 3320 Mission Ave. #L, Oceanside CA 92058 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Holandez Inc., 3320 Mission Ave.,

Oceanside CA 92058. This business is conducted by: A Corporation. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: 12/22/2009 S/Maria Liz Pajayon Holandez, 08/08, 08/15, 08/22, 08/29/2025 CN 30965

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9014724

Filed: Jul 31, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Chan Family Development Fund. Located at: 6215 Ferris Square #230, San Diego CA 92121 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Scripps Oral Pathology Service LLC, 6215 Ferris Square #230, San Diego CA 92121. This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: Not Yet Started S/Craig A. Chan, 08/08, 08/15, 08/22, 08/29/2025 CN 30964

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9014198

Filed: Jul 24, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Tesoro Resorts. Located at: 1255 Coast Blvd. #2B, La Jolla CA 92037 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: 18100 Von Karman Ave. #500, Irvine CA 92612. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Steadfast Resorts International, LLC, 18100 Von Karman Ave. #500, Irvine CA 92612. This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company. Registrant

First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: 03/14/2011 S/Dinesh Davar, 08/08, 08/15, 08/22, 08/29/2025 CN 30963

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9012898 Filed: Jul 03, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Workwell. Located at: 947 Via Di Felicita, Encinitas CA 92024 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. More Love Media Inc., 947 Via Di Felicita, Encinitas CA 92024. This business is conducted by: A Corporation. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: 01/30/2025 S/Randi Markel, 08/08, 08/15, 08/22, 08/29/2025 CN 30962

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2025-9013073 Filed: Jul 08, 2025 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Solartech Cleaning and Maintenance. Located at: 2714 Avalon, Carlsbad CA 92008 San Diego. Business Mailing Address: 30645 Rockridge Rd., Lake Elsinore CA 92530. Registrant Name and Business Mailing Address: 1. Tasha Nicole Lewis, 30645 Rockridge Rd., Lake Elsinore CA 92530. This business is conducted by: An Individual. Registrant First Began to Transact Business Under the Names(s) Above as of: 07/08/2025 S/Tasha Lewis, 08/08, 08/15, 08/22, 08/29/2025 CN 30953

The Antidote to Our Fear: Wisdom of The Poisoned Arrow

El Miedo es el VenenoFear is the Poison

North County San Diego is a magical home: rich, diverse, and layered with history. Quilted throughout nuestros barrios is the Latino communidad: vibrant, resilient, and essential to the cultural and economic fabric of daily life.

Yet in recent times, political rhetoric and federal policies have sharpened divisions and fueled fear like wildfire. Residents across the spectrum feel the weight of these times. Recognizing this, The Coast News publisher Chris Kydd and author Patrick A. Howell spoke with don Miguel Ruiz Jr., who offers a grounded and hopeful perspective:

“The challenges facing the Latino and immigrant communities right now are very real, and fear magnifies them. The work begins with self-respect, and respect for others’ free will. I can be a source of light only if I first cultivate that light within myself.”

Fear as Poison

Benito Juárez, Mexico’s first Indigenous president, famously declared: “Entre los individuos, como entre las naciones, el respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz.” (“Among individuals, as well as between nations, respect for another’s right is peace.”) That resilience echoes in Ruiz Jr.’s latest book, The Poisoned Arrow: A Toltec Guide to Overcoming Fear. Channeling Toltec wisdom, Ruiz Jr. explains: pain is like being struck by an arrow, but what lingers is the poison - fear. “The arrow may be gone, but the poison seeps into our

thoughts, words, and choices.” His message is simple yet profound: remove both arrow and poison, reclaim peace, and restore creative power. Fear permeates national life. It echoes in politics, saturates media screens, and settles in the quiet corners of our minds. Ruiz Jr., a nagual spiritual master in the Toltec Eagle Knight lineage, takes aim at fear’s many faces with clarity and compassion.

Today’s Great Wisdom

From the book’s introduction:

“In my family’s Toltec tradition, we say fear is a great poison. It’s at the root of greed, envy, gossip, anger - virtually every harmful action we take against one another and the planet. Fear keeps us from joy and peace, and it is perhaps the longest-term threat to humanity’s survival.”

He distinguishes between real fear, which protects us from immediate danger, and irrational fear, which tricks the mind into reacting

to threats that don’t exist. “Like a horror movie, your body responds as though the danger were real. The mind can’t always tell the difference.”

Central to Toltec philosophy is the “dream”, the personal and collective realities we live in:

“We each have our personal dream, that inner dialogue between me and me. The dream of the planet is the collective conversation we’re all part of. If my dream is full of fear, that’s what I bring into the world.”

On control, Ruiz challenges a cultural reflex:

“Attempting to control outcomes in life is ultimately an illusion. Real freedom comes from embracing uncertainty.”

Legacy of the Toltecs

The Ruiz family has carried Toltec wisdom to millions worldwide. Don Miguel Ruiz Sr.’s The Four Agreements: be impeccable with your word, don’t make assumptions, don’t take things personally, always do your best.has sold over 12 million copies and remains a spiritual touchstone. With The Poisoned Arrow, Ruiz Jr. extends that legacy into our new era, offering a toolkit for resilience in times of upheaval.

A Higher Love

I surrender heart and soul

Sacrificed to a higher goal

Moved, moved by a higher love

By a higher love

- Depeche Mode , “Higher Love”

Our conversation ended with harmony and synchronicity. A devoted Depeche Mode fan, Ruiz Jr. reflected on Higher Love as a kind of New Age hymnal:

“That song is about surrender, about giving yourself fully to something greater. When we transform

fear into awareness, we create space for love to move us higher. That’s not just philosophy; it’s a practice we can live with every day.”

In an age where fear dominates headlines, Ruiz Jr. reminds us that freedom begins within. And in North County, a community built on heritage, resilience, and shared humanity, that message could not be more timely.

Closing Note

Shoutout to my nephew, a recent SoCal grad, and his good dad: accepted to Harvard and Berkeley, now taking his robotics and engineering talents to El Tec in Monterrey, Mexico’s tech capital. A reminder that heritage, courage, and “the road less traveled” can bridge cultures and lift us all higher. Your grandfather is proud.

This Fall, The Coast News, Victory & Noble, and Soulscape Encinitas will host a book signing and community discussion around The Poisoned Arrow with don Miguel Ruiz Jr. This event is the first in a series of conversations intended to lift our community higher.

Patrick A. Howell is author of the forthcoming Getting Deals Done: The Memoirs of a SuperAchiever in the Era of Apex Capitalism, currently in pre-release on Amazon.

From the Publisher’s Desk

Community engagement isCommunity engagement is in my blood. My father, Jim Kydd, founded The Coast News in 1987 because he believed North County deserved a voice for its vibrant and diverse people. I continue that mission today by telling stories that matter and making sure every voice is heard.

My own family reflects the heart of this community. My wife is Mexican, our daughters are growing up with the richness of multiple cultures, and together we carry values that define North County: heritage, community and respect. Political views may differ, but the values that unite us run deeper.

As a publisher, I turn often to The Four Agreements: be impeccable with your word, don’t make assumptions, don’t take things personally and always do your best. Don Miguel Ruiz Jr.’s new book The Poisoned Arrow expands on that legacy with a powerful reminder: fear is the true poison. If we choose to live fearlessly, guided by truth, respect and courage, we not only strengthen ourselves, we lift one another higher

Chris Kydd Publisher, The Coast News

by don Miguel Ruiz Jr.

DON MIGUEL RUIZ JR. shares timeless Toletc wisdom in his new book released July 26th about overcoming fear and living courageously.

patrick a. howell

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ifornia and Oklahoma, who would live in Oklahoma?

Life isn’t equitable.

The hostility, then, isn’t merely grumpiness about the weather. There’s something akin to a class struggle going on here, between the under-resourced proletarians trapped in the interior and the care-free, privileged bourgeois tourists flying in from the coast to frolic when the weather’s fair.

That may be a bit simplistic. I mean, who frolics in Oklahoma? The term “coastal elites” is being bandied about, though.

To successfully navigate this dialectic minefield: (1) fly to the interior, (2) rent an older domestic automobile with plates from a nearby landlocked state, (3) study how the locals dress, (4) go to a Goodwill store, (5) purchase a suitable mufti wardrobe, then, (6) do what the crew from Star Trek does — mingle unnoticed amongst the natives.

Oh, and if you’re asked where you’re from? Lie.

Scott Chambers is a cartoonist, author, editor and songwriter. He lives in Carlsbad.

What do music, medicine, and interfaith spirituality have in common?

For Dr. Edward A. Siegel, they are all tools for healing and connection. In his new book, A Spiritual Journey: To Know the Creator (12000 BC – Present) Despite Limitations of the Brain, the Solana Beachbased psychiatrist and lifelong musician brings together neuroscience, religion, and personal reflection in a thoughtful exploration of humanity’s search for meaning.

Released this spring, the book blends memoir, interfaith dialogue, and scientific insight into a compelling look at what unites people across different belief systems. Siegel invites readers to engage with some of life’s most enduring questions: Who or what is the Creator? Why are we here? What happens after death? And can the human brain even begin to comprehend the answers?

“Each faith tradition has more similarities than differences,” Siegel said in an interview. “Every religion has to have a place to meet, an organization for a sense of belonging, teachings about generosity, graciousness, and hope, music to elevate the spirit, and so on.”

Most significantly: they all attempt to explain creation, purpose, morality, and the afterlife—despite the limitations of the human brain.

Siegel’s fascination with the mind and spirit began early. At just four years old, he discovered he could play the piano by ear without reading music. By age six, he was performing in talent shows and on live radio. When playing at Eglin Air Force Base in 1952, his musical prowess and his kindness served as healing power when he played for pilots suffering from what was then called “shell shock.” His bountiful life experienc-

es crafted the way to his own epiphany- on man’s interpretation on Creation.

The understanding and evaluation of life’s events is the foundation of A Spiritual Journey. The book opens with Siegel’s personal experience, including a spontaneous 81-word sentence he composed during 40 days and 40 nights of travel. He calls it his “laconic synthesis,” a phrase that attempts to unify the essence of multiple world religions without altering their names, beliefs, or practices.

From there, the book expands to include diverse perspectives and stories from a wide range of contributors. These include a Jewish rabbi, a Muslim businessman, a Hindu psychiatrist, a Buddhist city engineer, a Christian deacon, and Tony Award-winning performer Ben Vereen. Each shares how their tradition approaches remembrance, gratitude, contrition, celebration, and community. A unique factor of his book is Siegel’s 6 special experiences from 6 different religions. The relatability of these experiences provides the audience with understanding of his enlightenment, sense of belonging, and wonder throughout different religious settings in a distinctive way.

A chapter by the late neuroscientist Dr. José Manuel Delgado deepens the book’s scientific grounding. Delgado suggests that while the human brain is highly advanced, it may be biologically incapable of fully understanding the nature of creation or the mind of a Creator. The idea is both humbling and liberating, helping readers accept mystery without abandoning the search for meaning.

“There is an order to the universe that’s beyond comprehension,” Siegel observes, quoting Einstein. “Dogs can see and hear things we can’t and still have limitations to their brains. Humans likely

are limited to a similar extent.”

Rather than leaving readers in doubt, the book closes with a hopeful message from His Holiness the Dalai Lama. His epilogue calls for global harmony among religious traditions, emphasizing mutual respect and shared values such as compassion and ethical living.

Siegel’s perspective is shaped not only by science and spirituality but also by a life of global experience. He has visited more than 80 countries and performed music on stages from San Diego’s Super Bowl to The Today Show. From 1987 until Covid hit, he led the weekly Solana Beach Community Singalong and even co-wrote the city’s official song. His new book and co-composing the song are what he calls his “proudest accomplishments” and “part of his legacy.”

With A Spiritual Journey, he offers something rare—an invitation to think deeply, listen openly, and find common ground in a divided world. By reading his book, Dr Edward Siegel hopes that “everyone will find some understanding of other traditions outside of their own.”

While the book is currently only available for order at Amazon.com, it may soon be available on Audible. com as an audiobook. Scan the QR code to purchase your copy on Amazon and support a remarkable local author whose work continues to bridge faith, science, and the human heart.

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DR. EDWARD A. Siegel, Solana Beach-based psychiatrist and author of “A Spiritual Journey,” draws from decades of global travel and interfaith study in his new book about belief, neuroscience and what connects us. Courtesy photo