The Coast News, December 10, 2021

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O’side finalizes .com Rail Trail

Inland colleges protected against cyber attacks. A3 O’side residents say mixeduse project too big. A5 Investment group sells Vista marketplace. A5

THE  Council maps VISTA route forNEWS portion of thoroughfare

Carlsbad’s homeless plan shows early success. A6 Blakespear, Gloria reverse course on mileage charge. A7

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Encinitas council denies Safe Parking appeal. A7 Magnolia first of district’s many renovations. A7 Skater Wettstein named GEO style director. A8 Holiday light events at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. A9 Dons football advances to state championship. A15

Cheers: So, what makes a holiday cocktail? B10

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ran to his station when the first of six torpedoes struck the ship, putting dozens of third-deck sailors in jeopardy. As water filled the third deck, Coburn and others were able to escape and close the hatch. However, the next portion of the escape route was more perilous as he squeezed himself through the ship’s porthole as it capsized. Once in the open sea, Coburn and others were exposed to Japanese fight-

OCEANSIDE — The Oceanside City Council has approved a route for the city's final portion of the Coastal Rail Trail, a 44mile bicycle and pedestrian RANCHO thoroughfare connecting North County to San Diego, SFNEWS linking the existing segments of the trail together along the rail corridor. The council approved the project’s initial study, monitoring program, and alignment from Oceanside Boulevard to Morse Street. The new trail connector will be 14-feet wide with a 10-foot wide paved pathway and 2-foot shoulders on each side, along with fencing on both sides. The buildout will include constructing a prefabricated steel truss bridge over the Loma Alta Creek at Buccaneer Park, with a concrete observation deck that will run parallel next to North County Transit District’s railroad bridge already crossing over the creek. “Also, within Buccaneer Park, we’ll have a vegetative retaining wall,” said Project Manager Mahsima Mohammadi at the Dec. 1 council meeting. In 2017, city staff heard from residents about potential alignment options in-

TURN TO PEARL HARBOR ON A13

TURN TO RAIL TRAIL ON A6

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ESCONDIDO ARTIST Julia Anthony’s colorful mural entitled “Escondido Vision” can be viewed on the west exterior wall of the Escondido Public Library on Kalmia Street. Anthony’s mural was commissioned by the Escondido Public Library Foundation. Story on B1. Photo by Tigist Layne

Oceanside WWII veteran shares Pearl Harbor survival story  Women’s GOP group hosts 80th anniversary event By Steve Puterski

CARLSBAD — Eighty years ago, President Franklin D. Roosevelt called the attack on Pearl Harbor “a day which will live in infamy." Roosevelt addressed the nation with those famous words after the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack

GEORGE COBURN Photo by Steve Puterski

on Dec. 7, 1941, at the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in Oahu, Hawaii. Enemy fighter planes had killed

2,335 military personnel, 68 civilians and destroyed or damaged 15 ships. Today, the devastating blitz that served as a precursor to America's involvement in WWII brings back memories for Oceanside resident George Coburn, who was stationed on the USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor and shared his story of survival on Dec. 7 at a Carlsbad Republican Women’s Federated event. According to those in attendance, Coburn recalled the attack with levi-

ty, humor and humility. “It took a while for us to understand we were being attacked,” Coburn told The Coast News. “We heard on the radio several air stations were being bombed.” Coburn had enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1938. Just three years later on Dec. 7, 1941, alarms rang for the sailors with an announcement for the sailors: “All hands, man battle stations, real planes, real bombs, no s---!” Coburn said he quickly grabbed his shirt and

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