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“They don’t think about the fact that they could hit someone,” Cording said. Beyond skateboarders, Cording said he has also seen young children and elderly residents struggle to climb the steep ramp. Bicycles are also risky on the ramp, Cording said. Cording suggested the city reconstruct the ramp by doubling its length, reducing the grade percentage by half and veering
ENCINITAS — Despite winning her seat by more than 16 points in last year’s election, County Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer is facing a recall initiated by local political action committee Undivided San Diego. The Escondido RANCHO Times-Advocate first reportSFNEWS ed news of the recall filing. Lawson-Remer represents District 3, which includes the coastal North County cities of Encinitas, Del Mar and Solana Beach, San Diego’s M i ra ma r neighborhood and extends LAWSON-REMER northeast to Escondido. The recall effort will need over 40,000 signatures by May 12 to force a recall election for the first-term supervisor’s seat. In a statement provided to The Coast News, Lawson-Remer said the organizers of the recall effort are political extremists. “Unfortunately, anti-vaccine radicals are now trying to hijack our local democracy by pushing a dangerous recall to overturn the 2020 election and impose their extreme views on all of us. A recall would cost San Diego County taxpayers $2 million dollars
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NEGOTIATIONS OVER mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations remain ongoing between the City of Encinitas and Encinitas Firefighters’ Association after the city extended its vaccination deadline for first responders to Jan. 31. Story on A5. Photo/Graphic by Jordan P. Ingram
Is Oceanside Pier’s ramp too steep? Some think so By Samantha Nelson
OCEANSIDE — As the city studies potential improvements to Oceanside Pier, some regular visitors want to see changes made to a ramp connecting the historic landmark to a popular beachfront street below to improve pedestrian safety. For nearly 100 years, a concrete installation connects the wooden pier to Pacific Street with a paved ramp emptying out SOME RESIDENTS and visitors are concerned about the onto The Strand. steepness of the ramp connecting the Oceanside Pier to The But Valley Center resStrand below. Photo by Samantha Nelson ident Robert Cording, who
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visits Oceanside Pier nearly every Sunday, wants to see the ramp redesigned so that it isn’t so steep. Cording said the ramp’s slope has attracted skateboarders who fly down the ramp at high speeds where pedestrians frequent near the front of Tin Fish Restaurant. Cording said there have been several occasions where he has observed skateboarders using the ramp in a dangerous fashion and nearly colliding with unsuspecting passersby.
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