The Coast News, December 23, 2022

Grandview bluff collapse lawsuit to begin discovery

Ruling

By Jordan P. Ingram

ENCINITAS — After more than two years of delays and procedural wrangling, a Vista judge’s ruling last month has advanced a wrongful death lawsuit into the discovery phase, allowing plaintiffs to learn more about the circumstances surrounding the deaths of three women killed in a

bluff collapse at Grandview Beach.

The lawsuit, filed against the City of Enci-

nitas, State of California, Leucadia Seabluffe Village Community Association and Seabreeze Manage -

ment Company, alleges negligence and dangerous property conditions played a role in the deaths of Ju-

lie Davis, 65, her 35-yearold daughter Anne Davis Clave, both of Encinitas, and Davis’ 62-year-old sister Elizabeth Charles of San Francisco.

The Davis family filed suit just a few weeks after a roughly 30-foot hunk of “urbanized” cliff broke loose and crashed onto the beach below, fatally crushing several victims underneath multi-ton sandstone rock.

The lawsuit argues that years of groundwater

Janks found guilty

VISTA — A jury found Jade Janks of Solana Beach guilty of first-degree murder on Wednesday in the death of her former stepfather Thomas Merriman after a day of deliberation.

The verdict concludes a 10-day trial at the Superior Court North County courthouse in Vista, where jurors heard from nearly 20 witnesses and experts. Jurors went into deliberation Tuesday morning.

Janks faces 25 years to life in state prison when she is sentenced, which is currently set for April 3.¬

Merriman, 64, was found dead under a pile of cardboard boxes in his driveway on Jan. 2, 2021, with the cause of death determined to be acute intoxication by zolpidem, a sleep aid also known as Ambien.

The District Attorney’s Office charged Janks with murdering Merriman, the co-founder of the Butterfly Farms in Encinitas, arguing that she drugged, suffocated and strangled him on New Year’s Eve 2020 after picking him up from the hospital.

In closing statements on Monday, Deputy District Attorney Jorge Del

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FAMILY MEMBERS, from left, Anne Davis Clave and Julie Davis, both of Encinitas, and Elizabeth Charles, of San Francisco, died Aug. 2, 2019, at Grandview Beach. The Coast News graphic

RUBY LILLEY, 16, of Oceanside qualified for the women’s park foursome on the National Skateboarding Team.

Photo by MRZ

By Laura Place

Jury: Solana Beach woman murdered former stepfather

HAT’S THE SPIRIT

New O’side council members sworn in

By Samantha Nelson

OCEANSIDE — Two new City Council members were officially sworn into office at a recent special council meeting.

On Dec. 14, former Oceanside Unified School Board Trustee Eric Joyce is the new representative for the city’s District 1 on the City Council and retired fire chief Rick Robinson took over as District 2’s representative. They replace Kori Jensen and Christopher Rodriguez, respectively.

Joyce served on the OUSD school board for four years before opting to run for City Council instead of a board reelection. He took his oath with his two young children by his side on the and was met with an enthusiastic applause from the audience.

“I want to thank my family, who are always standing with me in the best way, calling me in at every moment to make sure I’m a better human every day,” Joyce said. “To my Oceanside Unified family, it has been an incredible journey with you and the work that we did with the school district that I know you will carry on is something in the city we need.”

Continuing the theme, Joyce said that all of Oceanside is like a family that he will continue to serve in his new capacity, which he called “an honor of a lifetime.”

“Like every family we have some conflict from time to time, but we are bound by love and a shared fate,” he said. “We have tough decisions in the years ahead — will we succumb to the stories of other cities where they become a new trendy place and the people who built the city who make it eclectic, diverse and beautiful are pushed out? Or can we plot a deliberate course — one that balances

economic growth with people’s well-being, balances safety with compassion for others, balances economics with our need for community? I believe we can do these things, I believe our family can grow closer with good conversation and grace and I look forward to doing this work with you.”

In a symbolic gesture, Robinson was sworn in by Fire Chief Dave Parsons, who succeeded Robinson after his retirement over the summer.

Over the past 45 years, Robinson has sworn an oath of office in various roles — as a sailor in the Navy, as a firefighter, paramedic, arson investigator and as fire chief — but this is the first time he took an oath of office as an elected official.

“I take this oath not as something I achieved but rather what you the voters have done through the ballot box,” Robinson said. “For your support I’m forever grateful. I will serve not only for those who voted for but on behalf of all who reside and work and visit our city to the best of my ability.”

Robinson also said he is excited to once again serve with Oceanside city staff as well as the mayor and his fellow council members.

“I’m excited to collaborate with the mayor and my fellow council to find solutions to some of our most difficult challenges: improving public safety, managing homelessness, keeping our beaches, increasing housing availability, traffic improvement, supporting and expanding our business

community, improving and maintaining recreation facilities, and maintaining and improving public infrastructure,” he said. “All of those will require a shared sense of purpose, sound policy development, wisdom in our decision making, and the best efforts of city staff.”

Like Joyce, Robinson thanked his family as well as the outgoing council members. He also thanked his election opponent, Daniel Dominguez, for running a campaign “that focused on the issues.”

Mayor Esther Sanchez was set to appoint Robinson as deputy mayor at the Dec. 21 council meeting.

JOYCE ROBINSON

Creative and colorful garb was on display at the 64th annual Vista Christmas Parade in downtown Vista on Dec. 3. The theme this year was “A Toy Stories Christmas.” Photo by Karli Cadel

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Green resolutions for 2023

By A.J. van de Ven

As one year ends and another begins, many of us like to make resolutions or set goals for the new year.

As there’s no more pressing issue than our impact on the environment, here are some ideas — inspirations, perhaps — for achievable 2023 sustainability resolutions.

Do a waste audit at home or work. See what you’re throwing away each week, and check what might be reused or recycled instead of disposed of.

Single-use plastic disposables are prime culprits: bottles, straws, plastic sandwich bags and plastic razors.

You can switch to reusable alternatives or investigate local recycling opportunities.

An increasing number of strategies look to recycle waste that would previously have gone to the landfill. See if there are drop-off spots near you.

Switch to rechargeable batteries wherever possible. Battery waste is especially difficult to deal with in an environmentally responsible fashion.

This is particularly relevant for parents, guardians or those buying for children, where every second toy seems to require at least three AAA batteries.

Cut down on your paper towel use. If every U.S. household used just one less 70-sheet paper towel roll each year, more than half a million trees would be saved.

And that’s not taking into account the water required to make paper towels — estimated at around 20,000 gallons for a ton of paper.

Reduce your use, and switch to eco-friendly toilet paper where you can, too.

Just as auditing your household or business waste is a useful exercise to see

what could be recycled or replaced, auditing your water use can reveal important potential efficiencies.

Could you benefit from doing one less dishwasher load a week or using cold water for your laundry?

In your garden, if you have one, could you introduce drought-tolerant plants or utilize smart irrigation?

learn about natural lifecycles.

Even if growing food is out of the question, you can encourage wildlife with a bug hotel or bird feeder and discover more about the nature around us.

Volunteering is a great way to give a truly valuable resource: your time.

Find a local organization helping to make a dif-

DAs urge transparency in early release system

There is nothing most California convicts want more than to be released before their sentence is up, even before they have earned enough good-conduct credits to qualify for early release.

Across California’s prison system, many inmates are getting their wish, thanks to a steady program of early releases for prisoners whose offenses are legally deemed “nonviolent,” even though that category can include things like human trafficking, rape of an unconscious person and domestic violence.

This is not parole, which must be approved by appointive panels operating independently of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR).

This is arbitrary action aimed at emptying the prison system as much as Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration can get away with under the guise of reducing the risks of prisons becoming super-spreader sites for COVID-19.

While it’s true that convicts are often kept at close quarters with one another, both in cells and on exercise yards, masking and vaccines usually can prevent major outbreaks of the dangerous virus.

One lengthy investigation by CBS-TV concluded the early release process — conducted under emergency regulations — has been both dangerous and arbitrary, conducted entirely out of the public eye.

It has even seen the release of prisoners who were denied parole for substantial cause.

It’s unknown whether those rules will automatically expire if the public emergency Newsom declared in spring 2020 ends in February, as the governor has promised.

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and violent felons into our communities by reducing their sentences by as much as 50 percent puts the public in danger… Victims and their families deserve to be heard on how the (emergency) regulations might affect them and public safety in general.”

But the D.A.s never filed a formal court petition.

They have now asked CDCR to explain how it decides which prisoners to release early — “especially those who have not engaged in rehabilitation programs… This needs to stop now. This is not reform. It is an anti-transparent experiment that is gambling with public safety.”

Added Yolo County D.A. Jeff Reisig, “The public has a right to know what these people are doing to rehabilitate themselves.”

Meanwhile, legislators bent on cutting down the prison population and possibly closing some of the state’s most remote penitentiaries also passed a law in 2019 allowing early release of many inmates who committed felonies while juveniles, but were convicted as adults.

The D.A.s always objected to that law, known as SB 1391, saying it could free hundreds of dangerous prisoners. One they sometimes cite is Adrian Gonzalez of Santa Cruz, convicted on the basis of video evidence of raping and killing an 8-year-old neighbor girl and dumping her body in a trash bag.

Businesses and organizations can commit to upgrading their irrigation systems and introducing weather-based sensors, which ensure plants and lawns are neither undernor over-watered.

Shopping locally is an easy way to reduce your carbon footprint and supports small businesses near you.

Please be sure to look for retailers that source their products locally, where possible.

If you’re lucky enough to have a garden or green yard space, investigate options for growing your own food.

See what fruits or vegetables might be feasibly cultivated.

You can save a little money, reduce transportation impacts and costs, and both kids and adults can

ference, whether through a clean-up program, a recycling initiative, a campaign to save important wildlife, or any sustainability or green issue you feel passionately about.

You could also raise funds for an eco charity to help increase awareness of environmental issues.

You don’t even need to do any of this in a particularly formal way, either.

You could make your voice heard by becoming an active participant in your workplace or school as a voice for change and sustainability, a champion if you will.

A.J. van de Ven is president and CEO of Carlsbad-based smart irrigation company Calsense and a board member of the nonprofit ECOLIFE Conservation.

As long as 18 months ago, 41 elected district attorneys from around the state filed a petition with CDCR asking for repeal of those regulations and the unpublicized releases.

That was even before the release of convicted domestic abuser Smiley Martin, the main suspect in last April’s mass shooting in Sacramento, which killed six.

Martin, authorities have said, was able to get out after serving just four years of a 10-year term despite a record of prison fights with other convicts because his original offense was legally considered nonviolent, allowing him to earn good-conduct credits faster than formally violent criminals.

Riverside County D.A. Mike Hestrin, one of the signers of the district attorneys’ petition, wrote that “Releasing dangerous

Because he was aged 15 years, 8 months at the time of his crime, he will be released in 2024, just nine years after the rape/ murder. If he had been tried as an adult, he could have gotten a 100-year sentence.

Considering how much national Republicans used fear of crime in the November 2022 election, the Democrats who control Sacramento might want to revisit SB 1391, whose toll in repeat crimes is sure to rise in coming years as more onetime juvenile felons are released.

For Democrats might just want to assure their continued domination of California politics by doing something to prevent Republicans from making crime a major future issue here, as they have elsewhere.

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Encinitas City Council votes to appoint fifth member

By Stephen Wyer ENCINITAS

— The Encinitas City Council will appoint its fifth member in January, instead of holding a special election for the seat, city officials decided last week.

In its meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 14, the newly sworn-in City Council voted 3-1 to appoint a replacement for new mayor Tony Kranz’s District 1 council seat. Kranz, Kellie Hinze and Joy Lyndes voted to appoint while new member Bruce Ehlers voted against the resolution.

The vacancy on the council was created in November when Kranz was elected to replace outgoing mayor Catherine Blake-

spear, who was elected to the state Senate.

Encinitas’ municipal code stipulates that city officials must appoint a new council member to fill a vacancy within 60 days. Otherwise, the city must hold a special election. With last week’s vote to appoint, interested persons will have until Jan. 10 to submit applications for the District 1 seat. The council will meet Jan. 18 to make a decision.

The city clerk’s office has not yet released a list of those who have applied for the District 1 vacancy. However, at least two candidates have already announced their intention to apply for the position. Alex Riley, a retired lifeguard of-

ficial who ran against Kranz for the seat in 2020, and Michael Blobe, who ran for mayor in 2022.

The majority cited cost and time as the primary factors for why they voted in favor of an appointment over an election. The city clerk, Kathy Hollywood, had estimated that a special election would cost Encinitas $250,000-$400,000.

Additionally, an election could not be held until May at the earliest, whereas an appointee could be sworn in as soon as February, Hollywood said at the meeting.

“From my perspective it’s important that we get someone into the seat and do in a way that makes the

most sense for the community, and importantly satisfies the majority of community,” Kranz said.

“The council is always in a position where they need to make their best assessment of what most people would want, and in this particular case my assessment is that most would want someone in the seat sooner than later and not spending hundreds of thousands of dollars.”

He added: “If we don’t have an election until May, and then it takes time to get the votes counted, it could realistically be into June that we actually have someone fill the vacancy.”

Kranz noted that the council would have to vote

on key issues, including a whole budget cycle and discussions about capital improvements, with just four members during that interval.

“It really would be good to have a new council person in place for those discussions — an election would mean putting the city’s business on hold in a way that is not good for District 1.”

Lyndes and Hinze — both appointees themselves who have since been elected — agreed. In addition to the concerns about cost and timeliness voiced by Kranz, Lyndes talked about how an election could actually be a discouragement to some qualified candidates in

seeking the office.

“I think that having a special election and making people go through that process would extremely limit the pool of people who are interested in coming here and participating in public service,” she said. “I think the overarching benefit is that we can get someone in who can help us pull the load forward and represent the Leucadia district fully as soon as possible.”

Conversely, Ehlers argued that the majority of Encinitas residents are in favor of holding a special election to fill the District 1 vacancy. He said that an appointment by the council

Light the Way for Kids with a year-end gift to Rady Children’s

There’s no better time to be a kid than during the holidays.

Fun with friends and family, sweet treats everywhere, hugs from grandma and grandpa and, of course, lots of presents.

The magic of the season can be hard to find for some families who are spending their holidays in the hospital, however. They are counting on Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego to be there, not only to provide life-saving medical care, but to deliver holiday cheer during a challenging time.

Parents Jamie and Joe know what it’s like to spend countless hours in a hospital room. When the San Diegans pass by Rady Children’s these days and look up to where their son, Joey, received life-saving care—not once, but twice—it’s no longer just a hospital. It’s a place of healing.

“Without having or knowing a sick child receiving care at Rady Children’s, it’s easy to drive by thinking it’s just another building,” Jamie said. “Having been there many nights at Joey’s bedside, we know this hospital is so much more. There are children inside fighting for their lives through every one of those windows and there are wonderful people helping provide them hope and healing.”

Born with Down syndrome, Joey has endured treatment for pulmonary hypertension and bravely battled leukemia—all before the age of 6. Unfortunately,

children diagnosed with Down syndrome bear a higher risk of developing pulmonary hypertension and later developing acute myeloid leukemia, a serious cancer of the blood and bone marrow.

Rady Children’s is a not-forprofit hospital that has been there through the decades for hundreds of families just like Joe, Jamie and Joey. Established as a polio hospital in 1954, Rady Children’s

has grown to be the largest children’s hospital on the West Coast and one of the nation’s top pediatric health care systems, serving more than 90 percent of the kids in the community. The Hospital is home to a team of world-class experts and caregivers, innovative research and the finest and most compassionate patient care.

Thankfully, Joe and Jamie could count on Rady Children’s to be there. And, in the spirit of the season, Rady Children’s is depending on the San Diego community to support kids spending their holidays and the new year in the Hospital. As 2022 draws to

close, now is the perfect time for donors to make a tax-deductible gift before the end of the year.

By joining the Hospital’s annual fundraising campaign, Light the Way, supporters can show kids and families that they aren’t alone. Light the Way ensures that sick and injured children have a holiday season -- and the promise of a new year -- to look forward to.

Light the Way features the Hospital’s signature seasonal events including outdoor ice skating at the Rady Children’s Hospital Ice Rink at Liberty Station; the iHeart Rady Children’s Giveathon featuring patients and their families sharing inspiring stories of hope and healing on the radio; and the annual Light the Way Parade of Lights put on for the hundreds of children who are spending the holidays in the hospital.

Of course, kids still need support once the holiday season is over. By giving in December, donors can make an investment in a healthy 2023 for San Diego’s children.

JOEY WITH mother Jamie at Rady Children’s. Courtesy photos

JOEY. Courtesy photos

Hospital Foundation: 3020 Children’s Way; MC 5005; San Diego, CA 92123

CHANGING COUNCIL: A ceremony last week at City Hall welcomed the new Encinitas City Council and honored outgoing deputy mayor Joe Mosca, left. Councilman Bruce Ehlers, second from left, replaces Mosca in District 4. Joy Lyndes, second from right, won a full term in District 3 after she was appointed to the council in 2021. She will serve as deputy mayor. Tony Kranz, right, was sworn-in as the next mayor of Encinitas, leaving a vacancy in District 1. Photos by Scott Chatfield

Portillo urged jurors to find Janks guilty of first-degree murder, reminding them of her alleged confessions to two witnesses, her “plan” referenced in text messages in the days leading up to his death and her lies to law enforcement about Merriman’s whereabouts.

“He was a real, breathing person that she took away,” Del Portillo said. “We know he had his issues, his conduct, but this trial is not about his conduct. He didn’t get a trial, he didn’t get the due process that Ms. Janks had. She was the judge, jury and executioner.”

Janks’ defense team claimed in their closing statement that there was no hard evidence to confirm the prosecution’s theory that Merriman was strangled or suffocated, and called into question the credibility of the two witnesses who testified about Janks’ alleged confessions.

Defense attorney Marc Carlos also said Janks panicked when she allegedly discovered her former stepfather dead in his car, as she testified in her version of events, and that she was simply afraid of being blamed.

“Ms. Janks loved her stepfather — she would have never hurt him. She panicked, and that’s why she’s here,” Carlos said. “But panic is not a crime, and speculation is not evidence.”

At the most, Carlos said, the jury should find Janks guilty of involuntary manslaughter.

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Last week, Janks testified that she did not intentionally kill her stepfather, but found him dead in her car after bringing him home from the hospital on New Year’s Eve 2020 and hid his body out of panic.

According to Janks, she and Merriman lived together and had a close relationship until she moved out in her early 20s, and later reconnected when she moved into a home on South Nardo Avenue neighboring Merriman’s in April 2020. The two would see each other around once a week, and both lived there until Merriman’s death.

Merriman entered the hospital around mid-December 2020 with heart

issues, and Janks said she was checking in on him via phone every day and, at times, going over to clean his house.

While cleaning, she said she accidentally bumped the mouse to his computer and discovered something disturbing — a photo of breasts she recognized as her own, set as his desktop background.

She said she found what looked like “hundreds” more naked pictures of her as she searched his computer files.

“It was the most violating, just awful, gut-wrenching feeling ever. I felt sick … I couldn't even touch my own skin,” Janks said, adding that she believed he had obtained the private photos

from her old cameras, SD cards and laptop.

From there, Janks said she reached out to a man who she understood to work in private security named Alan Roach, who could not be contacted to testify during the trial.

Janks said she wanted Roach to stand guard while she showered because she felt “vulnerable” after finding the photos. Eventually, she said they worked out a plan where Roach would also confront her stepfather about the images and make sure he deleted them.

In the days leading up to his release from the hospital, Janks said she grew increasingly anxious about Merriman coming home, finding out she knew about the photos and possibly reacting aggressively. She confirmed that she kept a knife and a tarp by her bed.

Janks testified that after bringing Merriman home from the hospital on Dec. 31 following treatment for alcohol withdrawal symptoms, he took a gabapentin pill that was in her car.

He was also left alone in

her car with a bag of medications from the hospital while she stopped in a few stores in Solana Beach.

He then began to grow groggy and not make sense, and upon attempting to bring him out of the car at his home on South Nardo Avenue, he fell twice, leaving a scrape on his head and the back of his hand.

At that point, she said, a close friend and her boyfriend helped place Merriman into the back of Janks’ 4Runner, with the seats folded down so Merriman could lay comfortably with pillows and blankets.

Janks testified that after trying to get him back to the hospital and being unable to get him checked in and later being unable to get him out of the car, she ended up leaving him in her 4Runner overnight on New Year’s Eve.

This on its own was not uncommon, according to Janks, who noted previous occasions where Merriman would be highly intoxicated and “sleep it off” in her car after she picked him up. Usually, he would always wake up in the car within a few hours and walk the short distance back to his home.

“You pick up after Tom enough, you kind of pick your battles. I can’t carry him myself,” Janks said, recalling how she was often relegated to the role of his caretaker for many years.

That night, she said, she also poured whiskey on Merriman’s computer and

JADE JANKS of Solana Beach testifies in her murder trial on Dec. 16 at the Vista courthouse. Janks was found guilty Wednesday of murdering her former stepfather, Thomas Merriman, around New Year’s Eve 2020. Photo by Laura Place

DEPUTY DISTRICT Attorney Jorge Del Portillo speaks to jury members during the murder trial of Jade Janks at the Vista courthouse. Photo by Laura Place

seepage issues due to “poor storm drain management and irrigation” from the nearby Seabluffe cliff-top condos and the city’s reconstruction of a public beach access stairway in 1993 had significantly weakened the oceanfront cliff.

Further contributing to the collapse was the city’s use of shotcrete on the bluff’s surface, the installation of 10 non-native palm trees requiring consistent watering, and a failure to remove “invasive, non-native, water-laden ice plants” and replace them with “drought and salt-tolerant native plants,” the lawsuit states.

However, litigation was slowed by COVID-19 closures and hearing postponements. In January 2021, the judge sided with the Davis family, tossing out the city and state's “natural condition immunity” argument. If successful, the state law would have shielded both governing bodies from liability.

More recently, the city filed a motion for summary judgment — a request to end the case without a trial — alleging the family’s original attorney Benjamin Wagner did not meet statutory guidelines when initially filing claims with the city.

According to court documents, Wagner prepared 13 individual claims to be filed with the city clerk as required by state law. However, the claims were mistakenly sent to the city’s risk manager after a municipal employee gave Wagner’s office incorrect filing information.

Attorneys for the city argued for the case to be dismissed since the “plaintiffs failed to comply” with state law by delivering the claims to the wrong department. The judge denied the city’s motion, citing a previous ruling that “[t]he city cannot frustrate plaintiff’s attempt to comply with a statute enacted for its benefit and then assert noncompliance as a defense.”

“We’re very pleased with the summary judgment ruling,” said Zoe Littlepage, attorney for the Davis family. “It appears the city had a ‘gotcha’ moment where a lawyer called down asking how to file, and they misled him. We are all officers of the court. If you have statutory rules, you should follow them.”

Following this monthslong detour that required hours of depositions and investigation into the city’s bureaucratic misrepresentations about handling claims, Littlepage remains optimistic the case will move forward much more quickly in the discovery phase.

“Now that this procedural hiccup is over, we can start moving at a faster pace,” Littlepage said. “We are ready to start real discovery.”

Acknowledging the massive legal undertaking before her team, Littlepage plans to conduct depositions from eyewitnesses at the beach near the site of the collapse, including life-

guards and beachgoers. She anticipates the discovery phase to take another eight to 10 months of evidence gathering.

The Houston-based attorney emphasized the Davis family is not interested in a financial settlement and is looking forward to a civil trial.

“(A monetary award) is certainly not what they are asking for,” Littlepage said. “This case needs to go to trial, so the community can hear the evidence and the family can have a voice. They want things changed. A public trial is a great avenue for change.”

Collapse

According to the complaint and media reports, on the afternoon of Aug. 2, 2019, members of the Davis family met at Grandview Beach to celebrate Charles’ recent recovery from breast cancer. One of the victims, Anne Davis Clave, asked lifeguards where the family should set up on the beach, and the group was directed to set up underneath the cliff, the lawsuit states.

“(The Davis family) asked lifeguards where they should set up,” Littlepage said. “Lifeguards are sup-

posed to be trained to say, ‘Don’t set up near the bluff’s edge.’”

At approximately 2:53 p.m., a portion of the cliff collapsed onto the Davis family, burying several members under heavy sandstone blocks.

Pat Davis, husband of victim Julie Davis, could not lift the rocks off his wife and “dug a hole in the sand around her head to enable her to breathe,” per the lawsuit. The father then went to where his youngest daughter, Clave, was located and held her head in his lap while waiting for paramedics to arrive.

Clave, seated near her two young children when the collapse occurred, was extricated from the pile by first responders and later died in the hospital from severe blunt-force head trauma. Julie Davis was ultimately pulled from the heap and transported to the hospital, where she later succumbed to her injuries.

Elizabeth Charles, who was sitting next to her 18-year-old daughter, was killed after heavy sandstone boulders fragmented her body, some of which was never recovered, court documents say.

All of the children sur-

vived the event.

Emergency personnel from multiple nearby city fire departments, some equipped with shovels, surrounded the site after the collapse, The Coast News first reported. A yellow tarp lay over a large chunk of rock near the Davis family’s towels, beach chairs and umbrellas.

Then-acting City Manager Jennifer Campbell re-

leased a statement to The Coast News in 2019 attributing the collapse to “the natural erosion process characteristic of California beaches.”

Signs warning of unstable cliffs dot the area, including one visible from where the collapse occurred, and more signage was added in the wake of the accident. At the time of the incident, the city’s website warned of the potential for bluff failures and cautioned beachgoers to keep their distance from the increasingly fragile terrain.

“Please be aware that in most areas hiking near or directly on top of the bluffs is prohibited. It is also important for visitors to avoid standing or sitting directly underneath unstable bluffs since they may collapse,” the website read.

Bluff safety awareness efforts in the months and years following the collapse have had seemingly little impact on the public's grasp of the ongoing dangers at Grandview and other beaches along the San Diego County coastline.

In court filings, the Davis family shared a pho-

to taken one year after the fatal collapse depicting beachgoers sitting and laying directly under the same cliffs at Grandview in the “presence of lifeguards on duty — and totally unaware of the peril that surrounds them.”

The Coast News reached out to the city of Encinitas for comment on the litigation and any safety measures implemented at the northernmost portion of Leucadia State Beach since the incident.

“Due to pending litigation, the city has no comment,” a spokesperson said.

FLOWERS MARK the site of a 2019 bluff collapse that claimed three lives at Grandview Beach in Encinitas. The surviving family members filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging the fatal incident was preventable. The Coast News file photo

Who’s

HOMELESS FOCUS

Lucky Duck Foundation announced its inaugural Shamrocks & Shipwrecks, which analyzes the effectiveness of regions/elected officials in addressing homelessness. San Diego County made a commitment to make $10 million available to all 18 cities throughout the county to increase shelters and fund urgently needed beds. The cities of San Diego, Oceanside, and Vista were awarded Shamrocks for pursuing and securing these funds because of plans to add immediately available beds.

As per the District’s Governing Board approval Dec. 6, Palomar College welcomes Todd McDonald as the new assistant superintendent/vice president of finance & administrative services. McDonald will start at Palomar on Jan. 23.

MAKING MUSIC

Carlsbad resident Lydia Tkach participated in “Radiant Light” — Biola University's Christmas Concert — on Dec. 10 held in a multi-venue, rotational format on Biola's campus.

GIFT OF VISION

Sunglass Hut gave back to the community by partnering with the OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation, a global vision care foundation. In early December, the organizations teamed up to provide free vision correction and protection, offering

comprehensive eye exams, glasses, and sunglasses at no cost to more than 650 under-resourced patients in Vista. Out of the patients seen, 91% needed prescription glasses and 100% received sunglasses.

CARDS FOR A CAUSE

The La Costa 35 Athletic Club, a local nonprofit organization, hosted its Cards For A Cause 11th annual Texas Hold ‘Em Poker tournament Nov. 12, benefiting the Boys & Girls Clubs of Carlsbad. More than $45,000 in net proceeds was raised for the Clubs. For more information, call (760) 444-4893, email info@bgccarlsbad.org or visit bgccarlsbad.org.

EXCELLENCE IN ART

Oceanside Museum of Art has received a 2022 Superintendent Award for Excellence in Museum Education from the California

Association of Museums and the California Department of Education. This award recognizes their Literacy Through Art program which promotes reading proficiency for third-grade students by closely looking at and analyzing works of art.

SHOWING KINDNESS

The Vista Chamber of Commerce has been recognized as a Kindness Certified Chamber of Commerce for having demonstrated visionary leadership, elevating kindness in business and honoring its members who are good to their people, community, planet and world.

HELP FOR AIDS VICTIMS

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of HIV/AIDS Housing announced it will award more than $13 million in Housing Opportunities

for Persons with AIDS Permanent Supportive Housing Renewal and Replacement Grants, which assist with tenant based rental assistance, supportive services, and other housing activities. This is the second of two rounds of grant announcements.

GRATIS HEARING AIDS

The Home Instead office in North San Diego County presented an anonymous donation of 1,600 brand new hearing aids Dec. 14, to distribute among local seniors. The donation allows the offices to extend their care for older adults with hearing impairments.

KUDOS FOR HWAC

Helen Woodward Animal Center President and CEO Mike Arms, addressed the United Nation’s Economic and Social Council for the first time since the Center

was officially appointed special consultative status in August this year. Helen Woodward Animal Center is honored to take a seat at this table among the world’s most influential non-governmental organizations.

GRAND OPENING

Transformative Wellness held its grand opening Dec.13 at 138 Civic Center Drive, #205, Vista.

RENT WRECK

On the West Coast, California’s low-supply of apartments showed Orange County was the hottest renting spot, followed by San Diego — a sign that both these markets continue to attract renters from Los Angeles and San Francisco. In fact, Orange County, coming in at no. 8, and San Diego, which took the 13th place, were the only California markets to reach our top 20 this year.

A vision of loveliness

Hopeful is pet of the week at Rancho Coastal Humane Society.

She’s a 7½-year-old, 9-pound, female, domestic short hair cat with a torbie (tortoiseshell-tabby) coat.

Hopeful was surrendered to Rancho Coastal Humane Society when her owner was no longer able to care for her.

She’s independent, easy going, and gets along with kids.

The $75 adoption fee

includes medical exam, spay, 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 Rancho Coastal Humane Society at 389 Requeza St., Encinitas, call (760) 753-6413 or visit SDpets.org.

Enjoy one from the archives.

Ineed something sparkly.

If any gift-giving reader out there is breaking out in a sweat thinking I mean jewelry, I don’t. I don’t even mean a gift.

It’s the shimmering time of year and I find myself sadly reminiscing about my youth when this time of year meant an excuse to buy a new dress.

As I flipped through some Christmas catalogs, I found myself filled with longing for a real outfit — a gown, some shoes, a wrap — and a place to wear it.

Somewhere out there, in social circles that will never include me, women are buying these gorgeous things to wear during the holidays. They have galas to

small talk

attend and social standings to uphold. Nothing on my calendar requires more than a clean pair of jeans.

Most women will agree, there is nothing quite as delicious as sliding into a gown that makes you feel beautiful. You just know you’ll get a wolf whistle from your significant other.

And even if he is foolish enough not to notice how radiant you look, you will get that look from several other men at the party. That may even be the best part.

You know, and they know you know, that it is just seasonal flirting, but it can raise your self-esteem right through the roof. God bless the man confident enough to tell your husband he had no idea he had such a beautiful wife.

Meanwhile, life becomes a bit drab when you have no more occasions to get really dolled up. In high school and college, there was at least one each season.

But once we move into the marriage, children, and/ or career drill, most of us run out of opportunities to really make an entrance.

Sure you can throw your own party, but that has several obstacles. First, you can’t make an entrance at your own party. Next, it’s Southern California, home base for casual. You are just not going to see many tuxedos. Not even if we remind him that he looks like James Bond.

I’m lucky if I can get my husband to wear pants with belt loops, much less a cummerbund. Finally, it’s a little anticlimactic to get beautiful for those friends you see all the time.

What we are truly wishing for is to be Cinderella, that breathtaking woman no one can take their eyes off of. We want to hear whispers to our escort of, “Wow. Who’s your date?”

Ah well. I know there are clubs in New York and balls in La Jolla where this all still happens, but somehow my invitations got lost in the mail. It’s just as well. I’d have to get my furs out of the vault and my jewels out of the safety deposit box, which is really such a bother.

And besides, I simply couldn’t decide between the black, hand-beaded silk shantung and the bright red number dripping in sequins.

Instead, I believe I’ll be wearing my fabulous flannel with matching fuzzy slippers. Inside, however, I’ll be glittering.

Jean Gillette is a freelance writer going for cozy over dazzling. Contact her at jean@coastnewsgroup.com.

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Del Mar appoints new mayor Council to meet in person in 2023

By Laura Place

DEL MAR — The figurative mayoral baton has been passed to a new Del Mar council member following the completion of Dwight Worden’s one-year term in the role.

Councilmember Tracy Martinez, who served as deputy mayor for the past year, was appointed as the city’s new mayor at the council’s Dec. 12 meeting. She will hold the seat for the next year.

Encinitas names department veteran as new fire chief

By Staff

ENCINITAS — The city named Josh Gordon its newest fire chief during a Dec. 14 Encinitas City Council meeting.

In his new capacity, Gordon will oversee the Encinitas Fire and Marine Safety, Solana Beach and Del Mar fire departments.

“I am honored and humbled to have been asked to lead our Fire Department,” Gordon said. “I look forward to working with the entire department to meet the challenges that lie ahead.”

“The city is pleased to have hired its next fire chief from within,” City Manager Pamela Antil said. “Chief Gordon, who served the Encinitas community for over 12 years, has made his career with

us. I am confident in his ability to lead our fire department forward, as well as his long-term commitment to the job.”

Gordon has more than two decades in public service in both the public and private sectors.

He began his fire career in the Encinitas Fire Department as a firefighter in 2010 and has held every rank – firefighter, engineer, captain, battalion chief, and most recently, deputy chief.

Gordon also holds a master’s degree from Colorado State University – Global in organizational leadership with a specialization in project management.

He and his wife, Lindsey, of over 20 years, have two children, a son Kolby and a daughter Kendyl.

Gordon also has deep family ties to the community. He grew up in Encinitas and spent most of his youth in the same house on Gardena Road near San Dieguito High School.

Gordon attended Cardiff Elementary, Ada Harris Elementary, and Oak Crest Middle schools. He graduated from La Costa Canyon High School.

“The fire department is made up of brave, courageous people who do everything they can to keep our communities safe and protected. I am committed to build upon this legacy of excellence,” Gordon said.

Gordon’s appointment follows Fire Chief Mike Stein’s retirement at the beginning of November.

Oceanside raises developer in-lieu fee to $20 per square foot

By Samantha Nelson OCEANSIDE — The

city is raising its in-lieu fee from just under $9 to $20 per square foot for developers who want to opt out of building affordable housing over the next two years.

has a $32 fee.

MARTINEZ

Unlike other cities where mayors are elected, Del Mar’s two highest vote-getting council members from the past election serve as mayor on a yearly rotating basis. Councilmember Dan Quirk was selected as the new deputy mayor.

The council also adopted a resolution honoring Worden for his mayoral service. Martinez thanked him for his mentorship to her and for always remaining clear-headed, even during discussions of contentious issues.

“I think that’s just your personality, but I've seen you under pretty extreme pressure moments, either by things going on within discussions on the council or with the public, and you’re always collected, polite and very evenkeeled, and I appreciate that,” Martinez said.

Worden thanked the council and city staff for their work over the past year, and reminded the council to stay focused on pressing, still-unresolved issues including the city’s housing element and issues with the California Coastal Commission.

“I recognize that on some issues I have been in the minority on this council, and that’s okay. It’s the job of the minority, at least as I’ve seen it, to try to express my viewpoints constructively, to look for compromise and agreement where we can get it, and once the council majority makes a decision, for me to implement the decision even if it's not the decision that I would make,” he said.

Worden and fellow councilmember Terry Gaasterland were also sworn into office after being elected to new City Council terms in the November election. They were the top two vote-getters in a three-person race over challenger Steve Quirk, the twin brother of Dan Quirk.

Aside from a new mayor, other changes are coming to council in the new year. After holding

The update to the inlieu fee cost was part of a general update to the city’s inclusionary housing policy, which serves as a tool for the city to help meet its regional and state housing goals.

The policy will continue to require developers building residential projects with three or more units to reserve 10% of those units for low- or moderate-income residents; however, developers can opt to pay an inlieu fee as an alternative.

In-lieu fees can be used by the city to build affordable housing projects like Greenbrier Village or Mission Cove.

City staff originally recommended raising the fee to $15 per square foot through a phased-in process by first raising the fee to $10 beginning next year then jumping to $15 in 2024. However, the Housing Commission recommended raising the fee to $25 per square foot.

Consultant David Paul Rosen & Associates also recommended raising the inlieu fee to $25; however, its analysis justified increasing the fee to between $32 and $48 per square foot.

At the Dec. 7 council meeting, Councilmember Peter Weiss suggested a phased-in approach increase to $20 as a compromise.

According to Housing and Neighborhood Services Director Leilani Hines, staff chose the $15 figure as a means to keep the inclusionary housing policy flexible plus considering that it adds to many other fees that developers pay, such as park, water, wastewater, traffic signal and developer impact fees.

“We are mindful that it’s really a doubling over the current fee that we’ve had over the years,” Hines said, noting that raising the fee higher could adversely impact future housing development.

In comparison, Carlsbad has a $15 per square foot in-lieu fee, Encinitas has a $20 fee and Del Mar

Kelly Batten of the Building Industry Association of San Diego praised staff for its efforts to maintain a flexible inclusionary housing policy. The senior public policy adviser noted that the fee falls back on Oceanside homebuyers, raising costs and making it even more difficult to afford to buy or even rent a home.

Batten said that a $25 per square foot in-lieu fee is an additional $315 per month for homebuyers for an average-sized home. With typical interest rates, that adds up to about $113,000 over a 30-year mortgage.

“At a time where housing is critical and people are struggling to make ends meet, those fees are a real significant cost to families,” Batten said.

Batten also noted that the cities with high in-lieu fees aren’t building “any housing,” let alone affordable housing.

But several Oceanside residents spoke in favor of raising the fee to $25 per square foot.

“We don’t need to give

away all the cookies,” said Arleen Hammerschmidt.

Housing Commission Chair Inez Williams also defended the commission’s reasoning behind recommending the $25 figure, especially considering that the consultant the city hired recommended the same price.

“The consultant has told you $25, and staff has said, ‘Yeah, I hear you but we’re going to incentivize the builders and we’re going to do $15,’ ” Williams said. “I don’t think that’s the direction the council should go in and as your housing chairperson I’m hoping you go with the recommendation of your Oceanside Housing Commission as well as the recommendation from your consultant.”

Mayor Esther Sanchez said she was “very disappointed” by Hines’ presentation and suggested that the city is not doing enough to build more affordable housing.

“Our housing department is failing us in not getting out good policy,” Sanchez said. “Now it’s just

building more and more luxury — we need to do better than this.”

Deputy Mayor Ryan Keim pushed back against the mayor for criticizing a staff member during a council meeting. Sanchez justified her comment by pointing out her 22 years of experience on the City Council.

“You bring up your 22 years but you vote against

VOLUNTEER

almost every housing project and then complain that we’re not building housing,” Keim told the mayor. “You can’t have it both ways.”

The mayor denied voting against every housing project.

Council voted 4-0 to approve the in-lieu fee increase to $20 per square foot. Councilmember Kori Jensen left before the discussion.

JOIN THE NORTH COASTAL SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT SENIOR VOLUNTEER PATROL

The Senior Volunteer Patrol of the North Coastal Sheriff’s Station performs home vacation security checks, assists with traffic control, enforces disabled parking regulations, patrols neighborhoods, schools, parks and shopping centers and visits homebound seniors who live alone for the communities of Encinitas, Solana Beach, Del Mar.& portions of the county’s unincorporated areas. Volunteers must be at least age 50, be in good health, pass a background check, have auto insurance & a valid California driver’s license. Training includes a two week academy plus training patrols. The minimum commitment is 24 hours per month, & attendance at a monthly meeting. Interested parties should call (760) 966-3579 to arrange an information meeting.

HELP WANTED

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obtain DBIDS clearance

• Pre-employment drug/ alcohol testing will be administered

• Obtain minimum vehicle insurance of 100/300/100

• CQM cert is plus and EM 385-40 is required

• HUBZone resident – a plus (verify address at https://maps.certify. sba.gov/hubzone/map)

QUALITY CONTROL MANAGER SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS:

• Should be familiar with the NAVFAC QCM program

• Current QCM cert

• College degree

• 5 years+ relative construction experience: ground up construction $10-$30M

• Army Corps of Engineers so RMS/QCS experience a plus

• Must have and maintain a current valid driver’s license and clean

DMV record

• Pre-employment drug/ alcohol testing will be administered

• Must be able to obtain DBIDS clearance

• Obtain minimum vehicle insurance of 100/300/100

• CQM cert is plus

• EM 385-40 is required

• HUBZone resident — a plus (verify address at  https://maps.certify. sba.gov/hubzone/map)

SITE SAFETY & HEALTH OFFICER (SSHO) JOB TASKS:

Site Safety and Health Officer (SSHO) shall perform safety and occupational health management, surveillance, inspections, and

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SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS:

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GENERAL CONSTRUCTION LABORER JOB TASKS:

JOSH GORDON, with his wife, Lindsey, at his swearing-in last week, will also oversee the Solana Beach and Del Mar fire departments as fire chief in Encinitas. Courtesy photo

Supervisors halt inland housing project

By City News Service

REGION — County supervisors voted unanimously Dec. 14 to rescind the permits for a contested North County housing project near Escondido and the Elfin Forest Recreation Reserve.

A previous board in July 2018 approved the Harmony Grove Village South proposal, which involved rezoning land near the intersection of Harmony Grove Road and Country Club Drive.

Along with the General Plan amendment that originally cleared the way for the project, supervisors also voted to rescind the rezoning designation, specific plan, major use permit, environmental impact report and site plan.

The project was planned on 111 acres between Escondido and San Marcos.

According to the county, it would have included 453 single-family and multi-family homes, 5,000 square feet of commercial or civic uses, 4 acres of private and public parks, multi-use

trails, and 35 acres of biological open space.

In August 2018, the Sierra Club, Elfin Forest Harmony Grove Town Council, Endangered Habitats League and Cleveland National Forest Foundation filed a lawsuit challenging the project, claiming it violated the California Environmental Quality Act.

In February 2020, a trial court sided with the plaintiffs. According to the county, the court ruled that the project also had numerous drawbacks, including inadequate greenhouse mitigation measures and air quality analysis.

The project was inconsistent with the San Diego Association of Governments’ Regional Plan, the county’s General Plan on affordable housing and a community plan policy requiring septic tanks, according to the court ruling.

On Oct. 14, 2021, an appeals court affirmed the trial court’s ruling. In October, the trial court issued a revised order requiring the

county to rescind all Harmony Grove project approvals within 60 days.

During a public comment period, J.P. Theberge of the Elfin Forest Harmony Grove Town Council said the previous Board of Supervisors didn't take community concerns about wildfire risks seriously.

“The era of sprawl developing in fire-prone areas is over,” Theberge said, adding that he and other area residents have started a nonprofit that focuses on contested development projects.

Kelvin Barrios of the Laborers Union Local 89 urged supervisors to let the project go forward.

“We have an agreement; they’re working with local labor,” he said. “We want to see this project done.”

Supervisor Jim Desmond was absent, and his office didn't provide a formal reason. The meeting, which focused on land use and environmental issues, was the last for 2022.

took what she thought was the hard drive.

On the morning of Jan. 1, Janks went out to her car and discovered that Merriman was still in the 4Runner and not moving. Speaking through sobs, Janks described how she drove her car to his driveway and found that his leg was cold upon touching him. When asked why she didn’t call 911, Janks said she panicked.

“I was scared. I didn’t want to get blamed. I was the one who had just picked him up; I had destroyed his computer… I didn’t want to be blamed for killing him,” Janks said.

Janks said she was unsure of what to do but tried to pull his body into his wheelchair so she could get him inside his house.

However, his body fell to the ground in his driveway, and she decided to pull a blanket over him where he lay and cover his body with cardboard boxes and debris so her neighbor wouldn’t see him.

She would be arrested later that day, and deputies would discover Merriman’s body in the same spot on the morning of Jan. 2.

“I wasn’t planning to leave him there,” she said. “I didn't really know what to do. I wasn’t trying to dump his body.”

During cross-examination, Janks testified that she suspected that morning that he might be dead before feeling that he was cold to the touch. She admitted that she even drove to Scripps Memorial Hospital in Encinitas to pick up a wheelchair — with Merriman still in the car — before confirming he was dead that morning.

The District Attorney’s Office’s case argues that Janks intentionally drugged her father, strangled him and suffocated him and that she planned out the murder ahead of time with Roach.

During her testimony, Janks was questioned by the prosecution and defense about a series of texts exchanged with Roach from Dec. 23 to Jan.1 about a “plan” for when Merriman was released from the hospital.

According to Janks, this plan never involved having her stepfather die but referred to having Roach confront him about the photos and make sure he deleted them.

One of the texts the prosecution focused on was sent by Janks to Roach on Dec. 31 after she had picked up Merriman from the hospital when she said, “I just dosed the hell out of him.”

When pressed about the message by Del Portillo, the deputy district attorney, Janks said she had not deliberately given her stepfather any drugs that day and claimed she sent that message so Roach would come to her home quicker.

She admitted on the stand that the message was a “poor choice of words,” along with another text from that day telling Roach, “I am about to club him on the head as he is waking up.”

Despite their apparent plan, Janks said Roach never made his way over to her home that day. However, at one point, he sent his associate Brian Salomon, who came to Janks’ home but

then quickly left.

In September 2022, Salomon told the District Attorney’s Office that Janks had asked him to strangle her stepfather when he came to her home that day, something he had not told detectives in previous interviews.

“Mr. Salomon said that initially, he had failed to provide information about what Ms. Janks had said to him when he was at her property on the 31st … saying he had information he was too afraid to give law enforcement at the time,” Detective Matthew Gibson testified during the trial.

Gibson testified that Salomon had two other criminal charges at the time — one related to a case in San Bernardino and another in Oceanside — but there were never discussions about a plea deal or immunity in exchange for the information he provided.

The defendant denied ever asking Salomon to strangle Merriman and also denied accounts from Adam Siplyak, who claimed that Janks confessed to murdering her father on the evening of Dec. 31 and asked him to help her move the body.

Janks’ last text to Roach said she was getting pulled over, telling him to “Lose my number” on Jan. 1, just moments before she was arrested.

JADE JANKS testified last week that she found her stepfather dead inside her car. Photo by Laura Place

The art of homemade gift giving jano’s garden

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Agift from the heart.

A gift from your kitchen or vegetable garden. In the frantic weeks before Christmas and Hanukkah, we are all rushing to find the perfect gift for friends and relatives.

But I have finally decided, partially because I dislike crowded box stores and also because I have a small budget, that I would create as many homemade gifts as possible.

My son and I took this idea to a new level this week when we created our own Christmas tree!

Coming from the Northeast, where Christmas tree farms abound, I simply refuse to pay $50 to $100 dollars for a tree may have arrived over a month ago in the tree lot.

So, instead we created a decorative evergreen arrangement in a large urn. After a visit to a Christmas tree lot in Vista last week, I found the owner was happy to give away a large bundle of boughs, which we gathered together to form an illusory tree.

We added lots of lights and ornaments, and it was quite a creation!

CREATE A WINTER SALAD GARDEN

If you are traveling locally, why not create a living gift of a winter salad garden?

Recently I had the pleasure of visiting the Vista Farmers Market, held each Saturday at the Vista courthouse, and upon the suggestion of a fellow gardener, went to visit Whole Earth Acres.

Husband and wife Suilin and Whitney Robinson have worked tirelessly over the years to create one of the most extensive collections of herbs and vegetables, which they sell at their stand at the market.

Suilin helped me

choose 3-inch starter vegetables in small pots that can be transplanted into a large container as a gift for a gardener or new home owner.

“It is a little too cold now to grow a lot of herbs, but all of the green leafy vegetables will thrive in the cooler weather,” advised Suilin. “Just put them all together in a big pot, and they will thrive outdoors.”

I left with a tray full of salad greens, broccoli, lavender and chives, and can’t wait to plant a decorative container garden in my front yard.

Although the Robinsons will not be at the market on Christmas Eve (they return on Dec. 31), many of the smaller nurseries, such as Anderson’s La Costa Nursery, at 400 La Costa Ave. in Encinitas, and Green Thumb Nursery at 1019 W. San Marcos Blvd. in San Marcos, will be open and happy to advise you about creating a winter salad garden.

CHILDREN AND GIFT GIVING

If your child has a small allowance or no money in their pocket, they might feel left out of the gift-giv-

ing process.

But friends and relatives would relish the knowledge that one of your children had taken part in gift giving.

Handmade gifts

Locate a website that teaches the art of origami, and with sheets of colored paper and string, even your elementary school-age children can create flying birds, stars and flowers to give as gifts.

And while you have paper available, teach your children how to make old-fashioned snowflakes with paper and scissors.

Preserve memories

Bring out those boxes of photographs that have been on the shelf forever, and have your children make photo albums, adding drawings and stories to accompany the photos.

GIFTS FROM YOUR GARDEN SHED & PANTRY

Share the seed

If you have been diligent (and read our column on seed saving from September 2020), look through those little envelopes full of

last season’s seed and share them with your friends and relatives.

Gardeners are just like stamp collectors and love to share their special cultivars, such as Thai Basil or Mammoth Sunflowers, with others.

Pantry treasures

For those of us who enjoy canning and preserving, we have tried to save some of the bounty of last summer’s fruit and vegetable crops through our food processing.

If you wrap your Ball jars in patterned fabric, tie with a bow and place your label on the side of the jar, you will wow your friends and relatives.

And if you forgot to preserve your crops this year, give yourself a Christmas present of “The Ball Blue Book of Canning and Preserving,” and next year you will be ready for the holidays.

From our family to yours, wishing you a happy and creative holiday season. Send me your ideas for homemade gifts, and we might just add them to a column.

Jano Nightingale is a Master Gardener from New York state, and currently teaches vegetable gardening at the Carlsbad Senior Center Community Garden. Contact her at janosgarden@gmail. com for further information about future classes.

Humane Society waives adoption fees for adult dogs through Dec.

By City News Service

REGION — The San Diego Humane Society is waiving adoption fees for adult dogs for the rest of the year, thanks to a $10,000 donation from local animal lover Randy Spicer.

The shelter is at capacity for its dog population, after what SDHS staff said was an unprecedented year with many incoming stray animals who have not been reclaimed by their owners.

Out of nearly 700 animals available for adoption at San Diego Humane Society, 260 are adult dogs, officials said.

Due to Spicer’s donation, all dogs older than 7 months can have adoption fees waived.

“This donation to support adoptions could

not have come at a better time,” said Gary Weitzman, SDHS president and CEO. “By waiving fees, we are hoping to get these dogs into new homes for the holidays.”

Those who adopt from SDHS get pets who are spayed/neutered and vaccinated, have been medically assessed and cared for, and also receive training advice and educational information from the organization for the life of the animal.

The San Diego Humane Society is open for walk-in adoptions Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at its campuses in Escondido, El Cajon, Oceanside and San Diego.

To view animals available for adoption, visit sdhumane.org/adopt.

INVOLVE your child in the gift-giving process, for example, teaching them how to make old-fashioned snowflakes with paper and scissors. Stock photo

Carlsbad man gets ride of a lifetime on Goodyear blimp

By Staff

CARLSBAD — Wish of a Lifetime from AARP sent Carlsbad resident Donald Silliphant, 79, a retired firefighter, teacher and veteran living with Parkinson’s disease, on a ride of a lifetime in the Goodyear Blimp over California.

As a sports fan and former coach, Silliphant has always dreamed of getting to ride in the Goodyear Blimp, known for flying over major national sporting events.

Donald’s flight took place Nov. 3 from the Goodyear Blimp Base in Carson, where AARP California volunteers gathered to celebrate Donald and send him to see the unique views of Southern California from the Goodyear Blimp.

Striking UC workers begin voting on tentative labor deal

By City News Service

REGION — University of California graduate student workers and researchers began voting Monday on a proposed labor deal reached with the university amid a roughly five-week work stoppage.

The tentative agreement was announced Friday, Dec. 16. Affected employees represented by the United Auto Workers union were expected to vote on the proposal throughout this week.

“These tentative agreements include major pay increases and expanded benefits, which will improve the quality of life for all members of the bargaining unit,” United Auto Workers President Ray Curry said in a Dec. 16 statement. “Our members stood up to show the university that academic workers are vital to UC’s success. They deserve nothing less than a contract that reflects the important role they play and the reality of working in cities with extremely high costs of living.”

Union officials credited Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg for helping to mediate the agreements.

“Over the 2.5 years of this contract, workers will see raises of up to 66%, or over $13,000/year at some campuses,” Tarini Hardikar, a member of the SRU-UAW Bargaining Team at UC Berkeley, said in a statement. “In addition to incredible wage increases, the tentative agreements also include expanded benefits for parent workers, greater rights for international workers, protections against

bullying and harassment, improvements to accessibility, workplace protections, and sustainable transit benefits. I am so proud of what we were able to accomplish with this contract.”

But over the weekend, dissension arose over the proposed deal, with some workers arguing it falls short of their salary demands, with increases not taking full effect until late 2024.

Mark Woodall, a UC Meced doctoral candidate and chair of the campus bargaining unit for UAW, told the Los Angeles Times the deal fell short in ensuring union members can immediately get salary boosts to help them afford rising housing costs.

“The idea that these are being sold as spectacular wins is just ludicrous,” Woodall told the paper.

According to the UC, the deal would set minimum pay for graduate student researchers at $34,564.50 for 50% time work by Oct. 1, 2024. The minimum ninemonth salary for teaching assistants would be $34,000 for 50% time work by Oct. 1, 2024. The rate will be $36,500 at UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco and UCLA.

About 48,000 workers, including 17,000 student researchers, at UC San Diego, the nine other University of California campuses and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory went on strike in mid-November.

Postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers each overwhelmingly ratified their new contracts in voting that concluded Dec. 9.

In loving memory of Marie (Polly) Emma Rose 1934 - 2022

Our beautiful loving mother, Marie Emma Rose, 88, peacefully passed away Monday, December 12, 2022 in Leucadia, California.

Mom was born July 31, 1934 in Flint, Michigan, the daughter of John and Helen (LaPratt) TerBush. She was the third oldest of nine siblings and grew up on the family farm in Mayville, Michigan. As a very young girl, Mom especially liked to snack on crackers, thereby earning her nickname; closest friends and family still refer to her as “Polly”. Upon graduating high school and turning 18 years old, Marie moved out on her own to the YWCA in downtown San Diego, Cali-

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fornia because she wanted to be closer to Hollywood movie stars. Mom soon met and married our dad, Darrell Francis Hudson, and they eventually settled in Carlsbad, California to raise their three children: Clifford Charles, Linda Marie, and David Lyle Hudson. Mom was a lifelong homemaker and lived at our family home from August 1959

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“His journey and career inspire us to strive for all the best life has to offer despite any obstacles that may come our way.”

“Sometimes it takes a second look at life to know what things mean or represent,” Donald said. “Getting a birds-eye view of my world and everyone in it that makes my life easier was invigorating and left me feeling hopeful.

“I was really kind of stunned. It was so much more than I anticipated. It is going to stay with me for a long time.”

“It’s especially meaningful to fulfill a dream for someone like Donald, who has devoted his life to serving others,” said Laura Duda, Goodyear’s senior

vice president and chief communications officer. “We are honored that we could work with ‘Wish of a Lifetime’ to make this a reality.”

Silliphant joined the Army in 1962 and became a paratrooper during the Vietnam War. Following his Army career, he was a firefighter for 20 years, but was forced to retire due to an injury after falling through a roof while putting out a fire.

Silliphant continued to give back to his community after his injury. He became a high school social studies teacher for 16 years. During his time as a teacher, he coached the school’s cheerleading team and volunteered as the football game announcer.

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remote meetings over Zoom for the past 2½ years, the council will return to an in-person format at its next regular meeting on Jan. 9.

While the majority of neighboring cities returned to live proceedings over the past year, Del Mar stuck to a virtual format due to continued concerns about COVID-19.

This month, the council

approved an $8,500 budget adjustment for equipment to facilitate hybrid meetings.

City Manager Ashley Jones told the council this month that masks will be available for members of the public who want them and that space between chairs will be increased out of caution.

“We want the public to feel safe and comfortable coming into these meetings as well,” Jones said.

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until July 2022, when it was decided to move her into the Leucadia House, a residential care facility.

Survivors include her children; Cliff and Vicky Hudson of Lewisville, Texas, Robin (Rose) and Gary Maple of Vista, California, and David and Chia Hudson of Colorado Springs, Colorado; Polly’s siblings; Joyce Papkey of Davidson,

Michigan, Hazel Wagner of Caro, Michigan, Shirley Beutler of Burton, Michigan, Melvin and Elaida TerBush of Waterford, Michigan, and Raymond and Diane TerBush of Mayville, Michigan; and her many grandchildren and nieces and nephews.

Polly was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband Darrell Hudson (1970), her second husband Alvin (Lefty) Rose (2019), her precious daughter Linda Hudson (2022), and her siblings Viola Kukulski (1998), Richard Terbush (2005) and Sharron Tedford (2014).

Pursuant to her wishes, there will not be a formal funeral service. Mom’s ashes will be scattered at sea to join with those of her beloved Lefty Rose.

“After decades of service to his community as a firefighter, coach and teacher, and to our country as a

veteran, we’re honored to fulfill this lifelong wish for Silliphant and give back to him in a significant way,”

said Tom Wagenlander, vice president and executive director of Wish of Lifetime from AARP.

FRIENDS AND volunteers join Carlsbad resident Donald Silliphant, 79, a veteran who has Parkinson’s disease, who fulfilled a dream of riding in the Goodyear blimp. Courtesy photo

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Sports weekend one-liners

The Indianapolis Colts lost a 33-0 halftime lead and the game … an NFL record.

• The Tampa Buccaneers led 17-0 only to watch the Bengals score 34 straight points.

• The New England Patriots were disguised as the Las Vegas Raiders.

• Argentina, France, Croatia, Morocco finished 1-2-3-4 at the World Cup.

• Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence is coming on strong.

• Tom Brady is not.

• Messi saved his best for last … finally!

• The Eagles are now 13-1.

• A possible first — all NFC East Teams (Eagles, Cowboys, Giants, Commanders) could make playoffs.

• MLB free agency is like printing money.

• The Immaculate Reception happened 50 years ago today, Dec. 23, 1972.

• The Detroit Lions, once 1-6, are now 7-7.

• The Carolina Panthers did not have a rushing first down Sunday vs. Pittsburgh.

• Kansas City QB Patrick Mahomes completed 88% of his passes, including the last 20 in a row.

• Houston Texans so close … two weeks in a row

• Hurts to Brown ... be ready to hear this a lot.

• UCLA basketball coach Mick Cronin is solid as they come — and a classy individual to boot.

• The Tennessee Titans, losers of four straight, are in trouble.

• Chargers QB Justin Herbert wasn’t his best … until it mattered.

• Please sit down. The Denver Broncos won a game.

• The Bengals are peaking.

• The Cowboys are leaking.

• How do you spell meltdown? Colts – Buccaneers - Cowboys.

Wishing you and yours a very safe and happy holiday season. The year is almost done and on to 2023. Be grateful and appreciative. Some are no longer with us.

Happy Holidays!

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By Samantha Nelson

REGION — Four North County skateboarders have joined the national skateboarding team with plans to compete in the 2024 Summer Olympics.

The United States governing body announced in mid-December that 16 athletes would be joining the 2023 National Skateboarding team, including Ruby Lilley, 16, of Oceanside, Bryce Wettstein, 18, of Encinitas, Braden Hoban, 21, of Encinitas and Gavin Bottger, 15, of Oceanside and Vista.

The National Skateboarding team is divided into four categories: men’s park, men’s street, women’s park and women’s street. As mostly vert and park skateboarders, both Lilley and Wettstein have joined the women’s park group. Bottger was placed in the men’s park group and Hoban joined men’s street.

Tate Carew, 17 another young skateboarder from San Diego, made it on to the men’s park team.

Lilley, who recently celebrated her 16th birthday, moved to Oceanside from Ocean City, Maryland, five years ago. With a background in ballet and ballroom dancing, the teen never imagined that years later she might represent her country in the Olympics as a skateboarder.

“I never thought I would go this path — it’s like a dream come true,” she said. “Ever since I started skateboarding, it’s been my dream to go to the Olympics.”

It was around 2018 when a young Lilley came home in tears from a ball-

room dance competition. She had decided she didn’t want to dance anymore but wanted to skateboard.

Over the years, as the skate park changed with new ramps coming and going, Wettstein grew and changed with it.

Wettstein’s family recently made its own mark at the skate park by donating a new vert ramp that was built in her own backyard.

“I never got to actually contribute that much to a skate park before,” Wettstein said. “Now a piece of my family is there.”

Joining the national skateboarding team means the world to Wettstein.

“When you spend your life doing something that you love doing every single day and now you get to join this team with all your friends. … there are a lot of big feelings,” she said.

Padres’ Perry to join growing ranks of female execs in MLB

By Steve Puterski

REGION — The San Diego Padres are preparing to announce the promotion of Caroline Perry to chief operating officer in early 2023, according to sources familiar with the situation.

When contacted about the developments in the team’s front office, the Padres declined to comment on the record.

Once the deal is finalized, Perry, currently the team’s executive vice president of business administration and general counsel, will become the third-highest-ranking woman in a Major League Baseball club.

Perry’s promotion comes after several women have recently assumed high-profile roles in teams across the league.

Catie Griggs was named the Seattle Mariners’ president of business operations in July 2021, becoming the first woman to hold a top executive position with an MLB team.

In November, Caroline O’Connor was promoted to president of business operations of the Miami Marlins. The Marlins also hired Kim Ng as their general manager in 2020.

Perry has been with

the Padres for 11 seasons overseeing the organization’s legal, accounting and public affairs departments.

She also helped negotiate the team’s sale to current owner Peter Seidler and the team’s development of Tailgate Park and the All-Star Game in 2016.

Perry will be third in command in the Padres’ front office behind CEO Erik Greupner, of Carlsbad, and A.J. Preller, the team’s president of baseball operations and general manager.

Before joining the Padres, Perry was a corporate attorney for Davis Polk 7 Wardwell in the Bay Area and Cravath Swaine & Moore in New York. Perry also worked as an account management associate for BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager.

Perry is a San Diego native with a bachelor’s degree in human biology from Stanford University and a law degree from Columbia University.

“My mom said, ‘But you love dancing,’ and I said, ‘But I love skateboarding more,’” Lilley recalled.

Skateboarding used to be an after-school activity for Lilley — now, the sport has taken a professional turn for her.

Lilley often frequents Prince Park in Oceanside as well as the CA Training Facility in Vista. It was at the training facility where the recent national contest to determine who would join the national team.

Wettstein, who turns 19 in January, began skateboarding about age 5 before really picking up the sport a year later.

“My dad told me he was going to skate in this big pool — I had never heard of that before — and when he took me it turned out to be this big bowl at the YMCA,” Wettstein said. “That turned into my home pretty quickly.”

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The ultimate journey, surely, is flying in space.

Just 558 people (300-plus Americans) of the Earth’s 8 billion have had such an adventure.

Maybe one of the most thrilling experiences in space is depicted on page 59 of “The Space Shuttle: A Mission-by-Mission Celebration of NASA's Extraordinary Spaceflight Program.” The picture is at once both stunning and disturbing.

Taken by astronaut Robert “Hoot” Gibson in 1984, the photo shows astronaut Bruce McCandless floating in outer space — away from the space station — untethered. The blackness of space is at his back; the Earth at his feet, 170 miles below.

The image is reminiscent of an early scene in the 2013 film “Gravity,” in which George Clooney’s astronaut character purposely cuts his tether and floats away to save Sandra Bullock’s astronaut character.

Fortunately, in McCandless’ case, life does not imitate art.

He had the advantage of an MMU — a manned maneuvering unit — that enabled him to propel himself back to the safety of the

space station.

Still, scary stuff, and we’re fortunate to have this photo and 139 others that have been compiled in “The Space Shuttle” by professional photographer Roland Miller, a Chicago native and dean emeritus of the Grayslake Campus of the College of Lake County in Illinois.

“As a young child in the 1960s, I was mesmerized by America’s space program,” he begins. But like many Americans, he lost interest in the program after the 1969 and 1970 moon landings. It was the launch of the first space shuttle in 1981 that rekindled his attention.

Then, in 1988, Miller

was called to Cape Canaveral as a consultant and was drawn to photograph deactivated launch pads. Later, working with one of the astronauts, he directed a photo shoot of the interior of the space shuttle.

As a result, “I had this idea for a book for a while — the best 100 photos of the space shuttle,” Miller said in a phone interview from his home in Ogden, Utah. “This one is close. We ended up with 140 photos — five free flights and 135 actual launch missions. They are all NASA photographs except one.”

To find those 140 photos, Miller examined “three-quarters of a million to a million photos” from NASA and the National Archives.

“I wanted to go to the archives in person,” he said, “but then COVID hit, and the archives closed.”

That meant Miller spent a lot of time online, looking at photos that were suitable in both content and quality.

“We treated the book as an object itself,” he said. “I didn’t want to pick just the greatest hits. I tried to strike a balance between bestknown and lesser-known images.”

My favorites are those that showcase the astronauts: Gary Harbaugh pulling himself along the handrails on the exterior of the orbiter Endeavor (1993); Russian cosmonaut Valery Polyakov peering through the window of the Mir Space Station, watching the

orbiter Discovery approach (1995); John Olivas, during a spacewalk, repairing a thermal blanket on the orbiter Atlantis (2007).

Miller also wrote the text, which offers plenty of understandable detail and anecdotes to keep the interest of even the non-expert. Readers get a glimpse into what it takes to build, maintain and repair space-worthy vehicles. And most helpful is the two-page, full-color graphic depicting all the NASA-crewed space flights from 1961, when Alan Shepard became the first American in space, to 2011, when the orbiter Atlantis made its last mission to the International Space Station.

Proper tribute also is given the Challenger and Columbia tragedies (1986 and 2003, respectively), which reminds us just how tenuous and complicated these missions into outer space are. Their stories illustrate how the tiniest detail can cause massive destruction and perhaps make us wonder why tragedies aren’t more frequent.

“If someone doesn’t know about program, this book is a good introduction,” Miller said. “If they do, we get a little beyond the description of each mission.”

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ASTRONAUT Bruce McCandless was photographed free-floating in space by fellow astronaut Robert “Hoot” Gibson in 1984. This was the first test of the MMU — the manned maneuvering unit — a self-propelled gizmo that allowed astronauts to work untethered from the space shuttle. Courtesy photo

THIS PHOTO shows the deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope from the orbiter Discovery in April 1990. Having a telescope in orbit allows us to see places in the universe that are impossible to see from the Earth because of our atmosphere. Courtesy photo

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By Ryan Woldt

Recently, I went for a go for a walk in downtown Oceanside. Strolling along Cleveland Street just north of Pier View Way, I stumble into a grove of five coffee shops within a few hundred yards of each other. I decided to visit The Bunker House.

I only knew The Bunker House from Instagram, but a quick tour of its website leads me to a short history of the building, which dates back to the 1800s. The brick building was originally owned by Theodore Bunker and has survived by evolving through the generations.

In the past 135-plus years, the building has been a home, hotel, brothel and storefront. According to the current occupants of the building, it has been used “for town hall meetings, dances [and] church services.”

What does any of that have to do with my coffee-drinking experience? Nothing, except that I like old buildings.

I walk into this one, through an open seating area, and into the main cafe space to order a coffee. I’m pleasantly surprised that the batch-brewed coffee is from Coatl Coffee, an Oceanside roaster featuring bird-friendly coffees.

Many of Coatl’s beans come from a family-owned farm in the Chiapas region of Mexico.

I order a medium which is delivered in a much bigger cup than anticipated. When the barista tells me it is only $2.00, I put my credit card away and pull some cash from my pocket. They had another batch of hazelnut-flavored coffee available and plenty of coffee drinks to choose some.

I prefer to stick with the stock black batch brew when trying a new coffee shop to help me gauge the coffee’s quality and barista’s skills.

This one is pretty solid, and I feel like a pretentious snob for presuming that I was going to be getting a generic cup of coffee.

The coffee menu features a full line-up of flavored coffee and tea drinks, including seasonal offerings like a candy cane chai latte and Abuelita’s Hot Chocolate.

There is also a full food

menu heavy on breakfast, lunch and snacks.

The Bunker House, the building, and the business have been a surprise. I’m surprised I can still be surprised after visiting so many coffee shops.

I’m glad I came. I’ll be back again some morning when the sun isn’t in danger of being obscured, and I’m feeling inspired to learn more about the history of Oceanside.

At the San Diego Bay Wine and Food Festival, Taste of Wine was able to meet chef Josh Mouzakes at the Arlo restaurant booth along with Kathleen Kubota, Town and Country’s area director of marketing.

After trying Mouzakes’ samples at the festival, I knew that Arlo would be on our short list of restaurants to go and visit. Plus, it has been years since I was at the Town and Country Resort.

Wow, has it changed with the renovation and modernization efforts — a night and day contrast — and it was only fitting that Town and Country brought in a creative wizard like

Mouzakes to lead Arlo.

Over dinner, I was telling Frank that Mouzakes does for food what Walt Disney did for animations.

In talking to Mouzakes at dinner, his vision for

Arlo is that the food and beverage program “is not constrained by boundaries.”

Despite being in his 30s, Mouzakes’ resume is impressive and includes

time at Thomas Keller’s The French Laundry.

He also trained under other world-renowned chefs, including Guy Reuge at New York's Mirabelle Restaurant in The Three Villages Inn and Joel Robuchon at his restaurant in the MGM Grand Las Vegas.

Frank and I started dinner with the Funghi Flatbread topped with forest mushrooms, goat cheese, and herb truffle oil. The combo of these three on the flatbread was a flavor explosion.

Frank had a glass of the 2021 Willamette Valley Whole Cluster Pinot Noir, noting the whole cluster made it “chewy and bold” with strawberry and cherry. I went with the 2021 Daou Chardonnay that blended with goat cheese and truffle oil.

Our server convinced us to order the swordfish bacon, and I am glad he did. The swordfish bacon is

CHEF JOSH MOUZAKES, of Arlo in San Diego’s Town and Country Resort, trained world-renowned chefs, including Guy Reuge and Joel Robuchon. Photo via Facebook/Arlo

charcuterie board

By StatePoint

Are you hosting a holiday party and looking for a simple way to impress your guests?

The Texas Roadhouse Butcher Shop is sharing steps for building an eye-catching and mouth-watering charcuterie board that will add color, flavor and variety to your holiday table.

1. Grab a platter or surface to display your charcuterie. Anything will work, even a simple cutting board.

2. Use dishes or ramekins of mismatched sizes, shapes and colors to hold dressings, toppings and sauces.

3. Include two to four cheeses of contrasting flavors and textures to please all palates, and to comple-

ment other elements of the board.

4. While a traditional charcuterie board typically sticks with cured meats, the holiday season is the perfect occasion for adding depth and richness to your feast with grilled meats, such as filet, sliced into strips.

5. No charcuterie board is complete without some crunch. Add two to three options like pita crackers, crusty breads or toasted baguettes that will stand up to the weight of your meats and cheeses.

6. Now, add some brightness and sweetness to your board. Fresh fruits like blueberries, strawberries and green grapes, and preserves such as peach pepper jam, will add contrast to rich, salty meats and cheeses.

When this column is printed, I will be firmly ensconced in a lounge chair near a fireplace. Snowflakes will accumulate out the window, and I will listen to the family argue over which puzzle to put together.

I’m looking forward to the holidays because I'm filled with the "holiday spirit" for the first time in my adult life.

I’ve embraced the lights, the matching holiday onesies, and the tree. It’s an old Snoopy tree that has seen better days, but still.

My nights have been filled with both classic and nauseatingly nostalgic holiday movies. I’ve already watched the Lindsay Lohan one, “Elf,” “Die Hard,” “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation,” “Scrooged,” and one with Zach Morris from “Saved By the Bell.”

During my transition from holiday cynic to holiday enthusiast, I learned that it takes a lot of time and energy to be filled with the season’s joy. So much time and energy that my efforts as the family bartender seem to be flagging.

I don’t want to make a half dozen gingerbread white Russians every half hour, so I’ve been leaning into the idea of batch cocktails for the rest of the season. Here are my favorites for ease, beauty and time of day.

Morning

Along with an enor-

mous French press filled with Zumbar Coffee & Tea’s Hummingbird blend coffee, fill the punch bowl with a Christmas Mimosa. I always wonder what makes it a “Christmas” mimosa. I assume that it is the red color.

This batch only requires three ingredients with forgiving ratios and a few optional garnishes, making it perfect for mixing up early in the morning before my eyes are fully open.

It looks pretty, tastes sweet and tart, and with a rosemary garnish, reminds the drinker of the Rockwellian holiday scene.

Dump all the following ingredients into a big bowl, rim some champagne glasses (or coffee mugs) with sugar, and let the masses ladle up in the kitchen.

Christmas mimosa

2 parts cranberry juice

2 parts champagne

1 part orange liqueur like Cointreau or Grand Marnier

Optional garnishes: fresh sprig of rosemary, sugared cranberries

Midday

Candy canes are an iconic holiday hard candy and a nice minty treat right after second breakfast or first lunch. Don’t judge. It’s the holidays. The candy cane legend goes back 350 years when a choirmaster in Cologne, Germany, asked a local candy maker for something to shut up those dang kids during church services.

Candy Cane White Russian

4 parts whole milk (or milk alternative)

2 parts coffee liqueur (like Kahlua)

2 parts peppermint schnapps

Optional garnish: crushed Candy Cane around the rim

Directions: Mix all ingredients in a large serving bowl

Serve on the rocks in a tall cocktail glass with a candy cane or crushed candy cane around the rim.

Evening

Want an easy-peasy

cocktail? Buy pre-made cider. Do you need a break from the family for a few minutes but haven’t smoked a cigarette since college? Blend it yourself.

Do you want something with the sweetness of brandy or the burn of whiskey? With a batch of Hot Cider Punch, you’ve got options that end with a drink sure to ward off the chill of the winter wind blowing in from the Pacific. Pro-tip: Top with whipped cream and a caramel-dipped slice of apple.

Hot Cider Punch

3 parts apple juice

1 part orange juice

½ part pineapple juice

1 part booze of your choice. I recommend, in order: brandy, whiskey, cognac, and spiced rum. Substitute ginger beer for alcohol to make a non-alcoholic punch.

¼ cup brown sugar

2 cinnamon sticks

2 teaspoons whole clove 2 teaspoons allspice

Optional garnishes: dash of nutmeg, whipped cream, caramel-dipped apple slice, cinnamon stick

Directions:

Put ingredients in a pasta or sauce pot on the stove.

Turn on low and stir slowly until brown sugar is fully dissolved and the punch is hot (approximately 7-10 minutes).

Serve hot in a coffee mug topped with your favorite garnishes

Note: If you don’t want any spices (not the brown sugar) in your mug, put them into a tea ball or cheesecloth bag before dropping them in the pot.

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cured in sugar and salt for two days and then dried for two to three weeks before a light treatment of smoke.

The bacon is served with a freshly made rye wheat pretzel twist garnished with pickled mustard seed and a mustard frill flower.

For dinner, I chose the bison tenderloin with black garlic potatoes, heirloom cauliflower, ginger marmalade and mission fig to pair with my wine selections from Paso Robles, including a glass of the 2020 Austin Hope Cabernet Sauvignon.

The bison was amazingly flavorful, lean, and an excellent pairing for the Austin Hope.

Frank had the brick-oven Bolognese, one of the “Center of the Table” heavy appetizers, for his dinner. Like the T&C Pasta, this was chocked full of flavors with beef, veal, pork, fennel seed, and rose tomato sauce clinging to the ridges of the rigatoni pasta topped with pecorino cheese.

Chef Josh’s creativity flowed into Arlo’s desserts. We had the Cheesecake S'mores made from graham crust, vanilla cheesecake, chocolate ganache and toasted marshmallow, and the Smoked Dulce De Leche Crème Brulée topped with macerated berries and mace whip cream.

The crème brulée was covered with a glass dome filled with smoke. The dome is pulled off when served at the table with the smoke infused into the dessert.

Way to go, Town and Country, for your renovation and extending this into the Arlo restaurant under the leadership of Mouzakes.

— Story by Rico Cassoni

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EVENTS CALENDAR

Know something that’s going on? To post an event, visit us online at calendar.thecoastnews.com

DEC. 23

CASH'D OUT

Cash’d Out, Buzz Campbell and the Heartaches. 9 p.m. at Belly Up, 160 S Cedros Ave, Solana Beach.

‘NUTCRACKER’ BALLET

San Diego’s City Ballet “Nutcracker” returns to the stage with live music by the City Ballet Orchestra. 7:30 p.m. at California Center for the Arts, 340 N Escondido Blvd, Escondido.

ESCONDIDO BOOK SALE

Half price sale in the Escondido Library Friends Bookshop. Cash only. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 23 at Escondido Public Library, 239 S Kalmia St, Escondido.

THE EXILES

Live Entertainment. 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. Dec. 23 at Mr. Peabody's Bar and Grill, 136 Encinitas Blvd, Encinitas.

'RIVERS AND MOUNTAINS'

An earth-inspired photo and sculpture show. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 23 at Oolong Gallery, 349 US-101, Solana Beach.

NIGHT SKIES

Palomar College Planetarium host two shows every Friday with its “The Sky

Tonight” program. 7 p.m. at Palomar College, 1140 W Mission Rd, San Marcos.

BILLY NATION

Billy Nation is a premier Billy Joel tribute band with an authentic look and sound, based in Southern California. 8 p.m. at Humphreys Concerts by the bay, 2241 Shelter Island Dr, San Diego.

CAMP CHRISTMAS

Come get into the holiday spirit with Camp Christmas! $10-$17, 5 p.m. at Pine Valley Camp Christmas, 8668 Pine Creek Rd, Pine Valley.

HOLIDAY HOME TOURS

Professional designers are giving their time and talents to create elegant holiday decor in four beautiful homes across North County San Diego. $25, 5 p.m. at Virtual, 92612, Irvine.

DEC. 24

SANTA’S WORKSHOP

Holiday craft pop-up shop. 5 p.m. at BFREE Studio , 7857 Girard Ave, La Jolla.

COASTAL BIRDING

Join Coastal 101 Birding along the Buena Vista

Lagoon. Meet at the Buena Vista Nature Center. 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Dec. 24 at Buena Vista Nature Center, 2202 S Coast Hwy, Oceanside.

SCROOGE’S BIG SHOW

A comical reimagining of Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol.” 7 p.m. at Old Globe Theater, 1363 Old Globe Way, San Diego.

DEC. 25

FARMERS MARKET

Best local foods and

fresh produce in North County, every Sunday at the Leucadia Farmers Market! 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 25 at Paul Ecke Central School, 185 Union St, Encinitas.

DEC. 26

POP UP ART

Experience pathways and color play on State Street at “Pop Up Colors of the Season.” 5 to 10 p.m. Dec. 26 at Carlsbad Village, 300 Carlsbad Village Dr, Carlsbad.

DEC. 28

STATE STREET MARKET

Starting Nov. 9, the State Street Farmers Market will have its Fall/Winter hours in effect and will close one hour earlier than usual. 2:30 to 6 p.m. Dec. 28 at State Street Wednesday Market Carlsbad, 2907 State St, Carlsbad.

DEC. 29

SHAYNIE RHOADS BAND

Live Entertainment.

9 p.m. to 12 a.m. Dec. 29 at Mr. Peabody's Bar and Grill, 136 Encinitas Blvd, Encinitas.

DEC. 30

TROMBONE SHORTY

Trombone Shorty on stage. 9 p.m. at Belly Up, 160 S Cedros Ave, Solana Beach.

ART EXHIBITION

BFREE Studio announces its current exhibition “More Than 1” An Art Exhibition of Multiples. 5 p.m. at BFREE Studio, 7857 Girard Ave, La Jolla.

NERD COMEDY NIGHT

Clever comedy and a smart audience make this Carlsbad tradition one-of-akind. $15, 7 p.m. at Harding Community Center, 3096 Harding St, Carlsbad.

THE ONEDERS

Live Entertainment. 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. Dec. 30 at Mr. Peabody’s Bar and Grill, 136 Encinitas Blvd, Encinitas.

NIGHT SKIES

Palomar College Planetarium host two shows every Friday with its “The Sky TURN TO CALENDAR ON 22

RAIN, WIND, AND FIRE...

“The three menaces to any chimney, fireplace, or stove.”

Every year there are over twenty thousand chimney / fireplace related house fires in the US alone. Losses to homes as a result of chimney fires, leaks, and wind damage exceeds one hundred million dollars annually in the US.

CHIMNEY SWEEPS, INC., one of San Diego’s leading chimney repair and maintenance companies, is here to protect you and your home from losses due to structural damage and chimney fires.

Family owned and operated and having been in business for over 30 years, Chimney Sweeps Inc. is a fully licensed and insured chimney contracting company (License # 976438) and they are certified with the National Fireplace Institute and have an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau.

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TROMBONE SHORTY, a charismatic musician who has toured with the likes of Jeff Beck and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, performs Dec. 30-31 at the Belly Up Tavern. Courtesy photo

Tonight” program. 7 p.m. at Palomar College, 1140 W Mission Rd, San Marcos.

WHERE THERE’S SMOKE...

Redination presents the traditional hip-hop of Where There’s Smoke There’s FYAH. 8 p.m. at The Music Box, 1349 India St, San Diego.

DEC. 31

TROMBONE SHORTY

Trombone Shorty on stage. 9 p.m. at Belly Up, 160 S Cedros Ave, Solana Beach.

SHREK RAVE

The New Year’s Eve “Shrek Rave” will include green drinks, lasers, wacky outfits and odd yet nostalgic music. 9 p.m. at House of Blues, 1055 5th Ave, San Diego.

KONA KAI NYE GALA

From tray-passed hors d’oeuvres paired with champagne, to a delectable multicourse meal crafted by our expert culinary team, dancing the night away to Frank Sinatra’s best songs and much more! $269-$499, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Jan. 1 at Kona Kai Resort & Spa , 1551 Shelter Island Dr, San Diego.

NYE L’AUBERGE DEL MAR

There is no better way to welcome 2023 than by enjoying all of L’Auberge Del Mar’s NYE festivities. 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. Jan. 1 at L’Auberge Del Mar, 1540 Camino del Mar, Del Mar.

PRI BAND

Live Entertainment. 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. Dec. 31 at Mr. Peabody’s Bar and Grill, 136 Encinitas Blvd, Encinitas.

NERD COMEDY

Scientist turned comedian Tim Lee hosts “Nerd Comedy,” an alcohol-free event. $30, 7 p.m. at Oceanside Theatre Company at the Brooks, 217 N. Coast Hwy, Oceanside.

COASTAL 101 BIRDING

9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Dec. 31 at Online, 92101, San Diego.

CYCLE CLUB

North County Cycle Club rides every Saturday morning. 8 a.m. at San Marcos Restaurant Row, 1020 W San Marcos Blvd, San Marcos.

NERD COMEDY NYE

Welcome in the New Year with laughter at the historic Brooks Theater. $35-$55, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 31 at The Brooks Theatre, 217 N Coast Hwy, Oceanside.

Melrose Dr, Vista.

JAN. 2

PARKINSON'S EXERCISE

This group exercise class is appropriate for anyone with Parkinson's Disease. We focus on PWR! Moves, flexibility, strength, endurance, balance and coordination. Modifications are provided and everyone is welcome! This free class meets the first Monday of each month from 12pm-1pm with our next class on April 4th. 12 to 1 p.m. Jan. 2 at NeuroLab 360, 2146 Encinitas Blvd, Encinitas.

THEATER CLASSES

New Village Arts Theater offers a host of acting classes beginning in January. 5 p.m. at New Village Arts Theatre, 2787 State St, Carlsbad.

JAN. 1

LIGHT MY FIRE

A new rock musical called “Light my Fire” is equal parts theater and concert in its depiction of the rollercoaster lives of Jim Morrison and The Doors. 12 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. Jan. 1 at Light Box Theater, 2590 Truxtun Rd, San Diego.

'2 PIANOS, 4 HANDS' Jefferson McDonald and Matthew McGloin take us on a musical comedic journey about their wouldbe careers as concert pianists. 7:30 p.m. at North Coast Repertory Theatre, 987 Lomas Santa Fe Dr, Solana Beach.

LIGHTSCAPE

Lightscape will illuminate the San Diego Botanic Garden for the holidays. 5 to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 1 at San Diego Botanic Garden, 300 Quail Gardens Dr, Encinitas.

JUNGLE BELLS

Jungle Bells will be ringing this holiday season at San Diego Zoo. 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Jan. 1 at San Diego Zoo, 2920 Zoo Dr, San Diego.

‘30 MILES IN 30 DAYS’

Soroptimist International of Vista and North County Inland hosts a VisVirtual Walkathon fundraiser. 5 p.m. at United

JAN. 3

FREE APHASIA CLASS

This group is for individuals with difficulty communicating after a stroke or a brain injury. It is led by a licensed Speech Language Pathologist. Join this group to connect and communicate with individuals with aphasia, and rejoin life's conversations in a fun and supportive way. This free group meets the first Tuesday of each month from... 11 a.m. at NeuroLab 360, 2146 Encinitas Blvd, Encinitas.

INLAND PARKINSON’S

The Inland North County Parkinson’s Support Group features speaker Kristen Rigsbee, a San Diego County Ombudsman. 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Jan. 3 at San Rafael Church, 17252 Bernardo Center Dr, San Diego.

JAN. 6

APRIL & FUNK JUNKIES

Join April and the Funk Junkies Happy Hour to benefit La Colonia Community Foundation. 5:30 p.m. at Belly Up, 160 S Cedros Ave, Solana Beach.

DECEMBER ART SHOW

Every artwork in the Summation 2022 Escondido Arts Partnership exhibition tells a story. 5 p.m. at Escondido Arts Partnership , 100 E Grand Ave, Escondido.

VISTA GARDEN CLUB

Garden Hand Tools will be the topic of a presentation at the Vista Garden Club meeting. 12 to 2:30 p.m. Jan. 6 at Gloria McClellan Vista Senior Center, 1400 Vale Terrace Dr, Vista.

NERD COMEDY NIGHT

Clever comedy and a smart audience make this Carlsbad tradition one-of-akind. $15, 7 p.m. at Harding Community Center, 3096 Harding St, Carlsbad.

PECHANGA POWWOW

Pechanga Tribe hosts a free, three-day event including tribes from across North America. 5 p.m. at Pechanga Resort, 45000 Pechanga Pkwy, Temecula.

Methodist Church of Vista, 490 S

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CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA

NOTICE OF VACANCIES

LOCAL APPOINTMENTS LIST – 2023

In compliance with the requirements of the Maddy Act, California Government Code sections 54972-54974, the following list is posted on an annual basis on or before December 31.

The City of Carlsbad is inviting applications from Carlsbad residents who are interested in serving on one of the following Boards, Commissions or Committees. To receive an application, contact the City Clerk’s Office at 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive, call 442-339-2808, email clerk@carlsbadca.gov or go to the City’s website, www.carlsbadca.gov, Boards and Commissions page.

Minimum requirements to serve are applicants must be 18 years of age or older, a registered voter and a resident of Carlsbad (Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 2.15.030) except members of the Carlsbad Tourism Business Improvement District Board and the Carlsbad Golf Lodging Business Improvement District Board. Some positions may have additional requirements, contact the City Clerk’s Office for more information.

AGRICULTURAL CONVERSION MITIGATION FEE CITIZENS’ ADVISORY COMMITTEE: This is a seven-member commission.

Member Appointed Expiration N/A N/A N/A

ARTS COMMISSION: This is a seven-member commission.

Member Appointed Expiration N/A N/A N/A

BEACH PRESERVATION COMMISSION: This is a seven-member commission.

Member Appointed Expiration N/A N/A N/A

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE: This is a seven-member committee.

Member Appointed Expiration

Steven Gish* 12/14/2021 5/2023

John May* 1/11/2022 5/2023

Keith Neigenfind, Jr.* 12/14/2021 5/2023

Elizabeth Torio* 12/14/2021 5/2023

COMMUNITY-POLICE COMMISSION: This is a five-member committee.

Member Appointing Council Member Appointed Expiration

Vacant District 2 N/A 12/2024

Vacant District 4 N/A 12/2024

Vacant Mayor N/A 12/2026 Vacant District 1 N/A 12/2026

Vacant District 3 N/A 12/2026

HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION: This is a five-member commission.

Member Appointed Expiration N/A N/A N/A

HOUSING COMMISSION: This is a five-member commission.

Member Appointed Expiration Shirley Cole* (At Large) 9/10/2019 7/2023

Marissa Cortes-Torres* 8/27/2019 7/2023 (Rental Assistance-General)

John Nguyen-Cleary* (At Large) 9/10/2019 7/2023

Michael Ydigoras* 7/12/2022 7/2023 (Rental Assistance-Senior)

LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES: This is a five-member board.

Member Appointed Expiration N/A N/A N/A

PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION: This is a seven-member commission.

Member Appointed Expiration N/A N/A N/A

PLANNING COMMISSION: This is a seven-member commission.

Member Appointed Expiration N/A N/A N/A

SENIOR COMMISSION: This is a five-member commission.

Member Appointed Expiration Kathryn Rangus* 9/24/2019 9/2023 Nelson Ross* 12/7/2021 9/2023

TRAFFIC & MOBILITY COMMISSION: This is a seven-member commission.

Member Appointed Expiration N/A N/A N/A

Members of all Boards, Commissions and Committees are subject to the Fair Political Practices Commission regulations and must file a Statement of Economic Interests, and are required to complete AB1234 Ethics Training upon appointment and biennially thereafter.

*Eligible for Reappointment

PUBLISH DATE: Dec. 23, 2022

City of Carlsbad | City Council

BATCH: AFC-3069

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A NOTICE OF DELINQUENT ASSESSMENT DATED SHOWN BELOW 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.

NOTICE is hereby given that CHICAGO TITLE COMPANY, as the duly appointed Trustee pursuant to Notice of Delinquent Assessment and Claim of Lien executed by SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BEACH CLUB VACATION OWNERS ASSOCIATION, A CALIFORNIA NONPROFIT MUTUAL BENEFIT CORPORATION Recorded

SHOWN BELOW as Instrument No. SHOWN BELOW of Official Records in the Office of the Recorder of SAN DIEGO County, California, property owned by SHOWN BELOW WILL SELL ON 1/12/2023 at 10:00 AM

LOCATION: AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE TO CHICAGO TITLE COMPANY 2121 PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD CARLSBAD, CA 92011

IMPORTANT NOTE: TO ADHERE TO THE COVID-19 PROTOCOLS, THE TRUSTEES SALE WILL OCCUR OUTSIDE AND WILL REQUIRE THAT EVERYONE PRESENT MUST HAVE FACE COVERINGS AND ADHEAR TO SOCIAL DISTANCING BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE SALE TAKES PLACE.

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, business in this state, all right, title and interest under said Notice of Delinquent Assessment in the property situated in said County, describing the land on above referred Claim of Lien. TS#, REF#, ICN, UNIT/ INTERVAL/WEEK, APN, TRUSTORS, COL DATED, COL RECORDED, COL BOOK, COL PAGE/INSTRUMENT#, NOD RECORDED, NOD BOOK, NOD PAGE/INSTRUMENT#, ESTIMATED SALES AMOUNT 104643 10222E 10222E 102

FIXED/FIXED ANNUAL 22 147-264-09-22 BARBARA L. HARGIS AN UNMARRIED

12/23/2022 CN 27221

WOMAN AS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY 7/26/2022 8/11/2022 20220325252 9/12/2022 20220360014 $7861.68 104644 10221E 10221E 102 FIXED/ FIXED ANNUAL 21 147-264-0921 HENRY HARGIS JR. AND BARBARA LOUISE HARGIS HUSBAND AND WIFE AS COMMUNITY PROPERTY 7/26/2022 8/11/2022 20220325252 9/12/2022 20220360014 $7825.97 104645 20439A 20439A 204 FIXED/ FIXED ANNUAL 39 147-26415-39 IRENE VAN PATTEN SURVIVING TRUSTEE OF THE VAN PATTEN ESTATE REVOCABLE TRUST 7/26/2022 8/11/2022 2022-0325252 9/12/2022 2022-0360014 $7871.00 104646 20707B 20707B 207 FIXED/FIXED ANNUAL 7 147-264-18-07 MILDRED H. DIVELBISS A MARRIED WOMAN AS SOLE

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 Friday 8:00 AM TO 4:00 PM (CITY HALL WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE HOLIDAYS December 23rd through January 2nd)

NOTICE OF PENDING ACTION ON ADMINISTRATIVE APPLICATION AND COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT

PROJECT NAME: Larocque Lot Consolidation; CASE NUMBER: MULTI-005469-2022; CDPNF-005470-2022; BADJ-005471-2022; FILING DATE: June 14, 2022; APPLICANT: Todd & Carrie Larocque; LOCATION: 2416 Oxford Avenue (APN: 261-112-30); PROJECT DESCRIPTION: A request for a Boundary Adjustment and Coastal Development Permit to consolidate four legal lots into one legal lot.; ZONING/OVERLAY: The project site is located within in the Residential 11 (R-11) Zone and within the Coastal Zone Overlay; ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS: The project is exempt from environmental review pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15305(a), which exempts minor lot line adjustments (lot consolidation).

STAFF CONTACT: Chris Stanley, Associate Planner, 760-633-2785, cstanley@encinitasca.gov

PRIOR TO 5:00 PM ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2023, 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 filing fee may be filed 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 filing 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.

PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF ENCINITAS

NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY

Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant Program

Beginning January 17, 2023, the City of Encinitas is soliciting proposals for projects, activities, and programs under the federal Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-24 (July 1, 2023– June 30, 2024).

The CDBG program is funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The City of Encinitas is an entitlement community and receives CDBG directly from HUD to address local community development needs. The City of Encinitas anticipates an estimated annual allocation of $335,000 for FY 2023-24 with estimated available funds in the following categories:

• Public Services $50,250

• Program Administration $47,000

• Fair Housing Services $20,000

• Facility Improvements and Other $217,750

Applications are available beginning on Tuesday, January 17, 2023 on the City of Encinitas website at Community Development Block Grant Program (encinitasca.gov). Completed application packages, including required attachments, must be submitted prior to 5:00 P.M. on Tuesday, February 14, 2023. Applications may be submitted electronically to Cindy Schubert at cschubert@encinitasca.gov. Paper copies may be mailed to the City of Encinitas, Development Services Department, Attn: CDBG Program, at 505 South Vulcan Avenue, Encinitas, CA 92024.

Potential applicants with questions about the CDBG program funding should contact Cindy Schubert by email cschubert@encinitasca.gov, before 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 7, 2023. Additionally, please refer to the City’s Community Development Block Grant webpage to find prior year plans, policies and procedures, and other related information.

An optional technical assistance webinar will be held on Thursday, January 24, 2023, at 3:00 p.m. The workshop will be held remotely, and pre-registration is required. Please contact Cindy Schubert at cschubert@encinitasca.gov or (760) 633-2726 to register or with questions.

Grant proposals will be evaluated and presented to the City Council for consideration at separately noticed public hearings. These public hearings are anticipated to be held in March and April of 2023.

AND SEPARATE PROPERTY 7/26/2022 8/11/2022 20220325252 9/12/2022 20220360014 $7871.00 104647 20817A 20817A 208 FIXED/ FIXED ANNUAL 17 147-26419-17 JANES R BALDWIN A UNMARRIED MAN AS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY

7/26/2022 8/11/2022 20220325252 9/12/2022 20220360014 $7871.00 104648 30250B 30250B 302 FIXED/ FIXED ANNUAL 50 147-26429-50 HOMER T. ASHTON AND BARBARA B. ASHTON HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS 7/26/2022

8/11/2022 2022-0325252 9/12/2022 2022-0360014 $10009.76 104649 30341B

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CITY OF CARLSBAD

ORDINANCE NO. CS-442

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTIONS 2.15.030 AND 2.15.070 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE

WHEREAS, Chapter 2.15 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code applies to all boards and commissions, except as otherwise specifically provided; and WHEREAS, amendments to Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 2.15.030 - Board and commission membership - Qualifications and Section 2.15.070 - Vacancies, removal and attendance are necessary to clarify the qualifications for serving on a board or commission and that the seat is forfeited if the member no longer meets those qualifications.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, ordains as follows that:

1. The above recitations are true and correct.

2. Carlsbad Municipal Code, Title 2, Chapter 2.15, Section 2.15.030 is amended to read as follows:

2.15.030 Board and commission membership—Qualifications.

A. In addition to any qualifications or limitations imposed by law or contained in the authorizing ordinance or resolution for any specific board or commission, members of the boards and commission must meet the following minimum qualifications:

1. Resident of the City of Carlsbad and a registered voter.

2. Not currently an officer of or employed by the City of Carlsbad.

3. Not currently a sole proprietor under contract with the city, or a consultant or employee of an entity under contract with the city, performing work that relates to the powers or duties of the board or commission.

4. Not currently an officer, director, owner or principal of an entity under contract with the City of Carlsbad to perform work that relates to the powers or duties of the board or commission.

5. Appointment would not violate any term limits applicable to the position sought.

B. The city council may consider, in its discretion, the following additional criteria in appointing members to the boards and commission:

1. Prior participation in the Citizen’s Academy.

2. Recent experience and/or understanding of municipal government.

3. Knowledge of subject matter governed by the board or commission.

4. Ability to fairly and impartially represent community interests.

5. Experience on other boards, commissions or committees.

6. Geographical diversity of the membership of the board or commission.

3. Carlsbad Municipal Code, Title 2, Chapter 2.15, Section 2.15.070 is amended to read as follows: 2.15.070 Vacancies, removal and attendance.

A. Members of the city’s boards, commissions and committees shall serve until reappointed or until the member’s successor has been appointed, qualified and seated. If a vacancy occurs other than by the expiration of a term, the vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.

B. Appointees to all of the city’s boards and commissions shall serve at the pleasure of the City Council. Any member of a city board or commission may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of three members of the City Council.

C. Any member of a city board or commission will forfeit their seat on the board or commission if the member no longer meets the qualifications specified in Section 2.15.030(A)(1) - (4).

D. To assure participation of board and commission members, attendance by the members of the boards and commissions at all regularly scheduled and special meetings of the boards and commissions shall be recorded, and such record shall be provided annually to the city council for review. A board or commission member may be removed by the affirmative vote of three members of the City Council due to the member’s absence from three consecutive regular meetings or from 25% of the duly scheduled meetings of the board or commission within any fiscal year, except in the case of absences due to illness or by permission of the board or commission as documented by the board or commission liaison.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall be effective thirty days after its adoption; and the City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and cause the full text of the ordinance or a summary of the ordinance prepared by the City Attorney to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Carlsbad within fifteen days after its adoption.

INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a Regular Meeting of the Carlsbad City Council on the 6th day of December, 2022, and thereafter

PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 13th day of December, 2022, by the following vote, to wit:

AYES: Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Burkholder.

NAYS: None.

ABSENT: None.

PUBLISH DATE: Dec. 23, 2022 City of Carlsbad | City Council 12/23/2022 CN 27212

CITY OF ENCINITAS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT UPDATED NOTICE (WEB LINK UPDATE) 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. PARA ASISTENCIA EN ESPAÑOL, POR FAVOR LLAME AL (760) 943- 2150. The Public Review Draft of the General Plan Safety Element Update is available for public review and comment through January 18, 2023 CASE NUMBER: PLCY-005198-2022 GPA/ LCPA; APPLICANT: City of Encinitas; LOCATION: City-wide; PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Safety Element of the City of Encinitas General Plan is required by State law to identify community safety risks and establish goals, policies, and programs to safeguard residents and businesses from those risks. Safety risks posing the greatest local threat include fire hazards, geologic risks, flooding, and climate change. Other topics addressed in the Safety Element include emergency preparedness, hazardous materials and waste, evacuation constraints, shoreline protection and how the City of Encinitas should respond to sea level rise. The Safety Element is being updated in compliance with Government Code Section 65302(g)(3). The Safety Element would also amend specific portions of the City’s Local Coastal Program (“LCP”) as a part of the update.

ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS: Pursuant to State California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guideline Section 15162, a subsequent EIR or a Negative Declaration is not required for the update to the City’s Safety Element in that substantial changes are not proposed to the draft document, the circumstances to which the 1995 Safety Element was adopted have not changed, and no new information of substantial importance has arisen since the prior environmental documents have been certified. Furthermore, it has been determined that the proposed Safety Element is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15060(c)(2) and 15061(b)(3) in that the proposed amendments which are primarily limited to policy modifications and updates in compliance with Government Code Section 65302(g)1 through 9 are not anticipated to result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, nor will the proposed changes have the potential for causing significant effect on the environment. STAFF CONTACT: Melinda Dacey, Senior Planner: (760) 633-2711 or mdacey@encinitasca.gov. The Public Review Draft is available on the City’s website at: www.encinitasca.gov/safety-element-update NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY: This Safety Element update includes an amendment to the LCP. If the City Council approves the amendment, the proposed LCP must be submitted to the California Coastal Commission for review and adoption. The LCP amendment will not become effective until after adoption by the California Coastal Commission. This Notice of Availability opens a six-week public review period (November 18, 2022 through January 18, 2023) and is required to elapse prior to any final action being taken by the City Council on the LCP amendment request. Please submit written comments to Melinda Dacey, Senior Planner, Development Service Department, City of Encinitas, 505 South Vulcan Avenue, Encinitas, CA 92024, or by email at mdacey@encinitasca.gov The public comment period will close at 5 p.m. on January 18, 2023 La presentación será en inglés. Llame al (760) 943-2150 antes del 2 de diciembre si lo necesita servicios de traducción durante la presentación. Para mas información, contacte con Melinda Dacey, Senior Planner por correo electrónico mdacey@encinitasca.gov. The public and interested parties are also encouraged to attend future public hearings to be scheduled before the Planning Commission and City Council prior to the adoption of the Safety Element. All future public hearings will be duly noticed and held at the City of Encinitas Council Chambers, 505 South Vulcan Avenue, Encinitas, CA 92024. 12/23/2022 CN 27219

Date: 12/13/2022

CHICAGO TITLE COMPANY, As Trustee, 2121 Palomar Airport Road, Suite 330, Carlsbad , CA 92011 Phone no. (858) 207-0646 By LORI R. FLEMINGS, as Authorized Signor. 12/16/2022, 12/23/2022, 12/30/2022 CN 27206

BATCH: AFC-3070

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED AS SHOWN BELOW. 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.

CHICAGO TITLE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Executed by: AS SHOWN BELOW, as Trustor, AS SHOWN BELOW, as Beneficiary, recorded on AS SHOWN BELOW as Instrument No. AS SHOWN BELOW of Official Records of the County Recorder of SAN DIEGO County, California, and pursuant to the Notice of Default and Election to Sell there under recorded on AS SHOWN BELOW as Instrument No. AS SHOWN BELOW of said Official Records.

WILL SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH On 12/29/2022 at 10:00 AM, AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE TO CHICAGO TITLE COMPANY 2121 PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD. CARLSBAD CA 92011

30341B 303 FIXED/FIXED ANNUAL 41 147-264-30-41

MATEBA BANKS A MARRIED WOMAN AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY 7/26/2022 8/11/2022 20220325252 9/12/2022 20220360014 $9351.92 104650 30518A 30518A 305 FIXED/ FIXED ANNUAL 18 147-26432-18 HAZEL M DONALD A

SINGLE WOMAN AND JAMES R. BALDWIN A SINGLE MAN EACH AS TO AN UNDIVIDED 1/2 INTEREST AS TENANTS IN COMMON 7/26/2022 8/11/2022 2022-0325252 9/12/2022 2022-0360014 $7884.15 104651 30648B 30648B 306 FIXED/FIXED ANNUAL 48 147-264-33-48 HELEN V. GRABER TRUSTEE OF THE HELEN V. GRABER FAMILY TRUST DATED AUGUST 12 2014 7/26/2022 8/11/2022 2022-0325252 9/12/2022 20220360014 $7884.15 104652 30749B 30749B 307 FIXED/ FIXED ANNUAL 49 147-26434-49 GEORGE EBERLE AND HELEN GRABER EBERLE. HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS 7/26/2022 8/11/2022 20220325252 9/12/2022 20220360014 $7884.15 104653 31341D 31341D 313 FIXED/ FIXED ANNUAL 41 147-26440-41 JOHN W MENSONIDES A SINGLE MAN AS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY 7/26/2022 8/11/2022 20220325252 9/12/2022 20220360014 $9292.87 104654 40105J 40105J 401 FIXED/ FIXED ANNUAL 5 147-264-

43-05 LEE A. WOTIPKA AND LINDA A. WOTIPKA HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS 7/26/2022 8/11/2022 2022-0325252 9/12/2022 2022-0360014 $7887.43 104655 40108J 40108J 401 FIXED/FIXED ANNUAL 8 147-264-43-08 LEE A. WOTIPKA AND LINDA A. WOTIPKA HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS 7/26/2022 8/11/2022 20220325252 9/12/2022 2022-0360014 $7887.43 104656 40843J 40843J 408 FIXED/FIXED ANNUAL 43 147-264-50-43 DOROTHY J. BARRETT AND K. ERIN KING TRUSTEES UNDER THE BARRETT KING TRUST DATED OCTOBER 30 2015 7/26/2022 8/11/2022 2022-0325252 9/12/2022 20220360014 $9351.92 104657 40906J 40906J 409 FIXED/ FIXED ANNUAL 6 147-26451-06 LINDA A. WOTIPKA A WIDOWED WOMAN AS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY 7/26/2022 8/11/2022 20220325252 9/12/2022 2022-0360014 $7871.00 104658 40907J 40907J 409 FIXED/FIXED ANNUAL 7 147-264-51-07 LEE A. WOTIPKA AND LINDA A. WOTIPKA HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS 7/26/2022 8/11/2022 20220325252 9/12/2022 20220360014 $7887.43

The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 121 SOUTH PACIFIC , OCEANSIDE, CA, 92054

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 encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum due under said Notice of Delinquent Assessment, with

interest thereon, as provided in said notice, advances, if any, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee. Estimated amount with accrued interest and additional advances, if any, is SHOWN ABOVE and may increase this figure prior to sale. The claimant under said Notice of Delinquent Assessment 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, in accordance with the provision to the Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions.

The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell which recorded on SHOWN ABOVE as Book SHOWN ABOVE as Instrument No. SHOWN ABOVE in the county where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation.

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 off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, 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 office 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, beneficiary, 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 the phone number shown below in bold, using the Reference number assigned to this case on SHOWN ABOVE. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Notice, advances thereunder, with interest as provided therein, and the unpaid assessments secured by said Notice with interest thereon as provided in said Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions, fees, charges and expenses of the trustee and the trusts created by said Notice of Assessment and Claim of Lien. IN ORDER TO PAY YOUR ACCOUNT CURRENT, PLEASE CONTACT ADVANCED FINANCIAL COMPANY AT (800) 234-6222 EXT 189

IMPORTANT NOTE: TO ADHERE TO THE COVID-19 PROTOCOLS, THE TRUSTEES SALE WILL OCCUR OUTSIDE AND WILL REQUIRE THAT EVERYONE PRESENT MUST HAVE FACE COVERINGS AND ADHEAR TO SOCIAL DISTANCING BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE SALE TAKES PLACE.

(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), 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 hereinafter described as more fully described on said Deed of Trust. 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: 1594 MARBRISA CIRCLE, CARLSBAD, CA, 92008

TS#, CUSTOMER REF#, ICN#, Unit/Interval/Week, APN#, Trustors, Beneficiary, DOT Dated, DOT Recorded, DOT Instrument No., NOD

Recorded, NOD Instrument No., Estimated Sales Amount 104683 B4039305H GMO523232A1Z 5232 ANNUAL 32 211-130-02-00 WILLIAM BREWINGTON AND HEIDI BREWINGTON HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS. GRAND PACIFIC CARLSBAD A CALIFORNIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 03/31/2012 06/20/2012 20120361943 8/19/2022 20220335714 $16018.62 104684 B0522245S GMP8010417B1O 80104 ODD 17 212-271-04-00

JANEL MARGARET BUCHTA A(N) UNMARRIED WOMAN AS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY GRAND PACIFIC CARLSBAD A CALIFORNIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 01/23/2019 06/27/2019 20190252628 8/19/2022 2022-0335714 $18218.85 104685 B0457185S GMP653145BZ 6531 ANNUAL 45 211-131-13-00 JEFFREY S. COUSENS AND ANDREA B.

LEGALS LEGALS LEGALS LEGALS LEGALS LEGALS LEGALS

COUSENS HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS GRAND PACIFIC CARLSBAD A CALIFORNIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 11/24/2015 12/10/2015 2015-0632488 8/19/2022 2022-0335714 $20363.19 104687 B0511515C GMP612446D1O 6124 ODD 46 211-131-11-00 JACQUELINE R. DAY A(N) UNMARRIED WOMAN AS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY GRAND PACIFIC CARLSBAD A CALIFORNIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 09/22/2018 10/18/2018 2018-0434384 8/19/2022 2022-0335714 $20469.21 104688 B0531715H GMP602252D1Z 6022 ANNUAL 52 211-131-11-00 LYLE S.

FITTES AND KARMEN ROSE FITTES HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS GRAND PACIFIC CARLSBAD A CALIFORNIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 02/22/2019 08/27/2020 20200491131 8/19/2022 20220335714 $40965.92 104691

B0535475P GMP702216A1Z 7022 ANNUAL 16 211-131-13-00

HUBERT LABIO AND AILEEN LABIO HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS GRAND PACIFIC CARLSBAD A CALIFORNIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 06/21/2021 07/08/2021 2021-0489649 8/19/2022 2022-0335714

$36914.34 104692 B0528075S

GMO593430AZ 5934 ANNUAL 30 211-131-11-00 VINCENT

M. LAU AND ROSELLE M. LAU HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS GRAND PACIFIC CARLSBAD A CALIFORNIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 11/23/2019 12/12/2019 2019-0579332 8/19/2022 2022-0335714 $47943.60 104693 B0457745H GMP541125DZ 5411 ANNUAL 25 211-130-03-00 ANDRE L.

PERDUE AND ELIZABETH M. PERDUE HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS GRAND PACIFIC CARLSBAD A CALIFORNIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 11/20/2015 12/17/2015 2015-0644324 8/19/2022 2022-0335714 $21956.74 104694 B0530575H GMP612320B1O 6123 ODD 20 211-131-11-00 JAIME PEREZ GONZALEZ AND EDIT SANCHEZ CHAVEZ HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS GRAND PACIFIC CARLSBAD A CALIFORNIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 02/16/2020 03/19/2020 2020-0142863 8/19/2022 2022-0335714 $22276.73 104695 B0490215H GMP662125A1E 6621 EVEN 25 211-131-13-00 MARY R. SMITH A(N) WIDOWED WOMAN AS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY GRAND PACIFIC CARLSBAD A CALIFORNIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 07/26/2017 08/10/2017 20170361807 8/19/2022 2022-0335714 $22878.38 104696 B0449935H GMP532440AZ 5324 ANNUAL 40 211-130-03-00 JARED L. SORENSEN AND DEVIN M. SORENSEN HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS GRAND PACIFIC CARLSBAD A CALIFORNIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 07/05/2015 08/13/2015 2015-0428738

8/19/2022 2022-0335714 $28281.04 104697 B0493215H GMP663402BZ 6634 ANNUAL 2 211-131-13-00 WON YI A(N)

UNMARRIED MAN AS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY GRAND PACIFIC CARLSBAD A CALIFORNIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 8/22/2017 10/12/2017 2017-0472225 8/19/2022 2022-0335714 $29799.30

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 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 the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to-wit is estimated at AS SHOWN ABOVE Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, may increase this figure prior to sale. The beneficiary 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 to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation.

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 off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, 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 office 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, beneficiary, 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 the number shown below in BOLD, using the REF number assigned to this case on SHOWN ABOVE. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Said 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 said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust.

The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust.

IN ORDER TO BRING YOUR ACCOUNT CURRENT, PLEASE CONTACT ADVANCED FINANCIAL COMPANY AT PHONE NO. 800-234-6222 EXT 189 DATE: 11/30/2022 CHICAGO TITLE COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE 2121 PALOMAR AIRPORT ROAD, SUITE 330B CARLSBAD, CA 92011 PHONE NO. (858) 207-0646 BY LORI R. FLEMINGS, as Authorized Signor 12/09/2022, 12/16/2022, 12/23/2022 CN 27181

T.S. No. 102199-CA APN: 175-136-04-00 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 11/9/2004. 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 1/23/2023 at 10:30

AM, CLEAR RECON CORP, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 11/12/2004 as Instrument No. 2004-1076822 of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of San Diego County, State of CALIFORNIA executed by: KENNETH FETZER, AN UNMARRIED MAN 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: 226 N INDIANA AVE, VISTA, CA 92084 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: $247,442.27 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 beneficiary 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 off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, 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 office 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, beneficiary, 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) 477-7869 or visit this Internet Web site WWW.

STOXPOSTING.COM, using the file number assigned to this case 102199-CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected 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: Effective 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

CITY OF CARLSBAD Summary of Ordinance CS-441 per Government Code §36933(c)

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2.15 AND ADDING CHAPTER 2.30 COMMUNITY-POLICE ENGAGEMENT COMMISSION TO TITLE 2 OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE

The ordinance amends Title 2 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code by adding Chapter 2.30 to establish a five-member civilian commission that would be known as the Community-Police Engagement Commission, would meet quarterly, and would have as its primary duty community engagement, not police oversight. The advisory commission would report directly to the City Council and present annual workplans to the City Council for approval.

The purpose of the commission is to provide a cooperative and collaborative forum for the community and police leadership to learn and discuss the challenges of modern-day policing and provide a community perspective about public safety challenges. The commission will work collaboratively with the police chief to provide advice, support, and recommendations relating to current or newly considered policies and programs with an overarching goal of building trust and fostering strong police-community relations.

The commission shall have no authority to direct the conduct of any department, including the police department, to review or advise upon personnel matters related to individual peace officers or to review confidential peace officer personnel files. It is not the purpose of this commission to review or comment upon items staff will present to City Council, unless the item is referred to the commission by the City Council or City Manager.

The ordinance establishes qualifications and training requirements for commission members.

The commission’s duties will be to:

1. Promote productive communication and interaction between the City of Carlsbad Police Department and community.

2. Provide a forum for police leadership to inform the commission and public of police initiatives, challenges, and data relating to police activity.

3. Educate the community and receive community feedback regarding policing standards and expectations.

4. Create additional community access to public safety information.

5. Recommend changes or improvements to Carlsbad Police Department policies, procedures or training.

6. Review new or proposed Carlsbad Police Department programs to evaluate how those programs might impact the Carlsbad community, including disenfranchised and marginalized communities.

7. Provide a forum for presentations by police leadership on matters that receive high media interest or come to the attention of the commission.

The ordinance also includes revisions to Chapter 2.15, Section 2.15.050 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code to establish an appointment process for members of the commission.

A certified copy of the full text of the proposed ordinances is posted in the Office of the City Clerk, 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive, Carlsbad, CA 92008.

PASSED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, on the 13th day of December, 2023, by the following vote, to wit:

AYES: Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta.

NAYS: Burkholder.

ABSENT: None. PUBLISH DATE: Dec. 23, 2022 City of Carlsbad | City Council 12/23/2022 CN 27211

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 file number assigned to this case 102199-CA to find 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: (844) 477-7869 CLEAR RECON CORP 4375 Jutland Drive San Diego, California 92117 STOX 935574_102199-CA 12/09/2022, 12/16/2022, 12/23/2022 CN 27180

SHOW CAUSE

TO

ORDER

FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE# 37-202200050655-CU-PT-NC TO ALL INTERESTED

PERSONS:

Petitioner(s): Joseph Skowronski filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: a. Present name: Joseph Skowronski change to proposed name: Joseph Edward Skowronski 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 file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two 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 filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: On February 7, 2023 at 8:30 a.m., in Dept. 25 of the Superior Court of California, 325 S Melrose Dr., Vista CA 92081, North County Division.

NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE ABOVE DATE; ATTACHMENT TO ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME (JC FORM #NC-120) NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. The court will review the documents filed as of the date specified 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 specified, and no timely written objection has been received (required at least two court days before the date specified), 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 certificate, social security card, driver license, passport, and other identification, a certified 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 Certificate (JC Form #NC-230) may be required. Contact the agency(ies) who issues the legal document that needs to be changed, to determine if a certified copy is required.

A certified copy of Decree

Changing Name (JC Form #NC130) or Decree Changing Name and Order Recognizing Change of Gender and for Issuance of New Birth’ Certificate (JC Form #NC-230) may be obtained from the Civil Business Office 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 certified copies.

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

If a timely objection is filed, 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 specified 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 nonsigning parent, and proof of service must be filed with the court. IT IS SO ORDERED.

Filed Date: 12/20/2022 James E. Simmons Jr. Judge of the Superior Court. 12/23, 12/30/2022, 01/06, 01/13/2023 CN 27223

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

CASE# 37-202200047936-CU-PT-NC

TO ALL INTERESTED

PERSONS: Petitioner(s): Stephanie Debra Lewis filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: a. Present name: Stephanie Debra Lewis change to proposed name: Stephanie Debra Gittleman

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 file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two 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 filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: On January 17, 2023 at 8:30 a.m., in Dept. N-25 of the Superior Court of California, 325 S Melrose Dr., Vista CA 92081, North County Division.

NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE ABOVE DATE; ATTACHMENT TO ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME (JC FORM #NC-120)

NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. The court will review the documents filed as of the date specified 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 specified, and no timely written objection has been received (required at least two court days before the date specified), 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 certificate, social security card, driver license, passport, and other identification, a certified 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 Certificate (JC Form #NC-230) may be required. Contact the agency(ies) who issues the legal document that needs to be changed, to determine if a certified copy is required.

A certified copy of Decree

Changing Name (JC Form #NC130) or Decree Changing Name and Order Recognizing Change of Gender and for Issuance of New Birth’ Certificate (JC Form #NC-230) may be obtained from the Civil Business Office 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 certified copies.

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

If a timely objection is filed, 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 specified 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 nonsigning parent, and proof of service must be filed with the court. IT IS SO ORDERED.

Filed Date: 11/30/2022

James E. Simmons Jr. Judge of the Superior Court. 12/16, 12/23, 12/30/2022, 01/06/2023 CN 27197

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF HENRIETTA SUN a.k.a. HANALEI SUN Case # 37-2022-00040223-PRPW-CTL

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Henrietta Sun a.k.a. Hanalei Sun

A Petition for Probate has been filed by Jeordie Fellner in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego.

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

The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate.

The will and any codicils are available for examination in the

file kept by the court.

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 files 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: March 07, 2023; Time: 11:00 AM; in Dept.: 504.

Court address: 1100 Union St., San Diego CA 92101, Central Courthouse.

Appearances may be made in person in the department; or by using the department’s Microsoft Teams (“MSTeams”) video link; or by calling the department’s MSTeams conference phone number and using the assigned conference ID number. The department’s in person instructions, MSTeams video conference link, MS Teams conference phone number, and assigned conference ID number can be found at www.sdcourt.ca.gov/ ProbateHearings. Plan to check 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 file 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 file 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 first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined 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 affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing 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: RICH GAINES, ESQ.

LEGACY LEGAL, INC. 5900 La Place Ct., Ste 105 Carlsbad CA 92008 Telephone: 760.931.9923 12/09, 12/16, 12/23/2022 CN 27185

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE# 37-202200047611-CU-PT-NC

TO ALL INTERESTED

PERSONS:

Petitioner(s): Reza Hashemi filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: a. Present name: Reza Hashemi change to proposed name: Mehron Hashemi 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 file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two 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 filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: On January 17, 2023 at 8:30 a.m., in Dept. 25 of the Superior Court of California, 325 S Melrose Dr., Vista CA 92081, North County Division.

NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE ABOVE DATE; ATTACHMENT TO ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME (JC FORM #NC-120)

NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE.

The court will review the documents filed as of the date specified 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 specified, and no timely written objection has been received (required at least two court days before the date specified), 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 certificate, social security card, driver license, passport, and other identification, a certified 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 Certificate (JC Form #NC-230) may be required. Contact the agency(ies) who issues the legal document that needs to be changed, to determine if a certified copy is required.

A certified copy of Decree Changing Name (JC Form #NC130) or Decree Changing Name and Order Recognizing Change of Gender and for Issuance of New Birth’ Certificate (JC Form #NC-230) may be obtained from the Civil Business Office 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 certified copies.

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

If a timely objection is filed, 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 specified 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 nonsigning parent, and proof of service must be filed with the court. IT IS SO ORDERED.

Filed Date: 11/29/2022

James E. Simmons Jr. Judge of the Superior Court. 12/02, 12/09, 12/16, 12/23/2022 CN 27175

SUMMONS

(CITACION JUDICIAL)

CASE #: CVSW2205649

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): ERNESTINE GRANT., MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. (MERS), all persons unknown claiming any legal

or equitable right, title, estate, lien interest in the property described in the complaint adverse to plaintiffs title or any cloud on plaintiffs title thereon, named as DOES 1-20, inclusive. YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Brent E. Hermanson, an individual; and Carrie M. Hermanson, an individual NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia. org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil. case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion. Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta.Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el

Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesion de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte es): Superior Court of California Southwest Justice Center 30755-D Auld Rd. Murrieta CA 92563

The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): OakTree Law

LARRY FIESELMAN SBN 81872 10900 183rd St., Ste 270 Cerritos CA 90703 Telephone: 562.741.3943 Date: 08/16/2022 Clerk (Secretario) by Samuel Hamrick Jr., Executive Officer/ Clerk of Court Patty Thiphavong, Deputy (Adjunto)

NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served as an individual defendant. 12/02, 12/09, 12/16, 12/23/2022 CN 27164

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE #: 22STCV24395

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): SAMUEL TODD SHERMAN, an individual; and DOES 1 TO 30.

YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): MARIO MUNOZ PERDOMO, an individual, NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away.

If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia. org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil. case. The court’s lien must

be paid before the court will dismiss the case. AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion. Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta.Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesion de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte es):

Superior Court of California County of Los Angeles-Spring Street Courthouse 312 N. Spring St. Los Angeles CA 90012

The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Bradley G. Hayes (SBN 287552)

The Hayes Law Firm, APC Mailing Address: 8605 Santa Monica Blvd., PMB 48071

West Hollywood CA 90069-4109

Physical Address: 2648 Durfee Avenue, Suite 101 El Monte, CA 91732

Telephone: 323.477.1415 Date: 07/28/2022 Clerk (Secretario), by Sherri R. Carter Executive Officer/ Clerk of Court D. Williams, Deputy (Adjunto)

NOTICE TO THE PERSON

SERVED: You are served as an individual defendant. 12/02, 12/09, 12/16, 12/23/2022 CN 27163

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2022-9027081 Filed: Dec 14, 2022 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk.

Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Mobile Truck Repair. Located at: 1790 Deavers Dr., San Marcos CA 92069 San Diego. Mailing

Solar panels are coming to town

soul on fire

In case you missed it, global warming is a thing.

In 2006, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore published a book, “An Inconvenient Truth,” about the planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it, followed by a documentary outlining the consequences of not making immediate changes to our behavior around this issue.

Cut to 2018, when Greta Thunberg, a 15-year-old girl from Stockholm, significantly impacted the world's consciousness around the same subject by addressing the United Nations Climate Change Conference.

Locally, any surfer can attest that the oceans stay warm far into the fall and winter months now. The kelp patties are diminishing.

The amount of toxicity pumped into the atmosphere through fossil fuels remains a problem, and pollution levels and human exposure are still a concern.

Watching the extreme storms across the country makes it hard to deny it's time for another wake-up call.

All of our lifestyle choices and habits make an impact on the environment. This column explores the important things we can implement immediately to create a more sustainable society.

Let’s talk about energy and your electric bill. It’s like death, taxes, and SDGE in San Diego. SDGE is the most expensive utility in the nation. Until recently, there was no financial reason for this highly profitable monopoly that controls our power to change.

However, increasing demands on the grid system, compromised infrastructure, and dwindling water levels at Hoover Dam have caused this “public utility company” to rethink some of its policies

as climate-driven wildfires, drought, heat waves, and storms trigger blackouts.

Recent alliances with solar and turbine farms to offset the higher demand while adding renewable energy to the grid add another line item to the already skyrocketing bill.

The fees are passed to consumers for delivery, generation, and capital improvement bonds and continue rising with no end in sight.

What’s the solution?

Renewable energy through solar panels can help air quality and reduce water use and environmental pollution. Empowering the consumer by returning the power to the people by creating and storing their own energy is the wave of the future.

Every home will have solar on it soon. New construction has solar as a standard feature, and new subdivisions are being built that are connected to form a microgrid. This self-contained power system can operate independently of California’s grid if it fails and will soon be the norm in a neighborhood near you.

When installing solar panels and storage with a battery for backup, you own your energy with a mini power plant on your roof. Harnessing the sun’s energy and converting it into electricity to run your home and power your car if you’ve gone E.V. empowers homeowners and puts money back in their pockets.

Anything you don’t use goes back onto the grid. Solar owners are given credit under the current policy penny for penny with a small monthly interconnection fee.

As of Dec. 15, 75% of

those savings are in jeopardy with the newly passed NEM 3.0. Time is running out to be grandfathered in under the NEM 2.0 policy, as governing agencies have decided the fate of solar in California this month.

However, any customer signed, with a filed interconnection agreement before April 15, has three years to get installed and qualifies for NEM 2.0 for twenty years.

Even with the changes to the policy, owning your solar system frees you from the stronghold of an expensive, outdated, and archaic industry that is unreliable and unpredictable and is doing your part to help clean up the environment by going carbon neutral.

By this time, we should be beyond whether getting solar is a wise investment, and the decision has become more of an I.Q. test than anything else.

The real flex is finding a company that puts the customer and their needs first and implements sustainability practices within and throughout the community.

“No matter what side you take on the global warming debate, it is clear that we have kicked the can down the road for far too long,” states Jim Bunch, past president and co-founder of Powur Energy, based in Carlsbad.

You can own and harness the sun’s power, save hundreds of dollars monthly, and improve the planet by going solar now, becoming an independent producer of electricity.

Susan Sullivan is a solar sales representative at Powur in Carlsbad. Contact her: https://powur.com/susan. sullivan/solar.

susan sullivan

‘TIS THE SEASON for going solar. Courtesy photo

LEGALS LEGALS LEGALS LEGALS LEGALS LEGALS LEGALS

Address: Same. Registrant Information: 1. Roberto Ramirez, 1790 Deavers Dr., San Marcos CA 92069. This business is conducted by: Individual.

Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: Not Yet Started S/Roberto Ramirez, 12/23, 12/30/2022, 01/06, 01/13/2023 CN 27220

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2022-9026951 Filed: Dec 13, 2022 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk.

Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Maksat International Development. Located at: 2816 Avenida Valera, Carlsbad CA 92009 San Diego. Mailing Address: 23890 Copper Hill Dr. #280, Santa Clarita CA 91354.

Registrant Information: 1. Focus International Development, 2816 Avenida Valera, Carlsbad CA 92009. This business is conducted by: Corporation.

Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: Not Yet Started S/Jay Yun, 12/23, 12/30/2022, 01/06, 01/13/2023 CN 27218

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2022-9027289 Filed: Dec 15, 2022 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Doulas of North County. Located at: 1102 La Tortuga Dr., Vista CA 92081 San Diego. Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Information: 1. Kelly Rae-Birth + Postpartum Doula LLC, 1102 La Tortuga Dr., Vista CA 92081. This business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: 12/14/2022 S/ Kelly Brusch, 12/23, 12/30/2022, 01/06, 01/13/2023 CN 27217

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2022-9026396

Filed: Dec 05, 2022 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business

Name(s): A. Scholastic Surf Series. Located at: 699 N. Vulcan Ave. #80, Encinitas CA 92024 San Diego. Mailing Address: PO Box 232042, Encinitas CA 92023. Registrant Information: 1. Western Surfing Association, 320 Avenida Sierra, San Clemente CA 92672.

This business is conducted by: Corporation. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: 08/02/2010 S/Mary Lou Drummy, 12/23, 12/30/2022, 01/06, 01/13/2023 CN 27216

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2022-9026805 Filed: Dec 09, 2022 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk.

Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Vintage Jargon Market; B. Sure As Shirt. Located at: 315 S Coast Hwy 101 #U227, Encinitas CA 92024 San Diego. Mailing Address: Same.

Registrant Information: 1. True Wine Culture Inc., 315 S. Coast Hwy 101 #U-227, Encinitas CA 92024. This business is conducted by: Corporation. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: 12/09/2022 S/Eric Guy, 12/23, 12/30/2022, 01/06, 01/13/2023 CN 27215

Statement of Abandonment of Use of Fictitious Business Name #2022-9027219 Filed: Dec 15, 2022 with San Diego County Recorder/County Clerk.

Fictitious Business Name(s) To Be Abandoned: A. Integra

Realty Resources; B. Integra Realty Resources San Diego; C. Integra San Diego; D. IRR San Diego. Located at: 2775 Via de la Valle #206, Del Mar CA San Diego 92014. Mailing Address: Same. The Fictitious Business Name Referred to Above was Filed in San Diego County on: 02/24/2022 and assigned File # 2022-9004709. Fictitious Business Name is being Abandoned By: 1. Limbach & Greenwald Company Inc., 2775 Via de la Valle #206, Del Mar CA 92014. The Business is Conducted by: Corporation. S/Jeff A Greenwald, 12/23, 12/30/2022, 01/06, 01/13/2023 CN 27214

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2022-9027230 Filed: Dec 15, 2022 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Integra Realty Resources; B. Integra Realty Resources San Diego. Located at: 527 Encinitas Blvd. #204., Encinitas CA 92024 San Diego. Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Information: 1. Morgan Valuation Company Inc., 527 Encinitas Blvd. #204., Encinitas CA 92024. This business is conducted by: Corporation. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: 10/31/2022 S/ John Morgan, 12/23, 12/30/2022, 01/06, 01/13/2023 CN 27213

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2022-9026880 Filed: Dec 12, 2022 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. The Business Gurus. Located at: 481 La Mesa Ave., Encinitas CA 92024 San Diego. Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Information: 1. Mariah Geneva Slingerland, 481 La Mesa Ave., Encinitas CA 92024. This business is conducted by: Individual. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: Not Yet Started S/Mariah Geneva Slingerland, 12/23, 12/30/2022, 01/06, 01/13/2023 CN 27210

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2022-9026566 Filed: Dec 07, 2022 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Singh Medical Consulting. Located at: 6814 Zinnia Ct., Carlsbad CA 92011 San Diego. Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Information: 1. Ramandeep Singh, 6814 Zinnia Ct., Carlsbad CA 92011. This business is conducted by: Individual. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: 02/12/2022 S/Ramandeep Singh, 12/23, 12/30/2022, 01/06, 01/13/2023 CN 27209

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2022-9027057 Filed: Dec 14, 2022 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Pacific Pet Pro; B. Light Hawk Yoga. Located at: 4030 Sand Cove Way, Carlsbad CA 92008 San Diego. Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Information: 1. Swetlana Xenia Falke, 4030 Sand Cove Way, Carlsbad CA 92008. This business is conducted by: Individual. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: Not Yet Started S/Swetlana Xenia Falke, 12/23, 12/30/2022, 01/06, 01/13/2023 CN 27208

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2022-9026401 Filed: Dec 05, 2022 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk.

Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Westwood Village Apartments. Located at: 2502 Oceanside Blvd., Oceanside CA 92054 San

Diego. Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Information: 1. JHB California Properties LLC, 2368 Via de la Valle #G 425, Del Mar CA 92014. This business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: 12/06/1998 S/Joyce Chilingirian, 12/23, 12/30/2022, 01/06, 01/13/2023 CN 27207

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2022-9026750 Filed: Dec 08, 2022 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Grammy’s Granola. Located at: 3800 Oceanic Dr. #118, Oceanside CA 92056 San Diego. Mailing Address: PO Box 232474, Encinitas CA 92023. Registrant Information: 1. Janet C. Braver, 1006 Hermes Ave., Encinitas CA 92024. This business is conducted by: Individual. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: 09/25/2003 S/ Janet C. Braver, 12/16, 12/23, 12/30/2022, 01/06/2023 CN 27205

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2022-9026454 Filed: Dec 06, 2022 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Kaleidoscope Printing. Located at: 600 Seagaze Dr. #234, Oceanside CA 92054 San Diego. Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Information: 1. Christine Elaine Silverthorn, 603 Seagaze Dr. #234, Oceanside CA 92054. This business is conducted by: Individual. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: 12/07/2017 S/ Christine Elaine Silverthorn, 12/16, 12/23, 12/30/2022, 01/06/2023 CN 27204

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2022-9026450

Filed: Dec 06, 2022 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Accucolorpaint; B. Accucarpaint; C. Slaughterconsulting Inc. Located at: 2604-B El Camino Real #285, Carlsbad CA 92008 San Diego. Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Information: 1. Slaughterconsulting Inc, 2604-B El Camino Real #285 Carlsbad CA 92008. This business is conducted by: Corporation. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: 10/01/2001 S/ Christopher Slaughter, 12/16, 12/23, 12/30/2022, 01/06/2023 CN 27203

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2022-9026557

Filed: Dec 07, 2022 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Enduring Fruit. Located at: 7042 Via Ostiones, Carlsbad CA 92009 San Diego. Mailing Address: PO Box 130998, Carlsbad CA 92013.

Registrant Information: 1. Lead to Serve Inc., 7042 Via Ostiones, Carlsbad CA 92009. This business is conducted by: Corporation. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: 08/20/2012 S/ Wayne L. Gordon, 12/16, 12/23, 12/30/2022, 01/06/2023 CN 27202

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2022-9026504 Filed: Dec 07, 2022 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk.

Fictitious Business Name(s): A. CP Vacation Rentals. Located at: 2677 State St. #101, Carlsbad CA 92008 San Diego. Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Information: 1. Cavanaugh

Properties Inc., 2677 State St. #101, Carlsbad CA 92008. This business is conducted by: Corporation. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: Not Yet Started S/Caleb McKinley, 12/16, 12/23, 12/30/2022, 01/06/2023 CN 27201

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2022-9026420 Filed: Dec 06, 2022 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk.

Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Coolabah Dog Training. Located at: 1732 Club Heights Ln., Vista CA 92081 San Diego. Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Information: 1. Tessy Maria Schick, 1732 Club Heights Ln., Vista CA 92081. This business is conducted by: Individual. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: Not Yet Started S/Tessy Maria Schick, 12/16, 12/23, 12/30/2022, 01/06/2023 CN 27199

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2022-9025122 Filed: Nov 16, 2022 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk.

Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Black Phoebe Films. Located at: 1250 Melba Rd., Encinitas CA 92024 San Diego. Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Information: 1. Cynasty Films LLC, 1250 Melba Rd., Encinitas CA 92024. This business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: Not Yet Started S/Jerry Franck, 12/09, 12/16, 12/23, 12/30/2022 CN 27195

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2022-9025963 Filed: Nov 29, 2022 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. See Your Side. Located at: 3625 Vista Oceana #39, Oceanside CA 92057 San Diego. Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Information: 1. Eric Mitchell, 3625 Vista Oceana #39, Oceanside CA 92057. This business is conducted by: Individual. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: Not Yet Started S/Eric Mitchell, 12/09, 12/16, 12/23, 12/30/2022 CN 27194

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2022-9026389 Filed: Dec 05, 2022 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk.

Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Generation of Harmony. Located at: 924 Encinitas Blvd. #48, Encinitas CA 92024 San Diego. Mailing Address: PO Box 235844, Encinitas CA 92023. Registrant Information: 1. Kerri Lynn Lake, 924 Encinitas Blvd. #48, Encinitas CA 92024. This business is conducted by: Individual. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: 01/01/2019 S/ Kerri Lynn Lake, 12/09, 12/16, 12/23, 12/30/2022 CN 27192

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2022-9025679 Filed: Nov 22, 2022 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk.

Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Trek Bicycle North County. Located at: 1617 Capalina Rd. #B, San Marcos CA 92069 San Diego. Mailing Address: 801 W. Madison St., Waterloo WI 53594.

Registrant Information: 1. Trek Retail Corporation, 801 W. Madison St., Waterloo WI 53594. This business is conducted by: Corporation. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: 03/10/2021 S/ Chad Brown, 12/09, 12/16, 12/23, 12/30/2022 CN 27189

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2022-9025678 Filed: Nov 22, 2022 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Trek Bicycle La Mesa. Located at: 8495 Fletcher Pkwy, La Mesa CA 91942 San Diego. Mailing Address: 801 W. Madison St., Waterloo WI 53594. Registrant Information: 1. Trek Retail Corporation, 801 W. Madison St., Waterloo WI 53594. This business is conducted by: Corporation. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: 03/10/2021 S/ Chad Brown, 12/09, 12/16, 12/23, 12/30/2022 CN 27188

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2022-9025677 Filed: Nov 22, 2022 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Trek Bicycle San Diego Kearny Mesa. Located at: 4240 Kearny Mesa Rd. #108, San Diego CA 92111 San Diego. Mailing Address: 801 W. Madison St., Waterloo WI 53594. Registrant Information: 1. Trek Retail Corporation, 801 W. Madison St., Waterloo WI 53594. This business is conducted by: Corporation. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: 03/10/2021 S/ Chad Brown, 12/09, 12/16, 12/23, 12/30/2022 CN 27187

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2022-9025676 Filed: Nov 22, 2022 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Trek Bicycle Encinitas. Located at: 1010 S. Coast Hwy 101, #101, Encinitas CA 92024 San Diego. Mailing Address: 801 W. Madison St., Waterloo WI 53594. Registrant Information: 1. Trek Retail Corporation, 801 W. Madison St., Waterloo WI 53594. This business is conducted by: Corporation. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: 09/02/2022 S/ Chad Brown, 12/09, 12/16, 12/23, 12/30/2022 CN 27186

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2022-9026162 Filed: Dec 01, 2022 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Cocina de Barrio. Located at: 3924 W. Point Loma Blvd., San Diego CA 92110 San Diego. Mailing Address: 632 S. Coast Hwy 101, Encinitas CA 92024. Registrant Information: 1. Cocina de Barrio LLC, 632 S Coast Hwy 101, Encinitas CA 92024. This business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: Not Yet Started S/Jaime Osuna, 12/09, 12/16, 12/23, 12/30/2022 CN 27184

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2022-9025600 Filed: Nov 21, 2022 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Bonus Round Arcades. Located at: 740 Los Vallecitos Blvd #104, San Marcos CA 92069 San Diego. Mailing Address: 1225 Burton St., Fullerton CA 92831. Registrant Information: 1. Custom Billiard and Games, 1225 Burton St., Fullerton CA 92831. This business is conducted by: Corporation. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: 11/01/2022 S/Brian Chinh Hoang, 12/09, 12/16, 12/23, 12/30/2022 CN 27183

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2022-9025640 Filed: Nov 22, 2022 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Trek Bicycle South Bay. Located

at: 3901 Bonita Rd., Bonita CA 91902 San Diego. Mailing Address: 801 W. Madison St., Waterloo WI 53594. Registrant Information: 1. Trek Retail Corporation, 801 W. Madison St., Waterloo WI 53594. This business is conducted by: Corporation. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: 03/10/2021 S/ Chad Brown, 12/09, 12/16, 12/23, 12/30/2022 CN 27182

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2022-9025902 Filed: Nov 29, 2022 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk.

Fictitious Business Name(s): A. San Diego Analytics. Located at: 1104 Las Flores Dr., Carlsbad CA 92008 San Diego. Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Information: 1. William Sheffler, 1104 Las Flores Dr., Carlsbad CA 92008. This business is conducted by: Individual.

Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: 11/16/2022 S/William Sheffler, 12/02, 12/09, 12/16, 12/23/2022 CN 27177

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2022-9025472 Filed: Nov 21, 2022 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk.

Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Elocal Web Solutions. Located at: 1531 Grand Ave. #B, San Marcos CA 92078 San Diego. Mailing Address: 663 S. Rancho Santa Fe Rd. #673, San Marcos CA 92078. Registrant Information: 1. Planzme Inc., 750 Banyan Ct., Lake San Marcos CA 92069. This business is conducted by: Corporation.

Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: 11/14/2022 S/Frank Paul Trotman, 12/02, 12/09, 12/16, 12/23/2022 CN 27174

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2022-9025756 Filed: Nov 23, 2022 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Nest Pediatric Therapy. Located at: 1718 Kenwood Pl., San Marcos CA 92078-1019 San Diego. Mailing Address: Same.

Registrant Information: 1. Shari Jones Speech Therapy Inc., 1718 Kenwood Pl., San Marcos CA 92078-1019. This business is conducted by: Corporation.

Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: Not Yet Started S/Shari Jones, 12/02, 12/09, 12/16, 12/23/2022 CN 27171

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2022-9025203 Filed: Nov 16, 2022 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. The Flower Remedy. Located at: 5855 Avenida Encinas #146, Carlsbad CA 92008 San Diego.

Mailing Address: PO Box 7140, Rancho Santa Fe CA 92067.

Registrant Information: 1. Mindful Happiness LLC, 5855

Avenida Encinas #146, Carlsbad CA 92008. This business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: Not Yet Started S/Peter Davis, 12/02, 12/09, 12/16, 12/23/2022 CN 27170

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2022-9025635 Filed: Nov 22, 2022 with County of San Diego Recorder/ County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Pure Solar Power. Located at: 147 Coop St., Encinitas CA 92024 San Diego. Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Information: 1. Shambala Enterprises, 147 Coop Ct., Encinitas CA 92024. This business is conducted by: Corporation. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: Not Yet Started S/Jeffrey Konek, 12/02, 12/09, 12/16, 12/23/2022 CN 27169

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2022-9025728 Filed: Nov 23, 2022 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Mr. Bodhi’s Grub & Scrub. Located at: 437 S. Hwy 101 #105, Solana Beach CA 92075 San Diego. Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Information: 1. Mr. Bodhi Inc., 437 S. Hwy 101 #105, Solana Beach CA 92075. This business is conducted by: Corporation. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: 11/01/2022 S/ Robert F. Brackett, 12/02, 12/09, 12/16, 12/23/2022 CN 27168

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2022-9024884 Filed: Nov 14, 2022 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Kindred Connection. Located at: 312 N. Coast Hwy 101 #2527, Encinitas CA 92024 San Diego. Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Information: 1. Kindra Kuntz, 312 N. Coast Hwy 101 #2527, Encinitas CA 92024. This business is conducted by: Individual. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: 11/14/2022 S/ Kindra Kuntz, 12/02, 12/09, 12/16, 12/23/2022 CN 27167

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2022-9025646 Filed: Nov 22, 2022 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Jane Louise Creates. Located at: 1928 High Ridge Ave., Carlsbad CA 92008 San Diego. Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Information: 1. Jane Owens, 1928 High Ridge Ave., Carlsbad CA 92008. This business is conducted by: Individual. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: 03/15/2013 S/ Jane Owens, 12/02, 12/09, 12/16, 12/23/2022 CN 27166

Blending the coastline: Art installation at Encinitas Boulevard

In December 2022, the Caltrans and SANDAG Build NCC Project alongside the City of Encinitas and talented artists Amy Baur and Brian Boldon who created fused image mosaic tile artwork consisting of a variety of California native plants and animal species, blending the city to the coastline.

Not only does this art brighten the area, but it’s also a key design component reflected throughout

the Build NCC project –constructing visually appealing and helpful infrastructure improvements throughout North County.

The I-5/Encinitas Boulevard intersection was improved by the Build NCC project through a new separated biking and walking path under the overpass, offering safe east/west connectivity for people biking and walking and improving coastal access.

Similar work can also

be found at Santa Fe Drive with improved bike and pedestrian connectivity, and a variety of art tile from local artists in the community.

The Caltrans and SANDAG Build NCC Project is continuing with ongoing work through 2024, creating new 4 miles of new Carpool/HOV Lanes, a new sound wall, and community enhancements in the City of Carlsbad such as enhancements to the I-5 inter-

sections with Chestnut Avenue and Palomar Airport Road with new bike paths and integrated technology. The Build NCC Project is anticipated to be complete in 2024, with the new HOV Lanes to be completed in Summer 2023.

Thank you for your patience throughout construction – we’re almost there!

Learn more about Build NCC at KeepSanDiegoMoving.com/BuildNCC.

Would you care for mayo in that eggnog?

Ah, holiday parties. Friends. Food. Eggnog made with mayonnaise.

Wait, what? Yup, Hellmann’s (aka Best Foods) is pushing a recipe for eggnog made with mayonnaise. Now, when you consider that mayo is just eggs and oil, there’s a certain logic, though you’ll arguably end up with oily nog.

Some folks love mayo, although Luke Gralia of The Takeout noted, “A thin layer of mayo on a sandwich is fine, but dipping fries into a cup of it? Bring me a barf bag.”

I agree wholeheartedly.

Still, Hellmann’s and mixologist Cody Goldstein have introduced the world to mayo-nog at a New York bar. I wish them good luck with this brand extension.

Brand extension (brand stretching) is a strategy companies use to apply their recognizable brand name to a new product or service. The theory is consumers will know and trust the brand name enough to try it.

This explains Hellmann’s move. It’s also the same concept Spam is attempting with its new Figgy Pudding flavor. It’s not for me, buy hey…I’m a vegetarian.

The bigger question, as they used to say in vaudeville, is whether it will play in Peoria.

The holidays are a great time to test brand extensions. Partiers have a chance to try something new with relatively little risk. If you get positive feedback, you expand your testing in the new year.

There were lots of food extensions tried last

ask mr. marketing rob weinberg

holiday season, including Shake Shack’s Wake And Shake milkshake (geared towards stoners), Burger King’s plant-based whoppers and Taco Bell’s Mexican Pizza (now a permanent offering).

This year you’ll even find numerous food brands testing extensions with their merchandise, including Swiss Miss Hot Cocoa-Scented Sweaters and Olive Garden Family Holiday Pajamas.

Regardless of what you sell, you too may want to look at extending your own products or services for next year’s holiday season.

Introducing new products, services or merchandise to your existing customer base is easier than you might imagine.

However, there’s growing competition for attention, and you’d better find ways to stand out of the crowd.

With 2022’s holiday season almost complete, this is a good time to start thinking about how to expand your offerings for 2023.

It could be a huge opportunity for you to grow your bottom line in 2024 … and beyond.

With that said, I wish you a week of profitable marketing.

Free marketing newsletter at www. askmrmarketing.com.

would be problematic since individual council members may have biases toward certain applicants that may not reflect the will of the majority.

“I’m a huge proponent of a direct vote of the people, it’s why I backed Proposition A,” said Ehlers, referring to the 2013 measure giving residents the right to vote on zoning changes. “I have ultimate faith that the people will pick the right person for the people. I hope that we all agree that assuming we’re going with an appointment that the appointment should reflect the wishes of voters, but that’s very difficult for a council to do because we all come in with biases.”

To make his point, Ehlers argued that his fellow council members likely would not have selected him to fill the vacancy left by former deputy mayor Joe Mosca, the District 4 member, if Mosca had resigned before the expiration of his term. He noted that the current council voted to remove him from

the city’s Planning Commission and endorsed his primary rival, Pamela Redela, in the November election — indicating that the other three would not have appointed him to replace Mosca.

“If Joe had resigned mid-term … the council would not have appointed me, yet the electorate did by an overwhelming margin … that goes to show that it’s very hard for this council to make that appointment without those biases slipping in,” Ehlers said.

“In your hypothetical … you’re probably right, that we would not have appointed you,” Kranz acknowledged in response.

Ehlers also said that if the council appoints a candidate, that candidate should pledge to not run in the next election cycle, to give the people a chance to vote on a new council member for the District 1 seat. He noted that Del Mar and Carlsbad both have such a requirement in their laws that restrict an appointee from running for election.

“I would support appointing somebody who

voluntarily would agree not to run in next election cycle,” he said, an opportunity “to have a free open election without having the anointed incumbency advantage.”

Eleven of the 16 public speakers at the meeting agreed with Ehlers that the city ought to hold a special election to fill the vacancy.

“You’re faced with two difficult solutions. One is expensive, the other is far from democratic,” said longtime resident Bernard Minster. “I would say how much does democracy cost? And what is it worth? If it’s $400,000, let’s find ways to raise it — instead of choosing a far more autocratic form of government.”

Resident Cyrus Kamada characterized an appointment as an unfair power grab that would simply reinforce the power of the majority on the council while not reflecting the diversity of opinion in Encinitas.

“Sometimes the most effective use of power lies in its restraint. If the council appoints a supporter in District 1, you would have an 80% majority,” Kamada

said. “A government that deliberately diverges from the makeup of its constituents loses legitimacy almost by definition. That is the reason that diversity has value and if diversity is truly our goal then we should embrace it even if the outcome complicates our agenda. The cheapest and quickest solution isn’t always the best one.”

Former City Council candidate Susan Turney also spoke out against an appointment, expressing concern that the council would simply appoint a like-minded candidate who would go along with the majority votes.

“Encinitas has experienced a string of appointments in recent years that regularly produced unanimous votes in lockstep with Mayor Blakespear’s. Hinze, Lyndes and Mosca have perfect or near perfect voting records that align with the mayor,” Turney said.

“These votes usually occur after very little council dialogue even on the most important issues … at worst this speaks to repeated Brown Act violations — which means that the votes

were predetermined illegally out of public view. At best these votes point to an unhealthy dynamic known as groupthink … which would only be reinforced if this council chooses an appointee.”

Kranz and the other council members acknowledged these concerns, but the mayor reiterated his view that the majority of residents would be comfortable with the council representatives exercising their authority in selecting an appointee.

“I recognize that there’s a lot invested in segments of community in having an election. I understand why, but for me, given the difference in timeline election and appointment and difference in cost, I’m confident that the majority of the community would prefer that the City Council exercise their representative democracy if anything else comes up,” he said. “Ultimately, we’re in a representative democracy, not a direct democracy. The vast majority of people who have been appointed have also been re-elected by the voters.”

County gas prices continue to drop

By City News Service

REGION — The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County dropped Wednesday to its lowest amount since Oct. 16, 2021, decreasing ninetenths of a cent to $4.43.

The average price has dropped 40 consecutive days, decreasing $1.075, according to figures from the AAA and the Oil Price Information Service.

It has fallen 72 times in 76 days since rising to a record $6.435 on Oct. 5, decreasing $2.005.

The average price is 10.9 cents less than one week ago, 86.9 cents lower than one month ago and 19.1 cents below what it was one year ago.

The national average price dropped for the 42nd consecutive day, decreasing 1.5 cents to $3.108, 10.6 cents less than one week ago, 55.4 cents lower than one month ago and 19.4 cents below what it was one year ago.

HAND PAINTED tiled artwork was installed by Caltrans and SANDAG Build NCC Project alongside the City of Encinitas and talented artists. Courtesy photo

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