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Feb. 2, 2024
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SDUHSD board members said they are committed to a long-awaited aquatics facility at Torrey Pines High School, even as the district faces a major jump in project costs. Story on 3.
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Anisa Anaya, senior, Torrey Pines girls water polo Photo by Steve Silva
Landslide interrupts regional rail services From staff and wire reports
Cannabis shop opens in Encinitas The Cake House expects to open this week as the city’s first recreational cannabis shop. 6
OCEANSIDE — Passenger rail service between the Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo and Oceanside stations remained suspended this week due to a landslide that again sent boulders and debris onto the tracks and damaged the Mariposa Trail Bridge in San Clemente. Despite ongoing repair efforts by Metrolink and Orange County Transportation Authority, there is no clear timeline when passenger
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CARLSBAD — A local developer, whose proposal for a mixed-use project in Carlsbad Village was rejected by the Carlsbad City Council nearly six years ago, has now submitted a revised set of RANCHO plans for review by the city’s Planning SFNEWS Commission. The city’s planning department is reviewing an application for a four-story, 45-foot-tall development — the maximum allowed in the Village — with nearly 3,000 square feet of firstfloor retail space and five residential units above, known as Carlsbad Village Square. The latest proposal by developer Leor Lakritz is the second iteration of the failed Carlsbad Village Center project, which the City Council denied in a 2-1 vote in 2018. At the time, the project faced heavy pushback from community members concerned that it did not fit the character of the Village. While the new project has much of the same bulk as before, architect Kirk Moeller said there are several changes. The proposal no longer features an underground parking garage but relies on nine lift parking spaces. The site is pulled back slightly from the property line and features a more modern design than the previous craftsman style. “I think our newer building is less imposing than the original,” said Moeller, who also resides in Carlsbad. Despite its differences from the original project, Carlsbad Village Square is already drawing similar concerns. Last Thursday, dozens of residents expressed their disdain for the design at an informational meeting at the
rail service will resume. As of Jan. 31, Orange County and Inland Empire-Orange County Metrolink line trains were only operating as far south San Juan Capistrano, with no alternate transportation to or from either San Clemente or Oceanside. Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner service between Los Angeles and San Diego was also disrupted, with some trains canceled and others using bus bridges around the landslide area.
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Francisco Roman Jr., right, a Marine veteran and San Diego police officer, was awarded a Purple Heart medal on Jan. 23 at Camp Pendleton. Roman was wounded by an improvised explosive device during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005. Photo by Mhecaela J. Watts
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