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VOL. 35, N0. 2
JAN. 14, 2022
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Carlsbad slams O’side . plans beach
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Battle overTHE sand
brewing between VISTA NEWS neighboring cities
Local police under fire for data sharing. A3
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By Steve Puterski
Second annual Cyclovia Encinitas draws a crowd. A3 Former supervisor Paul Eckert dies at 88. A3 SDG&E undergrounding begins onVia De La Valle.A3 Peterson’s Donut Corner gets new owners. A5
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Vista’s Cyprian Hyde takes his game to new level. A6 More tenant vacanies at North County mall. A7 Fairgrounds selects new Horsepark lessee. A7 Oceanside developers try easing resident concerns. A12 Del Mar council wrestles with train viability. A13
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BEYOND VAN GOGH is an immersive, walk-through art exhibit featuring state-of-the-art projection technology illuminating entire rooms with the paintings of world famous Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh. The exhibit will be at the Del Mar Fairgrounds from Jan. 14 to March 6. Story on B1. Courtesy photo
SDUHSD keeping schools open through virus surge School district positive test rates similar to county By Bill Slane
ENCINITAS — The San Dieguito Union School District returned to campus this week following winter break with at least 245 students in isolation or quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic, along with 31 absences of faculty that require substitute teachers. The district currently has an enrollment of
CARLSBAD — A battle over sand is brewing between the neighboring cities of Oceanside and Carlsbad. During its Jan. 11 meeting, the Carlsbad City Council approved a RANCHO resolution opposing the City ofSFNEWS Oceanside’s plan to construct four groins and a sand bypass system designed to minimize sand loss at the city's beaches. Hundreds of residents, mostly from Oceanside, either wrote letters or called into the meeting urging Carlsbad officials to work collaboratively with their neighbors to the north, despite the Oceanside City Council approving a pilot program without first contacting any other coastal city. Oceanside has been struggling with beach erosion for nearly 80 years following the construction of Camp Pendleton’s harbor in 1942, and sand nourishment projects alone have not been helping to keep sand on the beach. Kyle Lancaster, Carlsbad’s director of parks and recreation, said Oceanside experiences a loss of sand between 100,000 to 200,000-cubic yards each year. But Oceanside’s plan must first be approved by the California Coastal Commission. Oceanside is calling for
around 13,500 students. The school district's testing sites have reported positive test results at a similar rate as San Diego County has seen as a whole during the recent surge of COVID-19. At a San Dieguito testing site for students and faculty on January 10 at Torrey Pines High School, Phamatech partnered with the district to administer PCR tests for COVID-19, administering 573 tests with a positivity rate of 28%. The next day at a similar testing site at La Costa Canyon, Phamatech admin-
teachers. The district has been hard at work trying to bring in more credentialed substitutes to fill in the gaps including recently increasing the compensation rate. “This is really to secure subs to stay with us. Many subs work different districts all at once so maybe they will put us first and choose us first,” Associate SAN DIEGUITO’S positive test rate is about 27%, similar to Superintendent Olga West the seven-day average for San Diego County. Courtesy photo said. The school district is istered 556 tests with a pos- in San Diego County. using California DepartIn addition, the district ment of Public Health itivity rate of 26%. The seven-day aver- has at least 31 unfilled or definitions of “isolation” age for positive tests in the uncovered staff absences TURN TO SDUHSD ON A9 county is currently 27.9% including 24 certificated
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