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JUNE 10, 2022
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El Norte tenants facing lawsuit, eviction. A3 Del Mar official alleges Brown Act violations. A5 Pesticide violations found in Arrowood Village. A6
THE Judge VISTA orders a halt toNEWS project for second time
Local businesses deal with supply issues. A6 Suit against Rodriguez headed to fall trial. A8 Early results from Tuesday’s primary. A9 Sports Talk: MLB joins fight against ALS. A11
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students and two teachers dead. “It kind of touches us more,” said Grueskin, a student at Arizona State University. “I would really like to see this stop happening. That [the shooting in 2010] was 12 years ago, and it’s going to keep happening without change.” The event was organized by members of the North County chapter of Moms Demand Action, a national organization advocating for safety measures
DEL MAR — The long-awaited Del Mar Heights School rebuild hit another roadblock last month after a San Diego County Superior Court judgeRANCHO granted an injunction SFNEWS in an ongoing lawsuit by a local nonprofit, claiming the project was not properly vetted for environmental and safety impacts. Judge Katherine Bacal granted the injunction request from nonprofit Save the Field on May 12 as part of their lawsuit challenging the San Diego City Council’s approval of a coastal development permit for the rebuild. The group argued that the city did not comply with California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements by relying on a vacated mitigated negative declaration and a focused environmental impact report, because it splits the environmental review into two documents. “On May 12, 2022, Superior Court Judge Bacal found significant and serious flaws in the (Del Mar Union School District) plans and implementation for the rebuild of Del Mar Heights School. These en-
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CARE Court proposal gets mixed reviews. A16 Local photo joins growing UFO interest. B1
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FATAL CRASH
TWO EMPLOYEES of GoJump America were critically injured, one fatally, after the local skydiving company’s Cessna aircraft crashed on June 3 near Oceanside Municipal Airport. The fatal crash marks GoJump’s second wreck in four months. Story on A12. Photo by Ryan Grothe
Residents ‘Wear Orange’ for gun safety in Encinitas Locals hold rally for common sense gun laws By Laura Place
ENCINITAS — Birgen Grueskin and Bella Blaylock of Carlsbad will never forget the day in second grade when a shooter entered their Kelly Elementary School campus in CarlsCOLLEGE STUDENTS Birgen Grueskin, left, and Bella Blay- bad in 2010. lock join in a Wear Orange demonstration advocating for gun Now college students safety along North Coast Highway 101 on Saturday in Enci- in their 20s, they could be nitas. Photo by Laura Place seen advocating for com-
mon sense gun laws during a Wear Orange rally in Encinitas on Saturday. The two women joined over 120 residents along North Coast Highway 101 for the event, one of several taking place throughout the nation in commemoration of Wear Orange weekend. The event takes place every June to commemorate those harmed by gun violence, with organizers noting a larger turnout this year following the devastating May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX which left 19
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