The Coast News, March 4, 2022

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SAN El MARCOS Corazon park-NEWS design in the works

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Carlsbad drops Monroe St. pool from June primary. A3 After nearly 60 years, Mustangs win CIF title. A5 North City developer seeks changes to project. A6

 Local group to draw concept for THE VISTA project’s 1st park NEWS

Encinitas borrows ordinance to curb auto part thefts. A6 SDUHSD reaffirms new trustee area map. A7

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By Samantha Nelson

San Marcos girls soccer wins first CIF title. A9 Homeless in North County: Joseph’s Story. A14 Carlsbad artist launches public art wall. B1 Jano’s Garden: Learning about microclimate. B2

rose from 43 to 64, strongarmed robberies (robberies involving force with or without a weapon) rose from 75 to 89, and aggravated assaults rose slightly from 395 to 400 in 2021. Both the 2020 and 2021 numbers, however, well exceeded the city’s crime statistics in 2019, where Escondido saw 2,905 crimes committed (including both violent and property crimes). One category of crime not included in the Sher-

OCEANSIDE — A San Diego-based design group known for its park designs throughout the county will design the first park site in El Corazon. The Oceanside City Council approved an agreement at the Feb. 23 meeting to RANCHO pay Schmidt Design Group $476,360 to design SFNEWS El Corazon’s Park Site 1 next to the new CaliFino Arena, which is still under construction and is set to be completed early next year. The arena’s developers have agreed to pay for a 630-space parking lot that the park will share with the arena and two multi-use fields as well. The city gained ownership of the vacant 465-acre El Corazon property, which was previously used as a sandpit, in 1994. Under the El Corazon Specific Plan, which was approved in 2009, El Corazon’s 216 acres of designated parkland would be divided into nine different park sites. Park Site 1 had 36 acres for development under that plan, however, due to the arena parking lot and the SoCal Sports Complex, the park site only has 19 acres currently available for development. “Many of the park sites are impacted by the SoCal Sports Complex, which is an interim use, so we will have

TURN TO CRIME ON A7

TURN TO EL CORAZON ON A9

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Cheers! A visit to the Brewers Tap Room in Encinitas. B10

RAD RACER

SAN MARCOS native Seth Quintero, 19, made international headlines and rally racing history after winning a world-record 12 stages at the Rally Dakar in Saudi Arabia in January. Quintero, who signed with Red Bull Racing when he was just 16 years old, was recently honored by Mayor Rebecca Jones and the San Marcos City Council during a Feb. 22 ceremony. Story on A16. Photo by Marcin Kin/Red Bull Content Pool

Escondido crime data show decline in homicides, rapes  Robberies, assaults rise over same time period By Stephen Wyer

ESCONDIDO — Homicides, rapes and thefts in Escondido declined in 2021 while other violent crimes, such as robberies and assaults, rose during the same period, per crime data released last month THE SHERIFF’S Department’s crime statistics for 2021 by the San Diego County show Escondido experienced a decline in homicides and Sheriff’s Department. In total, violent crimes rapes, but a rise in robberies and assaults. Courtesy photo

rose slightly — from 569 to 604 — between 2020 and 2021, while property crimes declined from 2,697 recorded violations to 2,625 between the two years (overall crime index dropped from 3,266 to 3,229). In 2020, the Sheriff’s Department recorded five homicides and 51 rapes, whereas the 2021 data reflects just two homicides and 48 rapes by comparison. However, crimes categorized as armed robberies (robberies committed with the use of a weapon)

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