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VOL. 35, N0. 18
MAY 6, 2022
Surf Cup purchases more land
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Youth soccer giant to expand local sports park
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By Laura Place
DEL MAR — San Diego youth soccer behemoth Surf Cup Sports will soon be expanding its activities beyond its current home at the Del Mar polo fields on Via de la Valle after quietly purchasing an adjacent 24-acre piece of land previously slated for an intermediate care and nursing facility. Plans for the proposed 150-unit Hacienda Del Mar facility at 3975 Via de la Valle, involving a mix of independent living, assisted living and memory care units, came to an end earlier this month after unsuccessful attempts to gain project approval over the past eight years. The vacant lot borders the polo fields, officially called Surf Cup Sports Park, directly to the north. Surf Cup currently operates the sports park under a 26-year lease with the city of San Diego that started in 2016, hosting thousands of youth on the site’s nearly 30 fields each year. Surf Cup CEO Brian Enge said they are still figuring out exactly what to do with the new property, which they had been eyeing for years as a potential site to continue their mission of providing soccer opTURN TO SURF CUP ON 14
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.com BEACON’S BEACH in Leucadia is well-known for its natural switchback staircase, pictured here last year. A bluff collapse early Monday forced the City of Encinitas to close public access to Beacon’s Beach. The recent failure brings to the fore the city’s decadeslong battle over how to fix the unstable coastal bluff that threatens the switchback staircase and parking lot atop the coastal bluff at the beach. The Coast News file photo
Bluff collapse at Beacon’s forces access closure No injuries or structural damage reported ENCINITAS — A minor bluff failure forced closures Monday of a parking lot above Beacon’s Beach along with a switchback trail that for decades has provided pedestrian access CITY SIGNS posted on a wire fence surrounding the parking to the popular seafront city lot at Beacon’s Beach. Public access has been restricted park. due to a smal bluff failure on Monday. Photo by Jordan P. Ingram The overnight cliff
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collapse sent soil tumbling down toward the beach but caused no reported injuries or structural damage. “Early inspection ... appears to indicate that the landslide movement was slow and that the movement has stopped,” city spokeswoman Julie Taber said. “In an abundance of caution, city geotechnical and engineering staff will monitor and evaluate the landslide area for potential future instability for the next 30 to 90 days.” The ground movement
“created numerous visible cracks” in the bluff along with damage to the switchback trail, Taber said. The parking area and footpath will be off-limits to the public until further notice. Beachgoers are advised to alternately use the Grandview or Stonesteps pedestrian access points until the Beacon’s trail is open again. Surfrider Foundation issued the following stateTURN TO BEACON’S ON 28
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