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RB/4S DIGEST Scouts to hold sale
Boy Scout Troop 685 is holding a garage sale from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 1 at 11177 Avenida de los Lobos in Rancho Bernardo. Electronics, video games, household items, books, toys and refreshments will be available. Proceeds will go toward the troop’s 10-day backpacking trip at Philmont Ranch in New Mexico this summer.
Have you adopted?
County of San Diego Child Welfare Services is holding forums with adoptive parents to learn about their experience in adopting through the county. Officials want to know about all aspects of the adoption process in order to make improvements. Forums include 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 5 and 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 23 in the 4S Ranch Library, 10433 Reserve Drive. RSVP with Laura Frutos at 800-515-0562 or lfrutos@ harderco.com.
Council to meet
Rancho Bernardo Community Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. tonight (Thursday) in the Rancho Bernardo Library’s second floor community room, 17110 Bernardo Center Drive. Agenda: www.RBCommunityCouncil.com.
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Transit station opens Monday morning BY ELIZABETH MARIE HIMCHAK Starting at 4:30 a.m. on Monday commuters can once again access public transportation at the Sabre Springs/ Penasquitos Transit Station. San Diego Association of Governments planned to hold a ribbon cutting ceremony today (Thursday) to celebrate the $12.2 million project at 13538 Sabre Springs Parkway. It included creating 630 free parking spaces among surface and multi-level garage parking, an enhanced bus staging area, Interstate 15 Bus Rapid Transit-branded shelters, next bus arrival signs, new landscaping, a photovoltaic system, electric vehicle charging stations, fuel-efficient and smart vehicle spaces, security
Commuters can start using the new Sabre Springs/Penasquitos Transit Station at 4:30 a.m. Monday, March 3. Photo courtesy of SANDAG cameras and modular bicycle parking facility. “The Sabre Springs/Penasquitos Transit Station is state-
of-the-art,” said SANDAG Senior Transportation Engineer and Project Manager Frank Owsiany. “We’ve built the sta-
tion with the intention that it will have the capacity, the advanced technologies and the amenities to meet users’
needs over the next several decades. “This transit station is a key piece of the infrastructure needed to support the launch of Bus Rapid Transit services in the I-15 corridor starting this summer,” Owsiany said.” SANDAG spokeswoman Helen Gao said the project that took around 12 months to build was completed a month early and on budget. It is SANDAG’s first designbid contract, which officials credited for the project coming in much cheaper than the initial estimate of $19 million plus taking less time by at least several months. This is because the same contractor designed and constructed the station. During a traditional SEE STATION, Page A22
FROM THE EDITOR
Changes are coming to next week’s News Journal
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he News Journal will have a fresh look, which debuts next week in the March 6
issue. Expect to now receive two sections in your paper, one large broadsheet “wrap” with lots more room to showcase our great news, photos and advertisements; and
one smaller “tab” section that will be loaded with community news. The size changes are necessary so we can match the parameters of U-T San Diego’s press drums, which will now be printing the News Journal. You can be sure that all the News Journal’s trusted features will re-
main, including front-row coverage of local government and events, community calendars, high school and community sports, opinion pages, entertainment and vacation photos. We hope you will like what you see and continue to turn to the News Journal for all that’s happen-
ing in Rancho Bernardo and 4S Ranch. As you know, your ideas and comments are always welcome and vital to the success of our mission. You can reach me at 858-218-7207 or at sdreyer@pomeradonews.com. Steve Dreyer Editor
Cathy Peterson
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