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4S Ranch Library will hold its Candyland Carnival to celebrate the end of its summer reading program from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. tomorrow (Friday). It will include a free ice cream social, games, prizes and refreshments. The library is at 10433 Reserve Drive. Call 858-673-4697.
BY ELIZABETH MARIE HIMCHAK Rancho Bernardans are invited to turn on their front lights before heading over to the RB Library for National Night Out. The annual free, family-friendly event hosted by Rancho Bernardo Neighborhood Watch will be 5:30-7:30
p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6 outside the Rancho Bernardo Library, 17110 Bernardo Center Drive. Charlie Arnold, RB Neighborhood Watch office manager, said San Diego police and San Diego Fire-Rescue will bring their vehicles so youngsters can explore them. In addition, members of RB Neighborhood Watch and Retired
Senior Volunteer Patrol will have displays and handouts on various safety topics and available programs. Residents can also check out the new police desk facility that recently opened on the library’s second floor, where Neighborhood Watch and RSVP have offices. “Parking will be at a premium, so
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The Korean Spirit and Culture Promotion Project will present documentaries about Korea, re-enact a traditional Korean wedding ceremony and serve a full Korean meal from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 4 at the Rancho Bernardo Library, 17110 Bernardo Center Drive. Sign-ups are required at the library Information Desk, as space is limited. Call 858-538-8163.
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come early,” Arnold said. Refreshments will be served. Arnold said the event is designed to raise awareness and help people understand how Neighborhood Watch can help deter criminal activity. He also said some residents are crime victims, but because they think police See CRIME, Page A12
PUSD investigating wrong Mello-Roos tax assessments BY EMILY SORENSEN
EATING SPAGHETTI FOR A CAUSE — Around 400 locals, including from left, Pat Lampasso, Anne Birkhoff and Val Benya, attended the fourth annual spaghetti dinner fundraiser benefiting Mbarara Holy Innocents Children’s Hospital on Saturday in the San Rafael Catholic Church’s Parish Hall. The event raised $44,000 toward the more than $400,000 needed to build and equip a surgical center at the hospital San Rafael parishioners helped build in Uganda. Photo by Beverley Brooks
The Poway Unified School District has acknowledged and is already working to help resolve inaccurate tax rates in some of the district’s Mello-Roos areas. A KPBS/inewsource investigation has uncovered a number of inconsistencies in the tax bills of homeowners in the Del Sur area, which includes some of the school district’s Community Facilities Districts (CFDs). The error is in the special Mello-Roos tax, paid by homeowners living in the school district’s CFDs. These special taxes go toward offsetting the costs of roads, schools and other infrastructure. Mello-Roos taxes are often based on the square footage of the house, but in one CFD in the Poway Unified School District, CFD #14 in Del Sur, the tax rate is based on a number of variables, including square footage of the house, the year the house was built, and a building index that changes yearly, according to inewsource. Several homeowners living in PUSD CFDs have reported discovering that they are overpaying on the Mello-Roos taxes, See TAX, Page A12
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