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Volume XV, Issue 4
■ SD Veterans for Peace raise money to help the homeless
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Coming to the rescue of Lifeguard Headquarters Friends of the Powerhouse’s Casino Night to help fund new Beach Safety Center By Marlena ChaviraMedford Staff Writer The Friends of the Powerhouse members are gearing for their annual casino night fundraiser Saturday, Feb. 5, which aims to raise money for the new
■ Local musician releases
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Beach Safety Center and Lifeguard Headquarters. The Del Mar’s lifeguard station was built in 1964, and with it falling deeper into disrepair, raising money for a new facility has become a front-burner mission. The Friends of the
Powerhouse and the City of Del Mar have partnered to fund the estimated $3 million project, with the community group raising onethird, and the city raising the rest. The Friends of the Powerhouse is now close to
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reaching its $1 million commitment toward the project, said Ronnie Delaney, who is co-chairing the fundraiser with Susan Halenza and Jill Coughlin. “The community has been so gracious to this effort, and after years of
working toward this goal, we’re finally getting ready to put something in the ground,” she said. This year, Friends of the Powerhouse will use the money it has raised to start
SEE LIFEGUARD, PAGE 6
Highway 101 in Solana Beach getting upgrades Overhaul includes angle parking, bike lanes, midblock crossings
■ Carmel Valley-based photographer offers look at Antarctica in new book
Story on page B1 Indian Firewater, ridden by Mike Smith, leads the way in the $150,000 San Fernando Stakes (Grade 2) on Jan. 15 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia. He held off his fast-closing stablemate, Tweebster (not pictured), by a nose for the victory. Trained by Bob Baffert and co-owned by part-time Del Mar resident Mike Pegram, the San Fernando was Indian Firewater's first graded stakes win. He covered the 1 1/16-mile event in 1:41.53. The San Fernando is the second leg of Santa Anita's Strub series; the Strub Stakes, the final leg, will be held on Feb. 5. Photo/reporting by Kelley Carlson.
Eye on Science: People to watch in 2011
■ Local athletes and schools have been busy scoring victories on the courts and fields.
See sports, starting page A13
Editor’s note: Keep an eye on the following people in the world of science this year. By Lynne Friedmann Contributor Sandra Ann Brown starts 2011 as the newly appointed vice chancellor for research at UCSD. She will be responsible for promoting, facilitating and supporting the university’s complex and growing research mission which in the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2010 amounted to more than $1 billion in fund-
ing. T h e Office of Research Affairs at UCSD fosters research across disciplines and is Sandra Ann charged with creating Brown opportunities, enhancing the research experience, developing tools and training to improve
SEE SCIENCE, PAGE 6
By Marlena ChaviraMedford Staff Writer A strip of Highway 101 in Solana Beach is slated for a facelift, which will likely begin within the year. The overhaul, which Nasland Engineering has been working on for months, will include the approximately mile-long stretch along Highway 101 from Dahlia Drive to Cliff Street. The project will include: four lanes within the existing right-of-way;
parallel and angle parking on the west side of the street; a bike lane in each direction; wider sidewalks; a narrower median, which will be painted in some portions; and several trafficcalming features, such as curb pop-outs and midblock crossings. On Jan. 12, the Solana Beach City Council approved an agreement with Nasland Engineering to complete the final phases
SEE 101, PAGE 6
DM public works director to retire On Jan. 13, the City of Del Mar announced the retirement of David Scherer as its public works director. Scherer has managed the Public Works Department for more than 10 years. Public Works is responsible for the City’s water and sewer utilities, streets and storm drains, parks and public rights-ofways, City facilities, and oversees all of the City’s capital improvement projects. Scherer is known for his tenacity and is largely
responsible for the City’s successful procurement of the federal and state grants funding the restoration and seismic retrofit of the City’s historical North Torrey Pines David Bridge under Scherer contract now in the amount of $13.6 million. He has also been instrumental in securing improvements for other
vital infrastructure assets including restoration of the water reservoirs and the replacement of the City’s primary sewer pump station located near the tennis courts currently under construction. Scherer holds a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from the University of Arkansas. Scherer was the city engineer for the City of Little Rock, Arkansas prior to joining the
SEE RETIRE, PAGE 6