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Vol. 65, ISSUE 23
Condo fire kills two children, injures father
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BY KRISTIAN DAVIS AND LORI WEISBERG For the first time, 10-year-old Cristos Lopez was old enough to do the scaring at the annual Halloween school carnival. Dressed as a skeleton grim reaper, the fifth-grader worked the haunted house Friday night, spooking the little kids and loving every minute of it. Meanwhile, his sister, 7-year-old Isabella Lopez — who everyone called Bella — showed off her sassy version of “Monster High” character Frankie Stein, from the striped wig down to the black-and-white dress shoes. The last night of their lives began with playful frights and ended in a horrific fire that consumed their two-story condominium in Rancho Bernardo. Both children were carried away from the inferno by firefighters, SEE FIRE, A11
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■ Crime Log, A6 ■ Opinion, A14 ■ Calendar, A16 ■ Obituaries, A18 ■ Then and Now, A19
Solar panel project underway in RB Community Park Installation of 540 panels to finish by Nov. 30 Peter Sprague and and his quartet will perform Wednesday at the RB Library. B5
■ Sports, B1 ■ Entertainment, B4 ■ FACEs, B8 ■ Vacation Photos, B9 ■ Business, B13 ■ Classifieds, B16 ■ Homes, B19 Rancho Bernardo/4S Ranch News Journal
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A CUTE LITTLE CHICKEN
Ava Van Sloten, 16 months, wore a chicken costume made by her mother, Ashley Van Sloten, to the Rancho Bernardo Halloween Eve Party on Monday night in Rancho Bernardo Community Park. See more Halloween photos on Pages B6, B12 and B14 and in the photo gallery at PomeradoNews.com.
BY ELIZABETH MARIE HIMCHAK A solar panel installation project that has temporarily made inaccessible a few dozen parking spaces in Rancho Bernardo Community Park is slated to be finished by Nov. 30, according to a city spokesman. The project is occurring in the parking lot in front of and just behind the Ed Brown Center for Active Adults. Work began on Sept. 25. The installation of 540 canopy-type solar panels in the Rancho Bernardo park is one of 19 such endeavors citywide, according to Paul Brencick Sr., a senior public information officer with the City of San Diego. It is this phase’s only project in the immediate area, though the city plans on implementing SEE SOLAR, A10
Local is leading effort to repeal the new 12 cents per gallon gas tax
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BY ELIZABETH MARIE HIMCHAK A prominent local political figure is leading the statewide effort to repeal the new 12 cents per gallon gasoline tax that went into effect on Wednesday in California.
Rancho Bernardo resident and former San Diego City Councilman Carl DeMaio and the Reform California coalition — a political action committee he founded and leads — are gearing up to collect at least 585,407 signatures of California voters in order to force a repeal initiative on the November 2018 ballot. Their stated goal is to reverse the tax and other vehicle fees approved earlier this year by the state
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