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THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2017
San Diego Community Newspaper Group
Man charged in Midway mayhem Preliminary hearing set for March 22 BY NEAL PUTNAM | THE BEACON
BUBBLY SUNSET Alan (Dead Alan) James creates giant bubbles at sunset in Ocean Beach last month.
A March 22 preliminary hearing was set for a driver who allegedly struck two pedestrians in the Midway area while driving under the influence of alcohol and dragging one of them hundreds of feet. A mayhem charge has been filed against Yosvaldo Steven Sixco, 22, due to the seriousness of the injury to one pedestrian. Sixco is also charged with hit and run, evading police with reckless driving, and causing serious injuries in the Dec. 18,
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2016 incident. One 24-year-old pedestrian suffered a fractured pelvis from being dragged at least several hundred feet on Sports Arena Boulevard, according to police. The pedestrian was dragged almost to Rosecrans Street. He and his friend, 25, were taken to a hospital. Police responded to the hit and run around 10:15 p.m. and were told the damaged vehicle fled on eastbound Rosecrans. About 90 minutes later, the damaged car was SEE MAYHEM, Page 4
Ocean Beach’s Ranchos reinvents itself as Hugo’s Cocina HUGO’S COCINA
BY MARK-ELLIOTT LUGO | THE BEACON
Where: 1830 Sunset Cliffs Blvd., Suite H., one block south of Newport Avenue.
The sudden closing last November of Ranchos Cocina, a landmark Ocean Beach restaurant that attracted visitors from miles away, sent shock waves throughout the community and left lovers of its forward-looking approach to Mexican cuisine in mourning. Now, only a few months later,
Hours: 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily with breakfast, lunch, and dinner service. Info: 619-892-7882.
the future is considerably brighter. Thanks to the partnership of three long-time Ocean Beach residents, Hugo Carrillo, Patrick Clingaman, and Matt Cook, Ranchos has been reinvented in the form of a new establishment, Hugo’s Cocina. Appropriately named after Carrillo, a well-liked figure in local eateries, Hugo’s opened on Feb. 24 in the space formerly occupied by
Ranchos. Carrillo, who serves as Hugo’s general manager, joined the beach-area restaurant scene in 1991 when, as a young man, he began working at Maria Isabella’s, a small taco shop located on Sunset Cliffs Boulevard. A few years (and several expansions) later, the shop morphed into Ranchos.
Matt Cook, Patrick Clingaman, and Hugo Carrillo are responsible for bringing the flavor of Ranchos back in OB with Hugo’s Cocina.
SEE HUGO’S, Page 16
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