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Assemblymember Gloria introduces bill banning guns, ammo sales at fairgrounds
A group of San Diego politicians has banded together with one message: the sale of guns and ammunition has no place at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. Assemblymember Todd Gloria (D-San Diego) — who represents the 78th District, which includes the fairgrounds — introduced Assembly Bill 893, which would...
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EV charging rates approved at Del Mar Civic Center
Earlier this month, the City Council approved a fee schedule that would recover costs and provide incentives to local workers. The fees are set to begin mid-March.
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Will you ride? Transit group hopes to collect ridership data
The Carmel Valley Community Planning board’s transit subcommittee has a plan in motion to reinstate transit to the area and it is hoping that the community will get on board.
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Service dog could save Carmel Valley man’s life
A surprise donation is making it happen.
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Solana Beach schools building up support for students' social, emotional needs
The Solana Beach School District is taking steps toward implementing a comprehensive and innovative social and emotional learning program in the coming school year that supports all students. The continuum of services aims to provide all students with relationship skills, connections to a trusted...
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2020 Board of Supervisor races start to take form, at least for Democrats
Four months ago residents in San Diego County elected two new county supervisors for the first time in decades, launching a period of dramatic change in the region.
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CCA Robo Ravens team 7159 receives Design Award at FTC League Championship
The Canyon Crest Academy Robo Ravens team 7159 recently participated in the San Diego FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) League Championship at San Diego Jewish Academy.
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Small bluff collapse in Del Mar briefly puts train service on pause
A stretch of the bluffs near 14th Street in Del Mar slid to the beach early Friday afternoon, Feb. 15, briefly halting train service while the stability of the cliff was assessed, a city official said. Several people saw a roughly 30-foot long section of the bluff collapse shortly after noon, said...
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Canyon Crest Academy debate team scores multiple wins
Members the CCA debate team recently won multiple awards at the San Diego/Imperial Valley Speech League Competition Division 3B held at Rancho Bernardo High School. The group competed in three divisions: Policy, Congressional and Lincoln-Douglas.
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Solana Beach council approves first salary increase in 11 years
Solana Beach City Council members will see an increase in their monthly paychecks for the first time in 11 years. The council on Wednesday, Feb. 13 unanimously approved about a 20 percent increase for city council members and a 35 percent raise for the mayor, effective for those on the dais after...
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Solana Energy Alliance seeing higher revenues, lower expenses
Solana Beach city staff said Wednesday, Feb. 13 that the city is seeing favorable results in its community choice aggregation program. Financial results through December 2018 show the Solana Energy Alliance (SEA) program, which launched in June as an alternative to San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E),...
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Five routes proposed for Del Mar train tunnel as reinforcement of eroding bluffs continues
Five possible routes for moving the train tracks off the eroding Del Mar bluffs were outlined this week by regional transportation officials. Four of the ideas involve twin sets of tracks drilled or bored through the ground as deep as 270 feet beneath the surface and up to a mile or more inland....
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Del Mar Council creates new subcommittees, divides existing group
The Del Mar City Council will add new subcommittees and split an existing one into two groups. Following discussions at a recent retreat, the council decided Monday, Feb. 11 to add subcommittees for sea level rise, as well as the Watermark and Del Mar Resort projects. The governing body also agreed...
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Del Mar City Council approves bluff policy language
The Del Mar City Council is taking precautionary measures to protect and maintain a bluff preserve that would neighbor a proposed, controversial five-star resort. On Monday, Feb. 11, the council voted 4-1 — with council member Ellie Haviland casting the lone "no" vote — to approve language in a...
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Two-alarm fire causes $200K in damage to Del Mar home
A two-story home in Del Mar was damaged by an early morning fire Monday, Feb. 11, that may have started in the home's fireplace, officials said.
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Solana Beach begins discussions to replace 75-year-old Marine Safety Center
Solana Beach has begun taking steps to replace its 75-year-old Marine Safety Center at Fletcher Cove with a larger and safer building more suitable to today's lifeguards and beachgoers. City staff and the architects behind the project, Domus Studio Architecture, gathered feedback and input from...
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Del Mar residents call for changes to tree ordinance
Following the toppling of a 75-foot-tall tree in Point Loma that killed two people last month, Del Mar residents are urging the city council to revisit its tree ordinance to help prevent such a tragedy in the north coastal city and maintain views. The city's current ordinance protects Torrey pines...
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Solana Beach residents to vote on proposed senior care facility
The fate of a proposed senior care facility — nearly eight years in the works — has been placed in the hands of Solana Beach voters. The Solana Beach City Council on Jan. 30 unanimously approved sending the project to a special election on May 7. Voters will weigh in on the project with mail-in...
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Wounded veterans cycle through Del Mar in Soldier Ride
More than 40 wounded veterans rode through Del Mar as part of the Soldier Ride, which raises awareness for former soldiers.
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Pita House brings the Mediterranean to Solana Beach
Two cousins are bringing a taste of the Mediterranean to Solana Beach. Micheline Mattar and Mike Shamshoum opened the second location of Micheline's Pita House in the Solana Beach Towne Center in late January, following three years of success in La Jolla. The fast, casual restaurant combines flavors...
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Carmel Valley resident a serial entrepreneur in diabetes care
JOHN F. BURD
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11-year-old painter displays heart art in Solana Beach gallery
Isabella Thorn showcases her "Bella Hearts" exhibit throughout February at Exclusive Collections Gallery in Solana Beach.
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CCA grad is a finalist in Disney design competition
Kyle Branch is part of one of six final teams competing in the 28th Walt Disney Imagineering Imaginations Design Competition.
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New Scripps board chair is a former FBI special agent
The Carmel Valley woman — who started with the FBI in 1974 as a clerk before retiring in 2006 as a special agent — took part in a variety of major investigations as part of the critical incident deployment team.
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Reporter Karen Billing recognized with Golden Quill award for education reporting
Billing receives California School Boards Association’s inaugural Golden Quill Award, recognizing the essential role journalists play in increasing understanding of public schools.
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Fusion jazzes up Solana Beach's dance scene
Fusion Dance opened in Solana Beach in September.
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Shooter outside Ice Cube's Del Mar concert pleads guilty to negligent gun use
A man who was shot by a sheriff’s deputy while firing a gun into the air at the Del Mar Fairgrounds — because he couldn’t get a ticket to last fall’s sold-out Ice Cube concert — pleaded guilty Wednesday, Jan. 23 to discharging a firearm in a grossly negligent manner. Daniel Elizarraras, 22, of...
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Artesana families to remain at Solana Santa Fe, despite petition effort
Artesana residents feel that they are being “pushed out” of the Pacific Highlands Ranch community and sent to Solana Santa Fe Elementary School in Rancho Santa Fe rather than their neighborhood school.
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Gun show operators file lawsuit against board that oversees state-owned Del Mar Fairgrounds
The family-owned company that operates the Crossroads of the West gun show filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday, Jan. 22, against the Del Mar Fairgrounds, challenging its suspension of the weekend event that has been held there for more than 30 years.
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Del Mar woman portrays 'Humanity' through sculpture
A Del Mar sculptor and filmmaker have joined together to bring some "Humanity" to an Encinitas park. Maidy Morhous' cylindiner bronze sculpture, titled "Humanity," was installed at J Street Park, overlooking the Pacific Ocean, late last year. She created the piece in 2013 after being commissioned...
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CCA students give back by tutoring other kids
A group of Canyon Crest Academy students have set out to help their younger peers find educational success by volunteering for tutoring services on the weekends. CCA's Tutor Outreach Club was founded last year after the students were influenced by an East Coast nonprofit called Inspire, which works...
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Santa Fe Irrigation District announces hiring of new general manager
Albert Lau, currently the director of engineering and planning with the Padre Dam Municipal Water District in East County, will assume his new role on Monday, March 4.
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SDUHSD 2019-2020 high school selection window to open Feb. 14
The San Dieguito Union High School District (SDUHSD) high school selection window for the 2019-2020 school year will open on Feb. 14, 2019 at 8 a.m. and will close on March 1, 2019 at 4 p.m. During the high school selection window, all current SDUHSD 8th grade students must select the high school...
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Judge vacates Clews' sentence, sets new sentencing hearing
New information in the case of Christian Clews, a Carmel Valley horse ranch owner sentenced last Feb. to 17.5 years in federal prison on charges of possession and distribution of child pornography, has caused the judge in the case to vacate Clews' sentence and set a new sentencing hearing in March.
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Update: Missing Carmel Valley man found
Carmel Valley resident Ignacio Herrera, 76, who suffers from dementia, is missing, according to the San Diego Police Department.
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Train hits, kills man in Del Mar
A passenger train struck and killed a pedestrian in Del Mar Jan. 18. The Coaster train hit the man in the area of Eighth Street and Stratford Court about 1:30 p.m., according to sheriff's officials.
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'Princess of Punk' celebrates 50 years in fashion
To cap her 50th year in the industry, Zandra Rhodes will release a book all about her career, as well as a London exhibition. Both events are expected to happen in the fall.
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Salk scientist Saket Navlakha receives CAREER award from NSF
Carmel Valley resident and Salk scientist Saket Navlakha, has received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) totaling more than $1 million over the next five years.
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Carmel Valley resident Jan Caldwell named chairman of Scripps Health Board of Trustees
Accomplished FBI and Sheriff’s Department veteran has served on board since 2012.
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Del Mar moves toward plastic straw ban
Del Mar restaurant-goers may soon have to either forfeit drinking straws all together or use more biodegradable alternatives. The city council on Jan. 14 gave its first green light to an ordinance that would regulate plastic straws and stirrers as part of an effort to reduce plastic pollution that...
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Developer gathers enough signatures for senior care facility in Solana Beach
In the coming years, aging seniors could have another place to go to receive assistance in Solana Beach. A Cardiff-by-the-Sea development company has announced it has received the number of signatures needed to have its tentatively-named “Solana Beach Senior Care Facility” go to the voters in the...
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Solana Beach to enter three-year energy purchase deal
Seeking to reduce the risk from fluctuations in the energy market, the city of Solana Beach will enter into a three-year purchase agreement for hydroelectric power, under the city’s program that allows residents to purchase electricity as an alternative to San Diego Gas & Electric.
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Del Mar begins discussing options for bridge replacement
While construction of a new entryway bridge still has at least four years to go, Del Mar has begun gathering input from the community about the new fixture. City staff updated residents and fielded questions Jan. 10 on the Camino Del Mar Bridge Replacement Project. The original bridge was built...
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Fleeing Orange County suspect caught after freeway chase ends near Del Mar
A suspect in an Orange County homicide was arrested Tuesday, Jan. 8, following a freeway chase that lasted over an hour and stretched from Anaheim to the Del Mar area during morning rush hour traffic, authorities said.
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North County pro-skater charged in federal meth distribution case
A North County professional skateboarder is being charged in a federal drug distribution case months after a search of his Encinitas home turned up heroin, methamphetamine and Xanax.
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Fair board approves special events deputy
The Del Mar Fairgrounds is taking a step toward more security measures after the 22nd District Agricultural Association Board of Directors on Jan. 8 approved a full-time deputy to patrol the venue during special events. The 7-1 decision — with board member Watson dissenting and board member Lisa...
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Local brass quintet to play premier concert in Solana Beach
Seachange Brass will play at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of San Dieguito, 1036 Solana Drive, on Jan. 13 at 6 p.m.
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Del Mar begins work on downtown Streetscape project
Del Mar started the new year with a groundbreaking of a longtime project. The city began work on the Del Mar Streetscape project -- which aims to revitalize the downtown area with features such as a new roadbed, sidewalks, trees, streetlights, four-way crosswalks, and street art -- during the first...
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Deputies arrest suspect who allegedly stripped to his underwear after causing robbery scare at Solana Beach bank
An unarmed man walked into a Solana Beach Wells Fargo on the morning of Jan. 3, ordered everyone to the ground while announcing his intention to commit a robbery, then stripped to his underwear and sat in a chair to await his arrest, sheriff’s officials and a witness said. The bizarre incident...
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Program guides ovarian cancer patients, caregivers in 'Steps Through' diagnosis
After seven years of advocating for the improvement of the survival and quality of life for women diagnosed with ovarian cancer, the Clearity Foundation has partnered with the Susan Poorman Blackie Ovarian Cancer Foundation (SPB Foundation) to further help these women and their support systems.