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VOL. 25, NO. 9
MARCH 11, 2011
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ENCINITAS — City Council adopted a citywide emissions reduction plan March 9. The unanimous vote to accept and implement the municipality’s first plan of its kind came after more than a year of workshops and planning by various departments. It was separated from the general plan process in order to meet certain funding deadlines and to provide flexibility when changes are necessary according to Diane Langager, a principal planner with the city. The guiding document or “roadmap” is meant to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
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PICKING UP THE PIECES Local artist Heidi Grosshart takes broken dishes and turns them A6 into masterpieces
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The second installment of a yearlong series on the 100th anniversary of Cardiff-by-the-Sea A17
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DEL MAR — The Del Mar-Solana Beach Rotary Club hosted its 15th annual Turf Bocce Ball Tournament on March 6 at the Del Mar Horsepark. The one-day event is the organization’s
primary fundraiser and the beneficiaries this year are the Community Resource Center, Voices for Children and the San Diego Advocates for Youth. The club raised close to
$50,000 through sponsorships and proceeds from an auction. Three hundred people attended the tournament, TURN TO MEASURE ON A21
Authorities, neighbors know little about dead man By Shelli DeRobertis
ENCINITAS — Caution tape still drapes across the front gate of a house on the 200 block of East Jason Street after an elderly man who lived alone was found dead inside during a fire last month, leaving unanswered questions from both neighbors and authorities. Who was the man that lived in the house bordered by thick brush? Does he have any next of kin? Who will take care of the empty house? On Feb. 13, a report was made to the Encinitas Fire Department at 7:36 a.m. that smoke was seen at the block UNANSWERED QUESTIONS 67889:(;<7=>??@;(ABC7(=7DB>E;(9E(A<7(?=9EA(FBA7(9?(A<7(<9G;7(>E(:<>H<(BE TURN TO KNOW ON A20
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Students testify in school shooting By Shelli DeRobertis
VISTA — “I saw the guy with the gun ... Pointing the gun at me ... He shot me on my arm ... It started to bleed ... I had to run,” answered a 7-yearold girl in court on March 7, during testimony at the preliminary hearing for a gunman who opened fire at Kelly Elementary School in Carlsbad last fall. The girl was one of two second-graders who was wounded in her arm five months ago when the alleged gunman, Brendan Liam O’Rourke, 41, jumped the fence and shot at schoolchildren and adults during recess. The young girls, ages 6 and 7 at the time of the shooting and now 7 and 8, testified separately, each with a teddy bear, and with their father and a therapy dog behind them. The 7-year-old showed TURN TO SHOOTING ON A22
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