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THE COAST NEWS
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MAKING WAVES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
VOL. 28, NO. 1
JAN. 3, 2014
A bicyclist rides south on Coast Highway 101 in Encinitas. Cyclists, law enforcement and city officials say an education campaign for motorists on what sharrows mean and how bike riders can use them is much needed. Photo by Tony Cagala
Graham Nancarrow, son of longtime San Diego television journalist Loren Nancarrow, prepares to paddle out to celebrate the life of his father. Photo by Bill Reilly
Public celebrates Nancarrow’s life By Jared Whitlock
ENCINITAS — Five-foot waves rolled in, rays from the setting sun streaked across the water and whales even spouted off the coast. It was a fitting scene to celebrate the life of longtime local journalist Loren Nancarrow, who loved all things nature. On Monday afternoon, hundreds gathered at Seaside Reef for a paddle-out in his memory. “I so appreciate you being here,” wife Susie Nancarrow told those on the beach before wading into the water for the paddle-out. “This is overwhelming — I’m almost speechless.” Susie and others recalled that Loren, who passed away the morning of Dec. 28 at the age of 60, was a renaissance man with many passions.
Chief among them was organic gardening, a subject he co-authored multiple books about. “He has given so much to our community by educating and teaching about ecology and farming,” Susie said while crying. Daughter Hannah Nancarrow wrote in a blog post shortly after his passing: “My dad was a kayaker, an organic gardening guru and a lover of wonderment.” The post went on to say: “He enjoyed Bob Dylan, Jack Daniel’s and hot sake and was an avid collector of walking sticks, beach glass and beautiful German shepherds. My dad knew everything there was to know about citrus trees and roses and tomatoes, raising chickens and earthworms and monarch butterflies. He was a
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human Pinterest board.” Loren’s television career began more than 30 years ago. He was a weatherman, reporter and anchorman with various local news outlets, with his most recent position being at Fox 5 San Diego. In February, Loren was diagnosed with stage three terminal brain cancer, forcing him to later retire from his anchor role at Fox 5. He chronicled the journey in his blog www.thenancarrowproject.com. “One of the lessons I’ve learned in life is that happiness lies in discovering your passions and exploring them fiercely,” Loren wrote in his final blog post on Dec. 26. “And passions aren’t necessarily big, grand notions. We can also find passion in a
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Motorist education over sharrows still much needed By Tony Cagala
ENCINITAS — “Bicycles are traffic – we’re part of the traffic,” said Brent Garrigus, an avid cyclist and owner of Ride Cyclery, a bike sales and service shop that borders the South Coast Highway 101 in Encinitas. He rides his bike along the highway on a regular basis. “It’s still very dangerous,” he said. Garrigus said he gets yelled at, even buzzed by motorists while riding the highway. Those have seemingly become commonplace experiences for other cyclists, too. The Coast Highway is a bustling thoroughfare of two narrow lanes each heading north and south. Vehicles are consistently pulling in or out of parking spots on the right sides of the lanes making driving conditions tight. That tightness is felt all the more with the addition of bicyclists to the roadways — recreational riders, tourists and those that use bikes as their main mode of transportation — and much of that is
causing a lot of “noise” between cyclists and motorists. All, which is leading to what cyclist groups, law enforcement and city officials, say is a much needed education campaign to make sure motorists know what the sharrows mean and how bicyclists are able to use them. Sheriff’s Department Capt. Robert Haley said the sharrows (a symbol of a bike underneath two arrows painted onto roadways) were very forward thinking on the city’s part. “The lanes are too narrow to have dedicated bike lanes, so they created the sharrow lanes and a lot of drivers are very unfamiliar with the whole sharrows concept,” he said. “The sharrows were created to allow bicyclists to avoid hazards on the right side (of the lane),” Haley said. “Sometimes there could be trucks parked over there, and if they (bicyclists) need to ride in the middle of the lane, or even a little to the left of the sharrow to avoid TURN TO SHARROWS ON A18