The coast news, december 1, 2017

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$102M effort aims to restore lagoon By Aaron Burgin

ENCINITAS — For Doug Gibson, the executive director of the San Elijo Lagoon Ecological Reserve, a Nov. 29 event was more than two decades in the making. Gibson and a throng of state, regional and local officials — including Encinitas Mayor Catherine Blakespear and State Sen. Patricia Bates (R-Laguna Niguel) — gathered at the lagoon’s nature center to break ground on a historic restoration of the nearly 1,000-acre reserve. But Gibson said the celebration wasn’t quite ready until 9:30 a.m., when officials received the final permit necessary to move forward with the project. “Today we celebrate a milestone in protecting na-

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ture and connecting communities,” Gibson said. The $102 million restoration is part of a suite of transit-oriented projects along the Interstate 5 corridor known as the North Coast Corridor Program, or Build NCC, a trade-off of sorts between state transportation and environmental agencies. Build NCC, which kicked off last year, is a $6 billion program that includes the creation of carpool lanes along Interstate 5 between Solana Beach and State Route 78 in Oceanside, the double tracking of the rail line in Encinitas and the construction of a new segment of the Coastal Rail Trail.

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COAST CITIES — When it comes to helping less fortunate youngsters, Alison Andreas literally takes the cake. Thanks to her efforts, 123 of the small and large confections have been baked, decorated and delivered this year to foster children and at-risk youth in San Diego. “I set a goal that I wanted to bake birthday cakes for foster kids this year,” the Cardiff-by-the-Sea resident said. “It was a very random goal.” An internet search in January led Andreas to Cake4Kids, which was created in 2010 to provide free birthday cakes to children

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in crisis in the San Francisco Bay area. “We did some research and found there weren’t any similar programs in the county but we found there was a very large population in need here,” she said. “There are 3,000 foster kids on average and we are ranked No. 6 in the nation for youth homelessness.” Andreas began recruiting volunteers in April by posting fliers in coffee shops, contacting local businesses and advertising on social media. She also reached out to the San Diego Cake Cub. Her new goal is to serve 10 percent of the foster TURN TO CAKES ON A7

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OCEANSIDE — The VISTA Oceanside Unified School NEWS District has declared an impasse in its contract talks with the teachers union after the two sides refused to budge from their latest proposals. The teachers association rejected the school district’s offer of no raises for next year, countering with a proposal that would give teachers a 2RANCHO percent raise, which the district rejected. SFNEWS Teachers have argued that they have worked for nearly a year and a half without a new contract, and that the district’s most recent $27 million carry over balance should leave money for them to give teachers a salary increase. School district officials have said that they can’t agree to salary increases because of the district’s budget situation. During the latest contract discussions on Nov. 15, they provided the teachers association with letters from the county Office of Education and School Services of California that state that the district will exhaust its reserves by next school year if they don’t take action to cut spending. “As you are aware, SDCOE has an oversight responsibility in supporting and approving district budgets. Should a district move toward negative certification, SDCOE has a legal responsibility to intervene on a much more serious level,”

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Bakers make birthdays sweeter for foster kids By Bianca Kaplanek

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Encinitas girl Avila Colanter, 11, organized the “Christmas Pony” program in which gifts are delivered using a pony dressed as a reindeer to families staying at the Ronald McDonald House at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego. SEE STORY PAGE A3. Courtesy photo

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