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VOL. 29, N0. 23
JUNE 5, 2015
The Surfrider Foundation will lead a walking tour of seawalls in Encinitas Monday at 12:30 p.m. File photo
THROWING WORRIES TO THE WIND Revelers throw their worries to wind, in this case, colored cornstarch, to help celebrate the Indian tradition of the Holi Color Festival at Escondido’s Grape Day Park on Saturday. Another color festival will take place in Oceanside June 13. See page A13 for more photos. Photo by Tony Cagala
Cliff jumpers illegally drawn to Box Canyon By Ellen Wright
CARLSBAD — Carlsbad residents love their open space, although not all of it is publicly accessible. Box Canyon in southeast Carlsbad draws teenagers and young adults thanks to its large pond at the bottom of the canyon. The canyon isn’t legally accessible to those wishing to swim and cliff jump and has created a problem for residents in the nearby Sea Point Tennis Club. “As residents, we live right on the canyon itself and it’s a terrible problem,” Sea Point Village Tennis Club resident Terry Wilson told the City Council in April. “We’re all senior citizens up
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Box Canyon is inside the Rancho La Costa Preserve area. When the weather warms up, teens and young adults are drawn to the canyon to swim and sometimes cliff jump. Photo by Ellen Wright
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Surfrider Foundation to host seawall tour By Aaron Burgin
ENCINITAS — With the Supreme Court poised to weigh in on the state Coastal Commission’s the authority to impose time limits on privately erected seawalls along the state’s coastline, an environmental group is set to host a tour aimed at educating the public about what it believes are the negative side effects of the private barriers. The state Coastal Commission is set on Monday to submit to the state Supreme Court its legal brief in the matter of Lynch vs the California Coastal Commission, eight months after the state Court of Appeal voted to overturn a lower court’s ruling that the state commission overstepped its bounds when it required
two Encinitas homeowners to reapply for a seawall permit after 20 years. The homeowners, Barbara Lynch and Thomas Frick, successfully petitioned the state’s high court for a judicial review in a case that will have implications up and down California’s coastline. The San Diego chapter of the Surfrider Foundation is hosting a walking tour at 12:30 p.m. Monday during which they will explain the lawsuit and its implications on coastline, public beach access and recreation opportunities. “Man-made seawalls diminish public coastal access, limiting residents and tourists from experiencing one of San Diego’s most fundamental draws
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