The coast news, june 26, 2015

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.com The Carlsbad Desalination Plant is 93 percent finished. The nearly complete administration building is shown here. Courtesy photo

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The Next Frontier The madder professional skateboarder Elliot Sloan would get, the further away from landing a trick he would get. Sloan, pictured, has turned to “brain training” to help overcome the pressures of competition by using a headset device from SenseLabs. “We’ve kind of reached this capacity for physical performance and the brain is the next frontier,” says Dr. Leslie Sherlin, Ph.D., co-founder and chief science officer of SenseLabs based in San Francisco. See full story on page A16. Photo by Eric Lars Bakke/ESPN Images

Oceanside denies digital billboard Promise Yee

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OCEANSIDE — In an unexpected 3-2 vote the City Council denied approval of a digital billboard on Rancho del Oro Drive and state Route 78 on Wednesday. Many, including opponents of the electronic billboard, expected the project to go through. Five years ago Oceanside amended its sign ordinance to allow four digital billboards on city property along its arterial roadways. The motivation was to generate funds for the cash strapped city during the re- Oceanside denies a digital billboard along state Route 78. The billboard would have displayed paid advertisements, Amber Alerts, and city mescession. BGT Media, and two sages. Photo by Promise Yee

other companies, were approved by the city to install revenue-producing billboards. The billboard proposed by BGT Media on Wednesday would pay the city a $180,000 annual lease fee for 25 years and 25 percent of its profits. Tom Missett, a partner in BGT Media, said the sign could generate $500,000 annually for Oceanside. Councilwoman Esther Sanchez, and Councilmen Chuck Lowery and Jack Feller voted to deny the project. Sanchez and Lowery TURN TO BILLBOARD ON A18

Desalination Plant .com is almost finished Once complete, desal plant will provide 7 % of region’s water supply By Ellen Wright

CARLSBAD — Construction on the $1 billion Carlsbad Desalination Plant has been ongoing for more than two years. It’s 93 percent finished, according to Peter MacLaggan, the developer Poseidon Resources’ Senior Vice President of Project Development. The administration building is nearly complete. There is a makeshift

control room, which houses the software and the crew responsible for operating the plant. “We now have the operational crew onboard,” MacLaggan said. When it’s up and running, the plant will provide 50 million gallons of drinking water per day to Carlsbad and surrounding communities. Construction of the first phase of water treatment is complete. The media filters are covered and installed. The cartridge filters are the second phase in treating salt water. They’re currently being tested. The reverse osmosis stage is the final step in the treatment process. MacLaggan said that building has a roof and is

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