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VOL. 34, N0. 11
Witnesses describe bar chaos
MARCH 13, 2020
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Voters block bluff-top resort THE in primary election VISTA
By Tawny McCray
ENCINITAS — There may have been even more victims of a horrific incident earlier this month after a man plowed a U-Haul rental van into a crowd gathered outside The Shelter bar in downtown Encinitas had it not been for one thing. “There is a large tree that was hit and without that tree there would’ve been a lot more injuries,” one of the first responders Mike Spaulding, B at t a l io n Chief for the EnciDAVIS nitas Fire Department, told onscene. tv on March 1, the night of the incident. Spaulding said five people, including the driver, were transported to the hospital that night, three of them with serious traumatic injuries. One of the victims, a 25-year-old man, reportedly suffered a serious leg injury and has undergone multiple surgeries. Another male victim, 24, was reported to have suffered two collapsed lungs, fractured ribs, a broken arm and was being treated in intensive care at one point. According to the San Diego Sheriff’s Department a third victim — a male security guard — was treated for minor injuries at a hospital. Two people also received minor injuries when they detained the driver at the scene before deputies arrived. The incident happened around 1:30 a.m. when 29-year-old Christian Dwight Davis drove a van into a crowd of people standing outside of Shelter Encinitas bar, sheriff’s ofiicials said. Davis, a North CarTURN TO BAR ASSAULT ON A9
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By Lexy Brodt
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DEL MAR – A ballot measure that would have paved the way for a luxury, bluff-top resort in Del Mar failed during the March 3 primary. Although the final results are still pending, as of March 9, 1,270 residents (59.40%) voted “no,” with 868 (40.60%) voting “yes.” The turnout was 2,175 votes – Del Mar, the smallest RANCHO city in theSFNEWS county, has about 4,300 residents. The Marisol resort, proposed by developers Zephyr and Robert Green Company, would have brought 65 hotel rooms, 31 villas, 22 affordable housing units, a spa, café, restaurant and a walking trail to the largely vacant, 16.5-acre bluff off of Via de la Valle and Border Avenue. The design has been in the works for years, with developers proposing a significantly larger project in 2017. In the summer of 2019, the developers opted to let the voters decide on a zoning change that would have expanded use allowances of the property and ZEPHYR AND ROBERT GREEN COMPANY’S Marisol resort office space located in downtown Del Mar. After years of carved a clear path forward for
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public meetings, negotiations and vocal opposition, Del Mar voters ultimately decided against the proposed luxury bluff-top resort. Photo by Jordan P. Ingram
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Local nonprofit seeks to empower women through film By Kirk Mattu
CARLSBAD — A local nonprofit showcased emerging female filmmakers at LUNAFEST to raise funds to support and empower women in the community on International Women’s Day. Approximately 214 people were in attendance for the sold-out fundraising event on March 8 at Carlsbad City Library. The event helped support the efforts of Soroptimist International of Oceanside-Carlsbad, a nonprofit of 80 volunteers that create programs to assist women and girls with training to achieve economic empowerment. “I believe it was coincidence, I mean the stars
were aligned for us,” said Marybeth Glenn, a volunteer soroptimist who has been hosting the event since 2016. LUNAFEST is the first all-female traveling film festival that assists local nonprofits in raising funds for women’s causes in local communities. Glenn said that the Soroptimist International of Oceanside-Carlsbad has been presenting this short-film series since 2008 because it aligned with the nonprofits core mission. “LUNAFEST features documentary films made by, for and about women, and it promotes women in ‘LADY PARTS,’ directed by Erin Rye and Jessica Sherif, is one of several female-directed TURN TO LUNAFEST ON A19
short films featured at LUNAFEST, a traveling film festival showcasing women on both sides of the camera. Courtesy photo/LUNAFEST
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