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VOL. 33, N0. 18
MAY 10, 2019
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California Pacific negotiates with new ownership
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CARLSBAD — Paragon Partners, as NewCo, is currently in negotiations to acquire the majority ownership in California Pacific Airlines, according to a recent release by Paragon obtained by The Coast News. The acquisition group is chaired by Robert Nisi, a former securities attorney and active i nve s t me nt banker who was a part of the founding team, alongside Richard Nisi Branson, of Virgin American Airlines. Nisi served as Virgin’s corporate director for several years before the company was sold to Alaska Airlines in 2016 for $2.6 billion. If the deal is completed, Nisi would be named Chairman of CP Air. “Our target is to close and get flight operations underway as soon as possible,” a Paragon associate said. The planned acquisition includes assumption of debt, transfer of stock and cash considerations. According to the release, operations will begin service with a 50 passenger Embraer-145 and a 70 passenger Embraer 170 and is estimated to phase in within six months, according to the release. CP Air plans to provide service to six western cities with five aircraft initially, including San Jose, Oakland, Reno, Sacramento, Phoenix and Las Vegas. Nisi, with airline experience and chairman-to-be TURN TO CP AIR ON A7
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.com MURAL GETS A NEW FACE With the completion of the newest mural on the Carlsbad Art Wall (CAW) by visiting muralist SLIM, Carlsbad Art Wall founder and director Bryan Snyder launched the 2019 CAW fundraising campaign. Donations will help finance murals through 2019. On April 7, SLIM painted the newest mural on the Carlsbad Art Wall, a rotating exhibit that changes art every two months on an outside wall at Señor Grubby’s restaurant at 377 Carlsbad Village Drive. SLIM’s hyper-realistic mural titled “Sandcastles” is based on a photo of Snyder’s 3-year-old daughter, Stella. The Carlsbad Art Wall first began in March 2015, and there have been 21 murals painted on the wall by local and visiting artists since. Donations can be made at carlsbadcrawl.com/donate. Courtesy photo
Temporary field lights to stay up one more year at Leo Mullen By Aaron Burgin
ENCINITAS — The temporary field lights that have illuminated soccer practices at Leo Mullen Sports Park for nearly three years will stay up at least one more year, as city officials continue to explore the possibility of permanent field lights. On May 8, the City Council will consider on its consent agenda a one-year
extension of the agreement between the city and the Encinitas Express soccer club for the field lights. The city granted the soccer club the rights to use the lights in November 2016, after two years of debate over whether the city could legally allow the club to use them to light nighttime practices at the park in Encinitas Ranch. That agreement was
meant to give the city 18 months to study whether permanent lights were feasible and to amend the plan that governs Encinitas Ranch, which currently prohibits lighting at the park. But parks and recreation officials said that the city is still working on the study — specifically a light study that was commissioned in June 2017 — be-
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fore it can determine how to proceed with amending the document, called the Encinitas Ranch Specific Plan. “The City commissioned a light study to assess the feasibility of installing permanent lights at Leo Mullen Sports Park,” City Parks and Recreation Director Jennifer Campbell wrote in an email. “We are still waiting for addi-
tional information from the consultant and after receiving the information we can then determine how we would proceed with amending the Encinitas Ranch Specific Plan to allow lights at the park.” After approving two earlier six-month extensions, the council’s vote on Wednesday will grant the TURN TO FIELD LIGHTS ON A23
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