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The mangled Toyota Corolla was involved in a DUI accident on Oct. 12 that killed two men. The “Avoid the 8 on the 78” campaign is hoping to cut down DUI incidents along state Route 78. Photo by Ellen Wright
Law enforcement agencies RANCHO band together to combat DUIs SFNEWS By Ellen Wright
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People are writing messages about what they’re thankful for on paper leaves and attaching them to the giving tree in Carlsbad. See the full story on page A11. Photo by Ellen Wright
Long-awaited park opening set for Jan. 10 By Aaron Burgin
ENCINITAS — At long last, the wait is over. After decades of planning and construction, the Encinitas Community Park will be open to the public Jan. 10, the city said in a news release. The ceremony for the opening of the 44-acre park will start at 2 p.m. and include several ribbon-cutting ceremonies, including the dedication of the Maggie Houlihan Memorial Dog Park, which the council voted in June to name after the late city councilwoman, who was a staunch animal rights advocate. The event will also include a community picnic, complete with TURN TO GRAND OPENING ON A15
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The city has set a date, Jan. 10, for the grand opening of the long-awaited Encinitas Community Park. Photo by Tony Cagala
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impact,” Carlsbad Police Chief Gary Morrison said. A saturation point is when officers “saturate” a specific geographic area to look for drunken drivers, Morrison said. Between 2010 and 2013, the California Highway Patrol made more than 1,600 DUI arrests on the 78. Carter said that of those drivers, about 12 percent caused a crash resulting in injury. Throughout San Diego County, 2,236 people were injured in alcohol related crashes, according to the California Highway Patrol. Carter said while the DUI rates along the 78 may not be much higher than countywide; all of the agencies see the importance of combating DUIs. “The numbers may not be off the charts, they may not be more than any other part in the county but we feel as a community that TURN TO DRUNK DRIVING ON A15
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REGION — In an effort to combat people driving under the influence on state Route 78, eight law enforcement agencies have banded together to create the “Avoid the 8 on 78” campaign. “There’s one thing that we have in common in North County, the 78 joins us from the ocean to the San Pasqual Valley,” Escondido Police Chief Craig Carter said at a press conference on Friday evening. Carter said that by joining together, each agency will benefit from a force multiplier. By pooling resources, each agency will have eight times more manpower to help with DUI checkpoints, roving patrols and saturation points to combat DUIs. “The force multiplier is huge for us because we’re all generally small agencies so we can all come together and work together and put more people on the problem and have a bigger
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