The coast news, october 6, 2017

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Local fireman shot in Las Vegas slaughter

Mayor granted .com leave extension

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By Aaron Burgin

ENCINITAS — An Encinitas firefighter was one of the nearly 530 people injured when a gunman killed 59 people at a Las Vegas concert, the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, The Coast News has learned. Encinitas Fire Department Chief Mike Stein confirmed that a fire department employee was shot the evening of Oct. 1 during the Route 91 Harvest Festival, where 64-year-old Stephen Paddock opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino into the crowd of 22,000 people attending the outdoor country music event. The shooting rampage resulted in 59 deaths and 527 injuries, some from gunfire and others from the chaotic aftermath. Stein said the fire department employee was treated at a hospital in Las Vegas, released and is recovering at home. He declined to name the employee and their rank, citing the employee’s wish to remain out of the public limelight. The Coast News first learned about firefighter from a North County resident who said in an email that an Encinitas fire em-

OCEANSIDE – Granting Mayor Jim Wood an extended excused leave to recover from a stroke he suffered in May was supported wholeheartedly by the City Council and community. A special meeting was called by the mayor Oct. 4 to askRANCHO for more time to return toSFNEWS office. The meeting took place just an hour before that night’s City Council meeting in which a decision was looming on how to fill the vacant seat, after a 60-day medical leave and 60-day grace period had expired. The mayor was assisted into the special meeting in a wheelchair. Due to his speech limitations his request for more time to fully recover was read by his aide

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Skate park gets closer to liftoff

Groundbreaking for Solana Beach’s long-planned, much-desired skate park could take place early next year, as council and community members offered some final thoughts on a proposed design. STORY ON PAGE A15. Stock photo

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Residents cry foul over proposed school redesign By Aaron Burgin

ENCINITAS — A proposed redesign of Cardiff School’s campus has prompted a group of residents critical of the proposal and its swift approval to start a petition drive to stop it. The Cardiff School District recently unveiled a proposed redesign of the 66-year-old campus. The TURN TO FIREFIGHTER ON A11 configuration includes the

placement of the school’s multipurpose room and kindergarten classrooms on land that is currently part of the district-owned George Berkich Park. The redesign is being funded by Measure GG, the $22 million bond measure voters approved in November. District officials last year said the bond proceeds would be used to rebuild, upgrade and renovate dis-

trict facilities. Planned improvements included replacing leaky roofs, renovating or replacing deteriorating plumbing and sewer systems and upgrading inadequate electrical systems. Rebuilding Cardiff School’s 65-year-old classrooms and replacing aging temporary portables with new classrooms at Cardiff School and Ada Harris School were also planned.

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Additional plans included constructing a new multipurpose room to replace Cardiff School’s 55-year-old multipurpose room and moving it closer to the school’s main entrance to provide a safer campus layout. The new campus redesign calls for an open-air multipurpose room and kindergarten classrooms adjacent to the main entrance

on land that is currently part of the Berkich fields. The baseball field would be eliminated under the proposal, and the district would join the two grass fields, currently separated by playground equipment, to create a longer, contiguous field that could be host two soccer matches. School district officials TURN TO REDESIGN ON A6

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