PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID ENCINITAS, CA 92024 PERMIT NO. 94
THE COAST NEWS
SERVING NORTH COUNTY SINCE 1987
VOL. 34, N0. 41
Police seek help in fatal skate accident
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By Steve Puterski
CARLSBAD — Police are asking for the public’s help in determining the circumstances surrounding a fatal skateboarding accident on Oct. 4. According to Carlsbad Police Lt. Christie Calderwood, 20-year-old Jonah Dantuma, of Lakewood, died after the electric skateboard he was riding somehow resulted in an accident leading to severe head trauma at about 7:44 a.m. on Sunday morning. There was at least one witness who saw the board in the air and Dantuma on the ground at the intersection of Chestnut Avenue and Pio Pico Drive, Calderwood said. Law enforcement received word from a witness that other individuals had stopped to assist Dantuma until the fire department arrived, but those persons left before they were able to be interviewed by police. It is not known in which direction Dantuma was skating. Calderwood said there have been skaters in the past who ride down the steep hill on Chestnut Avenue west toward the Interstate 5 underpass generating a high rate of speed. Calderwood is encouraging any potential witnesses to contact the police so they can get a better understanding of what transpired. For those with any information can contact CPD Motor Officer John Maud at 760-271-5766.
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ENCINITAS — San Dieguito Union High School District (SDUHSD) has re-established an expanded public “reopening committee” in response to protests by parents and students demanding in-person learning and improved communication between the district and families. On September 24, a protest organized by SDUHSD families and students erupted outside the 250 RESIDENTS gathered at the San Dieguito Union High School district office in Encinitas District office on Sept. 24 in Encinitas to protest the district’s pre- following the school board's vious decision to continue distance learning. Photo by Caitlin Steinberg September 17 decision to
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continue full-time distance learning through January 2021. Currently, with the exception of select groups of students, including special education and English language learners, the general student population is not allowed on campuses. The full meeting can be viewed on the SDUHSD’s Youtube and nearly 100 public comments by families and community members that can be read here. Karri Smith, mother of twin boys at Canyon Crest Academy, organized last
week's protest with several other mothers, attracting close to 250 parents and students carrying handmade signs. “I am passionate about this because I love my kids, I love my community and I am upset with what prolonged distance learning is doing to them,” Smith told the Coast News. “Staring at a screen for that long each day is difficult for them. “There’s no reason in this day and age that [the district] couldn’t have TURN TO SDUHSD ON A7
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