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A light for Brodee

Vigil held for Encinitas teen killed in e-bike collision brings home growing safety concerns

By Jordan P. Ingram

ENCINITAS — Hundreds of family, friends and community members gathered Tuesday night for a candlelight vigil at San Dieguito Academy to honor the life of a 15-year-old Encinitas teen killed in a traffic collision last weekend.

The memorial was held for Brodee Braxton Champlain-Kingman, who died June 24 after colliding with a work van while riding his e-bike on El Camino Real in Encinitas.

“He used every hour of his short life so well,” said Clare Champlain, Brodee’s mother. “My son is the closest relationship I’ve ever had with another human

being. He’s my firstborn. I never cried happy tears, ever, before I had him. And when I gave birth to him, it’s the first time I cried happy tears, and they really haven’t stopped since.”

The vigil was held at an outdoor stage in front of the bell tower at San Dieguito Academy, where mourning attendees left flowers, held lit candles and observed a moment of silence.

The somber event also featured a number of speakers recounting their memories of Brodee and his positive impact on friends, family and the community.

According to numerous accounts, Brodee, who recently completed his fresh-

man year at San Dieguito Academy, taught himself Japanese at a young age and enjoyed cooking.

“Brodee, your impact on all of our lives was no small thing. For that we will remember you forever,” said Tyler Shaw, Brodee’s friend.

Shreyas Dillon spoke about her friendship with Brodee, saying, “His persistent dedication to friendship is something truly rare to find.”

Clare expressed her gratitude for the community’s response to her son’s untimely passing and the outpouring of support.

“He would just want

HUNDREDS held lit candles symbolizing the life of 15-yearold Brodee Braxton Champlain-Kingman during a vigil on June 27 at San Dieguito Academy. “Brodee, your impact on all of our lives was no small thing. For that we will remember you forever,” said Tyler Shaw, Brodee’s friend.

FAMILY, FRIENDS and community members attended a candlelight vigil June 27 at San Dieguito Academy to honor the life of Brodee Baxter Champlain-Kingman, 15, who was killed late last week in a traffic collision while riding his e-bike in Encinitas. Brodee’s parents, Clare Champlain and Roy Kingman, above left, urged the community to use more caution on the roads. “For the sake

families, friends and your beloved children, please slow down,” Kingman said. Photos by Joe Orellana

Photo by Joe Orellana

New Animal Hospital in the Village

The Village Animal Hospital is a brand new, state-of-the-art facility that is dedicated to providing the very best care for your pet. Dr. Travis Robertson-Howell and Associate Veterinarian Dr. Brittany LaBelle, and their entire team, are honored to be in Carlsbad Village and look forward to becoming an integral part of the community.

From routine exams to prevention medicine to surgery, and even emergency care, The Village Animal Hospital team is here to care for your pet throughout their lifespan. Their team looks forward to providing you with the most skilled, compassionate care possible, in an environment that’s comfortable and convenient.

“I absolutely adore Carlsbad Village,” Robertson-Howell said. “We looked at a dozen to 15 places to open our practice but knew that this location in the Village was the right one for us as soon as we saw it.”

Robertson-Howell has lived and practiced in North County for over a decade and looks forward to bringing not only state of the art technology to his patients, through what many consider to be traditional veterinarian care, but also offering non-medical therapies such as acupuncture, cold laser therapy, sound wave treatments, and others.

The Village Animal Hospital also provides specialty practices on site such as board certified orthopedic, cardiology, and radiology services to name a few. They also specialize in dermatology issues and offer advanced skills in dentistry.

The Village Animal Hospital is conveniently located on the ground floor of the new Carlsbad Lofts building right off the freeway on Carlsbad Village Drive. Parking is very convenient both in the underground parking garage and in reserved parking spots behind the building with direct access to the office.

Now through Sept. 1, all new clients are welcome to receive one new patient exam at 50% off with either doctor. To help make your visit to The Village Animal Hospital as easy and efficient as possible, they have created an online patient center where you can find the necessary forms to complete for your visit, their online pharmacy, finance assistance, and more.

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FLICKS AT THE FOUNTAIN

Six consecutive Thursday nights • July 6th – August 3rd Grab your low back chair and a blanket and join us in the fountain parking lot, in the heart of Carlsbad Village, for the return of Flicks at the Fountain. This will be our 10th summer watching movies under the stars together in downtown Carlsbad. Grab your seat location starting at 6pm; movie starts at 8pm (dusk).

July 6th – Moana

July 13th – Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

July 20th – Mary Poppins (classic)

July 27th – Monsters, Inc.

Aug 3rd – Top Gun: Maverick

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Vista Unified closing Beaumont, Rancho Minerva schools

District also plans VIDA relocation in downsizing effort

By Laura Place VISTA

— The Vista Unified School District board accepted recommendations on June 23 to close Beaumont Elementary and Rancho Minerva Middle schools and relocate Vista Innovation and Design Academy in order to “right size” a district heavily impacted by declining enrollment and deteriorating facilities.

The recommendations were brought to the board on June 22 by the district’s asset management advisory committee following two months of meetings and community forums surrounding the need for school consolidation.

The nine-person committee, formed in April, was tasked with making recommendations for the future of four school sites most heavily affected by low enrollment and poor facility conditions. These included two elementary schools, Beaumont and Monte Vista, and two middle schools, Rancho Minerva and magnet school Vista Innovation and Design Academy, or VIDA.

Such committees are required under the state education code in districts considering school closures.

In a recently-published report, the committee recommended that Beaumont and Rancho Minerva be closed, Monte Vista Elementary be maximized for educational use, and the site becomes the new location of VIDA.

“These are not decisions that we’re making lightly or hastily. We’ve had the benefit of being in the room for hours — we’ve had over 20 meetings this year alone,” said Trustee Julie Kelly.

District leaders have assured community members that no schools will close in the upcoming 2023-24 school year. However, families and teachers at the affected schools are devastated by the decision and frustrated by the lack of logistical planning, such as where Beaumont and Rancho Minerva families will be redistributed.

Brook Virostko, Beaumont PTA president, said her own daughter is starting fourth grade at Beaumont in the fall, but it’s unclear whether she will have to go to a new school for fifth grade.

“It’s one thing to say, we’re gonna consolidate Beaumont, but you need to know what will happen next. You have a lot of kids here who have to walk to school. What's gonna happen to these kids?” Virostko said.

Committee members themselves also shared concerns about how little information they were given to make such major decisions and claimed the equity considerations, which were supposed to be baked into the process, were not sufficiently discussed.

California School Employees Association representative Mario Bojorquez, one of the committee members, said they were prohibited from discussing how closures would impact students and told to make their decisions based solely on enrollment levels and the facility conditions.

“I don't believe a single member was pleased with the difficult recommendations we had to make. Some of the reasons they

were difficult was the very narrow set of guidelines, constrained time frame and the influence placed on the committee, which led to a predetermined outcome,” Bojorquez said. “I'm asking the board to give the committee more options, an expanded timeline and the option to incorporate impacts on students rather than just on facilities.”

Rancho Minerva PTA President Amanda Remmen, who served as committee chair, said they experienced a “sense of haste and lack of communication” and that they were being pushed toward making a specific decision.

“This committee is a state-mandated requirement, and it felt that way,” Remmen said. “The decision made by the committee felt predetermined beforehand and left little room for thinking of ideas outside of the box.”

Vista Unified COO Shawn Loescher, who oversaw the committee, said many of the topics that

while Beaumont and Monte Vista are both old facilities, the overall restorations needed for Beaumont would total $54 million compared to $27 million at Monte Vista, making it more feasible to maximize it for educational use.

Among Beaumont’s long-documented problems are cracked surfaces and mold as a result of water intrusion from the surrounding sloped hills. District leaders said issues with the foundation and other geotechnical features make these problems difficult and expensive to fix.

“Beaumont is not safe for our children to continue to learn,” said Trustee Rosemary Smithfield, noting that community members have repeatedly raised concerns about the school’s condition.

ing, ‘We’ve known for years now that it’s unsafe' — they keep telling us that. If we kept telling you that, and you heard us, why didn’t you do anything then to make it safer?” Boraks said.

Since many Beaumont students already feed into Rancho Minerva for middle school, several community members, as well as board member Rena Marrocco, supported the idea of combining the two into a K-8 school.

“A lot of us at Beaumont were looking to go to Rancho Minerva. For many of our families, this is a double hit because they’re both going away,” Virostko said.

came up, like redrawing school boundaries, magnet schools and specific details about the number of classrooms needed at each site, will be discussed by other committees moving forward.

“[The committee] are to limit their conversations to property, and that’s difficult because we know whatever recommendations might be made impact people and students, and sometimes we want to know how, which can lead to a lot of theoreticals. ‘How’ would be a next step. This is the first step,” Loescher said. ‘We

will lose the trust of our community’

For the middle schools, the committee balanced the deteriorating state of VIDA’s 60-year-old campus with Rancho Minerva’s low enrollment. VIDA is facing up to $59 million in renovation costs compared to $38 million at Rancho Minerva, built in 2006.

VIDA is currently at capacity with around 800 students, while Rancho Minerva’s current enrollment meets around half of its 1,000-student capacity. However, VIDA parents said moving the program would mean losing the pool, innovation labs and other facilities that offer students unique opportunities.

“Moving VIDA to the Rancho Minerva campus is not the right thing to do for so many reasons,” said VIDA parent Cindi Bess.

“First of all, Rancho Minerva does not have a pool or a theater. This is what brings so many students to VIDA, and without those things, you are cutting the legs off of a well-run school that offers so much for students.”

District leaders said

Carol Boraks, a library media technician at Beaumont for the past 11 years, said she understands the school is old and needs repair.

However, Boraks said they have tried to get the district to address these issues for years; just last year, district leaders started and then abandoned plans to fix portions of the campus using Measure LL bond funds.

“It just really hit a nerve for me when they kept us-

The board made its decisions in two separate motions — unanimously approving the committee’s recommendations regarding Beaumont and Monte Vista and approving recommendations to move VIDA to Rancho Minerva in a 4-1 vote, with Marrocco opposed.

Marrocco said the board should take more time to consider the impacts on both Rancho Minerva, which has an unduplicated population made up largely of English learners, as well as VIDA before making the decision.

“I understand that con-

THE VISTA Unified School District decided to close Rancho Minerva Middle School and make the campus the new home of Vista Innovation and Design Academy. Photo by Laura Place

COMMUNITY MEMBERS ask questions about the school consolidation process during a March 16 forum at Rancho Minerva Middle School in Vista. Photo by Laura Place

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Raise a glass to smart irrigation

By A.J. van de Ven

July is Smart Irrigation Month, an initiative by the Irrigation Association to educate and inform us about the importance of smart irrigation to water management and conservation.

So what is smart irrigation? Great question. It’s a similar concept to smart heating or energy management in buildings, where technology is harnessed to make these systems more efficient.

In this case, it’s all about using smart controllers to determine how best to utilize water and labor to keep plants and lawns growing and healthy, while conserving the resources that enable our beautiful landscapes.

After Granholm’s SONGS visit, more questions than answers

By Bart Ziegler

When announcing that the Biden administration has committed $26 million to search for sites to store the nation’s nuclear waste, U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm raised more questions than answers.

During a press conference June 9 at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Granholm said the money would fund a national search to find communities willing to store spent nuclear fuel, including the 3.6 million pounds of deadly waste stored at SONGS.

She didn't say where the storage sites might be. So far, governors from New Mexico and Texas have said no.

We wonder how the waste would travel great distances to arrive at the so-called consolidated interim storage sites and how the transportation would impact communities along the way.

The DOE estimates it could take 15 years to open the interim sites.

What does that mean for the permanent disposition of 89,000 metric tons of spent fuel piled up in 35 states? Will the federal government deliver on its obligation to open a permanent repository during our lifetimes?

Given the extraordinary challenges of dealing with radioactive waste, which can remain deadly for hundreds of thousands of years, why does the federal government continue to support nuclear energy

development?

While Granholm's speech covered the What — that's the easy question — we continue to puzzle over the Who, When, Where and, in the case of continued reliance on nuclear energy, the Why.

During the press briefing, we appreciate the remarks and consistently

Naoto Kan of Japan, who led the country during the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Days after the meeting, Southern California Edison announced SONGS would close permanently.

Since then, our organization has pivoted to rally the community and pressure the utility and govern-

In simple terms, the controllers tell the irrigation when to turn on and off. The really smart part is the way they use data and software (alongside some specialized human knowledge) to determine optimum watering times and durations.

When they’re configured, smart irrigation systems take into account weather, the plant materials they will be watering, the type of soil in the area and the topography of the specific areas of the landscape. This is all to do with ET. Not the lovable little alien guy; we’re talking about evapotranspiration, the science of water movement through plants and soil.

In a time when we face ongoing drought conditions, water restrictions and concerns over the future of our access to water resources, it’s clear to see why smart irrigation is needed. And it’s being used around us all the time. For example, in the City of Vista, smart irrigation is a key element of the City’s 360-degree approach to providing and caring for green spaces.

Vista works with its water district to ensure its efficient weather-based irrigation schedule allows it more flexibility in times of watering restrictions, so that trees and turf get the water they need, without waste.

Over in Oceanside, smart irrigation forms part of the City’s enlightened approach to water management, which also includes the Pure Water Oceanside recycled water purification initiative.

Smart irrigation allows public green spaces to thrive, which is great for locals and visitors. It’s also crucial to the maintenance of plants that provide a natural barrier to erosion, and prevent stormwater pollution.

That’s significant, because stormwater pollution can lead to cities issuing health warnings, and limiting access to the ocean means a drop-off in visitor numbers, which in turn hits the local economy hard.

strong advocacy of Rep. Mike Levin.

“We finally have a plan when it comes to spent nuclear fuel across the United States,” Levin said. “Now we’ve got to execute on that plan.”

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Ten years ago this month, a booming chorus of collaborators demanded that Southern California Edison retire the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station for good.

Fraught with mechanical problems and a radioactive leak, the reactors had not generated electricity for nearly 18 months.

In June 2013 at the San Diego County Administration Center, the Samuel Lawrence Foundation organized talks to call for the plant’s closure.

The talks included former Prime Minister

ment officials to deal with the radioactive waste produced by nearly 50 years of operations.

The spent nuclear fuel, 3.6 million pounds of it, is stranded 100 feet from the ocean.

SONGS is halfway through an eight-year, $4.5 billion decommissioning program that calls for the waste to stay behind after the last of the plant is demolished and hauled away.

While the federal government is promising action, no one knows how long the radioactive material will remain at the water’s edge. We’ll keep the pressure on, just like we did in 2013. Learn more at samuellawrencefoundation.org.

Bart Ziegler is president of the Samuel Lawrence Foundation.

ET incorporates the rate of evaporation of water and the rate at which water moves through plants, delivering the nutrients they require. Smart irrigation systems use a combination of complex ET calculations and information about local weather conditions (gleaned from real-time measurements and online weather forecasting) to very accurately configure how much water is required to ensure plants are neither under- nor over-watered.

Those smart controllers can be accessed and managed remotely, allowing irrigation management teams to fine tune their watering schedules and be notified if there is a problem in the system, such as a leak due to a damaged sprinkler head, or even a mainline break.

These leaks can mean the loss of thousands of gallons of water and damage to plants if they are not identified and fixed quickly.

Further, smart controllers have the ability to help pinpoint problems, saving time, which enables better utilization of the people working to keep the irrigation system up and running.

All of this is important because it can lead to significant reductions in water usage: up to 40%, studies have shown.

The innovation continues. My company, Calsense, has just announced plans to apply AI (artificial intelligence) alongside nearly 40 years of irrigation expertise, to allow users to ask questions and get back industry best-practice answers, as and when they need them.

Further down the line, we’ll introduce predictive analytics that can predict when an irrigation system is likely to experience an issue, like a master valve failing, and address it before it occurs.

These and many other advanced future features are designed to make the process of irrigation increasingly efficient and by extension, sustainable.

There are many examples of the ways smart irrigation serves as a marriage of nature and technology, guided by real-life human experiences, which is helping us to preserve the Earth’s most precious resource: water.

So this July, during Smart Irrigation Month, take a moment to appreciate the beauty smart irrigation enables.

A.J. van de Ven is president of Carlsbad-based smart irrigation company Calsense and a board member of the nonprofit EcoLife Conservation.

Given the extraordinary challenges of dealing with radioactive waste, which can remain deadly for hundreds of thousands of years, why does the federal government continue to support nuclear energy development?

Case of woman charged in e-bike death continued

By Steve Puterski

A Vista judge on June 26 granted a continuance until September in the case of a Carlsbad woman charged in the death of a 35-yearold cyclist last August near Carlsbad High School.

Lindsay Turmelle, 42, faces a charge of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter in a fatal collision with cyclist Christine Hawk Embree on Aug. 7, 2022, at the intersection of Basswood Avenue and Valley Street.

Embree, 35, was riding an e-bike with her 16-month-old daughter Delilah when she collided with Turmelle’s Toyota 4Runner. The infant, equipped with a helmet, survived without injury despite being thrown from her mother’s e-bike.

According to law enforcement, Turmelle remained at the scene immediately following the incident, and investigators determined drugs and alcohol were not a factor in the incident.

Embree was rushed to the hospital, where she died the next day.

After a nine-month joint investigation by the Carlsbad Police Department and California Highway Patrol, Turmelle was charged by the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office on May 25 and pleaded not guilty the following day in Vista Superior Court.

At Monday’s hearing, Deputy District Attorney Candance Novack shed some light on the allegations,

Former trustee named EUHSD superintendent

By Samantha Nelson ESCONDIDO

— The Escondido Union High School District has hired former school board president Jon Petersen as its superintendent.

The district began its search for a new superintendent after it was announced in May that Anne Staffieri would be leaving to take over the San Dieguito Union High School District. The same month, Petersen resigned after serving almost 23 years on the Escondido school board to apply for the open position.

“I am both honored and humbled to be selected as superintendent,” Petersen said.

According to the district, several highly qualified candidates from across Southern California were interviewed before Petersen was chosen. His contracted annual salary is $256,438.

Petersen’s education career began in 1992 when he joined San Pasqual High School as an English teacher. He later became the school’s assistant principal and principal, and was most recently the chief business officer of the Valley Center-Pauma Unified School District.

“At this juncture in

our school district’s history, I feel that I am ready to lead the district because I understand the challenges our students face, and I appreciate the culture of our schools and the community of Escondido, where I have lived all my life,” Petersen said.

Petersen speaks Spanish fluently and is the father of a bicultural, biliterate family.

“I am comfortable working with students and staff from ethnically and culturally diverse communities,” he said. “I am committed to providing the resources to ensure that all students succeed.”

The school board is pleased to welcome its former colleague back in his new role.

“We are confident that under Jon’s leadership as superintendent, EUHSD will continue to expand our strong college and career technical education pathways, provide innovative educational opportunities for all students, and improve student achievement across the district,” said Bill Durney, acting board president.

The district is still searching for Petersen’s replacement on the board.

saying Turmelle “rolled through” the stop sign and fatally struck Embree.

Oceanside attorney Joni Eisenstein, who appeared on Turmelle’s behalf, requested a continuance to allow her more time to collect and review evidence, including body camera footage.

Judge Peter F. Murray scheduled the next hearing for Sept. 8.

According to Eisenstein, investigators’ calculations show Turmelle’s vehicle did not “blow through” the intersection at 30 or 40 mph.

Instead, Eisenstein ar-

gued the findings suggest that if Turmelle had rolled through the intersection, she was traveling no faster than 9 mph when the collision occurred.

“(Turmelle) is devastated, but she is not a flight risk nor a danger,” Eisenstein told the judge. “We are disputing the causation, and when we’ve fleshed out the details, we’ll be in a better position to judge whether she is a danger.”

The parties also discussed whether Turmelle should keep her driving privileges in the interim between hearings.

Eisenstein said Turmelle holds two jobs — one in Solana Beach and the other in Orange County — and needs her vehicle to get to

work.

The judge limited Turmelle’s driving privileges to strictly her work commute and essential errands, such as grocery shopping, but she is prohibited from driving on “social” occasions.

Per the condition of her release, Turmelle is not allowed to violate any law, including minor traffic violations — any of which could result in the revocation of her release and being remanded into custody.

Just one week after Embree’s death, cyclist Brad Catcott of Solana Beach was killed on Aug. 15 after colliding with a motorcyclist fleeing law enforcement on Carlsbad Boulevard at Palomar Airport Road and Island Way.

Shortly after their deaths, the Carlsbad City Council declared a local state of emergency for bike, e-bike and traffic safety, citing a 233% increase in collisions involving bikes and e-bikes since 2019.

Reports of collisions in Carlsbad involving bikes or e-bikes have nearly doubled annually over the past four years. The city reported 60 collisions in 2020 and 100 collisions the following year.

So far in 2023, there have been 57 reports of cycle-involved collisions in Carlsbad.

This week’s hearing comes just days after a 15-year-old riding an e-bike was killed after colliding with a work van on June 23 in Encinitas.

Racist graffiti defaces school mural

By Laura Place SAN MARCOS —

Community members are working to remove racist graffiti discovered Tuesday morning on a newly-painted mural at San Marcos Middle School.

The vandalism was discovered all over the campus, including over an in-progress mural featuring the school’s name and lion

mascot painted just this last week in a partnership between Cal State San Marcos and the middle school.

Xuan Santos, a professor of sociology and criminology and justice studies at CSUSM, said volunteers showed up on June 27 to continue work on the mural when they discovered the vandalism. They immediately began work to remove it and touch up the mural.

The graffiti included various monikers, illustrations and racist slurs directly next to the mural.

“They did defacement across campus, but came to the mural, and out of the blue wrote all these derogatory terms,” Santos said. “They defaced the mural, defaced the wall, shamed the campus and [reminded]

us very quickly that racism and anti-people-of-color is an issue in North San Diego County.”

Staff from the middle school and university had been in talks about a community project for four months and decided to do a mural on an old wall near the school gym.

Work on the mural started last week once school let out for the summer, with community members, formerly incarcerated individuals, and students and staff from San Marcos Middle School and CSUSM all contributing, Santos said.

Manny Rodriguez, a sociology student at CSUSM and volunteer who helped paint the mural, said he was saddened to see the derogatory vandalism but that “this

won’t discourage us from continuing to do the right thing.”

“It’s frustrating to see that people would just come over and write and express themselves in that form. I was pretty frustrated, mixed emotions, sad … why would somebody go out of their way to do something like this when you have people giving their hard work to make this a better place?” he said.

Santos added that he believes the racist language in the graffiti could be targeting the school’s principal, who is Black. The vandalism has been reported to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, he said.

San Marcos Unified School District spokesperson Amy Ventetuolo said law enforcement had identified the individual responsible and is taking the lead in the investigation.

“We’re so saddened and devastated that this mural that’s being worked on has been vandalized,” she said. “But the amazing talented artists, they’ve been the ones working on this mural, their response was amazing. They’re there right now getting back to work painting the mural.”

VOLUNTEERS WORK on the morning of June 27 to cover up racist graffiti spray-painted over a community mural at San Marcos Middle School. The mural project is a partnership between CSUSM and the middle school.

Photo by Steve Puterski

NCTD gets $29 million for e-buses

By City News Service

OCEANSIDE — The North County Transit District was granted more than $29 million from the Federal Transit Administration to purchase 23 zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell electric buses as part of the Low or No Emission Vehicle grant program, it was announced this week.

The $29.3 million in federal funds also include a stipulation to train NCTD’s workforce and “develop an innovative apprenticeship program in collaboration with Palomar College,” the grant statement reads.

“This funding is critical to ensuring NCTD meets federal, state, and local goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and also create good-paying jobs in the community,” NCTD Board Chair Jewel Edson said in a statement.

“The purchase of 23 additional hydrogen buses will transform NCTD’s fleet and further our transition to 100% zero-emission operations.”

NCTD has already received funding for six battery electric buses and 12 additional hydrogen FCEBs. The award announced Monday will bring the agency's fleet up to 41 zero-emission buses in operation by 2025 -- a quarter of the entire fleet.

“The historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is delivering results across the country, including in our district with this grant of over $29 million going to the North County Transit District for the purchase of 23 hydrogen fuel cell electric buses,”said Rep. Mike Levin, D-Dana Point. “These clean energy buses will reduce harmful air pollution and modernize our transit infrastructure to improve service reliability.”

The FTA grant is also intended to fund an apprenticeship program at Palomar College to train current and future workers to be “competitive in the rapidly expanding hydrogen FCEB and battery electric bus industry,” according to a statement from NCTD.

“This program is responsive to the region’s workforce needs and prepares students to earn a livable wage as technicians for electric and hydrogen-fueled buses and commercial vehicles,’’ said Star Rivera-Lacey, superintendent/president of Palomar College.

Additionally, the district will begin construction this year on a hydrogen fueling station at its West Division facility in Oceanside to support the future deployment of 50 hydrogen buses.

NCTD will use the hydrogen buses on its Breeze bus routes primarily serving the cities of Oceanside, Vista, Carlsbad, Encinitas, Solana Beach and Del Mar.

San Marcos closes $3.8M budget gap

By Laura Place SAN MARCOS —

Leaders in San Marcos have adopted a “strong” budget for the next fiscal year despite lingering challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic, making a withdrawal from the city’s reserves to close a $3.8 million budget gap.

As predicted last year, San Marcos feels the absence of federal COVID-19 funds that have provided millions of dollars in padding over the past three years. This is the first year the city has used reserves to cover a budget deficit without federal funds to smooth things over.

Roundabouts coming to Carlsbad Boulevard

By Steve Puterski CARLSBAD —

The city is moving forward with plans to install a trio of roundabouts along Carlsbad Boulevard from Palomar Airport Road to Island Way.

The council unanimously approved one of three options to realign Carlsbad Boulevard, creating a two-lane road with three roundabouts at Palomar Airport Road, Solamar Drive and Island Way.

The South Carlsbad Boulevard Climate Adaptation Project marks the first major review of the city’s infrastructure related to sea-level rise. The study also looks at Las Encinas Creek restoration and a cliff erosion assessment.

The study is funded by a grant of more than $500,000 from the State Coastal Conservancy in October 2021. The study, conducted by the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, will focus on sea-level rise and how to move the road’s southbound lanes eastward away from the ocean and out of a hazard zone.

“Not all streets have the same purpose,” said Kaite Hentrich, a senior program manager with the city.

“Carlsbad Boulevard falls under a coastal street and means it’s designed to move people, not just cars. It does not need to be the highway it once was.”

The grant runs through February 2024, and staff will return in March 2024 for another update on the study, conceptual design and options regarding retreating coastline infrastructure.

According to staff, the next steps are to conduct a 30% conceptual design, however, no funds from the grant can be used for environmental reviews or construction.

Tom Frank, the city’s transportation director, said the coastal hazard zone is designated through 2100 and extends west of most of the project area. Decades from now, the Solamar

Drive intersection could revert back to a signalized intersection depending on the advancement of erosion.

Frank said the study shows the Solamar Drive bluff is the most prone to large-scale erosion.

The council will review retreat options for the current infrastructure, along with removing the southbound lanes once the project is funded. Once those lanes are removed, the city could install native plants and other measures to mitigate erosion and protect against flooding and sea-level rise, staff reported.

Frank said the roundabouts provide the safest and most efficient option to manage the roadway, including motorists, cyclists and pedestrians, reduce conflict points, and act as a conduit to congestion from Interstate 5. The realignment will also add a roadway buffer to protect from flooding at the Las Encinas Creek.

“We are improving roadway conditions,” Frank told the council. “We would not be producing something that would be reducing traffic capacity without presenting that to you.”

Steve Linke, a former Traffic and Mobility commissioner, said the amount of traffic at the current Palomar Airport Road "interchange" pushes the limits of what can be squeezed into a single-lane roundabout, along with other intersections along Carlsbad Boulevard.

When roundabouts reach capacity, they fail catastrophically with gridlock much worse than signalized intersections, Linke said.

According to Linke, due to scope and cost, the overall project should go to a public vote as demanded by Proposition H rather than “piece-mealing it into numerous small projects” and using up substantial portions of transportation funding.

“In addition, despite staff's continuing bombardment with generic, out-of-

context roundabout safety claims, the roundabouts in this area have proven to have the highest collision frequencies — including severe injury collisions and involvement of pedestrians and cyclists,” Linke said. “While this is inconvenient to roundabout enthusiasts who think that single-lane roundabouts are a cure-all for nearly every situation, it is a fact that needs to be acknowledged.”

“This was a more challenging budget situation for us, and I think for every city, as we all come back to normal both in terms of operations and in terms of funding,” City Manager Jack Griffin said at a June 14 City Council meeting. “The budget we presented you is not the budget we would ideally present you, but we believe it’s a strong budget.”

San Marcos was allocated $18 million in ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) funds in 2021, $10 million of which were used to recover lost revenue. Other dollars were utilized for nonprofit grants and school-based mental health resources.

Griffin said the city cut expenditures wherever possible without cutting positions to prevent a larger deficit this year. Hiring freezes in some departments are continuing into next year.

Despite the $3.8 million withdrawal, the city maintains liquid reserves totaling 41% of expenditures — just over $37 million — above the city’s minimum 40% goal. However, staff warned that the city could dip below this minimum in future years if they don’t find ways to increase revenue.

“We don’t want to bring budgets to you that use reserves,” Griffin said. “We are going to reach a point where there’s going to be some service level reductions if we don’t get the revenue side of it back even with the expenditure side, and we all want to avoid that.”

Staff are predicting a 4.2% revenue increase compared to a 1.3% expenditure increase over the coming years, which will help to close the current budget gap. Based on current financial predictions, the city expects the gap between revenue and expenditures to close in 2028.

However, expenditures are expected to grow over

THE CARLSBAD City Council unanimously approved a plan to realign Carlsbad Boulevard by creating a two-lane road with three roundabouts. Photo by Steve Puterski

How to market to Gen Z

Sienna Jones, a rising senior at San Dieguito Academy, is young, hungry and talented, so I invited her to address every marketer’s dream: Reaching Gen Z (roughly those born between 1997 and 2012). Her thoughts follow.

With technology changing daily, it’s increasingly confusing marketing to young consumers.

As a 16-year-old digital marketer with a following of 100,000+ Gen Z members, I know what catches the eye of my followers. Here’s how to best reach your target audience.

1. Leverage TikTok

Not using TikTok? It’s time to create an account. TikTok is free and has 1 billion+ users, 60% of whom are Gen Z. Meaning 12.5% of the planet is on TikTok!

Marketing on TikTok is effective and as simple as making a 7- to 15-second video showcasing your product or service in a way that immediately grabs the audience’s attention. Sing a song.

ask mr. marketing rob weinberg

Do a dance. Recite a poem. Do something big to stand out from the crowd.

Boom! You’re directing people to your landing page. Done properly, a series of short videos can drive huge increases in your revenue.

2. Improve photo/ video quality

Gen Z gets turned off by online marketing with low camera quality and messy video editing. Marketing as the highly successful business you dream of being (Fake it ‘til you make it!) is real with these folks.

So, create high-quality, eye-catching ads that you would post if your brand was as big as you wanted it to be. Having promotions with spectacular quality and style will lead your consumers to develop trust in you and see you as highly

professional.

Okay, this is good advice for consumers of any age, but especially catches the eye of someone in Gen Z.

3. Engage your followers

Gen Z loves attention, so interact with your followers daily! More if you can manage it.

After all, how can you maintain a relationship without regular, ongoing communication? And Gen Z wants a relationship, not just to be sold to.

Key to developing and expanding those relationships is the comments section for your online posts. Respond promptly and helpfully to online comments, with appropriate emojis and a friendly tone conveying that you care.

Importantly, do not talk down to us! We may be younger, but we’re not stupid.

Gen Z is easy to reach, fun to talk to and a huge market. Taking advantage of the opportunity is up to you.

askmrmarketing.com

Encinitas BCycle’s Tim Pirkey wants to help the environment, one bike at a time

Tim Pirkey is the General Manager for Encinitas BCycle, an all-electric bike share system where residents and visitors can rent and return shared bikes from stations along the Coast Highway from Leucadia to Cardiff. He oversees all aspects of the business, including operations, marketing/promotions and strategic planning.

A fully-owned subsidiary of Trek Bicycle, BCycle, LLC is committed to providing an environmentally sustainable transportation alternative for cities. The company believes that bike share plays a valuable role in public transit and is on a mission to change the world by getting more people on bikes.

“BCycle was introduced at the 2007 Democratic National Convention in Denver, CO as means of transportation for attendees,” said Tim. “The bike share has since grown to over 40 U.S. cities. Encinitas chose BCycle in 2020 as its bikeshare provider.”

An active member of the Encinitas Chamber, Tim appreciates that both BCycle and the Chamber share a belief in environmental sustainability. “One of the

great things BCycle brings to our community is an environmentally friendly – and healthy –transportation option for locals and visitors to explore all Encinitas has to offer.”

“I’m grateful the Chamber has been an ardent supporter. The networking benefit of membership has helped us increase our support within the community, earning respect from other business owners and opening new collaborations and opportunities.”

“Our goal is to expand

to include coastal stations north and south of Encinitas and to become a more important element of the commuter infrastructure. With the help of the Chamber and the connections and networking they’ve fostered, we are creating new relationships with business owners and property managers to expand along the El Camino Real corridor, and are working on improving connections to the San Elijo campus of Mira Costa College.”

Tim grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, but has lived in San Diego since 1999. His perfect day in Encinitas would start, of course – with a bike ride along the Coast!

“My favorite route is to pick up a bike near Moonlight Beach, head north along Neptune, then stop at Beacons, dock the bike and take a walk along the beach. I’d check out the bike again, head south on the 101 all the way into Cardiff, park at Seaside Market and grab a tri-tip sandwich for lunch, then a donut from VG’s. That’s a perfect day for me!”

The best way to find a BCycle is through the app (simply search for BCycle in your app store) or www.bcycle.com.

AVA GROSELY of Carlsbad High School, third from left, recipient of a $10,000 scholarship, was among the outstanding seniors from the Carlsbad Unified School District awarded a record total of $71,000 in scholarships by the Carlsbad Educational Foundation in partnership with the Judith Campbell Educational and Community Foundation. Joining Grosely and Carlsbad Educational Foundation CEO Laura Pitts, third from right, at the May 30 event were, from left, Jeff Campbell, Linda Campbell, Laura Randolph and Kimberly Lewis of the Campbell Foundation.

Who’s NEWS?

Business news and special achievements for North San Diego County. Send information via email to community@ coastnewsgroup.com.

GRADS

COLLEGE

The following students graduated from the University of Maryland Global Campus: Jaden Graham of Camp Pendleton, James Rose of Carlsbad and Abraham A. Thompson, Andrew James Sellers, Joshua Kutcher, Julio A. Medrano, Abraham Stephen Ovando, Matthew K.S. Villanueva, Timothy Riddle, Jessica Noel, Zachary Murphy, Ariana Rene Hernandez, Andy Qiu, Richard Paul Erk, Larisa Marie James, Danielle Cortez Apostol, Francisco W. Ortega, Sarah G. Czech and Jorge Ruberto Serrano, all of Oceanside.

PRESIDENT’S LIST

The following college students made the president’s list, earned by those with a 4.0 grade average, at the University of Alabama: Grace Hollingsworth of Del Mar, Lauren Gillbank of Encinitas, and Elijah Armendariz and James Singer

of Rancho Santa Fe.

DEAN’S LIST

The following college students made the spring dean’s list at their respective colleges: Riley Eldridge of Oceanside and Caitlin Sullivan of Solana Beach at the University of Rhode Island; May Crotty of San Marcos, Abigail Roy of Encinitas and Quinn Harder, Sidney Hart, Sophia Imparato, Kacy Lindaman, Kennedy Rawding, Ella Stichler and Elizabeth Vodicka, all of Carlsbad, at the University of Alabama.

SHUTTLE RETURNS

The gO’side neighborhood electric vehicle shuttle

Pet of the Week

Vader is pet of the week at Rancho Coastal Humane Society. He is a 6-year-old, 65-pound, male English bulldog mix.

Vader’s owners gave him up when they couldn’t afford the medical care he needed. Now he has been treated and is ready to start his new life. He likes people, walks, the beach and napping. He does not like bicycles or skateboards.

The $145 adoption fee includes a medical exam, neuter, up-to-date vaccinations, registered microchip and a one-year license if the new home is in the jurisdiction of San Diego Humane Society’s Depart-

ment of Animal Services.

For information about adoption or to become a virtual foster, stop by Rancho Coastal Humane Society at 389 Requeza St., Encinitas, call (760) 753-6413 or visit SDpets.org.

program serving Downtown Oceanside will officially return on July 3. The five-passenger shuttles will run Monday through Wednesday from noon to 10 p.m. and Thursday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. with adjusted hours December through April based on demand. The Downtown Oceanside service area includes Oceanside Harbor south to Vista Way in the area west of Interstate 5, in addition to the East Side neighborhood and Country Club Lane.

DONATE PLASMA

Octapharma Plasma has opened its newest plasma donation center in Escondido at 1343 East Valley Pkwy. The center will bring approximately 50 new jobs to the area.

ETHICAL BUSINESS

Three North County businesses were named as finalists for the 2023 Better Business Bureau Torch Awards for Ethics: Low Voltage Components and Countywide Mortgage Lending of Escondido and Brightstar Care of Carlsbad.

ARTIFICIAL IRRIGATION

Calsense, a Carlsbad-based company that develops water resource management tools and strategies, recently announced its belief that the future of smart irrigation will use artificial intelligence and machine learning alongside human expertise to better conserve water and waste.

Encinitas Chamber

TIM PIRKEY. Courtesy photo

Photo by Christina Sobieraj

THE GO’SIDE electric vehicle shuttle program serving Downtown Oceanside returns on July 3. Courtesy photo

MISSION CELEBRATES 225TH ANNIVERSARY

City reopens access to Stonesteps Beach

By Samantha Nelson ENCINITAS —

Mission San

its Mission Fiesta event June 16-18 after a 25-year hiatus to celebrate the mis-

The Hacienda, a senior living community being constructed on the mission’s grounds, was this year’s major sponsor of the Fiesta. Courtesy photo/Mission San Luis Rey/The Hacienda San Luis Rey

O’side Turkey Trot gets new owner

By Staff OCEANSIDE

— After nearly two decades of producing the most popular Thanksgiving Day running and walking event in San Diego County, Kinane Events has announced the sale of the O’Side Turkey Trot.

San Diego Running Co. has purchased the event, a move that was made public during the Oceanside City Council meeting on June 21. This marks the company’s expansion into North County, where they will carry on the legacy built by award-winning race director Kathy Kinane, who co-founded the Trot in 2006.

This year’s O’Side Turkey Trot will move forward on Nov. 23 as planned, with Kinane staying on as an advisor. San Diego Running Co. team will take over all

operations, management and marketing for the event.

“From the very beginning, our hope was that the O’Side Turkey Trot would be a healthy family tradition for O’side residents and holiday visitors,” Kinane said. “As we pass the baton to San Diego Running Co., we are confident that the trot will continue to be recognized by the running community as one of the ‘Top Trots in the US’ and a wonderful event for families that just want to move their feet before they eat.”

Many of San Diego’s most high-profile and popular running events are produced by San Diego Running Co., including the Corporate Dash, the San Diego Santa Run and the Pacific Beach Half Marathon.

“We are thrilled for the opportunity to be the new management team behind

New craft program for adult animal lovers

By Staff RANCHO SANTA FE

— Helen Woodward Animal Center is expanding its summer classes to include a craft program for adults.

Crafting with Critters is a brand-new program designed to allow adults to unleash their creativity and express their passion of animals through art.

Through games, art, songs and one-on-one interactions with over 85 animal ambassadors, the center has been dedicated to instilling compassion for all living things in the hearts of children ages 4 to 14.

Although Helen Woodward Animal Center has also offered animal safety classes to adults, the idea to welcome adults to one of the center’s fun-focused, humane education classes has been a long time coming.

Crafting with Critters is a 90-minute-long instructor-led art session that fea-

tures a special guest animal and a different medium of art for participants to create.

Everyone involved will get hands-on interaction with their critter models.

On July 16, participants will create relief sculptures of Zoey, a laid-back and friendly California Desert Tortoise who came to the center in 1998.

And on Aug. 13, participants will welcome the center’s resident 11-year-old Huacaya alpacas, Kronk and Kuzco, by creating 3D paper layer art portraits of them.

Though Crafting with Critters is more geared towards adults, kids are welcome too.

Those interested can register at animalcenter.org/ programs-services/education/crafting-with-critters.

Tickets are $35 per participant and $5 for non-participating parent chaperones.

the O'side Turkey Trot and oversee such an important event for the community,” said Eric Marenburg, Chief Running Officer at San Diego Running Co. “Kathy has been a trailblazer in the running and wellness space. This event is just one piece of the tremendous impact she has delivered to the sport of running. We're looking forward to working with her in this transition and leading the O'side Turkey Trot for many years to come.”

Since Kinane and Richard Muscio launched the event, the race has welcomed over 100,000 runners and raised nearly $500,000 for local chari-

ties.

The O’Side Turkey Trot has historically welcomed a wide variety of participants, including elite athletes, multi-generational families, young children and older adults. The event has served as a unifying influence in the community, earning support from local political leaders, businesses and nonprofits.

The O’Side Turkey Trot will take place on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 23, reprising its five-mile, 5k and children’s running events.

To register and for more information on the O’Side Turkey Trot, visit osideturkeytrot.com.

The Stonesteps Beach access has reopened after being closed for six months for emergency repairs.

The steps were closed in January after the city’s structural engineer deemed the main support beam for the upper deck and lower stairs unsafe for use.

The city enacted an emergency declaration followed by hiring JC Baldwin on March 15 for a contracted amount of $233,865 to carry out the repairs.

Brackets, beams and other materials required custom manufacturing and treatment to meet the technical specifications of the steps and to hold up in coastal conditions.

Final materials arrived during the week of June 5, and emergency repairs were completed by June 21. The steps were reopened by noon the same day.

Travis Karlen, director of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts for the city of

Encinitas, told The Coast News that the repairs were specific to the upper wood deck that connects the staircase to the concrete portion of the stairs. Additional work is required at the beach access and will be scheduled at a future date.

“The remainder of the facility will undergo an evaluation for upkeep, which will determine any additional work which may be needed to maintain the facility in good, working order,” Karlen said via email. “Any actual future work will be scheduled in advance outside the busy summer season with the contractor to minimize impacts to beach access.”

The city’s structural engineer approved the recent reopening of the steps, which are used daily by locals and visitors alike.

“Our beach counter counts approximately 150,000 to 200,000 passers-by annually,” Karlen said.

James Marion Hardison, 93 Carlsbad

June 9, 2023

Thor Thompson Carlsbad

June 22, 2023

Edith Urman Zanville Carlsbad

June 22, 2023

Ruth Louise Wilke Carlsbad

June 20, 2023

Diane Ellen Filice Vista

June 8, 2023

Marianne Launspach San Marcos

May 30, 2023

in Friday’s newspaper. One proof will be e-mailed to the customer for approval by Tuesday at 10 a.m.

THE STEPS leading to Stonesteps Beach in Encinitas were closed in January for emergency repairs. File photo

Luis Rey in Oceanside brought back

sion’s 225th anniversary.

LEGALS LEGALS LEGALS LEGALS LEGALS

CITY OF ENCINITAS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT

505 South Vulcan Avenue, Encinitas, CA 92024

Phone: (760) 633-2710 | Email: planning@encinitasca.gov | Web: www.encinitasca.gov

City Hall Hours: Monday through Thursday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM and every other Friday (6/30, 7/14, etc.) 8:00 AM TO 4:00 PM and closed Tuesday, July 4, 2023, in observance of Independence Day

NOTICE OF PENDING ACTION ON ADMINISTRATIVE APPLICATION AND COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT

PROJECT NAME: Larry Raab ADU; CASE NUMBER: CDPNF-006331-2023; FILING

DATE: June 14, 2023; APPLICANT: Larry Raab; LOCATION: 165 Norfolk Drive (APN: 261-052-02); PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Coastal Development Permit to allow for the interior recon guration and conversion of an existing 690-square foot apartment to an accessory dwelling unit with the construction of a 106-square foot addition; ZONING/OVERLAY: The project site is located within the Residential 11 (R-11) Zone and the Coastal Overlay Zone; ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS: The project has been determined to be exempt from environmental review pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15303 which exempts the conversion of the existing unit to an accessory dwelling unit.

STAFF CONTACT: Felipe Martinez, Assistant Planner: (760) 633-2715 or fmartinez@encinitasca.gov

PRIOR TO 5:00 PM ON MONDAY, JULY 10, 2023, ANY INTERESTED PERSON MAY REVIEW THE APPLICATION AND PRESENT TESTIMONY, ORALLY OR IN WRITING, TO THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. WRITTEN TESTIMONY IS PREFERRED IN ORDER TO HAVE A RECORD OF THE COMMENTS RECEIVED.

If additional information is not required, the Development Services Department will render a determination on the application, pursuant to Section 2.28.090 of the City of Encinitas Municipal Code, after the close of the review period. An Appeal of the Department’s determination accompanied by the appropriate ling fee may be led within 10-calendar days from the date of the determination. Appeals will be considered by the City Council pursuant to Chapter 1.12 of the Municipal Code. Any ling of an appeal will suspend this action as well as any processing of permits in reliance thereon in accordance with Encinitas Municipal Code Section 1.12.020(D)(1) until such time as an action is taken on the appeal.

The above item is located within the Coastal Zone and requires the issuance of a regular Coastal Development Permit. The action of the Development Services Director may not be appealed to the California Coastal Commission.

Under California Government Code Sec. 65009, if you challenge the nature of the proposed action in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised regarding the matter described in this notice or written correspondence delivered to the City at or prior to the date and time of the determination.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S

SALE APN: 133-201-32-00 and 133-201-33-00 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 6/25/2021.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank speci ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession,

or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: Shirley

Ann Kimball A Single Woman

Where Is” The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the bene ciary within 10 days of the date of rst publication of this Notice of Sale. NOTICE

TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS:

If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned o may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying o all liens senior to the lien being auctioned o , before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s o ce or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE

TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, bene ciary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (714) 730-2727 or visit this Internet

CITY OF CARLSBAD

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

CITY OF CARLSBAD USER FEES FOR THE RECOVERY OF CITY COSTS RELATED TO ANIMAL CONTROL AND REGULATION SERVICES

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to you, because your interest may be a ected, that the City Council of the City of Carlsbad will hold a public hearing at the Council Chamber, 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive, Carlsbad, California, at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, July 18, 2023, to discuss the adoption of a resolution setting user fees for the recovery of city costs related to animal control and regulation services and to consider revisions to Carlsbad Municipal Code Chapter 7.08 related to rabies, animal control and regulation.

Those persons wishing to speak on this proposed resolution are cordially invited to attend the public hearing. The sta report will be available on and after July 14, 2023. If you have any questions, please contact Management Analyst Amanda Baker in the Police Department at amanda.baker@carlsbadca.gov or 442-339-5054. The meeting can be viewed online at https://www.carlsbadca.gov/city-hall/meetings-agendas or on the City’s cable channel. In addition, written comments may be submitted to the City Council at or prior to the hearing via U.S. Mail to the attention of O ce of the City Clerk, 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive, Carlsbad, CA 92008, or via email to clerk@carlsbadca.gov

PUBLISH DATES: JUNE 30, 2023 AND JULY 7, 2023

CITY OF CARLSBAD CITY COUNCIL

Web site www.servicelinkASAP. com, using the le number assigned to this case 202301651. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be re ected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call (714) 730-2727, or visit this internet website www. servicelinkASAP.com, using the le number assigned to this case 2023-01651 to nd the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase.

Date: 6/23/2023 Superior Loan Servicing, by Asset Default Management, Inc, as Agent for Trustee 7525 Topanga Canyon Blvd. Canoga Park, California 91303 Sale Line: (714) 7302727 A-4789099 06/30/2023, 07/07/2023, 07/14/2023 CN 27784

Order No.: 05943925 T.S. No.:

2021-100538 Loan No.:

Plumosa/Diamond Living Es NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS AND UNRECORDED LEASES, SECURITY AGREEMENT, AND FIXTURE FILING DATED 11/13/2018. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A

06/30/2023, 07/07/2023 CN 27774

public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank speci ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: Diamond Living Estates, LLC; a California Limited Liability Company Duly Appointed Trustee: Beacon Default Management, Inc., a California corporation Recorded 11/16/2018, as Instrument No. 2018-0477240, of O cial Records in the o ce of the Recorder of San Diego County, California, under the power of sale therein contained, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, for cash, or cashier’s check made payable to Beacon Default Management, Inc. (payable at the time of sale in lawful money of the United States) without warranty express or implied as to title, use, possession or encumbrances, all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it as such Trustee, in and to the following described property situated in the aforesaid County and State, towit: Date of Sale: 7/24/2023 at 10:30 AM Place of Sale: At the entrance to the East County Regional Center by the statue, 250 E. Main Street, El Cajon, CA 92020 Said property is being sold for the purpose of paying the obligations secured by said Deed of Trust, including, without limitation, fees, and expenses of sale. The total amount of the unpaid principal balance, together with reasonably estimated costs, charges, expenses, fees, and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Trustee’s Sale is: $613,096.08 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 540 Plumosa Avenue Vista, California 92081 Legal Description: Please see Exhibit

o all liens senior to the lien being auctioned o , before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s o ce or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO

“A” attached hereto Personal Property Description: Please see Exhibit “B” attached hereto

A.P.N.: 217-131-56-00 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the bene ciary within 10 days of the date of rst publication of this Notice of Sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holder’s rights against the real property only.

THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE.

ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED

TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDITOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby noti ed that a negative credit report re ecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to ful ll the terms of your credit obligations. The name, street address and telephone number of the Trustee is: Beacon Default Management, Inc. 30101 Agoura Court, Suite 203 Agoura Hills, California 91301 Phone: (310) 929-5457 Trustee’s Sale No.

2021-100538 FOR TRUSTEE

SALE INFORMATION

PLEASE CALL: Stox Posting & Publishing, LLC Sale Line: (844) 477-7869 www. stoxposting.com NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself.

Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned o may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying

PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, bene ciary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (844) 477-7869 or visit this Internet Web site www.stoxposting.com, using the le number assigned to this case 2021-100538. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be re ected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you may call (714) 929-1034, or visit this internet website: www. stoxposting.com, using the le number assigned to this case 2021-100538 to nd the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid, so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid, by remitting the funds and a davit described in Section 2924m(c) of the Civil Code, so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase.

Date: June 20, 2023 Beacon Default Management, Inc., a California corporation, as trustee Amie S. Akridge, Authorized Signatory   Trustee le: 2021-100538 EXHIBIT “A” All that certain real property situated in the County of San Diego, State of California, described as follows:

THAT PORTION OF LOT 7 IN BLOCK 3 OF CHARLES VICTOR HALL TRACT, UNIT 1, ACCORDING TO MAP

THEREOF NO. 1963 ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, NOVEMBER 24, 1926, CONVEYED TO EUGENIA A.

M. KISSINGER AND JOHN A. KISSINGER AS TRUSTEES UNDER THAT CERTAIN REVOCABLE DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED DECEMBER 20, 2004, A.K.A. THE KISSINGER FAMILY TRUST, PER QUITCLAIM DEED RECORDED JANUARY 11, 2005 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 2005-0026563 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS. EXCEPTING THEREFROM,

ALL THOSE PORTIONS

LYING SOUTHERLY, EASTERLY AND NORTHEASTERLY OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED LINE: BEGINNING AT THE MOST WESTERLY CORNER OF THE LAND CONVEYED TO EUGENIA A. M.

KISSINGER AND JOHN A.

KISSINGER IN SAID

DOCUMENT 2005- 0026563;

THENCE ALONG THE

SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID CONVEYANCE, SOUTH

40°05’25” EAST, 106.04 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE

LEAVING SAID

SOUTHWESTERLY LINE, NORTH 44°08’00” EAST, 120.00 FEET; THENCE

NORTH 18°06’18” WEST 37.44

FEET TO A POINT ON THE

NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID KISSINGER LAND;

THENCE ALONG SAID

NORTHEASTERLY LINE, NORTH 43°20’00” WEST 65.02 FEET; THENCE

LEAVING SAID

NORTHEASTERLY LINE, NORTH 88°26’30” WEST, 7.00

FEET; THENCE NORTH

43°20’00” WEST, 2.00 FEET

TO A POINT ON THE

NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID KISSINGER LAND, SAID POINT LIES ON THE ARC OF A 275.00 FOOT

RADIUS CURVE, CONCAVE

SOUTHEASTERLY, AN ARC

DISTANCE OF 4.96 FEET

SOUTHWESTERLY OF THE

MOST NORTHERLY CORNER OF SAID KISSINGER LAND.

SAID LAND IS DESCRIBED AS PARCEL B, AS SHOWN ON

B/C 06-0098, ON

CERTIFICATE OF

COMPLIANCE RECORDED

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008 AS

FILE NO. 2008- 0495267

OFFICIAL RECORDS.

Trustee Sale: 2021-100538

Exhibit “B” All property now or hereafter owned by Trustor and a xed to or located upon or used in connection with the Premises, and all renewals, replacements and substitutions thereof and additions hereto, which, to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall be deemed a part of the real property, and shall cover all articles of personal property and all materials delivered to the Premises for incorporation or use in any construction permitted by Bene ciary to be conducted thereon and owned by Trustor and all permits, approvals, plans, speci cations, architect’s contracts, construction contracts, and similar items used in connection with construction of any improvements on the Premises.

STOX 939347_2021-100538

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T.S. No. 107568-CA APN: 101-440-10-00 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO

PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 9/3/2004. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR

PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER On 8/25/2023 at 9:00 AM, CLEAR RECON CORP, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 9/13/2004 as Instrument No. 2004-0866229 of O cial Records in the o ce of the County Recorder of San Diego County, State of CALIFORNIA executed by:

SARA M. LYPPS, A MARRIED WOMAN, AS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE; ENTRANCE OF THE EAST COUNTY REGIONAL CENTER, 250 E. MAIN STREET, EL CAJON, CA 92020 all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: MORE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 2251

GLENN ROAD, FALLBROOK, CA 92028

The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition, or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $467,138.44 If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The bene ciary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written

Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned or its predecessor caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the

county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned o may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying o all liens senior to the lien being auctioned o , before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s o ce or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, bene ciary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (800) 280-2832 or visit this Internet Web site WWW. AUCTION.COM, using the le number assigned to this case 107568-CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be re ected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. NOTICE TO TENANT:

E ective January 1, 2021, you may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call (855) 313-3319, or visit this internet website www. clearreconcorp.com, using the le number assigned to this case 107568-CA to nd the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase.

FOR SALES INFORMATION:

(800) 280-2832 CLEAR RECON CORP 8880 Rio San Diego Drive, Suite 725 San Diego, California 92108 STOX 939197_107568-CA 06/30/2023, 07/07/2023, 07/14/2023 CN 27773

T.S. No.: 2023-00318-CA

A.P.N.: 108-382-04-00

Property Address: 712 STEWART CANYON ROAD, FALLBROOK, CA 92028 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(a) and (d), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION REFERRED TO BELOW IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR.

NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED

本文件包含一个信息摘要

참고사항: 본 첨부 문서에 정보 요약서가 있습니다 NOTA: SE ADJUNTA UN RESUMEN DE LA INFORMACIÓN DE ESTE DOCUMENTO TALA: MAYROONG BUOD NG IMPORMASYON SA DOKUMENTONG ITO NA NAKALAKIP LƯU Ý: KÈM THEO ĐÂY LÀ BẢN TRÌNH BÀY TÓM LƯỢC VỀ THÔNG TIN TRONG TÀI LIỆU NÀY IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/12/2004. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.

Trustor: FRANCES REESE, A SINGLE WOMAN

Duly Appointed Trustee: Western Progressive, LLC Deed of Trust Recorded 11/17/2004 as Instrument No. 2004-1091364 in book ---, page--- and of O cial Records in the o ce of the Recorder of San Diego County, California,

Date of Sale: 07/31/2023 at 10:30 AM

Place of Sale: AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE EAST COUNTY REGIONAL CENTER BY THE STATUE, 250 E. MAIN STREET, EL CAJON, CA 92020

Estimated amount of unpaid balance, reasonably estimated costs and other charges: $ 533,148.30 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

THE TRUSTEE WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, A SAVINGS ASSOCIATION OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE:

All right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described as:

More fully described in said Deed of Trust.

Street Address or other common designation of real property: 712 STEWART CANYON ROAD, FALLBROOK, CA 92028

A.P.N.: 108-382-04-00

The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of

CITY OF ENCINITAS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT

505 S. Vulcan Avenue, Encinitas, CA 92024

Phone: (760) 633-2710 | Email: planning@encinitasca.gov | Web: www.encinitasca.gov

City Hall Hours: Monday through Thursday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM and Every other Friday (6/30 and 7/14, etc.) 8:00 AM TO 4:00 PM and closed Tuesday, July 4, 2023, in observance of Independence Day

NOTICE OF PENDING ACTION ON ADMINISTRATIVE APPLICATION AND COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT

PROJECT NAME: Swiley Residence; CASE NUMBER: CDP-005066-2021; FILING

DATE: December 20, 2021; APPLICANT: Craig Friehauf, Friehauf Architects Inc; LOCATION: 459 Arroyo Drive (APN: 256-420-27-00); PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Request for a Coastal Development Permit for the construction of a two-story single family residence with a basement garage on an existing vacant lot with site improvements; ZONING/OVERLAY: The project site is located within the Residential 3 (R-3) Zone, Special Study Overlay Zone, Scenic/ Visual Corridor Overlay Zone and the Coastal Overlay Zone; ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS: The project has been determined to be exempt from environmental review pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15303(a) which exempts the construction of a single-family residence.

STAFF CONTACT: Sara Cadona, Assistant Planner, 760-633-2697, scadona@encinitasca. gov

PRIOR TO 5:00 PM ON MONDAY JULY 10, 2023, ANY INTERESTED PERSON MAY REVIEW THE APPLICATION AND PRESENT TESTIMONY, ORALLY OR IN WRITING, TO THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. WRITTEN TESTIMONY IS PREFERRED IN ORDER TO HAVE A RECORD OF THE COMMENTS RECEIVED. If additional information is not required, the Development Services Department will render a determination on the application, pursuant to Section 2.28.090 of the City of Encinitas Municipal Code, after the close of the review period. An Appeal of the Department’s determination accompanied by the appropriate ling fee may be led within 10-calendar days from the date of the determination. Appeals will be considered by the City Council pursuant to Chapter 1.12 of the Municipal Code. Any ling of an appeal will suspend this action as well as any processing of permits in reliance thereon in accordance with Encinitas Municipal Code Section 1.12.020(D)(1) until such time as an action is taken on the appeal.

The above item is located within the Coastal Zone and requires the issuance of a regular Coastal Development Permit. The action of the Development Services Director may not be appealed to the California Coastal Commission.

Under California Government Code Sec. 65009, if you challenge the nature of the proposed action in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised regarding the matter described in this notice or written correspondence delivered to the City at or prior to the date and time of the determination. 06/30/2023 CN 27780

said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $ 533,148.30

Note: Because the Bene ciary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse.

The bene ciary of the Deed of Trust has executed and delivered to the undersigned a written request to commence foreclosure, and the undersigned caused a Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S

SALE

NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned o may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying o all liens senior to the lien being auctioned o , before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s o ce or a title insurance company, either of

which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on this property.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY

OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, bene ciary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (866)-960-8299 or visit this Internet Web site https://www. altisource.com/loginpage.

aspx using the le number assigned to this case 202300318-CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be re ected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S

SALE

NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction, if conducted after January 1, 2021, pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase.

First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call (866)-960-8299 or visit this internet website https://www.altisource.com/

loginpage.aspx, using the le number assigned to this case 2023-00318-CA to nd the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid, by remitting the funds and a davit described in Section 2924m(c) of the Civil Code, so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase.

Date: June 15, 2023 Western Progressive, LLC, as Trustee for bene ciary C/o 1500 Palma Drive, Suite 238 Ventura, CA 93003 Sale Information Line: (866) 960-8299 https://www. altisource.com/loginpage. aspx Trustee Sale Assistant WESTERN PROGRESSIVE, LLC MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 06/23/2023, 06/30/2023, 07/07/2023 CN 27760

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S

SALE TS No. CA-23954018-NJ Order No.: 230077748-CA-VOI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 1/19/2018. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC

Mercury fire Carlsbad’s Nygaard

By Steve Puterski

REGION — After struggling through a 2-10 start to the season, the WMBA’s Phoenix Mercury “parted ways” with head coach Vanessa Nygaard on June 25, the team announced.

The Mercury named assistant Nikki Blue as the team’s interim head coach to replace Nygaard, who had a 17-31 overall record since taking the job last season. Nygaard, a 1994 Carlsbad High School graduate, played at Stanford and was

drafted by the New York Liberty in the fourth round of the 1998 WNBA Draft.

“We have chosen to make a change at head coach,” Mercury General Manager Jim Pitman said in a release.

“We thank Vanessa Nygaard for the way she endured and managed the adversity of the last year-plus.

“Our organization and

our fans have high expectations for this team, and we have not reached those with our performance this year.”

During Nygaard’s tenure, Phoenix was beset by injuries to several of its top players and lost star center Brittney Griner, who made international headlines when she was detained in Russia for about 10 months on drug charges.

After finishing her professional playing career, Nygaard began coaching in 2003 at California State University, Long Beach, and then at Pepperdine University in 2004.

She has also served as an assistant coach for the WNBA’s San Antonio Silver Stars (2008), Washington Mystics (2009) and Las Vegas Aces (2021).

Nygaard was head coach of the Windward School girls’ basketball team for a decade, leading the Los Angeles prep school to back-to-back state titles (2017, 2018) and five CIF Southern Section Championships. Nygaard was named the Cal-Hi Sports State Coach of the Year in 2020.

GIRLS’ FLAG FOOTBALL is now an official varsity sport in California, and it will be played starting this fall at San Dieguito Union High School District schools.

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SDUHSD adds girls’ sport to CIF lineup

By Kaila Mellos

REGION — Girls at four high schools in the San Dieguito Union High School District have a new varsity sports opportunity.

The SDUHSD board on June 15 unanimously approved girls’ flag football as an official sport at Canyon Crest Academy, La Costa Canyon High School, San Dieguito High School

Academy and Torrey Pines High School beginning in the 2023-24 school year.

California Interscholastic Federation, or CIF, the organization that governs high school athletics in the state, approved flag football as a varsity sport earlier this year, to be played during the fall season.

Trustees Rimga Viskanta and Jane Lea Smith both recalled playing powderpuff football and welcomed the idea that girls will now get the chance to play it at a competitive level.

“In high school, we had one game we got to play, and they called it powderpuff,” Viskanta said. “I had so much fun under the stadium lights, and I can’t believe I could only do that once, so I’m so excited that this could be a sport now.”

Before summer break officially started, San Dieguito Academy held an interest meeting for the sport, with more than a dozen girls in attendance.

“Having the 15 (girls)

was a good turnout and even the girls said, ‘Hey, we could get more girls out here if we need it,’” said SDA Athletic Director Scott Jordon. “I think this is going to be fun, especially to see that there is definitely interest in it, and I was pleased to see that.”

Torrey Pines AD Charlenne Falcis-Stevens believes the sport is just another way of expanding students’ true potential on the field.

“TPHS is very excited to add girls flag football to our athletic programs,” Falcis-Stevens said. “It’s an opportunity to tap into another group of student-athletes and showcase their talents in the athletic arena.”

Games will begin as early as Aug. 18 and teams can play as many as 28 games, according to the CIF website.

Each of the four SDUHSD schools will receive an estimated $38,000 in funding for the sport to start up, including coaching stipends, cost of officials and equipment.

DMUSD projects $11M over budget

By Laura Place

DEL MAR

— Officials in the Del Mar Union School District are reevaluating costs and the use of bond funds after grappling with multimillion-dollar price increases for two major projects.

In recent school board discussions, officials said the cost of the ongoing Del Mar Heights School rebuild has increased by around $5 million after major delays due to litigation and that the planned Del Mar Hills Academy modernization project could be as much as $6 million over budget.

The board begrudgingly approved new costs for the Del Mar Heights rebuild at its June 21 meeting, completing an updated lease-leaseback agreement with contractor Balfour Beatty Construction.

A group of community members called Save the Field filed their lawsuit in mid-2020, calling for the preservation of open space within the district’s boundaries.

An injunction in the case was lifted in March, and construction resumed on the rebuild immediately afterward.

The price tag had already risen to around $66 million as of early 2022, with the additional bump now bringing it north of $70 million.

“It is what it is; it’s disappointing. This is kind of what we were talking about all through the process — as litigation is occurring, we knew costs would increase, and we’re reaping the results of that now. It’s unfortunate for the community,” Board President Gee Wah Mok said.

Del Mar Heights students have been at Ocean Air Elementary and Del Mar Hills since 2020. The new estimated completion date for the rebuild is May 2024.

In the face of climbing expenses for the Del Mar Hills modernization project, district leaders are planning to engage with the school’s community about the possibility of moving students off campus for the duration of the work to cut costs.

The modernization effort will include removing the school’s portables, enhancing the classrooms to provide natural daylight, replacing some concrete walls and adding a lunch shelter, among other improvements.

At the board’s May 24 meeting, Assistant Superintendent of Business Services Chris Delehanty said the original $20 million cost is now expected to be over $26 million.

The increased cost is largely due to the addition of needed seismic retrofitting work, in addition to delays from the Del Mar Heights litigation.

Work was originally planned to be completed in phases while students are on campus.

Delehanty said the district could cut costs down to $23 million if students are moved fully off campus since the work could take place more continuously.

“It’s gonna be more expensive to construct with students onsite,” Delehanty said.

However, he admitted that bussing the displaced

students to a new school location and accommodating them at that site would likely cost the district an additional $500,000 to $1 million.

Board members preferred to wait to make any decisions about whether to keep kids on or off campus and requested that the Del Mar Hills community be involved in the discussion.

“I don’t feel like this is fair to our Del Mar Hills community. We have to inform them that they have the potential to be losing a lot here,” said Trustee Katherine Fitzpatrick.

Delehanty said another way to bring costs down would be to eliminate the planned classroom improvements, but that this would likely be an unpopular option for the community.

“It does concern me

to go over budget, but it also concerns me to strip it down to no improvements in the classroom because then we’re looking at a project that really isn’t going to impact the kids as much,” Delehanty said.

Going forward, district leaders hope to finalize the costs for Del Mar Hills in time to submit plans to the Division of the State Architect by early 2024 to avoid costs rising even more.

The district will also hold a new bond workshop in the coming months to provide a larger overview of Measure MM funds and whether all planned projects are still possible with the rise in construction costs.

Of the original $186 million bond passed in 2018, around $80 million in funds remain, Delehanty said.

Camp Pendleton Marines die in Downey crash

By City News Service CAMP PENDLETON

— Three U.S. Marines from Camp Pendleton were among four people who died in a single-vehicle crash on the southbound Santa Ana (I-5) Freeway in Downey, authorities said June 27.

All four were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash that occurred about 2:30 a.m. Saturday.

The name of the fourth victim was withheld, pending

notification of relatives.

Three of the victims — Daniel Nichols, 26, Joshua Moore Jr., 27, and Rodrigo Zermeno Gomez, 21 — were Marines based at Camp Pendleton, KCAL reported, citing information from base officials.

According to the Los Angeles Daily News, two of the deceased Marines were assigned to Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary

Force. The third Marine was assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force, according to First Lt. Sean Waterman at Camp Pendleton, the Daily News reported.

Authorities believe that the crash occurred after the driver of a Dodge Challenger lost control of their vehicle for an unknown reason and hit a guardrail on the side of the

CREWS WORK on the highly anticipated $100 million San Marcos Creek project. Courtesy

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revenues once again beginning that same year, when the city pursues a new fire station and park facilities.

To prepare, Griffin said the city would be exploring ways to raise revenues. As a landlord, this could include new ways of managing its commercial and office rentals at Creekside Market Place and the San Marcos Civic Center.

City Council members said they favor getting ahead of the issue and exploring solutions now.

“I think this is the first time we’ve had to use our excess reserves to balance the budget, and so I’m all in favor of addressing it early and not having multiple years of having a situation like that,” said Councilmember Sharon Jenkins.

While the city moved $1.9 million into the infrastructure fund last year, this year’s budget does not allow further transfers. Staff said the fund has sufficient money for project needs over the coming years.

Capital projects

San Marcos operates under a 5-year, $238 million capital improvement project (CIP) program through 2026. For the 2023-24 fiscal year, the city council approved a $5.7 million CIP budget for 46 new and ongoing projects.

Most CIP funding comes from the half-cent TransNet tax and the gas tax.

Completing the multiyear San Marcos Creek project is one of the most anticipated capital improvements this year. Crews are closing out the $100 million project with

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freeway before slamming into the wall beneath the Lemoran Avenue pedestrian bridge, according to KCAL.

The force of the collision “caused the vehicle to split in two, subsequently ejecting the two rear passengers onto the right shoulder,” said a statement from California Highway Patrol.

KCAL reported all four were ejected during the crash.

approaches between the road and the newly-constructed Via Vera Cruz bridge, work on the habitat and creek channel under the bridge, the sound wall on Discovery Street, and construction of the new Paseo de Arroyo park.

Griffin said the city is facing some delays related to work from SDG&E, which will push off a ribbon-cutting for the project into early fall.

“We’re trying to move forward as fast as possible,” he said.

Other active projects include upgrades to San Marcos Fire Station 3, including an interior remodel, storage improvements and mechanical upgrades. A $2 million state grant partially funds the $3.2 million project.

The city will also realize the $2.5 million replacement of the Olive Street bridge, the construction of the $2 million Bradley Park Pump Track, and planning and design work for the interchange project at Woodland Parkway and Highway 78.

“We appreciate staff paring down our wish list. It’s like Christmas and you get that Sears catalog when you’re a kid … and you go shoot, I don’t get everything that I want,” said Mayor Rebecca Jones.

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The Senior Volunteer Patrol of the North Coastal Sheriff’s Station performs home vacation security checks, assists with traffic control, enforces disabled parking regulations, patrols neighborhoods, schools, parks and shopping centers and visits homebound seniors who live alone for the communities of Encinitas, Solana Beach, Del Mar.& portions of the county’s unincorporated areas. Volunteers must be at least age 50, be in good health, pass a background check, have auto insurance & a valid California driver’s license. Training includes a two week academy plus training patrols. The minimum commitment is 24 hours per month, & attendance at a monthly meeting. Interested parties should call (760) 966-3579 to arrange an information meeting.

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THE COST of the Del Mar Heights School rebuild has ballooned to north of $70 million after years of expensive litigation and rising construction costs. Courtesy photo

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Family and loved ones have launched a GoFundMe to cover medical and funeral expenses. A statement on the GoFundMe page said he “touched many lives with his grace, compassion, determination and kindness.”

“Anyone that knew Brodee could feel his authentic, heart-forward energy. Brodee was fiercely steadfast in his desire to excel academically, thrive socially and grind for those gains in the gym. Nothing was more striking than Brodee’s natural ability to connect with others and his sincere desire to reflectively grow in his relationships and life pursuits. He lived with grounded humility — always learning, always evolving,” the statement said.

Brodie was riding an e-bike northbound on El Camino Real on June 23 when he changed lanes and collided with a work van, according to the San

Diego County Sheriff’s Department.

Officials said he was rushed to Scripps Memorial Hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The driver of the van, who was unharmed, re-

By City News Service REGION

— The San Diego County Board of Supervisors on June 27 unanimously approved an $8.17 billion county budget for the fiscal year 2023-24, following deliberations on more than $60 million in revisions added since May.

Board Chairwoman

Nora Vargas said the budget “uplifts communities in an equitable manner,'' with an emphasis on tackling the homeless and opioid crisis and supporting mental health programs for youth and senior citizens.

The revised budget adds $60.6 million, or an increase of 0.7%, to the May plan. The overall budget constitutes an 11% increase — or $806.4 million — over 2022's approved budget.

The revised “Invested in Community'' county budget includes another 50 staff positions, with the majority assigned to the county initiative of removing barriers to housing. The 0.2% increase brings the total of county employees to 20,387.25 staff years, an increase of 539.75 staff years from last year.

According to the proposal, the increase in both budget and staff will go to-

ward supporting “new and expanded social service programs and increasing caseloads to assist vulnerable populations.'' It also has investments in infrastructure, such as a new Public Health Lab and affordable housing projects, according to the county.

The revised plan also includes more funding to address the housing crisis, special election costs, an upgrade to the regional communication system, two mobile service center vehicles for the Probation Department, road safety improvements and more.

Some highlights of the county budget include:

• $18.3 million for implementation of the CARE Act, a state program for people with serious behavioral health issues that may provide services, shelter and treatment through civil court proceedings;

• $25 million increase for the Innovative Housing Trust Fund to help build affordable housing;

• $12.8 million for court programs to support those with mental health, substance use and other needs, such as collaborative courts, drug courts, mandatory supervision courts, reentry

mained on the scene and cooperated with law enforcement. Authorities do not believe alcohol or drugs were a factor in the collision.

“My son signaled. He did every single thing right and we’re still here,” Clare

said. “Seeing two children without their helmets buckled as I drove in here today rips me apart. It has to change. More parents cannot go through this.”

The San Dieguito Union High School District

spokesperson Miquel Jacobs said while the district offers e-bike safety resources at every school, e-bike registration, which requires passing a safety class, is not required at all schools.

The director of emergency services for the City of Encinitas issued a proclamation on June 27 to declare a local emergency for bicycle, e-bikes, and motorized mobility device safety.

The Encinitas City Council is expected to ratify the proclamation during a special June 28 meeting.

Last year, the Carlsbad City Council declared a similar emergency declaration for bikes, e-bike and traffic safety, citing a 233% increase in collisions involving bikes and e-bikes since 2019.

Reports of collisions in Carlsbad involving bikes or e-bikes have nearly doubled annually over the past four years.

Between 2018 and 2022, the Sheriff’s Department reported 235 traffic collisions along local roads in Encinitas, Del Mar and Solana Beach. But colli-

sions involving bicycles and e-bikes in those same cities have increased by 50% since 2018, with the majority of incidents occurring in Encinitas.

Brodee’s family issued a final message, urging attendees to be more cautious on the roads.

“Please slow down and watch out for each other,” Brodee’s father Roy Kingman told the crowd. “For the sake of your families, friends and your beloved children, please slow down.”

Clare also noted that even with his death, Brodie continued to help people, successfully donating two of his organs.

“His heart is still beating right now,” Clare said.

The Sheriff’s Department urges anyone who may have witnessed the collision, have cell phone or surveillance video of the incident, or have any other information to contact the North Coastal Sheriff’s Station Traffic Division at 760-9663500.

courts, veteran courts and behavioral health courts;

• $141.1 million increase for safety net program benefit payments, higher wages for in-home supportive service caregivers, additional employment services and training for CalWORKS and CalFresh recipients and expanding Info Line 211 access;

• $17 million to build a Jacumba fire station; and

• $35.6 million to build a Santee animal shelter.

Helen Robbins-Meyer, outgoing chief administrative officer, stressed “this budget is fiscally prudent.”

“I'm not jeopardizing the fiscal health of our county,'' she said.

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COMMUNITY MEMBERS held lit candles, left flowers and participated in a moment of silence during a June 27 vigil honoring the life of Brodee Champlain-Kingman Photo by Joe Orellana

Supervisors pass $8.17B budget

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Art in the Village

The Carlsbad Village Association hosted its 25th Art in the Village outdoor art show on June 25, attracting thousands of visitors to Grand and State streets in downtown Carlsbad. This year’s theme, “Creativity at the Coast,” featured fine artists from across Southern California showcasing and selling works ranging from paintings and photography to woodworking and pottery, and so much more. The City of Carlsbad offered complimentary bike valet services operated by the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition. Local restaurants Pure Project, Carruth Cellars Urban Winery, Drippin’ Kitchen, Nico’s Fish Market and Acai Surf & Roll served up food, with a seating area sponsored by Kiln Carlsbad. Live music acts performed on a stage sponsored by Ting Internet.

Photos by Steve Puterski

Fourth of July: Fireworks, BBQ and more in North County

By Steve Puterski

REGION — On July 4, the region will be rocking as fireworks boom over the sky and the smell of barbecue floats through the air as the country celebrates Independence Day.

Nearly every city in North County will have a Fourth of July party or fireworks show. Some on-site events require tickets, while others are free for the public. Here is a list of Fourth of July festivities across North County.

Carlsbad

There are two fireworks shows in in Carlsbad this year — the “Fourth of July at Aviara” at Park Hyatt Aviara, and the “Red, White & Boom!” at Legoland.

Aviara will feature a barbecue, live entertainment, Patron tasting, family-friendly activities and the fireworks show.

Tickets run between $60 for kids and $155 for adults.

Legoland has extended park hours for July 4 and includes themed entertainment, lawn activities, dance parties and the fireworks show. A one-day ticket starts at $89.

Also, there’s a July 4 party, no fireworks, at Omni La Costa requires tickets, but is open to members, guests and locals.

The event includes a buffet, live music, photo booth, bubble soccer, face painting, bounce house, a

rock wall and more. Tickets are $99 for adults and $59 for kids.

Del Mar

There are two events in the city with one of the biggest in the county being at the San Diego County Fair.

The day begins with a Fourth of July parade by the Del Mar Foundation from 9-11 a.m. at Powerhouse Park, 1658 Coast Blvd. Light

refreshments will be available after the parade and residents are encouraged to decorate bikes, strollers, dogs and more in red, white and blue. The organizers are requesting e-bikes be left at home.

The Del Mar Fairgrounds will open its doors to the grandstand at 7:30 p.m. with the “Fourth of July Spectacular” starting at 9 p.m. Tickets to the fair

will include access to the fireworks show, although individual tickets can be purchased for $20-$25.

Encinitas

The city will hold its annual July 4 parade, which starts at Olivenhain Meeting Hall.

Escondido

The city will host its annual fireworks show,

although the traditional hours long event will not be done this year. Instead, the city’s show begins at 9 a.m. at Grape Day Park, 321 N. Broadway. No dogs, barbecues or alcohol is allowed.

Oceanside

The city will host a fireworks show on July 3 at the SoCal Soccer Complex at El Corazon, 3300 El Corazon Drive, and is also a celebra-

tion of the city’s 135th anniversary of incorporation. The event runs from 5:30 p.m.-10 p.m. and features live entertainment, a family fun zone, picnic area and food vendors.

On July 4, the San Diego Salute Formation will conduct a flyover at the Oceanside Pier and Mission Pacific Hotel. The flyover showcases vintage Beechcraft T-34s.

San Marcos

The “Red, White and Boom!” begins at 5 p.m. at Bradley Park, 1587 Linda Vista Drive, and is free to attend. This year will include live music with the 1980s cover band BetaMAXX, carnival games, bounce houses and on-site food sales.

The fireworks show starts at 9 p.m. and to donate to the show, the organizers have set up a GoFundMe. The show is organized by residents, businesses and Friends of San Marcos Parks and Recreation.

The Lakehouse Resort at Lake San Marcos will hold its “Stars, Stripes and Spurs” July 4 party from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Admission is free but tickets are required to enter and can be found online..

The event includes a patriotic presentation, patriotic dog contest, a mechanical bull, dunk tank, sack races, watermelon eating contest, musical chairs and other games. Attendees are encouraged to wear western attire.

OCEANSIDE CELEBRATED its annual Fourth of July parade last weekend, but cities around North County will be hosting a number of Independence Day events next week, including fireworks, parades and barbecues. Photo by Jessamyn Trout

That Pizza Place is back...with plenty of local beer

By Jeff Spanier

Long-time residents of Carlsbad have no doubt made their way at one time or another to That Pizza Place.

For many of us who grew up in Carlsbad, That Pizza Place has been the place for birthday parties, viewing big games, end-ofseason trophy celebrations and the go-to hang out with friends.

That Pizza Place has always been that unique spot that is somehow suitable for kid’s parties, family get-togethers and still cool enough to be a teen hangout.

So, there was communal dismay when, in 2020, That Pizza Place announced that after over 40 years, it would be closing down.

The grief was shortlived when four longtime friends made the decision to buy the iconic pizza parlor.

John Chavez, Chris Chiarappa, Troy Guerra and Thadd MacNeil took the gamble to return That Pizza Place to their community.

There are many aspects of the original That Pizza Place that the new owners kept intact.

Some are immediately obvious to a returning patron, and some are subtle. There are also notable upgrades to the space, the menu and — most importantly to the author of this article — to the beer lineup.

That Pizza Place is serving eight local brews (as well as wines and kombuchas).

The TPP House Blonde is brewed by Carlsbad’s Burgeon Beer Co. It’s a medium-bodied blonde ale with subtle herbal notes reminiscent of tea.

The IPA lineup is strong. My Yard Live’s Flight of the Kiwis is a West Coast IPA and a 2021 medal winner at the Great American Beer Festival.

From Oceanside, Breakwater Brewing’s flagship DMJ IPA offers a different take on the West Coast style. Other local favorites include Eppig Brewing’s Wake Up and Slay IPA and Delahunt’s Overcast Hazy IPA.

For those looking for less hoppy beer, Mother Earth’s Cali Creamin and Port Brewing’s Midnight Expression offer tasty alternatives.

While I didn’t explore the option, I did note that several non-alcoholic beers were not only available but were offered at a very rea-

sonable price. I had the chance to sit down with two of the co-owners, Chavez and Guerra, to talk beer and hear about their venture to reestablish That Pizza Place as a community hub.

Cheers!: Tell me about

your beer lineup. Guerra: We aren’t huge beer experts ourselves, but what we wanted to do is to have some classics like Coors Light and Modelo. But for the rest of the beers, we wanted to put an emphasis on local

brewers, specifically North County breweries.

Cheers!: What has been most popular?

Guerra: Flight of the Kiwis from My Yard Live Beer Company in San Marcos. We have a rotation; our best sellers stay on because it’s blasphemy if we take them off. We also have a rotation of 5-6 different beers based on the season or what’s new and available.

Cheers!: We’ve covered the beer. Let’s get into the story. What made sense about buying this place during COVID?

family and community and sports. I wanted a place for my kids to come to like I always had. It was something we felt compelled to make happen.

Chavez: For me, it was a time when the world felt upside down. And for us, when we saw it was going to close, it just felt like everything was so abnormal. We wanted to bring some normalcy back.

Cheers!: As soon as you walk in, you recognize it as That Pizza Place.

Guerra: The bartops are all the originals. We’ve kept the classic red plastic cups and the wooden salad bowls. All the signage and trophies on the walls are original. There’s even a little of the old velvet wallpaper on the wall of the arcade.

Cheers!: What has been the most rewarding part of this venture?

Guerra: We knew how nostalgic this place was to us. But in the first few months of reopening, we heard hundreds of people

Chavez: — If not thousands!

Guerra: — saying thank you for opening this place back up. One family said our father’s wake was here because it was his favorite restaurant. One couple told us they had their rehearsal dinner here in 1979. It’s a place that’s truly connecting community and families.

Chavez: I knew how special it was to us, but to hear it from so many others has really made it worthwhile.

Guerra: I came in one day and there were four birthday parties with balloons and cakes ranging from two years old to seventy-five. I got a little choked up, and I said to Johnny, “This is why we bought this place. For this right here.”

Chavez: More than a few people had questions about why we were doing this. It has been a labor of love.

Guerra: Yes. It was always a place that was about

That Pizza Place is located at 2622 El Camino Real, Carlsbad. Jeff Spanier is the host of I Like Beer the Podcast. To hear the full interview, take a listen wherever you get podcasts.

Follow Spanier’s adventures @ilikebeerthepodcast on Instagram.

IN 2020, That Pizza Place announced it was shutting its doors after 40 years serving pies to the community. But friends John Chavez, Chris Chiarappa, Troy Guerra and Thadd MacNeil brought the beloved establishment back. Courtesy photo/TPP

REOPENING under new ownership, That Pizza Place launched a local craft beer lineup. Courtesy photos/TPP

JASON DANDERAND, general manager of That Pizza Place, has helped build a strong beer menu. Courtesy photo/TPP

Eat&Drink

Green Dragon a revolutionary spot

taste of wine

In the 1700s, American taverns served as hubs for dining, news sharing, and community gatherings. An iconic example was Boston's original Green Dragon, which stood in the North End until 1854.

St. Andrew’s Masonic Lodge nicknamed the Green Dragon due to its copper dragon ornamentation, played host to both Masonic meetings and historic gatherings.

Notably, it was where America's founding fathers strategized the Boston Tea Party, a pivotal event in their quest for independence from British rule. Moreover, Paul Revere departed from this very tavern on the night he famously warned Bostonians, “The British are coming.”

Carlsbad’s Green Dragon owner, a former inner-city math instructor turned serial entrepreneur, developed a deep-rooted passion for history, collecting documents from America's founding fathers, such as Samuel Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, and John Hancock.

In 2005, and then in 2012, he partnered with John Lek, GreenDragon senior vice president and general manager, who had studied political science and history at UC San Diego. Together, they developed a replica of the original Green Dragon.

The multifaceted venue offers guests a private event space, a highly-rated restaurant and a free-admission museum, where visitors can explore America’s roots surrounded by Colonial American antiquities.

“Still recovering from the Covid-era closures, we are seeking community partnerships, private donations and grants to develop new programs and offer all Title I 5th-grade classes fully funded field trips with a nutritious lunch,” Lek said.

To support and eventually grow the free-admission nonprofit museum, Green Dragon’s leadership sought to identify the ideal property situated between Orange County/Los Angeles and San Diego to offer the widest range of access to visitors and fell in love with a coastal site in Carlsbad. In 2012, they broke ground on the venue, economically redeveloping the former Hadley Fruit and Nut Farm off Palomar Airport Road.

The dormant site turned into a stunning two-story, 22,000 square foot New England-inspired brick structure featuring dormers, stone fireplaces, ample free parking, a family-owned

Bird Rock Coffee

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ing coffee.

and spice on the nose and a creamy mouthfeel with hints of Meyer lemon on the palate, which complemented my meal perfectly.

Frank opted for a local Alesmith .394 Pale Ale, paying homage to Tony Gwynn’s remarkable .394 batting average.

Green Dragon’s lobster roll on Texas toast, filled with chilled lobster, maple bacon, avocado, and lemon-anchovy aioli, was the best I’ve ever had. The Ahi poke featured sashimi-grade tuna with cashews, sesame seeds, ginger-soy vinaigrette, avocado, green onion, taro, and wonton chips. The poke was also top-notch.

What: Light roast, Ecuador Alambi AAA

Tasting notes: Blackberry marmalade, sugar cane, vanilla cream

Find them at: birdrockcoffee.com and on Instagram: @birdrockcoffeeroasters

By Ryan Woldt

Honestly, I forgot that Bird Rock Coffee Roasters opened a cafe in downtown Encinitas. I don't blame myself. I blame Bird Rock Coffee Roasters. They have 10 — 10! — cafes now, including their roasting space on Morena Boulevard in Bay Park.

I was still thirsty. I whipped out my trusty paper map, and…just kidding. Having a map on my phone is the only reason I keep the phone. Bird Rock was just around the corner. Part of me was thrilled because I’d get coffee soon, likely a pretty good one, but part of me also started to gear up for the stress of an extremely fast-paced, high-energy engagement at the coffee bar.

Bird Rock Cofee is nothing if not busy all the time.

200+ seat restaurant and a highly sought-after event space.

The reconfigurable 3,400 square-foot ballroom can be separated into three rooms, each equipped with video and sound, making it ideal for corporate or military functions, special events, and parties accommodating up to 200 attendees.

The food served at the Green Dragon, including the event space, is always freshly prepared, ensuring hot and delicious dishes for guests.

Step into Green Dragon's dining room for a charming trip to the 1700s, complete with wall hangings

and a fireplace. The menu offers a variety of New England comfort food, including seafood options, vegan dishes, and gluten-free choices. For starters, I recommend the flavorful New England Clam Chowder with littleneck clams, applewood smoked bacon, and red bliss potatoes.

Alternatively, try the house salad with mixed greens, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, shaved carrots, honey apple balsamic, and parmesan crostini.

I enjoyed a glass of J Lohr “Riverstone” Chardonnay, a 94-point Award of Excellence wine featuring notes of orange, white peach,

Executive chef Darren Denny, formerly of San Diego Yacht Club, delighted us with his seafood-focused menu. I savored the Seafood Mixed Grill Trio, featuring cod, salmon, and shrimp complemented by Old Bay aioli, asparagus, and tri-colored herb roasted fingerlings — a burst of delightful seafood flavors!

Frank, on the other hand, chose his go-to dish, the Fish 'N Chips, featuring moist and flaky beer-battered cod. It was accompanied by garlic parmesan

I stopped at The Lumberyard when I saw a sign for Grounded hanging from the white-trimmed, red-bricked building, which turned out to be a furniture store. The shop was neither open nor serv-

The door is propped open, and as I cross the threshold, I face another unexpected twist to the morning. It’s calm, quiet even. It’s just me and two baristas who’ve clearly learned the age-old hospitality lesson, “If you’ve got time to lean, you’ve got time to clean.”

They’re working away

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BIRD ROCK Coffee Roasters is at the Lumberyard in downtown Encinitas. Photo via Facebook/Bird Rock Coffee

Bean Journal

frank mangio & rico cassoni

GREEN DRAGON Tavern and Museum is inspired by the 18th century building of the same name in Boston, a meeting place for the nation’s Founding Fathers. Courtesy photo/Green Dragon

CEDAR PLANK SALMON with a whole grain mustard & brown sugar crust, orange basil relish, grilled asparagus and a gouda & chives twice baked potato. Courtesy photo/Green Dragon

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Oceanside Independence Parade

Celebration draws thousands downtown

By Samantha Nelson

OCEANSIDE — Red, white and blue flooded Coast Highway on June 24 as hundreds of people marched past thousands of spectators downtown during the annual Oceanside Independence Parade.An estimated 5,000-6,000 people gathered to watch the parade featuring 137 groups in its procession.

Although Oceanside has a long history of hosting Independence Day parades — pictures dating back to the turn of the 20th century prove it — the parade in its current form has been around for 27 years.

MainStreet Oceanside, a nonprofit organization, took control of the parade roughly 10 years ago.

Each year, MainStreet Oceanside decks out the parade route in patriotic colors and donates thousands of small American flags to pass out to spectators, an idea CEO Rick Wright came up with years ago.

“I thought we needed more flags — more red, white and blue,” Wright said.

This year, MainStreet Oceanside passed out nearly 5,000 flags during the parade that lasted approximately two hours and 15 minutes.

Typically scheduled on the Saturday before July 4, the parade was a week earlier this year due to the availability of city resources.

“It’s all hands on deck for the city when it comes to the parade,” Wright said. “The entire public works department comes out to do the hard part, which is closing the streets and setting up barricades, then the police come out to patrol the barricades. … It takes a lot of people, so the city gives us a

comfortable date.”

The parade committee is busy months in advance, with monthly meetings beginning in January becoming weekly meetings the closer the date approaches.

Elected officials, including Rep. Mike Levin, Supervisor Jim Desmond, Assemblywoman Laurie Davies, Mayor Esther Sanchez, Deputy Mayor Ryan Keim and Councilmember Peter Weiss, Councilmember Eric Joyce and Councilmember

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fries, tartar sauce, and Tavern slaw. I couldn’t resist trying a bite of the beer-battered cod, which proved to be delicious.

Indulge in dessert and their new dessert cocktails. We tried the Salted Caramel White Russians with vodka, Kahlua, caramel sauce, cream, and salt, as recommended by our server Nicole. I savored the carrot cake with walnuts, caramel, and cream cheese frosting, while Frank enjoyed the chocolate lava cake with ice

Rick Robinson, followed members of the Marines and Navy at the head of the parade.

The congressman reportedly circled back to walk the parade route a second time with a group of supporters.

“(Levin) loves the parade,” Wright said.

The parade also honored four people recognized as “Hometown Heroes” for their contributions to the community, including Herb

cream, both drizzled with chocolate sauce.

Lek, along with Tavern Manager Paul Palenscar and Events Coordinator Sarah Candelaria, have created a grand museum with fabulous dining. The restaurant, Green Dragon, offers a value-priced lunch menu with over a dozen choices, each at $12.95. They are open Wed to Sun, from 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. We were excited to visit the Green Dragon and do this column as a tribute to America’s upcoming 247th birthday on July Fourth. Don’t miss the chance to

Meyer, Jimmy Figueroa, Anne Garrett and Daniel Guillou.

Meyer, 87, a teacher and football coach in Oceanside for nearly 50 years who died in April, was inducted into the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association, El Camino High School and California High School Football Halls of Fame.

Figueroa, an Oceanside native who advocates for underserved populations, now serves as the executive director of Operation HOPENorth County, a homeless shelter for families with children and single women in Vista.

Before his current role, Figueroa helped develop Resilience Community Mentoring, the juvenile reentry program in Oceanside, in partnership with the San Diego County Probation Department and Vista Community Clinic.

Figueroa currently holds leadership roles in the North County Gang Commission, Oceanside Police and Fire Commission, MiraCosta College Foundation and Oceanside Theatre Company.

Garrett dedicated more than 12 years to spreading the healthy lifestyle message

visit Green Dragon Museum and savor a delicious meal! Reservations can be made on their website or OpenTable. See more information on the museum, dining, and private events at greendragontavernca.com.

— Story by Rico Cassoni

Wine Bytes

Gianni Buonomo Vintners in Ocean Beach is hosting a Blaufrankisch Picnic from 1-5 p.m. on July 8. Your $25 admission ticket includes a homemade grilled bratwurst, potato

of the Move Your Feet Before You Eat Foundation.

“You can experience a lot with your many miles of smiles, with friends and family no matter your running or walking pace,” Garrett previously said.

Guillou is a wheelchair rugby champion, math educator, volunteer and dog lover.

“I broke my neck when I was 16 years old in Wisconsin, but that did not stop me from pursuing my dreams,” Guillou said. “I moved to Oceanside in 1994 and love it.”

Guillou won a gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics playing wheelchair rugby and worked in the math learning center at MiraCosta College for 17 years.

Wright noted that the early date for the parade allowed groups like the 1st Marine Division Band to perform without competition from other events closer to July 4.

Despite all the work it takes to make the parade happen, Wright believes it’s worth it.

“The parade is one of my favorite events because it brings the community together to celebrate,” Wright said.

salad and chips (veggie option available), a glass of Blaufränkisch, and a commemorative Blaufränkisch t-shirt. Get tix at bit.ly/ towaf-blau.

Rico Cassoni is the executive producer for Taste of Wine and Food. Founder/advisor Frank Mangio is a renowned wine connoisseur certified by Wine Spectator. Frank and Rico are two of the leading reviewers on the web. View their columns at tasteofwineandfood.com. Reach them at info@tasteofwineandfood.com.

JOHN LEK, senior vice president and general manager of Green Dragon, stands next to two of the museum’s nostalgic displays. Photo by Rico Cassoni

CITY CLERK Zeb Navarro cruises down Coast Highway during the Oceanside Independence Day Parade. Photo by Samantha Nelson

THE INDEPENDENCE PARADE consisted of 137 groups in the procession down Coast Highway 101 in downtown Oceanside, with an estimated 5,000-6,000 people on hand to watch. The parade is usually held the Saturday before the Fourth of July but was held a week earlier this year due to the availability of city resources. Photos by Jessamyn Trout

Make the most of your space with ‘useful’ herbs

jano’s garden

Many horticulturists describe herbs as “useful plants.” They have a multitude of uses in cooking, fragrances, medicine, dyes and cosmetics.

When we decide what to plant in our gardens, we have to make a choice, depending on available space — which plant wins the spatial allotment, and which does not.

At the Pine Street Community Garden, one of the plot owners recently was pacing out her 4-by-20-foot plot for summer planting and considered re-planting artichokes.

In the previous year her lustily grown choke had produced only 15 artichokes but took up half of the garden bed.

So, realizing that the artichoke is not a “useful plant” in a small, raised bed, she pulled up the mother plant and gave the offshoot to another gardener, opting instead for smaller summer squash, tomatoes and herbs.

According to Katherine Whiteside, a horticulturist colleague from New York and author of “The Way We Garden Now”:

“Start your herb project with a south-facing bed in a dry sunny spot ready for planting. Allow at least one square foot per herb, because you want to have enough herbs to really be useful. It is too stingy to add one or two leaves to the salad. Grow handfuls of herbs. You will always be able to use or give away extras.

“A brand-new gardener might want to plant an herb patch two feet wide and four feet long with space for eight different culinary herbs. Plant your bed near the kitchen for a quick harvest.”

This recipe for success can also be applied on a smaller scale to any existing raised bed, a series of large window boxes or the latest in gardening fashion — a horse trough!

When planning your bed, and making your purchases, ask your garden center expert how large each plant will grow and whether it is considered an annual or perennial.

Most of the herbs in this article will produce best when purchased as 3-inch seedlings or in quart containers.

WHICH HERBS TO CHOOSE

BASIL – With the wide variety of basils available, it is hard to pick just one! So, if your space allows, try to grow at least three. Thai basil has a smaller and much tastier leaf than the Italian varieties, with a red hue that adds spice to all stir fry dish-

es. Genovese basil has large leaves, and African basil can be raised as a perennial.

CILANTRO — Not everyone’s favorite, but useful in all Mexican dishes such as tacos, salsa, and mixed green and black bean salad.

DILL — This towering annual grows to 3 feet tall, and each piece of the plant is useful. Used as an indoor arrangement in a large vase, this will wow your guests and each can take home a small sample as a place set-

ting! LAVENDER — This aromatic miniature shrub will cast its soothing spell when touched, but give it plenty of room at the edge of the garden to spread. In Southern California, this plant will multiply two-fold each year.

THYME — Although this spicy herb can be difficult to harvest, it just requires a pair of tiny scissors to snip enough to add to chicken, soup or even pizza.

When shopping, ask the garden center expert to help you locate a a number of varieties, since each has a distinct flavor.

OREGANO — A yearlong favorite, this fast-growing perennial can be snipped for a meal or easily transplant to other places, such as your friend’s backyard.

PARSLEY — Either flat-leafed or curly, this favorite will never stop growing. Clip on a weekly basis, since pruning stimulates growth.

WHY COOK WITH HERBS

We all love the scent and the flavor of herbs, but nutrition can also be added to the list of reasons to grow our favorite culinary plants.

“As I always tell my clients, herbs are one of the most powerful sources of antioxidants,” says Jennifer Maeng, a New York Citybased dietitian. “Herbs also add so much flavor to food so if you are trying to cut down on salt, try flavoring your food with fresh herbs.”

SHOP LOCAL FARMERS MARKETS FOR HERBS

On a recent visit to the Vista Farmers Market, located in the North County Courthouse parking lot, I had the pleasure of visiting the Whole Earth Acres farm stand hosted by owners SuiLin and Whitney Robinson. Their stand is overflowing with over 50 varieties of herbs and vegetables. Each 3-inch plant is lovingly grown by the couple at their Vista greenhouse; the selection and quality of the plant material is unsurpassed.

Sui-Lin offers a multitude of basil, coriander, parsley, rosemary and lavender and grows many rare and exotic herbs I have never seen before. She is also an expert on chili peppers and offers gardeners a choice of the hottest Carolina Reaper to the milder shishito, perfect for roasting.

The Vista Farmers Market is open every Saturday from 8 a.m. until noon and hosts over 100 farmers, growers, artisans and food vendors with a large, convenient free parking lot on site. Visit their site on Instagram @vistafarmersmarket92081 for details.

Jano Nightingale is a horticulturist and Master Gardener and teaches gardening classes at the Carlsbad Senior Center and other venues. Contact her at janosgarden@gmail.com for class information and consultations.

WHOLE EARTH ACRES owners Sui-Lin and Whitney Robinson, in hat helping customer, offer over 50 varieties of herbs and vegetables every Saturday at their booth at the Vista Farmers Market. Photo by Jano Nightingale

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SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.

A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank speci ed in Section 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the accrued principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY

MAY BID LESS THAN

THE TOTAL AMOUNT

DUE. Trustor(s): AUDREY

L. CLARK, A WIDOW

Recorded: 1/24/2018 as

Instrument No. 2018-0027894 of O cial Records in the o ce of the Recorder of SAN DIEGO County, California; Date of Sale:

8/7/2023 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: At the entrance to the East County Regional Center by the statue, located at 250 E. Main St., El Cajon, CA 92020

Amount of accrued balance and other charges: $532,724.33

The purported property address is: 747 AVENIDA

CODORNIZ, SAN MARCOS, CA 92069 Assessor’s Parcel No. : 218-490-26-00 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned o may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying o all liens senior to the lien being auctioned o , before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s o ce or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for

this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this Notice of Sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, bene ciary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 916-9390772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site http://www. qualityloan.com, using the le number assigned to this foreclosure by the trustee: CA23-954018-NJ. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be re ected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call 916-939-0772, or visit this internet website http:// www.qualityloan.com, using the le number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA23-954018-NJ to nd the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase.

NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE

OWNER-OCCUPANT: Any prospective owner-occupant as de ned in Section 2924m of the California Civil Code who is the last and highest bidder at the trustee’s sale shall provide the required a davit or declaration of eligibility to the auctioneer at the trustee’s sale or shall have it delivered

to QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION by 5 p.m. on the next business day following the trustee’s sale at the address set forth in the below signature block. The undersigned trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the bene ciary within 10 days of the date of rst publication of this Notice of Sale. If the trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the mortgagor, the mortgagee, or the mortgagee’s attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. As required by law, you are hereby noti ed that a negative credit report re ecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to ful ll the terms of your credit obligations.

Date: QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION

2763 Camino Del Rio S San Diego, CA 92108 619645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 916-939-0772 Or Login to: http://www.qualityloan. com

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person les an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows:

Date: August 02, 2023; Time: 1:30 PM; in Dept.: 502. Court address: 1100 Union St., San Diego CA 92101, Central Courthouse.

Court appearances may be made either in person or virtually, unless otherwise ordered by the Court. Virtual appearances must be made using the department’s Microsoft Teams (“MS Teams”) video link; or by calling the department’s MS Teams conference phone number and using the assigned conference ID number. The MS Teams video conference links and phone numbers can be found at www.sdcourt.ca.gov/ ProbateHearings

If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or le written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely led, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: On Aug 11, 2023 at 8:30 a.m., in Dept. N-25 of the Superior Court of California, 325 S Melrose Dr., Vista CA 92081, North County Division.

NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE ABOVE DATE; ATTACHMENT TO ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME (JC FORM #NC-120) NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE.

The court will review the documents led as of the date speci ed on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120). If all requirements for a name change have been met as of the date speci ed, and no timely written objection has been received (required at least two court days before the date speci ed), the Petition for Change of Name (JC Form #NC100) will be granted without a hearing. One copy of the Order Granting the Petition will be mailed to the petitioner. To change a name on a legal document, including a birth certi cate, social security card, driver license, passport, and other identi cation, a certi ed copy of Decree Changing Name (JC Form #NC-130) or Decree

Changing Name and Order

Recognizing Change of Gender and for Issuance of New Birth

goods and furnishings. John Rowe; Jose Lopez; Martin Faragher; Erica Sandquist; Jose Godines; Victoria Metcalfe; Emely Gutierrez. All property is being stored at the above selfstorage facility. This sale may be withdrawn at any time without notice. Certain terms and conditions apply. See manager for details.

06/30, 07/07/2023 CN 27772

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE

Oak Meadows Garages wishing to avail themselves of the provisions of applicable laws of the State of California Section 21700 through 21715 of the Business and Professions Code, Section 2328 of the Commercial Code, Section 535 of the Penal Code hereby gives Notice of Sale under said law to wit: on July 15th, 2023, at Oak Meadows Garages, 1204 Monique Ct, Vista, CA 92084, at 10:00 am of that day, Oak Meadows Storage Garages will conduct a public sale to the highest bidder for cash of the contents of:

Garage # 9 Anthony Liodakis

Garage #11 Anthony Liodakis

Consisting of household goods, tools, miscellaneous. Landlord reserves the right to bid on garage units. The sale is being made to satisfy a landlord’s lien.

06/23, 06/30/2023 CN 27756

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE# 37-202300022824-CU-PT-NC TO ALL INTERESTED

PERSONS:

230) may be required. Contact the agency(ies) who issues the legal document that needs to be changed, to determine if a certi ed copy is required.

A certi ed copy of Decree

Changing Name (JC Form #NC130) or Decree Changing Name and Order Recognizing Change of Gender and for Issuance of New Birth’ Certi cate (JC Form #NC-230) may be obtained from the Civil Business O ce for a fee. Petitioners who are seeking a change of name under the Safe at Home program may contact the assigned department for information on obtaining certi ed copies. If all the requirements have not been met as of the date speci ed, the court will mail the petitioner a written order with further directions. If a timely objection is led the court will set a hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions.

A RESPONDENT

OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do not come to court on the speci ed date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future hearing date.

Any Petition for the name change of a minor that is signed by only one parent must have this Attachment served along with the Petition and Order to Show Cause, on the other non-signing parent, and proof of service must be led with the court. IT IS SO ORDERED.

In accordance with the provisions of the California Self-Storage Facility Act, Section 21700, et seq. of the Business and Professions Code of the State of California the under-signed will be sold at public auction conducted on STORAGETREASURES. COM on July 14th, 2023, ending at 3pm. The personal property including but not limited to: Personal and household items stored at 2405 Cougar Drive Carlsbad, CA 92010, County of San Diego, by the following

NERO

BRYANT, KEVIN

CASTELLANOS, BLANCA

SAMPLE, MARK

Property is sold “AS IS BASIS.” There is a refundable $100 cleaning deposit on all units.

is subject to cancellation.

07/07/2023 CN 27779

THIRD AMENDED NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF AUDREY LUCILLE CLARK

Case# 37-2023-00006981PR-LA-CTL

To all heirs, bene ciaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Audrey Lucille Clark

A Petition for Probate has been led by Angela L. Johnson, in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego. The Petition for Probate requests that Angela L. Johnson be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must le your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of rst issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as de ned in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may a ect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the le kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may le with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the ling of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner:

Alan L. Geraci, Esq. CARE Law Group PC 817 W. San Marcos Blvd. San Marcos CA 92078

Telephone: 619.231.3131 06/30, 07/07, 07/14/2023 CN 27776

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE# 37-202300025717-CU-PT-NC TO ALL INTERESTED

PERSONS: Petitioner(s): Sharon Rodak led a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: a. Present name: Sharon Rodak change to proposed name: Sharon Lorraine Rodak THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this Court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for a change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must le a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and

Certi cate (JC Form #NC230) may be required. Contact the agency(ies) who issues the legal document that needs to be changed, to determine if a certi ed copy is required.

A certi ed copy of Decree

Changing Name (JC Form #NC130) or Decree Changing Name and Order Recognizing Change of Gender and for Issuance of New Birth’ Certi cate (JC Form #NC-230) may be obtained from the Civil Business O ce for a fee. Petitioners who are seeking a change of name under the Safe at Home program may contact the assigned department for information on obtaining certi ed copies.

If all the requirements have not been met as of the date speci ed, the court will mail the petitioner a written order with further directions. If a timely objection is led, the court will set a hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions.

A RESPONDENT OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do not come to court on the speci ed date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future hearing date.

Any Petition for the name change of a minor that is signed by only one parent must have this Attachment served along with the Petition and Order to Show Cause, on the other non-signing parent, and proof of service must be led with the court. IT IS SO ORDERED.

Filed Date: 06/21/2023

Brad A. Weinreb Judge of the Superior Court. 06/30, 07/07, 07/14, 07/21/2023 CN 27775

Notice of Self Storage Sale

Please take notice SecureSpace Self Storage Vista located at 220 Hu St, Vista, CA 92083 intends to hold an auction to sell the goods stored by the following tenants at the storage facility. The sale will occur as an online auction via www.storagetreasures.com on 7/20/2023 at 2:30PM. Unless stated otherwise the description of the contents are household

Petitioner(s): John Roy Jacobson led a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: a. Present name: John Roy Jacobson change to proposed name: John Roy Linthurst THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this Court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for a change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must le a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely led, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: On July 21, 2023 at 8:30 a.m., in Dept. 25 of the Superior Court of California, 325 S Melrose Dr., Vista CA 92081, North County Division. NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE ABOVE DATE; ATTACHMENT TO ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME (JC FORM #NC-120) NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. The court will review the documents led as of the date speci ed on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120).

If all requirements for a name change have been met as of the date speci ed, and no timely written objection has been received (required at least two court days before the date speci ed), the Petition for Change of Name (JC Form #NC100) will be granted without a hearing. One copy of the Order Granting the Petition will be mailed to the petitioner.

To change a name on a legal document, including a birth certi cate, social security card, driver license, passport, and other identi cation, a certi ed copy of Decree Changing Name (JC Form #NC-130) or Decree Changing Name and Order Recognizing Change of Gender and for Issuance of New Birth Certi cate (JC Form #NC-

Filed Date: 05/31/2023

Brad A. Weinreb Judge of the Superior Court. 06/16, 06/23, 06/30, 07/07/2023 CN 27738

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE# 37-202300023987-CU-PT-NC TO ALL INTERESTED

PERSONS: Petitioner(s): Mary Barnett & Aaron Quick led a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows:

a. Present name: Catherine Barbara Quick change to proposed name: Catherine Beatrice Barnett; b. Present name: Claire Beth Quick change to proposed name: Claire Beth Barnett; c. Present name: Maria Bernadette Quick change to proposed name: Maria Bernadette Barnett THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this Court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for a change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must le a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely led, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: On July 28, 2023 at 8:30 a.m., in Dept. 25 of the Superior Court of California, 325 S Melrose Dr., Vista CA 92081, North County Division. NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE ABOVE DATE; ATTACHMENT TO ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME (JC FORM #NC-120) NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. The court will review the documents led as of the date speci ed on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120).

If all requirements for a name change have been met

as of the date speci ed, and no timely written objection has been received (required at least two court days before the date speci ed), the Petition for Change of Name (JC Form #NC100) will be granted without a hearing. One copy of the Order Granting the Petition will be mailed to the petitioner.

To change a name on a legal document, including a birth certi cate, social security card, driver license, passport, and other identi cation, a certi ed copy of Decree Changing Name (JC Form #NC-130) or Decree

Changing Name and Order

Recognizing Change of Gender and for Issuance of New Birth

Certi cate (JC Form #NC230) may be required. Contact the agency(ies) who issues the legal document that needs to be changed, to determine if a certi ed copy is required.

A certi ed copy of Decree

Changing Name (JC Form #NC130) or Decree Changing Name and Order Recognizing Change of Gender and for Issuance of New Birth’ Certi cate (JC Form #NC-230) may be obtained from the Civil Business O ce for a fee. Petitioners who are seeking a change of name under the Safe at Home program may contact the assigned department for information on obtaining certi ed copies.

If all the requirements have not been met as of the date speci ed, the court will mail the petitioner a written order with further directions.

If a timely objection is led the court will set a hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions.

A RESPONDENT

OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do not come to court on the speci ed date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future hearing date.

Any Petition for the name change of a minor that is signed by only one parent must have this Attachment served along with the Petition and Order to Show Cause, on the other non-signing parent, and proof of service must be led with the court. IT IS SO

ORDERED.

This business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above

Names(s) as of: 06/01/2023 S/ Rebecca Baird, 06/23, 06/30, 07/07, 07/14/2023 CN 27768

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2023-9012245

Filed: Jun 06, 2023 with County of San Diego Recorder/ County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. PMO Pro Consulting. Located at: 4841 Carriage Run Dr., San Diego CA 92130 San Diego. Mailing Address: PO Box 910191, San Diego CA 921910191. Registrant Information:

1. Stephen Fritz Wehling, 4841 Carriage Run Dr., San Diego CA 92130. This business is conducted by: Individual. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: Not Yet Started S/Stephen Fritz Wehling, 06/23, 06/30, 07/07, 07/14/2023 CN 27767

Fictitious Business Name

Statement #2023-9012798

Filed: Jun 14, 2023 with County of San Diego Recorder/ County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. EganHancock. Located at: 205 Cerro St., Encinitas CA 92024 San Diego. Mailing Address:

Same. Registrant Information:

1. Michael Weil, 205 Cerro St., Encinitas CA 92024; B. Kathryn Rippy Weil, 205 Cerro St., Encinitas CA 92024. This business is conducted by: Married Couple. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: Not Yet Started S/Michael Weil, 06/23, 06/30, 07/07, 07/14/2023 CN 27766

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2023-9012687

Filed: Jun 13, 2023 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business

Name(s): A. Bill’s Rideshare Etcetera. Located at: 7532 Jerez Ct. #10, Carlsbad CA 92009 San Diego. Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Information:

1. William J. Eichman Jr., 7532 Jerez Ct. #10, Carlsbad CA 92009. This business is conducted by: Individual. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of:

02/27/2023 S/William J. Eichman Jr., 06/23, 06/30, 07/07, 07/14/2023 CN 27765

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2023-9012563

Filed: Jun 12, 2023 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business

Name(s): A. Sailing R & R. Located at: 2835 Carleton St., San Diego CA 92106 San Diego. Mailing Address: 1110A Evergreen Dr., Encinitas CA 92024. Registrant Information:

1. Benjamin Kates, 1110A Evergreen Dr., Encinitas CA 92024. This business is conducted by: Individual. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: 06/01/2023 S/Benjamin Kates, 06/23, 06/30, 07/07, 07/14/2023 CN 27764

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2023-9012901

Filed: Jun 15, 2023 with County of San Diego Recorder/County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. New Pueblo Constructors; B. Aerostar Leasing Corp. Located at: 533 2nd St. #280, Encinitas CA 92024 San Diego. Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Information: 1. The Aerostar Companies Inc., 533 2nd St. #280, Encinitas CA 92024. This business is conducted by: Corporation. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business

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Simeon St., Oceanside CA 92058 San Diego. Mailing Address: Same.

Registrant Information: 1. Ronald Steven Goble, 1415 San Simeon St., Oceanside CA 92058. This business is conducted by: Individual. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: 05/08/2023 S/Ronald Steven Goble, 06/09, 06/16, 06/23, 06/30/2023 CN 27724

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2023-9011373

Filed: May 24, 2023 with County of San Diego Recorder/

County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. The Tech Watch Project; B. TekWatch. Located at: 1035 E. Vista Way #120, Vista CA 92084 San Diego. Mailing Address: Same. Registrant Information:

1. American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, 1035 E. Vista Way #120, Vista CA 92084. This business is conducted by: Corporation. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above Names(s) as of: 05/18/2023 S/Robert Epstein, PhD 06/09, 06/16, 06/23, 06/30/2023 CN 27723

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2023-9011189

Filed: May 22, 2023 with County of San Diego Recorder/ County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. Bright Power Electric; B. Bright Power. Located at: 11630 Warner Ave. #408, Fountain Valley CA Orange. Mailing Address:

Same. Registrant Information:

1. Bright Power Contractors Inc., 11630 Warner Ave. #408, Fountain Valley CA 92708. This business is conducted by: Corporation. Registrant First Commenced to Transact Business Under the Above

Names(s) as of: Not Yet Started

S/John Shoukry, 06/09, 06/16, 06/23, 06/30/2023 CN 27722

Fictitious Business Name Statement #2023-9011188

Filed: May 22, 2023 with County of San Diego Recorder/ County Clerk. Fictitious Business Name(s): A. The Taste of Egypt; B. Taste of Egypt. Located at: 11630 Warner Ave. #408, Fountain Valley CA Orange. Mailing Address:

Odd Files

Awesome! Visitors to the Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam can now bring home a new, and permanent, souvenir of their visit. The Associated Press reported that tattoo artist Henk Schiffmaker and others are doing a residency within the museum called “A Poor Man’s Rembrandt,” where tourists can get inked with sketches by the famous artist. Schiffmaker calls it “highbrow to lowbrow. And it’s great that these two worlds can visit one another.” The tattoos cost between $54 and $270. [AP, 6/19/2023]

Wait, What?

Employees of Taqueria Garibaldi restaurants in northern California got an unusual — and unorthodox — perk during work hours, USA Today reported. Employees testified in court that a person who identified as a priest was called in to hear workers’ “confessions.” “The priest urged workers to ‘get their sins out’ and asked employees if they had stolen from the employer, been late for work, had done anything to harm their employer or if they had bad intentions toward their employer,” according to a release from the U.S. Department of Labor. But the Catholic Diocese of Sacramento said it could find no connection between the alleged priest and the diocese. An investigation found that the restaurants had denied overtime pay and threatened employees with retaliation, among other “sins,” and the owners were ordered to pay $140,000 in damages and back wages.

[USA Today, 6/21/2023]

The Tech Revolution

In an office building in Durham, North Carolina, nine scientists are hard at work in Duke University’s Smart Toilet Lab, The News & Observer reported. Sonia Grego told the paper that she and her colleagues “are addressing a very serious health problem” — gut health. The toilets in the lab move poop into a specialized chamber before flushing it away. There, cameras are placed for image processing, and the resulting data can give doctors insights into a patient’s

gut health. Startup Coprata is testing pilot versions of the smart toilets in a few dozen households; after the data is gathered, users can access it themselves on a smartphone app. “The knowledge of people’s bowel habits empowers individuals to make lifestyle choices that improve their gut health,” Grego said. [News & Observer, 6/15/2023]

Insult to Injury

Mark Dicara of Lake Barrington, Illinois, allegedly shot himself in the leg on June 12 while dreaming of a home invasion, Insider reported. Dicara grabbed his .357 Magnum and fired — which instantly brought him to consciousness. There was no intruder in the home. Police found him in bed with a “significant amount of blood.” He was charged with possession of a firearm without a valid Firearm Owners Identification card and reckless discharge of a firearm. [Insider, 6/15/2023]

It’s Come to This

Cedric Lodge, 55, and his wife, Denise, 63, of Goffstown, New Hampshire, were indicted in federal court on June 14 after it was revealed that they allegedly were stealing and selling human body parts, the Associated Press reported. Lodge was the manager of the Harvard Medical School morgue until May 6, when he was fired. He and his wife offered a shopping opportunity at the morgue, where buyers could pick which donated remains they wanted. The Lodges would then take the items home and ship them through the mail. The parts included heads, brains, skin and bones. Three others were indicted: Katrina Maclean, 44, of Salem, Massachusetts; Joshua Taylor, 46, of West Lawn, Pennsylvania; and Mathew Lampi, 52, of East Bethel, Minnesota. Prosecutors say they were part of a nationwide network of people who buy and sell human remains. Harvard called the actions “morally reprehensible.”

[AP, 6/15/2023]

Smooth Reaction

When Martin Trimble, 30, tried to rob a convenience store in Durham, England, in May, the shop owner got the best of him: He lowered the store’s steel shutter, trapping Trim-

ble on his back half in and half out, and waited for authorities to arrive. Once Trimble realized he was pinned to the ground, Fox News reported, he popped open one of the beers he’d tried to steal and drank it as he waited to be arrested. Trimble pleaded guilty on June 16 to attempted robbery and possession of a knife and was sentenced to three years in jail. [Fox News, 6/18/2023]

Bright Idea

Self-pitying Belgian TikTokker David Baerten, 45, has a morbid sense of humor — or a fragile ego.

According to Sky News, Baerten and his family decided to “prank” his friends by faking his own death because he felt “unappreciated” by them. The funeral, which took place in early June near Liege, drew a crowd of friends and family, who were shocked when a helicopter landed nearby and Baerten stepped out. “What I see in my family often hurts me. I never get invited to anything. Nobody sees me,” Baerten said. “That’s why I wanted to give them a life lesson.” [Sky News, 6/14/2023]

Weird Science

KTVX-TV reported on June 21 that snow in the mountains of Utah is turning pink, red and orange — what scientists call “watermelon snow.” Experts said the colored snow results from blooming green algae, which is found in mountain ranges. “The snow algae produce a pigment that basically darkens their cells,” said Scott Hotaling, an assistant professor at Utah State University’s department of watershed sciences. Basically, the algae turn colors to protect themselves. One young visitor said the snow turned his shoes orange. “I thought that was pretty cool,” he said. [KTVX, 6/20/2023]

You Had One Job

The town of Stuart, Iowa, needed a new water tower to handle its growing population, according to KCRG-TV. But when residents saw the name painted on one side, they cringed. Rather than STUART, the tower was painted with START. Mayor Dick Cook called the social media attention about the misspelling “hilarious,” and the tower has been repainted. [KCRG, 6/21/2023]

A good spot for deep thoughts

Surfing legend Tom Blake once carved “Nature = God” on a tree. While I don’t share Blake’s belief, I understand how he arrived at that conclusion. I mean, what surfer hasn’t paddled into the ocean and wondered at the majesty of it all?

Without naming it, I was a believer in the separation of church and surf as a young man. I confessed my sins to my priest, went to church, took communion and felt I was safe for a solid week, when the cycle began again.

Saturdays and Sunday afternoons were for surfing, and to me, surfing and God were somehow separate at that time. God was God, nature was nature and surfing was surfing, and in direct competition with Catholicism, which was my religion at the time.

As a surfer, Phil Edwards was my new high priest, and Dick Dale the worship leader.

One of North County’s most prominent breaks, Swami’s, is named for Paramahansa Yogananda. Yogananda is known for being among the first Indian gurus to attempt a marriage of Eastern and Western religion, primarily, as I understand it, Christianity and Hinduism.

Many of my friends ascribe to Yogananda’s belief and attend Self-Realization Fellowship, which is peacefully perched on the cliffs

water spot

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above Swami’s.

In 1969, I moved to Maui for six months. There, I fell in with a group of Baha’i. The Baha’i faith made sense to me since it linked the teachings of all mainstream religions into one. They called it “progressive revelation,” a doctrine that can be summarized by humankind receiving only as much light as they could take in at once.

By then I had abandoned Catholicism in favor of a freelance Protestant faith, something that helped me see God in nature (the beauty of Maui can make a believer of even the staunchest agnostic.) I studied with Baha’i, and even heard the last Baha’i Hand of the Cause speak in Maui. I then studied briefly with Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses. I have listened to the teachings of gurus, practiced yoga and fasted a few times for up to three days.

I binge-read Alan Watts and waded through some atheistic tomes. I once heard American author Norman Mailer speak on his conversion to theism, using the naive reasoning we had

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memorized in seventh grade Catechism.

I don’t remember the exact words, but the argument was that the complexity of the universe pointed directly at God. Later, someone would expound upon that thought, saying, “The universe either always existed, created itself from nothing, or was made by an eternal being beyond space and time.”

But how could so brilliant a mind as Mailer’s not come to that conclusion half a century earlier, I wondered. Then it hit me. Mailer was a smart city boy, not used to contemplating the vertical leap of sea creatures more than twice his size. Not used to seeing shooting stars. Not used to watching the sun rise and set or following the beat of the ever- changing tides. Norman Mailer, to my knowledge, had never surfed. Not surprisingly, he was in La Jolla, only a few blocks from Windansea, in the midst of a solid south swell when he made his theistic pronouncement. My purpose here is not to proselytize, but to encourage investigation. If you are a surfer, you’ve probably already drawn your conclusion. If not, may I suggest heading to your favorite beach, removing your shoes and putting your feet in the water. As you melt into the sun and the sea, you might want to ask some basic questions.

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behind the counter, making everything gleam.“How can we help you today?” one of the baristas says.**

“Can I get a cup of coffee?” I ask, and away we go.

It is easy to order at Bird Rock Coffee. They have great signage near the register, especially on their batch brews. “Ecuador! Natural! Washed!” says one sign.

You can order like Tom Hanks in “You’ve Got Mail.”

They prepare my coffee, and I look around. It's a smaller space than other Bird Rock locations I’ve visited.

In one door, ogle the pastry case, order at the counter, and out the other. There isn’t much seating inside. This isn’t a complaint. I almost never sit inside if I can help it. That is why I live here in Southern California.

There are plenty of spots to post up on the other side of the front window under the overhang of the building and more than you'd ever need in the commons area by the fountains just to the north of the entryway.

“Where is everyone?” I ask.

“You timed it right. You just missed everyone. Look out by the fountain," a barista replies.** They are right. The gods of the line smiled upon me today. Every table with an umbrella in the courtyard is full. Bird Rock's iconic teal logo pops from all the white coffee takeaway cups. I take my coffee out front to sip, relax, and listen to some pretty good indie pop-rock jams being played inside. Vampire Weekend, Passion Pit, Grizzly Bear, and Peter, Bjorn & John comprise the morning's soundtrack.

They go well with my coffee which is full of flavor that only seems to get richer and fuller as it cools.

The tasting notes all lean sweet, and the sugary taste seems to sit on my lips. The sun comes out. I decide to wander.

I find myself in an indie art gallery nearby, drinking my coffee, humming notes from one of the tunes I heard at the cafe, and wondering why I don't get down to Encinitas more often.

**Or something to that effect. I didn’t actually write it down, but it seems like a reasonable assumption considering I had coffee just moments later. Consider all the quotes here paraphrased.

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HS grad, once homeless, reconnects with caring officer

By Samantha Nelson ESCONDIDO

The course of a once-homeless child’s life, now a graduate of Rancho Buena Vista High School in Vista, changed when a concerned police officer stepped in to help five years ago.

—

In 2018, 12-year-old Alejandro Matias Nazario, or Alex for short, would frequent the Starbucks and Jack in the Box on the corners of Quince Street and Mission Avenue in Escondido. He would hang out at Starbucks until it closed before going to the 24-hour Jack in the Box on the other side of the intersection.

Alex’s mom would occasionally be with him, but she would leave him there when it was time for her to go, knowing that he would be safer there. After a while, she returned, and the routine continued.

Alex grew up in Escondido with his older brother and parents. They weren’t always homeless, but his mother began to struggle financially after his father left them. They went from living in their own home to jumping from hotel to hotel before ultimately living on the streets.

Alex and his family were homeless for a few years before he met Escondido police officer John Larson. While working the graveyard shift, Larson heard reports of a boy hanging out alone in the area from Starbucks employees, who are now police cadets, which prompted the officer to investigate.

After approximately a week, Larson finally spoke with Alex, who was initially afraid of the police officer because he thought he would be taken away.

“I didn’t want to leave my mom,” Alex said.

Alex eventually opened up to Larson about his situation and some bad experiences while homeless, like when he was robbed for his tennis shoes.

“It broke my heart,” Larson said. “I mean, here he was at 12 years old, and grown men were picking on him and taking his shoes.”

Larson soon decided to take Alex back to the station with him.

“Knowing the situation, I knew that there was more that the police and the state could do to help better his life,” Larson said.

Alex stayed in an intake center for juveniles before heading to foster care. Larson lost all contact with him when he was placed in a new home.

Larson never forgot about the boy he helped that fateful night. In December, he opened up about Alex to Bobbi Akans, the point of contact for a Shop with a Cop event. Akans did some digging for the officer and eventually found Alex, a senior attending Rancho Buena Vista High School.

Larson went to the school in civilian clothes to

see if he could find Alex and talk to him. He left his information and soon heard a response from the teen’s counselor. Larson returned to the school the following day to take Alex to lunch.

Larson learned that after he left the intake center, Alex had gone to live with a family in San Ysidro for a year before moving in with a new family in Vista.

“I wanted to be closer to my mom and stay in touch,” Alex said.

Although Alex hasn’t seen his mother or brother in a few years, he has grown

close with the Vista family that took him in.

“They’re my family at this point,” he said.

Moving in with them was a significant transition for the teenager, who was surprised by the big house, the clothes and the food he was provided.

“It felt very surreal,” Alex said. “I’m grateful for all the opportunities I have.”

Larson was invited to Alex’s Sunday family cookouts, where he met the family and saw how well Alex’s home life was going.

“It was a blessing to see,” Larson said.

When Alex returned to school after being homeless, he was immediately thrust into seventh grade even though he had missed nearly two years. Despite the odds stacked against him, Alex persevered and performed well academically over the next several years.

“He had every right to struggle, and he still graduated on time with great grades,” Larson said. “It shows his strength and courage and how regardless of his situation, he chose to be successful.”

When Alex graduated on June 7, Larson celebrated with him.

The now 17-year-old will begin classes at MiraCosta College this fall with plans to major in graphic design. He also has a part-time job and hopes to start a clothing brand as a hobby.

After reconnecting, Alex and Larson plan to stay in touch.

“I appreciate what he did for me,” Alex said about Larson. “If he wasn’t there that night, I don’t know how my life would have changed. I wouldn’t have graduated, I wouldn’t have found my new family or my friends… I’m really grateful.”

Water Authority OKs water rate increases, citing inflation

By

Staff REGION — The San Diego County Water Authority Board of Directors on June 22 approved increasing wholesale water costs for its 24 retail member agencies by 9.5% following a public hearing and approved the recommended budget for the next two fiscal years.

The actual rate impacts will vary by agency based on their use of the Water Authority’s system and actual

water purchases. Water rates paid by residents and businesses will also vary based on factors unique to each retail agency.

“The Board and staff have worked tirelessly for months to minimize rate increases while supporting the reliability of our water supply,” said Water Authority Board Chair Mel Katz.

“Despite cost increases created by extraordinary inflation and depressed water

sales, we have a budget that allows the Water Authority to do what it does best — provide the water that sustains our economy and quality of life.”

The budget and rates package was the most challenging in decades due to extreme inflation over the past year and depressed water sales due to cool and wet weather.

Against that backdrop, the board prioritized imme-

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solidations are hard, but to close two schools and displace another school … I’m very opposed to this,” Marrocco said. “We will never pass a bond again, and we will lose the trust of our community.”

Future uses

In their report, committee members recommended how the vacated VIDA and Beaumont sites could be repurposed.

Committee members recommended using the vacated VIDA site on Olive Avenue for workforce

diate ratepayer relief with a planned withdrawal of nearly $30 million from the Rate Stabilization Fund, which would bring the fund to its lowest level in over a decade.

The Rate Stabilization Fund was created in 1990 to help avoid rate spikes, especially those driven by reduced water sales following abnormally wet weather or mandatory cutbacks.

The board also approved the staff recommended $1.85

housing and a community center and using the Beaumont site for parks and recreation, centralized use, or another site for workforce housing.

Kelly also indicated that the district is seriously considering using Beaumont as a temporary relocation site for students at Bobier Elementary when the school undergoes reconstruction.

“If we delay the elementary school decision, it will start to impact our Bobier project, which already has a three-year timeline from now,” Kelly said.

The district now faces many logistical decisions

billion budget for fiscal years 2024 and 2025, an increase of 5% from the current twoyear budget due to higher costs for water, treatment and infrastructure maintenance.

Around 90% of the Water Authority's recommended budget is for buying, treating and delivering water, combined with debt service and infrastructure projects to ensure water is available when and where it's needed.

related to the students currently enrolled at Beaumont and Rancho Minerva, including how students at Rancho Minerva and Beaumont will be distributed, ensuring proper transportation, and drawing new boundaries for magnet schools.

“We’re gonna need to talk about boundaries, transportation, programming, do we wanna keep the VIDA pool open for specific kinds of programming … So there’s a lot of things we can be talking about that that are all ‘ifs,’ and more information is required,” said Trustee Cipriano Vargas.

VUSD is considering using Beaumont as a temporary relocation site for Bobier Elementary students when that school undergoes reconstruction. Photo by Laura Place

ALEJANDRO ‘ALEX’ Matias Nazario and Escondido Police Officer John Larson at the Rancho Buena Vista High School graduation ceremony June 7. Courtesy photo/Escondido Police Department

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LYLE LOVETT

Four-time Grammy-winning singer, composer and actor Lyle Lovett confirms new nationwide summer tour dates with his renowned Large Band. $155, 8 p.m. at Belly Up, 160 S Cedros Ave, Solana Beach.

FOURTH OF JULY CONCERT

This event is free to attend or there are VIP options for $65. Urban Renewal Project and Navy Band Southwest’s 32nd Street Brass Band will be performing. On sale soon. Free-$65, 5 p.m. at California Center for the Arts, 340 N Escondido Blvd, Escondido.

STARS, STRIPES, & SPURS

Celebrate 4th of July at San Diego’s hidden gem, Lakehouse Resort at their Stars, Stripes, and Spurs, 4th of July Festival. Free, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 4 at Lakehouse Hotel & Resort, 1105 La Bonita Dr, San Marcos.

799 Pine Ave, Carlsbad.

BEACH CLEANUP

The day after the Fourth of July is the dirtiest beach day of the year. Help Surfrider clean up local beaches. 8 to 11 a.m. July 5 at Moonlight Beach, 398 B St, Encinitas.

VISTAPOP!

The City of Vista’s Public Arts Commission is making a call for artists for VistaPOP! Civic Gallery Exhibition to celebrate Pop and Comic Art with 2D or 3D work. Deadline is 2 p.m. on July 5. 2 p.m. at Vista Civic Center, 200 Civic Center Dr, Vista.

July 6

FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS

The group’s distinctive and powerful sound, influenced by a diversity of musical styles, manifested itself into a unique musical hybrid. $35, 8 p.m. at Belly Up, 160 S Cedros Ave, Solana Beach.

Jazzy Wishbone, 234 S. Coast Hwy, Oceanside.

WORLD PRAYERS

Conducted by internationally renowned author and spiritual teacher Dimitri Moraitis. 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. July 2 at Spiritual Arts Institute, 527 Encinitas Blvd, Encinitas.

JAZZ EVENSONG

Jazz in the heart of the Village, free and open to the public. Free4 to 5:30 p.m. Jul. 2 at St. Michael's-bythe-Sea Episcopal Church, 2775 Carlsbad Blvd, Carlsbad.

July 5

HENRY KAPONO

Today as a solo artist, Henry is a Grammy-nominated and award-winning singer and songwriter. $25, 8 p.m. at Belly Up, 160 S Cedros Ave, Solana Beach.

FACILITATING LITERACY

Betty J. Mohlenbrock, founder and president of Reading Legacies, will be talking about facilitating increased literacy, and supportive relationships between adults and young children. 9:45 to 11:30 a.m. July 5 at Carlsbad Senior Center,

July 7

DSB

DSB recreates the classics as the top Journey tribute show in the world. $18, 9 p.m. at Belly Up, 160 S Cedros Ave, Solana Beach.

OUTDOOR SHABBAT

Offering new ways for the community to learn about the environment. 5 to 7 p.m. July 7 at Coastal Roots Farm, 441 Saxony Rd, Encinitas.

KPBS KIDS: DINO TRAIN

Discover the age of the dinosaurs with them with Dino Train. Event free with museum admission. 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. July 7 at San Diego Children's Discovery Museum, 320 N. Broadway, Escondido.

CONCERTS IN THE PARK Watch Band Overboard with its smooth grooves, four-part harmony vocals, killer guitar solos and overall lush, full sound that will take you back to the late '70s/early '80s. 6 p.m. at Stagecoach Community

HAWAIIAN GUITARIST Henry Kapono, a Grammy-nominated artist, performs July 5 at the Belly Up. Courtesy photo

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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You are self-reliant and rarely ask anyone for help. But this time, you might want someone you trust to be there for you while you deal with a difficult matter. Cheer up. Things improve soon.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Your patience begins to pay off. Look for the first sign that your goals are in plain sight. Also, take time out from all your hard work for some fun with someone special.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) There could be some lingering effects from a recent setback. But it’s all for the best, as you’re now beginning to appreciate. Use the lessons you’ve learned to start over.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) What seemed to be a difficult goal to reach is now — or soon will be — all yours. Congratulations. An unexpected travel opportunity holds an intriguing new prospect.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) A chilly reception to your presentation shouldn’t cause you to abandon your ideas. Instead, do tweak up those weaker parts and then, once again, show them what you have.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Hiding your feelings might make you feel safer against rejection. But this could be the time when you’ll need to speak up or risk losing out on an important event in your life.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Some co-workers might try to talk you out of accepting a promotion. But you need to follow your own instincts — and if you believe you’re right for the job, then take it.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Some changes are in order, as you come to realize that you need to sort out several areas in your life. Your remarkable insight helps you make the right decisions.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) It’s time to act on your own behalf and separate yourself from those whose selfish needs threaten your personal and/or professional survival.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Resist your tendency to close yourself off from unpleasant situations. Instead, open up to how things are so that you can help change them to what they could be.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) An unspoken problem could be driving a deep wedge between you and that special person. Some honest talking between the two of you starts the healing process.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) You might feel you’ve been going around in ever-widening circles trying to deal with recent workplace problems. Lighten up. A successful end is finally in sight.

BORN THIS WEEK: You’re authentic and unafraid of using thr large emotions that overtake your heart. Originality is your super power.

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Award-winning ‘TREE DOCTOR’ uses special techniques for exceptional results

Since 1985, Russell Bowman has been delighting residents of San Diego County with his plant and tree expertise.

So, it’s no wonder Bowman Plant & Tree Care Specialists have been named the San Diego Union-Tribune Community Press’ “Best of North County” voters’ poll for tree and plant care for a 2nd year in a row!

He is lovingly referred to as the San Diego “tree doctor extraordinaire” by his clients, Bowman is known for transforming sickly trees and gardens into Disneyesque wonderlands.

Using his own proprietary blend of organic biological nutrition, Bowman feeds plants at night — a technique he picked up during his time as a horticulturist at Disneyland.

“When you feed plants at night, they have enough time to absorb the nutrition, before it is degraded by the sun’s rays,” he said. “That’s why, when most people are winding down their days, eating dinner, and going to bed, we are out feeding plants and trees.”

He’s done more than just care for sick plants and trees, he’s revolutionized both residential and commercial properties by the use of his organic fertilizer tanks that inject his magical

formula through your irrigation systems.

This program reduces the households use of water overall by 30%.

In a very short time, this program pays back through reduced water bills.

“When you give your body proper nutrition, it affects your overall health and boosts your immunity, so you don’t get sick. The same is true for plants and trees.”

Bowman feeds complete “nutrition delivery biology” derived from earthworm

castings to replenish the missing healthy soil biology.

This works with a client’s current irrigation system so that each time the landscaping is watered, the needed soil biology is replenished.

“This is the secret to keeping your property looking like a five-star resort.”

Russell is quick to point out that healthy plants and trees are also environmentally friendly. A healthy plant will be more efficient at photosynthesizing sun-

light into oxygen and the healthy soil/compost helps bring down uses far less water.

He donates his time and expertise for the trees for the Point Loma Association and gardens at the Rock Church in Point Loma, Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, the YMCA, Barnes Tennis Center, Chili’s Restaurants, Stone Brewery in Escondido, and San Diego Botanic Garden.

He also served with the San Diego Rose Society in Balboa Park for 12 years.

“My calling is to beautify the earth, making trees and plants healthy,” The Master Gardener taught me everything I know. I’ve learned that when you love something, it’s not something you have to do; it’s something you want to do.”

To learn more about Bowman and his services, please contact Russell at 858-499-9417.

He provides tree and plant nutritional care as well as ongoing routine garden maintenance.

Russell Bowman abides by all applicable state laws and requirements and does not perform any services that require a licensed contractor. Business license B2017006153.

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SUMMER SOULSTICE

Join us for our 2nd annual arts + wellness festival! A three day guided and intentional festival featuring local artists, creatives, healers, and wellness practitioners. $75-$500, 6 to 9 p.m. Jul. 7 at The Table, 170 Calle Magdalena, Encinitas.

July 8

SNAKES & MORE SNAKES

Batiquitos Lagoon will be hosting a presentation titled, “Snakes and More Snakes.” Bruce Ireland and his snake wrangling crew will be back to share their latest stories and rescues.

10 a.m. at Batiquitos Lagoon, 7380 Gabbiano Ln, Carlsbad.

MUSTACHE HARBOR

The band's mission is to build a mustache army and create a soft rock explosion. $20, 9 p.m. at Belly Up, 160 S Cedros Ave, Solana Beach.

SUMMER SUNSET MUSIC

Celebrate summer with the sounds of local music during InterContinental San Diego’s 2023 Summer Sunset Live Music Series!. Free4 to 7 p.m. Jul. 8 at InterContinental San Diego, 901 Bayfront Ct, San Diego.

CARDIFF FARMERS MKT

Join us for the new

Cardiff Farmers Market! The certified Farmer's Market is held every Saturday from 10 am - 2 pm on the MiraCosta College San Elijo Campus. Rain or shine. 3333 Manchester Ave, Encinitas.

NERD COMEDY NIGHT

Come out to Nerd Comedy Night every Saturday at 8pm in Carlsbad!. $15-$20, 8 to 9:15 p.m. Jul. 8 at New Village Arts Theatre, 2787 State St, Carlsbad.

GENEALOGY CLASS

A one-day beginning and refresher genealogy class sponsored by North San Diego Genealogical Society. Admission is free and reservations are required. To reserve your spot, email education1@ nsdcgs.org. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jul. 8 at Nina Cole Library, 1250 Carlsbad Village Dr, Carlsbad.

ART EXHIBIT OPENING:

Artists Dwight Hwang & Oriana Poindexter present “Impressions in Light & Shadow,” an art show highlighting the majesty of San Diego’s giant kelp forests. Free. 5 to 8 p.m. Jul. 8 at Perspectives Space, 555 2nd St, Encinitas.

SUMMER SOULSTICE

Join us for our 2nd annual arts + wellness festival! A three-day guided and intentional festival featuring local artists, creatives, healers, and wellness practitioners. $75-$500, 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jul. 8 at The Table, 170 Calle Magdalena, Encinitas.

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CHIMNEY SWEEPS, INC., one of San Diego’s leading chimney repair and maintenance companies, is here to protect you and your home from losses due to structural damage and chimney fires.

Family owned and operated and having been in business for over 30 years, Chimney Sweeps Inc. is a fully licensed and insured chimney contracting company (License # 976438) and they are certified with the National Fireplace Institute and have an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau.

For a limited time, readers of this paper will receive a special discount on our full chimney cleaning and safety inspection package with special attention to chimney water intrusion points in preparation for the rainy season.

RUSSELL BOWMAN is lovingly referred to as the San Diego “tree doctor extraordinaire.” Courtesy photo

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Community Summer Celebration

Thursday, July 13 5:30-8:30pm

2100 N Coast Hwy 101, Encinitas alilamareabeachresort.com

Summer is finally here and you’re invited to our celebration of sun, sand, surf, and everything Alila Marea Beach Resort has to offer. Our surrounding community and hotel guests are invited to enjoy hosted live music, light bites, refreshing sips, and immersive activations highlighting the best of our oceanfront resort and our local partners.

Full menu items and additional bar offerings will also be available for purchase at VAGA and The Pocket. Walking, cycling, and rideshare are encouraged – complimentary valet will be available as well.

RSVPs requested but not required.

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