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VOLUME 27 NUMBER 41
Celebrating Our 19th Year!
Oct. 13, 2011
New green project in CV raises concerns BY KAREN BILLING STAFF WRITER Eight new houses planned for the last available lot in one Carmel Valley neighborhood are stirring up concerns from surrounding residents. About 21 neighbors showed up to share their issues with the project at the
Ag. board votes to extend SD Fair run BY CLAIRE HARLIN STAFF WRITER The 22nd District Agricultural Association board voted Oct. 11 unanimously in support of adding two additional days to the 2011 San Diego County Fair, after assuring concerned city officials from Solana Beach and Del Mar that there will be new strides in mitigating increased fair traffic. Record-breaking attendance at the past three fairs prompted fair organizers to propose the increase from 22 to 24 days, citing population growth, positive economic impact and creation of jobs. Prior to the fair board meeting, fairgrounds general manager Tim Fennell and board member David Watson met with local officials, including Del Mar Mayor See FAIR, Page 14
Oct. 5 Carmel Valley Community Planning Board’s regional issues committee. The planning board will give direction on the new housing development at its next meeting, scheduled to be held on Thursday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m. at the Carmel Valley Library. The project is planned
for Worsch Way on a wooded hill bordered by Del Mar Trails Road and Worsch Drive. Worsch was one of the original landowners in Carmel Valley, selling some 300 acres to Baldwin Homes in 1981, with the Worsch family keeping their 1.6-acre homestead. The land went
Little League philanthropy
up for sale last year after the death of the family matriSee CONCERNS, Page 14
This sloping hill in Carmel Valley, off Del Mar Trails and Worsch Way, is the proposed location of eight new homes. KAREN BILLING
Police, fire agencies work on
emergency response times
More than 15 local Little League presidents and Hall of Famer Dave Winfield (far right), Padres vice president, gathered at Taste of Italy on Oct. 5 to commemorate expanding efforts to exchange baseball equipment in the region for kids in need. Winfield was also honored for his volunteer efforts. For more, see page B13. Photo/JonClark
Walk to Sage Canyon (Left) Sage Canyon students and parents take part in International Walk to School Day on Oct. 5. For more, see page 17. PHOTO: CAROLYN DUNN
BY JOE TASH Contributor Police and fire agencies from La Jolla to Solana Beach and Rancho Santa Fe are working to maintain or even improve emergency response times in the face of challenges such as increased traffic congestion and tight local government budgets. Although clogged roads can impede emergency responders, innovations in technology and cooperative agreements between agencies can help them reach people faster, officials said. In the city of San Diego, whose jurisdiction includes La Jolla and Carmel Valley, the Fire-Rescue Department said response times, are expected to decrease after “rolling
brownouts” — in which staffing was reduced across the city for budget reasons — ended on July 1. San Diego Fire Chief Javier Mainar said See RESPONSE, Page 6
Check out our new classified marketplace The Carmel Valley News has launched a new, locals-only classified website that features house and apartment rentals, stuff for sale, jobs with local companies and cars being sold by your neighbors. Readers can conveniently find and place classified ads in the newspaper and online by going to delmartimes.net and clicking on classifieds on the main navigation bar. The new site is an easy way to “shop and sell locally,” said Janice Rosborough, micro-business sales manager for the News and MainStreet Media San Diego. Ads will appear in the paper and on delmartimes. net and on the classified sites of our sister newspapers in the upscale communities of Del Mar, La Jolla, Rancho Santa Fe, Solana
Beach, Poway, Rancho Bernardo and Ramona. Families can also place their obituary notices and memorials online, taking their own time to create and edit their loving tributes. The notices also appear on the national website legacy.com to reach out-oftown friends and relatives. And the News site is the first in the county to accept legal notices such as fictitious business name statements online, so you no longer have to come in to the office to place your legal notice.