Rancho bernardo news journal 10 27 16

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2016

BY ELIZABETH MARIE HIMCHAK The Rancho Bernardo Planning Board has given its support toward an effort by Waterbridge to get tandem parking at the complex in order to ease its parking space shortage. It also approved, with conditions, an 41,480-square-foot expansion of the Remington Club that includes constructing a two-story, 48-unit memory care facility over subterranean parking on an existing parking lot northwest of the Hierba and

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Acena drives intersection, behind Vons. In both matters the board voted 9-1 during its Oct. 20 meeting. While saying they intended to still review final plans before granting complete support for tandem parking — where one vehicle is lined up behind another, facing in the same direction — board members said sending a letter of support to the city’s Development Services Department is needed to initiate progress in alleviating Waterbridge’s parking

problem that for 10 years has negatively impacted nearby Westwood homes. Per city regulations for tandem parking, at least one of two parking spaces are to be within a completely closed structure. The board said that requirement adds a financial burden to the Waterbridge complex and any similar one throughout the city looking to alleviate its restricted availability of parking spaces. For this reason the SEE PARKING, A10

Tickets on sale for RB Thanksgiving Luncheon The event is Nov. 22 at the RB Inn BY ELIZABETH MARIE HIMCHAK Tickets are on sale for Rancho Bernardo’s 27th annual Thanksgiving Luncheon, organized by the Rancho Bernardo Community Foundation. As per tradition, the community event is being held on the Tuesday prior to Thanksgiving, which this year is Nov. 22. The event will begin with a reception at 11 a.m. followed by the traditional Thanksgiving turkey meal at noon in the Rancho Bernardo Inn, 17550 Bernardo Oaks Drive. Tickets are $50 per person, available online at tinyurl.com/RBThanksgiving16. Tickets may also be purchased by mailing a check to San Diego Foundation, Attn: Miguel Lopez, 2508 Historic Decatur Road, Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92106. He can be reached at 619-814-1326 or miguel@sdfoundation.org. The luncheon serves as an official kickoff for Rancho Bernardo’s holiday season and as a fundraiser for the RB Community Foundation, which uses the proceeds for the community’s annual grants program, said Debbie Kurth, luncheon chairwoman and foundation president. She said organizers are hoping for 400 to 500 attendees, SEE THANKSGIVING, A10

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FREE BATTERY RECYCLING

4S Ranch Library Branch Manager June Zhou, County Supervisor Dave Roberts and San Diego County Library Director Migell Acosta were the first to drop batteries into a household battery recycling bin set up inside the library on Oct. 19. The new free service was established to make it convenient for those in 4S Ranch, Rancho Bernardo and Del Sur to recycle their batteries since it is illegal to dispose of AA, AAA, C, D, 9-volt and other small batteries in the trash. The pilot program was funded by a $8,000 county grant. The library is at 10433 Reserve Drive.

‘The Crucible’ opens at RB High on Wednesday

In Rancho Bernardo High’s production of “The Crucible,” among the girls who recount seeing visions are front row, Tiffany Fowler and Franny Noe, and back row, Hannah Blackburn, Nicole Lenos, Emily Ferguson and Hanna Hagshenas.

Play focuses on the Salem witch trials

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BY ELIZABETH MARIE HIMCHAK Rancho Bernardo High School will present Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” next week. The play that presents a fictional account of the 1692-93 Salem witch trials can be seen at 7 p.m. on Nov. 2, 3 and 5 in the RBHS Performing Arts Center, 13010 Paseo Lucido. There is also a 2 p.m. performance on Nov. 5. Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for students. Miller’s 1953 play is historically-based fiction, inspired by the Salem witch trials and written in

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