Volume 22, Issue 36 www.delmartimes.net September 5, 2019 Community Solana Beach on the verge of banning single-use plastics BY LUKE HAROLD single-use plastic straws, The Solana Beach City stirrers, cocktail sticks or Council unanimously plastic toothpicks, as well as approved the first reading of a requirement that food a new law that would ban vendors hand out single-use single-use plastics that aren’t plastic utensils by request recyclable or compostable. only. There would also be a “As a coastal community ban on polystyrene products, with many visitors, we are in such as foam coolers, on the Local investor’s legacy a unique position to send a city’s beach. cemented through message,” Mary Yang, a “The crisis of plastic foundation’s cancer member of the city’s Coastal pollution is an issue that research. A6 Climate Commission, said needs to be addressed by our during public comment at policy makers,” Alexandra the council’s Aug. 28 Ferron, volunteer policy meeting. coordinator with the The law is pending a Surfrider Foundation’s San PHOTOS BY JON CLARK second reading at the next Diego County chapter, said council meeting, and would in a statement following the take effect next year. The vote. “Solana Beach has an BACK TO SCHOOL PICNIC proposed measures include SEE PLASTICS, A20 Back to School Picnic for Solana Vista and Skyline families took place Aug. 26 at the Solana Vista Elementary School campus, sponsored by the PTA Solana Beach artist to Aand Solana Beach Schools Foundation. See next week’s paper (Sept. 12 Facilities, student be featured on issue) for more photos of this event. Above at the event (l-r): Heather, Caitlin, Australian TV show. A9 Mark, and Julia Kowieski; Gary Spicer, Sloane Czerwinski, Meredith Ketts. well-being listed as Lifestyle Del Mar Schools’ Water quality project begins top priorities BY KAREN BILLING an emphasis on social and in Ashley Falls neighborhood The Del Mar Union emotional learning, and School District has set its creating design thinking BY KAREN BILLING priorities for the new school opportunities and A city of San Diego water year, focusing on topics such experiences for students that quality project has begun as proactive fiscal planning, focus on personalization, ■ See inside for a work in the Ashley Falls facilities enhancements and agency and fostering an variety of photos of neighborhood of Carmel the ongoing goal to entrepreneurial mindset. community events. Valley. transform the educational The learning environment The construction of the experience to meet the is also a priority for the large-scale storm water needs of every student. district when they consider storage and treatment “It is going to be an instruction, Petersen said. Del Mar system prompted some exciting year and a year of “We know the importance Times “chaos in the action in a lot of arenas that that environment has on neighborhood” as residents we’ve been planning and students’ learning— their An Edition of weren’t exactly sure what preparing for a long time,” ability to learn, the comfort was happening with said DMUSD they feel in a setting,” sudden street closures, KAREN BILLING Superintendent Holly Petersen said. “This year vegetation removal and Construction has begun on a new water quality project McClurg at the board’s Aug. specifically we are focused 380 Stevens Ave. numerous construction on Pearlman Way and Carmel Knolls. 28 meeting. on re-imaging our computer Suite 316 trucks filling the corner of Assistant Superintendent labs and what they can look Solana Beach, CA 92075 Carmel Knolls and why there were never any many questions,” Modugno Shelley Petersen said that like, re-imagining and Pearlman Way. renderings released to the said. everything at the district thinking differently about 1011 Camino del Mar Resident Matt Modugno public about what was The project, which has starts with a strong what we traditionally know Suite 120 said while a sign going into the middle of been in the design stage for academic core and high as our library setting and Del Mar, CA 92014 announced what the their neighborhood. four years, includes the quality instruction. This how we can think of those 858-756-1403 project was, many still had “This simple gesture construction of three year’s priority actions as multi-use spaces.” delmartimes.net questions about the would have appeased many reinforced concrete storm include rolling out the new Utilizing “visible purpose of the project and residents and answered SEE WATER, A20 Spanish curriculum, placing SEE SCHOOLS, A20 Clients that LIST or BUY with SURE in the month of September will receive: STEVEE UHLIR FREE HOME STAGING or ENTIRE HOME PAINTING Broker/Founder/Founder SURE has been in the top 1% of agents multiple quarters over the last 8 years! Our success is your success! DRE #0145269501452695 Conditions apply. Let us help you get your home sold for top dollar or buy your dream home! NMLS#S#1769176 1769176 FORPROVENRESULTSCONTACTSUREAT858-344-1800|SURERealEstate.com PAGE A2 - SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 - NORTH COAST www.delmartimes.net Brit to HOA: ‘The flag is San Diego adding six new fire absolutely not coming down’ stations to close coverage gaps Carmel Valley BY DAVID GARRICK University City with “fast-response” squads, San Diego has six new fire stations in the which are reconfigured pickup trucks with HOA tells planning or construction stages as the city two-person crews that city officials call “mini resident to stop works to fill emergency response gaps fire engines.” identified in a 2017 study by an outside Three gaps identified by the consultant — flying Union Jack consultant. Pacific Beach, Point Loma and the College BY JOHN WILKENS The new stations are slated for City Heights, Area — have not yet been addressed. Shannon Glover came from Black Mountain Ranch, Torrey Hills, Otay “We continue to look at the options to England to San Diego almost Mesa, University City and the campus of address other remaining coverage gaps,” Chief 30 years ago for a uniquely UC-San Diego. The city already addressed one Colin Stowell told the City Council’s public American reason: She fell in of the gaps by opening a temporary station in safety committee last month. love with Tom Cruise and “Top Skyline Hills. A potential solution to some of the gaps, Gun.” The goal is to arrive at a scene within seven “peak-hour engines,” has been delayed one Now she’s in a dispute that and a half minutes 90 percent of the time. Two year based on concerns about a shortage of pits the country of her birth EDUARDO CONTRERAS/THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE years ago, the city was meeting that goal 79 firefighters and the ballooning overtime costs against the one she calls home. Shannon Glover stands near the British flag her Carmel percent to 80 percent of the time. in the Fire-Rescue Department. Her homeowners association Valley HOA has ordered her to remove. The “gap” areas are where the city is missing San Diego planned to add six peak-hour in Carmel Valley has ordered the mark most often. engines, three in July 2019 and another three her to stop flying the British “non-commercial” signs, flags What the Trilogy Other identified gaps have been closed in in July 2020. The roving engines would not be flag, the Union Jack, outside or banners unless they pose a Homeowners Association will Encanto, the San Pasqual Valley and southern SEE FIRE STATIONS, A20 her house. threat to public health or do next is not known. Phone “Only the American flag is safety, or unless the display calls and emails to its permitted,” the Notice of violates some local, state or management company were Encinitas pro skateboarder, girlfriend Violation says. federal law. not returned. Two directors on Stunned at first, then “I think Civil Code Section the board did not respond to admit federal drug trafficking charges outraged, Glover isn’t 4710 is pretty clear,” said Kelly emails, either. complying. “The flag,” she Richardson, whose The dispute adds another BY CITY NEWS SERVICE out of Lorifice’s home, where investigators said, “is absolutely not coming Pasadena-based law firm chapter to the decades-long A professional skateboarder and his last fall found 193 grams of meth, 231.6 down.” specializes in HOA matters lore about HOAs and their then-girlfriend — both of whom hail from grams of heroin, more than 800 Xanax pills, It looks like state law is in throughout California. (He many rules. Designed to Encinitas — pleaded guilty Sept. 3 to federal Roxicodone pills, marijuana and psilocybin her favor. The Davis-Stirling writes a column on the subject safeguard the appearance, drug trafficking charges involving the mushrooms, along with materials used in Act, which regulates for the Union-Tribune.) “You amenities and property values distribution and sale of heroin and drug sales, such as a digital scale, three homeowners associations can’t have a rule that says you of the homes, the restrictions methamphetamine. cellphones and $16,824 in cash. (HOAs), says boards may not can only fly the American leave little room for personal Robert Lorifice, 31, and Elizabeth When a search warrant was served at the prohibit the display of flag.” SEE FLAG, A22 Alexandra Landis, 27, admitted selling drugs SEE DRUGS, A20 E xtraordinary Listings… E xtraordinary Company… E xtraordinary Results! 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