The Coast News
VOL. 11, N0. 18
VISTA, SAN MARCOS, ESCONDIDO
Aug. 30, 2024
Students need e-bike permits
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8 pickleball courts OK’d for Vista park By Laura Place
VISTA — City leaders agreed this month to add eight new pickleball courts at Brengle Terrace Park to meet the growing need in the community while also removing four existing courts at Thibodo Park. Brengle Terrace and Thibodo have both hosted pickleball courts since 2019 in response to the sport’s rising popularity. The courts have rarely been empty since, and in recent years, players have been clamoring for the city to add more courts due to long wait times for players. At the council’s Aug. 13 meeting, city leaders discussed the possibility of adding more courts at Brengle Terrace by converting underutilized tennis courts. An individual tennis court can hold four TURN TO PICKLEBALL ON 7
North County’s lone comedy club is changing Escondido locations later this year. Story on 2. COMEDIAN Lachlan Patterson performs at the Grand Comedy Club in Escondido in 2020. The club’s owner plans to move the comedy club and pizzeria from its current Grand Avenue location to a more spacious venue at North County Mall at 200 E. Via Rancho Parkway, with plans to reopen in early December. Courtesy photo by Mal Hall
City safety initiative covers SMUSD schools By Laura Place
SAN MARCOS — Leaders in education, law enforcement and local government in San Marcos have teamed up to launch a new e-bike safety program that includes a required safety course for students riding bikes to school. Launched Aug. 12, the Stay Safe San Marcos initiative is a partnership between the City of San Marcos, San Diego County Sheriff’s Department’s San Marcos Station and San Marcos Unified School District focused on education and safety measures for bike and e-bike riders. Under the initiative, students at Double Peak School, San Elijo Middle School, San Marcos High School, and Mission Hills High School who ride their bikes to campus are required to obtain a permit through an in-person education TURN TO E-BIKE ON 9
Escondido teen struck by hit-and-run driver dies By City News Service
ESCONDIDO — A 14-year-old boy who was struck by a hit-and-run driver in the 1100 block of North Fig Street earlier this month died Aug. 19 at a hospital. The teen, now identified as Angel Ornelas Jr., was struck shortly before 9:30 p.m. on Aug. 8, according to the Escondido Police ANGEL ORNELAS JR., 14, died nearly two weeks after he was Department. Police are still searchstruck by a hit-and-run driver in Escondido. Police are still searching for the driver. Courtesy photo ing for the driver who struck
the boy in a dark gray sedan before fleeing the scene. At 9:26 p.m. that night, a 911 caller reported that Ornelas Jr. was unconscious in the street and a vehicle was heard speeding south away from the scene, police said. The victim may have been on a skateboard when he was struck, according to police. Ornelas Jr. was taken to the hospital in critical condition with a brain injury.
He died on Aug. 19, nearly two weeks after he was hit. “We lost our beloved Angel today. We are at a loss for words to express the depth of our sorrow,” states his parents on a GoFundMe page that sought to raise funds for his recovery. “He was love, and his presence and smile lit up our home. We were with him until his final breath, and now our home feels empty without
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