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APRIL 14, 2023
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AIR SUPPORT Cpl. Jonathan Colorado Escobar, with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 775, scans the area for ‘enemy’ personnel and vehicles during a training exercise off the coast of Camp Pendleton. Photo by Lance Cpl. Mhecaela J. Watts
DA drops case against Morris Kevin Hart tops bill at ’23 County Fair Tickets are now on sale for general admission and grandstand shows. 8
Prosecutors cite lack of evidence in dismissal By Jordan P. Ingram
ENCINITAS — Three misdemeanor domestic violence charges against former Encinitas mayoral candidate Jeff Morris were dismissed on Monday due to insufficient evidence, according to the San Diego
County District Attorney’s Office. A jury trial was scheduled to begin at 8:50 a.m. on April 10 at the Vista Courthouse, with Morris facing up to 2 years in jail if convicted. However, the case never went to trial and was eventually dropped from the calendar. “Despite extensive efforts to locate and personTURN TO MORRIS ON 11
SPRING EGG-CITEMENT
Families meet the Easter Bunny at Walnut Grove Park on April 8 during the San Marcos Spring Egg Scramble. Cities across North County hosted Easter egg hunts and other activities for the spring holiday. Photo by Laura Place
THE School board VISTA names ex-trustee NEWS to fill vacant seat
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By Laura Place
DEL MAR — The Del Mar Union School District board of trustees appointed former trustee Alan Kholos to a vacant board seat on April 11 following a nearly-two hour debate that, for RANCHO a while, looked like it might result in a deadlock. SFNEWS Nine candidates put their names forward to fill the seat left vacant by former Trustee Scott Wooden, a 12-year board member who resigned in February after news surfaced of his recent arrest in Florida on suspicion of soliciting a sex worker. While four years remain in the term for that seat, the election code states that an appointee can only serve until the next regularly scheduled election, which is in 2024. At that time, constituents will elect a candidate to serve out the remaining two years of the term. Kholos, a business attorney, was one of two applicants with previous experience on the Del Mar school board after he was elected to a four-year term in 2012 but resigned in 2015 after his job moved him overseas. Kholos expressed gratitude for being able to return to the board. “When an opportunity like this comes up to work with people I like, and I know, and to step up and
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