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uninjuredNEWS after Encinitas incident By Jordan P. Ingram
Carlsbad advances plans for new City Hall building, library remodel. 9 El Corazon Aquatic Center named after Oceanside High swim coach. 7
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CYCLE 911
AFTER TWO fatal bicycle-vehicle collisions this month, the city of Carlsbad has declared a local emergency for traffic safety and cyclists. The declaration allows the city to focus more resources and attention on improving safety, education and enforcement. Story on 5. Photo by Jason Finn
La Costa volunteer, coach dies Reynolds, 50, was participating in Alcatraz swim By Steve Puterski
CARLSBAD — A larger-than-life personality and longtime La Costa community volunteer unexpectedly died earlier this month in San Francisco, leaving friends and family devastated. Brian Reynolds, 50, of Carlsbad, was competing
ENCINITAS — A transient woman suffering from a mental health crisis assaulted a local council member with a belt last week in downtown Encinitas before RANCHO fleeing SFNEWS the scene and locking herself in a bathroom at a nearby train station, according to law enforcement and witnesses. KRANZ Councilman Tony Kranz, dining out with his wife and friend, told The Coast News he encountered a distressed homeless woman kneeling on the sidewalk shortly after 6 p.m. on Aug. 16 near the corner of D Street and Coast Highway 101. “She was in a bad way,” Kranz said. “Clearly, the demons had firm possession of her.” Upon asking her if she needed assistance, Kranz said the woman immediately became more agitated, got off her knees into a squatting position and swung a small belt at the mayoral candidate, striking him in the thigh with the buckle after he partially deflected the blow with his hand. Kranz reported sustain-
incident and passed away, according to Reynolds’ sister Tracy Strauss. Strauss told The Coast News that no official cause of death had been communicated to the family. Close friends Mike Batista and Ron Fontaine said Reynolds was in great shape leading up to the event and had trained several months for BRIAN REYNOLDS the 1 1/2-mile-long swim. Courtesy photo A memorial is schedin the 29th annual Alcatraz uled for 1 p.m. on Aug. 26 Sharkfest Swim on Aug. 7 in at the North Coast Church San Francisco when he sufTURN TO REYNOLDS ON 11 fered an unknown medical
HITCHIN’ A RIDE
Rudd Knutzen, a tram driver at Del Mar Racetrack, circles the parking lot on Sunday looking for passengers. The vintage orange tow tractor was formerly a Pan Am luggage carrier. Photo by Jordan P. Ingram
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