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VOL. 37, N0. 5
FEB. 3, 2023
SAN MARCOS -NEWS
Murder trial begins
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Oceanside High senior Joseph THE Matthews was named a Scholar VISTA Leader Athlete honoree this week by the San Diego chapter of the NEWS National Football Foundation. Story on 11.
Ex-classmate charged in killing of Aris Keshishian
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By Laura Place
VISTA — A year and a half after the brutal murder of a young man from San Marcos, his loved ones are preparing for this tragedy to move into the hands of the justice system with the commencement of his accused assailant’s trial. Court proceedings began this week in Vista Superior Court in the death of Aris Keshishian, 20, who was fatally stabbed in August 2021 near his San Marcos home. The District Attorney’s Office has charged Kellon Razdan, 21, a former elementary school classmate of Keshishian, with first-degree murder in the slaying. According to the District Attorney’s Office, Keshishian was walking his dog near his home in the 1100 block of Via Vera Cruz when Razdan appeared, chased him and stabbed him 44 times in a residential driveway. Razdan fled in his car after a neighbor came to the scene, and family members discovered Keshishian shortly before he died from his injuries. After two days of jury selection, the court was set for opening statements in the trial Wednesday morning. The trial is expected to last until around Feb. 16 unTURN TO TRIAL ON 9
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Skydiver injured after parachute fails to open By Samantha Nelson
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OCEANSIDE — A skydiver was seriously injured last Friday evening after his parachute failed to completely open and he struck the roof of a home in a neighborhood near the Oceanside airport. The skydiver, an adult male in his 30s to 40s, struck the roof of a two-story home before landing on the ground between two adjacent homes on Toopal Drive. First responders from
the Oceanside and Carlsbad fire departments responded to the man’s injuries at the scene before he was transported by Mercy Air ambulance to a local trauma center. The injured skydiver booked through GoJump Oceanside, the same skydiving company that had two plane crashes last year, one in February that left two pilots severely injured and another in June that killed one individual and severely injured another.
NEW VILLAGE ARTS REOPENS
Hundreds of supporters gathered on Jan. 27 to celebrate the official grand reopening of the Dea Hurston New Village Arts Center after a yearlong renovation. Story on 9. Photo by Steve Puterski
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