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Assemblymember Tasha Boerner has reintroduced her Bicycle Safety Stop bill for the third straight year, seeking once again to allow right-of-way cyclists to yield at stop signs. But will it overcome the governor’s veto? Story on 8.
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Encinitas suspends reach code The city has temporarily suspended its all-electric building ordinance after a federal appeals court recently struck down a similar law. 5
ESCONDIDO — A 60-year-old Encinitas man was killed after his car was rear-ended by a vehicle driven by a 17-year-old Escondido resident who was fleeing police, authorities said June 17. According to the Escondido Police Department, a white Dodge Charger nearly collided head-on with officers after they responded to complaints about a party in a neighborhood north of Kit Carson Park around 10:45
p.m. Friday. A few minutes later, another officer spotted the Charger traveling at a high rate of speed south on Via Ranch Parkway toward Interstate 15. The officer attempted to stop the vehicle, but it ran a red light and accelerated to more than 100 mph moments before the crash, which occurred on Via Rancho Parkway near Lomas Serenas Drive. Police believe the teen TURN TO CRASH ON 25
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ENCINITAS — The San Dieguito Union High School District is close to commencing a $27 million athletic facilities project at Torrey Pines High School, a three-phase effort that will RANCHO conclude with constructing aSFNEWS long-awaited pool. District officials are preparing to kick off the first phase, renovating the school’s athletic fields, in the coming weeks. The $11 million effort will replace the school’s two grass fields with synthetic turf, add new fencing, resurface the tennis courts and add ADA improvements at the football stadium. This phase will also address Title IX complaints against the district regarding the school’s softball fields, which have fallen into disrepair, by adding new bleachers, backstops and scoreboards. At the district’s June 15 board meeting, staff requested trustees to approve the final price for the athletic fields renovation and give the green light for construction. However, in a 3-2 vote, the board decided to delay approval until staff could address concerns that the girl’s softball program was not sufficiently included in the planning process. “I’m worried about moving forward without more information on this,” said trustee Jane Lea Smith, who voted in
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