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VOL. 38, N0. 26
June 28, 2024
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Del Mar family endures VISTA legal fight with NEWS SDUHSD By Laura Place
FREEWHEELIN’’ FREEWHEELIN Hundreds of riders descended on Bradley Park for the grand opening of an 8-acre bike park and pump track on June 24 in San Marcos. Construction of the $1.1 million park involved importing 14,000 cubic yards of donated dirt and assistance from professional mountain bikers Austin “Bubba” Warren and “Shreddie” Eddie Reynolds. Story on 18. Photo by Laura Place
Man gets 15 years in triple fatal DUI crash By City News Service
Crews stamp out brush fire in Del Mar A brush fire that charred 20 acres and forced thousands of evacuations was extinguished on Wednesday morning. 18
OCEANSIDE — A man who drove while intoxicated and plowed a pickup truck into a family’s crowded car at an Oceanside intersection, killing three of six family members in the victims’ vehicle, was sentenced on June 20 to 15 years in state prison. Mason Robert Fish, 25, pleaded guilty to charges of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated in connection with the Feb. 5, 2019, crash that
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killed 74-year-old Rufina Arango Rodriguez and her daughters, 40-year-old Petra Arango and 56-yearold Eloina Arango. The three other family members injured in the crash included Petra Arango’s then-13-year-old daughter. Fish, who was 19 at the time, pleaded guilty to all counts and allegations filed against him just as his trial was set to get underway earlier this year. TURN TO DUI CRASH ON 6
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Vista Fire Paramedic Michael Saldana leads the retirement of the colors during a June 20 ceremony at the Vista Civic Center. The Vista Fire Department has acquired six new fire engines and a new ambulance to help enhance response capabilities. Story on 6. Photo by Laura Place
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DEL MAR — The family of a special needs child is breathing a sigh of relief after the San Dieguito Union High School District board finally approved a settlement agreement on Monday, ending a lengthy legal battle over the child’s school placement. Under federal law, school disRANCHO tricts are required to ensure a free SFNEWS and appropriate public education for all students, regardless of special needs, in the least restrictive environment possible. One way to achieve this is by placing a student at a nonpublic school (NPS) that can offer more specialized serOGAWA vices. For two and a half years, San Dieguito refused the Ogawa family’s request to place their teenage daughter at The Winston School in Del Mar, going against the advice of the rest of her Individualized Education Program (IEP) team and forcing the family to pay out-of-pocket for her tuition. The settlement on Monday comes just weeks after the district sought to escalate litigation in the case, with the attorneys filing a reconsideration motion for an April 23 ruling from the U.S. Southern California District Court. This federal ruling upheld a previous state ruling in the family’s favor from August 2022 and ordered the district to reimburse the family for tuition and attorney’s fees. Kelly Ogawa, the mother of the 15-year-old student now going into
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