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Bridge jumper rescued
March 29, 2024
Ryder .com lawsuit resolved SAN MARCOS -NEWS
By Erik P. Gabaldon
CARLSBAD — Authorities helped a woman in distress last week who attempted to jump off a freeway overpass in Carlsbad. Officers were dispatched around 10:50 a.m. on March 23 to a “welfare check” call at Palomar Airport Road and Interstate 5, according to the Carlsbad Police Department. “We helped this woman to get off the bridge,” Public Information Officer Denise Ramirez told The Coast News. The victim’s name has not been disclosed, and no further information was immediately available. The San Diego Access and Crisis Line can be reached at 1-888-724-7240, offering crisis support, including suicide prevention and mobile crisis response services.
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Jury rules ex-principal VISTA NEWS wrongfully terminated By Laura Place
SAVE DAVE’S SHOP
DAVE CARTWRIGHT, 75, has repaired dents, scratches and dings for the past four decades at Encinitas Autobody Repair. Cartwright has established a reputation among his longtime clients and new customers as reliable, honest and “old school,” with plenty of free jokes. Now, Cartwright and his wife, Barbara Grace, are asking the public for help locating a new home for the shop. Story on 4. Photo by Jordan P. Ingram
Diegueño school employee arrested Galeana, 21, charged with child sex abuse By Laura Place
Vista man killed in crash Ricardo Becerra was killed and his wife injured after the couple was allegedly struck by an impaired driver. 7
ENCINITAS — A campus supervisor at Diegueño Middle School in Encinitas was arrested early Monday on suspicion of committing lewd and lascivious acts with a minor and employing a minor to sell cannabis.
The San Dieguito Union High School District announced Monday that Omar Hernandez Galeana, 21, had been arrested on suspicion of “inappropriate off-campus behavior involving minors under the age of 14” and was no longer employed with the district. Galeana had been employed at Diegueño Middle for three months TURN TO ARREST ON 26
ROAD TO FINAL FOUR
Cal State San Marcos women’s basketball team punched its ticket to the program’s first-ever NCAA DII Final Four appearance after upsetting regon top seed Gannon on Monday in St. Joseph, Missouri. Story on 11. Photo by Arianne Boma
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SOLANA BEACH — A former principal at Carmel Creek Elementary School was awarded over $186,000 in damages this month after a jury determined that the Solana Beach School District dismissed her because she had to leave campus to pick up her daughter. RANCHOemLisa Busalacchi-Ryder, ployed for seven years as Carmel SFNEWS Creek principal and 15 years total in the district, filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the district in early 2022 after being removed from her position in April 2021. The former principal alleged RYDER that she was removed after several instances of having to leave campus to pick up her own daughter from a neighboring school a half mile away. According to Busalacchi-Ryder, she had previously received permission from the district to take these absences and had not received any indication that she was doing anything wrong. Following a three-week trial in Vista Superior Court that concluded March 4, the jury determined that Busalacchi-Ryder was eligible for family care leave under the California Family Rights Act, that she provided reasonable notice to the district of her need for leave, and that the district caused her harm. Jury members also concluded that her taking time off to address
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