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VOL. 37, N0. 19
MAY 12, 2023
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City will ban sale . items of Styrofoam
By Laura Place
REGION — Solana Beach and Encinitas leaders have entered into a 50-year partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the federal government to expand and protect 15,000 feet of shoreline through a sand replenishment project. The agreement will bring just over one million cubic yards of dredged sand to two segments of shoreline in Encinitas and Solana Beach, work that is expected to begin this fall. Rep. Mike Levin (D-Dana Point) secured TURN TO SHORELINE ON 13
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JAYCOB PEREZ and Liam Thorne picked their very first strawberries at the Mellano Farm Stand in Oceanside. The fields are full of large strawberries and visitors are welcome to pick with pails ranging from $10 to $15 per pail, or a $5 entry fee with your own bucket. Story on 19. Photo by Tania Thorne
Nexstar Media buys KUSI for $35 million By City News Service
Encinitas Cruise Nights prepares summer series Encinitas 101 is gearing up for locals’ favorite car show starting on May 18. 14
OCEANSIDE — Oceanside has joined several North County cities in banning polystyrene foam, or Styrofoam, containers. The Oceanside City Council unanimously approved the deRANCHO cision to ban polystyrene foam SFNEWS sales on May 3, following the City of San Diego’s recent decision to ban foam plastic materials. Staff is expected to come back to council in August with official ordinance language outlining the ban along with a plan to help local businesses transition from using takeout and other Styrofoam items to different recyclable products. With Oceanside now moving forward with a Styrofoam ban, that leaves only Coronado as the remaining coastal city in the county without a ban. The Surfrider Foundation, which championed the passage of the ban in San Diego, Oceanside and other coastal cities, is pushing Coronado to follow suit. Other North County cities with Styrofoam bans include Carlsbad, Encinitas, Solana Beach, Del Mar, Vista and San Marcos. Currently, Escondido does not have a ban on Styrofoam. Mayor Esther Sanchez and Councilmember Eric Joyce brought forward the item at the request of a citizen-led effort to
SAN DIEGO — Texas-based Nexstar Media Group, which already owns Fox5 in San Diego, announced May 8 it will acquire KUSI-TV for $35 million. Nexstar will purchase the independent station from McKinnon Broadcasting Company. “KUSI-TV’s established local news operations serving viewers and advertisers across the San Diego community is
a perfect fit with our station group and existing San Diego operations at KSWB-TV (Fox5),’’ Tom Carter, Nexstar’s president and chief operating officer, said in a statement. “Their mission of serving the community by delivering the most local news in the market is consistent with Nexstar’s commitment to providing consumers expansive local content on linear and digiTURN TO KUSI ON 14
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Thousands flocked to Felicita Park in Escondido over the last few weekends to see knights, pirates, queens, fairies and more magical wonders at the biannual Escondido Renaissance Faire. Story on 24. Photo by Edward Saidro
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