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VOL. 39, N0. 21
May 23, 2025
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‘Pink’ Lawsuit
USMC Sgt. Jaedin Falby instructs recruits on March 10 at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. Photo by Cpl. Sarah M. Grawcock
Judge backs parents
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EUSD must notify for gender lessons By Jordan P. Ingram
ENCINITAS — A federal judge has granted a request for a preliminary injunction prohibiting the Encinitas Union School District’s buddy program from teaching gender identity topics without first notifying parents and allowing them the opportunity to withdraw their children from the lesson. The ruling is the latest development in a lawsuit filed by local parents last year alleging that a school mentor program violated their constitutional religious rights by exposing their children to gender identity content without prior notice or the ability to opt out. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, centers around activities at La Costa Heights Elementary School involving two fifthgrade students, identified in the complaint as S.E. and P.D. The parents, Carlos and Jennifer Encinas and Tom and Rebecca Doe, claim their children were subjected to a curriculum that contradicted their Christian beliefs and were subsequently required “to affirm and teach the District’s views on gender identity to kindergarteners” as part of an activity based on a book called “My Shadow is Pink.” The complaint alleges that on May 1, 2024, teachers required students, including S.E. and P.D., to participate in a mentoring activity related to the book, which explores TURN TO GENDER ON 6
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A longstanding agreement between the Marine Corps and Frontwave Credit Union is under fire amid claims the Oceanside-based financial institution has exploited young service members. Story on 5.
Driver killed in predawn I-15 wreck By City News Service
DA’s Office eyes hazing allegations Hazing claims involve members of the Fallbrook High baseball team. 7
BONSALL — A motorist died on May 20 in a fiery predawn crash on Interstate 15 in northern San Diego County. The victim was behind the wheel of a northbound Toyota Corolla that rear-ended a U.S. Postal Service tractor-trailer south of state Route 76 in Bonsall and caught fire shortly before 3 a.m.. The driver, whose identity was not immediately available, died at the
scene of the accident. In Escondido, a 42-year-old hit-and-run suspect was arrested Wednesday in connection with a crash that killed a pedestrian last year in Escondido. The crash occurred in the morning on Sept. 17 when the suspect, identified as Lair Marin Salas, an Escondido resident, fatally hit 58-year-old Miguel Leonides Garcia with a truck as he was walking to work.
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