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VOL. 36, N0. 45
NOV. 11, 2022
Mayor files cross claim .com in lawsuit SAN MARCOS -NEWS
Blakespear claims THE settlement violated VISTA in ongoing NEWS dispute
Oceanside drops dog beach proposal
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After a year of advocacy, the city will not advance plans for dog beach. Page 9
By Stephen Wyer
Arts
Native artists’ work on display at Solana Beach art gallery Local art exhibit honors Native American Heritage Month. Page 14
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BORN TO SERVE
MARINE RECRUIT Jacob Rawling participates in “The Crucible” on Oct. 17 at Camp Pendleton. For Veterans Day, The Coast News highlights North County’s remarkable service members and veterans. Stories on 5 & 6. Photo by Cpl. Anthony D. Pio
Sheriff investigates stabbing at party Juvenile booked in violent clash near candidate’s home By Laura Place
ENCINITAS — The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department is investigating an Oct. 29 stabbing that occurred outside of an Encinitas home — where a candidate for a local school board race is believed to have hosted a party — and whether alcohol was illegally provided to minors. Deputies arrested a
ENCINITAS — Mayor Catherine Blakespear filed a countersuit last week against a group of residents alleging they violated terms of a short-lived settlement agreement, marking the latest salvo in an ongoing legal battle RANCHO over First Amendment violations on social SFNEWS media. Attorneys representing Blakespear, a Democratic candidate for the 38th State Senate District, filed a cross-complaint on Wednesday in Vista Superior Court against Carlsbad attorney Michael Curran and five Encinitas residents — Robert Nichols, Garvin Walsh, Jordan Marks, Stephen Meiche and Matthew Wheeler — claiming they leaked the settlement terms to The Coast News in violation of the agreement’s confidentiality clause. San Diego attorney Carla DiMare, who replaced Curran as the residents’ legal representation, filed a lawsuit in September against Blakespear for allegedly blocking residents’ public comments on her mayoral Facebook page in violation of their free speech rights and subsequently breaching the terms of the settlement agreement at issue in the mayor’s counterclaim. Blakespear’s countersuit seeks unspecified damages and attorneys fees from
15-year-old juvenile in connection with the suspected stabbing of two 17-year-olds in the 1600 block of Crest Drive. One victim was left with minor injuries and the other with lacerations to his abdomen rendering him in critical but stable condition. Lt. Christopher Lawrence reported that the stabbing occurred after an altercation at a house party which then spilled outside into the street, near the long driveway leading to the home. “The residence has a really long driveway, and based on all the victim and
witness statements we were able to get, it sounds like it occurred on Crest, just right out on the public roadway,” Lawrence said. “As far as we can tell, it didn't occur on someone’s private property.” In a detention hearing Wednesday morning, Judge Rohanee Zapanta denied requests from the suspect’s attorney, public defender Grant Porter, for the 15-year-old to be released on home supervision. Zapanta ordered the youth to remain in juvenile TURN TO STABBING ON 19
BAMA BOUND
Carlsbad High School junior quarterback Julian Sayin, one of the nation’s most sough-after recruits, announced last week he plans to continue his football career at the University of Alabama. Story on Page 13. Courtesy photo
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