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Olde Skol
The 21st Vista Viking Festival, North County’s beloved celebration of Vikings and Nordic heritage, returned last weekend with mead, warriors and axe throwing aplenty. More on 15. Photo by Laura Place
Local man sentenced in child porn scheme By City News Service
Study: Bluff at Seaside Ridge site poses risk A firm’s study found several factors could lead to bluff failure at the site of a proposed development. 6
REGION — A Carlsbad man who worked as a teachers’ aide, substitute teacher and youth hockey coach was sentenced on Sept. 19 to nearly 16 years in federal prison for his role in a scheme to trick minors into sending sexually explicit material of themselves to him and two co-conspirators. Daniel Dasko was arrested last year after federal authorities said he
worked with two people, one of whom was a Philadelphia-area teacher, to solicit child pornography from minor victims. That teacher, Andrew Wolf, was sentenced earlier this year to nearly 39 years in prison, while another defendant, Kray Strange of Carthage, New York, was sentenced to 33 years in prison. Federal prosecutors TURN TO SENTENCED ON 13
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Gretta Dickson and others from Mission Federal Care Credit Union helped pack bags for the Food 4 Kids family Backpack Program your on Sept. 19 at the North County canon trust Food Bank in Vista. Story 25. Photo by Laura Place
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ENCINITAS — The EnciniRANCHO tas City Council denied a group's appeal of theSFNEWS recently approved Moonlight Apartments project during its Sept. 13 meeting. The 202-unit development, approved by the city’s Planning Commission and proposed for the corner of Encinitas Boulevard and Quail Gardens Drive, was appealed by the Oakland-based environmental group Supporters Alliance for Environmental Responsibility, or SAFER. The group’s appeal argued the project needed additional environmental review and discretionary approvals, such as a coastal development permit, and was not exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act. “This project requires more than just a design review,” said Brian Flynn of SAFER. “The coastal development permit is a discretionary decision that triggers CEQ A regardless of the project's ‘by-right’ label.” In the appeal, the group said the project requires four discretionary approvals: density bonus, design review permit, boundary adjustment permit, and coastal development permit. According to Flynn, city staff falsely claimed the project was exempt from CEQ A and the city was prohibited from requiring
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