On Monday, January 23rd, 2023, at 11:15 pm, the Oceanside Police Department responded to a report of a fight in the area of 1200 N. Harbor Drive. While checking the area for possible suspects, officers located an unresponsive male lying in the parking lot of Pay Lot 10 at the
corner of N. Pacific Street and N. Harbor Drive. The patient appeared to have been hit by a vehicle. Oceanside Fire Department personnel on the scene began life-saving measures, and ultimately the seventeen-year-old patient was airlifted to Scripps La Jolla with life-threatening
injuries. The suspect, a fifteen-year-old male who had fled the scene, was located by Oceanside police and detained nearby.
Based on witness statements and physical evidence, preliminary information indicates both parties were involved in the initial altercation that alerted officers to the area, and alcohol was a factor in this collision.
The investigation is ongoing, and anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact Accident Investigator David Paul at (760) 435-4431 or email dcpaul@oceansideca.org.
Teenager Struck in Hit-and-Run Collision
HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS MONTH – MISSING CHILD PARENT CHECKLIST
Missing Child Parent Checklist to help other parents in need, and Op-Ed created by our Parent Advocate, Advisory Board Member and Survivor Parent, Paul Foley. I have included the checklist, his op-ed and personal story, in addition to his testimonial video. Thank you!
San Diego, (January 17, 2023) – On Feb 17, 2018, we received a call from the Foster Home that our daughter was living in Bakersfield CA, stating that Emmeline had climbed out of a window at 5AM that morning. It was 25 degrees and she left without a T shirt, backpack, clothes, or the medicine that she needed. This was not the first time Emme had run away. In fact, it was the eighth time. She was upset that they would not let her call me that evening and the way she was being treated. Our experience with her running away told us that we would have to try to find her on our own. When in the foster system, these children run away, and there is very little to no effort put in to finding them. Of course, a police report was filed so that she would be put into the system to “Be On The Look Out” OR BOLO. We pushed law enforcement for their help and quickly recognized that without us proving her life was in immediate danger, they would not help by getting warrants to search her intranet history, Facebook, Instagram, or any other social media platform that children normally use to communicate with friends, family, or other people she was talking to online that we didn’t know, (which included things like the dark web).
We did all the things we could think of that would help locate our daughter. We printed flyers and drove endless hours through the streets of the cities that we thought she might have gone to. By chance I had a friend who lived in San Diego County who saw my daily posts and the desperation we were feeling about our missing daughter. She contacted me and told me I should get a hold of Saved In America. That day I contacted Joseph Travers of Saved In America. Joseph listened to our story and immediately said he would do everything possible to help us find our child. That same day Joseph put me in contact with one of the investigators who would be our lifeline to help us find our child. Little did I know at the time that not only would Saved In America be the key to finding Emme, but they would also walk us through the darkest days that a parent could ever have to face.
Saved In America went to work right away. They gave us guidance on a day-to-day basis of what we should be doing and sometimes on the things that would be of more harm to our search than help. This was not an easy case by any means. Emme had been in the system as a runaway many times before and this time when she left, she took no phone and completely went dark on the intranet for weeks. Saved In America used all the tools that law enforcement either didn’t have or refused to use to help us find Emme. Along with Saved In America, we searched day and night for weeks to find Emme. On week three, I received a call from Joseph saying he would like to get national attention on our search. The NBC Nightly news was doing a story on their operation and asked if we would take our story nationally. We agreed and our story was featured on the NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt within weeks.
We were fortunate enough to locate Emme on March 28, 2018, which also happened to be my birthday- what a present. Saved In America was not only the key to getting Emme home and into treatment, but the only thing that kept my family going. Every day we knew that we were making a difference in our search, and that gave us some hope during that very trying period in our life.
This was the first chapter in my relationship with Saved In America. Our daughter ran away two more times, and we were able to bring her home twice within five days. I truly believe that Saved In America saved our daughter’s life and gave us a second chance.
I now serve as a Parent Advocate for the Saved In America Advisory Board. I remember the feeling of being alone during the time our daughter was missing and hope to give back what was so freely given to me. We have been working on ways to help support parents of missing children and have created “a missing child parent checklist” that can help serve as a guide and best practices for parents. I truly believe that bringing Emme home was a group effort, and that parents are lost and don’t know how they can work with the Saved In America Investigators to help bring their child home. I also know the importance of having families going through this trying time to have someone to talk to day to day when they are feeling hopeless and lost. That is my role as the Parent Advocate, to work with guardians and parents on what to do and serve as a sounding board with tips and next steps. As children head back to school after the holidays and in honor of National Human Trafficking Awareness Month, I hope this checklist will serve parents and guardians as a guideline of what to do in case a child is missing, runs away, or has been trafficked. If you or someone you know is a victim of sex trafficking, please call the Human Trafficking Hotline at: (888) 373-3788 or text befree (233733). You can also call the Saved In America TIP Hotline at: (760) 348-8808 or email info@savedinamerica.org.
Soroptimist to hold 17th Annual Human Trafficking Awareness Event January 28
Sheriff Advisory Expanding Access to Naloxone
Overdose is the leading cause of accidental death in our county.
We all need to do everything we can so this doesn’t happen to another son, daughter, parent, grandparent, wife or husband, partner, sibling, best friend, co-worker or even a stranger.
Anyone Can Save A Life
Naloxone is a medication that quickly reverses the effects of an overdose from pain relievers or opioids such as heroin, methadone, fentanyl and morphine. To be effective, Naloxone must be available at the time of overdose.
The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department is partnering with the County Health and Human Services Agency and the County of San Diego to make Naloxone more accessible where overdoses might occur.
Details of a distribution program will be announced during a news conference on:
Monday, January 23
2:00 p.m.
Sheriff’s Investigations, Crime Lab, Property and Evidence (ICP) Building
5590 Overland Avenue, Kearny Mesa (next to the Registrar of Voters)
You will need a valid San Diego Police Department issued media credential to attend this news conference. A deputy will provide access to a secured facility. Park in areas marked for the media.
Speakers:
Sheriff Kelly Martinez
Supervisor Nathan Fletcher
HHSA Director Nick Macchione
Chula Vista Police Department Chief Roxana Kennedy
Rady Children’s Hospital Child Abuse Pediatrician Dr. Natalie Laub
Partners:
San Diego County Probation Chief Tamika Nelson and Assistant Chief Denise Huffhines
National City Police Department Chief Jose Tellez
San Diego County Parks Director Brian Albright
Cougars Post 85-78 Overtime Win Against Toros Men’s Basketball
SAN MARCOS, Calif. – An overtime thriller at The Sports Center saw the Cal State San Marcos men’s basketball team (10-7, 9-3 CCAA) earn its fourth consecutive win as it defeated Cal State Dominguez Hills (8-10, 4-8 CCAA) by a score of 85-78 on Saturday.
TOP PERFORMERS
Quinn Denker – 27 points | 5 assists | 2 rebounds
Joel Mensah – 18 points | 12 rebounds | 2 blocked shots
Greg Milton III – 16 points | 4 rebounds | 2 assists | 2 rebounds
Jayce McCain – 15 points | 5 assists | 2 steals
HOW IT HAPPENED
Tied at 10 with 12:39 remaining in the first half, Dominguez Hills went on an 11-2 run and took a 21-12 lead after Dent-Smith made the second of two free throws with 9:08 to play in the first period.
A DJ Guest jumper gave the Toros their biggest lead of the first half at 33-22 with 2:08 remaining.
The Cougars responded with a 7-2 run to cut the CSUDH lead to 35-29 at the halftime break.
CSUSM shot 43.3% (13-fo-30) in the first half while CSUDH came in at 44.4% (12-of-27).
A pair of Milton made free throws closed the gap to 46-44 with 12 minutes remaining in the second half.
A reverse layup by Donovan Watkins evened the game at 52-all at the 8:37 mark.
Denker scored 10 consecutive points for CSUSM to give the Cougars a 62-56 lead with five minutes remaining in the game.
Back-to-back 3-pointers by CSUDH’s Andre Ball and Cameron Barry evened the game at 62-all with 3:25 on the clock.
Two made free throws by David Cheatom gave CSUDH back the lead at 64-62 with 2:22 remaining.
Back-to-back 3-pointers in front of the CSUSM bench by Denker put the Cougars back on top at 68-67 with 37 seconds on the clock.
Guest made the backend of his free throws to even the game at 68-all with 19 seconds.
A missed 3-pointer by Denker with five ticks remaining sent the game to overtime.
CSUSM opened the extra period with layups by Milton and Mensah to make it 72-68.
The Toros tied the game once again at 78 with a 3-pointer by Guest with 2:28 to go in the extra period.
The Cougars ended overtime with eight unanswered points to earn the 85-78 win.
FAST BREAKS
The Cougars concluded the game shooting 52.2% (35-of-67) while the Toros clocked in at 49.1% (27-of-55).
This was CSUSM’s 11th overtime win in program history
The Cougars and Toros previously went to extra time in The Sports Center on Feb. 15, 2020, and saw Dominguez Hills come away with a 107-105 double overtime win.
Denker’s 27 points were a career high and the second most by a CSUSM player this season.
Milton played all 45 minutes of the contest.
The Cougars led for just 10:49 of the contest while the Toros had it for 27:07.
CSUSM capitalized on CSUDH’s 17 turnovers by scoring 20 points.
CSUSM’s 85 points were its second-most in a game this season.
The Cougars’ four blocked shots tied their season high.
This is CSUSM’s second four-game winning streak of the season.
The Cougars now own the all-time series lead at 6-5 and are 4-3 against the Toros at home.
The Cougars now have a two-game cushion for second place in the CCAA standings.
Listen to Head Coach B.J. Foster talk about today’s 85-78 overtime win over Cal State Dominguez Hills. #BleedBlue pic.twitter.com/thqeBvvQBw
– CSUSM Men’s Basketball (@CSUSM_MBB) January 22, 2023
UP NEXT
The Cougars will play the third game of its four-game homestand when it faces fifth-place Cal Poly Pomona (9-6, 6-5 CCAA) on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in The Sports Center.
Mexico Viejo Opens in Downtown Historic Vista
By TR Robertson
Downtown Historic vista welcomes the newest restaurant to open, Mexico Viejo Mexican Food. Located at 226 Main St., the restaurant takes over the El Ranchero location, next to The Village Pub. This is the second Mexico Viejo to open in Vista, the other location at 3265 Business Park Dr. It is also the fifth Mexico Viejo to open in North County. The other locations are at 1465 Encinitas Blvd. in Encinitas, 2408 El Camino Real in Carlsbad and 815 Birmingham Dr. in Cardiff.
This family operated business began in a rented Alberto’s in Oceanside in 1988, started by Jose Dominguez. When Alberto’s decided to open again, the family would open their first location in Encinitas, renaming the restaurant to Mexico Viejo in 1996. In 2002, they were forced to relocate to the current 1465 Encinitas Blvd. Since then the family operated business has grown to 5 locations, all run by uncles, cousins, nephews and other family members.
Mexico Viejo specializes in fresh daily, authentic, and delicious flavors and food choices. The Main St. location is run by brothers Alfonso and Saul Morales. Alfonso said some of their most popular dishes are carne asada fries and nachos and California burritos. The large menu offers a variety of Hard and Soft Tacos, Tostadas, Tortas and Enchilada dishes as well as 20 different combinations that come with rice and beans. The restaurant offers 15 different burrito combinations. Saul said they have added shrimp, tortilla, and menudo soups to the menu. A large breakfast menu is served all day which includes 8 different breakfast burrito choices and several different breakfast plates including Huevos Rancheros with 3 eggs. Alfonso and Saul said they are also willing to design whatever combination a customer may order.
Alfonso and Saul have added a newly painted interior and a large big screen T.V. to the inside and will soon be offering a selection of beers and margaritas as well as adding a series of seafood selections to the menu. They said they are very happy to be in Downtown Vista and want people to stop in an enjoy the food they offer.
Speaking with Ann and Heather, two ladies sitting outside enjoying a half order of Carne Asada Super Nachos, they said they loved the food and the service.
The restaurant is currently open from 10 am – 10 pm every day, but Alfonso said they are planning to open earlier for the breakfast crowd on the weekends. “We are a family business who understands the concept of the industry during these hard times because of the pandemic and strive to serve quality food within a budget that everyone can enjoy!”
Stop by the new Downtown Historic Vista Mexico Viejo location when you get a chance and enjoy authentic Mexican food served in a great restaurant. There are outdoor tables available as well as plenty of room inside. Call 760-536-3505 for more information.
CSU San Marcos Falls 74-73 to CSUDH Women’s Basketball
SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The No. 18/20 Cal State San Marcos women’s basketball team (13-3, 10-2 CCAA) dropped a 74-73 nail biter to No. 10/10 Cal State Dominguez Hills (18-0, 12-0 CCAA) on Saturday afternoon in The Sports Center.
TOP PERFORMERS
Jordan Vasquez – 27 points | 9 rebounds | 84.6 FG%
Dynnah Buckner – 18 points | 4 rebounds
Kelsey Forrester – 9 points | 4 assists
Charity Gallegos – 6 points | 5 assists
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Cougars wasted no time getting on the board, taking a quick 5-0 lead in the opening two minutes of play.
The Toros came back and evened the game at 5-all.
Both teams traded leads nine times and had five ties with neither team leading by more than two points in the remaining eight minutes.
CSUSM ended the first quarter with a 20-18 lead after shooting 46.2% while the Toros went 37.5%.
The Toros went up 28-22 on a second-chance hook shot by Allyah Cartajena at the 5:23 mark of the second quarter.
A fast break that started with a steal by Forrester and ended with a Vasquez layup made it 28-26 at 4:47.
The Toros held the lead to end the second quarter, taking a 40-36 advantage into the locker room after a buzzer-beating 3-pointer by Dawnyel Lair.
CSUDH had a slight edge on shooting in the opening 20 minutes at 45.7% (16-of-35) to CSUSM’s 44.8% (13-of-29).
The Toros dominated the board in the first half with a 23-14 advantage.
A Forrester 3-pointer from the corner at 5:53 of the third quarter closed the gap to 48-47.
After CSUDH scored eight unanswered points, the Cougars went on their best run of the game at 6-0 to make it 56-53 with 1:42 remaining in the third quarter.
A Dynnah Buckner 3-pointer ended the third quarter, closing the CSUDH lead to 59-56.
The Cougars evened the game at 61-all on a Vasquez layup with a dish under the basket by Mina Tameilau at the 8:55 mark of the fourth quarter.
The Toros took their largest lead of the fourth quarter at 71-64 before the Cougars scored five unanswered points capped by a Vasquez made free throw with 2:34 remaining in the game.
A Vasquez layup with 10 seconds on the clock cut the score to 74-73, but the CSUDH defense stopped two CSUSM scoring opportunities to clinch the win.
FAST BREAKS
Vasquez’s 27 points were a CSUSM career-best and the second most in her collegiate career. She tallied 29 points against Adams State her freshman year while playing for Fort Lewis.
The Cougars shot 44.3% (27-of-61) from the field while the Toros turned in 41.2% (28-of-68).
CSUDH won the battle of the boards at 43-37 with 19 coming on the offensive side.
The Toros got 18 points from their bench while CSUSM’s bench added nine points.
Sixteen of CSUDH’s points came on second-chance opportunities.
CSUSM tallied 13 points off fast breaks.
The Cougars went 12-of-13 (92.3%) from the free throw line while the Toros were 13-of-27 (48.1%).
CSUSM is now 6-9 in the all-time series against the Toros and 4-4 when playing in San Marcos.
This was CSUSM’s second time facing a nationally-ranked team this season. The Cougars fell 63-46 to then-No. 2/1 Western Washington on Nov. 19.
The Cougars remain in second place in the CCAA standings, two games behind CSUDH (12-0) and one game ahead of Cal Poly Pomona (9-3).
UP NEXT
The Cougars will wrap up their four-game homestand next week starting with a Thursday night matchup against Cal Poly Pomona. Tipoff is slated for 5:30 p.m.
Garment Gourmet & Willow Tree Consignment’s Sip & Shop Saturday Feb 4th
You are invited to Garment Gourmet & Willow Tree Consignment’s Sip and Shop Saturday, February 4th from 3pm – 6pm.
Location is 829/831 Williamston St., Vista CA 92084
10% Off throughout both shops
Willow Tree Consignment – 829 Williamston St., Vista, CA 92084
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Taxing You into Public Transportation
San Diego County District 5 Supervisor Jim Desmond
San Diego County’s Regional Transportation agency’s (SANDAG) latest transportation plan is designed to make driving so expensive that you succumb to public transportation. In addition to the current gas tax and registration fees, SANDAG’s plan adds three new half-cent sales tax increases, over 800 miles of San Diego County freeway lanes converted to toll lanes, and a mileage tax for every mile driven to pay for their $165 billion public mass transit plan.
SANDAG’s new plan refuses to build the road improvements promised in their last plan but will continue to tax us until 2048 to pay for them.
SANDAG’s finance plan states, “Charging fees for the transportation infrastructure that people use—for example, charging users for each mile they drive on the highway—can change travel behavior.”
It may make sense to charge to drive on roads and freeways if the fees collected go back into roads and freeways, but that is not the case with SANDAG. It’s a bait and switch – freeway dollars, gas tax dollars, and registration fees promised for road improvements instead pay for costly public mass transit projects that less than 3% of the public uses.
Who will this affect the most? The lowest income earners. The math is simple, those that earn less will pay a disproportionately higher percentage of their income to get to where they need to go. SANDAG, the self-proclaimed leader and champion of social equity is punishing those in the lower income brackets first – and will hurt them the most.
While San Diego County is nowhere near as densely populated as Manhattan, Tokyo, or Paris, we do need a balanced transportation system with both public transportation and freeways. Public transportation should be focused within the more densely populated communities and freeways and road improvements for the surrounding areas.
Government agendas should not be used to change behavior by taxing us into fixed-rail trains and buses. Instead of changing behavior, government entities should incentivize technology and innovation. Government should embrace what most people are already choosing, and make it cleaner, safer, and more efficient.
The people have spoken, they choose freedom of movement and not broken promises or additional taxes.
San Diego County District 5 Supervisor Jim Desmond
http://www.supervisorjimdesmond.com/
San Diego County District 5 Supervisor Jim Desmond · 1600 Pacific Highway, #335, San Diego, CA 92101, United States
CSU San Marcos Earns 56-48 Win Against CSUEB Men’s Basketball
SAN MARCOS, Calif. – A low-scoring affair saw the Cal State San Marcos men’s basketball team (9-7, 8-3 CCAA) come away with a 56-48 win against Cal State East Bay (4-13, 2-9 CCAA) on Thursday night at The Sports Center.
TOP PERFORMERS
Greg Milton III – 20 points | 6 rebounds | 3 steals
Joel Mensah – 14 points | 8 rebounds | 1 assist
Chase Bowsher – 7 points | 2 rebounds | 1 assist
Jayce McCain – 6 points | 5 assists | 3 rebounds
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Pioneers took their largest lead of the first half at the 8:39 mark on a Dimitrios Klonaras layup to make it 17-10.
CSUSM responded with a 9-2 run before CSUEB closed out the half with a 3-pointer by Kevin Ebiriekwe to make it 22-19 Pioneers.
Despite trailing by only three points at the half, the Cougars shot 27.6% (8-of-29) while the Pioneers went 50% (9-of-18).
CSUSM tallied six steals in the first 20 minutes and forced CSUEB to commit 12 turnovers.
The Cougars took their first lead of the second half on the front end of a Bowsher made free throw before extending it to 28-24 on Milton’s 3-pointer from the top of the key with 15:45 to go.
CSUSM took its largest lead of the game with 10:28 left as McCain made a free throw following an East Bay technical foul for flopping to make it 39-28.
With the Cougars up 47-37 at the 5:24 mark after a second-chance layup by Milton, East Bay went on 8-0 run to close CSUSM’s lead to 47-45 with 3:16 remaining.
CSUSM was able to hang onto its slim cushion and came away with an eight-point win.
The Cougars had a much better shooting performance in the second half at 48.1% (13-of-27) while the Pioneers came in at 30.4% (7-of-23).
FAST BREAKS
CSUSM’s 56 points were the second-fewest its ever scored in a win. The fewest came in the Cougars’ inaugural season when they came away with a 51-46 victory at Pomona-Pitzer on Jan. 3, 2012.
The Cougars’ 56 points were the fewest they’ve scored against the Pioneers in all 13 meetings.
The Cougars tallied just 10 turnovers to the Pioneers’ 23 – the most by a CSUSM opponent this season.
The Pioneers’ 48 points were the fewest allowed by the Cougars this season.
East Bay finished the game shooting 39% (16-of-41) while holding CSUSM to 37.5% (21-of-56).
This was Milton’s seventh game of the season with 20-plus points and the 12th game in which he has been or tied as the team’s leading scorer.
East Bay had the lead for 19:44 while CSUSM came in at 17:02.
CSUSM is now 10-3 in the all-time series against East Bay and 7-0 against the Pioneers when playing at home.
With the victory against CSUEB and losses by Sonoma State and Cal Poly Humboldt, CSUSM now has second place all to itself in the CCAA standings with 11 games remaining.
UP NEXT
CSUSM will round out the weekend by facing Cal State Dominguez Hills (8-9, 4-7 CCAA) on Saturday at 3 p.m. in The Sports Center.
Old California Restaurant Row Park Public Workshop on Jan. 25
Plans to redevelop Old California Restaurant Row have been submitted to the City and the applicant, Lennar Homes, has kicked-off its community outreach program. The revitalization of Old California Restaurant Row is envisioned as a vibrant, mixed-use hub that will include updated dining and commercial space, landscaped pedestrian connections, a neighborhood park and new housing options.
Join us for the second design workshop for the new proposed 1.2-acre neighborhood park. The meeting will review the information collected at the first workshop (summary below) and give attendees the opportunity to provide additional feedback and influence the design of the space (map below). The workshop is intended to provide the public an overview of the proposed public park and gather input on the park design. A future separate public workshop will be conducted on the proposed development project and a notice will be provided once it is scheduled.
When: Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023 at 6:30 pm
Where: San Marcos Community Center Main Hall, 3 Civic Center Drive, San Marcos, CA
Applicant: Lennar Homes of California, Inc.
Project No: SP22-0004
If you have any questions or comments related to this project, please contact Sean del Solar, Senior Planner, 760-744-1050, ext. 3223 or sdelsolar@san-marcos.net.
