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NOV. 12, 2010
KENT
HORNER
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Unexpectedly, tropical
storm Sasha regained intensity.
Sucked inland by a
coastal low pressure system,
her arms began to swing
tighter and tighter like a figure
skater. Hitting the north
San Diego beaches, with
wind-whipped sheets of
water, the storm created a
water funnel, a miniature
tornado condensed with
moving torrents of evaporated
ocean.
Touching down lightly
at first in an open field, the
spout skipped and hopped
erratically. The inner core
winds slowed slightly with
the drag of friction upon the
earth; the funnel, heedless
of direction, slammed into
the coastal condominium
complex with heavy
momentum.
High above the complex,
the eucalyptus trees
began to dance. Their tops,
unaccustomed to the added
weight of the water and
wind, began to pirouette
crazily. Twisting and turning,
moving in random fashion.
One by one, the long
slender shafts began to
break away. Some were carried
mercifully away into
the open parking lot by the
viciously clawing winds, but
the heavier trunks became
heavy spears thrown toward
the Spanish tile far below
the broken tree tops.
Disintegrating the tile
upon impact, several long
pole-like branches punctured
the plywood like wet
tissue paper. The immense
weight of the trunks tore
through the joicing to
reveal large gaping holes
and continued downward
onto the slab until the butt
of each branch had either
come to rest on a solid surface
or had crushed and
intertwined with the furniture
and debris within.
Riveting? Real?
Frightening? Yes to all these
questions. “But how?” you
may ask. Or more importantly,
“Why?”
Trees are unusual and
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HOT OFF
THE BLOCK
IRINA SHEKHTMAN
SAN DIEGO
I don’t take the train
because I want to take
my own car, so I can
leave whenever I want
to leave.
By Shelli DeRobertis
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
— Julien Hug left a note to
his parents that said he was
suffering from acute depression
and felt it was his only
way out, according to
Bertrand and Denise Hug.
The body of the 35-yearold,
a former contestant on
“The Bachelorette”and son
of local restaurateurs, was
found Nov. 3 off of Highway
74 at the bottom of rugged
terrain in a remote location
By Promise Yee
OCEANSIDE — As the
sun rose on Nov. 6, more than
1,000 cyclists gathered at the
foot of Oceanside Pier to begin
the Bike the Coast fun ride.
Cyclists could choose between
a 7-, 15-, 25- or 50-mile course
down the coast. “It brings
together a great bike ride,great
location and great food,” Greg
Hendrickson, event organizer,
said.
All riders headed south on
Coast Highway 101. The 50mile
ride looped back at Del
Mar and the 25-mile ride
turned around at Moonlight
Beach in Encinitas.
Once back at the
Oceanside Pier riders enjoyed
a bike village of music, vendors,
a beer garden and specialty
foods. “It promotes bike fun as
a community experience,”
Hendrickson said. “We want
people to say they want to
come back next year.”
Many cyclists participated
as part of a riding team. Krystal
Finger,of Murrieta,rode the 15-
JESSICA MORAN
SAN DIEGO
I don’t take the train
because I’m a germaphobe.
THE COAST NEWS
By Promise Yee Why do you or don’t?
Visit www.coastnewsgroup.com
to see video footage of this
week’s Hot off the Block you ride the train?
of Santa Rosa Mountain,
which is east of Anza and the
“back way” from San Diego
to Palm Springs.
Hug was reported as a
missing person on Nov. 1 at
3:15 p.m., said Jan Caldwell,
public affairs officer of the
San Diego County Sheriff’s
Department.
Shortly afterward, the
case was handed to Riverside
County, she said.
According to the North
County Times, Hugs was driv-
mile course with her husband,
two daughters and sister.
“We’re training for the Hemet
triathlon in December,” Finger
said. “We’re participating in
KRISTI PETERSEN
ENCINITAS
I take the train when
I’m going to a Chargers
game or a Padres game
because the traffic is
always crazy.
ing to Palm Desert to help
manage his family’s newest
restaurant, which is when he
was last heard from.
The Riverside County
Coroner’s Bureau in Perris
has determined the cause of
death to be a self-inflicted
gunshot wound.
Hug’s parents have
released this statement,
which is posted on the website
for Mille Fleurs, the
award-winning European cuisine
restaurant owned by
that race as a family too.”
“Training together and
getting up early together
makes training more purposeful,”
Karen Vernamonti of
BRAD BLASER
COHASSET, MASSACHUSETTS
If we had an inkling to
go to San Diego downtown
and we had all
day we’d try the train.
Parents say man left note before death
Bertrand Hug, at which
Julien Hug was a host:
“We feel it is necessary
at this time to address the
media as we are devastated
by some of the comments
that are coming out. No one
close to the family has spoken
of yet.
“Our son meant the
world to us and this came as a
complete shock. We are
beyond devastated and completely
distraught. In his letter
Bike the Coast draws more than 1,000 cyclists
You’d think we would
have learned something from
the Enron and WorldCom
debacles. Rampant fraud,
fueled by greed, equals meltdown
and consumers getting
defrauded. We need to closely
regulate large corporations or
they’ll cut corners, pull
shenanigans, or just flat out
commit fraud in order to make
more money as quickly as possible.
That’s what the latest
mortgage scandal is all about.
By way of background, we
READY, SET, BIKE Cyclists ready to start the 50-mile Bike the Coast ride. Photo by Promise Yee
J MICHAEL
VALLEE
The Law and You
all remember the crazy housing
boom and the fly-by-night
mortgages that were given to
anyone who could fog a mirror.
These mortgages were sold off
to “trusts,” which, in turn,
sliced and diced them into
mortgage-backed securities.
These trusts were legally
required to obtain and
account for the original mortgage
notes that specified the
borrower’s obligations. But
now it’s obvious that these
legalities were frequently neglected.
And this means that
many of the foreclosures that
are now taking place are, in
fact, illegal.
It’s almost certain that
many borrowers are, or have
already been, defrauded by
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Irvine said.
Proceeds raised at the
event help support the San
Diego County Bicycle
Coalition.
Many lessons to take from the mortgage mess
the nation’s largest banks and
mortgage companies. Their
officers have sworn under oath
that they have these original
notes, when, in fact, they do
not. Perjury is the tip of the
iceberg.
What should you do? If
you are being foreclosed upon,
hire a lawyer to review the
documents that the bank is
relying upon to insist that they
have the right to take back the
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City plans
partial road
closure
SAN MARCOS —
Construction resumed in
late October on the Rock
Springs Road improvement
project in San Marcos. The
$1.8 million improvement
project has been delayed
since June 2010 when the
city was forced to terminate
the original contractor and
pursue completion of the
project though a bonding
company.
A temporary road closure
of Rock Springs Road
will begin Nov. 15 in order
to expedite the project’s
completion, which is slated
for March 2011
The following temporary
road closures have
been approved:
1. Rock Springs Road
(Woodland Parkway to
Richland Road North)
2. Richland Road North
(Rock Springs Road to
Linda Lane)
The road closures will
be implemented during
working hours from
approximately 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding weekends
and holidays. Depending on
weather conditions and
other factors, the road closures
are anticipated to last
two to three months and
may be modified as needed.
Through traffic will
be detoured onto Woodland
Parkway and Fulton
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Ground
broken on
new project
SAN MARCOS — Ten
years in the making, the
stage is now set for Casa de
Amparo’s groundbreaking
for a new Casa Kids
Campus on 11.4 acres of
land in Twin Oaks Valley
adjacent to San Marcos.
The groundbreaking will be
held from 9:30 to 11 a.m.
Nov. 16.
Construction is
planned to start in January
2011.The new campus is the
second phase of a $16 million
Strategic Capital
Campaign. Phase I was the
construction of the Family
Services and Hayward
Child Development Center,
which opened in 2007.
The new campus supports
Casa de Amparo’s mission
of supporting those
affected by and at risk of
child abuse and neglect
through programs and services
that promote healing,
growth and healthy relationships.
The organization
will be able to more than
double the number of
abused and neglected children
served as well as offer
new programs for populations
such as children with
special healthcare needs
and pregnant or parenting
teens.
Guest speakers at the
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