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A20 THE COAST NEWS<br />

DEC. 16, 2011<br />

GANG<br />

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teens were found about<br />

10:30 p.m., at the 400 block<br />

of Calle Montecito Street<br />

after police responded to<br />

calls about gunshots heard<br />

in the area.<br />

That area borders the<br />

end of Libby Lake Park near<br />

Casa Drive, and is known for<br />

being a hotspot for gang<br />

activity, and sometimes<br />

referred to as Camp<br />

Pendleton’s “back gate.”<br />

Fernando and Sandra<br />

were boyfriend and girlfriend<br />

and neither teenager<br />

was known to have any gang<br />

ties, according to Lt. Leonard<br />

Mata of the Oceanside Police<br />

Department.<br />

Sandra was shot several<br />

times in the abdomen while<br />

she sat in a plastic lawn chair<br />

on the hillside next to<br />

Fernando, according to the<br />

county coroner’s report.<br />

Fernando also died of<br />

multiple gunshot wounds.<br />

According to City <strong>News</strong><br />

Service, during the preliminary<br />

exam that wrapped up<br />

VOTERS<br />

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(wife) Callista, two grandchildren,<br />

I’m 68,” Gingrich<br />

answers. “And I have a different<br />

job.<br />

I was the leader of the conservative<br />

Republicans fighting<br />

with a liberal Democratic<br />

president. Now I seek to be<br />

the leader of the American<br />

people — all of the American<br />

people. That’s a different<br />

job.”<br />

Later, at a private dinner<br />

with supporters — everything<br />

is off the record — Gingrich is<br />

far warmer than he has<br />

seemed in years past, and far<br />

more relaxed. He is confident<br />

about his campaign but<br />

remembers very well when he<br />

was given up for dead just a<br />

Dec. 5, Bejaran’s girlfriend<br />

testified that Bejaran wanted<br />

revenge for an attack that<br />

occurred on Hamilton days<br />

prior.<br />

Hamilton and Gibson<br />

were said to have accompanied<br />

Bejaran to the rival<br />

Hispanic gang territory of<br />

Libby Lake Park on the<br />

night of the murders.<br />

<strong>The</strong> defendants are<br />

alleged members of a predominantly<br />

black gang.<br />

few months ago. <strong>The</strong> supporters<br />

— state and local party<br />

officials and boosters — are<br />

grateful Gingrich has come to<br />

a small town that’s off the<br />

beaten path. <strong>The</strong>y've been<br />

trying to bring Mitt Romney<br />

here with no success.<br />

But he can make his own<br />

problems. <strong>The</strong>re are intense<br />

days of campaigning ahead,<br />

and if the old Gingrich should<br />

re-emerge — combative, overconfident,<br />

undisciplined — it<br />

could blow away much of the<br />

good will Gingrich has built<br />

over the last year. Republican<br />

voters like the Gingrich<br />

they’ve seen so far in the campaign.<br />

But they want to make<br />

sure it’s really him.<br />

Byron York is chief political<br />

correspondent for <strong>The</strong><br />

Washington Examiner.<br />

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“It’s the story of him as an<br />

artist,” Danielle Susalla<br />

Deery, director of exhibits<br />

and communications for<br />

Oceanside Museum of Art,<br />

said. “It’s really comprehensive.”<br />

A wall of drawings from<br />

Crooks’ early sketchbooks is<br />

part of the exhibit.<br />

“I used to draw a lot,”<br />

Crooks said. “I would go to<br />

shopping centers, restaurants,<br />

bars and draw what<br />

was going on. It never happens<br />

that my drawings lead<br />

to paintings.”<br />

For his large-scale oil<br />

paintings, Crooks uses multiple<br />

photographs of a scene<br />

for reference.<br />

<strong>The</strong> expansive skies in<br />

Crooks’ oil paintings draw in<br />

the viewer. It is also where<br />

Crooks makes his color<br />

choice for the painting.<br />

“<strong>The</strong> sky color sets the<br />

tone for the rest of things,”<br />

Crooks said. “You can’t have<br />

a bright sky and dull green<br />

trees.”<br />

Crooks’ oil on canvas<br />

landscapes and cityscapes<br />

play with light and reflection.<br />

“<strong>The</strong> peaceful landscapes<br />

are so majestic,”<br />

Susalla Deery said. “<strong>The</strong><br />

energizing cityscapes have a<br />

lot going on. You can picture<br />

yourself in the landscape<br />

traveling through the painting.”<br />

<strong>The</strong> cheerful landscapes<br />

also carry a deeper message.<br />

Many of them capture scenes<br />

of the West <strong>Coast</strong> that have<br />

already changed.<br />

“Winds of Change”<br />

shows gently rolling hills<br />

with a ribbon fluttering on a<br />

marker for future construction.<br />

Crooks describes his<br />

works as contemplative.<br />

“I’m basically classified<br />

as a landscape painter,”<br />

Crooks said. “It’s hard to<br />

paint a landscape that is negative.”<br />

Another impressive<br />

piece in the exhibit is<br />

“Pacific Crossing.” <strong>The</strong> oil on<br />

canvas shows a view of the<br />

ocean just past some railroad<br />

tracks.<strong>The</strong> painting has been<br />

donated to the Oceanside<br />

Museum of Art for its permanent<br />

collection.<br />

Crooks recalled his drive<br />

along <strong>Coast</strong> Highway 101<br />

when he unexpectedly came<br />

upon the scene he later<br />

painted.<br />

“<strong>The</strong> road turns off 101<br />

to paved dirt rambles,”<br />

Crooks said. “<strong>The</strong>re were<br />

plants, bunny rabbits. <strong>The</strong><br />

window was open and I could<br />

smell the flowers and sage.<br />

Over a hill there was the<br />

ocean. I forgot there was an<br />

ocean.”<br />

Crooks said he sees most<br />

of his paintings as picturesque<br />

scenes from road trips.<br />

“Road trips help get you<br />

out of your normal stuff and<br />

wake up,” Crooks said.<br />

“I’m looking for stuff<br />

that sunrises me.”<br />

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DEC. 24<br />

COMFORT AND JOY Holy<br />

Cross Episcopal Church, 6066<br />

Corte del Cedro, with Rev. Dr.<br />

Laura Sheridan Campbell, will<br />

offer a traditional family<br />

Christmas Eve service at 4 p.m.<br />

Dec. 24 and a 9 a.m. Christmas<br />

Day Eucharist Dec. 25. Call<br />

(760) 930-1270 for information<br />

and directions.<br />

BY CANDLELIGHT At 5 p.m.<br />

Dec. 24, the Anchor Church, 838<br />

Academy Drive, Solana Beach,<br />

will hold a candlelight service in<br />

the chapel at Santa Fe Christian<br />

School. Call (760) 330-0670 for<br />

more details.

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