Armed robbery at Moonlight Beach

10 News:

Nick Petro sat on the Moonlight Beach sand to make a phone call Tuesday night when a man in a ski mask put a gun to his head.

The armed robbery victim says it was around 8:30 p.m. and pitch dark when he put his back to a wooden umbrella on the desolate north end of the beach. While Petro was talking to a colleague, a masked man approached him from behind, pulled out a gun, and demanded everything he had.

Second witness says cyclist at fault in $11 million city payout to council crony

Coast News:

A second eyewitness has come forward to corroborate an earlier first-hand account that a well-known cyclist was not equipped with lights or reflectors when she was struck by a vehicle three years ago in the pre-dawn hours along North Coast Highway 101 in Leucadia.

Independent statements from two onlookers and pages of legal documents indicate the city’s legal team did not present this information as a defense in a personal injury lawsuit that resulted in the largest financial settlement in Encinitas’ municipal history.

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Both JD and the other witness said they were never contacted by law enforcement or attorneys representing the City of Encinitas to provide their accounts.

“I’ll testify tomorrow because I want the truth to come out,” JD said. “What kind of a kangaroo court is this where we aren’t interviewing all the witnesses?”

10/27/21 City Council meeting open thread

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An artist among us

 We look forward to more from this mystery Moonlight Jester!

From the Inbox:

City cancels Holiday Parade

A year and a half after we all got out of the water because of the Surfing Coronavirus, a new variant has emerged: the Sleigh-Borne Coronavirus:

It is the City's decision to cancel the 2021 Encinitas Holiday Parade. While the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Department has been planning the 2021 Parade, department staff have continued to monitor recommendations and guidance from the County and the State. The State of California Department of Public Health (CDPH) "Beyond the Blueprint" guidance outlines recommendations for mega-events such as the Holiday Parade. The decision to cancel the parade is due to the strong recommendation from the state to verify fully vaccinated status or pre-entry negative test result for all attendees and to not use self-attestation as a mode of verification.

UPDATE: After public outrage, city council reverses itself and allows parade.

10/20/21 City Council meeting open thread

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Ghetto bird circling downtown

Saying something about a 50-year-old white male who goes by Gary or Barry or something like that, and if you see him, call 9-1-1.

That describes about half of Encinitas.

Nobody can understand the loudspeaker on the ghetto bird. Why doesn’t the Sheriff substation start a Twitter account so they can post what they’re trying to say?