Swami’s benches return with anti-homeless armrests

NBC 7:

The benches were gone for more than two weeks while they were being refurbished, according to the city. Upon their return, the benches now feature an armrest in the middle.

“Armrests on City benches are the preferred standards due to providing distancing functions or boundaries for personal space, separation between seats for more people to utilize it at once, and deterrents to skateboarding," the city said in a statement.

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Teen killed on motorcycle on Encinitas Boulevard

Coast News:

A 17-year-old male was killed Sunday after his motorcycle crashed into a telephone pole along Encinitas Boulevard, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department confirmed Monday.

The collision occurred at around 8:20 a.m. on Sunday, when the unidentified juvenile veered off the road while traveling eastbound in the 500 block of Encinitas Boulevard and hit a telephone pole, according to Sgt. Jeremy Collis.

City manager caught sending mean girl texts

Coast News:

City Manager Pamela Antil is under fire for engaging in an “inappropriate text exchange” about another city manager in her capacity as a board member of a professional association of local government managers.

The text messages were revealed as part of a defamation lawsuit by a Michigan city official against members of the International City/County Management Association executive board, including Antil, related to a censure vote.

“He just looks like a d—-ebag,” wrote William Fraser in a text message to Antil.

“He is,” Antil wrote in response.

“I already want to punch him in the face,” Fraser wrote.

The censure vote itself is childish, too. They censured the Michigan official under an "ethics" pretense for publicly opposing vaccine mandates.
She must be fun to work for...

Leucadians never forget

City insider and Fox Point Farms developer Brian Grover is reportedly active on local Facebook sites recently, prompting one long-time Leucadian to bring back this public comment from the Streetscape meetings.

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