December 10, 2009
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Student driving in deadly crash gets probation, time in juvenile camp
Dec 10, 2009
By City News Service
- A 17-year-old Torrey Pines High School student blamed for a crash in Rancho Santa Fe that killed one teenager and seriously injured another was sentenced today to probation and up to 547 days in a juvenile camp.
Judge George ``Woody'' Clarke ordered the boy to serve a minimum of 283 days in the camp, where he is expected to receive treatment for alcohol abuse.
The teen pleaded guilty last month to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.
He was driving a car carrying four of his Torrey Pines High School classmates when he crashed the vehicle while going as fast as 79 mph on a
winding road about 1:45 a.m. Oct. 4 after leaving a party, killing 17-year-old Alex Capozza and seriously injuring Jamie Arnold.
Two other 17-year-old passengers in the car escaped serious injury.
A California Highway Patrol report said a combination of alcohol and speed contributed to the accident.
Defense attorney Robert Grimes said the driver's blood-alcohol content was measured at .11 percent about an hour after the crash.
7-11 Committee removes Ashley Falls from school district chopping block; Del Mar Hills still a possibility
By Karen Billing
Staff Writer
Members of the Ashley Falls School community can breathe a little easier now, knowing that a proposal to close their school was taken off the table at Wednesday night’s meeting of the Del Mar Union School District’s 7-11 committee.
Del Mar school board members address community’s ‘perceived lack of confidence’ in school district goals and objectives
By Matt Liebowitz
The Del Mar Union School District Board of Trustees held a special meeting on Dec. 2 to discuss what it called the community’s “perceived lack of confidence” in the district’s goals and objectives.
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After retiring at 34, Steve DiMarco went back to work building a Connecticut-based limo/transportation company now open in San Diego
By Arthur Lightbourn
Being an entrepreneur, Steve DiMarco believes, is just something that’s in you: “Either you are or you’re not.”
And luckily for DiMarco, he knew, from an early age, he was. Or at least, he had it in him to become an entrepreneur like his father, Angelo, who emigrated from Sicily and opened a couple of Italian restaurants in Hartford, Connecticut.
Today, at 44, DiMarco, who six months ago moved here with his family, is the chairman and CEO of Premier Limousine, a thriving Connecticut-based full-service transportation company that recently expanded to San Diego, with plans for additional outlets in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
We interviewed DiMarco in his new home.
Eugene Roddenberry, Jr. dares San Diego
to the ‘$100,000 Challenge for the Oceans’
The “$100,000 Challenge for the Oceans” is a holiday fundraiser in support of the San Diego Oceans Foundation (SDOF) and major donor Eugene Roddenberry is encouraging his neighbors to support this local charity during this difficult economic climate. He is looking for 500 people to contribute $20 each throughout the end of the year, to which he will match each dollar. He also is seeking environmentally conscious companies that would like to show their support by matching his $10,000 donation. Are there eight green, or should we say ‘blue,’ companies out there to help the San Diego Oceans Foundation reach their $100,000 Challenge for the Oceans?
Son of Gene Roddenberry, who created the Star Trek television and film series, and passionate advocate for the oceans, Eugene Roddenberry, Jr. has even started his own Roddenberry Dive Team in an effort to embody the optimism inspired by his father’s philosophy. Roddenberry’s love of the oceans began in college and his philanthropy extends beyond financial contributions, he also volunteers his time with the San Diego Oceans Foundation as an Ocean in Motion Marine Science Education and Snorkeling Program volunteer. Roddenberry is an avid SCUBA diver and has created the Roddenberry Dive Team. This group gathers together to explore strange new worlds, which are more easily accessible than those in outer space. For more information on San Diego Oceans Foundation visit http://sdoceans.org.
Bishop’s student’s hobby skates to profit
Dante Vicino, local resident and Bishop’s junior, has discovered that his creativity and solid business know-how can elevate a simple skating hobby into an industrious company that sells customized longboards. As a skater Vicino has a passion for skating, but one thing differs from other skaters, he also enjoys the art of crafting woodwork. Three years ago in his garage, Vicino harnessed both hobbies into a company named Inferno Boards. He has since carved out varying styles of longboards.
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Piazza Carmel welcomes Santa
Santa made a special visit to Piazza Carmel (anchored by Vons) on Dec. 5.
(Left) Madeleine and Alexander Rosenthal were among those who had the opportunity to ask Santa for a special gift.
A Chanukah Family Festival will also be held at Piazza Carmel on Thursday, Dec. 17, from 5-7 p.m. Photos/Jon Clark
Local parents learn intricacies of teen grief at community workshop
By Matt Liebowitz
In the wake of two recent teen deaths in North County, about 80 local parents gathered Dec. 2 at Torrey Pines High School for a community workshop called “How Teens Grieve.”
Led by Ken Druck, bereavement expert and founder of the Jenna Druck Foundation, and Dr. Lori Rappaport, a clinical psychologist specializing in grief, trauma, and bereavement for youth and families, the workshop addressed the differences in how teens and adults respond to the grief that comes from a tragic loss.
Parents, teachers raise a variety of issues at 7-11 Committee public hearing
By Karen Billing
Staff Writer
At the first of the 7-11 Committee’s two public hearings this week, parents and teachers shared their disapproval of options B and I to close Del Mar Hills Academy and also option G, which proposes placing the district office at Torrey Hills School.
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