🌱 Patch AM: Carlsbad trail groper gets jail time and sex offender status

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In today's newsletter:

• Carlsbad trail groper gets jail time and sex offender status

Also on today's calendar: 2026 LeucadiART WALK and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the man leave his watch in the bank? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Humid, with a high of 82 and low of 66 degrees.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny and humid, temps: high: 82, low: 68.
• Thursday: Humid, with a high of 82 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Man who groped women on Carlsbad trail sentenced to jail (sandiegouniontribune.com) — A man from Oceanside has been sentenced to six months in county jail and must register as a sex offender after groping multiple women on a trail at Carlsbad's Calavera Preserve. Carlsbad police linked him to a series of incidents involving women hikers struck from behind as he rode past on an e-bike, with several victims included in related criminal complaints.
   

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Sunday August 30
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Thursday August 20
• B2S Night (4th-6th)
  La Costa Heights Elementary Carlsbad, CA 92009
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  La Costa Heights Elementary Carlsbad, CA 92009
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Friday August 21
• Leo Carrillo Ranch Film Festival →
  Leo Carrillo Historic Park, 6200 Flying Leo Carrillo Ln, Carlsbad
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Tuesday August 25
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  Holiday Inn, 2725 Palomar Airport Rd, Carlsbad, CA, 92009
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Wednesday August 26
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  La Costa Heights Elementary Carlsbad, CA 92009
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  MiraCosta College, 1 Barnard Dr, Oceanside
  12:00 pm
Thursday August 27
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Friday August 28
• MiraCosta College Jazz Faculty Recital →
  MiraCosta College, 1 Barnard Dr, Oceanside
  12:00 pm
• Leo Carrillo Ranch Film Festival →
  Leo Carrillo Historic Park, 6200 Flying Leo Carrillo Ln, Carlsbad
  5:30 pm
Friday September 4
• Leo Carrillo Ranch Film Festival →
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Saturday September 5
• Labor Day Weekend →
  2100 Costa Del Mar Rd, Carlsbad
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Oceanside

• Landmark Community Center In Oceanside Reopens After $5 Million Renovation (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: So he could save time! (Thank you Lorraine S. for sending it in!)
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