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🌱 Oceanside El Corazon Park Design + Gas Prices Skyrocket
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Happy Sunday, neighbors! Here's everything you need to know to start today off on an informed note. These are the most important things going on in Oceanside-Camp Pendleton today.
First, today's weather:
Partly sunny and cool. High: 63 Low: 38.
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Here are the top five stories today in Oceanside-Camp Pendleton:
- A San Diego-based design group known for its park designs throughout the county will draw up the first park site in El Corazon. The Oceanside City Council approved an agreement at the Feb. 23 meeting to pay Schmidt Design Group $476,360 to design El Corazon's Park Site 1 next to the new CaliFino Arena, which is still under construction and is set to be completed early next year. The city gained ownership of the vacant 465-acre El Corazon property, which was previously used as a sandpit, in 1994. Under the El Corazon Specific Plan, which was approved in 2009, El Corazon's 216 acres of designated parkland would be divided into nine different park sites."Many of the park sites are impacted by the SoCal Sports Complex, which is an interim use, so we will have to adapt and adjust over time as to how we're able to proceed with those other parks," said City Manager Deanna Lorson. (Coast News)
- Gas prices across the state are still on the rise, smashing records each day. On Saturday, fuel stations in Los Angeles County were selling gasoline that eclipsed the $7 mark. In San Diego County the average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline rose 11.1 cents Saturday to $5.215, one day after recording its largest daily increase since July 13, 2015, 12.9 cents, to top $5 for the first time. (San Diego Patch)
- One of San Diego's top signs of spring – rich, colorful blooms – are now on display in Carlsbad at the Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch. Current conditions in the fields, according to the website: "full of new growth as the ranunculus are blooming throughout the north-end!"
The Flower Fields includes nearly 50 acres of Giant Tecolote Ranunculus, a flower renowned for the large, double-petaled blooms that sit atop tall, straight stems. Activities include tractor wagon rides, u-pick blueberries, American flag of flowers, The Artist Gardens, historic poinsettia display and demonstration garden. (Times of San Diego) - The "big one," a powerful earthquake that could devastate California at any moment, will likely kill thousands of people and topple buildings, crumble bridges and roads, sever water lines and ignite numerous fires. And "it could happen tomorrow," earthquake engineering expert Keith Porter told USA Today. "We don't know when," he told the newspaper. But "it will happen." The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that it's far more likely than not that an earthquake measuring magnitude 6.7 will hit Los Angeles or the San Francisco Bay Area in the next 30 years: 60 percent and 72 percent, respectively. (San Diego Patch)
Today in Oceanside-Camp Pendleton:
- Plein Air Paint Out At Buccaneer Beach (9:00 AM)
- Guitarist Jason Jenkins at Vigilante Coffee (11:00 AM)
- Coffee and Conversation with OMA Artist Alliance (12:00 PM)
From my notebook:
- Visit Oceanside: "Starting the day with smiles in South O! Cruise the South Oceanside neighborhood to find a collection of vintage shops to browse and craft coffee spots to hang out at. ☀️ - Repost from @treeperkins - - - - - - - - - - - - - #letsgetoside..." (Instagram)
- Mission Vista High School: "#MVHScommunication 📡Update! The Wolf🐺Pack Weekly is here and ready for you. News and information from around the campus for the upcoming week!✨ ✅Check it ~< " (Facebook)
- MCCS Camp Pendleton - Libraries: "Hi everyone! It's Lets Get Crafty time! This month will feature two crafts: a minimalist landscape painting and a boho moon wall hanging!🌙 Visit the Patrick J. Carney Library (Bldg 1146) to pick up a kit while supplies last! For ages 18..." (Facebook)
- MCCS Camp Pendleton: "Join the coffee loyalty program at your nearest Marine Mart. When you buy 9, you'll get the 10th cup for FREE! Now that's a whole lot of coffee. ☕ ☕ ☕ ☕ ☕ ☕ ☕ ☕ ☕ ☕" (Instagram)
- ROB NYSEWANDER, Neighbor: Free Laundry Day. "Going to be fun and a bunch of give aways as well!" (Patch)
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— Lisa Frost
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