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Good morning, San Diego ☀️
Here’s what we have for you today:
- A previously unnamed section of Spanish Landing Park is now officially recognized as Kumeyaay Beach.
- The Red Cross is urging donations amid its second-ever national blood crisis.
- And shoutout to reader Bruce Higgins, who correctly guessed yesterday’s “Step back in time” question. Scroll to the end of the newsletter to see if you got it correct too.
Tessa Balc
Audience engagement producer
Top story
Developer of PB mega-ADU project has redesigned the proposal in hopes of winning community support
Amid a legal battle with a nearby resident group, the owner and developer of Pacific Beach’s Chalcifica has released new plans for the massive proposed ADU project.
The lawsuit over Infill Innovations’ old plans to build a 136-unit ADU project has brought the development to a temporary standstill following a California Superior Court judge’s preliminary decision. And in a response to residents’ concerns, the company released a new proposal for how the development will be laid out.
With the new renderings, the layout of six buildings with 125 total units and adjacent parking was reconfigured away from what may be culturally sensitive lands, as the group suing argues the ADUs will be built on what is historic Kumeyaay land.
Infill Innovations also included 56 more parking spaces in the new renderings, bringing the total to 126 spaces.
But a representative from “Neighbors for a Better Pacific Beach,” the group suing the city and Infill Innovation’s predecessor, told our reporter Dorian Hargrove their concerns about the development go beyond what a redesign could remedy, one of these being the fact no primary residence is accounted for in the plans. The representative, a PB resident, argues the developer can’t promise a park and 125 ADUs without a discretionary permit for a single-family home.
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Stories you should know about
⛪️ ‘A Perfect Storm’ — St. Paul’s Lutheran School suspends K-8 classes, plans 2027 restart: Church leadership points to a rapid enrollment drop as a primary driver of the pause. After COVID, enrollment fell from 120 to 140 K-8 students to just 40 to 50.
📬 ‘Eyesore’ Hillcrest post office to move to Normal Street: A residential redevelopment on Cleveland Avenue prompted the move to the site of a former church. There is no available timeline on when the move will happen.
🌊 Scripps Oceanographer Art Miller offers some insight on how a heat dome is affecting our oceans : Consistent high-pressure systems are preventing cooler water from deep down to cycle toward the surface, making water temperatures 3 to 7 degrees Fahrenheit above normal.
🌺 Community Surf Garden adds a fresh bloom to building: Rob Tobin’s mural— which hundreds of community volunteers contributed to— now adorns the Pacific Beach Rec Center.
🚲 Opinion: San Diego transportation needs a reality check, not just more bike lanes
What else we’re reading
🛟 A teen had to be rescued by lifeguards and was hospitalized with a leg injury after jumping from a cliff ledge at Sunset Cliffs. It’s prohibited under San Diego Municipal Code to jump from any point that is five feet above the water. (NBC7)
📚 The number of kids with disabilities statewide has gone up by more than 25 percent over the past decade, but Del Mar Union has seen their numbers nearly cut in half. Parents, activists and lawyers have described say the district has seemed openly aggressive toward those seeking special education services. (Voice of San Diego)
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Step back in time…
This was taken in Point Loma. Did you guess correct? Want to read more, check out this article.
