I Love A Clean San Diego to place 200 temporary bins along beaches
I Love A Clean San Diego’s Clean Beach Coalition will place 200 temporary waste and recycling bins on San Diego’s busiest beaches and bays over long holiday weekends to handle the expected excess litter. Now in its 16th year, these temporary bins placed by the Clean Beach Coalition have helped keep 3.5 million pounds of litter off of San Diego beaches and out of the ocean.Over the busy holiday weekends, San Diego beaches see a spike in visitors, both locals and tourists and permanent trash receptacles often overflow with large amounts of litter. To alleviate the excess and reduce marine debris and pollution, the Coalition places bins along San Diego’s most heavily trafficked beaches: Mission Beach, Mission Bay, and Pacific Beach over Memorial Day, Fourth of July, and Labor Day weekends.Marine debris poses a serious health threat to local wildlife and negatively impacts water quality. Single-use plastics are the most dangerous pollutant, which breaks down into microplastics. In turn, microplastics can be ingested by animals and humans. In 2022, nearly 70% of all the litter removed during I Love A Clean San Diego’s community and countywide cleanups was a form of plastic or single-use item.I Love A Clean San Diego encourages beachgoers to prepare ahead of time to reduce the amount of waste! You can help keep our beaches clean by replacing disposable single-use items with reusable items:Instead of Styrofoam containers or single-use plastic cups of any kind, use hard plastic items, metal coolers, insulated bags, and beach-safe cups as alternatives.Eliminate sandwich bags and food wrappers by shopping in bulk and packing reusable food storage containers.Refuse plastic utensils and do not take them from restaurants. Instead, bring and use reusable options such as bamboo or silverware from home!Avoid plastic bags, and swap them with a stylish tote or canvas bag.Additional information about the Clean Beach Coalition is available at CleanBeachCoalition.org. For more information, to volunteer or donate, visit CleanSD.org or call 619-291-0103. Connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram , and LinkedIn.
Romantic Aquatic Park Views, Plus Retail, $11M
Designed by Chris Weir and Susan Collins Weir of the Sausalito-based firm Studio Collins Weir in their finely honed signature style, the jewel-like interiors of this Beach Street property are set in an unmatched San Francisco location directly overlooking the Maritime Gardens and Aquatic Park with views of Alcatraz island and the North Bay. Consisting of a principal 3-bed, 3.5-bath unit (shown here) plus a 1-bed, 1.5-bath unit atop a 5,800-square-foot street level commercial space, it was built for the current owners in 2018 with Geiszler Architects. The commercial space is currently occupied by Blazing Saddles, the famed bicycle retailer; rental income is estimated at 300K per year.Photo Credit: Adam Rouse for Studio Collins WeirPlaying off the raw brick and concrete structure, the designers have created a luxurious setting in wood, steel and marble in the double-height living/dining space and kitchen, defined by the primary bedroom suite above and a catwalk with a glimpse of the Golden Gate Bridge.Photo Credit: Adam Rouse for Studio Collins WeirPhoto Credit: Adam Rouse for Studio Collins WeirMore: Visit to the listing for additional images and floor plans. A unique opportunity to own an exquisitely designed (and income-producing) pied-à-terre with iconic Bay views, represented by Val Steele and Michelle Harris at Compass.Photo Credit: Adam Rouse for Studio Collins WeirThe post Romantic Aquatic Park Views, Plus Retail, $11M appeared first on California Home+Design.
Figure in 2011 murder of Garett Berki was found murdered at party
A participant in the 2011 murder and robbery of Garrett Berki, 18, of Mission Beach, was found shot to death at a house party held on April 27 at an Airbnb in El Cajon.Seandell Lee Jones, who was 29, was released from prison in 2021 after serving 10 years. A judge dismissed a murder charge because of a change in state law on “non-killer accomplices,” said Steve Walker, communications director for District Attorney Summer Stephen on May 3.Jones was not the gunman who fired the lone shot that killed Berki, a 2010 graduate of La Jolla High School. Berki was shot in his car after he and his girlfriend were robbed of $640 and their cellphones at gunpoint on May 11, 2011.Berki had driven to Paradise Hills in search of a computer for sale on Craigslist, but he discovered it was instead a robbery. He and his girlfriend lost their money and phones, but Berki then followed the thieves’ stolen car in his car.The attorney for the actual gunman told jurors the getaway driver slammed on the brakes suddenly and that caused the gun to discharge in the 3000 block of Fleming Drive in a cul-de-sac. Berki was hit in the shoulder, but the bullet traveled into his lungs and some arteries were severed.Berki was rushed to a hospital where he died. The jury convicted all three men of first-degree murder and robbery. The actual gunman received 50 years to life, while Jones and another man in the car received sentences of 25 years to life.Jones was eligible to petition the court for re-sentencing after the change in state law in 2019, which required that others with the actual killer must be shown to be a major participant or have “reckless indifference to human life,” said Walker.His two robbery convictions were not overturned, and “Jones had more than enough credits for those crimes and was released to the parole office on April 22, 2021,” added Walker.Jones was 17 years old when he was involved in the shooting of Berki, and he was ordered to stand trial as an adult.On April 27, Jones was pronounced dead at 2:45 a.m. from multiple gunshot wounds at the scene of the party in the 800 block of Renfro Way in unincorporated El Cajon, according to the sheriff’s department.The second person who was shot at the party was Jaden Davis, 20, of San Diego, according to the sheriff’s department. Davis was airlifted to a hospital, but he died about two hours later.Davis himself was out on bond after he and another man were charged with attempted robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, and carrying a loaded weapon in a March 1 incident. Davis had pleaded not guilty in El Cajon Superior Court.Neither Jones or Davis lived at the house. The sheriff’s department said the first caller said they heard 8-10 gunshots around 2 a.m. and a second caller said someone had been shot.No one has been arrested in the double homicide, but the sheriff’s department is continuing to investigate. Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff’s homicide unit at 858-285-6330 or 858-565-5200. People who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.
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