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The Rancho Santa Fe Art Guild Bites the Dust -- Union Bank Forecloses Art Show
Looks like the Rancho Santa Fe Art Guild has outs own problems with financial institutions, namely the Union Bank a subject of frequent criticism for its financial practices. A larger than usual crowd gathered at the Rancho Santa Fe Art Guild on Thursday, it turned out because this was the final art show ever after 15 years at the location in the rear of the Union Bank building on Paseo Delicias. Union Bank officials who were not named told Guild officials last week they had to be off the premises by the end of May. They said they needed to expand the bank facility. Also evicted with one months warning, the Rancho Santa Fe Foundation. Guild officials said they had no new location identified or idea how they would find one. However, they said they had several good options they hoped to pursue. Until that time, it was unclear how members or the guild would show work locally. The new show will be held at a member's house, according to officials. Union Bank officials could not be reached for comment.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information, visit: http://ranchosantafeartguild.org The Rancho Santa Fe Art Guild was formed in 1993 for the following purposes; 1. To support and encourage visual artists in our community and county 2. To provide funds for art education and outreach efforts such as scholarships for art majors, programs in schools, art programs, art teaching, education to the public on the benefits of art education and collecting. 3. To provide talks on how important the arts are to our lives and society. 4. To host field trips to view collections and artist's studios. 5. To support a gallery with art for sale for the purpose of supporting guild activities and outreach programs. The majority of our Artist Members are residents of Rancho Santa Fe (51%) and the surrounding area. Each member serves on one or more committees, or holds a position on the board of directors, or both. Committees are organized around guild functions or events, and each committee has a chair who reports to the board. The Rancho Santa Fe Art Guild maintains 501 c3 status. The primary Guild functions and events are as follows; Hanging and promoting new art exhibits in our main gallery and several satellite galleries every 2 months. Fund Raising events throughout the year in support of the guild and our charities. The Rancho Santa Fe Art Guild strives to provide a focus on art in our lives, community, and county. We provide a place where our residents can browse the latest show in our gallery, attend receptions and fundraisers, and purchase art knowing that proceeds support local charities and outreach programs. Please join us and visit our gallery! Should an artist employ a sales rep? Rancho Santa Fe Art Guild members consider...
It wasn't easy being green for Kermit the Frog and it isn't easy getting greenbacks through selling art, according to Rancho Santa Fe Art Guild members at the group's winter show opening. Guild members agreed most contemporary artists who haven't established an enormous reputation (i.e. 99.9 percent of artists) generally establish themselves at one, or two, local galleries; or show, and sell, through an art guild or club. Otherwise, it's not like literature or the music business where agents and reps are able to create careers, sometimes even demand. Longtime art guild officer Cindy Klong had several pieces at the winter show, a valuable opportunity to display and publicize her efforts, she said. She also maintains online galleries and shows at other galleries. Unfortunately, the chance to connect directly with audiences through galleries is becoming ever rarer, said Barbara Dawson, who owned galleries in La Jolla and Del Mar before returning to full-time curating and creating. Economic conditions have caused most art collectors to pare down on purchases while rising property values have forced galleries into costly rental situations resulting in cutbacks and closures, Dawson said. Long story short, unless you're in the $50,000+ per piece sales category, the best way to succeed and sell, for now, is do it yourself, guild members say, which means aligning with a guild, group and gallery. Then, see if you can take it up a notch from there, fate willing and the Visigoths don't rise.
As for the rest of the story, the new show was OK, the wine was good. They need to do a better job on appetizers and have healthy choices rather than pigs-in-a-blanket mini-hot dog cuisine. In other words, stay classy Rancho Santa Fe Art Guild. And wait, here's more, straight from the art guild's mouth:
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Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve Fund Raising Event, Sunday, May 15, 2011
(Photo: Rancho Santa fe Art Guild leader Toni Williams painting at Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve.)
The Torrey Pines Natural Reserve Docent Society and Torrey Pines Association present the second annual Art in the Pines to be held Sunday, May 15, 2011 from 10am to 5pm. The Festival is free and open to all. Art in the Pines is an all-day event featuring a professionally judged Plein Air contest with an awards ceremony; artists’ booths exhibiting nature-inspired art for sale in a variety of media such as painting, pastels, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, and photography; food and live music; children’s nature and art activities; an opportunity...
April 30 and May 1 from 10-4 each day 2048 Ridgecrest Place, Escondido 92029 View the one acre gardens overlooking Lake Hodges seen in SD Home and Garden mag. 360 views from succulents to tropicals. Artwork includes: Spain, Tuscany, Maui and southwest paintings, Paintings of many local scenes. Hand painted jewelry Look for signs for two other art shows in the Lake Hodges area 760-489-9109 cathy@artstudiosandiego.com www.artstudiosandiego.com Rancho Santa Fe Art Guild - The Big Show - Reception, Fun, 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 10...
Darlene Katz is featured artist at the gallery. She is an award-winning artist working extensively with acrylic paints, pencil, charcoal and clay sculpture inspired from her travels and everyday scenes. Katz studied art at Sarah Lawrence College in New York, Northwestern University in Illinois and has also studied under well-known artists Sebastian Capella and Vanessa Lemen. A scientist by training, and an artist by choice, Katz believes that identical skills are necessary for both art and science. “Art requires both sides...
Rancho Santa Fe Library, Garden Club; Solana Beach Love Bunch...and I-5 on-ramp closings? FREE, the best things at the Rancho Santa Fe Library Feb. 11-12.
Get ready for some FREE fun this weekend at the Rancho Santa Fe Library! On Friday, Feb. 11, The Rancho Santa Fe Library Book Club proudly presents a lively discussion on "Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu" by Laurence Bergreen Be there, ready to discuss at 2 p.m. For more information, call (858) 756-2512. And then there's the big Valentine Card Craft fest at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 12. It's F-R-E-E, You'll make handmade Valentine's Day cards with all supplies available free of charge. This very special crafts program us suitable for tweens/teens and, of course, adults. For more information, call (858) 756-2512.
Rancho Santa Fe Garden Club is on the road again... ...Not on the Willie Nelson bus, however much "fun", but something fun in the garden clubby kind of way -- the annual club trek to the fabulous Huntington Library and Gardens. The garden club bus leaves at 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 12. the day trip costs $55 for members, $65 for non-members. Call the club at (858) 756-1554 to make reservations or Ginger Bord for more information at (760) 761-0989. Located at San Marino, The Huntington is considered one of the world's great cultural, research and educational centers.
A private, nonprofit institution, The Huntington was founded in 1919 by Henry E. Huntington, an exceptional businessman who built a financial empire that included railroad companies, utilities, and real estate holdings in Southern California. Huntington was also a man of vision – with a special interest in books, art, and gardens. During his lifetime, he amassed the core of one of the finest research libraries in the world, established a splendid art collection, and created an array of botanical gardens with plants from a geographic range spanning the globe. -- http://www.huntington.org/default.aspx
Feel the Love with the Solana Beach Art Association Heck, somebody's got to feel the love, it's Valentine's Day, almost for the ever-trendy Solana Beach Art Assocation. The Association stages a live poetry reading, writing and reception (art) 6:30 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12 at The Book Works and the Heather Roddy Art Gallery on the second level in Flower Hill Promenade in Del Mar. "Feel the Love" is its name, nice. For more information visit The Book Works online at www.book-works.com or www.solanabeachartassociation.org
Then in case you got to take Interstate 5 this weekend.... DON'T!!! The Encinitas Boulevard on-ramp to Interstate 5 north will close at 9 p.m. Friday and reopen Monday at 5 a.m. The Encinitas Boulevard off-ramp from I-5 north will close Friday and Saturday at 9 p.m. and reopen at 5 a.m. the next day. Blame it on "construction work," the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) sure does. Crews need to complete avement work on the darn I-5 northbound on-ramp, FYI ACC. TO CALTRANS. Oddly Even: Pawnshop supports Ranch Art Guild, Solana Beach pop-culture mice, Del Mar roller derby... PAWNBROKERS THAT SUPPORT THE VISUAL ARTS AT RANCHO SANTA FE
"The luxury pawnbrokers of Ranch Santa Fe Pawn shop are lovers of all things crafted by master artisans. That is why they are so exceptional at valuing extraordinary timepieces and fine jewelry, and why we can consistently offer the largest collateral cash loans in San Diego County. While our pawnbrokers don’t offer loans on painting, they do love the visual arts and encourage you to support the Rancho Santa Fe Art Guild." The purveryors of pawn went on to post details about the Art Guild taken from the society's web site. Which is cool.
Jumping the Mice for a Solana Beach blogger flogging a national audience The Pop Five is a series of Pop Candy readers' top five lists featured at America's largest circulating paper -- Guess those free motel copies add up -- USA Today'. Tuesday's contribution came from Karl B. (Random Karl) at Solana Beach, Calif.: "Recently we've had lists of the top five cats and dogs. Now, let's turn our attention to a surprisingly overrepresented member of the animal kingdom, with Random Karl's Pop 5 Mice in Pop Culture!" 1. Mickey and Minnie. Duh.  2. Pinky and the Brain. For those nights when all you want to do is simply to try to take over the world! Narf. 3. Speedy Gonzales. When you're the fastest mouse in all Mexico, you can outrun all those pesky ethnic stereotypes! Andale! Andale! 4. Mighty Mouse. Every list needs someone or something in a cape! 5. Jerry. Poor Tom. Do you have a list for the Pop Five? Send it topopcandy@usatoday.com, and look for it on the blog!
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Get ready to rumble at 'The Dollhouse' as the San Diego Derby Dolls rock the roller blades...  Dateline -- Del Mar, Calif. Beautiful beaches, tremendous shopping, Bing Crosby and the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club...and ROLLER DERBY. HUH? That's correct. The San Diego Derby Dolls, professional girls roller derby team, calls stately Del Mar home. They played a match last week against the Los Angeles Derby Dolls and are ramping up for a March 26 conforntation between the SD Derby Doll All-Stars and their hated rivals from the Mile High City, the Rocky Mountain Rollergirls at the Dollhouse, namely a banked track at Del Mar Fairgrounds.
Now, you want to join the team, or at least have some fun at the rink? "The San Diego Derby Dolls welcome new and transfer skaters! The Dolls are made up of women age 18 and over, and our Junior league hosts an 8-week Junior Camp for girls ages 7-17 throughout the year. We are the only team in the world Ranked Nationally in both Banked and Flat Track. "We're also always looking for men and women of all ages to join our Stripes Crew of Referees and non-skating officials. "No experience is required. Even if you have never roller skated a day in your life, the Dolls can teach you! Every new adult league member joins the Derby Dolls via our Boot Camp program. During this time you will get personal instruction and assessments from veteran Derby Doll Coaches. Transfer skaters usually breeze through Boot Camp quickly to make their way into our bouting ranks."
Junior Camps are held year round starting at 8-10 week intervals. Please contact sdjrderby@hotmail.com for more information about how to enroll your Junior Derby athlete. Stripes. Know you want to be a Referee? Contact Smashley at sdrefs@derbydolls.com for more information. Thanks and see you trackside! The San Diego Derby DollsSD Derby Dolls - March 26, 2011 - San Diego's Banked All Stars vs Rocky Mountain RollergirlsDel Mar, CA All Female Banked Track Roller Derby in Wyland Hall at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. San Diego Derby Dolls Banked All Stars take on the Rocky Mountain Rollergirls This is an all ages event. Full bar 21 and up with ID. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. Bout starts at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are: Bleacher Seating $20 (This seating is limited, this will sell out! PLEASE NOTE: There is NO DISC for Military, Senior or Kids for these seats) Standing Room/General admission $15 (standing room only at venue, you will not be able to sit on floor and see over the banked track) Seniors/Military $13 with ID (Standing Room/Gen Admin ONLY and this offer does not extend to dependents.) Kids 6-12 yrs $13 (Standing Room/Gen Admin ONLY) Kids under 5 FREE (Standing Room/Gen Admin ONLY) Tickets are available online till noon on bout day. After noon on bout day, tickets will be available at the door until sold out. (Doors open at 6:00 pm) .....AND THAT'S ALL FOR NOW FOLKS, GO GET A CHIQUITA... Breaking News 8 P.M.: Rancho Santa Fe (after dark) Art Guild gets 'Cool and Collected'... ...AND OTHER NIGHT-TIME IMAGERY FROM JAN. 13, 2011, INCLUDING 'MY TRIP TO THE ART SHOW' AND RSF REVIEW UNDERCOVER
The party was contagious, spilling from the art gallery per se at 6004 Paseo Delicias to other locations around town, say the Wells Fargo Bank and its mortgage office. Guests sauntered along El Tordo between and betwixt the night. Sponsors abounded from such organizations as Morgan Stanley RSF, Wells Fargo, The Country Squire RSF, The RSF Tennis Club and the RSF Library. A tasty spread of munchables, wine and softer drinks were available for the artisticaly driven.
The Guild's website never closes at www.ranchosantafeartguild.org. Check it out for more stuff. Or call (858) 759-3545.
SOMETIMES THE STORY IS JOURNEY AS IN DEL DIOS HIGHWAY 1/13/11 ON THE WAY TO THE ART SHOW:
In other nighttime news, the party's over for the Rancho Santa Fe Review at Mille Fleurs.
Were you invited? Do you care? Live and Direct from the Source: Rancho Santa Fe Library Guild Goes Digital
January Bookmark News from Rancho Santa Fe Library Guild:
In case you haven't heard: RSF Library Guild: About UsThe Rancho Santa Fe Library Guild was established in 1963 by a group of Rancho Santa Fe residents who saw a need to enhance library services beyond anything the county’s funds provided. The Rancho Santa Fe Library Guild is a Nonprofit organization, tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Taxpayer’s Identification Number is 95-6091588.
RSF Library Guild: Mission
The Board will strive to maintain the Library as a User-Friendly Center for information for all of its patrons. FUN FACTS
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Support Group Meeting - Rancho Santa Fe, CA! The Graves' Disease Foundation is pleased to announce a new support group meeting in Rancho Santa Fe, California! (Just North of San Diego). Details are as follows: Date/Time: Thursday evening, January 13th (time TBA) Featured Presentation: Dr. David Bruce Granet from the Shiley Eye Center will speak on strabismus (eye muscle) surgery. Location: Rancho Santa Fe Community Center, 5970 La Sendita, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067 Rancho Santa Fe News Brief iN FrEE FOrm: Money, some schoolin' goes to Garden Club Heady Times for the Rancho Santa Fe Garden Club
(Photo: Jere and Joyce Oren, right; Helen and Steve Dizio of the Garden Club.) Jere Oren said the club was a valued part of the community they wanted to continue for future generations. The room will honor Libby Sanger and helen gordon dudley, according to Oren. This comes on the heels of a $20,000 donation the philanthropist couple gave last October to the Magdalena Ecke Family YMCA in Encinitas to help build a new pre-school room. The Orens came to Rancho Santa Fe in 1979. The Garden club arrived at the very beginnings of the community in 1926 and has a storied past. Donations and bequeaths, rental of its facilities, sales in its thrift shop, and membership dues fund the club.
The Jews of Europe in the Middle ages: A Story of Survival "Few people have a history more filled with triumph and pain than the Jews of Europe. After the fall of the ancient state of Israel, the Jewish people moved in great numbers to the west. Here they found friendship, opportunities and persecution. What did the medieval world of Judaism involve, and what did the people of that era create? How and why were Jews persecuted? This is a story which historians and archaeologist are only now bringing to light. Come and explore a story of defiance and triumph in the face of persecution and oppression."
This year’s Rancho Days starts on Friday, September 24 and continues throughout the week with activities and events.
For more information, contact Rancho Days Chairman Debbie Anderson at 756-0358, or debbieanderson13@gmail.com This is the tentative event schedule as presented by the Rancho Santa Fe Community Center: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 • Riding Demonstration & BBQ * 5:30 - 8:30pm Sponsor: RSF Riding Club SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
(In the Historic RSF Village) 9:00am - 5:00pm Sponsors: Village Merchants & Business Association & Union Bank • Trail Ride & Lunch F R E E 10:00am - 2:00pm Sponsor: RSF Trails Committee • Hoe Down Dance * 6:00 - 10:30pm Sponsors: RSF Golf Club, RSF Association
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7:00 - 11:00am Sponsor: RSF Fire Department • Cowboy Melodrama & BBQ * 2:00pm and 5:30pm Sponsor: Village Church TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 • Petals & Prose Flower Exhibition & Reception F R E E 5:00 - 7:00pm Sponsors: RSF Garden Club, RSF Library Guild • Film Under the Stars F R E E 7:00 - 8:30pm Sponsor: San Diego Library WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
Noon - 4:00pm Sponsor: RSF Art Guild • MexFest Lunch F R E E 11:30am - 1:00pm Sponsor: RSF Association • Dessert, Refreshments & Art (on the CF patio) F R E E Noon - 2:00pm Sponsor: Country Friends THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 • Fall Festival Family BBQ * 4:00 - 7:30pm Sponsor: RSF Rotary FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1 • Strings in the Garden F R E E 1:00 - 3:00pm Sponsor: Senior Center • Fandango Fiesta*4:00 - 8:00pm Chili Cookoff 5:00 - 7:00pm Sponsor: Historical Society SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2 • Tennis Mixer & BBQ 1:00 - 4:00pm Sponsor: RSF Tennis Club • Osuna Open House F R E E 1:00 - 4:00pm Sponsor: RSF Association & Osuna Ctte • Neighbor Night F R E E 5:30 - 8:00pm Sponsor: RSF Community Center • Kids’ Night Out * 5:00 - 8:30 pm Sponsor: RSF Community Center * Fees to be determined Hundreds turn out to yet another Interstate 5 lane widening opposition meeting
Another ad hoc town hall meeting about the Caltrans proposed $4.5 billion, 27-mile, Interstate 5 moveable lane extension and widening,-- this time, Monday, Sept. 13 at Encinitas Community Center -- another round of protests with additional reasons to oppose the proposal. Lane widening with additional moveably carpool lanes to accommodate an estimated doubling in north-south freeway traffic over the next 20 years is nearing completion along the inland Interstate 15 route. Mainly paid for by Transnet taxes approved by voters and federal highway funds, the inland route wet through with no opposition. The companion Interstate 5 project first proposed nearly five years ago also had gone through the process with barely a whimper of opposition. However, an in-depth draft environmental report issued this spring caught fire along the coast, first at Solana Beach, then at Del Mar and now at Oceanside and Encinitas. Several citizens groups have formed in the last three months, each with a singular mission: stop the project in its planning tracks. Reasons to oppose the project have shifted, with more, and different, reasons seemingly added by the meeting-load. Original opposition at Solana Beach centered on the environmental impacts. These quickly were supplanted at Del Mar by concerns over the "Los Angelisation" of the region with added freeway lanes turning the lone coastal commuter freeway route into a tangle of traffic similar to the "Beat L.A.'" lifestyle of the "Southland" to the north. Lately, at Oceanside and the southern North County coastal communities, concerns over displacement of residents through eminent domain seizures have predominated at opposition halls. And now this, on Sept. 13, as a coalition of opposition groups held a town hall anti-lane expansion conference at the Encinitas Community Center that drew 300 people, Many people brought up the threat of increased automobile emissions and air pollution. This video was made by an Encinitas I-5 expansion opposition group of an attempt last month to have the Encinitas Council discuss the project.
So, make that air pollution, traffic congestions, property seizures and declining values, noise, as some of the many reasons galvanizing opposition to the project. Many people, and local government officials, now are demanding Caltrans extend its Oct. 7 deadline for commenting on the 9,000-page draft environmental impact document. They want the deadline extended through Thanksgiving. Caltrans officials have not yet responded to concerns as they finished a series of their own multimedia community informational outreach meetings that drew considerably fewer participants than the noisy community opposition meetings. For the record, Caltrans officials say widening the freeway to 12 to 14 moveable lanes from the current eight lanes in most spots will prevent coastal highway gridlock. Construction is not scheduled to begin until 2014 at the earliest. Numerous state and federal agencies, including the California Coastal Commission, must approve the project. Voter-approved highway construction bonds and taxes are expected t fund much of the project, but it lacks complete funding for the estimated $4.5 billion in costs. Design and engineering work also must be completed. 
Rancho Santa Fe Art Guild opens "Fresh and Playful" exhibit saluting Sebastian Capella
Featured Capella-taught artists at the gallery exhibit included: Jane Allen, Joli Beal, Anne Benckendorff, Ruth Evans, Debbie Giese, Martha Grim, Susan Flanders, Coca Hummel, Cindy Klong, Raye Anne Marks, Nancy McTigue, Charles Pinkney, Doris Starkey, Jackie Warfield, Richard Warner, Kim Wilkins and Jeanne Zvetina. The exhibit spans several venues, as guild artists also exhibited paintings and photographs at the Rancho Santa Fe Library, Morgan Stanley, Rancho Santa Fe Tennis Club and Wells Fargo Bank.
Jennifer Nelson is featured artist at the Rancho Santa Fe Library. McTigue is featured at Morgan Stanley. Carol Curtis is showing at Wells Fargo Mortgage. Rod Lingren's work is at the Rancho Santa Fe Tennis Club. The Rancho Santa Fe Art Gallery is open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday to Friday; 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. For more information call the Art Guild at (858) 759-3545
Rancho Santa Fe and North San Diego County Coastal News Briefs: I-5 lane widening, Cedros Station taxis, Fire Pact, Dolan-King, RSF Art Guild
Caltrans this month released data showing at least 40 properties along the North County coast would be removed under its Interstate 5 lane widening project proposal. Another 230 properties are on the partially endangered along the 27-mile widening route, which stretches from La Jolla to Oceanside. Easements could affect dozens more properties. Caltrans is required by law to pay fair market value for any seized properties, but officials this week acknowledged most properties potentially affected are outside Caltrans right-of-ways. That list of potentially affected properties -- displayed by parcel number -- is attached in pdf form here. Meanwhile, a coalition of community groups formed to oppose the lane widening project plans to meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 13 at Encinitas Community and Senior Center, 1140 Oakcrest Park Dr., Encinitas. Prevent Los Angeles Gridlock Usurping Environment (PLAGUE), Citizens Against Freeway Expansion (CAFÉ) and the Sierra Club host the meeting during which speakers will discuss environmental impacts, transportation alternatives and the legal aspects of expanding the freeway.
Commuter time drives now average 45 minutes from Oceanside to La Jolla, according to analysts and will increase to 90 minutes if no improvements are made to freeway logistics. Caltrans officials say widening the freeway to 12 to 14 moveable lanes from the current eight lanes in most spots will prevent coastal highway gridlock. Construction is not scheduled to begin until 2014 at the earliest. Numerous state and federal agencies, including the California Coastal Commission, must approve the project. Voter-approved highway construction bonds and taxes are expected t fund much of the project, but it lacks complete funding for the estimated $4.5 billion in costs. Design and engineering work also must be completed. Public comments were supposed to be closed Oct. 7. Many groups and government officials, including San Diego County Supervisor Pam Slater-Price, have called for Caltrans to extend the deadline, saying more time is needed to respond to the many details. Caltrans and federal highway officials were expected to decide how wide the expansion should be following the close of public comments. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Taxis? Does Solana Beach need those stinkin' taxis? Solana Beach City Council members on Wednesday, Sept. 8 passed an ordinance curbing taxi drivers behaving badly, allegedly. Residents and business owners are complaining taxi drivers scarf up too many parking spots in front of homes and business near the Cedros Avenue Coaster Station. To make matter worse, those darn taxi drivers have taken to gathering across the street from their cars, playing games, socializing, and -- goodness, gracious -- littering, according to complaints. Solana Beach staff say the local Sheriff’s Department has responded to nine, 911 calls over the past two years due to fighting, or arguing, among the drivers. Council members restricted cabs to the currently designated taxi parking zone with four spaces. Should those spaces be taken, the proposed ordinance would require drivers to keep moving. Officials may expand the number of spaces after driving around the area for six months. Taxi drivers may stop only to pick up passengers hailing them so long as it is safe, according to the ordinance. What's more, taxi drivers now must carry $1 million in liability insurance along with passengers, up from the previous $350,000 requirement. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-OK, some good news; Quad City Fire Pact working great, officials say A shared fire management pact between firefighting agencies at Rancho Santa Fe, Del Mar, Solana Beach and Encinitas that went into effect last October is working well, agency chiefs said this week. With Rancho Santa Fe Fire providing lead management, local agencies have saved money while avoiding service duplications. Officials estimated the cooperative agreement had saved communities more than $164,000 in the last year. The cooperative agreement expires in October 2011. Encinitas Fire Chief Mark Muir said the cooperative agreement allowed firefighters who often must cross into neighboring communities to have consistent procedures. “It has really helped strengthen and unify and strengthen the working relationship among the four agencies,” said Rancho Santa Fe Fire Chief Nick Pavone. It took a bit of heat -- namely the 2003 regional fires and 2007 Witch Creek Fire -- to get everybody on the same page after years of discussions, according to sources. A failed November 2008 ballot measure that would have created a regional fire agency financed by a parcel tax also provided impetus for the local agreement, according to analysts. Del Mar Mayor Richard Earnest. and Solana Beach City Manager David Ott, a former fire chief, also went on record approving of the new cooperative arrangement. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'Mission Accomplished' in Dolan-King battle, Rancho Santa Fe Association says After nearly 14 years and countless rounds of litigation and contention, the case is closed at last in 'Dolan-King,' the war that started over an 800-foot-long wrought iron fence on their property without Rancho Santa Fe Association Art Jury approval. (For a detailed look at the case, please view the attached pdf file from attorney Kelly G. Richardson.) Rancho Santa Fe Association officials on Sept. 3 completed sale of court-seized properties from Richard King and Patricia Dolan-King. After years of litigation, the association received about $330,000 -- they sought $500,000 -- to cover legal fees in addition to another $111,000 (including interest) they were owed and the case was considered closed, association officials said. "King" and his wife lived at the Rancho Santa Fe Covenant from 1996 until 2004. A lot came out during the years, mainly in the form of King-Dolan dirty laundry. King turned out to be a total fraud --his actual name was William Wallace Keegan. He eventually was sentenced to five concurrent life terms for his role in cocaine distribution rings that brought in to the U.S. at least 150 kilos of of Mexican coke, estimated street value of more than $2 million. (For more on the spectacular trial, visit FEDSTV. com at http://tiny.cc/2vsrg.) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rancho Santa Fe Art Guild exhibit begins with a receptive bang The latest Rancho Santa Fe Art Guild exhibit titled "Fresh and Playful" kicks off with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 9 at the Rancho Santa Fe Art Guild Gallery, 6004 Paseo Delicias. The exhibit spans several venues, as artists were hanging their works for show earlier this week at the gallery, to be sure, but also at the Rancho Santa Fe Library, Morgan Stanley, Rancho Santa Fe Tennis Club and Wells Fargo Bank. The gallery per se features work by students of Sebastian Capella, a renowned contemporary Spanish artists of representational and coloristic techniques in oil painting. He has lived at San Diego for more than 40 years and teaches at La Jolla Featured Capella-taught artists at the gallery exhibit include: Jane Allen, Joli Beal, Anne Benckendorff, Ruth Evans, Debbie Giese, Martha Grim, Susan Flanders, Coca Hummel, Cindy Klong, Raye Anne Marks, Nancy McTigue, Charles Pinkney, Doris Starkey, Jackie Warfield, Richard Warner, Kim Wilkins and Jeanne Zvetina. Jennifer Nelson is featured artist at the Rancho Santa Fe Library. McTigue is featured at Morgan Stanley. Carol Curtis is showing at Wells Fargo Mortgage. Rod Lingren's work is at the Rancho Santa Fe Tennis Club. The Rancho Santa Fe Art Gallery is open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday to Friday; 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. For more information call the Art Guild at (858) 759-3545.
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Ah-Ha Rancho Santa Fe is an exciting online media experience dedicated to the culture, economy, politics, environment and lifestyle of the Rancho Santa Fe region. Our core mission is to serve the region with innovative, participatory journalism promoting conversation that helps us understand, and make the most of the dramatic changes shaping our lives. The average, annual income of 4,000 residents is $246,631 while homes sell for a median price of $2.6 million. Sports and rock stars, CEO's, millionaires and billionaires, people such as Phil Mickelson, Tom DeLonge of blink 182, Gary Kremen who founded Match.com, Jenny Craig live at the Ranch. It's home to world class golf courses, restaurants, hotels, spas, equestrian activities. While 100 percent Internet connected, Rancho Santa Fe also suffers through a communication vacuum. Daily and specialty newspapers as well as online sites barely, if ever, cover the community. But we do and we're longtime community members who also happen to be award-winning...
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(Photo Above: Sebastian Capella holds court at previous Art Guild show highlighting his students' work)
The mission of the Rancho Santa Fe Library Guild is to make the Library a place where patrons are made welcome, where they are provided a helpful and relaxing atmosphere, where updated computer technology is available to the community, with relevant educational programs for all.
