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FOR OVER 30 YEARS

Grammy Award-winningrock band Switchfoot broughttogether people from all overthe world for their 16th annualcommunity giving movement,the Switchfoot Bro-Am heldJune 27.

The iconic annual San Diegoevent normally gathers over17,000 people at MoonlightBeach for a surf contest andmusic festival benefiting localyouth initiatives. Due to thepandemic, this year theBro-Am united fans through avirtual live music event duringthe first-ever Bro-Am livestream.

The Switchfoot Bro-AmFoundation raised over$50,000 at this year’s event tosupport the increasing need forkids with these six nationaland local charities: FeedingAmerica, A Step Beyond,Challenged AthletesFoundation, Feeding SanDiego, Monarch Schools, andSave The Music Foundation.

Live stream highlightsincluded performances by

Switchfoot, The New Respects,Colony House, Judah Akersfrom Judah and the Lion, andNEEDTOBREATHE. Switchfootalso premiered the “SwimGood” music video, a FrankOcean cover from theirrecently released EP “Covers.”Drew Shirley (guitarist ofSwitchfoot), Chris Cote (WorldSurf League) and Rob Machado(professional surfer) providedentertaining live commentarythroughout the event.

Since the inaugural BRO-AM

event in 2005, the annualevents have raised over $2million for youth programsimpacting homeless, at-riskand disadvantaged kids. Grantsawarded by the SwitchfootBro-Am Foundation focus onempowering kids with physicaland community well-beingalong with opportunities tothrive through music, art,surfing and education.

For more information, visitbroam.org andswitchfoot.com.

Switchfoot’s Bro-Am this year united fans through avirtual live music event.

COURTESY

Switchfoot live streamBro-Am a big success

League of Women Voters North County SanDiego responds to many new member requests asthe community turns to the non-partisanorganization for its voter services.

The 225-member local chapter of the League ofWomen Voters has adapted to virus preventionguidelines as it has prepared to “virtually”moderate candidate forums, present pros andcons sessions on local and state ballot measuresfor as many as 30 community groups, as well assupport Census 2020 efforts. Meeting via Zoomand educating through webinars during thespring has readied the group for the usual surge ofpre-election activity.

By Election Day Nov. 3, 2020, members of theLeague of Women Voters North County SanDiego will assist the office of the San Diego

County Registrar of Voters at vote-by-mail ballotdrop off sites. In preparation, League memberswill have registered voters, served as observers ofgovernment meetings at all levels, studied ballotmeasures, and participated in the development ofone of the League’s most-appreciated services—votersedge.org —for unbiased information onissues and candidates. Through these activities,League members educate themselves and thepublic with researched, non-partisaninformation.

Groups of League members also study broaderissues to develop informed positions from whichto influence public policy through civilengagement. League members meet to work onlocal issues, while forming lasting friendships.

Local League of Women Voters announcessummer membership campaign

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The candidate filing periodfor the Encinitas mayor andtwo city council member seats(District 1 and District 2) beganMonday, July 13, and endsFriday, Aug. 7, at 4:30 p.m. Allcandidates must be a registeredvoter of the City of Encinitas atthe time nomination papers areissued. Council membercandidates must also reside inthe district they are seeking torepresent.

Nomination papers may beobtained from and returned tothe city clerk, by appointment,

during normal business hoursof 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. onMondays through Thursdayand 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. onopen Fridays from July 13through Aug. 7. Please note thatCity Hall is closed for businesson the following Fridays: July24 and Aug. 7. (City Hall isclosed for business Aug. 7,however, the city clerk will beavailable to accept nominationpapers by appointment only.)

Please note that due toCOVID-19, all city officesremain closed to the public

until further notice. City staffcontinues to conduct citybusiness through email,teleconferencing, and phonecalls during normal businesshours.

To make an appointmentwith the city clerk emailkhollywood@encinitasca.gov orcall 760-633-2603 to obtain andreturn nomination papers.

For municipal electioninformation visit the city’selection webpage atencinitasca.gov/Government/Municipal-Elections

Encinitas candidate filing period now open

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Times Magazine: “1619”The project, which won a Pulitzer Prize this

year, aims to rewrite the history of the slavetrade in America, connecting the past to thepresent, beginning with the year enslavedAfricans first arrived.

MOVIES“13th”Named after the constitutional amendment

that abolished slavery, this documentary bydirector Ava DuVernay explores massincarceration of Black people and thesprawling prison industry. “12 Years aSlave”

This film adaptation chronicles the 12 yearsthat Solomon Northup, a Black man born freein New York, spent on Louisiana plantations

after being kidnapped and sold into slavery.“Selma”

This dramatic adaptation tells the story ofthe 1965 right-to-vote marches from Selma toMontgomery, Ala., led by civil rights leadersincluding James Bevel and Martin Luther KingJr. “The Central Park Five”

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burnschronicles the case of five Black and Latinoteenagers who were wrongly convicted ofraping a White woman jogging in Central Parkin 1989. “Fruitvale Station”

This dramatic film is based on the death ofOscar Grant, a young Black man who waskilled in 2009 by a White BART police officer inOakland.

Sources: Lorraine Berry for the Los AngelesTimes, Wendy Craig-Purcell, Frank Harris III

-- Kristina Davis is a reporter for The SanDiego Union-Tribune

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Seacrest leadership cannot stress enough theimportance of wearing masks and socialdistancing while at work and in public. It worksand can help everyone stay healthy.

The Hive at Leichtag Commons is offering asuite of virtual programming includingprofessional development for communitynonprofit organizations as well as arts andculture and farming best practices. The LeichtagFoundation is partnering with a number ofregional funders and nonprofits to provideCOVID-19 emergency grants and continuing itsnormal grantmaking.

The San Dieguito Heritage Ranch hastransitioned leadership on its board and islooking at fundraising efforts to add anotherstructure on its site.

All of the E3 organizations have used thequarantine time to review their facilities andundertake repair and improvement projects thatare difficult to conduct while in full operation.COVID-19 has presented serious challenges andthe E3 leadership teams have risen to the task,working hard to ensure continued service wherepossible, by adapting physical environments,introducing new safety protocols andmaintaining the highest levels of quality in staffand services.

The E3 Collaborative includes the EncinitasUnion School District Farm Lab, the San DiegoBotanic Garden, the Magdalena Ecke FamilyYMCA, Seacrest Village, the LeichtagFoundation, Coastal Roots Farm, and the SanDieguito Heritage Ranch.

For more information, contact Lisa Shaffer, E3coordinator, at E.Three.Coordinator@gmail.com

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(approximately 2,300)disabled and special needsresidents and their familieswho live in Encinitas.

“The Carlsbad Branch willprovide career professionalswith a passion forservice/volunteer and a zestfor fun as an avenue to usetheir gifts and talents to helpthose in our immediatecommunities of Carlsbad,Encinitas and La Costa.

“I would also like to start anew LEOS club, tentativelycalled The San DieguitoAcademic LEOS Club(community-based LEOsclub). This LEOS club willserve those students wholive within San DieguitoUnion High School District,within the city of Encinitasand Rancho Santa Fe, whoare homeschooled, attendSan Dieguito Academy or acharter high school.

“I hope our friends andneighbors within Carlsbad,La Costa and Encinitas (andits immediate communitiesof Cardiff and Leucadia) willjoin us and contribute to ourlegacy.” —News release

For more on the EncinitasLions Club, visitwww.e-clubhouse.org/sites/encinitas/

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Heights Road and taken offthe freeway at that exit for theinvestigation, the CHP said.

A driver was arrested onsuspicion of DUI followingthe crash, OnScene TVreported.

San Diego Union-Tribunestaff writer Alex Rigginscontributed to this report.

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Recently when joiningLeague of Women VotersNorth County San Diego as asummer intern, MiraCostaCollege honor studentBrittany Engel said, “Thisinternship gets me in on theground floor of one of themost esteemed organizationsin the country.”

Men and women over theage of 16 are invited to join theLeague of Women VotersNorth County San Diego bygoing on-line tolwvncsd.org/join or bytelephoning 760-736-1608. Forfurther information, e-mailmembership@lwvncsd.org

First-year membership duesare $35, and students join free.Register to vote at sdvote.com,mark and post mail-in ballotsearly, or vote on November 3,2020

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