Top stories from Carmel Valley, Del Mar and Solana Beach every Friday.
|  Thursday, May 3 Due to a little-noticed provision buried within the massive regulatory framework California instituted over its cannabis industry in January, Del Mar now holds final, ironclad authority to prevent cannabis festivals from coming to the fairgrounds. |
| The city council last week approved a $940,000 bid—part of a nearly $1.1 million funding package—to build the 6,000-square-foot skateboarding facility in the northwest corner of La Colonia Park. |
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| While waiting on long-term solutions, one local Pacific Highlands Ranch HOA took action to keep cut-through traffic off their residential streets. |
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| The Carmel Valley Community Planning Board approved the Costa Azul project, bringing a new hotel, office and restaurant building on Valley Centre Drive. |
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| The Solana Beach City Council unanimously appointed former member Peter Zahn on Wednesday, April 25, to fill the seat left vacant by the sudden resignation of Mayor Ginger Marshall on April 5. |
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| Del Mar is heading into all-important discussions of its upcoming budget under a cloud of uncertainty, having not yet resolved a manpower shortage that bogged down dozens of projects last year. |
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