On  Tuesday, Aug. 27, Brad Auerbach will explain “How Technology Affects the Art” presented by Solana Beach Community Connections (SBCC) and the City of Solana Beach’s Parks and Recreation Department. All are invited to attend. The presentation will begin at 5:30 p.m. at La Colonia Community Center located at 715 Valley Avenue, Solana Beach.

“Our consumption of music, film, TV and news has evolved dramatically over the year,” commented Auerbach in a news release. Technology has made it easier to create, share and expand the horizon of creativity. Discover if evolving technology has been the catalyst for these changes. Learn the role technology plays in business, law and government in creating these changes. And finally, should we fear or embrace artificial intelligence?

Auerbach is a partner in the law firm Outside GC. He is a senior legal counsel with extensive and unique ability in Intellectual Property law and licensing, business development, marketing, and content acquisition for recent technologies, on a global level. He has deep familiarity with structuring many groundbreaking deals, including working with a diverse range of entertainment, sports, television and recording industries. He also teaches at UCSD’s School of Global Policy & Strategy.

This is the final presentation of the SBCC Summer Lecture Series. There is no charge for this event.

Originally Published: August 11, 2024 at 3:37 p.m.

How much do you really know about the world-famous Del Mar Racetrack right next to Solana Beach? Join Solana Beach Community Connections on Tuesday, July 16, at 5:30 p.m. as Mac McBride, director of media for the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, speaks about the racetrack’s rich history along with the riches to be had at its betting window.

McBride’s background includes working for several racing publications in the east and Canada. He and his wife moved to San Diego in the ’70s. He then received a phone call from Dan Smith, former director of media at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, asking him if he wanted to work at the track that summer. “I signed on and have been lucky enough to ride along ever since,” McBride said in a news release.

The Del Mar Racetrack is a world-class thoroughbred racing destination welcoming the industry’s top athletes and California’s most spiritedpartygoers during its summer and fall seasons.

Opened in 1937 by Bing Crosby, Del Mar is known for its sophistication, fashion and excitement of horse racing that attracts visitors from across the country looking to capture the Old Hollywood allure.

This presentation is part of the Solana Beach Community Connection’s Summer Lecture Series supported by the city’s Parks and RecreationCommission. Starting at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 16, at La Colonia Community Center, 715 Valley Avenue, Solana Beach, the presentation is free and open to the public.

Two sides in a lawsuit that could have prevented the KAABOO music festival from returning to Del Mar this summer have reached an agreement, they announced Tuesday.

The City of Solana Beach had previously filed a lawsuit against the 22nd District Agricultural Association, the organization that manages the Del Mar Fairgrounds, claiming they approved the music festival without first going through a proper review process set by the California Environmental Quality Act.

The city previously raised concerns the fairgrounds did not put measures in place that would reduce the impact the festival has on residents and nearby businesses, and that the taxpayers would be left paying for “mitigation measures that they believe should be paid for by event organizers.”

The lawsuit against the 22nd District Agricultural Association could halt the return of the summer music fest. NBC 7’s Audra Stafford reports. 

On Tuesday, the city and the 22nd Agricultural Association released a joint statement that said those concerns had been addressed in a settlement.

“We have come to terms on a Settlement Agreement that respects the community’s desires to ensure public safety needs are met, noise levels are managed effectively, and traffic, parking and litter abatement are properly addressed while we all enjoy another highly successful KAABOO music festival,” the statement said.

While the sides did not detail the exact terms agreed to, Solana Beach Mayor Lesa Heebner previously noted some of the city’s requests, including geofencing to prevent Uber and Lyft pick-ups and drop-offs in residential neighborhoods, addressing noise and light pollution, traffic control, increase in sheriff presence, clean up and preventing parking and tailgating in neighborhoods.

The 22nd Agricultural District is renting out the fairgrounds to an independent group, the Festival Licensing and Acquisition Corporation or FLAAC, for KAABOO.

KAABOO’s last event was in Del Mar in 2019 and the festival has faced its share of problems. Many people with tickets to the 2020 event said they never got their money back after that year’s festivities were canceled due ot the pandemic.

And, the relationship with the 22^nd District Agricultural Association ended on bad terms when the former festival ownership planned to move it to Petco Park after 2020.

After years of lawsuits, multiple changes in brand ownership and a terminated relationship with the Padres franchise, KAABOO announced in 2023 its return to the Del Mar Fairgrounds, under new ownership with FLAAC.

The KAABOO website does not list exact dates or have any other info except for a message that says “coming soon.”

This summer’s return of the KAABOO music festival could be under threat due to a lawsuit filed against the Del Mar Fairgrounds by the City of Solana Beach, which claims the fairgrounds approved the event without going through the proper review process.

The petition filed last Monday against the 22nd District Agricultural Association, the organization that manages the Del Mar Fairgrounds, seeks to revoke its approval of the music festival scheduled for September until it complies with the California Environmental Quality Act. The act requires public agencies to examine the environmental impacts of their actions, which the city of Solana Beach claims the agricultural district did not do before approving the event.

“The City of Solana Beach has asked the District Agricultural Association (DAA) [the group that runs the fairgrounds] since September of 2023 to put in place enforceable measures to reduce the impacts of the thousands of KABOO (sic) visitors to residents and businesses in Solana Beach,” Lesa Heebner, Solana Beach Mayor told NBC 7 in a statement.

Heebner said the city gets no revenue from events like KAABOO. Still, its residents are left feeling the impacts and paying for the mitigation measures that they believe should be paid for by event organizers.

Heebner says that the measures mutually agreed to include geofencing to prevent Uber and Lyft pick-ups and drop-offs in residential neighborhoods, addressing noise and light pollution, traffic control, increase in sheriff presence, clean up and preventing parking and tailgating in neighborhoods.

“Given the Statute of Limitations in CEQA, we were forced to take this legal step at this time to preserve our rights to ensure our citizens’ concerns are addressed so they too can enjoy the festival,” Heeber said in the statement.

The petition requires representatives from the agricultural district and the city of Solana Beach to meet for a settlement conference. Heeber said they have already been in contact with the agricultural association.

In a statement to NBC 7 on Monday, a spokesperson for the 22nd District Agricultural Association said, “We strive to be a good neighbor, and we have engaged in good-faith conversations about KAABOO with the City of Solana Beach for months. We have worked closely with the festival’s organizers to address the City’s concerns in the contract for this event.”

Heeber says the city is not suing to stop KAABOO from happening but to “gain an agreement as in previous years to mitigate the impacts to our city.”

KAABOO’s last event was in Del Mar in 2019 and the festival has faced its share of problems. Many people with tickets to the 2020 event said they never got their money back after that year’s festivities were canceled due ot the pandemic.

And, the relationship with the 22^nd District Agricultural Association ended on bad terms when the former festival ownership planned to move it to Petco Park after 2020.

After years of lawsuits, multiple changes in brand ownership and a terminated relationship with the Padres franchise, KAABOO announced in 2023 its return to the Del Mar Fairgrounds, under new ownership — the Festival Licensing and Acquisition Corporation or FLAAC.

The KAABOO website does not list exact dates or have any other info except for a message that says “coming soon.”

NBC 7 reached out to FLAAC through their website for their reaction to the lawsuit. We have not yet heard back.

Christmas timber may be recycled curbside on assortment days, beginning Dec. 27, or delivered to drop-off areas all through San Diego County. Right here’s a information on the place to recycle your actual tree after the vacations — earlier than all of the pine needles fall off.

BONSALL
Place tree in inexperienced waste cart on common assortment days Dec. 27 by way of Jan. 7; have to be lower into 4-foot sections. Or recycle timber inside containers at River Village, 5256 S. Mission Street, within the northwest parking zone by way of Jan. 8. No ornaments, tinsel, nails, tree stands or flocked timber. Because the vacation is on a Saturday this 12 months, there might be no delay in service. Name (760) 727-1600 or go to edcodisposal.com.

CARLSBAD
Tree pickup on residents’ usually scheduled assortment day Dec. 27 by way of Jan. 14 with tree drop-off areas at Calaveras Park, 2997 Glasgow Drive; Stagecoach Park, 3420 Camino de los Coches; Hearth Station 2, 1275 Carlsbad Village Drive; Poinsettia Park, 6600 Hidden Valley Street; and Waste Administration, 5960 El Camino Actual. Take away all decorations, together with tinsel, lights, ornaments and tree stands. Timber taller than 6 toes have to be lower in half and positioned subsequent to inexperienced waste cart. If doable, timber must be lower and positioned inside inexperienced waste container with lid closed. Flocked timber can’t be recycled and have to be disposed by way of common trash service; timber should match into the trash can, with lid closed for assortment. Go to wm.com.

CHULA VISTA
Place tree on the curb on any common assortment day. Take away all ornaments, tinsel, garland and plastic or metallic stands and, if doable, lower into 4-foot sections. Go to republicservices.com.

CORONADO
Place lower timber in inexperienced bin anytime earlier than common assortment days Dec. 27 by way of Jan. 7 or name EDCO to setup cumbersome merchandise pickup for scheduled pickup day. Tree have to be lower into 4-foot sections. No ornaments, tinsel, nails, tree stands or flocked timber. Drop-off areas Dec. 27 by way of Jan. 15 are Glorietta Bay Park (boat ramp parking zone), 1975 Strand Manner, and Coronado Cays (parking zone throughout Hearth Station on Grand Caribe Causeway). Christmas timber don’t must be lower down for recycling on the drop-off. Go to edcodisposal.com.

DEL MAR
Tree pickup on residents’ usually scheduled assortment day Dec. 27 by way of Jan. 14 with tree drop-off on the Public Works yard, 2240 Jimmy Durante Blvd. Take away all decorations, together with tinsel, lights, ornaments and tree stands. Timber taller than 6 toes have to be lower in half and positioned subsequent to inexperienced waste container. Smaller timber must be lower and positioned inside inexperienced waste container with lid closed. Flocked timber can’t be recycled and have to be disposed by way of common trash service; timber should match into the trash can, with lid closed for assortment. Go to wm.com.

EL CAJON
Place tree inside inexperienced waste cart on common collections day Dec. 27 by way of Jan. 14. No ornaments, tinsel, nails, tree stands or flocked timber. Christmas tree drop-off websites by way of Jan. 7 embody Wells Park, 1153 E Madison Ave.; Renette Recreation Heart, 935 S. Emerald Ave., and Public Works Operations Yard, 1050 Vernon Manner. After Jan. 14, name (619) 596-5100 to schedule a bulk merchandise pickup. Go to wm.com.

ENCINITAS
Place tree in inexperienced waste cart on assortment days Dec. 27 by way of Jan. 7; have to be lower into 4-foot sections. No ornaments, tinsel, nails, tree stands or flocked timber. Name (760) 728-6114 or go to edcodisposal.com.

ESCONDIDO
Place tree in inexperienced waste cart on assortment days Dec. 27 by way of Jan. 7; tree have to be lower into 4-foot sections. No ornaments, tinsel, nails, tree stands or flocked timber. Drop off timber by way of Jan. 7 at Package Carson Park, south entrance, throughout from the grownup softball complicated and at Jesmond Dene Park. Name (760) 745-3203 or go to escondidodisposal.com. (To drop off at San Pasqual Valley Soils, 16111 Previous Milky Manner, go to spvsoils.com.)

FALLBROOK
Place tree in inexperienced waste cart on assortment days Dec. 27 by way of Jan. 7; have to be lower into 4-foot sections. Timber of all sizes can also be recycled at two drop-off websites by way of Jan. 8 on the Fallbrook Switch Station, 550 W Aviation Street, or River Village, 5256 S. Mission Street, within the northwest parking zone. No ornaments, tinsel, nails, tree stands or flocked timber. Name (760) 728-6114 or go to edcodisposal.com.

IMPERIAL BEACH
Place lower timber in inexperienced bin Dec. 27 by way of Jan. 7 or name EDCO to setup cumbersome merchandise pickup for scheduled pickup. No ornaments, tinsel, nails, tree stands or flocked timber. Or drop off by way of Jan. 25 at Imperial Seaside Public Works, 495 tenth St., or Boys & Ladies Membership, 847 Encina Ave. Go to edcodisposal.com.

LA MESA
Place lower timber in inexperienced bin on common collections day Jan. 27 by way of Jan. 7; No ornaments, tinsel, nails, tree stands or flocked timber. Or drop off by way of Jan. 17 at EDCO Station, 8184 Industrial St.; or name EDCO to setup cumbersome merchandise pickup for scheduled pickup. Go to edcodisposal.com.

LEMON GROVE
Place lower timber in inexperienced bin on common collections day Dec. 27 by way of Jan. 7. No ornaments, tinsel, nails, tree stands or flocked timber. Drop off by way of Jan. 16 at Treganza Heritage Park, previously Civic Heart Park, 3200 Predominant St. (Timber don’t must be lower down for recycling on the drop-off.) Or name EDCO to setup cumbersome merchandise pickup. Go to edcodisposal.com.

NATIONAL CITY
Place lower timber in inexperienced bin Dec. 27 by way of Jan. 7. No ornaments, tinsel, nails, tree stands or flocked timber. Or drop off by way of Jan. 15 at Las Palmas Park, 1800 E. twenty second St. pool parking zone. Or name EDCO to setup cumbersome merchandise pickup for scheduled pickup. Go to edcodisposal.com.

OCEANSIDE
Tree pickup on residents’ usually scheduled assortment day Dec. 27 by way of Jan. 14 with tree drop-off at El Corazon Compost Facility, 3210 Oceanside Blvd. Take away all decorations, together with tinsel, lights, ornaments and tree stands. Timber taller than 6 toes have to be lower in half and positioned inside inexperienced waste container. Smaller timber must be lower and positioned inside inexperienced waste container with lid closed. Go to wm.com.

POWAY
Put timber curbside on assortment day Dec. 27 by way of Jan. 7. Take away stand and trimmings; timber must be lower into 4-foot lengths or shorter. No ornaments, tinsel, nails, tree stands or flocked timber. Name (858) 748-7769 or go to edcodisposal.com.

RAMONA
Put timber curbside in inexperienced waste carts Dec. 27 by way of Jan. 7 on assortment days. No ornaments, tinsel, nails, tree stands or flocked timber; have to be lower into 4-foot sections. Timber of all sizes may be dropped off from 8 a.m. to three p.m. Dec. 27-31 and Jan. 8-10 at Ramona Excessive Faculty, 1401 Hanson Lane, and The Village Buying Heart in SD Nation Estates. Ramona disposal will observe Christmas and New Yr’s Day holidays and residential assortment might be delayed by in the future for Friday clients solely. Name (760) 789-0516 or go to ramonadisposal.com.

SAN DIEGO
Curbside assortment of Christmas timber (for residents with yard waste assortment). Handbook container clients utilizing their very own bins ought to place timber on the curb for assortment on common greenery recycling pickup day. Timber over 4 toes in size must be lower in half. No ornaments, tinsel, nails, tree stands or flocked timber. Automated container clients utilizing the massive, inexperienced 96-gallon bin supplied by the town ought to lower their timber to suit into the automated container for pickup on assortment day.

The town of San Diego’s annual Christmas Tree Recycling Program runs Dec. 26 by way of Jan. 23 and consists of 17 drop-off areas for metropolis residents; examine web site hours:

Carmel Valley: Carmel Valley Recreation Heart, 3777 Townsgate Drive (decrease parking zone)

Encanto: Cielo Drive at Woodman Avenue

Golden Hill: Golden Hill Recreation Heart, 2600 Golf Course Drive

La Jolla: Kate Classes Memorial Park, nook of Mount Soledad Street and Loring Avenue

Logan Heights: Memorial Recreation Heart, 2902 Marcy Ave.

Miramar: Miramar Greenery Recycling at Miramar Landfill, 5180 Convoy St.

Mission Bay: SeaWorld Drive at Pacific Freeway

Mountain View: Ocean View Boulevard at fortieth Avenue (north aspect)

Oak Park: Chollas Lake, 6350 Faculty Grove Drive (Gloria Mesa parking zone)

Ocean Seaside: Robb Subject Recreation Heart, 2525 Bacon St.

Otay Mesa/Nestor: Montgomery Waller Neighborhood Park (decrease parking zone, southeast nook of Palm Avenue and Beyer Boulevard)

Rancho Bernardo: Rancho Bernardo Recreation Heart, 18448 W. Bernardo Drive

Rancho Penasquitos: Canyonside Recreation Heart, 12350 Black Mountain Street

San Diego State College: Car parking zone 17 off Alvarado Street

Scripps Ranch: Scripps Ranch Recreation Heart, 11454 Blue Cypress Drive

Tierrasanta: Tierrasanta Neighborhood Park, 11220 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. (pool parking zone)

College Metropolis: Standley Neighborhood Park (parking zone), 3585 Governor Drive

Go to sandiego.gov/environmental-services/recycling/occasions/christmas.

SAN MARCOS
Place tree in inexperienced waste cart on assortment days Dec. 27 by way of Jan. 7; have to be lower into 4-foot sections. Timber of all sizes can also be recycled by way of Jan. 8 on the San Marcos Senior Heart, 111 Richmar Ave. No ornaments, tinsel, nails, tree stands or flocked timber. Name (760) 744-2700 or go to edcodisposal.com.

SANTEE
Place lower timber in yard waste bin on common collections day Dec. 27 by way of Jan. 7. No ornaments, tinsel, nails, tree stands or flocked timber. Or Santee clients can drop off timber by way of Jan. 7 at Waste Administration Recycle Heart, 925 O’Connor St., El Cajon. Go to wm.com.

SOLANA BEACH
Put timber curbside on assortment day Dec. 27 by way of Jan. 7; have to be lower into 4-foot sections. No ornaments, tinsel, nails, tree stands or flocked timber. Drop off timber by way of Jan. 8 at Metropolis Corridor, 635 Freeway 101 South, and La Colonia Park, 715 Valley Ave. Put timber in assortment containers. Name (858) 350-8544 or go to edcodisposal.com.

VALLEY CENTER
Place tree in inexperienced waste cart on assortment days Dec. 27 by way of Jan. 7; have to be lower into 4-foot sections. No ornaments, tinsel, nails, tree stands or flocked timber. Drop off timber by way of Jan. 8 at Valley Heart Elementary Faculty decrease parking zone, 28751 Cole Grade Street. Put timber in assortment containers. Name (760) 744-2700 or go to edcodisposal.com.

VISTA
EDCO clients can put timber in inexperienced waste cart on assortment days Dec. 27 by way of Jan. 7; have to be lower into 4-foot sections. No ornaments, tinsel, nails, tree stands or flocked timber. Or put timber in containers by way of Jan. 8 on the public lot at Vale Terrace and Williamston, or lot at South Melrose Drive and Shadowridge Drive. Name (760) 727-1600 or go to edcodisposal.com.

UNINCORPORATED SAN DIEGO COUNTY
Place timber in yard waste bin on common collections day Dec. 27 by way of Jan. 7. No ornaments, tinsel, nails, tree stand or flocked timber.

Because the vacation is on a Saturday this 12 months, there might be no delay in service for EDCO clients. Examine with the waste disposal supplier in your space.