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Thief caught on camera stealing Ramona boy's lemonade stand setup

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2 months ago

September 12, 2024

Thief caught on camera stealing Ramona boy's lemonade stand setup

An 11-year-old in Ramona has learned a hard lesson about running a roadside business. His family says his lemonade stand was stolen over the weekend, and it was all caught on camera.

The thief got away after stealing the boy’s lemonade stand on Sunday evening.

You may not know when to teach your kids the good guys from the bad, but for Kery Rader, it was eight days after her son Liam’s 11th birthday.

“That’s wrong. You know it’s not yours. Its not free. It belongs to somebody,” Rader said.

In the security video, you see Liam leaning his head against the utility pole, expressing his profound sadness. But Liam wasn’t the only one recorded on the Diamond D Feed and Supply security camera. The moment before this heartbreak was the reason for it.

“Why would this happen? Why would he do that? Take from a kid that is just trying to sell lemonade,“ Liam said.

On the video, you see a man in a silver pickup, passing through a busy intersection when it caught his eye. With little hesitation, he turned the truck around and pulled alongside Liam’s lemonade stand.

“About halfway through the video, you can see he picks the sign up, and he reads it,“ Rader said.

“In really big letters, it said ‘Lemonade.’ Below it, said, ‘Small $1, large is $3. Saving for a dirt bike. Anything helps. Thank you’ with a smiley face at the end,” Liam said.

The man tossed the sign, took a quick look around, then loaded the lemonade stand in the back of his truck.

Liam had paid the hundred dollars for the table and chairs from his earnings. He has been selling lemonade at the corner of D and Fifth Street for about a year and a half. Everybody who lives in the homes nearby know who he is. But no one seems to know who stole his stand.

“Someone who is rude and selfish and has no feelings for other people and only cares about himself,“ Liam said.

The lemonade stand disappeared down the road in the bed of the pickup. Liam waved, but it was no use. In the time it took to run home and get more cups, about two minutes, his business was gone.

“Ultimately, I hope that he doesn’t use this experience to think all people are like that and there’s not good people in this world,” Rader said.

The sadness of Liam’s misfortune spread through the neighborhood. It was met with support he wasn’t expecting. A fellow business owner sent him $100 and a card that read: “Keep smiling. Don’t let this that happened let you down.”

So keep your eyes peeled for Liam’s new lemonade stand and the person behind the wheel of the silver pickup. The security video was turned over to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. So far, there have been no arrests or leads.

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2nd rare deep-sea Oarfish washes up on San Diego County beach

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1 hour ago

November 13, 2024

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2nd rare deep-sea Oarfish washes up on San Diego County beach

ENCINITAS, Calif. (CNS) – For the second time this year, a rare deep-sea oarfish has washed ashore in San Diego County, giving scientists a chance to study the species without plumbing the depths of the ocean, it was announced Wednesday.

Last week, Scripps Institution of Oceanography PhD candidate Alison Laferriere found the deceased 9.5-foot specimen at Grandview Beach in Encinitas — just the 21st of its species documented to have washed up on California beaches since 1901, officials said.

The previous 12.25-foot long fish was found in August by kayakers and snorkelers in La Jolla Cove.

Ben Frable, manager of the Scripps Oceanography Marine Vertebrate Collection — one of the largest collections of deep-sea fish in the world — contacted the NOAA Fisheries West Coast team to recover the specimen and transport it to the Southwest Fisheries Science Center, according to a Scripps statement.

“We took samples and froze the specimen awaiting further study and final preservation in the Marine Vertebrate Collection,” Frable said. “Like with the previous oarfish, this specimen and the samples taken from it will be able to tell us much about the biology, anatomy, genomics and life history of oarfishes.”

It is unclear why two of the rarely seen, short-crested oarfish have washed up on local shores, Frable said.

“It may have to do with changes in ocean conditions and increased numbers of oarfish off our coast,” he said. “Many researchers have suggested this as to why deep-water fish strand on beaches.

“Sometimes it may be linked to broader shifts such as the El Niño and La Niña cycle but this is not always the case. There was a weak El Niño earlier this year. This wash-up coincided with the recent red tide and Santa Ana winds last week but many variables could lead to these strandings.”

The species has a long, scale-less, ribbon-like silvery body with dark spots. A long red dorsal fin crest extends from the top of the head.

Often described as sea serpents, oarfish can grow to lengths of 30 feet and are the longest bony fish in the world. Oarfish have a mythical reputation as predictors of natural disasters and earthquakes.

If someone finds an unusual or rare creature on the beach, they are encouraged to alert the local lifeguards. If in Southern California, members of the public can notify Scripps Institution of Oceanography at scrippsnews@ucsd.edu or 858-534-3624. Many beaches may be marine protected areas, where taking of organisms — living or dead — is illegal.

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KLM adds cool new route connecting San Diego and Amsterdam – The Points Guy

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8 hours ago

November 13, 2024

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KLM adds cool new route connecting San Diego and Amsterdam – The Points Guy

San Diego is about to get another nonstop connection to Europe.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines announced Tuesday that it would add nonstop service from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) beginning May 8, 2025.

This new thrice-weekly service will operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays on a 275-seat Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. KLM’s 787-9 Dreamliner features 30 lie-flat business-class pods, 21 premium economy recliners and 224 economy seats.

Flights will depart San Diego at 1:55 p.m. and land in Amsterdam at 9:15 a.m. the next day. Westbound flights will leave Amsterdam at 9:50 a.m. and land in San Diego at noon.

Amsterdam is KLM’s megahub and also serves as one of the key connecting points for SkyTeam alliance travelers heading from Europe to points throughout the world. San Diego-based travelers will soon have access to over 160 destinations beyond Amsterdam, according to KLM and airport authorities.

KLM will become the 19th carrier to serve San Diego. The Amsterdam service will become the airport’s third nonstop route to Europe. KLM will join British Airways (London) and Lufthansa (Munich) as European airlines that fly to San Diego.

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At 5,613 miles, this new route will become KLM’s longest to the U.S.

San Diego is “a large, unserved market for the joint venture of Air France, KLM, Delta and Virgin Atlantic, with steady growth over the past decade,” the airline explained in a short statement.

KLM already serves 14 destinations in the U.S. Some are key domestic SkyTeam hubs, but others are major cities with enough demand for nonstop flights to Amsterdam. San Diego will join Austin and Portland, Oregon, as non-SkyTeam airports that have nonstop KLM flights.

In addition to the new San Diego service, KLM announced that it will also add service to Georgetown, Guyana, as part of a triangle route connecting to St. Martin. The airline will also fly to Hyderabad, India, next year.

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