The Del Mar Highlands Town Center has their Halloween Trick-or-Treating on October 30 from 4:00 to 6:00 PM, including a free concert in the amphitheater (featuring Left4Dead.) Piazza Carmel has their Trick-or-Treating on Saturday, October 31 from 12:00 to 3:00 PM.

The November 3 meeting of the Carmel Valley Planning Board’s Northern Area Maintenance Assessment District (MAD) Subcommittee has been canceled. Next meeting on December 1st.

MCAS Miramar will be conducting the following day/night time training operations next week:

• From November 2 - November 5, there will be standard fixed-wing operations using the Field Carrier Landing Practice (FCLP) from the early evening to late night (concluding before 9:30 pm).
• Additional day time FCLP operations will occur from November 2-6, and should conclude by 3 pm.
• From November 2 - November 4, there will be standard rotary-wing operations using the Landing Helicopter Deck (LHD) during the day (concluding before 4 pm).

Drop off your unused prescription medications and help reduce youth access to drugs. Saturday, October 24th, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM, at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, Solana Beach Gate on Via De La Valle (between Jimmy Durante Blvd and Coast Hwy.) Meet prevention & treatment providers. Gain valuable insight that can help your family and community. Toll Free Hotline: (877) 662-6384 or search Facebook.com for “Oxy Task Force”

An announcement from our local Police:

Members of Northwestern Division Command cordially invite you to meet our new Captain! Captain Miguel Rosario became the Commanding Officer of Northwestern Division on September 5, 2009. Join us for light refreshments (Including those fabulous Doubletree Chocolate Chip Cookies!) on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. at the Northwestern Division Substation, 12592 El Camino Real.  Additional parking is available at Neurocrine (Just north of the Skate Park.)

Captain Rosario brings with him over 30 years of San Diego Police Department experience including: United States Marines Corps Veteran SDPD assignments in Patrol & Investigations (Gang Unit, Narcotics, Special Investigations Unit, Financial Crimes Unit) SWAT Officer / Sniper Team / SRT original member Graduate of the 234th FBI National Academy Holds a B/S degree in Criminal Justice and is pursuing a graduate degree in Organizational Leadership.

The CP&L Office wishes to alert you that MCAS Miramar will be conducting the following day/night time training operations next week:

1. On October 20, there will be standard rotary-wing operations using the Landing Helicopter Deck (LHD) from the early evening to late night (concluding before midnight).
2. There will be standard fixed-wing operations using the Field Carrier Landing Practice (FCLP) pattern on October 21 and 22 from the early evening to late night (concluding before 9:30 pm). Additional day time operations will occur from October 21-23, and should conclude by 5 pm.

The next meeting of the Carmel Valley Community Planning Board will be on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 7:00 PM at the Carmel Valley Library. The agenda is available on the City Planning Page, or attached below: (more…)

From Juan Lias, MCAS Miramar CP&L Office, 858-577-6603:

MCAS Miramar will be conducting night time helicopter training on October 15 using the Landing Helicopter Deck (LHD) from the early evening to late night (concluding before 9:30 pm).

I hear that the credit card skimmer at the gas station in Carmel Valley was active in early September, so suspicious activity might just be showing up on your statement. If you were hit, or if you know anything about this (for instance, if you remember the device at the gas station), please consider contacting our local Police Community Relations Officer, Gaylon Sells. Any information you can provide might help catch these people! Here’s the contact information:

Gaylon Sells, Community Relations Officer
Northwestern Division, 12592 El Camino Real, SD, CA 92130
Direct line: 858 523-7031 Station line: 858 523-7000
Email: gsells@pd.sandiego.gov
Schedule: Monday - Thursday 2 PM to Midnight

I received this information from a resident about a device that steals credit card information attached to a local gas pump. I assume the device is gone now, and I don’t have any first-hand knowledge (but I have contacted the police.) Please don’t avoid this particular station because of this warning — similar devices could be at any station, ATM or retail store. Just watch out for unusual or mis-matching card readers, and check your statements regularly for suspicious activity:

The Shell gas station on Valley Center Drive (right off the 56 and Carmel Creek Road) had a device installed on at least one of the gas pumps which steals credit card information. If you use that gas station, you should check your most recent statement and also check newer charges on-line (website information to do so is found in your credit card statement) and look for charges you did not make (they will be out of the area or even out of state). If you find charges you did not make, call the credit card 800 number immediately on your statement to dispute the charges. The credit card issuer will also need to cancel your credit card and reissue it, as the thieves use the card until they max out your available credit.

This month’s regular meeting of the Torrey Pines Community Planning Board will be held on Thursday, October 8th at 7:00 pm at the Del Mar Heights Elementary School in the Multipurpose Room (MUR). To review the agenda, as well as past meeting minutes, please visit the Torrey Pines Community Planning Board website.

October’s free family music program sponsored by The Friends of the Carmel Valley Library will be presented on Wed., Oct. 14th at 7:00 p.m. in the library’s community room. It will feature soprano Mariko Kanamitsu, pianist Mizue Shapiro, and cellist Takashi Kiyoizumi. Their program will include trios by Handel, Schubert, Bernstein, and Previn; duets for cello and piano by Piazzolla and Chopin; and several pieces for soprano and piano. It will last 45 minutes. (more…)

A message from Gaylon Sells, our San Diego Police Community Relations Officer. You can contact Officer Sells at gsells@pd.sandiego.gov:

For those who didn’t know, Captain Kathy Healey has retired, and Northwestern Division has a new Captain, Miguel Rosario. He has asked me to pass along his greetings to all of you. Captain Rosario is very interested in finding out what your priorities are as far as what areas of crime or disorder you would like Northwestern Division to make a priority. (more…)

The Carmel Valley Regional Issues Subcommittee will meet at a special time and place this month. The meeting is at 4:00 PM on site around Del Mar Mesa. The first location will be at the eastbound Carmel Valley Road exit on SR-56. The second location will be in Del Mar Mesa. Read on for complete information. (more…)

The Carmel Valley North Maintenance Assessment District (MAD) Subcommittee scheduled for Tuesday, October 6 has been canceled due to lack of agenda items. Next meeting, Tuesday, November 3 at the Carmel Valley Recreation Center.