SDPD preps for Independence Day More than one million people are expected to visit San Diego beaches during the July Fourth weekend, from Friday, July 3 to Sunday, July 5, and the San Diego Police Department (SDPD) has a few words of advice: arrive before noon to find parking; be patient with the traffic; don’t park illegally in red zones or block driveways; wear your seatbelt; and don’t drive drunk. Using alternative transportation is recommended. Possessing an open container of alcohol remains illegal on the beaches and around the bays. More than 100 police officers will patrol the beaches in plain clothes and in uniform on foot, bicycle, horse, motorcycle, boat and from the air during the weekend. SDPD will set up six command posts at La Jolla Shores, Belmont Park, Reed Street, Fiesta Island, Fanuel Street, Sail Bay, Crown Point, Ski Beach and Ocean Beach. Police will also set up one DUI checkpoint in the Pacific Beach area over the weekend. Surfer dies off Tourmaline Locals aided a fellow surfer Tuesday in the waters off Tourmaline but rescuers later pronounced the La Jolla man dead at a local hospital. William Joseph Ryan, 50 slumped onto his board while surfing off La Jolla June 30, according to the San Diego Medical Examiner’s Office. “He attempted to get back on his board and complained of having trouble breathing,” the ME’s office reported. “He was assisted to shore by fellow surfers.” Rescuers transported him to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, the ME’s office said. Motorcyclist, driver hurt in head-on collision At about 9 a.m. Tuesday, June 30, a car ran head-on into a motorcyclist at Gilman Drive and Via Alicante, police reported. Rescuers drove the 30-year-old motorcyclist and the 35-year-old driver to an area hospital where both men were treated for major injuries, police said.