FOPBSS throws salsa party fundraiser
It’s time to cha-cha-cha with the Friends of Pacific Beach Secondary Schools (FOPBSS) when they gather for the group’s second annual Cinco de Mayo salsa party Saturday, May 10, at 6 p.m. at the Soledad Club.
The event includes a Mexican buffet dinner, a silent auction and salsa dancing instruction for dancers of all levels.
The event is open to the public.
Tickets for the party are $25 and will benefit FOPBSS, which is the joint Parent-Teacher Organization between Pacific Beach Middle School (PBMS) and Mission Bay High School (MBHS).
Tickets are available at the PBMS and MBHS offices and Libs Chiropractic, 4410 Lamont St.
The Soledad Club is located at 5050 Lamont St.
Soroptimists holding yard sale on Saturday
Soroptimist International of Mission Bay is holding its annual yard sale Saturday, May 10, from 8 a.m. to noon, at 1234 Turquoise St.
Proceeds from the yard sale will help benefit the group’s various projects in Pacific Beach and San Diego.
Soroptimist International of Mission Bay has provided financial support and services for the YWCA’s domestic violence services, the Earl & Birdie Taylor Library, Family Health Centers of San Diego’s teen outreach mobile clinic, water purification plants in India and the Pan American Institute in Mexico.
Pacific Youth Soccer League accepting players
Fall registration continues for the Pacific Youth Soccer League on Saturday, May 10, and Saturday, May 17, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Bob McEvoy Youth Fields.
The league is accepting boys and girls ages 4 though 16. Games will be played on Saturdays beginning Sept. 6 through Nov. 22.
The league is also seeking volunteer coaches.
For information call (858) 488-1144 or visit www.pyslsoccer.org
McEvoy Field is located at 2639 Grand Ave.
Postal carriers collecting food for Stamp Out Hunger
The National Association of Letter Carriers have joined forces with America’s Second Harvest for the 16th annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive.
On Saturday, May 10, postal carriers will collect any nonperishable food items left near residential mailboxes. Area post offices will also accept food donations on the same day.
Chef pleads guilty to vehicular manslaughter
A chef who works in Mission Beach pleaded guilty Tuesday to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated in the death of a homeless man who was killed after the driver crashed his car on the Interstate 8 onramp at Ingraham Street near Sports Arena Drive.
Alexander Aziz Fatoohi, 23, faces a sentence that ranges from probation to 10 years in state prison, said Deputy District Attorney George Modlin. Investigators initially thought no one was injured in the crash until they found the body of Donald Wall, 60, underneath the vehicle.
Modlin said Wall had been sleeping in the ice plant and was crushed in the Nov. 3, 2007, incident. San Diego Superior Court Judge Michael Smyth dismissed two counts of driving under the influence of alcohol and set sentencing for July 9.
Fatoohi’s attorney, Russell Robinson, couldn’t be reached for comment Tuesday, but earlier he described the incident as “an absolute tragedy.” In court documents, Robinson wrote the on ramp to Interstate 8 was difficult to negotiate because it caused a driver to make a hard right turn onto the freeway and it was engineered too tightly.
According to court documents, the night of the accident, Fatoohi was celebrating a job promotion with co-workers, which is why he was drinking. Fatoohi has no alcohol dependency problem and has abstained from alcohol since, said his attorney.
Fatoohi, who lives in El Cajon, remains free on his own recognizance on condition he attend two Alcoholics Anonymous meetings per week.