Indecent exposure reported near school Bird Rock is on alert after an alleged Hispanic male driving a white pick-up truck reportedly made an unwanted advance and indecently exposed himself to an adult walking her dog near the upper field of Bird Rock Elementary on Feb. 18 around 12:30 p.m. The woman reported the incident to Bird Rock Elementary Principal Carol Barry, who then reported it to the police. The victim has remained anonymous to the police, according to Sgt. Mike Yaptangco. The suspect apparently was driving a white pick-up with tools in the back and had obscured the license plate. No students, parents or staff members were involved in the incident, according to Barry. “Please take a few minutes to talk with your children about ‘stranger danger,’ Barry wrote in an e-mail to parents. “As a school community, let us be vigilant about protecting our children.” If anyone has information about the incident, contact the police at (858) 552-1725. City closes some beach restrooms during winter season Beachgoers will feel the effects of the city’s mid-year $26.2 million budget cuts when they head for the restroom for the next few months. The Department of Park and Recreation has closed six of the 11 bathroom stalls at La Jolla Shores and bathrooms at nine locations around Mission Bay through March 31, when fewer people use the beaches. Closing the bathrooms will save the department $120,000 by not filling 2.2 full-time employees, according to Scott Reese, assistant director of Park and Recreation. The acclaimed Kellogg Park bathrooms — built as individual, unisex stalls underneath an adobe roof — were purposely designed with seasonal closures in mind, according to Mary Coakley, an activist who led the private-public project. “They were designed for that so that one side could be shut down in the winter when they don’t have the traffic,” Coakley said. “There’s no reason to be cleaning all the stalls the whole year round.” In Mission Beach, restrooms will be closed at nine sites, including South Crown Point Shores, Fiesta Island youth camp, North Tecolote and La Playa Avenue. City Council approved the mid-year budget cuts to help offset the $179.1 million deficit expected in fiscal years 2011-2015.








