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New San Marcos outreach facility sits empty due to coronavirus The facility will be a home base for the San Diego sheriffs departments RESPECT program and last updated 2021-02-21 20:56:54-05 SAN MARCOS, Calif. (KGTV) - San Diego Sheriffs Department deputies in San Marcos have hit a roadblock in their efforts to help the youth in their community. In 2014, Deputy Dustin Nelson and Deputy Todd Baker started the RESPECT program as a way of helping keep kids on the right path. “We focus on buil...

SAN MARCOS —  There’s a big room tucked on the backside of a government building in San Marcos that’s ready for use when the pandemic restrictions lift. Billiard balls on the new table are racked. The 75-inch TVs are in. A drum kit sits in a sound-proof booth. All that’s missing are the select group of a few dozen at-risk teens who’ve earned the privilege to use the new facility, where they can engage in a little healthy competition at pool or foosball, save virtual worlds on a Pla...

SAN MARCOS (KUSI) – Founded in 2014, Respect Project is a mentoring and character building program designed for troubled and at-risk justice-involved teens in the North County region. The Respect Project’s goal is to keep students away from the influence of gangs, drugs, and a life trapped in the criminal justice system. The program is coordinated by two Sheriff’s Deputies Nelson and Baker with oversight and support by the Sheriff’s Juvenile Services Group. The new Respect Project facil...

SAN MARCOS (KUSI) – It’s the start of the new year and the City of San Marcos has many initiatives on the horizon. San Marcos Mayor, Rebecca Jones, joined Good Morning San Diego to discuss what residents can expect in 2021. The 206 bed Kaiser Permanente Hospital is well underway, slated to open in early 2023, serving north county’s 180,000 members and bringing 500 new jobs to San Marcos The San Marcos Creek Infrastructure project is moving along with completion in the first half of 2022 T...

December can be a controversial month in public schools. Millions of Americans are celebrating holidays like Christmas, Hannukah and Kwanzaa. Public-school educators, many of whom are celebrating themselves, are looking for creative and engaging ways of bringing some of that holiday cheer into their classrooms. Conversely, parents are subjected to a steady stream of homework assignments and classroom party requests that range from educationally sound to legally dubious, resulting in questions s...

    The money was raised through the Respect Project’s ‘Kick Start Your Health’ programme made up of over 25 men over the age of 40.      The men took part in a sponsored mountain climb of the Mournes on Sunday 11 October.  Speaking at the cheque presentation, Martin said when the programme developed, the group wanted to undertake a fundraiser to raise awareness and funds for PIPS Hope and Support. “When the Kick Start Your Health programme began, we asked the group to undertake a...