A three-vehicle crash caused a minor injury and a traffic jam on eastbound state Route 52 during the evening commute yesterday.
Motorists reported three vehicles on the right shoulder and in the center divider of eastbound highway lanes east of Santo Road about 3:40 p.m.
Two of the vehicles had to be towed, the California Highway Patrol said. No information was available about the injured person. The wrecks were cleared away by 5 p.m. – Pauline Repard
Tailgate Park
lease approved
The Centre City Development Corp. approved yesterday a long-term lease with the San Diego Padres for Tailgate Park.
The vote was 3-1, though some board members who supported it said they weren't entirely happy with the deal. They said it was the best they could do given the constraints of a transaction that started with the San Diego Unified Port District in 1998.
The port had planned to buy the Tailgate Park land from the city and lease it to the Padres as part of the overall financing package for the downtown ballpark.
The port backed out, and the city took over the deal, agreeing to accept the port's lease terms with the Padres.
Those terms allow the Padres to pay low rent on the land. The revenue from parking proceeds was designed to help the team's owners finance their share of the ballpark.
While the Padres have 28 years left on the lease, the city has the option starting in 2010 to redevelop the property. If so, the city would have to provide replacement parking for the team.
Tailgate Park is a four-block parking lot near Petco Park where fans are allowed to grill burgers and hot dogs before the first pitch. Parking is $20.
– Jeanette Steele
