SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — A Clairemont community park will be renamed and dedicated to the San Diego police officer who died in the line of duty while responding to a car chase last year.
Family, friends, the San Diego Police Department and city leaders will hold a ceremony on Sunday to officially rename North Clairemont Community Park as the Officer Austin Machitar Memorial Park. The City of San Diego’s Park and Recreation Board unanimously approved the renaming of the park earlier in 2025.
The official renaming and park dedication ceremony is scheduled for 10 a.m. Sunday. The Machitar family will be in attendance, along with Police Chief Scott Wahl, Mayor Todd Gloria, as well as more elected officials, community members and friends…