Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
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SACRAMENTO (AP) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom will not call a special election to fill the unfinished term of U.S. Rep. Duncan D. Hunter, who resigned after pleading guilty to a corruption charge, a spokeswoman for the governor said Wednesday. His decision means the solidly Republican, San Diego-area district will not have a vote in the House of Representatives until January 2021, when Hunter's successor takes office. Three Republicans and one Democrat face off in a March 3...
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Rocky Long is retiring as San Diego State's football coach after taking the Aztecs to nine straight bowl games, a person familiar with the situation said Wednesday. The person spoke with The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the move hadn't been announced. The school has scheduled a news conference for 2 p.m. PST to make what it said was a major announcement. The Aztecs were 10-3 last season, capped by a 48-11 victory over Central Michigan in...
FALLBROOK (CNS) - A resident was displaced today after a fire damaged the roof and attic of his Fallbrook home, authorities said. The blaze was reported shortly after 10:35 p.m. Tuesday at a home in the 1800 block of Gum Tree Lane, according to North County Fire Protection District spokesman John Choi. Crews responded to the scene and found flames coming from the roof of the two-story house, Choi said. Firefighters from the Oceanside and Camp Pendleton fire departments helped...
RAINBOW - A suspect was shot during a botched holdup of an illegal dispensary in Rainbow late Tuesday, and deputies were warning local hospitals to be on the lookout for the injured would-be robber. According to San Diego County sheriff's Sgt. Jeff Schmidt, deputies responded at 7:22 p.m. to a reported armed robbery at a Rainbow dispensary. Employees of the illicit facility reported three suspects entered and held them at gunpoint, and a struggle ensued with a security guard, Schmidt said. One of the suspects was shot during...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego State basketball is back to being the hottest ticket in town. Viejas Arena is hopping again because the undefeated and seventh-ranked Aztecs are playing as well as they did during their two Sweet 16 seasons during the last decade, including the one led by Kawhi Leonard. This time it's a trio of transfers — guards Malachi Flynn and KJ Feagin, and forward Yanni Wetzell — powering the Aztecs (15-0, 4-0 Mountain West Conference). SDSU and Auburn are the nation's only undefeated teams. Besides havin...
FALLBROOK (CNS) - Rep. Duncan Hunter, who pleaded guilty in December to a federal felony count for misusing $250,000 in campaign funds, announced Tuesday he will resign from Congress effective next Monday. The Alpine Republican, whose district stretches into North San Diego County is facing a potential five-year prison sentence and said previously he would step down from his post, but he had not given a date for his departure. Hunter sent letters Tuesday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Gov. Gavin Newsom saying his...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Two-time Farmers Insurance Open champion Jason Day and World No. 21 golfer Rickie Fowler, a Murrieta Valley High School graduate, have committed to the 2020 tournament at Torrey Pines, event organizers announced on Tuesday. Day, who won the 2015 and 2018 Farmers Insurance Open tournaments and tied for fifth in last year's outing, has won the PGA Tour 12 times. The 32-year-old Australian notched four top-five results in the 2018-2019 PGA Tour, including tying...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - UC San Diego Health professionals worked with animal care specialists to save the eye of a 3-year-old gorilla at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, it was announced Monday. Leslie, a western lowland gorilla, was the cause of concern last month when Safari Park employees noticed cloudiness in her left eye. Closer inspection conformed the lens had changed and the eye was shifting haphazardly, causing the gorilla to favor her right eye. The park's veterinarians orga...
FALLBROOK (CNS) - Four residents were displaced Tuesday when a fire broke out in the garage and damaged part of their Fallbrook home, authorities said. The blaze was reported shortly before 6:30 a.m. at a home in the 2000 block of Pomegranate Lane, off South Stage Coach Lane north of Fallbrook Union High School, according to North County Fire Protection District spokesman John Choi. Firefighters from the Oceanside and Camp Pendleton fire departments responded to the scene along with Cal Fire San Diego personnel to help douse...
Myrtle Creek Botanical Gardens & Nursery, a Fallbrook landmark settled in the late 1800s which had been transformed into one of Fallbrook's hidden gems, recently announced it would be closing its doors to the public. "It has been a fabulous & successful 40 years," a statement on Myrtle Creek's website said. "Thank you so much for your support over those years. We have made the difficult decision to close our gates to the public." The statement goes on to read that the...
PAUMA VALLEY (CNS) - A motorcyclist was gravely injured today in a solo crash on a rural road near Casino Pauma. The rider was trying to pass a construction vehicle in a road-work zone on Cole Grade Road in Pauma Valley when he lost control of his Honda two-wheeler about 6:45 a.m., sending it crashing into a parked truck near Spring Valley Road, according to the California Highway Patrol. Medics airlifted the motorcyclist, whose name was not immediately available, to Palomar Medical Center in Escondido for treatment of...
BONSALL - A man died after experiencing an apparent medical emergency that caused him to crash his car on Interstate 15 near Bonsall. It happened a little after 6 p.m. Saturday near the Camino del Rey underpass, about a mile south of the Old Highway 395 exit, according to information from California Highway Patrol Officer Kevin Smale. An 85-year-old man from San Jose was behind the wheel of a 2008 Toyota FJ Cruiser, heading north on I-15 in that area when he told his wife, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, that he...
PALA MESA - A crash on Interstate 15 near Pala Mesa sent two people to a hospital and jammed afternoon traffic on Friday, but no one was seriously injured. The three-vehicle collision was reported shortly after 3:45 p.m. on the northbound freeway near state Route 76, according to the California Highway Patrol. Two people involved in the crash were taken to Temecula Valley Hospital in Riverside County, but their injuries were described as minor. Two more people did not need to be hospitalized, and one declined medical...
ESCONDIDO (CNS) - A 23-year-old Temecula resident was under arrest in a hospital Friday in connection with a suspected DUI collision that fatally injured a Riverside County woman on a rural road near Casino Pauma. The suspect allegedly was intoxicated when she lost control of her eastbound 2010 Toyota Prius while trying to pass slower-moving vehicles on state Route 76 in Pauma Valley about 10:30 p.m. Thursday, according to the California Highway Patrol. The car smashed head-on into an oncoming 2002 Infiniti Q35 just east of...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Liam and Olivia were the most popular baby boy and girl names in San Diego County in 2019, the county Health and Human Services Agency announced today. Leading all other baby names, 243 girls were named Olivia, with Emma in second at 212. Camila, Mia, Isabella, Sophia, Charlotte, Luna, Sofia, Amelia and Victoria rounded out the top-10 names for baby girls. Olivia overtook Emma for the most popular baby girl name after Emma led for the previous three years. Liam led all boys' names at 199, followed by Noah...
Contingent upon concurrence from the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, the speed limits on East Mission Road and Winter Haven Road will be maintained. The county's Traffic Advisory Committee reviewed Winter Haven Road and three segments of East Mission Road during the Dec. 13 TAC meeting and recommended that the speed limits be retained and recertified for radar enforcement. The radar recertification will require board of supervisors' approval, and that is slated for the March 25, 2020, meeting of the county...
Effective Jan. 1, hundreds of new laws went into effect. Some residents may have heard about, but others possibly not. Several of the new laws impact veterans. Among these are legislation that makes honorably discharged veterans exempt from paying state or local business license fees for selling or providing services, if the veteran is sole proprietor. Another law exempts automotive adaptive equipment sold to veterans with service-connected disabilities from sales and use...
