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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Jerry Bedoya Special to the Village News Ever yearned to do something only to put it off for fear of the unknown? Or a certain something that was intriguing for much of life, yet for reasons not well defined, it has been elusive? Well, for me, that “putting off” came to fruition as I finally realized I was getting too “long in the tooth” to be guided by anxiety and uneasiness. In celebration of my 60th birthday, April 15, I finally took that leap into the unknown, literally. What I’m about to share are my experienc...
SAN DIEGO - Military authorities publicly identified a 24-year-old U.S. Marine killed this week in a Camp Pendleton training accident. 1st Lt. Hugh C. McDowell, a platoon commander assigned to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, was fatally injured about 9 a.m. Thursday when an armored vehicle overturned at the northern San Diego County USMC station. Six other Marines suffered minor injuries in the crash. McDowell, a native of Washington, D.C., accepted his commission as a Marine Corps officer in...
OCEANSIDE - A 17-year-old Mission Vista High School student was in custody today following his arrest on suspicion of posting a vague but ominous online statement insinuating the North County campus was about to be targeted by violence. The Oceanside Police Department received a report about the alleged Snapchat threat about 7:30 p.m. Thursday, OPD spokesman Tom Bussey said. The message warned students to stay away from the Melrose Drive school today and included a photograph of the suspect along with the statement "the...
SAN DIEGO - A storm system is expected to move into Southern California today and bring a chance of showers and thunderstorms in San Diego County through the weekend, according to the National Weather Service. The low-pressure system moving in from the northeast will drop scattered showers throughout the county today, then the showers will increase Saturday before tapering off on Sunday, NWS meteorologist Miguel Miller said. Rainfall totals could reach a quarter-inch in coastal and inland-valley areas through Sunday, while up...
CAMP PENDLETON - One Marine was killed and six others injured on Thursday, May 9 when a light armored vehicle overturned during training exercises at Camp Pendleton, authorities said. The crash, involving personnel with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, occurred about 9 a.m., according to USMC officials. The deceased Marine's identity was withheld pending family notification. The others were hospitalized for treatment of minor injuries. "Officials are investigating the circumstances of the...
SAN DIEGO - A young man accused of opening fire inside a Poway synagogue, killing a woman and injuring three other people, was charged with more than 100 federal hate crimes alleging he acted out of hatred toward the Jewish and Muslim communities. John T. Earnest, 19, is accused not only of the synagogue shooting but also of an earlier arson fire at an Escondido mosque. Under the new federal charges, Earnest faces a possible death sentence. "We will not allow our community members to be hunted in their houses of worship,...
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Humane Society announced that it is seeking information about the person or persons responsible for abandoning a goat in Oceanside last month. The goat was found dashing in and out of traffic at the intersection of College Boulevard and Marvin Street around 5:30 p.m. on April 29. A witness provided video to the Humane Society showing someone leaving the goat at the intersection and leaving in a white, four-door pickup truck. The goat is currently in good health and is being held at the Humane...
VALLEY CENTER - A person was killed Thursday, May 9 in a solo rollover crash in Valley Center, authorities said. The crash was reported about 8:30 a.m. on Woods Valley Road, just east of Oakmont Road, California Highway Patrol Officer Jim Bettencourt said. The circumstances leading up to the crash were under investigation, but one person was ejected from the vehicle, Bettencourt said. The unidentified victim was taken to Palomar Medical Center, where the victim was later pronounced dead, the officer said. It was not...
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Zoo announced on Thursday, May 9 that a pair of endangered African penguin chicks hatched in March and will be added to its penguin habitat in the next few weeks. The fluffy chicks, named Doug and Barbara in honor of San Diego Zoo Global CEO Douglas G. Myers and his wife Barbara, are the first chicks hatched at the Zoo from eggs laid by penguin couples in the Dan and Vi McKinney Penguin Habitat, according to the zoo. Shortly after hatching, animal care staff began working with the chicks to get them...
CARLSBAD - Legoland held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, May 9 to celebrate the opening of its DUPLO Playtown attraction. The new attraction is built for children ages five and under and allows them to explore more than 10 interactive playhouses and structures. Duplo Playtown also includes the new Lego Express Train Ride, a mini-locomotive that is geared toward children going on their first ride at a theme park. During the ceremony, Legoland will also donate $80,000 to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of San Diego...
SAN DIEGO - The California Institute for Human Science announced the appointment of author and alternative medicine advocate Deepak Chopra as the Encinitas school's newest professor. CIHS is a graduate school and research center focusing on psychology, health studies and comparative religion. Chopra will serve as the school's "distinguished professor of consciousness studies and wellbeing.'' In that role, Chopra will offer academic advice to students and host special events focusing on the science of consciousness in...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board issued a permit today to develop and install seawater intake and discharge facilities at the Claude "Bud'' Lewis Desalination Plant in Carlsbad. The plant currently produces roughly 50 million gallons of potable water each day for use across San Diego County, but draws most of its salinated water from the Aqua Hedionda Lagoon, which is then circulated to the plant by the Encina Power Station. Under the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System permit,...
