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  • Encinitas beach reopens after cliff collapse

    City News Service|Updated Aug 3, 2019

    ENCINITAS - Officials reopened Grandview Surf Beach on Saturday, Aug. 3 after yesterday's deadly cliff collapse. Three beachgoers were killed Friday and another two were injured when a sea bluff collapsed onto them on a stretch of ocean shoreline near Batiquitos Lagoon. The failure happened shortly before 3 p.m. in the Leucadia neighborhood of Encinitas, just north of a lifeguard station, Encinitas fire and lifeguard officials said at a news conference Saturday morning. Four search dogs went through the site of the collapse...

  • 'Almost Famous' racks up large ticket queue during first sale day

    City News Service|Updated Aug 2, 2019

    SAN DIEGO - The Old Globe Theatre's world premiere production of "Almost Famous'' is not slated for its first performance until next month, but the musical is already quite famous in San Diego based on the wait for tickets, which went on sale on Friday, Aug. 2. Roughly 20 minutes after tickets went on sale at noon Friday, more than 1,400 people were queued to purchase them online and the wait for ticket orders eclipsed an hour, according to one person aiming to secure seats. Tickets to the musical, which is based on director...

  • Encinitas sea bluff collapse kills one, injures four others

    City News Service|Updated Aug 2, 2019

    ENCINITAS - A group of beachgoers was injured on Friday, Aug. 2, one fatally, when a multi-ton section of sea bluff collapsed onto them on a stretch of ocean shoreline near Batiquitos Lagoon. The cliff failure took place shortly before 3 p.m. at Grandview Surf Beach in the Leucadia neighborhood of Encinitas, just north of a lifeguard station that was staffed at the time, according to officials in the northern San Diego County city. Emergency personnel pulled five people out of the resulting mound of rock and soil, Encinitas...

  • Deer mouse in Warner Spring tests positive for Hantavirus

    City News Service|Updated Aug 2, 2019

    SAN DIEGO - A deer mouse found in Warner Springs tested positive for the potentially deadly hantavirus, San Diego County Vector Control and environmental health officials announced on Friday, Aug. 2. Vector Control officials said the mouse was found during a routine monitoring operation. Multiple mice collected by Vector Control have tested positive for the virus in areas of north and east county, including Fallbrook, Boulevard, Bonsall, 4S Ranch, and Potrero, since January. With each instance, county officials have reminded...

  • Lawsuit claims Poway Rodeo uses electric prod on horses

    City News Service|Updated Aug 2, 2019

    SAN DIEGO - Two animal welfare groups filed a lawsuit against the Poway Rodeo, accusing workers at the annual event of illegally shocking tame horses for entertainment purposes, it was reported. An Illinois nonprofit called Showing Animals Respect and Kindness, or SHARK, and the Animal Protection and Rescue League, a California nonprofit, filed the complaint in San Diego Superior Court Wednesday, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. The lawsuit accuses workers at the three-day event of violating municipal and state laws by...

  • Hemet man arrested for breaking into businesses in Riverside, San Diego counties

    City News Service|Updated Aug 1, 2019

    HEMET - A 41-year-old man was jailed on Thursday, Aug. 1 on suspicion of carrying out at a series of burglaries at breweries, small family restaurants or other family-owned businesses in Riverside and San Diego counties. Nathan Maynard of Hemet was arrested Friday in Hemet and booked into the Vista Detention Facility in San Diego County in connection with the spree, Oceanside police spokesman Tom Bussey said. Between March and July, authorities received reports of at least 20...

  • County to hold public forum in Bonsall on development of Community Choice Energy provider

    City News Service|Updated Jul 31, 2019

    BONSALL - Officials with the county of San Diego will hold a public forum on Wednesday, July 31 on the potential development of a public-sector energy provider to compete with companies like San Diego Gas & Electric. The county and city of San Diego have both expressed interest in developing such a program, often called a community choice energy provider. Environmentalists have long supported the concept, arguing that a CCE provider would lower energy costs, introduce a new revenue stream for the city and offer choice in the...

  • Third thoroughbred dies at Del Mar

    City News Service|Updated Jul 31, 2019

    SAN DIEGO - A third thoroughbred racehorse has died during training at Del Mar, which opened its summer meet less than two weeks ago, it was reported. Bowl Of Soul, a 3-year-old filly trained by Bob Baffert, broke down Monday with an injury to her right hind fetlock, which is similar to an ankle, the Los Angeles Times reported. The horse was euthanized, according to Dr. Rick Arthur, equine medical director for the California Horse Racing Board. Del Mar, which was the safest among the nation's major tracks last year, had a...

  • Drug use among juvenile arrestees reaches highest rate since 2000

    City News Service|Updated Jul 30, 2019

    SAN DIEGO - Drug use among youth booked into Juvenile Hall reached its highest rate since 2000, with 58 percent of those interviewed testing positive for an illicit substance last year, according to a report released today by the San Diego Association of Governments. Fifty-five percent of 109 juveniles interviewed for the report tested positive for marijuana, also the highest rate since 2000, according to SANDAG data. Ninety percent of individuals interviewed from detention facilities in 2018 reported trying marijuana, compar...

  • Former Chargers, SDSU football coach Tom Bass dies at 83

    City News Service|Updated Jul 30, 2019

    SAN DIEGO - Former San Diego Chargers and San Diego State University football coach Tom Bass died Saturday at his Encinitas home, it was announced. He was 83. Bass served as an assistant coach under Don Coryell both at SDSU in the 1960s and with the San Diego Chargers from 1982 to 1985. Bass also did coaching stints with the Cincinnati Bengals and the Tampa Bay Bucaneers in the 1960s and 1970s, and as an executive with the New England Patriots in 1992. Bass began his coaching career after a polio diagnosis ended his college...

  • Trupiano's Italian Bistro always impresses with food and service

    Maggie Schmutz, Writer Intern|Updated Jul 30, 2019

    Trupiano's Italian Bistro is a well known and loved name in Fallbrook. It's a great place to gather with friends and family with a guarantee of exceptional service, fantastic atmosphere, and incredible food. Trupiano's is my family's go-to for special occasions, which is why it wasn't surprising that it was my mother's first choice for her birthday dinner a couple of weeks ago. The staff there is always kind and make you feel welcome as soon as you walk through the door. We...