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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PAUMA VALLEY - Eight people were hospitalized today, four with major injuries and four with minor injuries, following a two-vehicle head-on collision in the Pauma Valley area, officials said. The collision was reported around 8 a.m. on state Route 76 about a half mile west of Casino Pauma in Pauma Valley, an unincorporated community in North County, Cal Fire Capt. Kendal Bortisser said. Five adults and three children were transported to Palomar Medical Center Escondido, four...
SAN DIEGO - A website launched by community colleges in San Diego and Imperial counties is designed to allow students to more easily explore local middle-skill educational and job opportunities. Middle-skill jobs require more education than high school but less than a four-year degree. The website highlights the region's nine fastest-growing industry sectors: advanced manufacturing; advanced transportation and logistics; global trade; energy, construction and utilities; health; information and communication technologies; life...
SAN PASQUAL VALLEY - The charred site of a wildfire that spread over an estimated 365 open acres near San Diego Zoo Safari Park last week was fully contained as of late this afternoon. The fast-moving blaze, which caused no reported structural damage or injuries, erupted for unknown reasons shortly before 1:30 p.m. Friday off the 17000 block of state Route 78 in the San Pasqual Valley, according to Cal Fire. Within 90 minutes, the blaze had burned across more than 200 acres,...
A massive wildfire, started by an alleged arsonist Wednesday, July 25, has destroyed 12 buildings and damaged five homes in the Mountain Center and Idyllwild area, officials said. The fast-moving Cranston fire, which had charred 13,139 acres and was 82 percent contained as of press time, tore through the mountain communities amid scorching temperatures and forced thousands to flee their homes under mandatory evacuations for the entire town and areas surrounding it. Mandatory...
There was some good news, and some not so good news coming from out of the Cranston Fire for the two Idyllwild evacuees who sought their lost horses in the Mountain Center area devastated by the blaze July 25. The good news is the owner of “Hewie,” a Mustang owned by Idyllwild resident Gary Gray, one of the three lost horses turned loose from their corral by firefighters Wednesday, July 25, as the Cranston Fire raced through Mountain Center, burning homes and other structures....
SAN DIEGO - Thunderstorms began to develop in San Diego County today, leading the National Weather Service to issue a severe thunderstorm warning for part of the county's mountainous back-country. The Warner Springs area north of Julian was to remain under the warning starting at 3 p.m., and the first warning extended to 4 p.m. today. Increasing monsoon moisture will lead to the development of some storms focused over the mountains, though a few storms could occur in the...
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego County Water Authority today announced expanded funding for a partnership with San Diego Gas & Electric that increases the availability of devices that save water and energy for thousands of income-qualified residents. The Water Authority is investing an additional $150,000 into SDG&E's Energy Savings Assistance Program, which funds the purchase of devices like low-flow showerheads and efficiency washing machines. "We are committed to helping the San Diego region make the most of our water supplies...
SAN DIEGO - A 78-year-old motorist was killed today in a collision with two big rigs while driving the wrong way on Interstate 15 in Rancho Bernardo, according to the California Highway Patrol. The man was headed north on the southbound side of the freeway for unknown reasons when his 1997 Lincoln Town Car smashed into a box truck near Lake Hodges shortly before 12:30 p.m. The sedan then spun out and collided with a second cargo vehicle, CHP public-affairs Officer Jake...
SAN DIEGO - The SDSU West initiative to redevelop the Mission Valley stadium site appears headed for the November ballot, along with a competing measure. Petitioners associated with FS Investors, the group backing the competing SoccerCity proposal, filed an appeal last week contending that Friends of SDSU, not formally affiliated with San Diego State University, had misused the university's name, deceived voters and violated election law with the SDSU West proposal. On Wednesd...
OCEANSIDE - The woman fatally shot at an Oceanside apartment Friday afternoon was identified as a Navy corpsman, and a suspect is in custody, police said today. The shooting took place at a building at 550 Los Arbolitos Blvd around 4 p.m. Friday, Oceanside police said. Responding officers found the woman shot. Paramedics tried to save her, but she was pronounced dead at the scene. The woman was identified as Devon Rideout, 24, a Navy corpsman stationed at Camp Pendleton....
SAN DIEGO - "Great progress'' has been made in efforts to reunite children who were separated from their parents at the border during the Trump administration's "zero tolerance'' crackdown on illegal immigration, a federal judge in San Diego said today. "I am very impressed with the effort that's being made,'' U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw said after a briefing on the matter. "It really does appear that there has been great progress toward reunification.'' Last month,...
SAN DIEGO - West Nile virus made its first appearance of the summer in San Diego County this week when a batch of mosquitoes trapped in Santee tested positive for the viral infection, county officials announced today. West Nile virus mainly affects birds, but it can be transmitted to humans by mosquitoes that feed off an infected animal and then bite people. Only about 20 percent of people who get infected with West Nile virus suffer any symptoms, though it can be deadly in...
SAN DIEGO - The Surfrider Foundation announced today that it is filing a lawsuit against the federal agency in charge of water and sanitation issues at the U.S.-Mexico border for its inability to stop Tijuana River sewage flows from polluting local beaches. Specifically, the nonprofit foundation contends the U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission has failed to comply with water quality standards, in addition to monitoring and reporting requirements of the Clean...
SAN DIEGO - Methamphetamine abuse contributed to a record number of deaths in the San Diego area last year, according to a government study released Monday, Dec. 11. A total of 377 fatalities linked to the highly addictive drug occurred locally in 2016, on average one every 23 hours, the report by the San Diego County Methamphetamine Strike Force reveals. The tally was the highest in a single year and 66 more than in 2015. "The trend line is very alarming and continues to head in the wrong direction," said Dianne Jacob,...
CHRIS LINDAHL Special to Village News BONSALL - The death toll for horses at San Luis Rey Downs Training Center affected by the Lilac Fire rose to 46 today, according to California Horse Racing Board officials. Officials have determined that the horses perished when the blaze tore through equine country in Bonsall and heavily damaged the San Luis Rey Downs Training Center, where as many as 495 horses, including thoroughbreds, were stabled. Among the horses killed was noted...
Foul play is suspected in the death of a 30-year-old woman who was missing for two weeks before being found dead, police said today. The body of Alexandria Nicole Smith was found in a remote wooden area about noon on Thursday. National City police detectives got leads in the missing person case that led them to the location just off Pala Road in Temecula, police Lt. Graham Young said. Smith lived with her family in National City and was last seen on the evening of Oct. 2, Graham said. Graham said the cause of death remains...
California Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday, Oct. 5, signed a bill that will limit the interactions that police and sheriff's departments in the state are able to have with federal immigration authorities. Senate Bill 54, the "sanctuary state" bill, was one of a total of 11 bills that Brown signed into law Thursday with the intention of protecting California's undocumented immigrant communities. The other bills dealt with workplace, housing, school and civil protections for immigrants. SB 54 prevents local and state law...
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Country music star Jason Aldean has canceled three Southern California weekend shows in response to Sunday night's mass shooting on the Las Vegas strip, which claimed the lives of 59 people and injured hundreds of others. Aldean's Oct. 6 concert at The Forum in Los Angeles, Oct. 7 concert at the Mattress Firm Amphitheater in Chula Vista and Oct. 8 concert at the Honda Center in Anaheim, have all been canceled. "As a result of what happened in Las Vegas this week, we have decided to cancel this coming weekend's shows," part...
Three breast health doctors are scheduled to discuss how 3D mammography is improving early breast cancer detection at a breast cancer resource center in Temecula on Oct 19. Medical doctors Tchaiko Parris, Amy Bremner and Vishtasb Arizand will present information on 3D mammography, also known as tomosynthesis, during a free seminar starting at 6 p.m. at Michelle's Place in Temecula. Parris, the director of breast imaging at Breastlink, specializes in radiology and biopsy...
A Wildomar woman was recovering in a hospital in Henderson, Nevada, after her left eye was shattered by a bullet and her right eye was extremely injured in Sunday night's mass shooting on the Las Vegas strip, her cousin said. Matt Schneider of Santa Margarita, who identified himself as 28-year-old Chelsea Romo's cousin, said the mother of two will likely have hindered vision for the rest of her life. He said surgeons worked for more than five hours to rebuild Romo's left crani...
Motorola will be constructing a regional communications system facility on San Onofre Peak at Camp Pendleton. The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 Sept. 12 to authorize the director of the county’s Department of Purchasing and Contracting to exercise an option with Motorola Solutions to construct the radio facility. The $683,816 estimated cost of the contract will utilize general fund revenue. “We are continuing work to replace our regional communications system which includes critical infrastructure like this...
SAN DIEGO - The trend of increasing prices and lower sales totals for single-family homes in the region stalled last month, according to data released today by the San Diego Association of Realtors. The median price of a house in August was $610,000, about $5,000 less than in July. Meanwhile, 2,153 houses sold last month, or 49 more than the month before. The San Diego real estate market has been hamstrung by declining inventory over the past year or so despite continued high demand, meaning rising prices but fewer sales....
SAN DIEGO - Federal, state and local government offices will be closed today for the Labor Day holiday. In the city of San Diego, administrative offices, libraries and recreation centers will be closed, as will the Tecolote Nature Center. Municipal pools will be open from noon to 4 p.m. Other facilities that will remain open for the day are Chollas Lake, the San Vicente Reservoir, Mission Trails Regional Park Visitor Center, municipal golf courses and Miramar Landfill. Curbside refuse collection will be delayed by one day...
The union representing more than 10,000 San Diego County employees is scheduled today to deliver a notice of an intention to go on strike over what they decry as unfair labor practices. The strike would begin Sept. 5 or later, though no specific date has been set, according to Service Employees International Union Local 221. Union officials alleged that county management, among other things, took a "take it or leave it" approach to bargaining, set "unlawful and arbitrary" deadlines to complete negotiations and threatened a...
