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  • Firefighters rescue person who fell off side of trail near Sleeping Indian Road

    Will Fritz, Staff Writer|Updated Mar 25, 2021

    Firefighters were able to rescue a teenager who fell over the side of a trail in Fallbrook Wednesday afternoon. Dispatchers were told around 3:50 p.m. that someone — possibly a hiker — needed to be pulled off a slope or cliff in the area of Sleeping Indian and Conejo roads on the southwestern edge of Fallbrook near Oceanside, according to information from North County Fire Protection District Capt. John Choi. Fire crews from North County Fire, the Oceanside Fire Department and Camp Pendleton Fire Department arrived to fin...

  • FUHSD students expected to being hybrid learning model after spring break, district says

    Will Fritz, Staff Writer|Updated Mar 25, 2021

    Fallbrook Union High School District students are expected to return to in-person classes in a hybrid format after spring break, the district said late Wednesday. FUHSD Superintendent Ilsa Garza-Gonzalez said in a letter to parents and guardians that the district reached a tentative agreement to add an addendum on COVID-19 protocols to the existing agreement between FUHSD and the Fallbrook High School Teachers Association. The addendum is still pending ratification by teachers’ union members; should that happen, the d...

  • County leaders promise action against anti-Asian/Pacific Islander hate

    City News Service|Updated Mar 24, 2021

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County supervisors joined with local Asian-American/Pacific Islander leaders on Wednesday to denounce hate and announce plans to bring a policy addressing the issue before the Board of Supervisors early next month. Supervisors Nathan Fletcher and Nora Vargas will create the policy to be brought for a vote before the board at its meeting on April 6. "The senseless attacks and hate crimes against the Asian American Pacific Islanders are unconscionable and must be stopped," Fletcher said. "At the...

  • California Climate Credit program will lead to lower utility bills this summer, SDG&E says

    City News Service|Updated Mar 24, 2021

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego Gas & Electric announced Wednesday that residential customers will receive a break on their utility bills in the coming months, thanks the state's efforts to fight climate change. Due to the California Climate Credit program, natural gas customers will see their bill reduced by $17.86 in April. This summer, SDG&E electricity customers will also see their bills offset by $34.60 in climate credits in both August and September — a total of $69.20 — when energy use typically goes up due to hot wea...

  • US, Europe, NATO close ranks to counter 'aggressive' China

    Lorne Cook, Associated Press|Updated Mar 24, 2021

    BRUSSELS (AP) - The United States and European countries are closing ranks to respond to what the U.S. calls "aggressive and coercive" behavior by China, days after the U.S. and its allies launched coordinated sanctions against Chinese officials accused of rights abuses in the far-western Xinjiang region. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that he wants to work with the U.S.'s partners on "how to advance our shared economic interests and to counter some of... Full story

  • Gusty winds expected to sweep through San Diego County mountains and deserts

    City News Service|Updated Mar 24, 2021

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Gusty winds are expected in the San Diego County mountains and deserts Wednesday before a storm system sweeps into the region and brings a chance of rain Thursday and Friday, according to the National Weather Service. Winds out of the north will be between 15 and 20 mph Wednesday, with gusts possibly reaching 30 mph, forecasters said. Wind speeds are expected to increase to 25-35 mph early Thursday morning, with gusts topping out at 45 mph. A low-pressure system will sweep into the region Thursday morning...

  • Photos of migrant detention highlight Biden's border secrecy

    Nomaan Merchant and Jonathan Lemire and Josh Boak, Associated Press|Updated Mar 22, 2021

    President Joe Biden's administration has tried for weeks to keep the public from seeing images like those that emerged Monday, March 22, showing immigrant children in U.S. custody at the border sleeping on mats under foil blankets, separated in groups by plastic partitions. Administration officials have steadfastly refused to call the detention of more than 15,000 children in U.S. custody, or the conditions they're living under, a crisis. But they have stymied most efforts by...