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  • Children find eggs and horses at Spring Hop

    Updated Apr 30, 2019

    To view high resolution images, visit https://villagenews.smugmug.com/2019/2019-April/Children-find-eggs-and-horses-at-Spring-Hop-...

  • Winners announced for 14th Annual Art of the Avocado competition

    Updated Apr 30, 2019

    2-Dimensional Category First place "The Bird-Friendly Village of Fallbrook (with guac on the side)" Hajime Ohno, Fallbrook Second place "Fallbrook Heaven" Joan Boone, Fallbrook Third place "Will The Avocado Seed Hatch" Rikki Reinholz, Carlsbad 3-Dimensional Category First place "Lou.T.Cado" Lou Taucher, Valley Center Second place "Guardian Of The Grove" James Farrant, Huntington Beach Third place "Dos Avocados" Kimberly Voge, Corona Photography Category "Cashie's Avocado...

  • DEA to hold first prescription drug take back event of 2019

    City News Service|Updated Apr 27, 2019

    SAN DIEGO - San Diego County will partner with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on Saturday, April 27 to participate in the agency's 17th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The DEA began the take back program in 2010 and has since held collection events every April and October. During the last take back event, participants turned in nearly one million pounds of prescription drugs at more than 10,000 sites around the U.S. "Prevention through education and action gets the best results,'' said county Supervisor... Full story

  • SANDAG gives first look at new regional plan concepts to mixed reviews

    City News Service|Updated Apr 26, 2019

    SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Association of Governments' Board of Directors unveiled the agency's plan to revolutionize the county's transit network to mixed reviews from county officials. The agency's proposed plan would drastically increase the county's use of technology in its network of roadways and increase public transit services in an effort to reduce reliance on personal vehicles and greenhouse gas emissions. The plan is essentially a reworking of the agency's 2019-2050 Regional Plan, which had been in development since... Full story

  • Poway man charged with grand theft, fraud, elder abuse in alleged Ponzi scheme

    City News Service|Updated Apr 26, 2019

    SAN DIEGO - A Poway man accused of stealing almost $8 million from dozens of people, mostly senior citizens, through an elaborate Ponzi-style scheme spanning half a decade was charged with 82 felonies, including grand theft, fraud and elder abuse. Christopher Dougherty, 46, a former licensed insurance agent, is accused of schemes allegedly perpetrated against 31 families. Investigators believe as many as 26 additional victims could be added to the case in the future. More than half of the charged victims are over 65 years of... Full story

  • County health officials warn to protect against potential measles outbreak

    City News Service|Updated Apr 26, 2019

    SAN DIEGO - The county's Health and Human Services Agency reminded residents to vaccinate their children against measles after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed cases in 22 states. The current U.S. measles outbreak is the largest on record since the disease was declared eliminated from the country in 2000. The CDC issued a statement Thursday that it has confirmed 695 measles cases in 22 states so far in 2019. Health officials believe the outbreak is due in part to parents who forego vaccinating their... Full story

  • Oceanside, Airbnb announce short-term rental tax collection agreement

    City News Service|Updated Apr 25, 2019

    SAN DIEGO - The city of Oceanside and vacation rental website Airbnb announced an agreement today to collect vacation rental taxes that will benefit the city's general fund. On May 1, Airbnb will start collecting the city's 10 percent transient occupancy tax and 1.5 percent tourism marketing district tax on all of its vacation rental listings in Oceanside. Airbnb will collect the taxes at the time renters pay for their reservation, then remit the revenue to the city. San Diego and Carlsbad have similar agreements with the com... Full story

  • Caltrans worker killed in Kearny Mesa accident honored

    City News Service|Updated Apr 25, 2019

    SAN DIEGO - During an annual memorial in honor of California road workers who have lost their lives in the line of duty, state officials paid tribute to a longtime Caltrans employee from the San Diego area killed last year in a fall from a state Route 163 bridge. "William Casdorph was the 189th Caltrans worker who went to work and never made it back home,'' California Transportation Department Director Laurie Berman said during the Sacramento ceremony. Casdorph, 57, was with a crew doing landscaping and street-sweeping work... Full story

  • Assembly passes gun show ban at Del Mar Fairgrounds

    City News Service|Updated Apr 25, 2019

    SAN DIEGO - The Assembly voted 48-16 today in favor of a bill co-authored by three San Diego County legislators that will ban gun and ammunition sales at gun shows held at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. The bill would ban the state's 22nd District Agricultural Association, which oversees operations at the fairgrounds, from approving sales of guns and ammunition on fairgrounds property. The bill would take effect in 2021 if the Senate and Gov. Gavin Newsom also support it. Assembly members Todd Gloria, D-San Diego, and Tasha... Full story

  • Fallbrook man dies nearly a week after rollover crash in Bonsall

    City News Service|Updated Apr 25, 2019

    BONSALL - A 26-year-old Fallbrook man died almost a week after he was gravely injured in a rollover crash in Bonsall, authorities reported on Monday, April 22. The crash on northbound Interstate 15 near Camino Del Rey happened shortly before 2:40 a.m. on April 13, California Highway Patrol Officer Mark Latulippe said. The victim, whose name was withheld pending family notification, was behind the wheel of a Chevrolet Silverado pickup heading northbound when his pickup drifted to the right for unknown reasons, struck a metal... Full story