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Articles from the April 27, 2012 edition


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  • Costly earthquake study to determine future of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station

    Updated Apr 27, 2012

    SAN ONOFRE - Operators of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station are about to embark on a costly study on earthquake risk that could determine the future of the plant, it was reported today. Southern California Edison, which operates the troubled plant just north of Camp Pendleton, is expected to spend $64 million on the seismic study. The study will focus on little-understood offshore faults and the risks they pose to the plant's aging reactors, which have been shut down since earlier this year. San Onofre's two...

  • Land purchased for habitat to offset railroad-related projects

    Updated Apr 27, 2012

    OCEANSIDE - The San Diego Association of Governments today announced it had acquired almost 75 acres of land in Oceanside and Otay Mesa for open-space habitat to offset the impacts of two railroad-related transportation projects. The largest of the parcels acquired is more than 68 acres of agricultural land in Oceanside that borders state Route 76 to the north, just west of the Jeffries Ranch property that was previously acquired for open space. The $4 million acquisition would offset acreage used in double-tracking rails...

  • Stolen property recovered, suspect at large

    Updated Apr 27, 2012

    HEMET - On Tuesday, April 24, deputies from the Hemet Station investigated a residential burglary on the 52000 block of Sugar Pine Drive, in Idyllwild. On April 26, the investigation led deputies and investigators to a group of several unoccupied vacation cabins on the 25000 block of Laurel Trail, in Idyllwild. Investigators obtained search warrants for six cabins and discovered stolen property from the burglary on Sugar Pine Drive, along with items of suspected stolen property from several other burglaries in the Idyllwild a...

  • Man taken into custody after attempted murder in Moreno Valley

    Updated Apr 27, 2012

    MORENO VALLEY - On April 24, officers from the Moreno Valley Police Department responded to the 16000 block of Heather Glen Road in reference to a shooting. Upon arrival, officers discovered a verbal argument had occurred in front of a residence on Heather Glen Road. Shortly after the argument, a black male adult wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt removed a handgun from his waistband and shot the firearm several times towards the victim. The victim was struck two times in the...

  • Water Authority extends temporary agricultural water rate program for two years

    Updated Apr 27, 2012

    SAN DIEGO - On Thursday, April 26, the San Diego County Water Authority Board of Directors approved extending a temporary agricultural water rate program through January 1, 2015. The action provides the region’s agriculture industry with a measure of economic relief while providing urban water customers increased protection from water shortages. Growers and farmers who participate in the program, called the Transitional Special Agricultural Water Rate program, receive a lower level of water service during water shortages o...