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Articles from the August 5, 2014 edition


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  • Sizable Pay Increases Proposed for County Elected Officials

    Updated Aug 5, 2014

    RIVERSIDE - Riverside County supervisors will consider today whether to grant pay increases averaging 21 percent for five elected officials. The Department of Human Resources is proposing the upward adjustments, which will elevate the base salaries of several officials to levels that are well above those received by their counterparts in neighboring counties. Human Resources chief Michael Stock justified the raises by pointing out that without them, the assessor-clerk-recorder, auditor-controller, district attorney, sheriff...

  • Intermittent rain experienced in Fallbrook over weekend

    Updated Aug 5, 2014

    FALLBROOK - Warm, humid weather and intermittent rain was experienced in the Fallbrook area over the weekend of August 2 and 3. Residents continued to go about their business, but the timing of the showers was unpredictable....

  • Pilot and passenger of small biplane suffer injuries in crash landing in Oceanside

    Updated Aug 5, 2014

    OCEANSIDE - The pilot of a small biplane and his passenger suffered superficial injuries today during an emergency crash-landing in a field in northern Oceanside. The Pitts S-2B aircraft, which had departed from McClellan-Palomar Airport in Carlsbad, lost engine power shortly before 11:30 a.m. during an approach to Oceanside Municipal Airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The plane came down in a brushy open lot just north of State Route 76 and flipped over, coming to rest upside down, FAA spokesman Ian...

  • Man suspected of multiple bank robberies strikes Carlsbad bank

    Updated Aug 5, 2014

    CARLSBAD - A man believed to have robbed three Orange County banks over the last several months struck again today, this time in northern San Diego County, authorities reported. The thief, who claimed in a demand note to be armed with a concealed gun, robbed a US Bank branch office in the 7700 block of Carlsbad Village Drive about 10:30 a.m., according to the FBI. No weapon was seen. The same bandit is believed responsible for holdups at a Wells Fargo in Laguna Hills on May 16; at a Citibank in the same city on July 16; and...