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Articles from the August 13, 2010 edition


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  • Ramona girl home safe after attempted kidnapping in Texas; grandma fatally shot

    Updated Aug 13, 2010

    RAMONA - A 12-year-old Ramona girl was home safe today thanks to her grandmother who gave her life when she stood up to an armed kidnapper who was pulling the eighth-grader into his truck at a Texas gas station. Cassidy Blankenbaker and her older brother had just arrived in Amarillo, Texas, for their annual summer visit with their grandparents when the tragedy occurred last week, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported. The family had stopped at a truckstop for a bathroom break when an overweight man in a cowboy hat and boots...

  • Controlled burn in Oceanside; smoke visible from Fallbrook

    Updated Aug 13, 2010

    A controlled burn in Oceanside has created enough smoke that it is visible from Fallbrook, Bonsall and Interstate 15. According to John Buchanan, a representative from North County Fire, the controlled burn, which is located near the Oceanside Airport, will be sending smoke into the Fallbrook and Bonsall area and should be out by early evening....