Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
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Wings of Change, a new organization in Fallbrook started by Stephanie Holbrook, seeks to impact the migration direction of various types of butterflies by planting a few California native plants in the gardens around Fallbrook. Holbrook got her start with Wings of Change after helping her son's kindergarten class raise their own butterfly gardens. Then, after realizing that her housekeeping business could not continue due to the coronavirus pandemic, her clients asked her to...
Sep 09, 2020 2:58 PM CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Six states in the U.S. West that rely on the Colorado River to sustain cities and farms rebuked a plan to build an underground pipeline that would transport billions of gallons of water through the desert to southwest Utah. In a joint letter Tuesday, water officials from Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Wyoming urged the U.S. government to halt the approval process for the project, which would bring water 140 miles (225 km) from Lake Powell in northern A...
Sep 09, 2020 2:47 PM SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - With millions of people out of work in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed a law giving tax breaks to small businesses that hire more workers by Dec. 1. The law will reduce how much state taxes some small businesses owe if they have more employees working between July 1 and Dec. 1 than they did between April 1 and June 30. Businesses of 100 employees or less would get a $1,000 credit for the net increase of each new...
Sep 09, 2020 11:02 AM Eds: UPDATES: This story has been updated with details about nomination procedure. COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - An anti-immigrant Norwegian lawmaker said Wednesday that he has nominated U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in the Middle East. Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian parliament for the populist Progress Party, said Trump should be considered because of his work "for a peace agreement between the...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County public health officials today reported 247 new COVID-19 infections and 12 additional fatalities, raising the region's totals to 41,324 cases and 721 deaths from the coronavirus. Of the 4,556 tests reported Wednesday, 5% returned positive, increasing the 14-day rolling average of positive tests to 4.5%, still well below the state's 8% guideline. The seven-day average number of tests performed in the county is 6,339. Meanwhile, San Diego State University reported another 44 confirmed or...
JAPATUL VALLEY (CNS) - Firefighters labored for a fifth day today to subdue a wildfire that has blackened thousands of acres in rural eastern San Diego County, leveling several dozen homes and outbuildings and forcing widespread evacuations. The blaze, dubbed the Valley Fire, erupted for unknown reasons early Saturday afternoon off Spirit Trail and Carveacre Road in Japatul Valley, southeast of Alpine, according to Cal Fire. As of 9 this morning, the wind-driven inferno remained at an estimated 17,565 acres and was 11%...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - State data released Tuesday, Sept. 8 shows San Diego County is regressing in its fight against COVID-19, with the number of new cases per 100,000 people reaching 6.9 and the percentage of positive tests at 4.2%, perilously close to slipping into the ``widespread'' tier like much of the rest of the state. The county is in Tier 2 or the ``substantial'' tier, the state's second most strict. With a slight bump in new cases per 100,000, San Diego could find itself...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego Foundation activated its Regional Disaster Fund Tuesday, Sept. 8 to collect and manage charitable funds for response and recovery from the Valley Fire currently burning in East San Diego County. The fund will receive donations and make grants to nonprofit organizations engaged in disaster response, recovery and rebuilding. Grants will be based on a community needs assessment that uses third party data, research and analysis to determine where the greatest needs are within the impacted area. ``W...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego County Registrar of Voters announced a new tool Tuesday, Sept. 8 for registered voters to track the status of their ballots for the Nov. 3 election. Voters can sign up for "Where's My Ballot'' at sdvote.com to see when it is mailed to them, when the registrar receives it back in the mail and when it is officially counted. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, every active registered voter in California will receive a ballot in the mail. According to the...
ALPINE (CNS) - Crews Tuesday, Sept. 8 continued working to quell the Valley Fire, which has scorched 17,345 acres in Japatul Valley near Alpine and was 3% contained. The blaze continued to burn to the east on Monday toward communication towers at Mt. Pinos and the community of Corte Madera, Cal Fire reported. The inferno began around 2:15 p.m. Saturday off Spirit Trail and Japatul Road. It had burned 17,345 acres and was 3% contained as of 6:30 p.m. Monday. A new evacuation...
Sep 07, 2020 2:13 PM SHAVER LAKE, Calif. (AP) - Wildfires have burned more than 2 million acres in California this year, setting a state record even as crews battled dozens of growing blazes in sweltering temperatures Monday that strained the electrical grid and threatened power outages for millions. The most striking thing about the record is how early it was set, with the most dangerous part of the year ahead, said Lynne Tolmachoff, spokeswoman for the California Department...
San Diego (CNS) - San Diego County officials asked for the public's help Monday, Sept. 7 to identify the person, and possibly others, who may have been exposed to rabies this weekend while visiting the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in San Pasqual. According to officials, a bat flew near an unknown woman around 11:30 a.m. Sunday at the park's Mombasa Cooker at Nairobi Village. A trained park employee later captured the bat and sent it to be tested for rabies. The County of Public Health Laboratory confirmed that the bat was...
TEMECULA (CNS) - The U.S. Forest Service Monday, Sept. 7 announced the temporary closure of numerous national forest lands, including the Cleveland National Forest, due to "unprecedented and dangerous fire conditions.'' The closures will go into place at 5 p.m. and will be re-evaluated daily as conditions change, officials said. Other national forest lands ordered closed include Angeles National Forest, San Bernardino National Forest, Stanislaus National Forest, Sierra...
Sep 06, 2020 12:46 PM VENICE (AP) - There's been a lot of talk about gender parity, feminism and equality at the Venice Film Festival this year, with nearly half the in-competition films directed by women. One of them, "Miss Marx," certainly backs that trend. The historical drama profiles Karl Marx's youngest daughter, Eleanor, an innovative British-born social activist and women's rights campaigner who wrote the first English translation of Flaubert's "Madame Bovary." But...
Sep 07, 2020 9:13 AM (GMT 16:13) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A Saudi court issued final verdicts on Monday in the case of slain Washington Post columnist and Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi after his son, who still resides in the kingdom, announced pardons that spared five of the convicted individuals from execution. While the trial draws to its conclusion in Saudi Arabia, the case continues to cast a shadow over the international standing of Crown Prince Mohammed bin...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The continuing late-summer heatwave brought a record-breaking high to San Diego, and triple-digit temperatures to other parts of the county, with little relief expected until later in the week. In San Diego, Sunday's high reached 100 degrees at 1:05 p.m., breaking the record for September 6, according to the National Weather Service. The previous record was 97 degrees, set in 2011. The National Weather Service issued an excessive heat warning that remains in...
EAST COUNTY (CNS) - The Valley Fire in the Japatul Valley near Alpine ``exploded'' overnight, burning an additional 408 acres, as firefighters worked to protect structures, authorities said Monday, Sept. 7. The fire was largely burning out of control last night, bolstered by wind gusts of up to 25 mph. The blaze grew in the Lawson Valley and Carveacres areas, and posed an immediate threat to Loveland Reservoir and the surrounding areas, Cal Fire reported Monday morning....
Firefighters were quickly able to contain a fire that broke out Sunday in a field near homes in Fallbrook. The blaze was reported at 11:51 p.m. in an area near Los Alisos Drive and Live Oak Park Road, according to information from North County Fire Capt. John Choi. According to Choi, fire crews arrived on scene shortly after the report came in and were able to stop the forward spread of the fire, which was initially estimated to be about a quarter acre in size before being revised upward to about a half acre. Some structures...
OCEANSIDE – The 14th annual National Indie Excellence Awards recognizes "History of Pickleball – More Than 50 Years of Fun!" as the 2020 winner in the sports category. Co-authors Jennifer Lucore and Beverly Youngren, who are both passionate about the sport of pickleball, said they are very honored to receive this recognition for their book. "Your book embodies the standards of excellence that this award was created to celebrate. We salute your talents," NIEA said to the mot...
