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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OCEANSIDE (CNS) - Oceanside was awarded a $69 million loan from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Thursday, Sept. 17 to help finance the city's Pure Water Oceanside project. The Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loan from the EPA will finance nearly half of the $158 million water purification project costs, in addition to portions of the city's lower and upper recycled projects. The project, scheduled to be finished in 2022, is intended to create a new local source of drinking water that is clean, safe,...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County health officials reported 174 new COVID-19 infections and six deaths tied to the illness today, raising the region's totals to 43,619 cases and 754 deaths as the county waits to see if it will have to roll back business openings next week. Of the 9,495 tests reported Thursday, just 2% returned positive - potentially a good sign as San Diego County appears poised to regress into the state's most restrictive public health tier due to...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The median price of a single-family home in San Diego County crept up last month, but sales of existing homes fell, the California Association of Realtors reported Thursday, Sept. 17. The median home price countywide in August was $732,560, compared to $719,000 in July, representing a 1.9% increase, according to CAR. On a year-over-year level, the price was about 13% higher; in August 2019, the median price of an existing single-family property was $650,000, according to CAR data. Statewide, the median...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego Padres announced Thursday, Sept. 17 that out of an abundance of caution due to air quality, the series between the Padres and Seattle Mariners would be played in Petco Park instead of Seattle. The three games were scheduled to be played in Seattle's T-Mobile Park, but unhealthy air quality due to dozens of wildfires across the Pacific Northwest made that untenable. Friday's game will begin at 6:40 p.m., Saturday's at 6:10 p.m. and Sunday's at 1:10 p.m. The Mariners will serve as the home team...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The estimated unemployment rate in San Diego County fell to 13.3%, nearly 12 points lower than the region's peak in May, a report released Thursday, Sept. 17 by the San Diego Association of Governments found. Unemployment has slowly declined from the high of 25% the week of May 9, with a noticeable spike from 15.1% to 17.4% in early July due in part to the closure of indoor businesses as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Since that second spike, the unemployment rate bounced between 15% and 16% before...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The U.S. Senate Wednesday, Sept. 16 confirmed President Donald Trump's nomination of federal prosecutor Todd Wallace Robinson to serve as a U.S. District Judge in San Diego, where he has worked in the U.S. Attorney's Office for more than two decades. The Senate voted 86-10 to approve Trump's nomination from last fall for a seat in the Southern District of California. Robinson earned his bachelor's degree from UC Berkeley and his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center. He worked in the Department...
ALPINE (CNS) - San Diego County will open an erosion control center in Alpine tomorrow to help businesses and homeowners prevent debris flows in the areas burned by the Valley Fire. The center, at 2914 Tavern Road, will offer free sandbags, fiber rolls and other items to help residents stabilize properties before rains arrive and potentially trigger mudslides and debris flows, county officials said. Starting Thursday, the center will be open to business and property owners from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily Monday through Saturday,...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County could regress into the state's most restrictive public health tier due to increasing COVID-19 numbers, with Gov. Gavin Newsom today rejecting a county effort to discount the 722 positive tests recorded by San Diego State University since the semester began. The county could find out next Tuesday if it will slip back to the "purple" tier of the state's coronavirus reopening roadmap. If so, additional restrictions will be slapped onto various...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A man convicted of sex crimes against children in Northern California could be released to a Pauma Valley home, officials said today, and a court hearing is slated next month to debate whether the proposed location is suitable. Joshua Cooley, 40, is classified as a Sexually Violent Predator, a designation for those convicted of sexually violent offenses and diagnosed with a mental disorder that makes them likely to re-offend. According to the San Diego County District Attorney's Office, Cooley was convicted...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - County supervisors Tuesday, Sept. 15 nixed a board member's proposal to fully open up businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. Instead, the board voted to meet at 3 p.m. next Tuesday to discuss related issues, including the county's role on a state task force that is focusing on the pandemic. Helen Robbins-Meyer, the county's chief administrative officer, is a member. The county will also send a letter to the state requesting that the COVID-19 outbreak at San Diego State University not be...
