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  • Recycled water line ruptures near Fallbrook High; FPUD working on repairs

    Will Fritz, Associate Editor|Updated Oct 9, 2019

    Crews were working to fix a ruptured water line that flooded part of a Fallbrook roadway for a short time Wednesday. The Fallbrook Public Utility District was alerted to the leak around 5 a.m. when someone called the utility’s after-hours phone service to report water running across South Mission Road near Winterhaven Road, district spokesperson Noelle Denke said. Crews arrived shortly thereafter and determined a 16-inch piece of pipe on a recycled water line had ruptured. Service was shut off to 16 recycled water c...

  • SDG&E plans for possible power shut-offs during spell of Santa Ana weather

    City News Service|Updated Oct 9, 2019

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Communities across widespread swaths of eastern and northern San Diego County could be subject to precautionary power shut-offs this week due to the prospect of critical fire hazards amid a several-day spell of dry and windy weather, utility officials advised Wednesday. The imminent onset of moderately strong Santa Ana conditions prompted the National Weather Service to issue a "red flag'' wildfire warning for the local valleys and mountains, effective from noon Thursday to 6 p.m. Friday. In response, San... Full story

  • Fire causes $60K damage to Vista home

    City News Service|Updated Oct 9, 2019

    VISTA (CNS) - A two-alarm fire Wednesday caused an estimated $60,000 in damage to a Vista home and its contents and displaced one resident. The non-injury blaze was reported around 12:50 a.m. in the 2300 block of Primrose Avenue, northeast of state Route 78, Vista Deputy Fire Chief Ned Vander Pol said. The only resident in the home was able to escape unharmed despite the house having no working smoke alarms, Vander Pol said. Crews from the Vista, San Marcos and Oceanside fire departments had the flames knocked down within 45... Full story

  • San Diego County students show steady results on standardized tests

    City News Service|Updated Oct 9, 2019

    SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County students' performance on standardized tests in English and math mostly held steady from the previous year, according to scores released today by the California Department of Education. The performance of San Diego County students on the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress tests generally surpassed that of students statewide, according to the department. The CAASPP tests were administered in the spring to more than 3... Full story

  • Argument at fitness center ends in baseball bat attack

    City News Service|Updated Oct 8, 2019

    ESCONDIDO (CNS) - An argument between two men at an Escondido gym Tuesday turned into a baseball bat assault that sent one of them to a hospital, authorities said. A bystander made a 911 call shortly after 9 a.m. to report the fracas outside LA Fitness in the 300 block of West El Norte Parkway in Escondido, according to police. Witnesses told officers the dispute started as a quarrel inside the business, Sgt. Mike Graesser said. The bickering men eventually made their way outside the gym, at which point one of them went to... Full story