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Articles from the December 14, 2015 edition


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  • Cranberries: The fruit associated with Christmas lends color, flavor to delicious recipes

    Updated Dec 14, 2015

    For such an attractive, jewel-colored fruit, I always find it interesting how cranberries are grown and picked. A trip last year to Oregon provided more information on that. The southern Oregon coast has quite a cranberry industry going on these days as it appears the conditions are just right for these popular berries. Referred to as bogs, cranberries are grown in soft, marshy ground that has acidic peat soil, very near wetlands. The berries grow on long vines. Contrary to po... Full story

  • Do good by donating older gifts

    Updated Dec 14, 2015

    FALLBROOK – The holiday season is one firmly ensconced in the tradition of exchanging gifts. To address storage issues, some families choose to make charitable donations of some of their past holiday finery in preparation for the arrival of new gifts and goodies. The average person has many belongings he or she may not need. According to the Self Storage Association, there are 2.3 billion square feet designated to self-storage space in the United States, and one out of e...

  • Mobile home catches on fire, resident sustains life-threatening injuries; traffic impacted on South Mission Road

    Updated Dec 14, 2015

    A man is fighting for his life this afternoon as a result of sustaining life-threatening injuries in a mobile home fire. According to North County Fire public information officer John Buchanan, an emergency call went out at about 2:45 p.m. today, Mon., Dec. 14, when a mobile home located on a property in the 4000 block of South Mission Road at Heller's Bend caught on fire. "An elderly male who lived in the mobile home was taken by medical helicopter to a regional burn center...

  • Don't forget to gift holiday hosts

    Updated Dec 14, 2015

    FALLBROOK – Millions of people will travel this holiday season, and many of them will lay their heads to rest in the homes of family and friends. Hosting guests come the holiday season can make this time of year that much more special, but hosting also is a significant undertaking that asks a lot of the men and women who open their homes to loved ones. Guests who want to express their gratitude for their holiday hosts can do so in any number of ways, and the following are a h... Full story