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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Douglas Goddard Nickerson, Aug. 13, 1942 to Aug. 2, 2015. Born in Worcester, Mass. to Clifton E. and Bernice Marion (Goddard) Nickerson, the family moved to Huntington Park, Calif. when Doug was a young child. He attended Huntington Park High School, graduating in 1960. Following high school, he became a barber, supporting himself through college. College years included two California universities: BA in History from CSULB, and MA in Education from SDSU. Survivors include... Full story
SAN DIEGO COUNTY - Authorities warned the public today, August 19, about a telephone scam involving swindlers posing as law enforcement officers and demanding "fines'' for failure to report for jury duty. The perpetrators aggressively tell their intended victims that they must immediately pay a monetary penalty to avoid arrest, officials said. The thieves may claim to be actual sheriff's employees and use equipment that makes the incoming call appear to originate from a government agency on caller-ID systems. Sheriff's...
LA MESA - A 93-square mile area of San Diego County was placed under a Mediterranean fruit fly quarantine after four of the destructive insects were discovered in La Mesa, the California Department of Food and Agriculture announced today, Tues., August 18. The agency said the Medfly quarantine will affect any growers, wholesalers and retailers of susceptible fruit, as well as home gardeners, who are urged to consume the produce they grow on site and not move it from their property. The quarantine will protect against the...
SAN DIEGO - Prosecutors in San Diego and other counties obtained a $502,200 settlement in a consumer protection lawsuit alleging that Walgreens pharmacists throughout California frequently failed to comply with patient consultation rules. "Pharmacist consultations prevent drug errors and ensure that patients have the right prescription for their condition,'' said San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis, whose office worked with the Riverside and Alameda district attorney's offices and the state Board of Pharmacy to...
The July 23 meeting of the San Diego County Water Authority's Water Planning committee included a presentation on El Nino weather patterns by U.S. Geological Survey and Scripps Institute of Oceanography research hydrologist Mike Dettinger. "I think we will see an El Nino," Dettinger said. "We're seeing a lot of warmth in the oceans down in the tropics." The meteorological information for months leading up to the potential 2015-16 El Nino season is similar to the months preceding the 1983 and 1998 El Ninos. "Those are two of...
SAN DIEGO - Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, and other legislative leaders said today, August 14, they plan to introduce a bill aimed at helping students caught in limbo after the state canceled the high school exit exam. Around 5,000 students are unable to retake the test, many of whom will now be unable to enter college in time for the rapidly approaching fall semester. The San Diego Unified School District estimated that around 30-40 of its students are affected. "The Legislature is well aware of the problem...
CHULA VISTA - A push to create more inexpensive hotel rooms along the state's coastline, and the impact on San Diego-area projects, is scheduled to get an airing before the California Coastal Commission, which began a three-day meeting today in Chula Vista. Commission staff has recommended rejecting a proposed 175-room hotel on Harbor Island, and modifying the city of San Diego's community plan update for Ocean Beach because both plans don't take enough steps to increase the number of cheaper accommodations along the... Full story
SAN DIEGO - Water consumption in the San Diego region was 32 percent less in July than the same month in 2013, the County Water Authority reported today. The July decline, helped by heavy rain from the remnants of Hurricane Dolores, followed drops of 26 percent in June and 30 percent in May. According to the Water Authority, water usage in July was the lowest for the month since at least 1975. July was the second month in which local water districts needed to meet state-mandated conservation targets because of the drought....
FALLBROOK – Those who wish to learn (or learn more) about growing macadamias should mark their calendar to attend an upcoming event in Fallbrook. The University of California Cooperative Extension, in conjunction with the California Macadamia Society and the Gold Crown Macadamia Association, will hold their annual Field Day on Saturday, Sept. 26, from 8:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the home of Jim and Jane Zeimantz, 3410 Alta Vista Drive, in Fallbrook. Classes will be included o... Full story
SAN DIEGO - A surge in demand for housing in San Diego County and statewide during the second quarter of this year drove down affordability for prospective buyers, the California Association of Realtors reported today, August 11. According to the CAR, 25 percent of households could afford to purchase a single-family home in San Diego County at the median price of nearly $548,000. That's down from 28 percent in the first quarter of this year and 26 percent in the second quarter last year, according to the association. To... Full story
SAN DIEGO - The University of San Diego Burnham-Moores Institute Center for Real Estate's Economic Indicators for June, which was released today, August 4, showed an increase of 0.4 percent. The climb, the smallest since August of last year, was led by gains in the number of residential building permits that were issued in the region, the outlook for the national economy and local stock prices, USD professor Alan Gin said. He said those gains offset a dip in the jobs picture and drop in consumer confidence. Those declines...
SAN DIEGO – Camp Pendleton from the Main Gate to the Las Pulgas Gate will be closed to bicycle traffic Saturday. Aug. 1 from 7 a.m. to noon for an on-base special event. The Interstate 5 (I-5) shoulders between Harbor Drive and Las Pulgas Road are also closed to bicycle traffic due to highway construction. An on-call shuttle will be available for bicyclists who need to travel through the area. Signs will be posted at pick-up and drop-off locations providing the telephone number to call to arrange for the shuttle. B... Full story
SAN DIEGO – Long-term lane closures will be needed to repair the Clairemont Mesa Boulevard overcrossing above southbound State Route 163 (SR-163), according to Caltrans. The announcement was made after structural engineers assessed the damage following a hit on the bridge this morning by a backhoe carried by a semitrailer traveling southbound on SR-163. The California Highway Patrol is investigating the incident, which closed the right lane on southbound SR-163 and the left lane on westbound Clairemont Mesa Boulevard d... Full story
Early reports indicate that a collision on South Mission Road near Via Monserate is blocking the roadway. The crash was called in to authorities just before 5 p.m. today, Thurs., July 30. It appears to have involved three vehicles - a Ford Explorer, Nissan Maxima, and Toyota Tundra pickup. The Ford Explorer rolled following the collision. Shortly after the collision occurred, approximately 10 citizens responded to the scene to see if they could provide assistance until...
The revelation that two of the five plaintiffs in the suit alleging that the Fallbrook Public Utility District violates the California Voting Rights Act have names matching those of Rainbow Municipal Water District employees has led to the discovery that neither FPUD nor Rainbow prohibit employees from engaging in appropriate off-hours political activities. It has also been established that both districts provide training to comply with state law only to the extent of the functions of employees' jobs. On June 24, the Mexican...
SAN DIEGO - County Assessor/Recorder/Clerk Ernest Dronenburg wishes to advise all property owners whose property was damaged or destroyed during the recent flooding that property tax relief is available. This tax relief program requires the reassessment of the property to reflect its damaged condition. The reduced value will remain in effect until such time as the property is rebuilt or repaired. More importantly, after the property is rebuilt or repaired, the owners can...
An agreement between the County of San Diego and the California Department of Transportation to fund a trail for the future San Luis Rey River Park has been approved. A 5-0 San Diego County Board of Supervisors vote June 23 approved the agreement which involves the county accepting $260,000 of Caltrans funding to construct a 1.5-mile multi-use trail on the south side of the river between the Old Bonsall Bridge and what is known as the "model airplane site". "We're always...
SAN DIEGO - Republican presidential hopefuls Scott Walker, the Wisconsin governor, and Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor, are scheduled to bring their campaigns to San Diego today, July 23. The candidates will speak at the 42nd annual meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council, which bills itself as the nation's largest nonpartisan voluntary membership organization of state legislators. On its website, the organization touts limited government, free markets and federalism. The conference attracted more... Full story
SAN DIEGO - The unemployment rate in San Diego County last month was 5 percent, edging up from 4.9 percent the month before but way below the 6.4 percent rate recorded a year ago, the state Employment Development Department announced today, July 17. The unemployment rate statewide last month was 6.2 percent, and 5.5 percent nationwide. Neither figure is seasonally adjusted. Local government added 1,500 jobs last month, while manufacturing added 1,000 positions, according to the agency's data. Over the past year, healthy job... Full story
SAN DIEGO - The median price of a home in San Diego County rose by 5.8 percent in June, compared with the same month a year ago, while the number of homes soared by 20.8 percent, a real estate information service announced July 16. According to CoreLogic, the median price of a San Diego County home was $476,000 last month, up from $450,000 in June 2014. A total of 4,467 homes were sold in the county, up from 3,698 during the same month the previous year. A total of 24,378 new and resale houses and condos changed hands in Los... Full story
- Fallbrook Chamber $100,000 - Bonsall Chamber $17,500 - Live Oak Park Coalition $12,500 - Art Association $10,000 - REINS $10,000 - Music Society $9,000 - Gem & Mineral Society $5,000 - Fallbrook Land Conservancy $5,000 - Friends of Community Center $5,000 - Historical Society $3,500 The June 23 passage of the 2015-16 County of San Diego budget included $3,665,000 of Community Enhancement grants funded by the county's Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT), and 10 Greater Fallbrook groups were among the recipients of grant awards. Ea...
SAN DIEGO - Some parts of San Diego's real estate market are entering bubble territory and could pop in the next recession, University of San Diego real estate expert Norm Miller said Wed., July 15. The trend in San Diego and a few other cities where the market is being driven by high valuations of tech stocks counters what's happening around the country, which is far from being in a bubble, said Miller, the Hahn Chairman of Real Estate Finance in the School of Business Administration's Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate....
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 June 23 to keep unchanged from the 2014-15 rates the fire mitigation fee paid by developers to fund the cost of fire department facilities serving the new development. The fee for non-agricultural construction remains at 52 cents per square foot with the cost for agricultural buildings remaining at 14 cents per square foot. The fee for agricultural buildings with fire sprinkler systems remains at two cents per square foot and the fee for poultry and greenhouse buildings is... Full story
SAN DIEGO - At its meeting last night, July 8, the San Diego County Board of Education appointed Encinitas resident Rick Shea as the board representative for District 5, which runs along the coast from Del Mar to Camp Pendleton and includes some inland North County areas. Shea has lived in District 5 for more than 40 years and has dedicated his career to helping students succeed. Prior to retiring as the special assistant to the county superintendent/administrative services officer for the San Diego County Office of...
