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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VISTA - An 87-year-old Vista resident had to be rescued from her burning home today after her son allegedly set fire to the residence while high on some sort of drug. The woman made a 911 call shortly before 2 a.m. to report that her son was behaving violently in her residence in the 1300 block of Teelin Avenue and threatening to burn the house down, according to sheriff's Lt. Daniel Vengler. The octogenarian then told a dispatcher the man had set a fire in a closet and that she was unable to get out of her home due to her li...
Eugene Garcia and Christopher Weber The Associated Press QUINCY, Calif. (AP) – Thousands of homes in Northern California remain threatened by the nation's largest wildfire as unstable weather creates a high danger of new blazes erupting across the West. Weekend thunderstorms across the northern Sierras didn't produce much rain, instead whipping up winds and unleashing lightning strikes that bedeviled the more than 6,000 firefighters trying to contain the month-old Dixie Fire a...
SAN DIEGO - The median sales price of an existing single-family home in San Diego County declined .6% from June to July -- from $865,000 to $860,000 -- but is up 19.6% from July 2020, when it was $719,000, a real estate group reported today. Total sales of existing single-family homes in the county were down 7.4% from June, but up 1.4% from July 2020, according to the California Association of Realtors. Statewide, closed escrow sales dipped 1.6% from June to July and were...
Michael R. Blood The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) – The California Republican Party voted overwhelmingly Saturday, Aug. 7, not to endorse any candidate in the looming recall election that could remove Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from office, sidestepping a potentially nasty fight over a GOP favorite that threatened to divide Republicans and depress turnout in the nationally watched race. The lopsided vote to skip an endorsement – supported by about 90% of delegates att...
Scott McFetridge The Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Thanks to a reworked menu and long hours, Jeannie Kim managed to keep her San Francisco restaurant alive during the coronavirus pandemic. That makes it all the more frustrating that she fears her breakfast-focused diner could be ruined within months by new rules that could make one of her top menu items, bacon, hard to get in California. "Our number one seller is bacon, eggs and hash browns," Kim, who for 15 y... Full story
Daisy Nguyen and Noah Berger The Associated Press GREENVILLE, Calif. (AP) – After four years of homelessness, Kesia Studebaker thought she finally landed on her feet when she found a job cooking in a diner and moved into a house in the small community of Greenville. She had been renting for three months and was hoping stability would help her win back custody of her 14-year-old daughter. But in just one night, a raging wildfire tore through the mountain town and "took it a...
Adam Beam SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California will require all of its roughly 2.2 million health care workers and long-term care workers to be fully vaccinated by Sept. 30 as the nation's most populous state is losing ground in the battle against new infections of a more dangerous coronavirus variant. The order, issued Aug. 5 by the California Department of Public Health, is different from what Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom said last month when he announced health care w... Full story
VISTA (CNS) - A man test-driving an SUV carjacked it from a dealership employee, authorities said today. The crime occurred at 4:40 p.m. Wednesday, when the suspect took a white 2018 Audi SUV for a test spin at Norm Reeves Honda Superstore at 401 W. Vista Way, San Diego Sheriff's Department spokesman Chris Lawrence said. A female dealership employee accompanied him. About a block from the dealership, Lawrence said, the suspect pulled into a church parking lot and demanded that the employee exit the vehicle. She was not... Full story
Rebecca Marshall Farnbach Special to the Village News On July 24, the Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce awarded Pat Comerchero a Lifetime Achievement Award for her leadership in building and directing Professor Pennypickle's Workshop in the heart of Old Town Temecula. This small woman with a huge heart for children and for the community conceptualized the highly imaginative museum that stretches each visitor's understanding of our universe through the sensory experiences... Full story
SAN DIEGO COUNTY – On July 29, the San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore informed his 4,600 employees he will not seek reelection to a fourth term in 2022. Sheriff Gore's third term will end in January 2023. "It is an honor and a privilege to serve the people of San Diego County. I am grateful and humbled by the continued community support that I have received for the last 12 years. Being your Sheriff is one of the most rewarding experiences of my law enforcement career. R...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is launching a streamlined application portal to allow borrowers with Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans $150,000 or less through participating lenders to apply for forgiveness directly through the SBA. “The SBA’s new streamlined application portal will simplify forgiveness for millions of our smallest businesses – including many sole proprietors – who used funds from our Paycheck Protection Program loans to survive the pandemic,” said Administrator Isabel Casi... Full story
SAN DIEGO – A diverse group of local leaders representing public, private and nonprofit organizations announced the launch of Accelerate to Zero Emissions – a first-of-its-kind regional collaborative dedicated to curbing air pollution and climate change through clean transportation, July 29. The coalition – consisting of 13 entities, including the region’s largest cities – aims to make it easier for local residents and businesses to transition to electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. “We can’t co... Full story
SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom signed a higher education budget trailer bill implementing significant California Comeback Plan investments in college affordability and access – including expanded student financial aid, education and training grants for workers displaced by the pandemic, transfer pathways for community college students and college savings accounts for low-income and underrepresented public school students. The Governor’s California Comeback Plan provides an unprecedented level of investment in the state... Full story
SAN DIEGO - After more than 40 years of chasing dead-end leads, detectives announced today they believe they have identified the assailant who raped and murdered a young Santee woman in her home at the outset of the 1980s. A relatively recent discipline focusing on tracing family lineages that can lead to criminal suspects allowed investigators to link DNA evidence collected at the scene of 20-year-old Michelle Wyatt's slaying to the apparent perpetrator -- a onetime neighbor who died 17 years ago, according to the San Diego...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore announced today that he will not seek election to a fourth term in the post next year. Gore, 73, whose current stint as sheriff ends in January 2023, said it had been ``an honor and a privilege to serve the people of San Diego County.'' ``I am grateful and humbled by the continued community support that I have received for the last 12 years,'' he stated. ``Being your sheriff is one of the most rewarding experiences of my... Full story
A team of scientists from the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, University of California, Los Angeles, U.S. Forest Service, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reintroduced a group of 253 endangered mountain yellow-legged frogs to a remote site in the San Bernardino National Forest July 8. The U.S. Forest Service said the release is the second in several years that will hopefully increase the number of the endangered frogs in the... Full story
Gig Conaughton County of San Diego Communications Office County Supervisors voted Wednesday, July 14, to adopt a first-ever Environmental Justice Element for the County’s general plan and heard updates on the county’s new Climate Action Plan and the regional zero-carbon plan they approved pursuing in January. The county general plan guides community development in San Diego County’s unincorporated communities, setting the long-term vision for housing, jobs, infrastructure and public services. The board’s unanimous vote to... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) – A research collaboration announced between Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., July 15, aims to accelerate the discovery and development of new treatments for rare childhood-onset diseases by analyzing the natural progression of selected genetic disorders. Ultimately, the goal is to improve clinical outcomes for patients with rare diseases that typically manifest in childhood by providing precise diagnoses and targeted treatments as early as possible to avoid m... Full story
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego County Department of Public Works was investigating what caused a water main break today in the East County community of Spring Valley. According to the California Highway Patrol traffic incident page, the break was first reported shortly before 6:30 a.m. at 658 Maria Ave., resulting in a closure of that road, between Jamacha Boulevard and San Francisco Street. At 9:30 a.m., the Department of Public Works announced on its Twitter page that...
SAN DIEGO - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, and actress Alfre Woodard christened the Navy ship USNS John Lewis today at General Dynamics in honor of the late congressman and civil rights icon. ``May God bless this ship and all who serve on it,'' Woodard said before she broke a bottle of champagne against the replenishment oil ship. Before the christening, the actress and political activist said of Lewis: ``We miss him on this platform but we will never be without him. I am honored. I am fortunate. I am eternally... Full story
CAMP PENDLETON (CNS) - A state appeals court panel today upheld the convictions of two gang members for the murder of a 19-year-old Marine from Camp Pendleton, who was shot inside his car in South Los Angeles while on a weekend leave. The three-justice panel from California's 2nd District Court of Appeal found that Oscar Aguilar and Esau Rios ``unquestionably intended to promote or assist each other's criminal conduct'' involving the Sept. 16, 2016, shooting of Lance Cpl....
ESCONDIDO (CNS) - A 64-year-old man was scheduled to make his first court appearance today on suspicion of kidnapping and raping a 19-year-old girl in Escondido over two decades ago. Mark Thompson Hunter was arrested Tuesday in Hemet on suspicion of one count of rape, one count of forcible rape, one count of forcible sodomy and three counts of forcible oral copulation stemming from the February 17, 1999, incident that began around 8:30 p.m., Escondido Lt. Bode Berreth said....
A total of 298 weapons were exchanged for gift cards or skateboards Sunday, July 11, at a Guns For Gift Cards event conducted by the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. The event was held at the Vista Court complex parking lot, 325 South Melrose Drive, according to sheriff’s officials. Participants received a $100 gift card for handguns, rifles and shotguns or a $200 gift card for assault weapons. They could also exchange their unwanted weapons for a new skateboard. By the end of the event, about 20 skateboards were giv...
SAN DIEGO – A team of experts recommend increased effort, coordination and engagement by San Diego agencies and researchers to build climate resilience with attention to disadvantaged communities that are particularly susceptible to climate change impacts, according to a report released July 1. The authors, representing the American Planning Association and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, released “Collaborative Planning for Climate Resilience,'' that analyzed the planning needed to address climate cha...
A trio of San Diego County beaches landed on an environmental group's annual honor roll listing of beaches with perfect year-round water-quality grades, but two others were ranked as among the most-polluted in the state thanks to Tijuana River sewage flow, according to a report released last week. A total of 35 California beaches earned spots on the Heal the Bay's Honor Roll, released June 29. Orange County led the way with 10 entries on the list. San Diego County beaches...
