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- Cash to shore up bluffs won't solve problem
A fragile bouquet – the Blind Man's Bluff award – to SANDAG, the regional transportation planning agency, for investing nearly $4 million in shoring up the bluffs precariously supporting coastal trains as they barrel through Del Mar.
- On march against crime
VISTA –
The home nestled in a cul-de-sac in Vista's Townsite neighborhood might as well have had a sign in the front yard that read: Burglars welcome. Parked in the driveway was an older car, with the driver's window rolled down and expensive stereo equipment within easy reach.
- Suspect it's a heart attack? Call 911
Just as the North Coast Cannons win their Little League game, their grandfatherly coach clutches his chest.
“I'm a little short of breath and my chest hurts,” Jim tells his wife. “Maybe you should drive me to the hospital.”
- Students and schools improve test scores
VISTA
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Ten-year-old Lesley Ibarra recently summed up her fourth-grade class at Olive Elementary School in Vista compared with third grade.
- High school memories of cars, dances, war
ENCINITAS
– Sid Shaw considered himself one of the lucky ones. He had a car at 16, a Model A Ford he bought in 1936 for $110. San Dieguito Union High School students in the 1930s prized cars.
- Officials, educators to gather at forum
SAN MARCOS
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City officials, educators and business leaders in San Marcos will gather at an “education summit” next week to learn more about one another's priorities and goals.
- Lawyer calls for recusal of City Attorney's Office
City Attorney Michael Aguirre has an “insurmountable” conflict of interest and cannot possibly give Sunroad Enterprises executive Tom Story a fair trial on misdemeanor charges of violating the city's ethics code, according to a legal brief that Story's lawyer filed yesterday.
- Residential vacation rentals aren't illegal, report says
SAN DIEGO
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A formal legal review by the San Diego City Attorney's Office offers little encouragement to critics demanding a crackdown on vacation home rentals in residential neighborhoods.
- Ex-teacher to mark Mexico independence with music
SPRING VALLEY –
When Marta Arroyo was growing up in the San Joaquin Valley in the 1960s, celebrations of Mexico's Independence Day always featured mariachi music.
- Piņatas liven up history lesson
OTAY MESA
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To promote awareness of Mexican-American history, the Chicano student club at Montgomery High School issues an annual reminder: Cinco de Mayo is not Mexican Independence Day.
- Ethics unit planning to audit more committees
San Diego's Ethics Commission announced yesterday that it would audit the records of more campaign fundraising committees over the next two years than it has in the past four.
- Bail is reduced for man accused in surfer death
DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO –
A judge reduced bail yesterday for one of five men charged in the May 24 beating death of a La Jolla surfer.
Superior Court Judge John Einhorn dropped the bail of Seth Cravens, 21, from $2 million to $1.5 million.
- Two brothers are charged in severe beating at party
EL CAJON
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Two brothers have been charged with beating a La Mesa man so seriously that he has lost sight in one eye. Son Hoang Dinh, 33, pleaded not guilty in El Cajon Superior Court yesterday to charges of assault likely to cause great bodily harm.
- Stargazers come out at night for viewings at battlefield park
ESCONDIDO
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Thor Biberman has seen craters on the moon, the bands of Jupiter, the constellation Pegasus and the Andromeda galaxy.
But Biberman says the most spectacular sight he has viewed through the eyepiece of one of his telescopes is Saturn, a bright yellow sphere with white-yellow rings slicing through its center.
- Suspected serial rapist arrested in victim's car
SAN DIEGO
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Police said a 29-year-old man arrested Thursday night is a serial rapist responsible for at least three sexual assaults in six days. Deandre Smith was taken into custody when police saw him driving a car stolen from a rape victim Tuesday night in University Heights, San Diego police Lt. Carolyn Kendrick said.
- Sports fields improved at 4 schools
SANTEE
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City officials this week announced the completion of nearly $1 million in improvements to ballfields at four Santee schools.
- Four candidates vie for council
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Four Chula Vista residents already have announced their intent to run for City Council next year. The primary election will be June 3.
- Developer loses chance to build housing project
NATIONAL CITY
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A group of developers who nearly lost a project two years ago over undisclosed ties to National City's former mayor has been dropped by the city as the preferred developer for the same housing proposal.
- Cross at church burned, vandalized
SPRING VALLEY
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Someone set a tall wooden cross on fire last night and tried to chop it down at Atonement Lutheran Church in Spring Valley, authorities said.
- Agencies constantly work to keep feral cat population down
ESCONDIDO
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Peering out the window of her father's van on the way home from swimming lessons last week, Sierra Perry spotted a small black blur near the Valley Parkway offramp from Interstate 15.
- Casa de Amparo's new facility will expand services for abused children
OCEANSIDE
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To staff and board members at Casa de Amparo, the kitchen in the child development center exemplifies the cramped quarters of the Oceanside-based organization.
- March opposes death penalty
SAN DIEGO
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Amnesty International and American Civil Liberties Union members and others plan to start an 800-mile walk today from San Diego to Sacramento to express their opposition to the death penalty.
- SHORT TAKES: NORTH EDITION
Ponto vision plan comes up for vote
CARLSBAD:
The Ponto Beachfront Village Vision Plan, the blueprint for development in Carlsbad's southwesternmost neighborhood, will go to the city's Planning Commission at 6 p.m. Wednesday for a decision.
- SHORT TAKES: REGIONAL EDITION
A cooling-off period expected across county
Summer isn't over until Sept. 23, but a hint of autumn appears to be in the air. A storm system near the California-Oregon border today should deepen the marine layer over the weekend and drop temperatures.
- PUBLIC SAFETY: REGIONAL EDITION
Owner has wild ride as his truck is stolen
SAN DIEGO:
A man saw his pickup being stolen about 10:40 a.m. near downtown San Diego and jumped in the bed of the truck as the thief drove off, police said.
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