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San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station To Layoff 730 Workers

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SAN ONOFRE–San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station plans to eliminate 730 employees beginning fourth quarter of 2012, Southern California Edison announced today. Edison says as a result of “analysis of industry best practices,” it has concluded that San Onofre’s staffing and operating costs are significantly higher than other similar dual unit, non-fleet nuclear power plants. In […]

Man Arrested For Stealing Beer From Liquor Store

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VISTA–A twenty-four-year old male was arrested today for stealing a case of beer from a Vista liquor store. At about 12: 17 p.m., Javier Santos entered Mr. A’s Liquor store, located at 254 Vista Village Drive, picked up a case of beer, walked past the cash register and attempted to exit the store. As Santos […]

Breeze Changes Time For Back To School

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OCEANSIDE–Just in time for students returning to school and the end of the summer vacation season, North County Transit District is improving service on the most heavily traveled Breeze bus routes. Improvements include faster and more frequent service, new bus routes, and some changes in existing routes for improved connections with other modes of transportation. […]

Transit District To Conduct Maintenance On Railroad Tracks

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DEL MAR–The North County Transit Distric, in coordination with the City of Del Mar, will be conducting a drainage ditch maintenance operation alongside the railroad tracks on the Del Mar Bluffs. Work is anticipated to begin at 10 p.m. on August 17 and will continue through 6 a.m. on August 18. Increased levels of noise […]

Carlsbad Animal Shelter To Host Cat Adoptions

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CARLSBAD–It may be summer in San Diego but it’s raining kittens at our local animal shelters. “This time of year, the County Department of Animal Services (DAS) receives on average of twenty kittens every day,” said Director of Animal Services Dawn Danielson. “That influx quickly overwhelms our shelters so we’re offering this special adoption event […]

NCTD To Cancel Coaster Train Service For Two Days

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OCEANSIDE–Due to scheduled construction of rail track related to the Encinitas Pedestrian Crossing project for the coastal rail line, there will be no rail service south of Oceanside Transit Center (OTC) on September 8 and September 9. Following the departure of the northbound Coaster train—scheduled to leave Santa Fe Depot 50 minutes after the last […]

Solana Beach First Bans Plastic Bags

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SOLANA BEACH–Solana Beach became the first city in San Diego County to ban the use of plastic shopping bags in grocery stores and pharmacies, says Solana Beach Deputy Mayor Dave Roberts. The new city law, which took affect on Thursday, requires stores to charge a ten-cent fee for each paper bag they use in an […]

Unidentified Suspect Wanted For Armed Robbery

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OCEANSIDE–San Diego County Crime Stoppers and investigators from the Oceanside Police Department are asking for assistance from the public to help identify and locate an unknown suspect wanted for an armed robbery. Detectives said that on June 1 at approximately 9:55 p.m., an unknown male suspect entered the CVS pharmacy, located at 1980 College Blvd […]

Video: North County Residents Flock To Chick-fil-A

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OCEANSIDE–Thousands of North County residents flocked to Chick-Fil-A in Oceanside Wednesday to support the restaurant after its company CEO Dan Cathy caused an uproar on his denouncement on same-sex marriage. To counter threats of a boycott from gay activists against the Atlanta-based fast food chain, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Hukabee called for August 1 to […]

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