DEL MAR–Representatives from state and local agencies as well a California State Senate office joined representatives and staff from the North County Transit District (NCTD) on April 13 for an event highlighting the need for funding to stabilize the Del Mar bluffs (Bluffs and/or DMB). Invited guests met at the Powerhouse Park Community Center in Del […]

CARLSBAD–The American Society of Civil Engineers presented the City of Carlsbad’s Pine Avenue Community Center and Gardens project with the 2019 Outstanding Project award in the category of Community Improvement. The civil engineers organization will honor the City of Carlsbad at an annual awards luncheon on April 26 at The Dana on Mission Bay in […]

VISTA–A woman found shot inside a Vista residence Saturday passed away from her injuries at a local hospital, San Diego Sheriff’s Department said. Shortly before 6 p.m., Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a call of a reported shooting that had occurred inside a residence, located at 470 block of Rancho Vista Road. Deputies found a […]

ESCONDIDO–Local and federal authorities are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of the individual responsible for the arson and vandalism of an Escondido mosque. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Escondido Police Department held a news conference Thursday afternoon at […]

VISTA–The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office has completed their autopsy investigation related to the death of a 56-year-old inmate at the Vista Detention Facility on February 7. The Medical Examiner’s Office has determined the cause of death of inmate Joseph Castiglione to be acute methamphetamine toxicity and the manner of death to be accidental. […]

OCEANSIDE–In order to facilitate infrastructure improvements along the coastal rail corridor, there will be no Coaster or Amtrak Pacific Surfliner service in San Diego County on the weekend of April 13-14.On the Friday preceding the closure, April 12, southbound Amtrak R2R trains A792 and A796 will complete their trips to Santa Fe Depot, but Amtrak […]

SOLANA BEACH–The City of Solana Beach is seeking proposals from qualified affordable housing developers to develop 20 to 27 very low- or low-income dwelling units in the city. The site, located at the public parking lot located at 140 South Sierra Avenue, is a 1-acre parcel, zoned general commercial and is located within the Plaza […]

CARLSBAD–Two juveniles, a 17-year-old female and a 14-year-old male,  were arrested in connection with a fire at a Carlsbad playground early Monday morning, Carlsbad Police Department said. On April 8 at 3:48 a.m., Carlsbad police received a call about a fire at a playground located at Sweetwater Street and Coral Reef Avenue. Carlsbad firefighters responded […]

VISTA–The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department is asking the community’s help in finding a man who was seen acting suspiciously outside a religious center in Vista. The incident was reported on March 30 at about 8:30 p.m. at the Tri-City Islamic Center located in the 2100 block of Industrial Court. A man was spotted taking […]