Tuesday 9th March, 2010
Huge rummage sale starts to take shape
Sign on San DiegoJeanne Safford (left) and Sally Wilson sorted through donated dishes yesterday for Point Loma’s Thursday Club rummage sale this weekend in Balboa Park.
'Long Jaw Bandit' pleads guilty
Sign on San DiegoSAN DIEGO COURTS — A man authorities dubbed “The Long Jaw Bandit” pleaded guilty to robbing nearly three dozen stores in a four-month period last year. Roger Bruce Jones entered the pleas Mo...
Council doesn’t vote on taxes
Sign on San DiegoLEMON GROVE — Plans to place two tax increases before Lemon Grove city voters June 8 died last night after failing to muster enough support on the Lemon Grove City Council. In a move that surpri...
Gag order issued in Gardner case
Sign on San DiegoWednesday, March 10, 2010 at 12:03 a.m. A Superior Court judge issued a gag order yesterday in the case involving John Albert Gardner III, barring attorneys or law enforcement officials from commenti...
Oceanside cuts 117 teaching jobs
Sign on San DiegoOCEANSIDE — Feelings of frustration, anger and resignation hung heavy over the Oceanside school board meeting Tuesday as trustees eliminated 117 teaching positions. The massive cuts in personnel...
Man sought in assault on Vista woman
Sign on San DiegoVISTA — The Sheriff’s Department on Tuesday issued a composite sketch of an unshaven, heavyset man described as foul-smelling who is accused of assaulting a woman at her Vista home on Friday. ...
Gardner's family took part in run on day of attack
Sign on San DiegoHours after registered sex offender John Albert Gardner III allegedly attacked a lone jogger at Rancho Bernardo Community Park, his mother and stepfather went for a run on the same trails as part of t...
North County Academic League results for Feb. 25
North County TimesCOAST DIVISION Santa Fe Christian, 64; La Costa Canyon, 25 Canyon Crest Academy, 86; San Dieguito Academy, 44 Torrey Pines, 66; Pacific Ridge, 36
OCEANSIDE: OUSD trustees vote to notice 200 teachers
North County TimesSchool trustees in Oceanside reluctantly and tearfully voted Tuesday to send preliminary layoff notices to 200 teachers as part of their plan to balance next year's budget. Before the vote, some te...
CARLSBAD: Group mounts effort to buy Village H area
North County TimesAn effort to raise money for the purchase and preservation of the privately owned Village H area has netted $15,725 in pledges since it began several weeks ago, organizers said Tuesday as they urge...
VISTA: City approves downtown business fees
North County TimesDowntown Vista business owners will continue to pay mandatory fees to promote the area, the City Council decided Tuesday. About 253 businesses are required by the city to pay the fees as part of th...
Students participate in spelling bee
North County TimesValley Middle School students in Carlsbad recently participated in the National Geographic Bee sponsored by the National Geographic Society. Pictured are Eli Hatfield, left, Barsegh Everekyan; coor...
VALLEY CENTER: Woman's death suspected homicide
North County TimesVALLEY CENTER ---- A woman believed to be a victim of homicide was found dead inside a large Valley Center home Tuesday afternoon, sheriff's officials said. Someone discovered the woman dead in the...
Coins collected for Haiti relief
North County TimesFlora Vista Elementary School sixth-grade Girl Scouts and Associated Student Body class representatives worked together before and after school collecting and rolling coins as a fundraiser for Hait...
Students raise funds for Haiti
North County TimesChavez Middle School students in Oceanside held an "Our Change Will Make Change" campaign recently to help the kids of Haiti. Pictured back row: Kiana Mae Morga, left, Chrystian Aquino, Bibi Hernan...
Rancho Buena Vista High School presents 'Little Women'
North County TimesRancho Buena Vista High School will present the play "Little Women" at 7:30 p.m. March 12 and March 17-20, and at 2 p.m. March 14, at the school's performing arts center, 1601 Longhorn Drive, Vista...
SCHOOL NEWS: NCT, Mar. 10
North County TimesParent orientation to be held ENCINITAS ---- Ocean Knoll Elementary School will hold an orientation for parents from 6 to 7 p.m. March 18 in the campus multipurpose room at 910 Melba Drive. Parents...
Incorrect school listed in item on 8th-grader
North County TimesAn item in the School News section March 3 should have said eighth-grader Ben Lampe attends St. John's School in Encinitas. The item said incorrectly that he's attending Cathredal Catholic School.
I-5 north lanes near I-8 reopened
Sign on San DiegoSAN DIEGO — The California Highway Patrol issued a traffic alert about 7:30 p.m. for northbound Interstate 5 just south of the connector to eastbound Interstate 8 due to a multivehicle accident w...
REGION: Police probing other missing person cases across North County
North County TimesPolice across North County are reviewing missing person cases this week after the recent discoveries of two missing teens in separate shallow graves, officials said Tuesday. Given those grim finds,...
VISTA: Circus arrives in town
North County TimesCircus Vargas workers raise the big top tent Tuesday in Vista. The traveling circus has a 1,500-seat, Italian-made Big Top tent that requires seven hours and 30 workers to erect. The circus' five-d...
REGION: Governor orders policy suspended
North County TimesGov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday ordered state prison officials to suspend the department's policy of destroying parole officers' field notes. The action came in response to complaints from As...
VISTA: VUSD board to discuss closed session policy
North County TimesVISTA ---- School officials in Vista are expected to vote Thursday on a proposal seeking to require more school board business be handled in public. Vista Unified School District Trustee Jim Gibson...
REGION: Mother who poisoned son gets 10 years
North County TimesA mother of two young boys who deliberately mixed drain cleaner with her toddler's apple juice was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years and four months in prison. Christina Noel Howell, 23, poisoned her 2...
VISTA: Smelly man accosts woman at home
North County TimesVISTA ---- Authorities asked the public for help Tuesday in identifying and tracking down a smelly, disheveled man who accosted and grabbed a Vista woman on her front porch last week. The assailant...
SAN MARCOS: City celebrates park's groundbreaking, train crossing's opening
North County TimesSan Marcos officials held a dual ceremony Tuesday in the city's Richmar neighborhood to celebrate the breaking of ground on a new park and the opening of a nearby rail crossing for pedestrians. The...
REGION: Public forum set on sex offender law
North County TimesA public forum is set for March 23 in Escondido on Megan's Law ---- the California law that provides the public with Internet access to information on registered sex offenders. The goal of the even...
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