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- Caltrans decision was legal roadkill
11-SD-005 PM 66.3-68.3 N/B. No, that's not a mistake. That's my lead. It's Caltrans code for an irritating tumor the transportation department appears unable to cut out of its highway shoulder.
Weird as it is to anthropomorphize a state bureaucracy, you have to feel sort of sorry for poor Caltrans.
- Police seek suspect in boy's fatal shooting as his mother mourns
ESCONDIDO – Before Maria Salazar went out Friday night, she told her son Eduardo Aranda to stay home and not have friends over. He was on probation, and he wasn't “supposed to be out,” Salazar said.
She called sometime between 11:30 p.m. and midnight. Eduardo, 15, who went by Eddie, picked up and told her he didn't have anyone over.
- Iraqi diplomat talks policy
EL CAJON – Iraq's government is considering San Diego as a possible site for a consulate that would serve thousands of Iraqi-Americans in California, Iraq's top diplomat to the United States said yesterday in El Cajon.
- Recording of jail calls resumes, with fixes
The Sheriff's Department resumed recording phone calls from jail inmates yesterday, after officials said they have enacted more safeguards that prevent conversations between defense attorneys and their clients from being taped. Sheriff's officials hope the new system will reassure defense attorneys that their phone calls from inmates will remain confidential, as is dictated by law, said Stanford Toyen, a legal adviser and special assistant to the sheriff.
- ASK THE CANDIDATES
Emerald, Boling mark out their differences
Marti Emerald of Tierrasanta and April Boling of San Carlos are the two candidates who won a June 3 election and will face off in a Nov. 4 runoff for the San Diego City Council's District 7 seat. The district covers Allied Gardens, the College Area, Del Cerro, El Cerrito, Grantville, Rolando, San Carlos and Tierrasanta.
- TAKE A HIKE
Exploration makes jaunt to Roberts Ranch exciting
There's no shortage of interesting places to explore in the backcountry of East County, and the Roberts Ranch – a brief but memorable jaunt through a small patch of woods and hills in Descanso – is a testament to that.
- Fireworks, parades highlight Fourth of July festivities
Independence Day arrives tomorrow with more than 20 fireworks shows planned around the county. Here's a list of fireworks shows and activities taking place tomorrow (unless otherwise noted) in and near San Diego.
- Students to help rid bay of copper
Copper may be fine when it's used to make pennies, but it's hazardous when it leaches from boats into San Diego Bay.
- 11 drum corps to put on show at competition
VISTA – Eleven elite drum corps will perform this evening at Vista High School's “Corps at the Crest,” a competition that showcases and blends music, dance and marching into art. The performance and competition is part of the Drum Corps International's Summer Tour.
- Drinking and driving over Fourth could end in court, officials say
CHULA VISTA – District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis was among several of the region's top cops who warned motorists yesterday that if they drink and drive during the Fourth of July weekend, they'll be caught and prosecuted.
- Cloudy coastal mornings, hot inland days expected for July Fourth weekend
The Fourth of July weekend should have something for everybody: relatively cool, cloudy mornings at the coast, warm days bordering on hot in the inland valleys and mountains, and sizzling temperatures in the deserts.
- Fox and CW changing channels
Local fans of “America's Next Top Model” and “Gossip Girl” will be getting their TV fix from a new supplier as two San Diego TV stations switch identities.
- Long waits for diesel try tempers
TIJUANA – Hundreds of truck and bus drivers in Tijuana spent six to eight hours in line for diesel fuel yesterday after being promised by station supervisors that Pemex, the Mexican government's oil monopoly, would make deliveries.
- County sites for fireworks
Here's a list of fireworks shows and activities taking place in celebration of Independence Day. Unless otherwise stated, times given are for tomorrow.
- OCEANSIDE
North County crime log
- ESCONDIDO | OCEANSIDE
North County crime log
- Fireworks, parades highlight Fourth of July festivities
The Fourth of July is tomorrow. Here's a list of fireworks shows and activities taking place tomorrow, unless otherwise noted. For more information, go to fireworks.signonsandiego.com.
- Community sports news and notes
- Trainers push gym's athletes to next level
Midway through a workout for three college athletes, their trainer allowed them to break the monotony with a quick race. Kelly Wherry, 20, the only woman in the group, was at a disadvantage against her bigger, faster colleagues.
- 'We really have a great bond'
Evan Barry long anticipated this moment as a volleyball player. Between the end of a standout career at Torrey Pines High and the start of a new one at Stanford University, Barry is making his final appearance with the Seaside Volleyball Club in the Junior Olympics that started a four-day run yesterday in Sandy, Utah.
- NOTEBOOK
Three volleyball players recognized by coaches association
Three local high school players have been named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association's senior All-America team.
- SAN DIEGO COUNTY FAIR
In the ribbons: Sarah Drown
The skirt and top sewn by Sarah Drown of Japatul earned a best of show in the Kids' Best division.
- Lake Murray festival still $3,000 short
SAN DIEGO – The Lake Murray Fourth of July Music Fest & Fireworks show will go on despite a money shortage, event organizers said yesterday. “We're contractually obligated,” said John Pilch, chairman of the event.
- SHORT TAKES: NORTH INLAND EDITION
Registration set for job-training courses
SAN MARCOS: Fall registration for job-training courses offered through Palomar College's Regional Occupational Program will begin Monday.
All classes are tuition-free, but some could require textbooks or materials fees.
- SHORT TAKES: REGIONAL EDITION
Despite protests, council allows condo project
OCEANSIDE: A controversial condominium project was approved last night by the Oceanside City Council over the objections of dozens of neighbors.
- PUBLIC SAFETY: REGIONAL EDITION
Reward offered for info on fatal shooting suspect
ESCONDIDO: Authorities are offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest of Edwin Jaimes Rangel, who is wanted in connection with the fatal shooting Saturday of 15-year-old Edward Aranda in Escondido.
- EAST COUNTY STORYTELLERS / THE WAY WE WERE
Fruit sustained Lemon Grove's Tooker family in tough times
Earl and Esther Tooker and their 2-year-old daughter, Ione, had $50 when they arrived in San Diego by train from Sioux City, Iowa, in January 1923. The family was just looking for a good climate and were able to make a go of it because of the thriving lemon groves in Lemon Grove.
- Road closures
- North County FYI
- OBITUARY
John Roads, 58; climate researcher served as a director at Scripps
John Roads was a college student when the airplane he was traveling in was struck by lightning. He later called it a life-changing event.
He went on to become a climate forecast innovator and a key researcher in climate studies at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, where he encouraged younger colleagues and mentored graduate students.
- OBITUARY
Revius Ortique Jr., 84; first black Louisiana Supreme Court justice
Revius Ortique Jr., a former civil rights attorney who became the first black justice on the Louisiana Supreme Court, died June 22. He was 84.
- OBITUARY
David Caminer, 92; a pioneer in computers
David Caminer, who as an employee of a legendary chain of British tea shops found the earliest ways to use a computer for business purposes, including standardizing flavorful, cost-effective cups of tea, died June 19 in London. He was 92.
- County Obituaries A-Z
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