Recently added articles from North County Times (Escondido, CA):
Clean-up options explored for dump site in Escondido, Calif.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: David Garrick Oct. 2--ESCONDIDO, Calif. -- Three dozen frustrated homeowners near the Escondido Country Club spent two hours Monday night wrangling with county and state officials over the cheapest and most efficient way to clean up the remnants of a defunct trash dump ...
Water cutbacks are here to stay, San Diego officials say.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Gig Conaughton Oct. 2--SAN DIEGO -- Water officials say local residents can expect to be called on to cut water use for at least the next few years because of statewide water-shortage worries. San Diego County Water Authority officials said last week that ...
Private road concerns continue to delay wine tasting rooms.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Darryn Bennett Oct. 2--RAMONA, Calif. -- A group of local winemakers that has been asking officials for more than a year to ease restrictions on wine tasting rooms submitted another proposal to a county supervisor earlier this week, a representative for the growers said ...
Poway, Calif., and developer close escrow on Hampton Inn site.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Andrea Moss Oct. 2--POWAY, Calif. -- The city and a developer have completed a deal that put a vacant, 3-acre lot in the South Poway Business Park in the developer's hands, thereby setting the stage for the construction of a $16.7 million Hampton Inn & Suites on the ...
County aims to finish Winchester Road.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Dave Downey Oct. 1--FRENCH VALLEY -- Transportation officials are about to launch the final leg of a long-running campaign to improve one of Southwest County's most traffic-clogged arteries: Winchester Road. The county has been working for years to widen ...
Visitors bureau intensifies drive to draw tourists.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Tom Pfingsten Oct. 1--FALLBROOK -- Efforts to draw more tourists to Fallbrook are gaining momentum, now that the visitors bureau tasked with boosting the town's status as a weekend destination has a new executive director and a plan for raising money, officials said this ...
County officials to begin designs for Clemmens Lane Park in Fallbrook, Calif.
Sep 30, 2007 ... Byline: Tom Pfingsten Sep. 30--FALLBROOK, Calif. -- County officials will soon begin designing a half-acre park in the works for West Clemmens Lane in Fallbrook, with plans for a community meeting in the next few months to discuss what to include at the park, a county project ...
Rodeo a sellout Saturday in Poway, Calif.
Sep 30, 2007 ... Byline: Rick Bell Sep. 30--POWAY -- For as long as anyone could remember, Saturday nights at the annual Poway Coors Rodeo have been a sellout. This Saturday was no different, as some 5,000 rodeo fans showed up at the Poway Valley Riders Association arena for the 35th ...
Residents, landlords celebrate change in Escondido, Calif., neighborhood.
Sep 30, 2007 ... Byline: Andrea Moss Sep. 30--ESCONDIDO, Calif. -- Sitting on a grassy lot off Lansing Circle with family members and neighbors Saturday, Ana Baez shook her head as she remembered what life on her street was like just a couple of years ago. "It was very bad," the ...
North County Times, Escondido, Calif., business people column.(Column)
Sep 29, 2007 ... Sep. 29--BARTON JOINS WOMEN'S INSURANCE GROUP: Rene Barton has joined the Insurance Women of North San Diego County. She is a San Diego claims representative for Farmers Insurance Exchange. The Insurance Women of North San Diego County is affiliated with the National Association ...
'Day school' in Fallbrook, Calif., now funded by state.
Sep 29, 2007 ... Byline: Tom Pfingsten Sep. 29--FALLBROOK -- Educators said Friday that they have started receiving state support to continue teaching expelled students who are transferred into the school district's "community day school." Brian Jacobs, director of educational ...
District, principals initiate discussion on school needs in Escondido, Calif.
Sep 29, 2007 ... Byline: Shayna Chabner Sep. 29--ESCONDIDO, Calif. -- Computer labs, a larger library with extended hours and performing arts classrooms, were just a few of the additions that Orange Glen High School could use if the district pursues a bond measure, a group of freshmen parents ...
Planners to look at Wal-Mart expansion in Vista, Calif.
Sep 29, 2007 ... Byline: Craig Tenbroeck Sep. 29--VISTA, Calif. -- The Planning Commission on Tuesday will evaluate Wal-Mart's plan to expand its store in east Vista, transforming it into a grocery-retail destination that the company calls a "Supercenter." Vista staffers have already ...
Potential developers zoom in on airport in Oceanside, Calif.
Sep 28, 2007 ... Byline: Marga Kellogg Sep. 28--OCEANSIDE, Calif. -- A handful of potential developers for the Oceanside Municipal Airport peppered a city employee Thursday morning with questions about the restrictions and financial obligations they would face if they were to run the airport. ...
Escondido's Charter High opens $8.5M theater, gym.
Sep 28, 2007 ... Byline: Shayna Chabner Sep. 28--ESCONDIDO ---- When Gerard Tanksley founded a boy's basketball program at Escondido Charter High School four years ago, the team practiced in the student parking lot with two hoops that coaches brought from home, he said Thursday. That ...
Marina Towers ground sale stalled.
Sep 28, 2007 ... Byline: Paul Sisson Sep. 28--OCEANSIDE --- Oceanside's city attorney and the president of the Marina Towers Homeowners Association said Thursday that a deal to sell 1 acre of ground underneath the 17-story Harbor Drive condominium building is stalled after more than a year in ...
Farm bureau tells San Diego County farmers to conserve water or lose discount.
Sep 28, 2007 ... Byline: Quinn Eastman Sep. 28--ESCONDIDO, Calif. -- Farmers must abide by drastic water cuts next year or risk losing their discount forever, San Diego County Farm Bureau representatives told them Thursday. More than 60 farmers and water officials gathered at the ...
Tri-City Medical Center looks at population numbers, talks location.
Sep 28, 2007 ... Byline: Paul Sisson Sep. 28--OCEANSIDE, Calif. -- Tri-City Medical Center directors discussed Thursday how they will handle the growing number of patients the hospital is sure to see in the next two decades. Demographers with the San Diego Association of Governments ...
Construction begins on Carlsbad live-work project.
Sep 28, 2007 ... Byline: Barbara Henry Sep. 28--CARLSBAD ---- Developers broke ground Thursday for an innovative, mass-transit-oriented housing project. The project, which has faced a few hurdles over the last several years and lost its original developer, has now moved into the ...
Dysons do real estate in North County again.
Sep 28, 2007 ... Byline: Bradley J. Fikes Sep. 28--DEL MAR ---- After six years away from the North County real estate market, veterans Bob and Loraine Dyson are back. Operating as Villa Sotheby's International Realty, the couple and their agents are adding their local expertise to the globally ...