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McClellan Palomar Airport to Hold Disaster Drill Thursday Morning

| 9:42 AM

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County airport staff, working with Carlsbad police and firefighters, are scheduled to hold a major disaster exercise Thursday morning at McClellan Palomar Airport in Carlsbad. County officials said people living in the surrounding areas should not be startled by the activities, which will run from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 3, and could include sirens and fire engines.

Government

Board Approves New Master Plan for McClellan Palomar Airport Master

| 4:15 PM

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County Supervisors voted unanimously Wednesday to adopt a new 20-year master plan for McClellan-Palomar Airport designed to make the airport safer and quieter and which could entice small commercial air service back to the airport.