Protect Your Pet as Part of Disaster Preparedness
May 17, 2013 | 3:36 PMReading Time: < 1 minute
As peak wildfire season approaches, now is the time to update your disaster preparedness plans to protect your family and your pets.
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The Outdoors, Smart Phones and Prizes
May 16, 2013 | 10:23 AMReading Time: 2 minutes
Roll them altogether and what’s not to like? Let’s hope your kids like the idea because County Parks and Recreation will soon offer a program that involves all three thanks to a fundraiser at a local natural food grocery store chain.
14 Faces of Mental Illness
May 16, 2013 | 9:38 AMReading Time: 3 minutes
As they are – and as their mental illness makes them feel. Pairs of photos make up an exhibition meant to reduce the stigma of mental illness.
Sewage Spill Fouls Creek in Fallbrook
May 15, 2013 | 5:31 PMReading Time: < 1 minute
An estimated 33,000 gallons of sewage spilled into Ostrich Creek in Fallbrook Wednesday, the County’s Environmental Health Department reported. The spill came from a ruptured main at a lift station at 2841 Overland Trail. It began about 6:00 a.m. and continued for more than five hours until crews from the Fallbrook Public Utilities District shut […]
Tick Tock – Time to Send Back that Mail Ballot
May 15, 2013 | 3:07 PMReading Time: 2 minutes
Two special elections take place next Tuesday, May 21.
GALLERY: 14 Faces of Mental Illness
May 14, 2013 | 4:03 PMReading Time: < 1 minute
Through our lens: personal stories of mental illness is an exhibition featuring photos of San Diegans with mental illness. There are two photos of each person: one a color portrait, the other a black-and-white image suggesting the strain of the societal stigma attached to mental illness. The captions in this gallery are excerpted from longer descriptions in the […]
Dog Beating Suspect Arrested
May 14, 2013 | 2:55 PMReading Time: < 1 minute
Investigators say the suspect beat the eight-pound dog after it dug up a tree. The dog died from its injuries.