Julian News

Get ready to shake out that picnic blanket and dust off your favorite lawn chairs.

After a two-year investigation, a 53-year-old man is in custody on allegations he sexually assaulted students at Poplar Avenue School in Thermalito while working there as an instructor during 2006 and 2007, authorities said Wednesday.

For the last few months, Movie Club of Downey has been featuring movie gems on the big screen at the Epic Lounge on 2nd Street.

An estimated 300,000 people watched the race, called the Amgen Tour of California, when it was last in Escondido four years ago.

The posse, composed of some of San Luis Obispo's leading citizens, stealthily surrounded the camp of the bandidos.

HESPERIA The sound of live Nortena music flooded the campus of Hesperia Junior High, as families gathered to celebrate their children's academic victories Thursday night.

Pro cyclists will be rolling down Main Street and racing across North County this weekend during the Amgen Tour of California.

Fourteen Beaumont High School students and two teachers recently attended the 66th annual FHA-HERO State Leadership meeting in Ontario.

A low-pressure atmospheric system pulled rain clouds over the San Diego area from subtropic locales to the south today, bringing on- and-off showers to the region from morning into the evening hours.

May 06--JULIAN, Calif. -- To the outside world, this mountain hamlet in northeast San Diego County is best known for apple pie, snow during the holiday season and bed-and-breakfasts that cater to romantic flatlanders.

Facing unusually dangerous conditions for the first week in May, firefighters made aggressive aerial and ground attacks on small brush fires throughout the county Friday, quickly halting them and preventing property damage.

"Greek Easter" will be celebrated Sunday at St. George Greek Orthodox Church. Orthodox Christian Holy Week began on Sunday and ends with Easter.

Applying the new discoveries could substantially increase the productivity of crops grown for food and biofuels, such as this cornfield in England.

Two hikers who called the sheriff's department Saturday night to report they were lost were rescued in a rugged area near Cuyamaca Peak early Sunday.

It doesn't exactly take insider knowledge to proclaim that the San Francisco Ballet's Cinderella - with choreography by Christopher Wheeldon, scenery and costumes by Julian Crouch , and puppetry by renowned master Basil Twist, not to mention Prokofiev's music - is likely to be a big hit.

For the sixth consecutive year, Witch Creek Winery , which has a tasting room in Julian and Carlsbad, has won the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition's Gold and Silver Medals.

As schools strive to prepare students for college, more districts are requiring teens to take college prep courses -- the same courses required for admission to the University of California -- in order to graduate from high school.