Oceanside News

Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 12:04 a.m. OCEANSIDE - The race for a vacant Oceanside City Council seat features two candidates who are backed by the council's two warring factions, and three independents who say Oceanside needs to change its political direction.

SAN CLEMENTE The death of a Camp Pendleton Marine on Sunday afternoon is being ruled an accident by the San Diego County medical examiner's office, though no other details on his death were released.

The San Diego County medical examiner's office says the death of a Camp Pendleton-based Marine over the weekend was accidental.

A man was reportedly upset about the way a dog was being walked so he snatched the dog of a Carlsbad man.

The pilot of an experimental, single-engine plane made a safe landing down the traffic lanes of West San Marcos Boulevard today, causing no injuries or damage, authorities said.

Carlsbad police are searching for a man who snatched another man's German shepherd because he did not approve of the way the dog was being walked.

A new Mira Costa College program offers a free college education, a stable job and great pay.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 10:20 p.m. OCEANSIDE - Feelings of frustration, anger and resignation hung heavy over the Oceanside school board meeting Tuesday as trustees eliminated 117 teaching positions.

CARLSBAD a ' The Carlsbad Police Department responded to the robbery of the Subway restaurant at 2540-A El Camino Real at 9:45 p.m. on March 5. Ricardo Vargas, an employee of the restaurant, told police an unidentified African-American adult male between the age of 25 and 30 years old came into the restaurant and displayed a silver revolver handgun ...

A candlelight vigil will be held tonight at Escondido High School for 14-year-old Amber Dubois, whose skeletal remains were found on the Pala Indian Reservation more than a year after she disappeared while walking to the school.

The budget ax is falling in Oceanside. The jobs of as many as 200 teachers are on the line in the Oceanside Unified School District, as district officials decide how to cut $19 million from the budget.

Nearly an inch of rain fell today in Point Loma as a storm reached the San Diego area.

A June ballot measure that would convert Oceanside into a charter city was endorsed Thursday by the San Diego County Taxpayers Association, which said it would allow the city to bypass union-friendly laws.

Originally published March 3, 2010 at 3:11 p.m., updated March 3, 2010 at 11:10 p.m. John Gibbins / Union-Tribune Jose Pedro Lopez Jasso was escorted by Deputy Dawn Anderson at his arraignment in the death of Deputy Ken Collier, who died after a crash Sunday.

My Pillow Pets, a seven year old company, produces snuggly plush companions that are more than a stuffed animal.

Faced with the prospect of a million more people living in the county 40 years from now, elected leaders yesterday questioned whether local jurisdictions will have the financial wherewithal to furnish the services and public facilities needed to serve the future population.

Automobile drivers are not the only ones enjoying the rural roads of Fallbrook. On weekends especially, a growing number of club cyclists are taking in the country sights and diverse terrain.

Amid teacher layoffs, salary and program cuts, a brand new school in Oceanside opens.

A roofing contractor accidentally ignited roofing material, leaving it smoldering, sparking a fire at a duplex on Vista Campana South, an Oceanside fire official said Webday.

Originally published February 23, 2010 at 7:41 p.m., updated February 23, 2010 at 9:30 p.m. Oceanside firefighters extinguish a fire at a garage-Photo courtesy Oceanside fire OCEANSIDE - A fire at a duplex on South Vista Campana near Vista Oceana was quickly extinguished Tuesday evening, said Oceanside fire Battalion Chief Peter Lawrence.