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updated: Sat Jul 05, 2008 07:50 pm

San Marcos News

Local news for San Marcos, CA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

7 hrs ago | News10.net

Thousands Evacuated in Santa Barbara Area Fire

Winds of up to 40 miles an hour are fanning a wildfire that's forced thousands of residents of California's Santa Barbara County to leave their homes.

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Related Topix: Santa Barbara Metro, Santa Barbara, CA, US Military, US Coast Guard, Santa Barbara County, CA, Goleta, CA

19 hrs ago | Ventura County Star

Residents warned of smoke from Goleta fire

Bryan Walton / Santa Maria Times A firefighting aircraft drops retardant along West Camino Cielo while battling the Gap fire near Goleta on Thursday.

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Related Topix: Santa Maria, CA, Monterey County, CA, Big Sur, CA, Santa Barbara County, CA, Carpinteria, CA

Fri Jul 04, 2008

Santa Barbara Independent

Update From Friday Afternoon Gap Fire Press Conference

Amid a gentle dusting of ash flakes, county fire officials described how the Gap Fire burned all the way down the mountainside and into the actual yard space of a Goleta home Thursday might and how the ...

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Related Topix: Santa Barbara Metro, Santa Barbara, CA, Goleta, CA

NBC11.com

Big Sur Evacuation Orders Extended

The Monterey County Sheriff's Office Thursday extended the mandatory evacuations along state Highway 1 in Big Sur due to the Basin Complex Fire to include the area between Palo Colorado Canyon Road and the town ...

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Related Topix: Santa Barbara County, CA, Monterey County, CA, Big Sur, CA

LA Daily News

Gap Fire burns 3,000 acres, leaves Goleta Valley without power

A fast-growing fire in the Los Padres National Forest forced authorities to order more evacuations as flames moved toward homes and knocked out electricity to thousands of homes and businesses in Santa Barbara ...

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Related Topix: Santa Barbara County, CA, Goleta, CA, Santa Barbara, CA

Thu Jul 03, 2008

Ventura County Star

Fire near Goleta burns 350 acres, threatens homes

Photos by Bryan Walton / Santa Maria Times By Wednesday evening, the Gap fire had burned about 350 acres and come within two miles of Goleta, officials said.

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Related Topix: Santa Maria, CA, Santa Ynez, CA, Ventura Metro, Ventura, CA, Santa Barbara, CA

Wed Jul 02, 2008

San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Our future's at stake

CALIFORNIA is on shaky financial ground. Even if the Republicans and Democrats come together on a spending plan very soon, it won't prevent the state from borrowing $10 billion at rates that are higher than ...

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Related Topix: California, Merced Metro, Merced, CA, California Government

KNBC Los Angeles Channel 4

Wildfire Threatens Homes Near San Marcos Pass

More than 200 firefighters battled a wildfire in the Los Padres National Forest that forced evacuations and threatened homes near the San Marcos Pass, authorities said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Santa Ynez, CA, Santa Barbara County, CA

Tue Jul 01, 2008

San Diego Union-Tribune

8 plead guilty in N. County pot farm raids

Eight people accused of growing nearly 6,900 marijuana plants in the county pleaded guilty Friday in federal court, U.S. Attorney Karen P. Hewitt said.

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Related Topix: Valley Center, CA, Oceanside, CA, Fallbrook, CA, Vista, CA

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a Taste of New York Arrives in San Marcos, California

The promotions include the incredible value deal of select $.99 slices and the world famous "Two for Tuesday" incentive.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Pizza, Dining

Mon Jun 30, 2008

San Diego Union-Tribune

Officer shoots pit bull that attacked another dog

ESCONDIDO: One of two pit bulls that attacked a woman's dog and couldn't be subdued was shot and killed Tuesday by an Escondido police officer.

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Related Topix: Escondido, CA

San Diego Union-Tribune

Military wives find a new mission as surrogates

Elizabeth Nila's old street in Murphy Canyon could have been called Surrogate Lane.

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Related Topix: San Diego County, CA, El Cajon, CA, Lemon Grove, CA

Sat Jun 28, 2008

Today's Local News

Summer program helps high school students get into gear for careers

' Instead of asking 140 high school students posed for a picture on the lawn of Palomar Medical Center to say "cheese," Palomar College GEAR UP director Calvin One Deer Gavin asked them to recite, "The only ...

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Related Topix: Escondido, CA, Education Etc.

Thu Jun 26, 2008

Today's Local News

International Go Skateboarding Day is Saturday; Barnes Center to host wheelchair tennis

When a shuttered home on the intersection of Richmar Avenue and Firebird Lane caught fire Monday morning, firefighters quickly got control of the blaze.

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Tue Jun 24, 2008

Contra Costa Times

Drowned Guatemalans remembered by friends, family

They found the perfect place to settle in for a Saturday evening, a quiet shoreline spot beneath a big tree with branches that sunk down into the Delta water.

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Related Topix: Stockton, CA, Stockton Metro, Rescue, CA, San Joaquin County, CA

Sun Jun 22, 2008

Immigration Watchdog

San Diego Minutemen Protest LDS Church Matricular Consular Event

Click photo to launch slide show. From Jeff Schwilk: Outstanding SDMM Rally at the LDS Church in San Marcos today!! Over 20 patriots came out to protest the SD Mexican Consulate issuing hundreds of matricula ...

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Fri Jun 20, 2008

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Sullins Adds 0.050 Headers to Expanding Interconnect Portfolio

Sullins Connector Solutions announces the availbility of male and female 0.050 board-to-board connectors engineered for higher signal density in space-constrained applications.

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Wed Jun 18, 2008

San Diego Union-Tribune

Nancee E. Lewis / Union-TribuneWeddings by the dozens

Dozens of same-sex couples got married at county offices in San Diego, San Marcos and Chula Vista Tuesday morning, choosing to wed on the first day here when such unions were legally allowed.

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Related Topix: Santee, CA, San Diego Metro, Chula Vista, CA

Mon Jun 16, 2008

Marine Corps Times

Keeping war trophies a slippery slope

It might not get you into as much trouble, but that little Tabasco bottle filled with Iraqi sand is as illegal as a fully automatic AK47.

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Sun Jun 15, 2008

San Diego Union-Tribune

Some gay couples won't join rush to the altar

Jim Honeycutt and Alex Petrenko are in no hurry to get married. For many gay and lesbian couples, the chance to marry is nothing short of a dream come true.

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Related Topix: California, San Diego County, CA, Kensington, CA, Chula Vista, CA, Vista, CA

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