San Marcos News

Wally Taibleson, 90, graduated from California State University San Marcos on Friday, May 17 with his third master's degree.

In the last 6-8 months local brewing companies have stepped up the North County San Diego beer game, opening their doors to rave reviews on Yelp and loyal local followers.

It's the County's army of nearly 2,000 older adults that give back to the community through service in the RSVP, or Retired & Senior Volunteer Program.

A bomb threat made by a troubled teen this morning at the Vons grocery store off Hollister Avenue in Goleta has led to the lockdown of San Marcos High School and the evacuation of all the businesses.

A parent thanks one of the teachers in the North Juvenile Courts and Community Schools system during an appreciation lunch Thursday in San Marcos.

Cut off from the ocean for decades by a natural sand berm and a man-made weir, like a low dam near the beach, the lagoon at the Oceanside-Carlsbad border is the only one in San Diego County that contains fresh water.

Authorities asked the public today for help in identifying a man who has cheated San Diego-area supermarkets out of hundreds of dollars in recent months through a scam involving money orders.

On the first Sunday of each month, from March to October, UPS drivers Steve Sherman and Frank Renteria put the brakes on delivering packages to North County residents and host Car Show Sundays in the rear lot of Old California Restaurant Row in San Marcos from 1 to 5 p.m. Sherman and Renteria have known each other for 15 years and deliver packages ... (more)

I don't spend much time in the mall, not being a big shopper. But I'd heard that Love Boat Sushi was pretty cool.

Editor's note: The following is an announcement from MiraCosta College: MiraCosta College is proud to announce the recipients of the Medal of Honor for 2013.

It never fails. As soon as we call out one place, the neighbors feel jilted. What about our neighboring place? In response to a story posted this month on North Park, the first comment we get: "What about South Park?" We've been writing a lot about the developments in Normal Heights recently.

That's an impressive number of degrees for an entire academic life. But 90-year-old Wally Taibleson didn't start college until he was 70.

Scholars from San Diego State University to the University of California San Diego to California State University San Marcos are preparing to travel the globe.

Poway, California - On Tuesday, Sheriff's deputies arrested six juveniles and 10 adults in a North County high schools undercover drug buy dubbed "Operation A Team." "If this makes some kid on another campus look over their shoulder and think twice when they're selling drugs, then we've done our job," said Sheriff Bill Gore.

Escondido Police said at 5:10 a.m. an officer was on patrol on Valley Parkway at Hickory Street when the driver of a Cadillac Escalade SUV drove up behind and rammed the cruiser twice.

A Southern California sorority was under fire this week after members posted photos on social media showing some sisters dressed up as cholas and throwing fake gang signs.

San Diego County transportation officials hope new auxiliary lanes opened on eastbound state Route 78 in San Marcos Wednesday will relieve one of San Diego County's worst bottlenecks.

More than 700,000 people suffer spinal fractures due to osteoporosis each year - double the number of people who experience hip fractures, according to the International Osteoporosis Foundation.

About 150 grassroots organizations and community members from Escondido, San Marcos, Vista, Fallbrook, and Oceanside gathered at the intersection of Bobier Drive and N. Santa Fe Avenue to begin a march calling for immigration reform.

A fire of unknown origin blackened about an acre and a half in a foliage-choked City Heights canyon Wednesday, spreading near homes and prompting evacuations but causing no structural damage or injuries.