Valley Center News

There's a major break in a cold case involving a teenage mother who disappeared 15 years ago.

When Carlos Rivera returned from fighting in Iraq and found work as an electrician, he felt co-workers who knew about his military experience were gawking at him.

Prosecutors today charged a 52-year-old woman with murder in the 1994 death of her teenage tenant in Redlands.

Redlands police this afternoon arrested a 52-year-old woman on suspicion of killing her 18-year-old tenant in 1994, the first case tackled by the department's new cold case unit.

Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:20 p.m. VALLEY CENTER - An 86-year-old man with Alzheimera TMs disease was rescued from the bottom of a ravine by sheriffa TMs deputies after he went missing Monday afternoon.

Though revenue is down for Indian casinos in California in the wake of the recession, two local tribes have pushed ahead with construction projects in hopes of getting a leg up on competitors once the economy picks up again.

In a letter sent late last week, Planning Director Eric Gibson denied the Accretive Groupa s application for a a oeplan amendment authorization.a Gibson said the project is inconsistent with Valley Centera s community plan goal to promote rural and agricultural use.

San Diego County officials urged residents in the unincorporated areas to prepare for the upcoming winter rainy season by stocking up on free sandbags to prevent soil erosion and mudslides on their properties.

The National Weather Service forecast relief for a storm-drenched San Diego County Tuesday with only a slight chance of morning showers and light winds in the forecast.

In 2008, Palomar Mountain's public school closed. The void is now being filled by the Light and Life Palomar School, which is held in a donated home.

Officials are encouraging people living in the unincorporated areas of San Diego County to prepare for the upcoming winter rainy season by stocking up on free sandbags.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 1:32 p.m. VALLEY CENTER - A fire destroyed a detached garage and left two residents with smoke inhalation and minor burns Tuesday morning, a fire official said.

Flames destroyed a detached garage in a rural North County neighborhood east of Interstate 15 on Tuesday, leaving two people with minor injuries and killing two dogs, authorities reported.

An obese stray lab found in May is just ounces from her target weight. In June, Encinitas resident Lillian Cox was still mourning the loss of her German shepherd mix, Henry, when a friend who had fostered dogs from the county shelter urged here to do the same.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture has extended a quarantine of citrus tree parts into several areas of Riverside County, including the entire Coachella Valley, to control the spread of a pest that kills citrus trees.

State officials have established two separate quarantine areas in San Diego County, one for the Mediterranean fruit fly, another for the Asian citrus psyllid.

A car rolled into the water in Mission Bay and was completely submerged. No one was in the car at the time.

State agriculture officials have expanded and established quarantines in northern San Diego County to counter two insect infestations.

You didn't need a map to find the Jack Russell terrier Fun Days at Featherly Park on Sunday.

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California has voted to approve the Seawater Desalination Program that will provide nine local water agencies with a $250 per-acre-foot incentive to help offset the cost of water produced from the Carlsbad desalination plant.