SAN MARCOS–The City of San Marcos Community Services will launch the Fall Discover San Marcos Hikes series with a visit to Leo Carrillo Ranch on Saturday, October 2. This free, four-mile hike will explore the trails that connect San Marcos to Carlsbad in the Rancho Carrillo and Rancho Dorado areas. A more challenging hike with [...]
Video: Fire breaks out in Santee
September 27, 2010 By
Video: Director George Lucas biography
September 27, 2010 By
Old Globe Theatre presents Neil Simon’s Brighton Beach Memoirs
September 25, 2010 By
Tony and Pulitzer Award winner Neil Simon’s semi-autobiographical play Brighton Beach Memoirs follows the life of Eugene Morris Jerome from the foibles of youth in late-1930s Brooklyn to a career as a comedy writer for radio. Jerome is a 15 year-old living in late-1930s Brooklyn, and thinks of little else but playing for the Yankees… [...]
Fresh & Easy opens three stores in San Diego County
September 25, 2010 By
SAN DIEGO–(PRNewswire)–Fresh & Easy CEO Tim Mason was joined by Region IX Director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Herb K. Schultz, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders, and San Diego County Childhood Obesity Initiative Director Cheryl Moder to celebrate the opening of three Fresh & Easy stores in San Diego County and [...]
Bankrate: Mortgage rates fall to another new low
September 25, 2010 By
NEW YORK–(PRNewswire)–Mortgage rates dropped to new lows this week, with the average conforming 30-year fixed mortgage rate now 4.5 percent, according to Bankrate.com’s weekly national survey. The average 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.35 discount and origination points. The average 15-year fixed mortgage fell below the 4 percent mark to 3.96 percent, and [...]
Americans vote on the Supreme Court
September 25, 2010 By
NEW YORK–(PRNewswire)–As the first Monday in October looms and the U.S. Supreme Court and its newly confirmed justice, Elena Kagan, look ahead to hearing new arguments, The Harris Poll asked Americans their awareness and opinions about some of the court’s practices. Although the Supreme Court heads one of the three branches of the U.S. government, [...]
California Native American Day celebration this fall
September 25, 2010 By
By Christine Clarke LA JOLLA–UC San Diego’s fifth annual California Native American Day has been extended to ten diverse activities as part of the university’s ongoing commitment to educate the campus and community about California’s rich and dynamic history and culture during its 50th Anniversary. The theme for the fifth annual series of events is [...]
Missing WWII soldier identified
September 22, 2010 By
WASHINGTON, D.C.–The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors. U.S. Army Pfc. James C. Konyud, of Cleveland, will be buried on Sept. 25 in [...]
Clinton to join Attorney General Brown, Mayor Newsom in series of events in CA
September 22, 2010 By
SAN FRANCISCO–The Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom campaigns announced that President Bill Clinton will join them in a series of events, in Northern and Southern California, on October 15 and 17, in support of their candidacies. “I am very pleased to have the endorsement of President Clinton, and I look forward to campaigning with him [...]
