Valley Center News

Fallbrook growers face both a Mediterranean fruit fly quarantine and an Asian citrus psyllid quarantine following finds made in monitoring traps.

Carlsbad Police Department has arrested two men believed to be responsible for an investment fraud scheme dating back to as early as 2001.

A pilot walked away unscathed Monday morning after his small twin-engine airplane crashed upside down in the North County, authorities said.

Voters may get to decide in June whether term limits should be imposed on San Diego County supervisors, a group of elected officials that has had no turnover since 1995.

An insect that can harm fruit trees was found in Valley Center, causing quarantine and treatment plans to be considered, San Diego County agriculture officials said Friday.

A tiny insect that threatens California's $1.6-billion citrus industry has been found near one of the state's commercial citrus growing regions.

If California's water leaders followed Robert Glennon's advice, the state would find a replacement for flush toilets, get off the ethanol fuel bandwagon and find a way for people to realize that water is not as plentiful as air.

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It took San Diego Gas & Electric Co. and critics of its shut-off plan 15 minutes yesterday to choose a federal mediator to guide them through the process of coming up with a fire-safety plan for the county.

Central Valley leaders must strike a balance between protecting agriculture and diversifying the regional economy to generate the jobs residents need, the Great Valley Center suggests in a report.

The Central Valley's population remains among the nation's poorest, and agriculture is still the region's economic base.

Never count a good dance troupe out. The prognosis for the Oakland Ballet Company looked grim in April when founding Artistic Director Ronn Guidi suddenly resigned .

For a photo gallery of additional views of the Valley Center house designed by Cliff May, go to uniontrib.com/more/cliffmay DETAILS What: Valley Center historic home tour When: Oct.

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The precipitation moved overhead around midnight, with the heaviest rainfall reported in Santee, in Valley Center and in the mountains, meteorologist Tina Stall said.

A fire Sunday destroyed a wood shed near a home in the Rolling Hills section of Valley Center, but no one was hurt, a Cal Fire dispatcher said.

Two local tribes soon could add hundreds more slot machines to their casinos. The California Gambling Control Commission , the state panel that regulates Indian gaming, on Monday awarded the Rincon Band of Mission Indians licenses to operate 400 more slot machines.

San Pasqual, Rincon to add more machines By Onell R. Soto 2:00 a.m. October 6, 2009 Valley View and Harrah's Rincon casinos will have new slot machines.

A federal appeals court yesterday paved the way for thousands of new slot machines to roll out across California over Gov.

SAN DIEGO a ' A North County man was arrested Thursday night after employees at a Valley Center market recognized him as the man who tried to kidnap a young woman and toddler a week earlier, authorities said.