Valley Center News

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.

Bethany Faith Tyler of Grass Valley and Matthew David Tyler of San Diego were married Aug.

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Were California's 500-mile-long Central Valley a separate state, it would be the nation's most productive agricultural state, but it's per capita personal income would be the nation's third lowest, according to the latest assessment of the region by the Modesto-based Great Valley Center.

Friday, November 6th, 2009. Issue 45, Volume 9. 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 last week.

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.

Posted October 25, 2009, 5:54 p.m. While growing up in Valley Center, I knew I had many notable neighbors.

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.