Vista News

An Escondido man accused of robbing up to 30 small businesses in San Diego County in what authorities dubbed the ``Sunset Bandit'' series pleaded not guilty today to six counts of armed robbery.

Monday, November 9, 2009 at 8:49 p.m. CHULA VISTA - A man who picked up women promising to pay them for cleaning jobs was arrested Monday on suspicion of rape.

A 12-year-old student at Roosevelt Middle School in Vista and a 16-year-old student at Torrey Pines High School in Del Mar have been diagnosed with whooping cough, the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency announced Monday.

The California Highway Patrol reported a teenager riding in a car with an alleged drunken driver was killed early Sunday when the vehicle went off the road, smashed through a bus stop shelter and rolled over.

California Community Bank today announced that prominent Escondido banker Sue Snow has been promoted to Senior Vice President.

Two men accused in a $1.3 million real estate investment scam targeting Hispanic owners of small businesses in North County pleaded not guilty today to multiple charges of grand theft and making false representations in the sale of securities.

Posted November 5, 2009, 11:35 a.m. "And so it goes on, and on, and on... It's Heaven And Hell...oh, well!" --Black Sabbath from the title track of HEAVEN AND HELL In one of my essays, I referred to a place in Outskirts Vista called "Board And Care Country." In this essay, I will elaborate on both the term, and the concept of what we mental health ...

Students running on a school field is nothing new. But at Buena Vista Elementary School recently, students ran across their field with big smiles on their faces - the first ones to step foot on a brand new field.

Editor's note: New America Media senior editor Paul Kleyman recently met popular columnist Aurora Cudal, of The Filipino Press, in San Diego, when both attended an educational workshop of the Association of Health Care Journalists.

Posted November 2, 2009, 12:42 p.m. "Darkness falls upon the land. "The midnight hour is close at hand!" --From the spoken-word portion of "Thriller," done by Vincent Price.

The popular eatery opens another franchise in North County. Sonic opened a drive-thru Monday at the corner of Santa Fe Avenue and Main Street in Vista.

Dear Abby: I have strong feelings about the word "love." I use it only when I truly mean it.

With, perhaps, two exceptions - James Stacy and Joseph Nunes. Stacy and Nunes are former providers of medical marijuana now facing federal charges for illegally selling the drug from storefront businesses they owned in Vista and San Diego.

NORTH COUNTY a ' A former teacher from Pacific Rim Elementary School in Carlsbad will stand trial in January on charges he molested three students during the 2006-07 and 2007-08 school years.

Three girls forced into prostitution were rescued over the weekend in San Diego as part of a nationwide law enforcement operation, authorities announced today.

Recently, a gentleman called KTTI and chastised them for helping a group raise money for books and supplies for Vista High School because all the kids who go to Vista are gang members, thugs and such.

A 61-year-old man is expected in a downtown San Diego courtroom Monday to stand trial for murder for a bloody slaying that happened nearly 38 years ago.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled Thursday for a La Costa man accused of beating and slitting the throat of his on-again, off-again girlfriend, a popular court reporter at the Vista courthouse.

A former Chula Vista fire captain who pulled bodies from the World Trade Center after Sept.

Eric Fagan, 74, was arrested at his home in Chula Vista and was being held without bail on suspicion of murder and attempted murder, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said.