vista/san marcos news
San Marcos breaks even
SAN MARCOS — The economic news was ominous at the Dec. 9 City Council meeting according to the city’s finances report submitted by Glen Winn, new chairman of the Budget Review committee. Gen...
19 days ago | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Angela Bohardt details her holiday wishes to St. Nick at Santa s Magical Village at the San Marcos Civic Center on Dec. 6. San Marcos celebrates sunny Christmas
SAN MARCOS — With temperatures still on the balmy side, it was hardly traditional Christmas weather. This didn’t stop Santa Claus from making an extended visit to the San Marcos Civic Center o...
27 days ago | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
A fork in the road to recovery from opiate addiction
Since 1978, “Tony” has abused and been abused by his addiction to heroin. Now, more than five months into a residential treatment program in North County, the 53-year-old is working harder than ev...
1 month ago | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Kiyan Yazdani, founder of the CyMo Foundation, laments about her son Cyrus Moinzadeh, who died in December of an Oxycontin overdose. From the medicine cabinet to the morgue
(Part two of a three-part series) Last winter, Cyrus Moinzadeh stepped off a plane in Los Angeles, and after spending the evening with his aunt, boarded a southbound train to San Diego with a co...
1 month ago | 2 2 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
 Robert Clutter knows too well the dangers of heroin. His 30-year-old son Christian Clutter died of an overdose in July after a 10-year battle with the drug. The new face of heroin: The infamous, addictive drug invades the middle class
It’s been more than a month since Tim and Joan Smith have gone to bed without the fear of a late-night knock from the police. “Right now, it’s pretty good, but I don’t know where we’ll be later,” ...
1 month ago | 11 11 comments | 35 35 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Commander of the Escondido post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Harvey Benne recites the poem, “The Tattered Old Flag,” at the Veterans Day commemoration in Helen Bougher Memorial Park in San Marcos on Nov. 11. Veterans Day draws record crowds
SAN MARCOS — More than 100 people came to the unfinished Veterans Memorial at Helen Bougher Memorial Park in San Marcos for what was, by far, the largest observation of the holiday in the cit...
1 month ago | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
County seniors remember Christmases past
by Gideon Marcus
13 days ago | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
NORTH COUNTY — Foreclosures, record job losses and a stock market crash have left many on shaky ground this holiday season. With the constant bombardment of dismal economic news, it can be easy for...
Crime database bolsters sheriffs
by Gideon Marcus
13 days ago | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
VISTA — The Vista Sheriff’s Station got a boost this year. It wasn’t a huge influx of manpower or an advanced weapon. Instead, it came in the form of a tighter interface between the deputy in the f...
Events doing OK at fairgrounds
by Bill Arballo
19 days ago | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
DEL MAR — There was an atmosphere of guarded optimism during the monthly meeting of the 22nd District Agricultural Association (San Diego County Fairgrounds) held Dec. 9. General Manager Tim Fenne...
Ambulance purchase ruffles feathers of competitor
by Gideon Marcus
19 days ago | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
VISTA — City Council voted unanimously to approve the purchase of two ambulances for the city fire department Dec. 9, but not before hearing a strong protest from the representative of a rejected s...
School district board members sworn in at meeting
by Gideon Marcus
19 days ago | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
SAN MARCOS — The San Marcos Unified School District governing board welcomed Jay Petrek and Randy Walton to its ranks and reaffirmed incumbent member David Horacek at its regular meeting Dec. 8. T...
Welcome monument installed at Mission San Luis Rey
by Promise Yee
26 days ago | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
OCEANSIDE — Crane workers and an installation crew took two days to install a 12-by-25-foot monument at the entrance of Mission San Luis Rey. The massive white monument was solidly in place at the ...