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- Campus gives lessons in character
NATIONAL CITY – The last place you might expect to find children displaying good character is on the playground during recess. The schoolyard at Integrity Charter School, though, isn't a typical playground, teacher Maria Ocampo said.
- THE WAY WE WERE
Olives once reigned as Fallbrook's prime crop
Before it was known for avocados and art, Fallbrook was a center of the olive industry.
- Indians establish own court system
In a modest office above a downtown Escondido storefront, an American Indian law school graduate and a retired Superior Court commissioner are working on a project that could significantly alter the region's justice system for American Indians.
- MARY CURRAN-DOWNEY
Race for 50th won't be over soon enough
The only way to kill Dracula, legend has it, is to drive a wooden stake through his heart. It's excruciatingly painful, but it's quick.
- 'Dream boldly,' presidential adviser tells USD graduates
Twenty-one years ago, Frances Fragos Townsend, President Bush's homeland security adviser, sat with her University of San Diego Law School classmates at their commencement.
- Beachgoers get a case of the 'brrrs'
Gray skies, strong winds, high tide, big surf and powerful currents got the beach season off to a slow start yesterday. Up and down the North County coast, beaches that were expected to be packed looked desolate.
- San Diego hires real estate director
The overhaul of San Diego's beleaguered Real Estate Assets Department will be headed by a former Navy fighter pilot and Top Gun instructor who has more than 20 years of experience in real estate.
- The week: May 21 - 27
Voters may get the chance to weigh in on whether commercial aircraft and the military should share Miramar Marine Corps Air Station.
- SDG&E, developers OK sum for corridor
San Diego Gas & Electric Co. has agreed to pay nearly $10.7 million to the developers of StoneBridge Estates in Scripps Ranch to retain and improve transmission lines that run through the property.
- Heads up for the hottest game in town
EL CAJON – Grossmont High School teacher Jeremy Hersch remembers his elementary school days playing dodgeball.
- Sticking with it
Michael Watson loves lacrosse and the Southern California lifestyle. For years, the objects of his affection pulled him in opposite directions.
- Passion for pooches
RAMONA – When Bree Beery was 16, she loved to ride horses and compete. During a training session on a novice horse, she took a spill when the animal stopped in front of a jump, propelling Beery over the horse and into the barrier. She got back on the horse and continued riding but later was diagnosed with two cracked lumbar vertebrae.
- Emotion fills flamenco dance from head to toe
Flamenco is a kind of visual poetry that marries song with stomping footwork, vigorous clapping and graceful hand gestures. Whether light-hearted and sensual or poignantly solemn, it's always dramatic to watch.
- TOWN FOCUS: SAN MARCOS
Kids dig into past at Discover Archaeology Day
SAN MARCOS – For a few magical hours this season, turn off the laptop. Put away the cell phone. Unplug the Xbox.
- TOWN FOCUS: VISTA
Woman's Club a pioneer in recycling, giving
VISTA – Years before recycling went mainstream, the Woman's Club of Vista had organized to keep old newspapers and glass out of trash cans.
- San Marcos spotlight
Drawings, paintings, photography and other art are being sought for display at the San Marcos Community Center art gallery.
- Vista spotlight
Vista branch library has a new display of art by members of the Vista Art Foundation Gallery.
- AROUND THE REGION: REGIONAL EDITION
Police identify man slain outside store
A man who was killed in front of a liquor store in Webster on Friday night was identified yesterday as Ernest Purter, 31, of San Diego.
- CRIME WATCH
Gunfire kills man, injures two in yard
MOUNTAIN VIEW – A man was shot to death and two others wounded early yesterday morning, in the front yard of a house where they had been drinking.
- 2006 San Diego County Memorial Day events
- This Week in North County
- North County community sports
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