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- Police dog should be honored with dignity
A bouquet – the Old Shep Has a Wonderful Home award – to Stryker, the Oceanside police dog killed during a surreal chain of events New Year's Eve on the San Diego-Coronado Bridge. In a scene right out of an action movie, the Belgian Malinois was ordered to knock down and detain Cory Bryan, a drunken-driving suspect who'd led police on an hourlong pursuit. . . .
- Displaying the art of craftsmanship
VISTA –
One of the first stops on a recent tour of the Joe Martin Foundation Craftsmanship Museum was the smallest exhibit.
In a display case, there is a tiny wrench – about the length of Abraham Lincoln's beard on a penny – along with a nut and bolt designed for a 1/30 scale steam engine model.
- City ready for possible flooding
OCEANSIDE
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In anticipation of big storms predicted for this weekend, a tall crane was stationed on the College Boulevard bridge yesterday, ready to pluck trees and debris out of the San Luis Rey River to prevent flooding.
- 12th Night choral fest a free treat for holiday
Church choirs “practice and practice” their Christmas music, and then usually only get to present it once, said Larry Gerling, choral director at First Presbyterian Church of Oceanside.
- The romance of Scotland stirs author
ESCONDIDO
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Chris Holmes has written thrillers on subjects ranging from anthrax attacks to plagues and genetically modified food.
In light of his latest offering, the Escondido author admits to being a bit of a genetic aberration himself: a romance writer with a Y chromosome.
- Multiplicity of twins at San Elijo Elementary
SAN MARCOS
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They finish each other's sentences. They have the same smile and twinkle in their eyes. When one gets sick, the other is likely to feel under the weather, as well.
- Woman stabbed in second bus-stop attack in 2 nights
SAN DIEGO
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A woman's screams woke up neighbors, who called 911.
“Help! I've been stabbed,” the woman pleaded from a bus stop in the southeastern San Diego neighborhood of Mountain View.
- Organized crime blamed for slayings
TIJUANA
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A month into a new mayoral administration that has vowed to fight police corruption, top officials say the deaths of a commander and another officer point to the victims' involvement with organized crime.
- Nurse on a mission to help dying children in S. Africa
OCEANSIDE –
When Marie Wrinn was 5, she wanted to be a missionary and help the people of South Africa.
Next month, the 34-year-old Oceanside resident will fulfill her dream and travel to the South African city of Bloemfontein.
- SHORT TAKES: NORTH COASTAL EDITION
Art museum gets $20,000 donation
OCEANSIDE:
The Oceanside Cultural Arts Foundation has donated $20,000 to the Oceanside Museum of Art for its new building.
- PUBLIC SAFETY: NORTH EDITION
Help is sought in finding woman
ESCONDIDO:
The family of a woman who has been missing for nearly a month is pleading to the public for information on her whereabouts.
- SHORT TAKES: NORTH INLAND EDITION
Chili cook-off to aid victims of wildfires
DEL MAR:
Volunteers from nonprofit organizations and the city's public service departments will compete at a Chili Olympics today to raise money for fire victims.
- SHORT TAKES: REGIONAL EDITION
Residents in burn areas warned of possible floods
The county is warning residents living in areas charred by the October wildfires to be on the lookout for flooding and floating debris as rainstorms hit this weekend.
- PUBLIC SAFETY: REGIONAL EDITION
Woman hit, killed when she walks into traffic
SAN DIEGO:
A woman was struck and killed when she stepped in front of a car on Clairemont Drive at Burgener Boulevard in Bay Park last night, bc j4 ec San Diego police said.
- PUBLIC SAFETY: SOUTH EDITION
Woman hit, killed when she walks into traffic
SAN DIEGO:
A woman was struck and killed when she stepped in front of a car on Clairemont Drive at Burgener Boulevard in Bay Park last night, bc j4 ec San Diego police said.
- North County FYI
- Road closures
- San Diego FYI
- Cost of filling up
- East County council agendas
- South Bay council agendas
- North County volunteer opportunities
- OBITUARY
Rear Adm. Raymond Burk, 86; former port official
Who knows what might have been if not for a twist of fate? Raymond Burk's first Navy assignment was aboard the battleship Arizona in 1939. But the young sailor was soon recognized as a high achiever and given a rare appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy.
- OBITUARY
Steven Florio; former Conde Nast executive; 58
Steven T. Florio, a hard-driving executive who worked his way up the publishing ladder to lead the Conde Nast magazine empire, has died at age 58.
- OBITUARY
George MacDonald Fraser; author of 'Flashman' novels; 82
George MacDonald Fraser, a British writer whose popular novels about the arch-rogue Harry Flashman followed their hero as he galloped, swashbuckled, drank and womanized his way through many of the signal events of the 19th century, died Wednesday on the Isle of Man. He was 82 and had made his home there in recent years.
- OBITUARY
Jerry Ricks; blues musician; 67
American blues guitarist “Philadelphia” Jerry Ricks, who mastered the sound of the 1930s' Delta Blues, died in a clinic in Croatia on Dec. 10. He was 67.
- OBITUARY
Mlungisi Sisulu; grandson of veteran South African activist; 42
The grandson of the late anti-apartheid hero Walter Sisulu died of an unspecified illness in London on Thursday. He was 42.
- OBITUARY
Marvin Smith; one half of R&B duo the Checkmates; 68
Marvin “Sweet Louie” Smith, of the R&B duo, the Checkmates, has died. He was 68.
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