San Dieguito High recycling club set sights on plastic water bottles
Consider this: Every plastic bottle that has ever been manufactured is still on this earth in some form....
Patty McCormac
Keep your distance: Staying safe during rattlesnake season
While swimming in a lake or river, do not grab what look like sticks or branches. Rattlesnakes can swim. This is just one fact even...
Temple’s gala celebrates 40 years
The 40th Anniversary Gala on the evening of May 5 at Temple Solel was all glamour and glitter. The party was held partly on the...
Local woman aims to help businesses become ‘Hearing Friendly’
One of the worst things about being hearing impaired for Teresa Barnes is that most people around her are not aware of her condition....
Earth Day project seeks volunteers
Looking for a good way to celebrate Earth Day? Pack up the kids, or kids pack up your parents, and head over to the San...
San Marcos welcomes new police captain
There’s a new sheriff in town. Meet Capt. Dave Brown, who recently took over command of the San Marcos sheriff’s substation....
Yoga at Sugar Sweet Farm goes to the goats
It’s hard to say who had more fun — the Girl Scouts or the goats. It might have been the Girl Scouts, who were face-to-face...
Vine & Dandy: Local novice wine makers take honors, open tasting room
If there were no documentation to prove it, it would hard to believe that a couple of empty nesters from the Silicon Valley with no...
Program launches to help local seniors stay connected
With 75 million Baby Boomers on the verge of retirement, an average of 10,000 people will turn 65 each day for the next 20 years....
Locals celebrate life of Harold Kutler
The Sanctuary at St. Mary’s by the Sea was filled to its 400 person capacity with those who came to honor the life of Harold...