With unforgettable performances ranging from a comic pirate on the high seas to a character from Tim Burton’s dark imagination, Johnny Depp is well on his way to future film legend status.
The price for a monthly transit pass and some routes will go up Wednesday, according to the Metropolitan Transit System.
According to the MTS, the fare hikes are needed to offset the elimination of $14.3 million in local transportation funding from the state.
Water contact closure for the San Diego River outlet at Dog Beach
An estimated 14,850 gallon sewage spill occurred Sunday night at the intersection of Del Cero Avenue and Airoso Avenue in the Adobe Falls area of San Diego.
No open containers of alcohol will be permitted on COASTER trains after 9 p.m. as of July 1. This policy was approved by the NCTD Board of Directors at their June 18 meeting. The new policy aims to curb alcohol-related incidents on the COASTER.
“Reclaiming Youth; Restoring Hope” has long been the tagline found on New Haven stationery and business cards. Providing hope to youths with troubled lives is its greatest challenge.
It’s sometimes said that teaching can be a thankless job.
On the last day of school of R. Roger Rowe, teacher Stacey Halboth stood in her office re-reading one of several thank you notes she received from students. One card thanked her for changing the student’s way of thinking, for opening his heart and mind. Halboth couldn’t help but cry.
A man who allegedly broke into a car in Solana Beach was arrested, and deputies found items from other burglaries, a San Diego County sheriff’s sergeant said.
The San Diego Blood Bank is offering blood donors a day of free food and entertainment.
Donors who give blood between Sunday, June 28, and Sunday, July 5, at any San Diego Blood Bank Donor Center or bloodmobile will receive two free entries into the 8th annual 5K Walk/Run presented by Ralph’s and Food 4 Less on Sunday, July 19.
At the opposite ends of the opinions on whether La Jolla’s seals should be pushed off the Children’s Pool beach are younger women and older men.
“A whopping three-quarters of women under the age of 35 strongly oppose” the city’s plans to remove the seals who occupy the beach, according to statistics compiled by Competitive Edge Research & Communication in a telephone survey of 504 people living in the city of San Diego. Men 55 years of age and older shared the opinion only 30 percent of the time.
A new no-smoking policy is now in place for the San Dieguito River Park, which stretches from the gateway at the lagoon in Del Mar to the crest of Volcan Mountain.
The Board of Directors of the San Dieguito River Park Joint Powers Authority approved the policy, following the lead of 14 other cities in San Diego County. The authority is a multi-jurisdictional agency formed to plan, create, preserve and enhance the San Dieguito River Valley Regional Open Space Park.
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