Daylight saving time ends early Sunday morning.
Before going to bed Saturday night, residents should set their clocks back an hour. The official end to daylight saving time comes at 2 a.m. on Sunday.
The San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency received an unexpected 78,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine, it was announced Friday.
About 10,000 of the doses were distributed to the county’s seven public health centers and the rest will go to doctor’s offices and community clinics, and to conduct vaccinations at schools, according to the HHSA.
All dressed up and no where to go this Halloween? Check the following list of seasonal fun for all ages – most events are happening right in your own back yard!
The Del Mar Union School District’s 7-11 committee continues to work hard to find ways to solve the district’s financial shortfalls without having to close any schools. With their meeting schedule dwindling and Dec. 9 deadline fast approaching, the committee is pushing to have their options narrowed down at their Nov. 4 meeting.
As many as nine Coast Guard and Marine Corps personnel were missing today after a mid-air collision between a Coast Guard transport plane and a USMC light attack helicopter about 15 miles east of San Clemente Island, authorities said.
The collision was reported around 7:10 p.m. Thursday, according to USCG Petty Officer Henry Dunphy. As of 6 a.m., pilots and sailors were still searching for survivors in and around an ocean debris field spotted between San Clemente Island the San Diego County coast, spokespersons for the Coast Guard and the Marine Corps said.
“We are always hopeful … the assumption is always that they are alive,” said USCG Capt. Thomas Farris, noting that a person could survive in the water for 19-20 hours and possibly longer, depending on body type and clothing.
The maritime agency sent three of its cutters and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter to the area to search for survivors, while the Navy sent four vessels and multiple helicopters.
Seven people were believed to be aboard the Coast Guard C-130, and two were in the AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter.
The water temperature overnight was around 64 degrees, according to National Weather Service forecaster Brandt Maxwell. The sky above the crash sight was clear and calm, he said.
The cause of the crash was not immediately known.
The missing Coast Guard plane and its crew are from Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento, said USCG Petty Officer 2nd Class Jetta Disco.
Crews from the Sacramento Coast Guard station fly search-and-rescue, law enforcement and logistics missions. According to Farris, the crew involved in the crash was searching for a mission person, who remains missing.
The missing Marine Corps aircraft is an AH-1W Cobra light attack helicopter, said U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Michael Stevens at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.
The Cobra and its crew are part of Marine Aircraft Group 39, based at Camp Pendleton, and the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, which is headquartered at Miramar, Stevens said.
The Cobra crew was on a training mission when the accident occurred, Stevens said.
In May, there were two fatal crashes involving locally based military aircraft. On May 5, two Miramar-based Marines died when their Super Cobra helicopter crashed during a training flight in the Cleveland National Forest, about six miles east of Pine Valley.
On May 19, five crew members aboard a Navy HH-60H Seahawk helicopter died when their aircraft crashed into the Pacific Ocean, about 15 miles south of Point Loma.
The cause of the May 19 crash was not made public. Authorities said the May 5 crash was caused by a transmission cover that wasn’t fully secured. The cover flew off in flight and struck a tail rotor.
Just spent a week in New York and was flabbergasted to see that Mayor Bloomberg has succeeded in closing a huge section of Broadway to car traffic. That’s right, I said “Broadway,” right in the middle of Times Square. Instead of fighting our way through jammed sidewalks, we strolled down the middle of the street, saw people sitting at small tables with umbrellas and realized cars were deferring to pedestrian traffic.
As many of you know, Del Mar has embarked on a new form-based zoning program to help revitalize downtown. The City Council’s goal is to encourage commercial property owners to appropriately revitalize their property in a way that is consistent with Del Mar’s Community Plan.
For the second time in a month, we’ve been saddened to have to report the death of a teenager in a crash. And in both crashes, the boy who died was not wearing a seat belt. The others in the cars who were buckled up survived.
Michael Nekrasov is only 21, and already he’s a world traveler with thousands of photographs to prove it. Nekrasov’s photos cover 27 countries in several continents. Not bad for someone who started globetrotting only six years ago.
Carmel Valley resident Joe Pasquarello has quite the hobby: One that scares and entertains the whole community.
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