Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor - 5/06/2006
What I remember when I was a very young man: We ate lettuce, strawberries and tomatoes, among other veggies and fruits. The toilets were always clean, by and large, in restaurants. Lawns were mowed and, if you went to a hotel, the beds were made up for you. Offices were cleaned after working hours.
Candidates for 74th seat face off in debate
VISTA ---- Helping small businesses and curbing illegal immigration were dominant themes in a debate Monday night among candidates for the 74th District seat.
North County Public Transportation To Raise Fares
The affects of rising gas prices may soon force higher prices for public transportation in the North County.
Missing Girl May Be With Mentally Ill Grandmother
A missing 2-year-old North County girl may be with her mentally ill grandmother, police said Friday.
Gibraltar Industries Honors Leading Business (Division) Performers
BUFFALO, N.Y.----May 8, 2006--Gibraltar Industries, Inc. -- Air Vent Inc., Dallas, TX Named Business of the Year -- USP Structural Connectors, Burnsville, MN; Construction Metals Inc., Ontario, CA; The Solar Group, Taylorsville, MS; and SCM Metal Products, Research Triangle Park, NC Win President's Awards -- Southeastern Metals, Jacksonville, FL; and B&W Heat Treating, Kitchener, Ontario Named
New revenues could bolster May revise of state budget
An unexpected surge in revenues ---- estimated at $4 billion ---- has given Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger some budgetary wiggle room.
Slater-Price addresses Escondido leaders on transportation, immigration
ESCONDIDO ---- County Supervisor Pam Slater-Price came to downtown Thursday to address city business leaders on San Diego growth and transportation matters. But she got more undivided attention when talking on a more timely topic: illegal immigration.
Obituaries - 5/05/2006
MURRIETA ---- Steven Drury Bigelow, 52, died of pneumonia and respiratory failure Wednesday, April 26, 2006, at Country Villa in Murrieta. He was born Dec. 11, 1953, in California. He was a truck driver. He served in the U.S. Army.
Pro-immigration rights groups turn in letters backing amnesty
SAN DIEGO, 12:57 p.m. May 9 (UNION-TRIBUNE): Members of several pro-immigration rights groups presented thousands of letters supporting amnesty for illegal immigrants to Sen. Dianne Feinstein's and Barbara Boxer's offices Tuesday morning.
Education changing with the times
ESCONDIDO ---- When Brenda Umbro began teaching about 30 years ago, her home economics classes were largely considered a place for future wives to learn to cook, sew and do other domestic tasks.
Lincoln campus in Vista crumbling from within
VISTA ---- Its sewer pipes are rotting. Its roofs are leaking. Some of its buildings are plagued by rats, asbestos and mold. But still, some Vista Unified School District officials think at least portions of Lincoln Middle School are salvageable.
San Marcos Middle School hosts Fiesta Day
SAN MARCOS ---- The dancing, piano playing and singing were over during Saturday's second annual Fiesta Day at San Marcos Middle School, and it was time to decide a winner.
Money is core issue of campaigns
May 10 (UNION-TRIBUNE): Next month's county school board elections pit incumbents who assert that a world-class education probably costs more than we currently spend and challengers who champion protection of taxpayers by checking spending.
Letters to the Editor - 5/10/2006
A second airport at some far-out location to handle larger passenger aircraft while continuing to dive onto Lindbergh with aircraft suitable to that facility? Sounds goofy to me. Lindbergh's capacity would soon be exceeded by the using aircraft, anyway.
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