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Oceanside’s food festival and community fundraiser “FEAST” returns to the historic Old Mission San Luis Rey July 27. The fest is hosted by the mission, Osider Magazine and OnoYum’s creator Nino “Neens” Camilo, and features more than a dozen Oceanside restaurants, breweries and distilleries.

Forty food trucks will be serving up gourmet dishes at the annual Food Truck Festival in Del Mar.

A new chapter of the Marine Corps League meets In Oceanside. The Camp J.H. Pendleton Oceanside Detachment #021 of the Marine Corps League meets 1 p.m. July 30 at Veterans Association of North County 1617 Mission Ave., Oceanside. Honorably discharged Marines and FMF Corpsmen and Chaplains are invited; free membership available to active duty military.

The future of the Escondido Country Club property will not include a golf course of any size, the potential developers of the 110-acre abandoned golf course in the northwestern part of the city announced over the weekend.

Things aren’t so quiet these days in Whispering Palms. The golf course community next to Rancho Santa Fe is divided over a plan to cut down its 54 signature queen palms that have stood at the entrance for more than 50 years. Some rise 65 feet high and a few show signs of fungus infections.

The county Board of Supervisors decided Tuesday it wants a quick report on a citizens initiative that would allow more than 1,700 new homes to be built near Valley Center so it can review the study before placing the measure on the November ballot.

City wants voters to approve one-cent sales tax increase to pay for infrastructure projects, services.

An 11-year-old girl who was home alone Tuesday morning hid in her closet and texted her mom when an intruder — who reportedly had a gun — busted into the family’s Escondido home, authorities said.

Monday marked the first day that candidates could pull the formal papers to run for a City Council seat in San Marcos — and both incumbents in the two open seats did just that.

Escondido High alum Sarah Attar is picked to represent Saudi Arabia at the Rio Olympics.