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Carlsbad’s Rolly Crump helped design Tiki Room, Small World and Haunted Mansion attractions

Apartment complexes in Vista where the Sheriff’s Department frequently responds to calls could soon be forced to enroll in a program aimed at cutting crime.

A man was shot in the upper body and the arm during a Tuesday night shooting in Escondido that was believed to be gang related, police said.

The Vista school board is postponing plans for a $274 million bond measure that would have upgraded school facilities.The bond measure would have paid to renovate aging infrastructure, replace portable classrooms with permanent ones and enhance instructional technology. It was slated for the November ballot. Instead the district aims to place the bond measure on the ballot in 2018, said Donna Caperton, assistant superintendent for business services. She said the district plans to seek more community input and prioritize projects covered by the bond.

The Center of the Valley Daughters of the American Revolution is standardizing Valley Center Cemetery records to help families and genealogists discover information about ancestors.

Oceanside cited Oceanside Puppy shop several times over ban on commercially bred pets

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A North County nonprofit that serves homeless families says it will close its emergency shelter Monday rather than comply with federal funding regulations that forbid it from drug testing residents.

A Cardiff businessman is donating thousands of cellphone minutes to Camp Pendleton for service members to call home.

Attorney challenges Morasco; Diaz faces mayor’s recruit