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A pair of brush fires that broke out near each other along Interstate 15 in Bonsall Monday afternoon were still keeping firefighters busy on Tuesday, with just 25 percent containment.

A 24-year-old Fontana man died in a collision in Valley Center late Monday when he swerved into the wrong lane and was broadsided by an SUV, authorities said.

A Solana Beach church gave more than $32,200 in grants from its Kingdom Builder Foundation to seven nonprofits to help the needy locally and around the world and share the Christian faith.

I used to like the term associated with my generation. That’s because it’s described in two highly positive and energetic words, “baby” and “boomer.”

As another Halloween approaches, the notorious terror attraction known as McKamey Manor continues to operate out of the owner’s house in Rancho Peñasquitos, despite efforts to move to a more affordable location, and the owner has run into trouble with the IRS.

A small lot designated for single family homes in south Vista could become the site of 54 condos — a request likely to rile residents already fighting a planned 88-unit apartment complex a block away.

A cement truck overturned on state Route 76 near Bonsall Monday, prompting the closure of all eastbound lanes.

A 52-year-old man died when he drove off an 80-foot cliff onto an Encinitas beach Saturday in what a sheriff’s official said appears to have been a suicide.

A rose for expansion of hours of Queen Califia’s Magical Circle; thorny rose for plea agreement in Jose Fragozo case; and a razz for Spanish-only swim classes.

A final decision whether to approve the largest housing development to be built in Escondido in the past quarter-century has been delayed for probably a year as environmental concerns about the Safari Highlands Ranch project continue to be evaluated.