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A car driven by a suspected drunken driver in his 80s crash in an Oceanside senior community Sunday night, hitting a gas line and prompting the evacuation of around 30 homes

Staging is more traditional than revival that visited La Jolla Playhouse in 2011

A Vista house was heavily damaged by a fire that started in the garage and spread into the attic Saturday afternoon, a fire official said.

Encinitas is creating a long-term vision plan for the rail corridor that cuts through all three of the city's coastal communities.

Hospital water underbilling puts Poway in a familiar pickle as Oceanside art museum director is let go without explanation. Meanwhile, two North County men flex their muscles, one in China and the other at MiraCosta.

This year’s graduates include students who participated in university programs aimed at helping former foster youth succeed in school.

Officials say the growth is a warm welcome, after tourism cooled a bit during the Great Recession.

Neighbors said the iFly skydiving center would create noise, parking and other problems.

It’s probably safe to say that Britta Wilson has been an advocate for animals since she was a child. When she was 2, her mother remembered Britta being very distraught about a gopher that had been killed by the family cat. When she was 8, she stood between an eel in Solana Beach and a boy who’d been poking the eel with a stick. She’s gone from the world of modeling and acting with Geena Davis, Kevin Bacon and Woody Harrelson to having worked at the San Diego Zoo, at an elephant sanctuary, as a dog trainer, and now as the owner of Britta’s Animal Training and Pet Services in Encinitas.

The long-term solution for the revitalization of Poway Road will ultimately depend on the city’s ability to entice private home builders with density incentives to build smaller condos, lofts and apartments along the city’s main business thoroughfare, consultants have told the City Council.