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A motorcyclist died in a collision with a motorhome driven by a German tourist near Warner Springs Tuesday, the California Highway Patrol said.

Spots are still open for Camp Pendleton’s World Famous Marine Corps Mud Run. The race features massive mud pits along with tunnels, 5-foot high walls.

A signature drive to place a countywide initiative on the November ballot allowing more than 1,700 homes to be built near Bonsall and Valley Center is going well, according to the developer behind the effort, but he declined to estimate how many signatures are already in hand.

Road to close for paving work Wednesday at night and Friday and Saturday during day.

Vista’s draft budget for the coming fiscal year anticipates general fund revenue and spending of roughly $72.3 million — a slight increase over this year, but the city’s biggest budget since the Great Recession.

A leader from the pioneering Arabic language Christian TV network, SAT-7, will give a presentation about its ministry in the Middle East and North Africa May 15 at the Village Church in Rancho Santa Fe.

A group of Vietnam veterans are working on building a memorial at Camp Pendleton for 5th Marines who served in Vietnam.

Plans outline next phase of construction as large project unfolds along Route 78

Three teenage boys and a girl have been arrested as suspects in the estimated $40,000 in vandalism that closed Warner Springs Junior/Senior High School for a week.

Rancho Santa Fe Rotarians volunteered on a painting project at the Community Resource Center, 650 Second St., Encinitas.