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Activists want city to ban for-profit animal sales at pet stores

Vista Community Clinic is no longer just a North County health care operation, recently expanding its services into Orange and Riverside counties.

A small plane crashed at the Ramona Airport Saturday morning, leaving the pilot with only minor cuts, authorities said.

Encinitas Planning Commission signs off on revised Leucadia housing project that calls for 9 homes on Fulvia Street.

The three candidates for District 3’s supervisor seat debated Thursday night. The overall impression? Any of these candidates, including a wounded incumbent, could finish first in a fascinating June primary that appears headed to a Round 2 in November.

The Vista City Council will weighs its options Tuesday on what to do about a pretty new gateway arch in downtown Vista that many residents have panned because it bears the name of a long-planned redevelopment project instead of the name of the city.

The project, downwnsized by about 20 percent but still calling for the construction of 2,135 houses and 81,000 square-feet of commercial, is coming back with new owners, new plans, and a new pitch that the San Diego area is in critical need of new housing that their Newland Sierra project will provide.

Plan would close pier from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. to curb problems.

After a year of stalemate, the Escondido Union High School District and its teachers’ union struck a tentative contract agreement Wednesday. The new agreement, set to take effect July 1, would raise teacher compensation by 6 percent this year and by 3 percent for 2016-17, said Escondido Union High School District Superintendent Steve Boyle. Pay and benefits for the final year, 2017-18, remain open to renegotiation.

Poway couple in mid-40s travel the country doing extreme obstacle and endurance challenges