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Quetzal Mama Scholars is a one-woman program that offers college and scholarship applications aid to a select group of high-performing but low-income minority students at eight North County High Schools.

Border Patrol agents pulled over a motorist who admitted having cocaine stashed inside the back seat Friday, the agency said.

Friday marked one month since someone fatally shot 35-year-old Brandon Keiser in front of his Oceanside condo. Police have asked tipsters to come forward, and Keiser’s friends continue to grieve, still shocked.

Before cops or firefighters arrive to answer a call for help, it’s the real first responders — the dispatchers — who have laid the groundwork for everything to come.

A group of African American women met a little over 20 years ago to mentor women trying to enter the workforce.

The Santa Margarita Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution presented a U.S. Flag to the Green Dragon Tavern & Museum in Carlsbad, a replica of the Green Dragon Pub in Boston where many of the country’s forefathers met to plan the Revolution.

MiraCosta College students protest against presense of U.S. Border Patrol agents and Chick-fil-A restaurant on Oceanside campus.

The city has twice weighed whether to allow dispensaries this year but now a group wants voters to decide.

Teamsters to vote Tuesday on tentative 3-year deal

Escondido speller going to Association of Christian Schools International national bee in Washington, D.C.