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: Featured Story; REGION: Bagrada bug population growing, county says; Small black bugs with orange and white spots are showing up all over San Diego County in increasing numbers, but county officials say the shield-shaped insects have a taste for plants, not …

VISTA: Panel approves clinic addition

Vista's planning commission signed off on plans for an $21 million expansion at the Vista Community Clinic, despite protests from neighbors and concerns about increased traffic on Vale Terrace Drive.

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OCEANSIDE: Apartment fire damages six units, displaces 32

OCEANSIDE ---- Fire tore through two apartments early Wednesday and damaged four others, with police officers and residents suffering minor injuries, an Oceanside Fire Department battalion chief said.

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VALLEY CENTER: Family outing

Bella Smith, 2, enjoys an ice cream cone as she sits perched on a counter at the Country Junction in Valley Center on Wednesday. She was visiting the restaurant with her grandmother Mary Smith.

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POWAY: Council OKs sport park lights

The Poway City Council gave city staff members the go-ahead Tuesday to amend a permit for Arbolitos Sports Park so lights can be added to the facility.

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OCEANSIDE: Kelp jump

Kumi Wood, Kipp Wood and Joe Anderson leap into the air as Brennan Wood and his dad, Marlowe Wood, use a piece of kelp as an improvised jump rope during their visit Tuesday to Buccaneer Beach in Oceanside. The Wood family was holding a family reunion in town with several members coming fr…

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: OCEANSIDE: Apartment fire damages six units, displaces 32; OCEANSIDE ---- Fire tore through two apartments early Wednesday and damaged four others, with police officers and residents suffering minor injuries, an Oceanside Fire Department battalion chief said.

9:47 am CARLSBAD: Power restored after early morning outage
Sep 7 ENCINITAS: Advocate sues over repair report
Sep 7 VISTA: VUSD officials to present plan for English learners
Sep 7 VISTA: Burglar hits Boys & Girls Club
Sep 7 OCEANSIDE: Kelp jump
Sep 7 SHERMAN: Documents outline ideas for future Encinitas

Inland Local News

Escondido Fallbrook San Marcos Poway Valley Center Ramona Rancho Bernardo

: RAMONA: Adult day-care center seeks donations, plans to reapply to food bank; A month after losing its contract with a national food bank over charges it was selling some of its food, the head of a Ramona center that cares for adults said she hopes to find new donors and is looking toward the future with no hard feelings.

6:09 pm ESCONDIDO: Teen boy to face trial for rape
2:11 pm ESCONDIDO: Candidate forum set for Saturday afternoon
2:53 pm VALLEY CENTER: Family outing
Sep 7 POWAY: Council OKs sport park lights
Sep 7 SAN MARCOS: Planning Commission extends cell tower permit
Sep 7 ESCONDIDO: Suspected illegal immigrant arrested after traffic stop

Sports

Chargers Padres Colleges NCT Varsity Community Sports Columnists Olympics

: PARIS: Bolts could be in for jolt; SAN DIEGO -- The team from America's heartland has delivered nothing but heartburn.

12:09 am PADRES NOTES: Young to make rehab start for Storm in Game 1 of South finals
5:05 pm COWAN: New dove keep hunters firing away
12:09 am CHARGERS: Kansas City Chiefs scouting report
12:09 am CHARGERS: Bolts make roster moves
5:27 pm CHARGERS NOTES: Merriman limited in practice
12:09 am DEL MAR: CHRB files complaint against O'Neill

Business

Columnists Stocks Minding Your Business

: HOUSING: Go green or die: Contractor leverages government incentives to stay in business; For Escondido contractor Patrick Kennedy, staying in business became a matter of survival of the greenest.

3:15 pm RESTAURANTS: Port Brewing sues for trademark infringment
2:06 pm TECH: Gamer suspended over name of W.Va. town: Fort Gay
2:23 pm RETAIL: Prepaid phones gain in popularity
2:18 pm WORLD: Iran stocks rally, sparking bubble concerns
2:57 pm REAL ESTATE: BioMed buys five properties
3:04 pm ECONOMY: Fed survey sees slower growth in East and Midwest

Opinion

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LETTERS: NCT, Sept. 8, 2010

Good week for VFW Post 3795

12:05 am LETTERS: The Californian, Sept. 8, 2010
12:00 am ELIAS: Corporate bucks get bigger role in California politics
12:00 am FORUM: A truck wreck waiting to happen
12:00 am SCHULTZ: A nation in ridicule
12:00 am FORUM: Our energy future needs Prop 23 to fail
12:00 am WALTERS: Let's get ready to r-r-r-rumble

Entertainment

Go! Music Movies Television Books Events Calendar

: The wild imagination of Adonna Khare unveiled at Cannon Gallery; In Adonna Khare's drawings, characters that don't exist in reality come to life so vividly, the viewer can't help but feel as if they're in a zoo of mythical creatures. Interestingly enough, Khare's hidden talent almost didn't get discovered.

10:03 am Playhouse's 'Limelight' to focus on life, tragedies in Chaplin's life
11:32 am Gary Allan talks 'Pain,' family and country music
10:03 am Welk show vet has featured role in Welk's 'Full Monty'
12:18 pm SK6ERS thrive on 'Bear' by keeping it live
2:53 pm Spanish-language art-film series continues
12:24 pm Jazz 88 expands its music festival

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: Hooping it up; PITTSBURGH ---- Stefanie Moser hadn't touched a Hula Hoop since she was a kid. So when she went to a wedding and the bride insisted the guests hoop instead of dance, she gave it a twirl.

12:01 am HERMAN: Pets, lack of attention can cause falls
2:24 pm 'Avatar' plant consultant joins 'Gala in the Garden' Saturday
12:01 am New test seen as big advance in diagnosing TB
12:01 am Cosmetic surgery to fix what ails you? It doesn't work
12:01 am FDA cites claims on 2 green-tea beverages
3:52 pm Military bans video game that 'kills' U.S. troops

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HERMAN: Pets, lack of attention can cause falls

Readers have asked me to follow up on my column concerning fall prevention, reminding me of more pitfalls we may stumble into and adding interesting facts. In consideration of the upcoming Falls Prevention campaign in San Diego, I comply.