North County Times - North San Diego and Southwest Riverside County News - NCTimes.com - Californian.com

Editions of the North County Times Serving San Diego and Riverside Counties

Classified Search

Reader Services

Previous Day - - - This is an archived page for Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - - - Following Day

Oceanside city employees David Baily, left, and Kenny Birmingham paint US 101 signs on the 400 block of South Coast Highway in Oceanside
Jamie Scott Lytle
Order a copy of this photo
More of this story
Visit our Photo Gallery

Schwarzenegger backs initiatives for special election

SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Tuesday he will go over legislators' heads and take his case straight to the voters with a special election later this year on overhauling pensions, teacher pay and the way political districts are drawn.

USC scientist to run stem cell agency amid grumbling about pay
Santa Ana has state's first West Nile mosquitoes of 2005
Garamendi says he'll keep fighting 'use-it-and lose-it' policies

More State stories

Lebanese protesters press for Syrian troop withdrawal following government collapse

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Elated at forcing out Lebanon's pro-Damascus government, flag-waving, singing protesters crowded downtown Beirut on Tuesday, as Syrian President Bashar Assad indicated he would withdraw Syria's 15,000 troops from Lebanon "maybe in the next few months. "

Mexican migrant activists brace for Arizona anti-migrant patrols as Mexican goverment plans legal action
Families, friends bury dead after suicide bomber kills at least 125
Palestinian interior minister confronts militants, then backs down, exposing security challenge

More Nation stories

Redondo looks for a rewarding singles life

Ryan Redondo is a doubles specialist in a single player's world. At age 21, Redondo is already a proven doubles commodity: He and teammate Oliver Maiberger reached a No. 1 collegiate tennis ranking during the 2002 men's tennis season at San Diego State.

Burroughs happy to give up leadoff spot
Heart transplant recipient will run marathon

More Sports Stories

Several Navy units return to county from deployments

SAN DIEGO - Components from the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group returned to San Diego Tuesday after an extended deployment in support of humanitarian relief efforts for South Asia tsunami victims.

General says Pentagon must do more to stop roadside bombings in Iraq
Ukraine's top defense council decides on pullout of troops from Iraq

More Military Stories

Ag officials, industry leaders to meet about avocado lace bug

NORTH COUNTY ---- County agriculture officials and avocado industry leaders continue to seek assistance from the California Department of Food and Agriculture on combating the threat posed by a new pest that feasts on avocado tree leaves.

Inland Empire manufacturing grows at slower pace
Identity theft laws aren't enough, experts say
MS drug's withdrawal triggers scrutiny of stock sales

More Business Stories

Insurance abuses invite careful regulation

Our View: California homeowners received a setback Monday when a state appeals court overturned emergency regulations that tried to stop insurance carriers from dropping customers who filed a single damage claim or simply called an agent to ask about coverage. Now lawmakers should hustle to revive legislation that would sensibly restrict such unfair practices. Post your Comments
Fourth of July comes early

Domestic violence facts counter Devine's fiction

Letters to the Editor

More Opinion Stories

More Perspective Stories

Science & Technology

More Science & Technology stories

Biker told to lose face tattoo or leave cycling team

SACRAMENTO -- A professional cycling team has told one of its new riders to remove his head-turning face-and-scalp tattoo or stop riding.

More Backpage Stories

More Life & Times Stories

More Home Stories

More State

Schwarzenegger backs initiatives for special election

USC scientist to run stem cell agency amid grumbling about pay

Santa Ana has state's first West Nile mosquitoes of 2005

Garamendi says he'll keep fighting 'use-it-and lose-it' policies

Wright house still threatened by mudslide

Plan under way to reduce Disney Concert Hall's glare

More Nation

Lebanese protesters press for Syrian troop withdrawal following government collapse

Mexican migrant activists brace for Arizona anti-migrant patrols as Mexican goverment plans legal action

Families, friends bury dead after suicide bomber kills at least 125

Palestinian interior minister confronts militants, then backs down, exposing security challenge

FBI agent: Virginia man admitted plan to assassinate Bush

Supreme Court considers fairness of shackling in death case

Police looking at white supremacists after husband, mother of judge found dead

ACLU sues Rumsfeld, alleging torture by U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan

Supreme Court to consider Ten Commandments cases; three-fourths of Americans think displays OK

As Gaza withdrawal approaches, neither settlers nor Palestinians are preparing for it

Palestinian finance minister says donors promising $1.2 billion for 2005

Attorney general defends detention of 'dirty bomb' suspect

Saddam's lawyer says tribunal illegitimate, claims access repeatedly denied

Mexico claims harsh U.S. human rights report inaccurate

Nuclear monitoring agency denied second visit to suspect Iranian site

Uruguay inaugurates first socialist president as Latin America continues tilt leftward

Haitian police sow more fear than stability as country gears up for elections

Snow showers continue in East, dry weather in most of South and West

$55 million torture ruling against Salvadoran generals dismissed

United States applies strongest pressure yet for Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon

Some Arabs see beginning of new era with fall of Lebanese government

Two women convicted in Red Brigades' killing of government labor consultant

More Sports

Burroughs happy to give up leadoff spot

Padres Notebook: Padres add Fuson to front-office team

Redondo looks for a rewarding singles life

Experts: Settlement makes sense for both sides in Bryant case

Gulls report - 3/2/05

Big surf contest on tap at Mavericks, off Northern California coast

Lawsuit over fight that ended Raider's career goes to trial

Study says more than half of NFL's players are fat

Nashville to skip the ABA playoffs

Heart transplant recipient will run marathon

Aztecs can't match Titans in baseball

Pumas advance to first final

Zabinsky leads Jag girls into Div. III basketball final

Nighthawks' season ends in shootout

Oceanside boys fall short of Division II soccer title game

Aliso Niguel rolls past Titans

Boys soccer: Pirates' season ends; Falcons win their semi

Temecula tires down the stretch, falls in semis

Lancer girls in their 1st title game since '93

Bears fall short in semifinal

Wildcat girls fall just short

Long day for Calvary Chapel

Ramona falls short in semifinal vs. El Capitan

Southwest Riverside County roundup: Broncos runners open with a win

San Diego County roundup: Cal State San Marcos golfers share tourney crown

San Diego County scoreboard - 3/2/05

Heart transplant recipient will run marathon

More Business

Ag officials, industry leaders to meet about avocado lace bug

Inland Empire manufacturing grows at slower pace

Identity theft laws aren't enough, experts say

MS drug's withdrawal triggers scrutiny of stock sales

General Atomics expands, to hold job fairs this week

Titan Corp settles bribery case for $28 million

Ousted H-P chief said in running to head World Bank

FCC proposes $770,000 fine for alleged do-not-call violation

Concern about administration plan to help agency that protects private pensions

Administration tells Congress that WTO membership benefits America

Judge rules against Rambus in patent infringement case

GM, Ford sales off in February; Asian, Chrysler sales rise

New Mitsubishi Motors president affirms commitment to U.S. market

Financial planning can be tricky for families with special needs kids

U.S. 2004 house prices rise at fastest clip in 25 years

North San Diego County business briefs - 3/2/05

More Preview

Preserver of the blues: Thunderbird's Wilson seizes role

Crazy about Caravaggio: New show in London examines artist's late work

Nefertiti's bust goes on display at new, temporary home in Berlin

Who's next?: Palomar takes on 'Tommy'

The eyes have it in 'Vigil'

Wartime 'Arms' deals in a different sort of battle

'Thousand Clowns' plagued by lackluster performances

'Boys Next Door' strives for dignity for disabled

'Private Fittings' outfitted with plenty of laughs

San Diego native returns home in 'Stomp' tour

Actor Ferrante spends a life being Groucho

Marx Brothers-themed musical to premiere in Vista

Double-diaper duty in predictable 'Pacifier'

Moving 'Paper Clips' helps build tolerance

Historic gathering is eye-opening event

Brody and Knightley give 'The Jacket' style

Predictable 'Rory O'Shea' saved by performances

'Get Shorty' sequel too tepid to 'Be Cool'

'Nobody Knows' a sad vision of young courage

More Community

World Series of Poker taping at Rincon Casino

Recently retired Oceanside police chief thanked for service

Oceanside gives old Highway 101 new signs

Women told they have choices in how to give birth

Students cultivate interest for gardening

An evening of laughter to benefit children's shelter

Local schools advance in mock trials

Hypnosis show to serve as fund-raiser

North San Diego County school briefs - 3/2/05

Southwest Riverside County community briefs - 3/2/05

More Features

More Feature Photos

Cpl. Frankie Hoover gets a big hug from his wife, Becky, as about 220 Marines from the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing returned to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Tuesday morning.
Don Boomer
Order a copy of this photo
Visit our Photo Gallery

Workers from local conservation camps were busy sandbagging homes in Lakeland Village Monday, protecting them from the rising water levels in Lake Elsinore.
Steve Thornton
Order a copy of this photo
More of this story
Visit our Photo Gallery

Search The News

Search Our Ads

Photo Archive

Dow Jones

8184.21 +35.12

Nasdaq

1403.02 +4.95

S&P 500

822.64 +6.43

Click For More

poll

View Past
Poll Results

Comment On
Past Polls

HAVE A QUESTION?

VIEW A COMPLETE LIST OF EXPERTS »

preview
Arts & Entertainment
Magazine

...more AP news

For additional comments, visit our news blogs at blog.nctimes.com.

Little
Have the community planners thought about this before they approve another 500+ housing community? I doubt it. Gas is scarce, water is scarce, while cars and houses with lawns are more than plentiful... More...

Sarah
for those of you saying that temecula kids have nothing better to do, you're wrong. i am a student in temecula and the school system is great. yeah there are a few kids who like to start trouble, but they are everywhere. great oak is a very well established school. god bless her family and friends. More...

Bill 1
As much as I like my truck, I am thinking about getting something smaller. Every time I fuel up I have this vision of Yugo Chavez smilling at me. More...

John E
Unlicensed motorists, particularly those driving on suspended or revoked licenses, are a major public safety menace. I applaud the checkpoints and the impounding of the associated vehicles. More...

Supervisors: Border fence overrides environmental concerns

SAN DIEGO ---- After a sometimes testy debate, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors gave the federal government its blessing Tuesday to ignore any and all environmental laws to finish building a "national security" border fence through sensitive lands along the U.S.-Mexico border. Post your Comments

Jose Aponte named county library director
Bill would deny U.S. citizenship to children of illegal immigrants
First Night Escondido cancelled
Recent rains likely to boost county mosquito population

More top stories

Judge throws out most of Crowe civil suit

A federal judge this week tossed out much of the civil rights lawsuit brought by the family of slaying victim Stephanie Crowe against Escondido police and others. 22 comment(s)

Arts center slashes ticket prices
Request for high-pressure sodium lights denied
Fallbrook deputies find loot from alleged burglaries

More Inland Stories

Oceanside leaders remain confident about Biogen Idec's drop

OCEANSIDE ---- Local reaction was both cautious and optimistic Tuesday to news that Biogen Idec has pulled a new multiple sclerosis drug that was supposed to be manufactured in Oceanside off the market. Post your Comments

Oceanside hillside still weeping
Oceanside gives old Highway 101 new signs
Parents protest possible changes in GATE program

More Coastal Stories

Riverside County backs alternate pension plan

RIVERSIDE ---- Riverside County officials Tuesday backed a statewide group's plan to curb soaring pension costs by retooling California's existing public-employee retirement system instead of trading it in for a private 401(k)-like program, as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed. Post your Comments

County officials talk on 'unification'
Wildomar annexation bid dies

More Californian Stories

San Diego to spend $1.2M on financial disclosure practices

SAN DIEGO - The City Council Tuesday agreed to pay $1.2 million to a law firm examining San Diego's financial disclosure practices -- an outlay deemed needed to complete a long-delayed audit.

Mission Valley East Trolley expansion to open
City Council: Staff should make transition to strong-mayor system

More San Diego Stories

Crazy about Caravaggio: New show in London examines artist's late work

LONDON (AP) -- Four hundred years after his death, Caravaggio -- brawling bad boy of Renaissance art -- is experiencing a renaissance of his own. Everyone from filmmakers to fashionistas, it seems, now claims the troubled genius as an inspiration.

Preserver of the blues: Thunderbird's Wilson seizes role
Who's next?: Palomar takes on 'Tommy'
Double-diaper duty in predictable 'Pacifier'
More Preview Stories

More Faith & Values Stories

More Food Stories

More Travel Stories

More Health Stories

World Series of Poker taping at Rincon Casino

RINCON ---- Wednesday marks the final day that residents of San Diego County can catch world-class poker action in their own backyard. Harrah's brought its wildly popular World Series of Poker to the Rincon casino over the last 10 days as part of the inaugural Circuit Tour. The championship event began Sunday with a $ 10,000 buy-in. The top 20 winners automatically qualify for a $2,000,000 free roll into the final event.

Obituaries - 3/2/05

Italian mother was a champion for her family

More Community Stories

More Top Stories

Supervisors: Border fence overrides environmental concerns

Jose Aponte named county library director

Bill would deny U.S. citizenship to children of illegal immigrants

First Night Escondido cancelled

Recent rains likely to boost county mosquito population

Schwarzenegger backs initiatives for special election

USC scientist to run stem cell agency amid grumbling about pay

Santa Ana has state's first West Nile mosquitoes of 2005

Garamendi says he'll keep fighting 'use-it-and lose-it' policies

Wright house still threatened by mudslide

Plan under way to reduce Disney Concert Hall's glare

More Inland

Judge throws out most of Crowe civil suit

Arts center slashes ticket prices

Request for high-pressure sodium lights denied

Fallbrook deputies find loot from alleged burglaries

EUHSD trustees question campus size requirements

Radiation patient sets off alarm

Low-income apartment complex nearly done

San Marcos residents invited to public safety meeting

San Marcos accident victim hospitalized

Vista panel to discuss distribution of grants

Citizen helps catch alleged vandals

Leaders say Poway is flourishing

Teachers, administrators spar over benefits

More Coastal

Oceanside leaders remain confident about Biogen Idec's drop

Oceanside hillside still weeping

Oceanside gives old Highway 101 new signs

Parents protest possible changes in GATE program

Vista panel to discuss distribution of grants

Citizen helps catch alleged vandals

Former Oceanside police chief thanked for service

Charter recruitment meeting draws low turnout

Council supports trade center demolition

Self-Realization Fellowship buys former parts store

More Californian

Riverside County backs alternate pension plan

Elsinore water district customers face new fee

County officials talk on 'unification'

Wildomar annexation bid dies

County needles state over new law

Man arrested after stolen equipment found

County adopts water conservation measure

Clarification: Outlet channel info misstated

Man admits being accessory to Lake Elsinore murder

Target store may be coming to Lake Elsinore

Lake Elsinore election switch OK'd

Teachers create 'labor unrest' Internet blog

Suspicious container found to be harmless

Chamber to host candidate forum

More San Diego

San Diego to spend $1.2M on financial disclosure practices

Mission Valley East Trolley expansion to open

City Council: Staff should make transition to strong-mayor system

Former CHP officer pleads guilty in insurance scam

Man arrested for murder was released

Three schools get charter approval

Police chief responds to actor's claim of being injured during terror drill

Police seek help in locating missing elderly man

Teen injured when struck by car

RV destroyed in cooking fire

News briefs from San Diego County

More Opinion

Fourth of July comes early

Domestic violence facts counter Devine's fiction

Insurance abuses invite careful regulation

Letters to the editor - 3/2/05

More Columnists

Miss Fallbrook contestants to appear at March SunDowner

Stock buyback often a good thing

City casts its votes for Petco hot dogs

On with the show

Craft is confident in SDSU

Doctor Bob is home from the sea

Podcasts gain ground in Radioland

Mortuary show lives for another season

Home News Sports Business Opinion Entertainment Features Community Marketplace

webmaster@nctimes.com © 1997-2007 North County Times – Lee Enterprises editor@nctimes.com