45.000 trabajadores de supermercados del sur de California autorizan huelga contra Albertsons y Kroger
No se ha fijado fecha para la huelga mientras continúan las negociaciones entre UFCW y los supermercados.
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45,000 Southern California grocery workers authorize strike against Albertsons, Kroger
A separate strike authorization vote is planned with San Bernardino-based Stater Bros. in the coming weeks.
State Farm gets California nod to hike homeowner policies 17%
Estimates by one watchdog group say homeowners will pay $468 more annually, while renters and condo owners will pay $57 more, and rental dwelling policyholders an additional $451 more.
Mediator in Southern California grocery labor talks laid off by DOGE
For now, he's helping move talks along in a temporary role for local unions and supermarket chains.
How the Musk-Tesla backlash is opening doors for EV startups like Rivian
Former Tesla owners are on the hunt for their next EV, creating an opportunity for legacy automakers and EV startups to gain ground.
Stater Bros. lays off store clerks, a first for the 89-year-old chain
The supermarket chain's CEO blamed inflation and tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump for cutting 63 clerk positions.
State Farm seeks 22% emergency rate hike after receiving 8,700 wildfire claims
The company also requested a 15% hike for renters, 15% for condo owners and 38% for rental dwellings.
Southern California wildfires add to growing worries about homeowner insurance
Firestorms raging across Los Angeles County will test insurance reforms now being implemented throughout California.
Amazon drivers strike while company says deliveries unaffected
Amazon said that it was largely unaffected by a nationwide strike on Thursday by thousands of drivers who are trying to form a union.
Temecula’s wine country hits baby boomer skid as more vineyard owners opt to sell
Retirement and rising debt are putting the region's winemaking economy at risk.
Albertsons ordered to pay $4 million for overcharging California shoppers
Riverside District Attorney's Office found faulty scales and scanners that regularly overcharged for food.
Students headed to science bowl
CARMEL VALLEY — Last week’s regional competition of the National Science Bowl was a breeze for students from Carmel Valley Middle School.Fifteen students from the school formed three teams and swept the...
Escondido molestation suspect forced off charter board
ESCONDIDO — A 47-year old Escondido man arrested last weekend on multiple counts of child molestation has been ousted from the board of the American Heritage Education Foundation, a nonprofit group...
New charges against Escondido molestation suspect
ESCONDIDO — New charges have been levied against an Escondido businessman accused of molesting several children and raping a woman in a series of crimes in Riverside and San Diego counties over...
Laurel Elementary receives track grant from Chargers
Oceanside — Freddie Chavarria, principal at Laurel Elementary School in Oceanside, didn’t like seeing low test score results on physical fitness reports for his nearly 500 students. Since the 2011-12 school year,...
Judge to decide Fragozo’s fate next week
VISTA — Superior Court judge Richard S. Whitney is expected to rule next week on whether to impose a permanent workplace violence restraining order against Escondido Union School District Trustee Jose Fragozo,...
Vallecitos school trial to begin in May
RAINBOW — A civil jury trial is set to begin May 27 for a tiny North County school district that has become embroiled in a lawsuit with its former business manager, who...
Ramona students vie for best mechanic title
RAMONA — Two Ramona High School students are gearing up for a trip to New York City this month where they’ll test their auto repair skills against mechanically gifted students from 30...
San Elijo parents upset over suicide video
SAN MARCOS — Dozens of San Elijo Middle School parents took to Facebook and elsewhere to express anger with school s for broadcasting an anti-bullying video in classes Thursday that depicted a...
Author Edic Ode reads, sings to kids across U.S.
Escondido — Award-winning children’s author, poet and singer/songwriter Eric Ode taught elementary school for a dozen years before he threw in the towel.It wasn’t that he had become burned out. Instead, the...
Vista teacher placed on istrative leave
is growing for a veteran Rancho Buena Vista High School history teacher who told students last week in an emotional address captured on cellphone video that he was being...
Oceanside charter school delayed indefinitely
Oceanside — A science and technology charter school with branches throughout California is delaying plans to start an academy in Oceanside while it focuses on expansion plans elsewhere in Southern California, officials...
San Dieguito trustee floats term limits idea
ENCINITAS — A San Dieguito Union High School District trustee is proposing the district consider term limits for school board .“It makes sense to get some turnover,” said John Salazar, who has...
Posible difusion de datos provoca protestas
SAN DIEGO — Los distritos escolares en todo el Condado de San Diego están advirtiendo que los datos personales de los alumnos pronto podrían estar accesibles para dos organizaciones sin...
State meditator enters Escondido school talks
Escondido — Tense labor negotiations between the Escondido Union High School District and its teachers’ union resumed this week for the first time since January with a state mediator ing the talks...
Man injured in Sunset Cliffs fall
SUNSET CLIFFS — A man fell 30 to 40 feet off the edge of Sunset Cliffs on Sunday afternoon, injuring his leg, a San Diego Fire-Rescue Department spokesman said. Capt. Joe Amador...
Westminster winner didn’t make cut at Silver Bay dog show
del mar — It's no woofing matter.CJ, a German shorthaired pointer who was top dog at this month’s granddaddy of all dog shows, the Westminster Kennel Dog Show, failed to advance to...
Classical Academy growing in Escondido
Escondido — Classical Academies, a 4,200-student independent charter school in North County, is busting at the seams. The Escondido-based charter school has a presence across North San Diego, and has seen a...
Weber wants UC to repay schools
SAN DIEGO — San Diego Assemblywoman Shirley Weber has introduced legislation that would allow public schools and community college districts to participate in utility rate-making proceedings before the California Public Utilities...
Oceanside Promise names new president
Oceanside — Vu Nguyen, a client advocate for high-risk youth with Interfaith Community Services, has been named as president of the Oceanside Promise beginning March 1.Nguyen replaces Keith Padgett, a long-time advocate...
Vista High’s dish wins bake-off contest
Escondido — Vista High School senior Tate Miller meticulously trimmed fat and skin from a slab of pork on Tuesday, getting ready to cut it into glazed pork medallions — the filet...
Oceanside school exec leaves for supe job
Oceanside — Kenneth C. "Chris" Hurst Sr., associate superintendent of educational services with the Oceanside Unified School District, has accepted a job as superintendent of the tiny Othello School District in central...
Stone Brewing closes farming operations
Escondido — Stone Brewing Co. is closing down its organic farm operation in Escondido.The company had been leasing the 19-acre property since about March 2011. Roughly a quarter to half of the...
Outrage grows over release of school data
SAN DIEGO — School districts across San Diego County are warning that students’ personal data will soon be accessed by two nonprofit organizations as part of a federal court case involving...
Restroom wait finally over at Vista’s VIDA
VISTA — For 680 students at the Vista Innovation and Design Academy, the wait is finally over. The school’s six bathrooms have reopened, five months after being shuttered for a renovation project...
Poway school executive retirements continue
POWAY — Big staff changes are looming in the Poway Unified School District, with three top s set to retire this summer. Tracy Hogarth, associate superintendent in charge of personnel services,...
Teens with knives cleared to return to school
Escondido — Two San Pasqual High School students suspended last month after authorities found knives locked in their trucks in the school parking lot have been cleared to return to school on...
Two teens await fate after expulsion hearings
Escondido — Two San Pasqual High School students suspended last month after authorities found knives locked in their trucks in the school parking lot will learn next week whether they’ll be expelled.Dozens...
Hearing today on expelling teens with knives
Escondido — UPDATE: Two teens with knives cleared to return to schoolEscondido high school district s will hold a hearing Friday on whether to expel two San Pasqual High School students who...
Civil rights group pushes for equality forum
POWAY — The local chapter of a national civil rights group announced Wednesday it will push for a community forum in North San Diego County to address what it said are concerns...
Fragozo makes case to lift restraining order
VISTA — Escondido elementary school district Trustee Jose Fragozo testified in Vista Superior Court on Wednesday that he never yelled or threatened school officials who want him banned from district property.Fragozo’s testimony...
Forgotten knives meet zero tolerance
Escondido — UPDATE: Two teens with knives cleared to return to schoolHundreds of people flooded an Escondido Union High School District board meeting Tuesday night, urging the district not to expel two...
Civil rights group plans Poway event
POWAY — The local chapter of a national civil rights group founded by the Rev. Al Sharpton is planning a news conference and rally in the Poway school district Wednesday in ...
Poway schools’ associate supe retiring
POWAY — Poway Unified School District announced Monday that Tracy Hogarth, associate superintendent in charge of personnel services, plans to retire effective June 30. Hogarth, 60, ed Poway Unified in 1996...
Petition demands resignation of Fragozo
Escondido — A former trustee of the Escondido Union School District has launched an online petition that demands the resignation of embattled trustee Jose Fragozo, who last week was charged with 13...
Vista teachers focus on new science standards
VISTA — The future of science education was beginning to take shape in Vista last week. About a dozen eighth grade teachers and curriculum experts from Vista Unified School District crammed into...
Carlsbad dances to No. 1 in hip-hop world
The Lancer Dancers, the 15-member varsity dance team at Carlsbad High School, is shaking up the world.The group, which often performs at Carlsbad’s football and basketball games, traveled to Orlando,...
Escondido trustee to fight DA felony charges
VISTA — Escondido Union School District Trustee Jose Fragozo pleaded not guilty in state court on Thursday to 13 felonies linked to allegations that he misrepresented his place of residence to get...
Escondido trustee charged with 13 felonies
Escondido — The San Diego District Attorney’s Office has filed its criminal complaint against Escondido Union School District Trustee Jose Manuel Fragozo, charging him with 13 felonies linked to allegations that he...
Attorney: DA to charge Escondido trustee
Escondido — The San Diego District Attorney’s Office plans to file a criminal complaint against Escondido Union School District Trustee Jose Fragozo, charging him with misrepresenting his place of residence to get...
Heart screening saves lives at El Camino
Oceanside — Five years ago, 15-year-old Brandon Zapata died from sudden cardiac arrest in an El Camino High School physical education class. A seemingly healthy student, he collapsed at the starting line...
DA probes Escondido trustee’s residency
The District Attorney’s Office is investigating whether Escondido Union School District trustee Jose Fragozo actually resides in a small apartment he has claimed as his residence since getting elected to...
Poway’s school president takes tough job
The Poway Unified School District’s board of trustees is deeply divided. At its organizational meeting last month, board trustee Michelle O’Connor-Ratcliff could only garner two of the other four trustees...
ACLU monitoring Escondido school case
Escondido — An Escondido school board member remains barred from school district property after a judge this week extended a temporary restraining order against the trustee and continued a hearing on the...
Escondido to address deep enrollment drop
Escondido — A nearly 12 percent drop in enrollment at Escondido elementary schools over the past decade has led to the formation of a special task force aimed at reversing the precipitous...
Rancho Santa Fe school chief retires
RANCHO SANTA FE — Rancho Santa Fe School District Superintendent Lindy Delaney announced Wednesday that she will retire this summer, after 12 years at the helm of the tiny 700-student district.Delaney, 58,...
Carlsbad school officials parachute for ‘Kindness’ week
CARLSBAD — Inspiring kindness in others can start with a simple step. On Thursday, three Carlsbad school district s celebrated kindness by taking a giant leap. The officials — Carlsbad Superintendent Suzette...
Escondido school labor talks heat up
Escondido — Labor negotiations between the Escondido Union High School District and its teachers’ union have grown more heated over the past two weeks, after the union said it would picket outside...
Carlsbad hockey team latest to Ducks movement
Not much thought is given to sunny Southern California as a hotbed of hockey, but for many young players it has become just that — the place to hit a...
Talks fail to lift order against Escondido trustee
VISTA — Negotiations to lift a temporary workplace violence restraining order against Escondido Union School District Trustee Jose Fragozo have collapsed, officials on both sides said this week, leaving the order in...
Celebran foro sobre suicidios estudiantes
SAN MARCOS - Educadores de todo el condado de San Diego, se reunieron en San Marcos en días pasados para desarrollar estrategias de combate al suicidio adolescente, impulsado en parte...
Carlsbad Unified’s superintendent to retire
CARLSBAD — Carlsbad Unified School District Superintendent Suzette Lovely will retire at the end of the school year, district officials announced Thursday.Lovely, 57, is wrapping up a 34-year career as an educator...
Youth orchestra finds new Escondido home
Escondido — After nearly three decades with the San Diego Civic Youth Orchestra, music director and conductor Robert Gilson has finally found his rhythm.The 72-year-old Gilson is enjoying a period of relative...
Charter school to resubmit Oceanside petition
Oceanside — A charter school with branches throughout California is hoping to open a science and technology academy in the Oceanside Unified School District, but it has temporarily withdrawn its application because...
Forum held to discuss transgender teen suicides
SAN MARCOS — Educators from across San Diego County gathered in San Marcos on Thursday to develop strategies for battling teen suicide, spurred in part by the deaths of at least four...
Oceanside’s ‘Success Week’ could become model
Oceanside — Dozens of high-profile motivational speakers — including businessman and Oprah Winfrey beau Stedman Graham and mental health expert Ken Druck — will visit Oceanside schools next week as part of...
Pig waste project could help clean world’s dirty water
Escondido — Sandwiched between the football stadium and tennis courts at San Pasqual High School, a scientist with the J. Craig Venter Institute is working on a high-tech project that could one...
Ramona Unified superintendent set to retire
RAMONA — Ramona Unified Superintendent Bob Graeff, who navigated his school district through a major fiscal crisis but ultimately couldn’t convince voters to fund upgrades to dilapidated school facilities, has announced plans...
Escuelas ahorran con es solares
Tras el aumento de las tarifas eléctrica que han sufrido los distritos escolares del condado de San Diego, el de Escondido ha sido el último en aceptar un acuerdo de...
Lottery ticket worth $7M bought in San Marcos
SAN MARCOS — It’s sure to be a happy New Year for some lucky person who bought a $7 million lottery ticket last week at a liquor store on Nordahl Road in...
Poway supe’s departure may be known Jan. 19
POWAY — The framework of an exit deal for Poway Unified Superintendent John Collins may come as early as Jan. 19, when the school district’s board of trustees next meets, district officials...
Warner Unified hopes aviation program takes off
A tiny San Diego County school district that has struggled with declining enrollment in recent years is getting ready to launch an aviation program that officials hope will attract new...
QuestBridge scholarship awarded to six areas students
Escondido — Earlier this month, a bored Tabitha Belshee was playing with her cell phone in her statistics class at Escondido’s Orange Glen High School.She opened up an email from Princeton University’s...
Escondido superintendent testifies in hearing
VISTA — A court hearing to determine whether a temporary restraining order against an Escondido school board trustee should be made permanent moved into its second day of testimony Wednesday, with the...
Norovirus suspected at Solana Beach school
SOLANA BEACH — Solana Beach School District officials notified parents that public health officials in San Diego County believe that norovirus is likely causing a rise in absences at Solana Vista Elementary...
San Dieguito teachers to stay the highest paid
ENCINITAS — The San Dieguito Union High School District board is expected to consider a tentative labor contract today that would make district teachers the highest paid in San Diego County and...
Local schools save with solar s, batteries
With power rates skyrocketing for San Diego County school districts, Escondido’s has become the latest to agree to a power purchase agreement with a Silicon Valley-based solar company. The deal...
Navy dad surprises kids at Escondido school
Escondido — The first one to spot Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Michael Mayerhofer on Tuesday was his 6-year-old son, William. The boy’s eyes lit up. William and his siblings — 5-year-old...
Banned Escondido trustee finds San Marcos meeting spot
Escondido — Escondido elementary school district trustee Jose Fragozo, who under a workplace violence restraining order has been banned from showing up at district board meetings, has found office space in a...
Marines return after 7-month deployment
CAMP PENDLETON — Megan Parmenter, a pregnant 19-year-old, is just over a week away from having her baby. She even had a few contractions a day or two ago, and didn’t know...
Speculation builds over Poway superintendent leaving
POWAY — Speculation is building in the Poway Unified School District that Superintendent John Collins may be negotiating an exit deal.Collins, who has been leading the district since 2010 and is paid...
Escondido board may have violated open meeting law
ESCONDIDOAn Escondido elementary school board meeting in which community railed against a workplace violence restraining order levied against Trustee Jose Fragozo was abruptly adjourned Thursday after an activist accused...
Judge refuses to ease order against trustee
VISTA — A Superior Court judge on Wednesday refused to ease a temporary restraining order against Escondido Union School District trustee Jose Fragozo, who has been barred from district property after top...
Vista teachers approve labor agreement
VISTA — The Vista Teachers Association has ratified a two-year tentative agreement with the Vista Unified School District over pay and benefits.The agreement is expected to be presented to Vista Unified’s board...
Orange County charter school ends plans at Jefferson
Oceanside — The Orange County School of the Arts has dropped its controversial plan to build a performing arts charter school on the campus of Jefferson Middle School in Oceanside after running...
Escondido bars school board member from district
Escondido — Escondido Union School District Superintendent Luis Rankins-Ibarra has filed a workplace violence restraining order against school board trustee Jose Fragozo, alleging Fragozo has engaged in intimidation and threats against him...
Trade Tech school starts metal machining curriculum
North County Trade Tech High School is launching a metal machining program with the help of a $100,000 career pathways grant from California’s office of education.The school is expected to...
Vodicka: Two-year deal reached with teachers’ union
VISTA — Vista Unified Superintendent Devin Vodicka announced Monday that school district officials had reached a two-year tentative agreement with the Vista teachers’ union over pay and benefits.Vodicka made the announcement via...
Vodicka: Two-year deal reached with teachers’ union
VISTA — Vista Unified Superintendent Devin Vodicka announced Monday that school district officials had reached a two-year tentative agreement with the Vista teachers’ union over pay and benefits.Vodicka made the announcement via...
Vista teachers to huddle over vote to strike
VISTA — The Vista teachers union, already at an ime with the Vista Unified School District over future compensation, has scheduled an emergency board meeting today to discuss the results of a...
Vista teachers begin vote on strike authorization
VISTA — The Vista teachers’ union, already at an ime with the Vista Unified School District over future pay and benefits, began voting Monday on authorization to call a strike -- the...
Oceanside Unified restructures millions in debt
Oceanside — Oceanside Unified School District has restructured $42.9 million in bond debt, a shift expected to save the school district more than $82 million in interest payments over the 40-year life...
Recall effort of Poway school board member begins
POWAY — A campaign to recall longtime Poway school district trustee Andy Patapow officially began this week — months after it was first announced — because it took organizers several weeks to...
CHS wins $100,000 for safe-driving videos
CARLSBAD — Carlsbad High School’s broadcasting class won a $100,000 grant from State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. to produce public service announcements on safe driving techniques for teenagers, officials said Monday....
Charter school plan sparks debate
Oceanside — Families that live near Jefferson Middle School in Oceanside have been lambasting plans to shut the school down and replace it with a prestigious performing arts charter school, saying the...
Oceanside theater construction to begin in January
Plans are under way to begin construction in January on a $17.7 million performing arts center on the campus of Oceanside High School.Scheduled for completion in June 2017, the 29,067-square-foot...
New dyslexia law considered a ‘first step’
Every month, about two dozen North County parents gather at the Round Table Pizza restaurant in Rancho Penasquitos to discuss how frustrating it can be to obtain help for their...
Big grants could reshape Carlsbad schools
CARLSBAD — Two schools in Carlsbad Unified School District are in the running for $100,000 grants that could partially reshape their future investments in science and media technology programs.One school, Calavera Hills...
Oceanside Unified delays charter plans
Oceanside — A controversial plan to open a popular performing arts charter school on the campus of Oceanside's Jefferson Middle School has been postponed for at least a year, while school officials...
Lawmaker offers relief to San Diego schools
SAN DIEGO — San Diego Assemblywoman Shirley Weber plans to introduce legislation in January that could carve out a new rate class for San Diego County’s 42 public school districts, which saw...