Coast Cities
Ratepayers out of the fire, for now
SAN DIEGO — The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) voted unanimously to deny SDG&E’s proposal to recoup the costs of the 2007 wildfires from ratepayers.
Make holiday wishes come true
COAST CITIES — Casa de Amparo, a leader in the treatment and prevention of child abuse and neglect, asks help from the San Diego community in securing gifts for 300 children in the organization’s six programs serving children from birth through age 24.If you would like to help, bring a new, unwrapped gift from the [...]
Coastkeeper continues volunteer water-quality watch
COAST CITIES — The quest for clean water continues as San Diego Coastkeeper, which works to protect and restore fishable, swimmable, drinkable waters, will continue its water-quality monitoring for 2013. The Water Quality Monitoring Program sends volunteer teams to locations across the county to collect baseline data that help to identify polluted waters and reveal [...]
Make your own holiday flowers
ENCINITAS — Make your own decorative poinsettias and learn how the poinsettia was cultivated, from noon to 4 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday in December at the San Dieguito Heritage Museum, 450 Quail Gardens Drive.
Children’s Choir open for auditions
COAST CITIES — San Diego Children’s Choir is holding auditions in December and January. Short 5- to 10-minute auditions will be held on Dec. 12 and Dec. 13 as well as Jan. 9 and Jan. 12 for children in third through 12th grades. No audition is required for first and second graders.
A week of tree lighting ceremonies ring in the holidays
COAST CITIES — Tree lighting ceremonies from Del Mar to Oceanside helped kick off the holiday season.
Winter shelters set to open in North County
COAST CITIES — Six transitional homeless shelters are set to open for the winter months.
During holiday shopping season, authorities warn to check receipts
CARLSBAD — This year, holiday shoppers are urged to do more than just hunt down the perfect sweater vest and latest princess Barbie.
SDG&E continues to seek recovery costs
SAN DIEGO — San Diego ratepayers may be billed for hundreds of millions of dollars in expenses from the 2007 wildfires and also for costs of wildfires to come pending the request of SDG&E and Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) to raise utility rates.
Danon concedes to Roberts; Peters extends lead over Bilbray
COAST CITIES — As absentee and provisional ballots continue to be counted, the margin has widened between candidates in two races.
