Archive for "Jun 2009"

Two More Local H1N1 Flu-related Deaths

The San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) has confirmed two additional deaths associated with the Novel H1N1 Influenza virus. The deceased are a 49-year-old female and a 75-year-old male. “These two deaths are a reminder that everyone needs to be aware that H1N1 Influenza continues to infect people in our community,” said [...]

Assembly Democrats Pass Massive Tax Increases

June 29th, 2009, 12:15 am · 43 Comments · posted by BRIAN JOSEPH, Sacramento Correspondent Exploiting a legislative loophole, Assembly Democrats late Sunday passed a tax increase and other fixes to bridge the state’s $24.3 billion deficit without a single Republican vote. Typically, tax increases and budget votes require a two-thirds majority. Since just over [...]

PROPERTY TAX RELIEF

for a fee, in completing an application to have the Assessor’s office review your property’s assessed value for a potential reduction. Mr. Butler wishes to emphasize to property owners that they can complete this same application and submit it directly to his office at no cost. Application for Review of Assessment with the Assessor’s Office [...]

Changes to be aware of!

  ASSESSOR/RECORDER/COUNTY CLERK OPERATIONAL CHANGES   County Assessor/Recorder/Clerk David Butler announced today that several operational changes will be implemented that will affect services provided to the citizens of San Diego County. As a result of budgetary constraints faced by the department this fiscal year, these changes are necessary to operate within available resources.   Effective [...]

Oceanside’s “Senior Citizens Day” Expo 2009

Oceanside’s “Senior Citizens Day” Expo 2009 will be held a week earlier this year, October 3rd, 2009. There will be a change of VENUE from downtown Civic Center to the NEW “El Corazon Senior Center”. The building’s Charles Moore/Irving Gill inspired design was the concept of Roesling Nakamura Terrada, Inc. and provides a functional and [...]

MILITARY: Oceanside forum calls for allowing gays to serve openly

Your email:  Current policy of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ ridiculed in discussion near Camp Pendleton OCEANSIDE —- The debate over whether gays should be allowed to serve openly in the armed services came to the heart of North County’s military community Thursday evening. With Camp Pendleton and its 60,000 Marines and sailors just a short [...]

OCEANSIDE: Partial booze ban enacted for Coaster trains

OCEANSIDE —- Despite near-unanimous calls for a total alcohol ban on all Coaster commuter trains, transit directors decided Thursday that last call will be 9 p.m. It was unclear when the partial ban will take effect. A previous version of the alcohol ordinance, considered in May, would have started as of July 1. North County [...]

OCEANSIDE —- The Chargers are again flirting with Oceanside as a possible home.

Representatives for the San Diego professional football team and Georgia-based developer Thomas Enterprises confirmed Thursday they’ve had early discussions about building a stadium in the San Luis Rey River Valley. The site, formerly the Valley Drive-In theater, is just north of Highway 76, about three miles east of Interstate 5. Thomas Enterprises received city approval [...]

OCEANSIDE: San Luis band holds annual powwow

The beat of a single drum connected thousands who attended the San Luis Rey band of Luiseno Indians’ 13th annual powwow held at the Old Mission in Oceanside on Saturday. Organized by the Mojado family, the two-day event is like a family reunion for the seven tribes that make up the Luiseno Indians, also known [...]

WHO Raises H1N1 Pandemic Warning to Highest Level

The World Health Organziation (WH0) is expected to make a formal announcement today to raise the Pandemic Warning Level on H1N1 to Phase 6, it’s highest alert. The decision to declare the first global pandemic in 41 years was reached after an emergency meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. In an Associated Press story, the U.S. Centers for [...]