Archive for "Jun 19 2009"

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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