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        How they voted, Oct. 23    CITY COUNCILS    DEL MAR   The Del Mar City Council met in special session to evaluate the city attorney and city manager and discuss litigation and labor negotiations on Monday. In regular session, the council set its 2017 meeting schedule; held public hearings and approved on first reading ordinances...                        Escondido city manager resigns after just one yearEscondido City Manager Graham Mitchell has resigned effective by the end of December after just one year on the job.   Mitchell, 47, said Friday he is “exploring other professional opportunities,” perhaps even a job outside of government.   “In order to explore those kind of things it wasn’t very fair...
Watchdog                                 New judge assigned to San Onofre case                        Jeff McDonaldFor the second time this year, the California Public Utilities Commission has replaced the judge overseeing an internal investigation into the San Onofre nuclear plant closure.   State utility regulators issued a notice Oct. 19 stating that Administrative Law Judge Darcie Houck was taking over the...
        Dog whisperer Cesar Millan gives San Diego pups a new startKarla PetersonCesar Millan does not travel light. When the “Dog Whisperer” star came to San Diego earlier this week, he arrived in a big RV accompanied by his 22-year-old son, Andre, four dogs and a TV crew. They were here to film an episode of “Cesar Millan’s Dog Nation,” a new show that will debut early next...                        Escondido's dream one for the booksLogan JenkinsTwo weeks and change from the Trumpian Day of Rigged Reckoning, unrigged roses and raspberries keep cropping up in North County’s fertile soil.   A rose — the Eight Miles High award — to Escondido Councilman John Masson for jump-starting an ambitious civic project that’s been dreamed about for years:...
        Police: Man kidnapped, forced to perform oral sex at motelDavid HernandezA 44-year-old man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of kidnapping a young man, taking him to Carlsbad motel and forcing him to to perform oral sex at gunpoint, police said.   The victim told Carlsbad police he was kidnapped in Escondido and taken to the motel off Avenida Encinas, north of Poinsettia...                        Torrey Pines student's personality outshines disabilityDeborah Sullivan BrennanWhen you first meet Torrey Pines High School senior Jake Froman, you might notice his wheelchair, or struggle to understand his speech. His classmates, however, say that what they see and hear is his smile and enthusiasm.   Jake, 17, has cerebral palsy, which affects his movement and speech. The...                        A grand vision for new Escondido library and bigger parkJ. Harry Jones An ambitious plan to build a new Es