At 1:00 a.m on July 4 two teenage girls entered the courtyard of a 4000-square-foot Spanish-style home in what realtors might call “Poway’s prestige gated community.” A lighted fountain splashed near the courtyard’s entrance. Jasmine …
July 16, 1998
News & Stories
Poway teen tweaker busted in mom's gourmet kitchen
Indians attack San Diego Mission in 1775
A severe earthquake in December 1812 seriously damaged the church structure and killed 43 of the Indian worshippers in the church at the time. Everything seemed to go downhill for the mission after that.
July 16, 1998
If you cannot sneak up on a wild animal, why are you able to hit one with a car?
What's with road kill? You couldn't sneak up on a squirrel in the woods, but you can come barreling at him with your car and hit him. Why is he smart enough to hide in …
July 16, 1998
San Diego County considers Padres ballpark
As City Hall wrestled over how much money is needed to build a ballpark to keep the Padres in town, a new player emerged to add his two cents to the deal. After Mayor Susan …
July 16, 1998
Endangered Quino checkerspot butterfly chased on Otay Mountain
Thirty seconds after we get out of the car Chris screams, "Quino! Quino!" Gordon is also excited, and I'm caught up too. I see a flash of orange and black, and then...I see another and another and another.
July 16, 1998
Nearly 60 percent of San Diego's white arrestees are testing positive for methamphetamine
Despite a recent spate of high-profile drug busts here, methamphetamine usage is still soaring in San Diego County. Latest indicator: nearly 60 percent of white arrestees are testing positive for the drug, according to a …
July 16, 1998
San Diego Polo Club site developed by Heaven's Gate
Exclusiveness breeds itself, so it’s little wonder that when the San Diego Polo Club in Rancho Santa Fe needed a Web page designed, they turned to Higher Source, at the time the most exclusive Web …
July 16, 1998