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NEW Jewel of Escondido: Take Care of Your Back at Spine Zone of Escondido

A wonderful and helpful new business has just moved to Escondido.  SPINE ZONE is a unique physical therapy treatment for aching backs.  Our members have had amazing success at Spine Zone. The staff  is fantastic, the program is reasonably priced, … Continue reading

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Abed’s Hostile View of Protecting Water Quality Featured in San Diego Union Tribune

Mayor Abed and his on-going hostility toward environmental regulation is now getting regional attention.  An excellent article in the San Diego Union Tribune last month outed the Mayor on his failure to comply with the important stormwater regulations. Abeds Parking Lots … Continue reading

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Status of flood water levels in Felicita Creek

This post will be where we document the conditions of Felicita Creek pre-Oak Creek development. Runoff, water quality, and erosion impacts on Felicita Creek, Felicita Park, and downstream residents is a major concern that we do not believe has been … Continue reading

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Update #3: Even MORE attacks on the County’s new General Plan– 43 to be exact!

Here is another update from an ally.  On December 17th, the County of San Diego  held a scoping meeting regarding a Notice of Preparation (NOP) to make General Plan Amendments (GPAs) for 43 Property Specific Requests (PSRs).  All 43 of … Continue reading

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County staff weighs in on Safari Highland Ranch proposal

We recently received a copy of the County staff comments on the Notice of Preparation for the Safari Highlands Ranch project.  October, 2015 Letter from SD County staff on SHR.  We are especially glad that the staff noted the number … Continue reading

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UPDATE #2: A Christmas Present from DTSC– 5 new soil vapor probes around Chatham plumes!

Recently, documents were posted to the Dept. of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) archive, ENVIROSTOR, related to the Chatham subsurface contaminated plumes.   2015_July_DTSC_Comments  and Summary_Report_Sept_24_2015 The good news in the documents is the direction to and agreement by the Chatham PRP group … Continue reading

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UPDATE #1: Oak Creek Draft Water Certification out for review: Comments due January 29th, 2016

We hope you had a great holiday!  Here is some news on our ‘favorite’ projects! 1. The Draft 401 Water Quality Certification for Oak Creek has been released for public comment by the Regional Water Quality Control Board.   This … Continue reading

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A Holiday Gift to all our Readers

Another year comes to and end.  We have been very busy and will get back to posting after the holiday, but, until then, we have a little gift for you…for sure,  Cutest thing you’ll ever see If you need a … Continue reading

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Safari Highlands Developers Threaten Water Board

There’s more bad behavior to report from developers in North County.  Representatives of Safari Highland Ranch sent a threatening letter Safari Highlands Letter to Regional Board to local water regulators. While the letter is uninformed and has no real viable legal … Continue reading

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Jewel of Escondido: The Farm Stand Harvest Festival Saturday and Sunday Oct 24-25

If you haven’t been to The Farm Stand on Miller Ave you want to go right away!  A long-time family business sells locally grown and produced produce, jams, jellies, eggs, hydroponic greens, fresh squeezed juices, fabulous mustard, and other fun … Continue reading

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