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B-e-e-k-e-e-p-e-r? Poway boy advances, may be San Diego's third National Spelling champ
An eighth grader from Twin Peaks Middle School in Poway advanced Tuesday to the third round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in National Harbor, Maryland. Benjamin Evans correctly spelled Gondwana, the great southern landmass that formed as a result of the division of a much larger supercontinent known as Pangea about 250 million years ago, and chose the correct answer to the vocabulary question, "What is a symposium?" by selecting, "a conference in which people give speeches."
MTS Blue Line trolley passengers may have been exposed to tuberculosis, County says
The county's Tuberculosis Program was working with the Metropolitan Transit System Tuesday to notify riders of the trolley's Blue Line that they were potentially exposed to and are at risk for tuberculosis. The exposure happened between Jan. 27 and Feb. 29 of this year, and the specific impacted routes are:
Free Sundown Sunday Summer Concerts Return to Civita Park Beginning June 9
The popular, free Sundown Sunday concert series at Civita in Mission Valley returns this summer on June 9 with a concert by the 1980s dance band BetaMaxx. The high-energy band delivers a non-stop, nostalgia-filled rock concert that keeps the dance floor packed with tunes from Michael Jackson, Madonna, Bon Jovi, Depeche Mode and more.
San Diego puppy 1 of the 1st to receive new parvovirus treatment
SAN DIEGO — A San Diego animal center is celebrating a new state-of-the-art medical treatment for deadly parvovirus. Adopting a puppy is the highlight of the year for Jordan Cuban and her family. “It’s been a great addition. He really brings the three kids that we have really close,”...
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