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California city official's ban on chaplains praying 'in Jesus name' unconstitutional, attorney says
A California city manager's attempt to strike the word "Jesus" from prayers and invocations at public events is unconstitutional, according to an advocate for two chaplains impacted by the ban.
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."
County looks to buy Vista's Green Oak Ranch for future mental health hub, residents push back
VISTA, Calif. — Green Oak Ranch, a coveted piece of property in southern Vista, is up for sale, and the County of San Diego is looking to buy it. The sprawling land is a total of 138 acres, but only 110 acres are for sale. “It’s a unique and...
‘The Bee Guy of Encinitas,’ who died May 13, leaves a legacy of pollinator protection
A man whom many people referred to as the “Bee Guy of Encinitas” because of his passionate advocacy for pollinators has died. “With a heavy heart, I’m sad to share that James Conor McDonald, my older brother by three years, passed away on Monday eve,” his brother Bryan McDonald recently posted on a Facebook page. “When I first heard the news, I was in total disbelief and had to hear the reports from the Sheriff and paramedics who tried to resuscitate him without success, before it started to sink in that he really could have passed…”
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