Vista archive for November, 2012

Jacked

Man allegedly stabbed for wallet while trying to buy Xanax pills from two Carlsbad youths

Drew Maxwell Davidson, 19, and Dylan Manley Maldonado, 20, are accused of assaulting and robbing a young man who hoped ...

Second second chance

Disbarred attorney released from custody again

This afternoon a San Diego County Superior Court judge granted probation to Michael Theodore Pines, who was captured as a ...

Holiday Greetings From Vista's Board-And-Care Row.

This is my neighborhood now--Vista's Board And Care Row. Living at Mike & Suzanne's would not be, to some, "living"--but ...

Oceanside man was cooking wife, prosecutor said

When police arrived, there were three pans simmering on the stovetop

A 73-year-old woman was cut into pieces, her head was found in the freezer and other parts were being cooked ...

Boy charged with murder

A 15-year-old Vista boy is accused of a fatal gang stabbing

A 15-year-old Vista boy has been charged with murder, as an adult, in San Diego’s North County Superior Court. A ...

Speeder accused of murder

Man driving Honda was said to be drag-racing on freeway

A 21-year-old man who investigators say drove in speeds exceeding 100 mph, and crashed his car killing the passenger in ...

Los Angeles man accused of killing mom could face death penalty

Judge found sufficient evidence of murder for financial gain and torture

The defense attorney seems to be angling for an insanity plea, while the prosecutor is charging the special circumstances of ...

Vista burglar will be released

Eighteen-year-old left a fingerprint on the broken window

A youthful burglar expects to be released for time served at his sentencing next month, according to a plea deal ...

My Beer Radar - ¡Dos!

And now, new brewhouses coming to already beery 'hoods

Yesterday, I focused on three upcoming brewing companies touching down in neighborhoods that don't yet have their own brewhouses. Today, ...

Gomes sparks turnaround at RBV

After winless season, Longhorns one game from goal of Thanksgiving practice

VISTA – Since Paul Gomes arrived at Rancho Buena Vista in the spring, winning has become an expectation. The Longhorns ...

San Marcos man pled guilty

Took a baseball bat to his sister and then burned down the family home.

A San Marcos man who attacked his sister with a baseball bat and then set the family home afire, last ...

Los Angeles man accused of killing mom

"If I go to hell, I'll take you guys with me."

Sherry and Anthony Chang drove to their son’s apartment in Los Angeles for Thanksgiving 2008, but found he was not ...

The Chorus and Choreography Rule in Oedipus Rex at MiraCosta College

The classic Greek tragedy by Sophocles and the origin of the infamous Oedipal Complex (brought to you by the now-disavowed ...

I Know For Whom the Bells Toll

When Fate takes you away to foreign places you do not think (at least at that moment) what you leave ...

Man accused of fatal collision now charged with murder

A California man has been charged with murder after he allegedly drove the wrong way on a San Diego County ...

Two Vista vandals cause $275K in damages

Sheriff’s deputies at the Vista station’s Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving Unit (COPPS) have arrested a 15 year-old juvenile ...

Stolen car chase leads to multiple accidents

San Diego Sheriff’s deputies apprehended two suspects related to a car theft in Vista yesterday, but not before multiple traffic ...

Three defendants accused in Brittany Killgore slaying, in court today

Three defendants in a notorious murder case were in court today, one defendant got a new attorney and the date ...

Under the knife I went...

Hi, guys and gals! Sorry I have not had a chance to catch up on my blogging, but I was ...

Man accused of killing mom may have benefited from sale of her home

Solana Beach home had been valued over $1 million

Bryan C Chang was the owner of a Solana Beach home that sold for $875,000 last August, according to public ...

Escondido child abuser wants to move to L.A.

An Escondido man who admitted sex with a 12-year-old-girl has been released from custody in San Diego County, and has ...

San Diego Beer Week: Day Ten

Make the best of the final day of the San Diego Beer 10-Day with these meet-the-brewer events

Sunday, November 11 It’s the last day of San Diego Beer Week. The last chance to get all those special ...