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Carmel Valley Events

Pacific Highlands Certified Farmers' Market Canyon Crest Academy	Thursday, January 17, 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Volunteer Habitat Restoration Project Black Mountain Ranch Community Park	Sunday, January 20, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Vision Board Retreat Koi Zen Cellars	Saturday, January 26, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Lopez Homestead History Hike	Sunday, January 27, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

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Carmel Valley News & Stories

Performance Bicycle Shops shutting down – what does it mean?

Edison Cycle, Bicycle Warehouse offer contrast

The retail apocalypse has caught up with local cyclists. All of the Performance Bicycle shops in the United States are in the midst of store-closing sales. The San Diego region had six stores between Chula ...

Carmel Valley accidental pond to be drained

Government needs wetlands north of 56

More than 17 years ago, land owner Robert Barczewski had a grading crew push a pile of dirt into a dip in a dirt road on his private property in northern Carmel Valley. The dip ...

Sorrento Valley lacks stickiness

But they want Mira Mesa to stop the land grab

In August 2018, many of us were aghast at a news story, summed up in the Union-Tribune’s webby headline, “Three dead in wrong-way I-805 crash in Sorrento Valley that shut down freeway for 6 hours.” ...

The new, old all-you-can-eat spot

Bawarchi's buffet made the move to tech country

There’s a small cluster of Indian restaurants on and around Black Mountain Road, just north of Miramar Road. I used to frequent one called Bawarchi, mainly for its weekday, all-you-can-eat buffet, and mostly that for ...

What it takes to fill a pothole

Do Rancho Bernardo and Scripps Ranch enjoy better roads than El Cajon Blvd.?

Although, in March, Mark Kersey ended his candidacy to become California’s 38th District senator, he may be forgiven for still bragging about all the recent street resurfacing in his San Diego city council District 5. ...