3 Killed as Unrelenting Storms Batter Southland Aug 3, 2008
A 6-foot wall of mud oozed across California 126 on Sunday morning, forcing the highway s closure between Fillmore and the Los Angeles County line and cutting off residents in the farm town of Piru ... Fillmore area: California 126 between Fillmore and the Los Angeles County line is closed indefinitely. (Yahoo News -- Severe U.S. Weather)
REGION: Attorney general asks for North County hearing on toll road Jul 16, 2008
The project is a 16-mile extension of a toll road, Highway 241, that Foothill/Eastern wants to extend south from Rancho Santa Margarita to the San Diego-Orange county line. The park is San Onofre State Beach, California's fifth most popular. (North County Times)
REGION: Toll road hearing may be canceled Jul 15, 2008
The project is a 16-mile extension of an existing toll road, Highway 241, that would extend from Rancho Santa Margarita to the San Diego-Orange county line. The southernmost four miles would cross San Onofre State Beach, California's fifth most popular state park and home to the Trestles Beach surfing area. (North County Times)
K.C. ALFRED / Union-TribuneSign of stormy weather May 23, 2008
About 3:20 p.m., the California Highway Patrol issued a travel advisory for storm conditions in the East County mountains to the Imperial County line. Authorities reported six nearly simultaneous accidents on Interstate 8 near Pine Valley that occurred in heavy rain and some light snow about 2:30 p.m. Thursday. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
REGION: Feds say toll road won't trigger extinction May 6, 2008
San Onofre, located just south of the San Diego-Orange county line, is California's fifth most popular state park and home of the world-classing surfing break at Trestles Beach ... It would allow northbound North County motorists to drive on Highway 241 all the way from Interstate 5 at the San Diego-Orange county line to Highway 91 near Anaheim and Corona. (North County Times)
REGION: Top official says toll builder misrepresented federal agency Apr 16, 2008
The agency wants to build an extension to Highway 241, which runs south from Highway 91 to Rancho Santa Margarita, and to link the toll road to Interstate 5 at the San Diego-Orange County line. According to agency spokeswoman Jennifer Seaton, the four-lane highway would cost 875 million to design and build, not counting the price of the land, something still to be determined. (North County Times)
Crucial toll road meeting Wednesday Feb 5, 2008
The missing link is the 16-mile southern section of an inland toll road, Highway 241 that runs south from Highway 91, near the Orange-Riverside county line. The agency wants to tie the toll road into Interstate 5 at the San Diego-Orange county line. (North County Times)
State gets more say over toll road Jan 30, 2008
The agency wants to tie it into Interstate 5 at the San Diego-Orange county line. Contact staff writer Dave Downey at (760) 745-6611, Ext. (North County Times)
Toll road's damage estimate downsized Jan 29, 2008
The plan was to tie the toll road into Interstate 5 at the San Diego-Orange county line. Even though it is part of an Orange County road system, the agency is proposing to build the last four miles in North San Diego County. (North County Times)
Sebastian Inlet one of the best places to catch a wave Jan 3, 2008
" But, in the surfing world, it's Sebastian Inlet that's among the top East Coast locations to catch a wave.And the inlet -- along the Brevard County/Indian River County line -- will be getting national attention during the next week, when it hosts the O'Neill Sebastian Inlet Pro surfingcompetition.World Tour veteran Damien Hobgood, who won the Sebastian Inlet event two years ago, grew up surfing at the inlet."Definitely, people in California know about Cocoa Beach, but those mostly are... (Florida Today)
Lure of waves draws many from workaday world Dec 6, 2007
Some arrived before dawn at Rincon, a famous surf spot that straddles the Ventura and Santa Barbara county line. They tugged on wetsuits and paddled out into the inky water. (Los Angeles Times)
Significant hurdles --- endangered animals --- remain to toll road Oct 20, 2007
The 241 toll road starts at Highway 91 near the Orange-Riverside county line and Orange County planners have intended all along to tie it into Interstate 5 near the San Diego-Orange county line. Several potential routes were considered, but the agency rejected all alignments through Orange County. (North County Times)
Toll road not worth it Oct 7, 2007
Not just any turf, either: This road would pave over an important patch of San Onofre State Beach, just south of the Orange County line, on property owned by Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base and leased by the state. If you've heard of this project, chances are you associate it with Trestles, the world-famous surf break directly west of where this toll road would link up with I-5. (North County Times)
Toll road delay rejected Oct 5, 2007
The 241 toll road starts at Highway 91 near the Orange-Riverside county line and was designed to connect with Interstate 5 ... The park is in the northern sliver of San Diego County just south of the Orange County line, on the property of Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base. (North County Times)
Robert Krier's Weather Watch Weblog Sep 21, 2007
One of the storms, near I-8 and the Imperial County line, blossomed into a 65,000-foot-tall monster. It's rare that we get those kind of heights around here. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Malibu Pier poised to recapture its past Aug 7, 2007
It also served as a dock for unloading materials for building the Rindge family's private 20-mile railroad, which ran from Las Flores Canyon to the Ventura County line. During the 1920s and '30s, film studios shot sea epics at the pier. (Los Angeles Times)
The illegal immigrant paranoia shows up on every story in the comments section. New Library To BE Built "It would be bigger if it weren't for the illegals" Schools to Make Cuts "The schools are spending to much money on illegals" GAs Prices Rise "Illegals driving around without insurance are causing it" If you are so scared of hispanic people please move, don't let la puerta pegarles en las nalgas. More... Apr 5, 2007
And droves are bound for points just across the county line. The major coastal counties of San Diego, Orange and Los Angeles have been posting net domestic migration losses for years, and Riverside County has been capturing a large chunk of the movers. (North County Times)
San Diego County called epicenter of threats to 1.5 million-acre state park system Feb 25, 2007
As for the Orange County toll road, going through San Onofre on the other side of the county line is the only way to avoid drilling through San Clemente neighborhoods at huge cost and with great outrage, said Jennifer Seaton, a spokeswoman for the Foothill-Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency. She said alternate routes for the final four miles of Highway 241, which would connect the road to Interstate 5, would displace anywhere from 112 to 263 Orange County houses. (North County Times)
Rainbow residents to meet over Liberty Quarry proposal Jan 10, 2007
RAINBOW --- Another informational meeting about the controversial Liberty Quarry, proposed for 311 acres slightly north of the San Diego-Riverside county line, is scheduled for Thursday night. The public meeting starts at 7 p.m. at the Rainbow Grange, 2160 Rainbow Valley Blvd. in Rainbow. (North County Times)
