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THE MERGEHollow Victories in the 'Hills

By Ian S. Port

Community activists in Torrey Hills seem to come out well in their battles with planners, but always with a tough twist.

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You're a Puzzling Paradise, Del Mar

By Ian S. Port

An eyebrow-raising portrait of the gorgeousness and weirdness of this town, all bazillionaire-mindsets and boo-prone politics included.

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THE MERGEGangs? In Carmel Valley? Really?

By Ian S. Port

If anything sounded like suburban hysteria to me, it was the idea that this area could somehow be harboring criminal street gangs.

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THE MERGEBishop’s Exit and the Widening Schism

By Ian S. Port

The Del Mar superintendent’s resignation was opposed with a brew of rational appeal, raw emotion and rhetorical assault -- with an emphasis on the final two.

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THE MERGEDel Mar’s Missing Money, Mysterious Politics

By Ian S. Port

A bundle of cash disappeared from a drawer at an elementary school -- paranoia ensued.

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THE MERGEA Cocaine 'King' Who Wanted a Fence

By Ian S. Port

How a Rancho Santa Fe HOA dispute has created five lawsuits, incurred more than $1 million in legal costs and prompted property liens and arrest warrants in at least two states.

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THE MERGEIn Eerie Quiet, a School Solution Approaches Vote

By Ian S. Port

There is no organized opposition to Proposition E -- no lawsuits, no outcries at school board meetings, and no threats. Very weird.

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THE MERGE How to Whittle Projects into Neighborhoods

By Ian S. Port

San Diegans could learn some things about putting the scrutiny to big development projects from their neighbors to the north.

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THE MERGEMissed Connections

By Ian S. Port

How did San Diego get a vital freeway only half-connected at one end?

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THE MERGE'Marked For Death,' Maybe

By Ian S. Port

Nervous laughs and some light swearing punctuate residents' reactions to the bold plans to connect Highway 56 to the county's main artery.

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THE MERGEWhen Money Burns

By Ian S. Port

It may have seemed like a surprise, but talk to any authority in the Rancho Santa Fe Fire District and they’ll tell you that not only were they expecting a big, destructive fire in the area, they were planning for it to happen exactly like it did.

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THE MERGEA Commuter's Lament

By Ian S. Port

A few miles to the south of the North Coast section of I-5, many humans live happily in houses that may soon be swallowed by the Interstate.

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THE MERGESilencing the Sideline Psychos

By Ian S. Port

It seems that in between all the picture snapping and passing out of orange slices on the sidelines of their children's soccer games, a disturbing number of parents have taken up another pastime: shouting at their kids, yelling over their coaches and cussing out the referees.

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THE MERGEAn Education For Enthusiastic Parents: It Takes Money And Good Management

By Ian S. Port

As a new school year begins, lessons can be learned from Del Mar's troubled attempt to provide its children with more education.

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THE MERGEEvil Conundrum: Are Traffic Lights Worse Than Traffic?

By Ian S. Port

Rancho Santa Fe finds itself both eager to solve an ugly congestion problem and unwilling to sacrifice the rural character so many have paid so much to live.

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Their Summer Hideaway Is Down the Street

By Ian S. Port

Do you live in Del Mar and need a vacation? Look out the window.

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A Second School for the Silver-Spooned? Mabee: Not

By Ian S. Port

A horse breeder beats the school district to its coveted site for a new school in The Ranch, throwing a twist into a proposed bond measure's future.

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Puppy Punch-Out Poops in Del Mar's Willing Lap

By Ian S. Port

Residents of the smallest city in San Diego County can force their City Hall to debate whatever they'd like. Last week, that didn't work out so well.

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The Torrey Hills Deciders

By Ian S. Port

How a community watched the transformation of its neighborhood from bluff-top to business park, and learned.

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