North County Times

A partly cloudy sky in the morning will give way for a sunny day in most of the region Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. Full Story »

One of Southwest County's primary water suppliers Monday rejected a proposed moratorium on providing service to new customers, after nearly all of 25 speakers at a public hearing said it wasn't needed and would destroy a reeling local economy. Full Story »

Even as he waited in jail to be tried for murder, defendant Jeffree Jay Buettner was plotting to have key witnesses killed, including his alleged accomplice, according to testimony in a Riverside courtroom Monday. Full Story »

Police arrested a Murrieta man Monday evening after a woman said she spotted him trying to break into her truck while it was parked at The Promenade mall in Temecula, authorities said. Full Story »

SAN DIEGO ---- Several oil companies agreed to pay the city of San Diego $700,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the city seeking damages for petroleum contamination in Barrio Logan caused by above ground fuel tanks, the San Diego city attorney's office said Monday. Full Story »

Despite a failed attempt to open a large specialty market at the Town Center Plaza in Murrieta, the developer behind the project said he hopes to open a much smaller version before the end of the holiday season. Full Story »

ESCONDIDO ---- Two people were killed and two others injured Monday evening when the vehicle they were in careened off northbound Interstate 15 near the Lawrence Welk Resort and plunged down a steep hill, according to the California Highway Patrol. Full Story »

No one disputes that Derlyn Ray Threats was arrested after he fled from Carolyn Rebecca Neville's Vista home, covered in her blood, moments after she died from more than 70 wounds caused by at least four weapons. Full Story »

LAKE ELSINORE ---- Firefighters made quick work of a brush fire northeast of Lake Elsinore on Monday afternoon, officials said. Full Story »

A problem that caused water to be shut off at Paloma Valley High School was found and corrected Monday, officials said. Full Story »

Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Stone, a registered pharmacist, inoculates Dennis Rostaicki of Menifee, with a flu shot during a county-sponsored flu clinic at the Kay Ceniceros Senior Center in Menifee on Monday morning. Due to lagging supply, other clinics to administer seasonal flu vaccine shots have been postponed until the end of November. Full Story »

A tiny but committed group of Del Mar residents is organizing against massive Interstate 5 expansion plans, saying the blueprints will create, not erase, Los Angeles-like gridlock along the San Diego County coastal freeway. Full Story »

If the developer can't buy the land to widen Deer Springs Road as part of his proposed 2,700-home Merriam Mountains development north of Escondido, the county may use eminent domain to acquire the land from property owners, county official said this week. Full Story »

Fresh off contentious negotiations that resulted in furloughs and fewer paid holidays for hundreds of non-uniformed city employees, city officials are preparing to begin somewhat similar talks with labor unions representing firefighters and police officers. Full Story »

Local reservists with the 478th Transportation Company expected their last stop on U.S. soil before deployment to Afghanistan would be relatively safe. Full Story »

County planning commissioners voted 5-2 Friday to recommend approval of the controversial, 2,700-home Merriam Mountains development north of Escondido after nearly 12 hours of public hearings spread out over two weeks and two hearings. Full Story »

FRENCH VALLEY ---- Riverside County courts will have two abbreviated work weeks in a row this month. Full Story »

RIVERSIDE ---- Riverside County Superior Court will convene a rare weekend session later this month to conduct adoption hearings uniting 90 children with new families. Full Story »

MURRIETA ---- Visiting Angels, an organization that offers assistance to senior citizens living at home, will host a public candle-lighting ceremony Thursday in remembrance of those lost to Alzheimer's disease. Full Story »

Temecula parents may soon have a specific path to follow to opt their child out of reading an assigned novel. Full Story »

MENIFEE ---- The city's Planning Commission is set to review and vote on two major development proposals at its meeting Tuesday. Full Story »

Because supplies of vaccine are scarce, Riverside County on Monday suspended ---- for the rest of November ---- all plans for administering traditional flu shots through its public health clinics. Full Story »

Two students at North County schools have been diagnosed with whooping cough, public health officials announced Monday. Full Story »

MURRIETA ---- A Murrieta massage parlor stands to lose its business permit after an undercover operation found that sex was being sold at the establishment. Full Story »

A Lake Elsinore city councilman facing a February recall election was arrested Friday night on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Full Story »