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Lottery Ticket Worth $599,443 Sold At Hemet Gas Station

  • The winning ticket was part of Wednesday evening's multi-state Powerball lottery drawing.

Lottery Ticket With 5 Numbers Sold In San Diego's East County

  • The SuperLotto Plus numbers were drawn Wednesday evening.

WATCH: Keel Boat Skippers Recreate Trackless Disneyland Ride

  • In advance of Disneyland Resort's 65th Anniversary, these former Keel Boat pilots swapped stories, jokes in this hilarious attraction redo.

View The New Disney Vacation Club Tower At Disneyland Hotel

  • On the 65th Anniversary of Disneyland, the city of Anaheim released more details on the proposed DVC tower, as seen from Walnut Street.

BeachLife Festival Planned For 2021 In Redondo Beach

  • The BeachLife Festival in Redondo Beach is scheduled to return for 2021, following this year's canceled event.

SD Loyal Reveals Soccer Stadium Plan At Sports Arena Site

  • The proposed stadium would serve as a temporary home for the first-year soccer team, which currently plays home matches at Torero Stadium.

Rite Aid Opens Drive-Thru Coronavirus Testing Sites In LA, OC

  • Nearly 100 Rite Aid locations will open drive-thru coronavirus testing in Los Angeles and Orange counties.

Rite Aid Opens Drive-Thru Coronavirus Testing Sites In San Diego

  • Rite Aid is expanding its COVID-19 testing capacity with nearly 100 new drive-thru testing sites opening Thursday across California.

San Diego's Phamatech Offers Coronavirus Testing For Businesses

  • Phamatech Laboratory and Diagnostics Inc. is offering a mobile COVID-19 testing service for local businesses with more than 25 employees.

Jeff Roberts Promoted To Elsinore Battalion Chief

  • The Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department firefighter has nearly three decades of experience.

American Red Cross Seeks San Diego-Area 'Real Heroes'

  • "We know that our region is home to countless unsung heroes, and we need the public's help to find them."

SMMUSD Continues School Lunches For Summer

  • SMMUSD students continue to receive lunch this summer. Plans for fall remain unknown.

UCSD Researchers Discover Different Aging Processes In Cells

  • Researchers isolated two distinct paths that cells travel during the aging process and engineered a new way to program these processes.

North County Transit District To Purchase 11 New Rail Cars

  • NCTD currently operates a fleet of seven locomotives and 28 BiLevel cars in COASTER operations from Oceanside to downtown San Diego.

3 San Diego County Projects Win Transportation Awards

  • The San Elijo Lagoon rail project, Gilman Drive bridge structure and San Ysidro Land Port of Entry won awards.


Food and Restaurants

Patxi's Pizzeria To Open First San Fernando Valley Location

  • The chain with California roots is known for its eclectic menu of deep-dish pies. And we'll even tell you how to pronounce it!

New WaBa Grill Opens In NoHo With Free Delivery All Month

  • The latest location of the rice-bowl chain is on Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood's Arts District.

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This article originally appeared on the Ramona Patch