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Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 12:02 a.m. ALPINE - A welcome center for San Diego County visitors will open tomorrow at the Viejas Outlet mall east of Alpine.

Paul Boorman talked about the various ministries at the church where he is a minister .

A man who beat his former girlfriend with a metal pipe, then doused her legs with a flammable liquid and set her afire in his rural Alpine-area County trailer, was sentenced Friday to life in prison plus 17 years.

The state's political watchdog agency has launched an investigation into possible campaign reporting violations involving Fresno County Supervisor Henry R. Perea, his son Henry T. Perea and the Fresno County Democratic Central Committee.

A detainee at a county-run juvenile detention camp in Alpine was diagnosed with tuberculosis, prompting health officials Tuesday to notify those who were potentially exposed.

Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 12:04 a.m. John R. McCutchen / Union-Tribune Alex Meyers, 18, a senior at Rancho Buena Vista High School in Vista, listened at Superior Court in Vista yesterday to a former Torrey Pines High student convicted last fall of gross vehicular manslaughter for killing a fellow student.

Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 2:21 a.m. Joel Anderson State Assemblyman Joel Anderson, R-Alpine, yesterday ended months of speculation and announced a bid for the 36th state Senate seat, which straddles San Diego and Riverside counties.

The tanks of Aqua SD are filled with live coral harvested from the depths of the oceans from some of the world's most exotic ports of call.

Assemblyman Joel Anderson, R-Alpine, hasn't declared his candidacy for state Senate, but he's still considering it.

Lawmakers from both parties angrily questioned leaders of the funds and vowed further action to force compliance with the law at a Capitol hearing Wednesday.

Nevada County residents have good educations and healthy habits, putting them in the top quarter of California counties in a recent statewide health survey.

A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued a kayaker who was disoriented and lost in the predawn darkness near a lake southeast of Alpine, officials said Saturday.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at 12:04 a.m. Peggy Peattie / Union-Tribune Bobbi Brink, director of the Lions, Tigers & Bears Sanctuary in Japatul Valley, stands outside the lion enclosure where Suri, below, on the ground, and Jillian,in background, live.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 7:20 a.m. A winter storm that brought heavy rain during the Tuesday evening commute and dumped snow on local mountains was moving out of San Diego County Wednesday morning and forecasters expect drier, warming weather heading into the weekend.

Originally published February 12, 2010 at 3:22 p.m., updated February 12, 2010 at 7:15 p.m. EAST COUNTY - A 35-year-old Chula Vista man was killed Friday morning when his car ran into the back of a truck on eastbound Interstate 8 east of Alpine and then careened off the freeway, authorities said.

One of the new hangers proposed for the Nevada County Airport east of Grass Valley would sit where light poles stand and planes are tied down at the east end of the facility.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 6:40 a.m. EAST COUNTY - Two motorists were trapped and had to be extricated from their cars Sunday night after a head-on collision east of Alpine on Interstate 8, authorities said.

An Alpine man was convicted Monday of attempted murder and mayhem for beating his former girlfriend, then dousing her legs with a flammable liquid and setting her afire in his trailer off Japatul Road.

Originally published February 3, 2010 at 2:55 p.m., updated February 3, 2010 at 3:19 p.m. ALPINE - Investigators are working to determine the cause of death of a 23-year-old man whose body was found on a horse trail in Alpine during the weekend.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 11:47 a.m. ALPINE - Firefighters were working to extinguish a fire in the attic of a home on McDougal Place near Sneath Way in Alpine Tuesday morning, a Heartland fire dispatcher said.