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multiple retail stores from three different counties. The investigation is ongoing.

For more information:Crime Suppression Team Sergeant, Justin Richards, 442-339-2194 or justin. richards@carlsbadca.gov

Lake Wohlford Road Closed

On Sunday, January 15, a landslide caused by the recent barrage of atmospheric rivers forced an indefinite closure of Lake Wohlford Road between Valley Parkway and Oakvale Road. City of Escondido Public Works crews were dispatched to clear the road, but inspections revealed large boulders presenting imminent fall hazards.

The contractor working to stabilize the bluffs overlooking Lake Wohlford Road has begun loading in the equipment needed to repair the compromised slopes from this month’s record-breaking rain. They estimate 2-3 weeks of work needs to be completed to make the area stable and safe.

San Marcos Celebrates 60 Years

The City of San Marcos celebrates its 60th anniversary this year and reflects back on six decades of service to the community. To commemorate, San Marcos city council, residents and City staff gathered before its regularly scheduled council meeting on Tuesday to look back at how the City has grown while maintaining its community-centric values.

the monkeys at $100 each!

The villagers thought that the man was mad. They thought how can somebody buy stray monkeys at $100 each?

Still, some people caught some monkeys and gave them to the merchant and, sure enough, he gave $100 for each monkey!

This news spread like wildfire and people caught monkeys and sold them to the merchant.

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Bitcoin explained

Have you ever wondered about “Bitcoin”. . . . . . .

Well, here’s a full explanation in terms everyone can understand.

A lot of monkeys lived near a village. They ran loose all over the place.

One day a merchant came to the village to buy these monkeys!

He announced that he would buy

After a few days, the merchant announced that he would now buy monkeys at $200 each!

Even the lazy villagers ran around to catch the remaining monkeys! And they sold those monkeys at $200 each!

Then the merchant announced that he would buy monkeys at $500 each! The villagers started to lose sleep! ... They caught six or seven monkeys, but that was all that were left, and got $500 each!

The villagers were waiting anxiously for the next announce-

During the event, historical photos were displayed alongside currentday photos to showcase San Marcos’ evolution over the years. Mayor Rebecca Jones provided brief remarks to lend her perspective on how the City has implemented its long-term vision for creating a city where businesses and families can flourish.

“I am exceptionally honored to serve as mayor while San Marcos marks this momentus occasion,” said Rebecca Jones, mayor of San Marcos. “I’m looking forward to the chance to celebrate how our city has progressed while remaining true to what makes San Marcos so special – our people, our businesses and our history as a place where people can thrive together.”

Among the upcoming projects that were mentioned at the event, focus was placed on the City’s current General Plan update that allows residents, businesses and City staff the chance to reevaluate and refine its plan for development and improvements throughout San Marcos. The Creek Project was also mentioned as the largest capital improvement project in the City’s history that is nearing the end of construction in spring 2023. Additionally, its recent ranking as one of the nation’s top cities for families by Forbes Magazine was noted as an accolade worth sharing as it unites many element’s of the City’s vision to create a desirable quality of life for residents.

I am on the CARE program with SDGE. I have a small one-story home heated by Natural Gas and a Gas stove and water heater. I don’t use my oven due to the outrageous SDGE charges.

My SDGE bill for November was $45, December was $145, I used less electricity and Natural Gas in January and my bill is $245.

Sempra the owner of SDGE and PGE have RECORD dividends for 2022 and as they export our Natural Gas and Oil to foreign countries and expect even higher returns in 2023. Governmental representatives and their families are profiting from PUC rules.

The Politicans Utilty Commission PUC has rubberstamped every rate increase requested and we expect ment. Then the merchant announced that he was going home for a week. But when he returned, he would buy monkeys at $1000 each!

He asked his employee to take care of the monkeys he had already bought. He, alone, was taking care of all the monkeys in a cage.

The merchant went home.

The villagers were very sad as there were no more monkeys left for them to sell at $1000 each.

Then the employee told them that he would sell some monkeys, privately, at $700 each in secret.

This news spread like fire. Since the merchant would buy monkeys at $1000 each, there was a $300 profit for each monkey!

The next day, villagers made a queue near the monkey cage!

The employee sold all the monkeys at $700 each. The rich bought monkeys in big lots. The poor borrowed money from money lenders and also bought monkeys!

The villagers took care of their monkeys and waited expectantly for the merchant to return.

But nobody came! ...So they ran to the employee... But he had already left, too !

And then the villagers realized that they had just bought useless stray monkeys at $700 each and were unable to sell them!

The Bitcoin probably will be the next “monkey business”.

It will make a lot of people bankrupt, but a few people filthy rich in this —”monkey business”.

A Belated Christmas Gift?

I am surprised that you don’t have a Fitbit watch. It not only tells the time, it tells you how many steps you have taken during the day and how many miles. It you were sitting too long (usually at the computer) to get up and walk 96 steps.

Chuckles from page 2

When we are out dining I will pick out one or two elderly women who are either dining alone or with a gentleman whom I assume is her husband.

I walk up to the table, bend down and say, “We have taken a poll and the vote was unanimous. We’ve decided you are the prettiest girl in the restaurant.”

That’s all.

Invariably, her eyes light up and she thanks me or gushes forth with girlish comments. She’s young again. Someone noticed her and said something nice about how pretty she is.

She probably hasn’t had anyone tell her how pretty she is for some time.

Sometimes, she’s not all that pretty. But she loves to hear that, to someone, she is pretty.

I reckon we all want to believe we’re pretty . . . at least a little bit.

And, if you think about it, every woman is pretty. You just have to sometimes look a bit harder to really see the prettiness.

The smiles I get sure are pretty. And, usually, the gentleman smiles as well.

He’s probably glad to be in the company of such a pretty lady.

So far, it works. No punches in the nose by irate husbands or significant others.

I shall keep you posted.

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It’s good that Congress has frequent recesses because, well, because it is very tiring meeting in Washington, D. C. and getting nothing done.

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So Ole asks Sven, “Why do scuba divers always fall backwards off ‘der boats?” To which Sven replies,”Well, you know, if they fell forwards they’d still be in da dang boat!”

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It only takes about 3 times of hearing the song “Frosty the Snowman” before I wish someone would push him into a hot tub.

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A Cardiologist’s Funeral

This would be an acceptable reason to laugh at a funeral...

A very prestigious cardiologist died, and was given a very elaborate funeral by the hospital he worked for most of his life..

A huge heart... covered in flowers stood behind the casket during the service as all the doctors from the hospital sat in awe. Following the eulogy, the heart opened, and the casket rolled inside. The heart then closed, sealing the doctor in the beautiful heart forever.

At that point, one of the mourners just burst into laughter. When all eyes stared at him, he said, ‘I’m so sorry... I was just thinking of my own funeral...I’m a gynecologist!’

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“Be what you is, ‘cause if you ain’t what you is, you is what you ain’t!”

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Christmas morning and my gift giving was finally done.

I gave everyone batteries, toys and electronics not included.

I’m sure they were thrilled.

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These questions about Australia were posted on an Australian Tourism website. Obviously the answers came from fellow Aussies.....just trying to help:

Q: Does it ever get windy in Australia? I have never seen it rain on TV, so how do the plants grow?

(UK)

A: We import all plants fully grown and then just sit around watching them die.

Q: Will I be able to see kangaroos in the street? (USA)

A: Depends how much you’ve been drinking.

Q: I want to walk from Perth to Sydney - can I follow the railroad tracks? (Sweden)

A: Sure, it’s only three thousand miles, take lots of water...

Q: Can you give me some information about hippo racing in Australia? (USA)

A: A-fri-ca is the big triangle shaped continent south of Europe. Aus-tra-lia is that big island in the middle of the Pacific which does not... oh forget it. Sure, the hippo racing is every Tuesday night in Kings Cross. Come naked.

Q: Which direction is north in Australia? (USA)

A: Face south and then turn 90 degrees. Contact us when you get here and we’ll send the rest of the directions.

Q: Can I bring cutlery into Australia? (UK)

A: Why? Just use your fingers like we do.

Q: Can you send me the Vienna Boys’ Choir schedule? (USA)

A: Aus-tri-a is that quaint little

Chuckles continued on page 14

Message from page 3

Then her Cards4Kindness Campaign spread across the entire United States, where others joined her ranks and carried her torch onward.

Incredibly, by now, her “Cards4Kindness” campaign had circumvented the entire planet Earth, and the young teen girl had recruited “hosts,” such as herself, to continue her work abroad!

Little Jessica’s once-modest Cards4Kindness dream now became a reality in over 23 foreign countries, in different foreign languages!

The North San Diego County teen was now a “sensation story” too big to be restrained and remain local.

Her dream now belonged to the world.

DATELINE: NORTH SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CA

It is precisely 10:48 p.m. Friday evening, 7 August 2020. And the San Diego NBC 7 television news station has late-breaking “Good News.”

Can you imagine that? Good news to start the news hour?

But the headline-breaking newscast begins the newscast thusly:

“SAN DIEGO TEEN CREATES GLOBAL CARD CAMPAIGN, SPREADING MESSAGES OF KINDNESS!”

The bold letter freezes on the TV screen for a few seconds.

Not global, eye-catching, sensationalised, negative news which,

Man About Town from page 4

It does this by a gentle buzz on you wrist.

It tells you how many calories you have used during the day and how many hours of sleep you get.

You can get a weight scale that tells you if you have gained or lost weight.

It is hooked up to you Wi-Fi and sends you a weekly report to your computer or phone.

The report tells you about what were your best days.

It has to be charged once a week. Maybe do this on Sunday night right before you go to bed?

A second favorite watch is a Citi- sadly, ensures higher ratings.

It’s a shocking change of pace: A news segment reporting a young San Diego girl caught red-handed and spotlighted for committing a most rare activity: random acts of kindness . . . on a global scale!

Television viewers are stunned and the switchboard is lit up after the NBC 7 news anchor, Melissa Adan, begins her report: A most inspiring news segment of a young 14-year-old girl, a high school student in Poway, California, named Jessica Ong, who just wanted to make a difference in the world with her simple acts of kindness . . . has done just that!

News anchor, Adan, reports Jessica Ong’s efforts circumvented the entire planet as this adolescent child actually succeeded in making this world a better place beyond the United States.

Another newscast creates a stir with viewers as the news segment reports: Her name is Jessica Ong, age 14. She is a young teenaged student enrolled at Westview High School in San Diego County, and she became tired and frightened and concerned at the world around her.

So, she decided to do something about it.

Jessica’s image now appears on television, as she tells the cameras in front of her: “I think a lot of teenagers nowadays we feel so helpless right now and it’s really hard. We don’t know what to do, but what we can do is give that support to people in the form of a card.”

Message continued on page 10 zen. It doesn’t need a battery. It is light driven.

The numbers are large so you don’t need your glasses to read the time. The numbers also glow in the dark.

I suggest you get a Fitbit that looks like a Dick Tracy watch. You can make phone calls with it and get the internet on it. You could work on projects while waiting at the hospital, lab or Doctor’s office.

Cheapest price I could find was $99.95 on Amazon, all other discount stores were $145 & up.

The Citizen watch runs $104 at Walmart though I did spot another Citizen for a mere $70,000.

Water, Water, Everywhere . . .

In 2014 voters approved a $7.5 billion water bond, which included $2.7 billion for construction of new dams and reservoirs. Unfortunately, few projects are underway, or even being planned.

Our largest dams and reservoirs were built before 1979, most between 1945 and 1968, when our population was less than half its current size. I have long supported efforts to increase water storage and conveyance capacity, to expand water recycling, and increase use of desalination. However, bureaucratic hurdles have delayed or prevented most new projects for decades.

One example is the proposed Sites Reservoir in Northern California. Located northwest of Sacramento, the reservoir project was first proposed in the 1980s. Water would be pumped from the Sacramento River system during wet winters through existing canals to a new, artificial lake that would not be directly connected to any river or stream. The water would be stored and distributed back into the Sacramento River system during dry cycles. Construction is projected to begin next year, with a 2030 or 2031 target date for completion. In other words, if completed, the