Consumer

Extreme (ly Practical) Couponing

| 9:12 AM

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You can clip your way to savings without getting to reality show madness levels. County library branches are offering sessions to teach smart couponing.

Health

Whooping Cough Case Reported At Local School

| 2:44 PM

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A 5-year-old child at a San Diego area school diagnosed with whooping cough brings the total number of cases to 426 for the region in 2011, County Health and Human Services Agency officials said today. No cases have been reported yet for 2012.

Housing

Board Approves 844-home Meadowood Project in Fallbrook

| 5:32 PM

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The County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the Meadowood Master Planned Community Wednesday, a project that would build 355 homes, 489 multi-family residences, trails, open space and a public park on 389 acres near Fallbrook.

Public Safety

Parole Denied for Cara Knott’s Killer

| 3:09 PM

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Parole was denied for the former California Highway Patrol officer convicted of killing 20-year-old Cara Knott in 1986, the District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday.