SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Dozens of small to moderate earthquakes struck southeastern California on Sunday, knocking trailer homes off their foundations, shattering windows and rattling nerves in a small farming town east of San Diego.

The largest quake, at 1:57 p.m., registered at a magnitude 5.5 and was centered about three miles northwest of the town of Brawley, said Robert Graves, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey. Another quake about an hour and a half earlier…

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 The City of Coronado has a number of construction projects going on around town.  City officials understand the inconvenience these projects cause.  However, it is important the work is completed between the end of the busy summer months and the upcoming holidays and rainy season.  This section of the…

The City of Coronado has been notified that the California Department of Transportation is set to begin work on a project to clean and treat the deck of the San Diego-Coronado Bridge. The work will be done overnight, from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., starting Monday, November 28.

The contractor, Truesdell Corporation of CA, must complete the project by February 29, 2012. However, Truesdell officials said the work may be completed in less than two weeks if the…

The owner of the San Diego Union-Tribune announced Thursday it has signed an agreement of sale for the 143-year-old newspaper to MLIM, LLC, owned by local entrepreneur Doug Manchester.

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Update to previous post regarding the closing of Orange Ave due to reported smoke:

After speaking with the Coronado Fire Department, Chief Perry Peak informed me that the CFD was responding to a call from Lee Mather Realty who reported smelling smoke. Ultimately concluding there was no fire, Peak stated they wanted to do a thorough check of the area to prevent something tragic from happening if there had been a fire. The firemen used thermal imaging cameras to carefully check the area…

The City of Coronado will begin repairing portions of sidewalk in the downtown area from the 900 to the 1100 block of Orange Avenue as part of the City’s Downtown Sidewalk Repair project.

Crews will repair those areas of sidewalk that have been damaged by invasive roots from nearby trees, and install root barriers to prevent future damage.

Construction is currently scheduled to begin Monday, October 3, 2011. The work is expected to be completed in early…

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CORONADO — A trash truck clipped an overhead power line in Coronado Wednesday morning, knocking out power to about 21 customers, a utility spokeswoman said.

The outage was reported on C Avenue near 10th Street around 9:30 a.m., said San Diego Gas & Electric Co. spokeswoman Allison Zaragoza. The truck hit a secondary wire that carries power from the

power pole to the customer, Zaragoza said.

Crews were…

Graham Memorial Preschool sent home a flyer today explaining there was a child that had evidence of head lice. The preschool received this information anonymously and are not able to identify the class. So, we checked our son who attends Graham Memorial Preschool (619-435-2182) and our child has head lice. After consulting with a few Coronado parents, there were additional cases of lice as well.



We also checked our 1st grader who attends Village Elementary (619-522-8919) and she…