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Encinitas will treat its iconic heritage palm tree at Moonlight Beach regularly with pesticides to prevent it from being killed by South American palm weevil infestations. But it will be the only palm that Encinitas will try to save from the beetle’s attacks, the City Council decided Wednesday. Council members told city staff that there’s little sense in spending an estimated $250,000 a year

Planning to travel up north for Easter? You may have to seek alternative routes or delay your travel as some northern Arizona freeways are closed due to heavy snowfall. At about 5:30 a.m. Sunday, the Arizona Department of Transportation posted to X, formerly known as Twitter, that the Interstate 40 was closed in both directions between Winslow (Milepost 252) and Ash Fork (Milepost 145). In the

The NCAA tournament is underway. Get caught up with our March Madness cheat sheet. The brackets: Defending national champion U-Conn. returns as the top overall seed in the men’s bracket. In the women’s tournament, undefeated South Carolina leads the way. Read our picks for the best bets to win the tournament. Analysis from our team: Heading into the tournament’s second weekend, U-Conn. looks

Freshman forward Aaliyah Perez was already one of the more promising young girls soccer players in South Florida and on one of the better teams in the area. But family prompted her to join the rising program at Miami’s True North Classical Academy. Her arrival has been the Titans’ gain. It didn’t take Perez long to make a huge splash on her new squad as she scored 28 goals this season and