Adobe Bluffs News Today

During the first week of school, a group of kindergartners at Adobe Bluffs School started the morning, as so many of the youngest students do, singing “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.” This class, however, sang it in Mandarin Chinese.

Poway Unified to bid farewell to 38 retiring elementary teachers (Brad Pict / stock.adobe.com) Print When the school year concludes in a few weeks, Poway Unified School District will be saying farewell to 38 of its elementary teachers who are retiring. Those who taught in the district for 30 or more years were invited to reflect on their careers. Seven chose to participate. Teachers at the middle and high school levels will be featured in future weeks. * * * * * * • Lindi H. Clark is...

SAN DIEGO — Community leaders in Rancho Penasquitos are lobbying San Diego officials to reverse a decade-old decision that divided the suburban neighborhood between two City Council districts, arguably diminishing its political power. Key factors in their effort are conflicting sections of the California Voting Rights Act, one that aims to protect the voting clout of minority groups and another that aims to keep neighborhood areas whole if they are cohesive, compact and contiguous. In 2011, ...