🌱 How a Valley Center standoff led to school lockdown precautions
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- How a Valley Center standoff led to school lockdown precautions
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- Friday: Hot; sunny, then partly sunny, with a high of 101 and low of 69 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Domestic violence suspect arrested in Valley Center after 2-hour standoff (10news.com) — A man was arrested after a two-hour standoff with sheriff’s deputies in Valley Center on Monday, following a domestic violence incident that left a woman with a non-life-threatening stab wound. The suspect allegedly barricaded himself in a portable restroom, prompting a large law enforcement response and temporary secure-campus status at Valley Center High School and nearby schools until the situation was resolved. 
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Lincoln Elementary Room 6
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🗞 Nearby News
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Oceanside
- Oceanside Animal Shelter Waives Adoption Fees Saturday (patch.com)
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