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Also on today's calendar: Marigold & Pumpkin Festival at Mellano Farm and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: Do you know what the two sides of a circle are? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Caritas, Level 3 Building $8.7M Affordable Housing Project (sdbj.com) — An $8.7 million Caritas Village apartment complex is coming to Plymouth Drive in Vista, bringing 24 affordable units for working families earning 50%–80% of area median income. Along with new homes, the project will add sidewalks, curbs, and street repaving on a long-vacant hillside lot, with completion expected in fall 2027 and strong early interest from prospective Vista tenants.
2. The Lost Abbey moving out of HQ (sandiegobeer.news) — The Lost Abbey Brewing is preparing to leave its Keystone Way headquarters and tasting room in Vista after negotiating an exit with its landlord, and is now searching for a smaller North County location. Brewing will continue in Vista for a few more months, but residents should watch for announcements about the tasting room wind-down, possible warehouse sales, and a potential equipment auction if no new tenant is found.
3. Sheriff: Replacing Old Vista Jail Will Improve Inmate Safety (voiceofsandiego.org) — Plans to completely rebuild the aging Vista Detention Facility could reshape how inmates are housed and supervised in North County over the next decade, with a projected $950 million price tag. Local readers should also note evolving debates over a countywide sales tax hike, changes to rental subsidies for seniors, and regional development projects that may influence housing and services around Vista.
4. Legal Notices, September 25, 2026 (thecoastnews.com) — Several upcoming legal and public notices may matter if you live or do business near Vista, including storage auctions at SuperStorage facilities on Robelini Drive, Olive Avenue, and Plymouth Drive in early October. The same notice package also details Oceanside and Encinitas planning hearings, MiraCosta College's trustee vacancy, new San Dieguito Water District rules, and Del Mar and San Marcos public works bids that could affect regional infrastructure and water use.
5. DEA peels back the curtain of drug analysis lab & talks about drug trends in San Diego region (10news.com) — Right here in Vista, the DEA's Southwest Lab is quietly analyzing massive seizures of fentanyl and meth that shape how agents fight drug trafficking across San Diego and Imperial counties. Chemists say they now see some of the nation's highest-purity meth and rapidly evolving synthetic drugs, even as fentanyl deaths in the region have dropped by more than half over four years.
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