North County Times

VISTA: Three cited in sex sting at spa… Reads the headline.
The article reads the proprieter of Transcend Spa was cited for municipal code violations including unlawful touching, unlawful advertisement, lack of proper business insurance and not keeping proper ledgers, but not PROSTITUTION?
The article does state Sheriff’s deputies cited three women at a massage parlor in Vista following an undercover prostitution sting, but does not say what they were cited for, or if it was at the same spa. Two other women were cited for violations of municipal code WHAT?
SENSATIONAL JOURNALISM AT IT’S FINEST.
LIQUOR STORE CITED-​for expired potato chips– DURING A STING FOR SELLING BOOZE TO MINORS. Is that next?

This paper has potential but still has a lot of room for improvement. I come from a small New England town where the local paper IS your source for news… outside of the gossip grape-​vine. Even the kids in my high school lined up on Thursday mornings to see their photos in the sports highlights or get the latest dirt on the last town meeting. When I moved to North County San Diego I expected the same interest and insistence of quality from the locals but was disappointed.
This past spring we had a kid murdered in San Marcos at a party. The entire day the CSI truck was parked outside attracting a lot of attention. I logged into
several times over the course of the day only to find up-​to-​the-​minute highlights of the our local celebrity owl babies. While I do think there is a time and a place for fluff news like this, I was disappointed that the murder was posted more than 12 hours after it happened and was deeply buried. I actually ended up finding a more detailed story on the San Diego Tribune website. I wrote the N.C. Times editor about the murder and never received a call or email in return.
The format for the online edition is useful and easy to navigate. The interface for leaving discussions is dreadful. Nothing but idiots saying outrageous things to get attention and hiding behind their anonymity. I hope they can change their format to encourage thoughtful discussions and start monitoring the morons who have been taking over the comments section so that those of us who actually care about our neighborhood can offer something positive.