The Costco on center dr in San Marcos just kicked everyone out and the employees looked pretty frantic. Anybody know what the issue was? All I heard was the emergency door alarm going off,,,

Watch out for this a$$ hole

I blew /something/ in my transmission of my Shelby Cobra replica. The transmission feels mostly fine but there's a substantial fluid leak coming from the back seal area and speedometer cable. The fluid is likely gear oil. Super stumped. But the transmission and engine are not engaging each other which makes it hard to... ya know... Drive it. So I have to tow.

Please let me know your thoughts and recommendations. Preferably someone that works on muscle cars or racecars.

Preference for North County for distance. Open to any suggestions.

Edit: It's currently a Borg Warner Ford T-5. Looks like it was underrated for the engine so this was bound to happen by a mechanical failure- but also I was driving incredibly hard when it happened so I'm partly at fault. For those wanting to know about the symptoms, the driveshaft does not spin freely while in gear, but you can freely switch gears without the clutch (including reverse.) Pressure on the clutch feels correct. I'm going to do some more rolling tests tomorrow and look at the seal near the u-joint on the driveshaft tomorrow to see if anything busted out that side.

Hi North County! My fiancée and I live in Encinitas and we've been looking for a group of young adults (20s-ish) who want to worship and pray together in a space that's fully LGBTQ+ affirming. We haven't found one, so we're putting out feelers.
First question: does something like this already exist around here? If so, please point us to it. We'd love to join instead of reinventing the wheel.
If not, we're thinking about starting something small. Worship music and prayer, maybe once a week or every other week, at our apartment. If it grows, we'd move it to the beach or someone else's place.
The heart behind it is love. A lot of us have watched the church become known more for who it shuts out than for how it loves, and that's not the Jesus we read about. We're not pretending sin doesn't exist or throwing out what Scripture says. We just want to bring the focus back to loving God, loving people, and actually being in community with each other. This wouldn't replace church. Think of it as something extra alongside it.
Nothing is planned yet. We're just seeing if anyone else wants this too. Let me know if you'd be interested, or if you know of something we should check out.

Local in Carlsbad hoping to find part time work in something hands on to help with adjusting to having a primary part time job.

I’ve been employed full time the last 5 years. Recently I took an opportunity that pays well and is in my exact field of study. But now I have to adjust to working two jobs to match my full time schedule. I’m hoping to find something that is a bit more hands on and not so formal, like a print shop, record store, personal assistant, barista etc., as I’ve always been interested in learning more hands on skills. I have many years of great customer service (front desk, memberships, facility management, admin) as well as graphic design, photography, social media management, branding, community engagement and large scale event planning/hosting.

My new schedule should be regularly M-F with some weekends or evenings for event coverage. (Will know in advance for scheduling)

Would love to connect with anyone who is in need of help, willing to share knowledge or knows of any pointers. I’ve been working down in SD proper so I haven’t had a lot of time to explore north county to make some connections. Many thanks in advance! :)

I can't bring myself to go to the European wax anymore I just want someone running their own business to either come to my house or I go to theirs... clean and professional, preferably not too $$$

In 2007 the Witch Creek, Rice and Guejito Fires merged as they tore through San Diego County, killing two people, sending 40 firefighters to the hospital, and reducing 1,300 homes to rubble. Regulators would later blame SDG&E for starting the fires, saying the utility neglected its power lines. SDGE attempted to pass the $379 million in uninsured wildfire costs onto its utility ratepayers. The California state courts blocked the request, ruling that management was imprudent in handling the risks...

So what was SDGE's response? Following the 2007 fires, the utility systematically transformed its infrastructure spending upwards of 6 billion dollars in wildfire grid upgrades funded heavily via ratepayer. $6 billion to its infrastructure rate base means SDGE will earn an estimated $312 million in annual net profit.

Under California law, investor-owned utilities do not make a profit on the electricity itself; instead, they are guaranteed a ~10% return on equity for building infrastructure. SDGE does not earn the 10% profit on the entire $6 billion chunk of spending. Instead profits are only generated from the shareholder-funded equity portion of their capital setup. The shareholder equity portion is 52% of the $6 billion expenditure which equals $3.12 billion in equity rate base. 10% of $3.12 billion yields $312 million each year in profit, which is collected directly from ratepayers via delivery fees over the useful life of the assets. SDGE doesn't just make that $312 million profit once. They earn it annually over the entire multi-decade useful life of the infrastructure, as long as those assets remain actively in service.

Regulated utilities do not treat infrastructure investments like a retail sale where profit is realized a single time. Instead, the infrastructure becomes part of their permanent "rate base," allowing them to collect a predictable, repeating stream of annual earnings.

So to recap... SDGE caused a wildfire and was forced to pay $379 million. They tried to pass the costs to ratepayers but got denied. They respond by spending $6 billion in wildfire infrastructure upgrades that nets them an estimated $312 million a year in shareholder profits...

Any recommendations for a good place to take grandkids trick or treating in Escondido? Thanks.

So apparently there was an update to my energy center yesterday. I true up in march. For the CEA balance it says past due. Are we expected to pay the CEA balance monthly? Or are we just now given the option to pay the CEA balance before true up?

In Sprouts center next to Stagecoach Park.

Unexpected abrupt move from Maui has led us to Vista. We are coming in completely blind next month, got a cute little 1950s rental house just above the 78. We are the outdoorsy adventurous type, so I’d love to hear suggestions for places to take the 6&8 year olds, best hikes/parks/places to eat. Thank you 🙏

I was on a hilltop in southeast Esco looking West Northwest a bit after the sun went down and saw a massive cigar shaped object with a flashing red light on one end. I only saw it for about a minute as I was driving down through some hills.

The singing alone was Broadway caliber. Highly recommend experiencing this show in the small Oceanside Theater. Well worth a night out in Oceanside.