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Vista Unified School District has decided to shift its middle and high school students back to distance learning for the remainder of 2020. The district has had many positive COVID-19 cases among students since it reopened for in-person instruction one month ago.

Vista Unified School District has decided to shift all students in middle and high schools back to distance learning until after winter break. NBC 7’s Nicole Gomez reports

Three teenagers are in custody after investigators linked them to break-ins at two marijuana dispensaries in San Diego’s North County.

San Diego County Sheriffs announced that they were suspending the search for a missing person at-risk who walked away from a care facility in Vista after learning that he walked away on his own from his care facility and might be with friends in Oceanside. Police were looking for Berhane Piong, 36, who walked away from a care facility at…

The county of San Diego has partnered with the district and the city of Vista to open a new free COVID-19 testing site in Vista.

Rancho Minerva Middle School is now the fifth campuses in the Vista Unified School District to close to students temporarily due to coronavirus cases involving students and staff. The announcement from the district came Monday. Students are expected to be able to return to campus Nov. 12, according to the district. District campuses opened for in-person learning Oct. 20 The…

A Vista man who possessed child pornography and also secretly recorded an underage girl showering at his home via hidden camera was sentenced Friday to seven years in federal prison. Following his release from custody, Jeffrey John Lenhof, 41, will also be on supervised release for 10 years, during which he will be required to comply with conditions that include…

Three more Vista Unified School District campuses are closing to students temporarily due to coronavirus cases among students and staff, and the district’s case total has more than doubled since the last update. The district announced Friday that Vista High School, Madison Middle School and Roosevelt Middle School will pivot to Vista Virtual, the district’s distance learning model, for...

The Vista Unified School District’s board voted Tuesday to activate a series of school closure protocols that will see campuses temporarily close if certain coronavirus case criteria are triggered. At least one campus will close Thursday as a result. Although students were on campus Wednesday at Mission Vista High School, which already has two confirmed cases among students and...

NBC 7’s Omari Fleming breaks down the district’s new campus closure protocols.

The Vista Unified School District is holding a special board meeting Tuesday evening to review the status of the district’s in-class teaching model known as Vista Classic. Board members called the special 6 p.m. meeting on Monday shortly after the district confirmed its third and fourth coronavirus cases among students since campuses reopened Oct. 20. Then Tuesday afternoon, the district…

Hundreds of students and more than a dozen teachers have been told to quarantine as a result of student COVID-19 cases, reports NBC 7’s Artie Ojeda

NBC 7’s Jackie Crea shares how parents and teachers on both side of the debate made sure their concerns were heard.

A motorcyclist is recovering Monday after being injured by a U-Haul van that drove off in Vista, authorities said.

The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department released a surveillance video of the attempted kidnapping that occurred in a parking lot of a Costco in Vista Saturday to alleviate understandable concern from community members. SDSO said they are aware of social media posts and community concerns following the attempted kidnapping. “It is understandable that anytime an incident involves a child...

The parents who fought off a would-be kidnapper in a Costco parking lot over the weekend say the encounter has them uneasy and looking over their shoulders at all times.

A North County couple who experienced every parent’s worst nightmare — a kidnapping attempt of their young child — tells NBC 7 what the harrowing encounter was like.

A 37-year-old man was arrested Saturday after authorities said he attempted to kidnap a toddler from inside a car at a Costco parking lot.

Authorities in Vista are seeking the public’s help in locating a missing 75-year-old woman.

The father of a North County teenager who died from an apparent fentanyl overdose is hoping his beloved daughter’s death will cause young people to think twice about who they trust. Brianna Moore, 18, of Oceanside, graduated from Mission Vista High School with a 4.3 GPA. She ran the Los Angeles Marathon twice, and was a concert violinist. She became…