NELVIN CEPEDA / Union-Tribune Edwin Cruz talked on the phone as his mother, Maria Luz Soriano, signed for packages delivered Christmas Day by Linda Brown (left), a special delivery clerk for the U.S. Postal Service.

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Special deliveries come in nick of time

By Amy Oakes
STAFF WRITER

Amanda Kight knew her big brother in Phoenix was swamped with work, but still held out hope he wouldn't forget her on Christmas Day.

By Kristen Green
STAFF WRITER

Six weeks ago, the candidates for the 4th District City Council primary were griping about how difficult it is to run a campaign immediately after the general election.

By Jonathan Heller
STAFF WRITER

The development company of Padres' owner John Moores is proposing seven acres of condominiums, retail space and possibly offices and hotels just southeast of the downtown San Diego ballpark.

By Michael Burge
STAFF WRITER

VISTA – Cheri and Roland Allen are familiar with the midnight blast of a train horn barely 50 feet from their bedroom.

By Elizabeth Fitzsimons
STAFF WRITER

There may be an unwelcome visitor lurking in your garden, one you may have seen without even knowing it. Blending in among the twigs may be an insect from the other side of the planet that was brought to Southern California by way of the Internet.