Retail, office space and housing are in the works at the intersection of Val Vista Drive and Germann Road.

VISTA —- Fourteen photographs depicting familiar Vista landmarks and colorful snippets of local life have been honored in Vista’s first photo contest, which organizers hope will be an annual event.

VISTA - Vista residents are likely to see their sewer rates go up in 2008, but it’s unclear how high is up or whether the city will continue to calculate fees the way it does now.

twitter writes “PC World has released their year in review statistics and 2007 was not kind to Microsoft. IE 6 users are equally likely to move to Firefox as they are to IE7 and no one wants Vista. ‘How much of an accomplishment is it for a new version of Windows to get to 14 percent usage in 11 months? The logical benchmark is to compare it to the first eleven months of Windows XP, back in 2001 …

Microsoft sure took it’s time about it, but nine YouTube videos lay out Vista—and Windows Live—benefits. Oh, yeah, there’s a better together message with other Microsoft products, too….

BELLA VISTA — If there is one thing Sean White loves more than books, it’s sharing them with others. (Benton County Daily Record)

Dec. 30 (UNION-TRIBUNE): While many cities in the region trace their agricultural boom to the introduction of a reliable water source, Vista can go a step further. Ready water meant a float in the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena.

    For the Liberty Christian Academy Bulldogs, it was just a matter of finding the right piece to fit the puzzle. After that, the game was theirs. LCA overcame a slow start and early match-up problems to take third place in the Register & Bee Holiday Shootout on Saturday night at Averett University’s Grant Center, beating Magna Vista 55-41. All-tournament team selection Gorgi Branov led LCA in …

At a time where everyone is anxiously awaiting the upcoming service pack for Windows Vista (and while others flock back to Windows XP in droves), yet another flaw in the Windows Vista operating system has been discovered that can bring the Windows shell (”Windows Explorer”) to its knees within 20 seconds.

12:02 p.m. Dec. 29 (UNION-TRIBUNE): A fire early Saturday caused about $100,000 damage to a Chula Vista house and killed an elderly couple’s cat, officials said.