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Mt Miguel HS Foundation
June 6, 2025 (Spring Valley) -- Mt Miguel High School Foundation, the nonprofit organization devoted to helping Mount Miguel ...
East County Magazine24m
MT MIGUEL HS FOUNDATION HOSTING QUARTERMANIA FUNDRAISER
The Mt Miguel High School foundation is organized to provide support for Mount Miguel High School. Support may take the form ...
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SENATE PASSES 5 BIPARTISAN BILLS BY SEN. BRIAN W. JONES
June 5, 2025 (Sacramento) -- This week, Senate Minority Leader Brian W. Jones (R-San Diego) announced that five of his ...
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LOCAL NOVELIST EVOKES APPALACHIA IN DEPRESSION ERA
Riffenburgh is a retired professor emeritus with a PhD (statistics and mathematics) from Virginia Tech, where this story ...
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LEMON GROVE CITY COUNCIL MEETING RUNS PAST MIDNIGHT: CABINS FOR HOMELESS, CARWASH AND CHICKEN EATERY RAISE CONTROVERSY
August 26, 2024 (Lemon Grove) -- On August 6, the Lemon Grove City Council held a meeting that lasted seven hours, until 1 a.m. Public comments were moved to the end of the meeting for non ...
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WHY ISN’T SAN DIEGO COUNTY TESTING WASTEWATER FOR POLIO?
September 22, 2022 (San Diego) -- San Diego County funds wastewater testing in our region for COVID-19 and, more recently, for Monkeypox. But so far, no testing for polio has been authorized ...
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PASSENGER, 86, DIES OF INJURIES FROM ACCIDENT ON I-8 IN PINE VALLEY
May 12, 2025 (Pine Valley) – James Michel, 86, from Yuma, Arizona was a passenger in a vehicle that rear-ended a stopped vehicle on I-8 west near Buckman Springs Road on April 24 shortly before ...
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NUDITY NO MORE: DE ANZA SPRINGS RESORT ORDERS RESIDENTS TO COVER UP
August 3, 2023 (Jacumba Hot Springs, CA) – For nearly three decades, the De Anza Springs Resort in the high desert community of Jacumba Hot Springs has provided a 523-acre haven for naturalists ...
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OTAY WATER DISTRICT AWARDED TRANSPARENCY CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE
May 18, 2025 (Spring Valley, CA) -- The Otay Water District received the District Transparency Certificate of Excellence from the Special District Leadership Foundation (SDLF) in recognition of ...
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172 STOLEN CARS RECOVERED IN EAST COUNTY UNDERCOVER STING, 50 PEOPLE CHARGED
September 1, 2023 (San Diego’s East County) – Undercover officers with the San Diego Regional Auto Theft Task Force infiltrated organized auto theft rings locally, says CHP Captain Charles ...
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EVACUATIONS ORDERED IN ESCONDIDO DUE TO LITHIUM ION BATTERY STORAGE FIRE, POTENTIAL FOR TOXIC FUMES
Update September 7, 2024: The fire has been extinguished. All evacuation orders have been lifted. Update September 6, 2024: The Escondido Union School District closed multilpe schools today.
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ARREST MADE FOR SUSPECTED ARSON IN PALA AND LILAC FIRES
March 2, 2025 (San Diego) – Cal Fire law enforcement investigators have arrested Ruben Vasquez on multiple felony arson charges following an extensive investigation into two wildland fires that ...