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PASSAGES: LOCAL LEADERS LOST IN 2024

December 31, 2024

Printer-friendly versionEast County News Service December 31, 2024 (San Diego’s East County) – Our region lost civic leaders and luminaries this year in fields including a basketball superstar, an astronaut, a famous architect, a retired Sheriff’s deputy and Chamber of Commerce chairman, a World War veteran, an HVAC industry leader, a noted philanthropist, a former college president, a retired teacher,

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MOST MEDICAL DEBT CAN NO LONGER HURT YOUR CREDIT SCORE UNDER NEW CALIFORNIA LAW

December 28, 2024

Printer-friendly versionBy Ana E. Ibarra, CalMatters CalMatters is a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it matters Image by Sasin Tipchai from Pixabay December 28, 2024 (Sacramento) – Everyday people across the country skip medical care because of cost. Those who do seek medical help may end up with a balance they can’t

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BIG NEED FOR SMALL PET ADOPTERS: SDHS SEEKS HOMES FOR 135 GUINEA PIGS

December 27, 2024

Printer-friendly versionSan Diego Humane Society asks for community’s help following mass intake of guinea pigs   Source:  San Diego Humane Society   Photo courtesy San Diego Humane Society   December 27, 2024 (San Diego) — San Diego Humane Society is calling on community members to ring in the new year in a big way by welcoming a small pet into

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SANTEE SCHOOL DISTRICT WELCOMES NEW BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBER

December 27, 2024

Printer-friendly versionSource:  Santee School District December 26, 2024 (Santee) – At the Organizational Meeting on December 17, 2024, Tracie Thill was sworn in to Seat No. 4 on the Santee School District Board of Education, with her term expiring in December 2028. “On behalf of the Board of Education, I welcome Tracie Thill to our team,” said President Barbara Ryan.

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NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR EL CAJON CITIZEN OF THE YEAR

December 24, 2024

Printer-friendly versionSource:  San Diego Regional East County Chamber of Commerce   December 24, 2024 (El Cajon) — The El Cajon community of volunteers will once again select its Citizen of the Year from among the many that donate time and talent for the betterment of El Cajon.  Nominations will be made by volunteer organizations based or active in El Cajon

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BILL WALTON TRIBUTE TO HONOR BASKETBALL GREAT AT HELIX HIGH ON JANUARY 3

December 24, 2024

Printer-friendly versionTickets on sale now at https://www.gofan.co/event/2594824?schoolId=CA22796   By Ben Perez    December 23, 2024 (La Mesa) –Always saying he was honored to be from East County, “Billy from La Mesa” is how Bill Walton wanted people to know him and greet him.   So it’s only fitting that his high school alma mater in La Mesa is honoring him

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HEAR OUR INTERVIEWS WITH LOCAL LABOR LEADERS

December 21, 2024

Printer-friendly version  By Miriam Raftery December 21, 2024 (San Diego) – Our guests on our East County Magazine Radio Show on KNSJ 89.1 FM this week were Brigette Browning, President of the San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council, along with Ollivia Aguirre, a striking worker, mother of two young children, and psychosocial clinician currently on strike at Kaiser Healthcare

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POLICE RELEASE NAME OF SUSPECT FATALLY SHOT BY EL CAJON POLICE AFTER RAMMING OFFICER

December 21, 2024

Printer-friendly versionBy Miriam Raftery Photo by Robert Gehr: skid marks where suspect’s vehicle drove onto sidewalk outside SDPD headquarters, moments before the deadly incident.   December 21, 2024 (El Cajon) – The individual who was shot and killed by El Cajon Police officers on December 11 has been identified as 24-year-old Benjamin Grube.  Earlier reports had listed the suspect as a woman.

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COUNTY WARNS AGAINST RAW MILK PRODUCTS AMID BIRD FLU RISK

December 21, 2024

Printer-friendly versionBy Fernanda Lopez Halvorson, County of San Diego Communications Office Photo courtesy of the CDC December 21, 2024 (San Diego) – County public health officials are warning San Diegans not to eat or drink raw milk products or give them to their pets because of the heightened risk for H5N1, or bird flu.  Because raw milk and raw milk

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Three arrested in child abuse investigation, drugs also uncovered

April 9, 2026

Printer-friendly versionEast County News Service April 9, 2026 (Spring Valley) — Three Spring Valley residents are in custody following an investigation into child abuse that uncovered a stash of narcotics inside a local residence. Detectives from the Rancho San Diego Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday assisted Child Welfare Services in executing a search warrant at a home on the 9000 block

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Temporary cease fire reached in Iran after Trump threatened “a whole civilization will die;” conflict takes toll on U.S. economy

April 9, 2026

Printer-friendly versionBy Alex J. Schorr April 9, 2026 — As of yesterday, the United States and Iran have agreed to a fragile two-week ceasefire brokered by Pakistan, with the agreement aiming to pause hostilities that began on February 28. Pakistan-mediated talks are scheduled to begin in Islamabad on Friday April 10, to seek a permanent settlement.  The fragile cease-fire comes after Trump posted a threat

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AB 1959 moves along, inspired by 2001 school shooting at Santana

April 9, 2026

Printer-friendly version Story and photo by Karen Pearlman April 9, 2026 (Santee) — Twenty-five years after teenage student armed with a gun opened fire at Santana High School, survivors and prosecutors are closer to closing a legal loophole they say allows the state’s most violent juvenile offenders to exploit the justice system for early release. On Tuesday in Sacramento, the Assembly

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