April 2015
East County Magazine
THE ATTORNEY’S CORNER: PERSONS DISQUALIFIED FROM RECEIVING GIFTS
Printer-friendly version “Articles Concerning Trusts, Wills, Probate, Family Law & more” By: Stephen C. Ross, Esq. March 9, 2015 (San Diego County) – The California Probate Code invalidates gifts to certain categories of people unless one of the exceptions applies. The Code mentions categories of people, considered “disqualified persons,” who are presumed to be disqualified from receiving donative transfers
READERS & WRITERS CALENDAR: FROM APRIL 5, 2015
Printer-friendly version For complete Calendar including Authors Events, go to www.SDWriteWay.org Readers April 7, 2015 (San Diego’s East County) – April 7 (Tuesday, 7:30 pm) — Warwick’s is hosting author Margaret Dilloway with a launch event to present her brilliant story of estranged sisters reunited, Sisters of Heart and Snow. She teaches creative writing classes at San Diego Writers
FATHER JUNIPERO SERRA AND OTHER SAN DIEGO LEGENDS
Printer-friendly version San Diego Legends 2nd Edition by James Scheffler Innis (Sunbelt Publications, Inc., 2015 – 290 pages). Book Review by Jacqueline Carr April 6, 2015 (San Diego’s East County) – San Diego Legends 2nd Edition by James Scheffler Innis is filled with a plethora of information about famous and infamous San Diego Legends. The stories are all interesting;
THE NEPHILIM: THE FIRST VAMPIRE
Printer-friendly version The Tempting: Seducing The Nephilim, by D.M. Pratt (BroadLit, Sherman Oaks, CA, 2015, 345 pages). Book Review by Dennis Moore The children of the supernatural beings who had married these women became famous heroes and warriors. They were called Nephilim and lived on the earth at that time and even later. Genesis 6:4 – Contemporary English Version
LEMON GROVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY ANNOUNCES UPCOMING EVENTS
Printer-friendly version East County News Service Photo: Amanda Heller April 5, 2015 (Lemon Grove) – The Lemon Grove Historical will host a series of events in May and June, including “History Alive” lectures, history essay awards, and a showing of short films from around the world. Below is a full schedule of events scheduled: May 7 at 7 p.m.,
SUPERVISORS VOTE TO SPLIT COST OF STADIUM CONSULTANT WITH CITY
Printer-friendly version East County News Service April 7, 2015 (San Diego) – By a unanimous vote, San Diego’s Supervisors have voted to split costs with the City of San Diego for hiring consultants for a new Chargers stadium proposed at the Qualcomm site in Mission Valley. The total cost could be up to a half million dollars, or a
YOUR GARDEN NEEDS A DOSE OF MEDS : MEDITERRANEAN PLANTS
Printer-friendly version April 6, 2015 (San Diego)–Want a California native garden to save water? Your choice of plants is a lot better than you think, because California plants have friends around the world. There are five regions with a Mediterranean climate including South Africa, a portion of South America, Australia, the Mediterranean and right here in Southern California. Beautiful
PETITION LAUNCHED TO SAVE LOCH NESS FROM WIND TURBINES
Printer-friendly version East County News Service April 7, 2015 (San Diego’s East County ) – Efforts to defeat industrial-scale wind turbine projects are uniting activists world wide—including here in East County. Donna Tisdale, Boulevard’s planning group chair, recently received a note from a Scottish group called Save Loch Ness asking for media coverage in the U.S. to help save
BILL SEEKS TO END SOLITARY CONFINEMENT OF YOUTHS IN CALIFORNIA
Printer-friendly version East County News Service April 7, 2015 (San Diego’s East County)—A measure set for hearing this week in the California Senate Public Safety Committee aims to end solitary confinement of children in our state. Angela Chung with the Children’s Defense Fund supports the bill. She states, “Every day in detention facilities all across the state, children as
COURT: PUBLIC HAS RIGHT TO LEGISLATIVE RECORDS
Printer-friendly version East County News Service April 7, 2015 (Sacramento)–Newspapers and the public have the right to access state legislative meeting records and writings by public officials, a Sacramento judge has ruled. The Bay Area News Group (BANG) and the Los Angeles Newspaper Group (LANG) sued the state for refusing to release full appointment calendars of two state senators
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