January 2016
East County Magazine
LOCAL NATURAL FOODS COMPANY LAUNCHES “FEEL THE BERN” ORGANIC RAW KIMCHI IN SUPPORT OF SANDERS CAMPAIGN
Printer-friendly version Joins tradition of naming foods for political figures, from Napoleon pastries to Washington Pie East County News Service January 14, 2016 (Poway) — Just in time for the presidential primary season, Gold Mine Natural Food Company is launching its new “Feel the Bern” Organic Raw Kimchi to drive donations to the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign.
GUHSD SUPERINTENDENT SWENSON TO RETIRE IN JULY
Printer-friendly version East County News Service January 17, 2016 (San Diego’s East County) – Ralf Swenson, Superintendent of the Grossmont-Union High School District, announced during Thursday’s board meeting that he will retire on July 1st. Swenson joined the district in 2010, after previously working for the Nevada Joint Union High School District in Grass Valley, California. He has stated that
OVER $31 MILLION AWARDED TO WATER PROJECTS IN SAN DIEGO REGION
Printer-friendly version 13 projects will boost conservation, habitat, water recycling and more Source: County Water Authority January 17, 2016 (San Diego) — The San Diego region has been awarded $31.1 million in grant money by the state Department of Water Resources for a variety of projects that will increase local water supplies, decrease water demands, improve water quality, manage storm
NEW LIBRARIES COMING TO CASA DE ORO AND LAKESIDE
Printer-friendly version Source: County News Service January 17, 2016 (San Diego’s East County) – County Supervisors have approved spending $50,000 in Neighborhood Reinvestment funds to acquire land for new libraries in Lakeside and the Casa de Oro community in Spring Valley. The plan was proposed by East County Supervisor Dianne Jacob. “Our county libraries are more than just places
WINTER CONCERT JAN. 30: A 40-YEAR TRADITION
Printer-friendly version By Miriam Raftery January 17, 2016 (San Diego) — Pacificaires and Cedar Center Chorus present this year’s winter concert at the College Avenue Baptist Church (4747 College Ave., San Diego) on January 30th at 2 p.m.. You’re invited to join in singing in the New Year. Pacificaires is a thriving company of older adults
FIRST SONS OF THE DESERT MEETING OF THE NEW YEAR SURE TO BRING LAUGHS
Printer-friendly versionPorky Pig photo credit to Mark Anderson on Flickr. By Liz Alper January 17, 2016 (Spring Valley) – If you’re like me and never have anything to do on Saturday night and you LOVE classic comedy (also like me), here is something for you. The Saps at Sea chapter of the Sons of the Desert,
CANYONEERS WALK JAN. 24 AT MISSION TRAILS
Printer-friendly version By Miriam Raftery January 17, 2016 (San Diego’s East County) – Join naturalists, called Canyoneers, from the San Diego Natural History Museum, for a free guided walk in Oak Canyon in Mission Trails Regional Park on Sunday, January 24 starting at 9 a.m. The three-hour walk starts past the Old Mission Dam (a nationally
BIRDING BASICS AT MISSION TRAILS JAN. 30
Printer-friendly version By Miriam Raftery January 17, 2016 (San Diego’s East County) – Mission Trails Regional Park Guide and experienced birder Winona Sollock will lead a free educational bird identification class in the park on Saturday, January 30th at 1 p.m. The hour-and-a-half class will help increase your enjoyment of nature by teaching you five simple techniques to identify
MASSIVE METHANE LEAK FORCED THOUSANDS TO EVACUATE; GAS SPREADING ACROSS SAN FERNANDO VALLEY; WELLHEAD IS AT RISK OF EXPLOSIVE BLOWOUT
Printer-friendly versionLeak at So Cal Gas facility exposes nationwide problem of aging gas infrastructure at hundreds of sites By Miriam Raftery January 17, 2016 (Los Angeles)—The news sounds like the plot of a disaster thriller movie, but it’s real. The worst environmental disaster since the BP oil spill, a methane gas leak that began Oct. 23 at a storage
SPRING VALLEY ARTIST TO DISPLAY WORKS IN SHOW AT SPANISH VILLAGE FEB. 16-29
Printer-friendly version “The Jacaranda Street painting is a street in Spring Valley that is so beautiful in the early summer that my husband came home from work and took me to see it. I took several photographs of the street in its full purple glory, and painted from the photos,” said Sharon Thomas, who painted the picturesque scene in watercolors.
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