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NO CITIZENSHIP SWEARING-IN CEREMONY AT THIS YEAR’S AMERICA ON MAIN STREET FESTIVAL
Printer-friendly versionBy Miriam Raftery Photo: Naturalization citizenship ceremony, cc via Bing May 16, 2025 (El Cajon) – This year, El Cajon’s America on Main Street celebration won’t include a mass

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO SELL FEDERAL LANDS, SLASHES FUNDING FROM FOREST AND PARK SERVICES
Printer-friendly versionThe Trump Administration is trying to sell off federal lands, while its budget cuts are severely impacting national parks and forests By G. A. McNeeley Photo: Staircase Escalante National
DESCANSO RESIDENTS OPPOSE CALTRANS PLAN TO DRASTICALLY CUT PARKING SPACES
Printer-friendly versionBy Miriam Raftery May 16, 2025 (Descanso, CA) – Tammy and Brett Cooker opened their Descanso Junction Restaurant in 2003, in a century-old building on State Route 79. Days

PASSAGES: BO MAZZETTI, 77, RINCON CHAIRMAN AND LEADING ADVOCATE FOR NATIVE AMERICANS
Printer-friendly version East County News Service Photo: Chairman Bo Mazzetti, courtesy of the Rincon band of Luiseño Indians May 15, 2025 (Valley Center, CA) –Bo Mazzetti, Chairman of the Rincon

CALIFORNIA BUDGET IS $12 BILLION IN THE RED AMID TRUMP TARIFFS AND RISING COSTS
Printer-friendly version by Alexei Koseff This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Gov. Gavin Newsom addresses the media during a press conference unveiling his revised 2025-26

WOMAN, 31, DIES DAY AFTER ADMISSION TO LAS COLINAS DETENTION FACILITY
Printer-friendly version East County News Service Update May 15: The deceased has been identified as Callen Lines. May 14, 2025 (Santee) – A 31-year-old woman died in a hospital on May

EL CAJON HOSTS AMERICA ON MAIN STREET MAY 17
Printer-friendly versionEast County News Service May 13, 2025 (El Cajon) — America on Main Street is also known as El Cajon’s Largest Block Party. The event will hosted in Downtown

PASSENGER, 86, DIES OF INJURIES FROM ACCIDENT ON I-8 IN PINE VALLEY
Printer-friendly version East County News Service May 12, 2025 (Pine Valley) – James Michel, 86, from Yuma, Arizona was a passenger in a vehicle that rear-ended a stopped vehicle on

LA MESA MOTORCYCLIST KILLED, TWO INJURED IN COLLISION ON AVOCADO
Printer-friendly version East County News Service May 12, 2025 (La Mesa) – A collision between a motorcycle and an SUV Saturday night proved deadly for a 22-year-old La Mesa man.

FIRE DAMAGES APARTMENT BUILDING IN SPRING VALLEY
Printer-friendly version East County News Service May 12, 2025 (Spring Valley) – A fire on Saturday, May 10 cause significant damage to an apartment building in the 400 block of
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NO CITIZENSHIP SWEARING-IN CEREMONY AT THIS YEAR’S AMERICA ON MAIN STREET FESTIVAL
Printer-friendly versionBy Miriam Raftery Photo: Naturalization citizenship ceremony, cc via Bing May 16, 2025 (El Cajon) – This year, El Cajon’s America on Main Street celebration won’t include a mass

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO SELL FEDERAL LANDS, SLASHES FUNDING FROM FOREST AND PARK SERVICES
Printer-friendly versionThe Trump Administration is trying to sell off federal lands, while its budget cuts are severely impacting national parks and forests By G. A. McNeeley Photo: Staircase Escalante National
DESCANSO RESIDENTS OPPOSE CALTRANS PLAN TO DRASTICALLY CUT PARKING SPACES
Printer-friendly versionBy Miriam Raftery May 16, 2025 (Descanso, CA) – Tammy and Brett Cooker opened their Descanso Junction Restaurant in 2003, in a century-old building on State Route 79. Days

PASSAGES: BO MAZZETTI, 77, RINCON CHAIRMAN AND LEADING ADVOCATE FOR NATIVE AMERICANS
Printer-friendly version East County News Service Photo: Chairman Bo Mazzetti, courtesy of the Rincon band of Luiseño Indians May 15, 2025 (Valley Center, CA) –Bo Mazzetti, Chairman of the Rincon

CALIFORNIA BUDGET IS $12 BILLION IN THE RED AMID TRUMP TARIFFS AND RISING COSTS
Printer-friendly version by Alexei Koseff This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Gov. Gavin Newsom addresses the media during a press conference unveiling his revised 2025-26

WOMAN, 31, DIES DAY AFTER ADMISSION TO LAS COLINAS DETENTION FACILITY
Printer-friendly version East County News Service Update May 15: The deceased has been identified as Callen Lines. May 14, 2025 (Santee) – A 31-year-old woman died in a hospital on May

EL CAJON HOSTS AMERICA ON MAIN STREET MAY 17
Printer-friendly versionEast County News Service May 13, 2025 (El Cajon) — America on Main Street is also known as El Cajon’s Largest Block Party. The event will hosted in Downtown

PASSENGER, 86, DIES OF INJURIES FROM ACCIDENT ON I-8 IN PINE VALLEY
Printer-friendly version East County News Service May 12, 2025 (Pine Valley) – James Michel, 86, from Yuma, Arizona was a passenger in a vehicle that rear-ended a stopped vehicle on

LA MESA MOTORCYCLIST KILLED, TWO INJURED IN COLLISION ON AVOCADO
Printer-friendly version East County News Service May 12, 2025 (La Mesa) – A collision between a motorcycle and an SUV Saturday night proved deadly for a 22-year-old La Mesa man.

FIRE DAMAGES APARTMENT BUILDING IN SPRING VALLEY
Printer-friendly version East County News Service May 12, 2025 (Spring Valley) – A fire on Saturday, May 10 cause significant damage to an apartment building in the 400 block of
Search by Specific Date
Support community news in the public interest! As nonprofit news, we rely on donations from the public to fund our reporting — not special interests. Please donate to sustain East County Magazine’s local reporting and/or wildfire alerts at https://www.eastcountymedia.org/donate to help us keep people safe and informed across our region.