East County Magazine

PASSAGES: “HAWK WATCH” WILDLIFE RESEARCHER JOHN DAVID BITTNER DIES AFTER FALL IN SAN PASQUAL VALLEY
Printer-friendly version By Miriam Raftery January 11, 2020 (Ramona) – John David “Dave” Bittner, 75, of Julian was known to many for the “Hawk Watch” programs he led for decades

PASSAGES: LOCAL LEADERS LOST IN 2019
Printer-friendly versionBy Miriam Raftery December 29, 2019 (San Diego’s East County) – These local leaders who passed on in 2019 left their indelible marks on our communities, gone but never

PASSAGES: FRANK READ, 108, EARLY LA MESA PHARMACIST
Printer-friendly versionBy Miriam Raftery December 26, 2019 (La Mesa) – Frank Read, former owner of Read Pharmacy and pharmacist at Grossmont Hospital, passed away today at his home in

PASSAGES: POTRERO RESIDENT JACQUELINE “JACKIE” HICKS, 92
Printer-friendly versionDecember 11. 2019 (Potrero) — Jacqueline “Jackie” Eleanor Hicks, age 92, who was born in San Francisco, passed away peacefully at home on November 21, 2019. Her smile and loving

PASSAGES: BORREGO SPRINGS PHILANTHROPIST BILL WRIGHT
Printer-friendly versionBy Miriam Raftery Photo: Borrego wildflowers, CC by SA October 6, 2019 (Borrego Springs) — Since moving to Borrego Springs from Santa Barbara in 1980, Bill Wright has been

ALPINE TEEN KILLED IN RAMONA CRASH
Printer-friendly versionEast County News Service September 11, 2019 (San Diego’s East County) – Alpine resident Kruize Alan Stockfelt, 18, died at the scene of a head-on crash Sunday morning in Ramona. He was

PASSAGES: JIM BELL, ECOLOGICAL DESIGNER 1941-2019
Printer-friendly versionGraduate of El Capitan High in Lakeside became global advocate for sustainable design By Miriam Raftery September 6, 2019 (San Diego) – Jim Bell, ecological designer and internationally

PASSAGES: WESTERN REENACTOR EPIPHANY “EPIE” LOPEZ 1948-2019
Printer-friendly versionBy Miriam Raftery September 1, 2019 (San Diego’s East County) – Epiphany “Epie” Lopez of Potrero, best known for his portrayal of bandito Cruz Lopez in the Gaskill Brothers

PASSAGES: WADIE P. DEDDEH, SENATOR AND STATESMAN 1920-2019
Printer-friendly versionBy Miriam Raftery Photo: SDSU Library August 30, 2019 (San Diego) – Wadie P. Deddeh, former state Senator from San Diego and the first Iraqi-American elected to public office in the United

MEMORIAL SERVICE AUG. 7 IN LAKESIDE FOR KIERAN SHAFRITZ DE ZOYSA, 11, KILLED BY TERRORISTS IN SRI LANKA BOMBING
Printer-friendly version Update: View 10 News coverage of the celebration of life for Kieran: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtuTIWafbX0 By Miriam Raftery Photo via Facebook August 4, 2019 (Lakeside) – A memorial service
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PASSAGES: “HAWK WATCH” WILDLIFE RESEARCHER JOHN DAVID BITTNER DIES AFTER FALL IN SAN PASQUAL VALLEY
Printer-friendly version By Miriam Raftery January 11, 2020 (Ramona) – John David “Dave” Bittner, 75, of Julian was known to many for the “Hawk Watch” programs he led for decades

PASSAGES: LOCAL LEADERS LOST IN 2019
Printer-friendly versionBy Miriam Raftery December 29, 2019 (San Diego’s East County) – These local leaders who passed on in 2019 left their indelible marks on our communities, gone but never

PASSAGES: FRANK READ, 108, EARLY LA MESA PHARMACIST
Printer-friendly versionBy Miriam Raftery December 26, 2019 (La Mesa) – Frank Read, former owner of Read Pharmacy and pharmacist at Grossmont Hospital, passed away today at his home in

PASSAGES: POTRERO RESIDENT JACQUELINE “JACKIE” HICKS, 92
Printer-friendly versionDecember 11. 2019 (Potrero) — Jacqueline “Jackie” Eleanor Hicks, age 92, who was born in San Francisco, passed away peacefully at home on November 21, 2019. Her smile and loving

PASSAGES: BORREGO SPRINGS PHILANTHROPIST BILL WRIGHT
Printer-friendly versionBy Miriam Raftery Photo: Borrego wildflowers, CC by SA October 6, 2019 (Borrego Springs) — Since moving to Borrego Springs from Santa Barbara in 1980, Bill Wright has been

ALPINE TEEN KILLED IN RAMONA CRASH
Printer-friendly versionEast County News Service September 11, 2019 (San Diego’s East County) – Alpine resident Kruize Alan Stockfelt, 18, died at the scene of a head-on crash Sunday morning in Ramona. He was

PASSAGES: JIM BELL, ECOLOGICAL DESIGNER 1941-2019
Printer-friendly versionGraduate of El Capitan High in Lakeside became global advocate for sustainable design By Miriam Raftery September 6, 2019 (San Diego) – Jim Bell, ecological designer and internationally

PASSAGES: WESTERN REENACTOR EPIPHANY “EPIE” LOPEZ 1948-2019
Printer-friendly versionBy Miriam Raftery September 1, 2019 (San Diego’s East County) – Epiphany “Epie” Lopez of Potrero, best known for his portrayal of bandito Cruz Lopez in the Gaskill Brothers

PASSAGES: WADIE P. DEDDEH, SENATOR AND STATESMAN 1920-2019
Printer-friendly versionBy Miriam Raftery Photo: SDSU Library August 30, 2019 (San Diego) – Wadie P. Deddeh, former state Senator from San Diego and the first Iraqi-American elected to public office in the United

MEMORIAL SERVICE AUG. 7 IN LAKESIDE FOR KIERAN SHAFRITZ DE ZOYSA, 11, KILLED BY TERRORISTS IN SRI LANKA BOMBING
Printer-friendly version Update: View 10 News coverage of the celebration of life for Kieran: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtuTIWafbX0 By Miriam Raftery Photo via Facebook August 4, 2019 (Lakeside) – A memorial service
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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.