October 2015
East County Magazine
EAST COUNTY MAGAZINE PICKS UP 5 NEW AWARDS FROM SAN DIEGO PRESS CLUB
Printer-friendly version East County News Service October 27, 2015 (San Diego Press Club) – East County Magazine picked up three first place awards and two second places in the San Diego Press Club’s 42nd annual “Excellence in Journalism Awards.” Our editor, Miriam Raftery, won first place in multicultural coverage for her report, “Christian homes marked, families killed: East County
DESTINATION EAST COUNTY OCT. 30 – NOV. 14
Printer-friendly version Listen to Destination East County, also airing on KNSJ radio, by clicking the audio link. October 29, 2015 (San Diego’s East County) – This week’s Destination East County includes a haunted town hall in Ramona, a Howl-o-Ween Spooky Spectacular in Spring Valley, and a scare trail at an abandoned amusement park in El Cajon. Plus we’ll have
RED MEAT AND PROCESSED MEATS LINKED TO CANCER, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS
Printer-friendly version East County News Service October 29, 2015 (San Diego) — Red meats—meaning beef and pork–probably cause cancer. So do meats that have been salted, smoked, pickled or otherwise processed , the World Health Organization, or WHO, warns. WHO issued those findings in a summary of an upcoming report published in the medical journal Lancet Oncology. The findings
SENATOR ANDERSON’S COMMUNITY COFFEE TOPICS RANGE FROM FIRE TAX TO VACCINES
Printer-friendly version By Janis Russell October 29, 2015 (Spring Valley)- On Thursday October 22, La Mesa-Spring Valley School District Board member David Chong hosted Senator Joel Anderson’s community coffee at Trinity Presbyterian Church. Zahara Almosawi, an intern for the Senator, manned a table with resources for the community, including paperwork for anyone who had problems with a state agency.
SAN DIEGO RANKS LAST FOR BUILDING WEALTH
Printer-friendly version By Ed Barrena October 29, 2015 (San Diego) – San Diego is the worst major metropolitan area to build wealth, according to a report by financial website Bankrate.com. The findings may not be entirely surprising to residents of San Diego, where rent and mortgages continue to climb and wages remain fairly stagnant. The report
COUNTY OFFICIALS ISSUE ALERT OVER SCAM TARGETING SENIORS
Printer-friendly version County News Service October 29, 2015 (San Diego)–County officials are alerting the public about a group of scam artists known to be targeting elderly residents in the county, particularly seniors in the Hispanic community. The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office, the County’s Health and Human Services Agency and other local law enforcement agencies are currently investigating
PLANTSRAVAGANZA! WATER CONSERVATION GARDEN HOSTS FALL PLANT SALE NOV. 7
Printer-friendly version Planstravaganza! Among San Diego County’s Most Diverse Water-Wise Plant Sales; Vendors, Professional Consultations Available October 29, 2015 (Rancho San Diego)–The Water Conservation Garden is hosting its annual Fall Planstravaganza! on Saturday, November 7 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. to help San Diegans make the most of the region’s fall-to-spring planting season and save water while
“SHOCKER”: JUDGE ISSUES TENTATIVE RULING TO DISMISS LAWSUIT AGAINST GROSSMONT DISTRICT OVER ALPINE HIGH SCHOOL
Printer-friendly version By Miriam Raftery October 29, 2015 (Alpine) – For Alpine parents, it sounds like a Halloween horror story. But it’s an unexpected treat for the board majority at the Grossmont Union High School District. Today, Superior Court Judge Joel Pressman (photo) issued a tentative ruling granting Grossmont ‘s motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed by Alpine parents
HALLOWEEN EVE MASQUERADE BASH: BENEFITS EAST COUNTY MAGAZINE OCT. 30
Printer-friendly version Join East County Magazine at our Halloween Eve Masquerade Party at our editor’s “haunting” home on Mt. Helix! Friday, October 30th, 6-10 p.m. Savor a “spook-tacular” feast, hear local spine-tingling ghost stories, watch classic ’50s suspense films, listen to live original and variety music with Paul Nichols, and win wonderful prizes! Free, fabulous masquerade masks for the first
BAJA BLOG: SIRENA, THE MERMAID HOUSE IN PUERTO NUEVO, BAJA
Printer-friendly versionBy Susan A Mahalick Photos by Zoë Jussel or Armando Muñoz November 1, 2015 (Baja, Mexico) – “About an hour from the border, just south of Rosarito, Mexico, one can find a rare creature: a mermaid. Never mind that she’s made out of concrete and rebar. She doesn’t emerge from the ocean, but she provides a home and business
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