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HELIX WATER ANNOUNCES WINNER OF LAKE JENNINGS PHOTO CONTEST
Printer-friendly version December 4, 2010 (San Diego’s East County) – This fall, as part of the Helix Water District’s watershed awareness campaign, a photo contest was held for residents that live within the Lake Jennings watershed. The District has now announced the winner—Sid Cavey who lives near the reservoir and submitted a spectacular photo of a rainbow over the Lake, which
BEST PHOTOS FROM EAST COUNTY: NOVEMBER 29, 2010
Printer-friendly version November 29, 2010 (San Diego’s East County) — While residents in other parts of the country are shoveling snow, and even coastal residents are contending with foggy winter days, here in East County it’s been a week to savor some beautiful moments. We hope you’ll enjoy a few of the best shots captured by our readers and staff this week in East
VIDEO ADVENTURES IN EAST COUNTY: THE CUYAMACA FLUME
Printer-friendly version By Billy Ortiz Flume-riding was a popular East County sport in the late 1800s. What was it like to travel via water flume from Cuyamaca to San Diego? November 23, 2010 (San Diego’s East County) – For this video adventure, I took a boat ride on El Capitan Reservoir to locate the Conejos Creek diverting dam (South Fork
BEST EAST COUNTY PHOTOS: November 23, 2010
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VIDEO ADVENTURES IN EAST COUNTY: SKY HUNTERS’ RAPTOR HAVEN PROVES A RAPTUROUS EXPERIENCE
Printer-friendly version Story, photos and video by Billy Ortiz November 17, 2010 (Alpine)—Far off the beaten path in the back country of east San Diego County, nestled in a hidden glen, is a special rehabilitation center for injured and orphaned birds of prey. Sky Hunters is a raptor education facility geared toward public information, preservation and rehabilitation of birds
VETERAN’S DAY TRIBUTE: NAVAL PILOT HONORED AT CRASH SITE IN LAKESIDE
Printer-friendly version On a dark, cloudy night in 1961, Lt. J.G. Thomas Allen Ryan, 23, crashed a Navy jet fighter plane onto a mountainside in Lakeside. Four decades later, a group of Lakeside residents hiked to the crash site to pay homage to the military pilot’s memory. By Betty McMillen November 11, 2010 (Lakeside)–A Lakeside hiking group celebrated
EAST COUNTY VIDEO ADVENTURE: REDISCOVERING LOS COCHES CREEK DAM–AND A TOWERING HIDDEN WATERFALL
Printer-friendly version By Billy Ortiz Adventurist/Historian November 11, 2010 (Lakeside) – This video adventure reveals an exciting discovery in my search for East County history. Reading about the history of the Lakeside Inn, I discovered that the innkeepers needed a water source, so a dam was built on Los Coches Creek back during pioneering days in the 1800s. An old black
HALLOWEEN SIGHTINGS IN EAST COUNTY
Printer-friendly version November 1, 2010 (San Diego’s East County) — Kids and the young at heart had some Halloween fun last night at parties and trick-or-treat events throughout East County. Photos by Trever Richardson and Miriam Raftery. Printer-friendly version
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Printer-friendly version October 22, 2010 No kidding! Youngsters had a great time at the San Miguel Fire open house in Spring Valley earlier this month, where this boy got a close-up look at goats owned by Johnny Gonzalez; the four-footed brush clearing team is used to create firebreaks in East County’s rural areas. Photo by Miriam Raftery. “My son grew
2 MORE BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS FROM EAST COUNTY
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PHOTOS OF THE WEEK: CLOUDS OR PINK UFOS?
Printer-friendly versionEast County News Service June 18, 2022 (Shelter Valley) – Tina Goff snapped the photos left and below of saucer-shaped clouds at sunset from her home in Julian overlooking Shelter Valley around 8:06 p.m. on June 17. Goffl quipped, “They may be coming for us, LOL!” Carol Birch also took pictures of the same beautiful and bizarre cloud formation.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: COOPER’S HAWK
Printer-friendly version By Miriam Raftery June 14, 2022 (La Mesa) — Each year, a pair of Cooper’s Hawks has chicks raised in their nest atop a large ficus tree on our property on Mt. Helix in unincorporated La Mesa. Today, one of the fledglings landed on our gate just a few feet from me, unpreturbed by my close proximity, and
PHOTOS OF THE WEEK: SUNRISE ON VOLCAN MOUNTAIN
Printer-friendly versionEast County News Service May 24, 2022 (Julian) — Scott Lagace snapped these inspiring shots of the sun’s rays on an early morning hike up Volcan Mountain in Julian. Printer-friendly version
PHOTOS OF THE WEEK: PEOPLE’S CONVOY PASSES THROUGH SAN DIEGO
Printer-friendly versionBy Matthew Manosh April 15, 2022 (San Diego) – On Friday April 8th, the People’s Convoy passed through San Diego on its way to Los Angeles. With a motto of “Let freedom roll,” the truckers are on the road to protest proposed vaccination mandates and other COVID-19 related bills in California. The convoy left Arizona in the morning and
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: BUNNY PHOTO OPS
Printer-friendly versionApril 14, 2022 (El Cajon) – Photos with the Easter Bunny are being offered at Parkway Plaza shopping mall in El Cajon, where you can hop on by for a photo opportunity until April 16, as this image by Rebecca Jefferis Williamson illustrates. Printer-friendly version
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: LEMON GROVE STUDENTS HONORED
Printer-friendly versionEast County News Service April 11, 2022 (Lemon Grove) – Elijah McKee took this image of the proud winners of Lemon Grove’s annual third grade essay writing contest and Councilmembers, during an awards presentation April 5 by the Lemon Grove City Council. Printer-friendly version
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: ORCHID TREE BLOOMING IN BORREGO
Printer-friendly version April 10, 2022 (Anza-Borrego Desert State Park) — Though there wasn’t enough rain for a superbloom season in the Anza Borrego Desert this year, you can still see examples flowering desert plants and trees in a demonstration garden at the Anza Borrego Desert Natural History Association center. This orchid tree blossom was among the most striking examples during
AFTER MORE THAN A CENTURY IN BUSINESS, HUNTER’S NURSERY IS STILL GROWING STRONG
Printer-friendly version By Kylie Dees View video, left, to watch the full interviews April 7, 2022 (Lemon Grove) — Hunter’s Nursery, located in Lemon Grove, California, was started in 1919 by Howard Hunter. He began by running an orchard, growing lemons and oranges. It has been in the Hunter family all 103 years. Kendall Rhodes is
VIDEO OF THE MONTH: MOUNTAIN LION IN DESCANSO
Printer-friendly version March 14, 2022 (Descanso, CA) — Ana Lilia sent in this video of a mountain lion spotted in the backyard of her home in Descanso, a rural community in San Diego’s backcountry. “I love how the last shot of him/her is just as he passed by our statue of St. Francis of Assisi — the patron Saint
PHOTOS OF THE WEEK: BOBCAT CLOSE ENCOUNTER
Printer-friendly versionEast County News Service March 9, 2022 (Ramona) – Photographer Scott Lagace was hiking in the Ramona Grasslands Preserve this week when he was fortunate enough to encounter a bobcat basking in the sun that obligingly posed for photos. Though this was one cool cat around the human present, bobcats are normally secretive and solitary. They have been protected
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