Eagles sweep in for victory over No.1 Grizzlies

Watch out, the East County’s big guns have started to fire salvos! The Helix Highlanders re­corded their third consecutive win and the Granite Hills Ea­gles won for the second consecu­tive week in...

Couple sentenced for abusing young niece

The San Diego County Dis­trict Attorney’s Office on Sept. 11 announced a man and a women were recently sentenced for child abuse that included burnings and the forced use of drugs. According...

National increase in reported human rabies exposures

By Cassie N. SaundersCOUNTY OF SAN DIEGO COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Recently Safari Park employ­ees found a dead bat, which lat­er tested positive for rabies at the County Public Health Lab. This was the 43rd...

Nudge poinsettias and holiday cacti into bloom

Colorful poinsettias and flowering Thanksgiving or Christmas cactus fill garden centers and homes during the holiday season. If you saved your plants from last year, it is time to get started...

California’s vote by mail system works. It’s worth fighting for.

This commentary was originally published by CalMatters.By Shirley WeberSPECIAL FOR CAL MATTERS Whether we agree politically, or whether we couldn’t disagree more — your vote is your sacred responsibility and right. Recently President...

Red Hawks get back in win column with 50-16 rout

Red Hawks get back in win column with 50-16 rout After posting a 39-0 win over visiting Anza Hamilton in their season opener on Aug. 21, the Mountain Empire Red Hawks football...

Liberty Charter makes plans for ‘Wild’ fair

Get ready for a mechani­cal bull, wagon rides, chicken bingo and a chuckwagon bar­becue when Liberty Charter High School hosts its Wild West Fair on Saturday, Sept. 19. The community-wide event...

Jones provides some answers, deflections during community meeting

A variety of topics raised dur­ing a public meeting with State Sen. Brian Jones recently at the Lakeside Community Cen­ter included questions about canceled fire insurance, public school curriculum, and the...

Alpine students celebrate leadership program in a big, helpful way-By Jo Moreland ALPINE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Even though she’s small, third-grader Julia Ziemkowski thinks big. She and two friends have formed the “Bully Busters” at Alpine Elementary School in Alpine. “We help other people being bullied . . ....

Backcountry bulletin: Applications still accepted

Applications to fill a vacancy on the Mountain Empire Uni­fied School District Board are being accepted. Candidates for Trustee Area 3 have until 4 p.m. Dec. 10 to fill out and return...

An assault on the Fourth

Suppose the police want to get illegal drugs off the streets. So they begin stopping pedestrians at gunpoint, shoving them against walls, frisking them, and searching their belongings. They also force their...

West Hills alum, Lakeside native getting his kicks at SDSU

San Diego State University senior specialist Jack Browning enters the 2023 college football season with much expectation after receiving numerous preseasons awards, including a first-team All-American at punter by Sports Info...

County plans for school fixes

County Supervisor Dianne Jacob obtained the support of her colleagues to use $59,061 from her District Two Neighborhood Reinvestment Program budget for a grant to the Mountain Empire Unified School District...

County to install one dozen Narcan vending machines

San Diego County Department of Health and Human Services announced July 28 they will install 12 naloxone vending machines throughout the region by next summer, six of which are scheduled to...
Alpine
overcast clouds
63.6 ° F
65.7 °
61.9 °
84%
1mph
97%
Mon
79 °
Tue
86 °
Wed
90 °
Thu
90 °
Fri
88 °