TRAFFIC ADVISORIES: OTAY AND MOUNT LAGUNA
October 27, 2013 (San Diego’s East County) – A Sig-Alert has been issued for a head-on crash at Highway 94 and Otay Lakes Road. Incident Page Network reports a fatality. CHP’s website indicates the...
View ArticleDESCANSO RANGER DISTRICT BEGINS PRESCRIBED FIRE ACTIVITY IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY
November 9, 2013 (San Diego’s East County) – The Descanso Ranger District of the Cleveland National Forest will conduct prescribed burning from November 2013 to May 2014, if weather and fuel moisture...
View ArticlePHOTOS OF THE WEEK: DRY TIMES AT LAKE CUYAMACA AND MOUNT LAGUNA
By Miriam Raftery; photos by Tom LemonFebruary 23, 2014 (Cuyamaca) – “The meadows should be green, Cuyamaca Lake full. Not so,” Tom Lemon writes after a trip to the mountain area. “The area is...
View ArticleBLM JEEP SPARKED THE CHARIOT FIRE, ATTORNEY FOR FIRE VICTIMS CLAIMS
By Miriam RafteryPhoto by Nadin AbbottApril 26, 2014 (Mount Laguna) – Cal Fire and the federal government have not released reports on the official cause of the Chariot Fire, which scorched over 7,000...
View ArticleTRAINING TURNS TO REAL-LIFE RESCUE FOR SHERIFF'S VOLUNTEERS
August 18, 2014 (San Diego) - San Diego County Sheriff's Search and Rescue, or SAR volunteers got to test their newly acquired skills after a training session turned into a real-life rescue. The...
View ArticleLAGUNA MOUNTAIN VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATION PRESENTS 27TH ANNUAL LIVING HISTORY...
August 23, 2014 (Mount Laguna)--See the past come alive in this re-enactment of life in the Laguna mountains, going back in time to before the early 1900s. Visit with Native Americans, surveyors,...
View ArticleHEAVENLY VIEWS: MT. LAGUNA OBSERVATORY GETS NEW TELESCOPE
November 29, 2014 (Mount Laguna)--There’s a brand new, $1.5 million telescope at the observatory atop Mount Laguna in East County. Astronomers from San Diego State University, which operates the...
View ArticleSNOW JAM!
By Miriam RafteryPhoto: courtesy 10 NewsJanuary 2, 2015 (Julian)--This week’s snowstorm transformed much of East County into a winter wonderland.Nine inches of snow fell in Julian and a full foot...
View ArticlePRECRIBED BURNING TO CONTINUE
Photo: Ceonothus (wild lilac) on Middle Peak in CuyamacaFebruary 7, 2015 (San Diego's East County) - Cleveland National Forest is slated to continue prescribed burning from now through June of 2015,...
View ArticleCONTAMINATED WATER ON MT. LAGUNA
County News ServiceFebruary 9, 2015 (Mount Laguna)--The County of San Diego, Department of Environmental Health (DEH) has issued a Boil Water Order and Public Notification for the Mount Laguna water...
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