THIS WEEK

Eagles sweep in for victory over No.1 Grizzlies

Sports Phillip Brents - 0
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...
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Couple sentenced for abusing young niece

News staff - 0
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...
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National increase in reported human rabies exposures

News Provided to The Alpine Sun - 0
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...
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Nudge poinsettias and holiday cacti into bloom

Columns Melinda Myers - 0
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...
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California’s vote by mail system works. It’s worth fighting for.

Opinion Provided to The Alpine Sun - 0
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...
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Red Hawks get back in win column with 50-16 rout

Sports Phillip Brents - 0
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...
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Liberty Charter makes plans for ‘Wild’ fair

Community Debbie Sklar - 0
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...
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FROM OUR PAST

Campa-Najjar’s unfinished business

Political Jessica Brodkin Webb - 0
Ammar Campa-Najjar lost his race for the 50th Congres­sional District to then incum­bent Duncan Hunter by just 3% in 2018 and has been cam­paigning ever since. All he has to do to...
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Land development workshops concluded

Development Joe Naiman - 0
The county of San Diego’s Department of Planning and Development Services (PDS) held four workshops to update its Land Development Code. A Feb. 28 meeting at the PDS hearing room in San...
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The Chariot Fire rages on the Sunrise Highway

Local News Lori Bledsoe - 0
By Lori Bledsoe For The Alpine Sun The Chariot Fire has been ripping through our Laguna Mountains, beginning  on Saturday, July 6 around 1 p.m. approximately nine miles south of Julian.  Authorities closed...
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Businesses are on the hook, again

Opinion Assemblymember Marie Waldron - 0
During the pandemic, the Employment Development Department (EDD) virtually collapsed, and legislative offices like mine stepped into the breach. My office alone handled over 3,000 unemployment cases. Solving that immediate crisis was...
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Stopping the deadly scourge

Columns Assemblymember Marie Waldron - 0
Red Ribbon Week -- Oct. 23 to 31 -- delivers a strong antidrug message to school children nationwide. I strongly support this annual program, and again this year my office is...
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Granite Hills swimmers, fast off the blocks, aim to make a splash

Sports Phillip Brents - 0
The Granite Hills High School swim team will host the Ben Hedberg Invitational this Saturday at the eastern El Cajon school’s pool. The large, competitive field of 22 teams will present...
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Hippo reaches half a century

News Albert Fulcher - 0
The San Diego Humane Society’s Ramona Wildlife Center held a Golden Jubilee Celebration for Hannah Shirley, the oldest pygmy hippo in North America, as she reached her 50th birthday on Nov....
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