Kyle Whitaker won the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association’s Linderman Award for 2018, and he expressed strong positive sentiments for the Lakeside Rodeo. “I love that place,” Whitaker said. “If I can make a California run I always try to make it to Lakeside.” read more Source: East County Californian
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The 2018-19 high school wrestling season faced off Dec. 1 with tournaments at Mar Vista and Carlsbad high schools. East County teams made an opening statement at both events. The Steele Canyon Cougars and Granite Hills Eagles finished third and fourth, respectively, at the Mar Vista tournament, now officially named…
A woman was killed Monday when she was hit by a 16-year-old driver in Serra Mesa, police said. The San Diego Police Department said Virginia Turcotte, 65, of San Diego was pronounced dead at Sharp Memorial Hospital. The accident happened shortly after 7 p.m. at the intersection of Village Glen…
A young boy and man from Ramona killed in a head-on collision Monday morning on State Route 78 in Ramona were identified Tuesday. The crash happened shortly after 11 a.m. when the driver of the Toyota Camry drifted to the side of the road and overcorrected on to the path…
Rachel Ortiz spent a year in state prison and four years on parole for a felony drug conviction. That was 40 years ago. After completing her sentence, the San Diego native turned her life around. Ortiz helped organize farm workers in North California and the Central Valley, lobbied for land-use…
