The nonprofit conservation groups Cleveland National Forest Foundation and the California Native Plant Society filed suit in San Diego County Superior Court against the County of San Diego for the Alpine County Park proposal; concerns over imperiled wildlife populations, and increased wildfire risk on Friday, Jan. 5. According to the…
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At a December San Diego Association of Government Board of Directors meeting, SANDAG Chairwoman Nora Vargas, Vice Chair Sean Elo-Rivera, and Second Vice Chair Lesa Heebner announced the next steps to ensure all SR-125 toll road customers are protected. “Ensuring the public’s trust is paramount. The Board and I are…
In December San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan announced that a 46-year-old Abdulhannan Alrawi, was sentenced to 21 years in prison for shooting and killing his wife, Fathem Alrawi, 37, in their El Cajon home last year. Alrawi pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter on Sept. 14, 2023, and admitted…
By Cassie N. Saunders COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE The County of San Diego has awarded $42 million to nine affordable housing developments that will provide about 872 new homes. Those selected developments came from a pool of 24 proposal requests totaling more than $89 million for affordable housing…
In January readers learned of an East County judge who donated a kidney to the wife of a friend after a chance conversation. “One night I was talking to a friend, Simon Gounder, and we were just talking. We have done a lot of work together. We worked in groups…
