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East County high school teams well represented in CIF winter sports playoffs

By Phillip Brents sports editor East County is extremely well represented in this year’s San Diego Section’s winter sports playoffs. Division championships in boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer, boys and girls wrestling and girls water polo are all up for grabs this month and the takers appear…

State of East County: five female wrestlers punch tickets to Bakersfield

By Phillip Brents Sports editor With the inaugural San Diego Masters girls state-qualifying tournament held last Friday at Steele Canyon High School and four  boys divisional tournaments taking place throughout the section on Saturday, it was a whirlwind weekend for East County high school wrestlers. There was plenty for mat…

Toxic waste still a problem for El Cajon neighborhoods

From 1963 to 1985, aerospace manufacturing company Senior Aerospace Ketema (formerly Am­etek) in El Cajon dumped thousands of pounds of a chemical degreaser into a shallow redwood-lined pit that sat on its property. This resulted in a toxic groundwater plume of trichloroethylene, which travels through the soil by a process…

Flu a greater danger than coronavirus

The World Health Organization declared the outbreak of coronavirus a public health emergency of international con­cern. Despite the growing number of cases globally, local health officials say the flu poses a greater risk in San Diego. At Scripps health clinics in East County and all of their San Diego locations,…

Wolf Pack kickers are on the prowl for CIF title repeat

The West Hills High School boys soccer team rolled the dice against the odds as the No. 10 seed to win last year’s San Diego Section Division III champion­ship. This year, the Wolf Pack could be among the favorites to win the Division II banner. West Hills enters Thurs­day’s final…

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