The Helix Highlanders will represent East County in Saturday’s San Diego Section Division I championship game after defeating the host Eastlake Titans, 42-26, last Friday in the division semifinals. The third-seeded Highlanders (8-4) will be making their fifth consecutive trip to the CIF finals. They will meet the fourth-seeded St.…
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In the agonizing moments between the end of the race and the results being posted, El Capitan’s girls cross country coach Tyler Ludwig did not want to overplay his hand. “Nope. Nope,” Ludwig told his excited team. “We don’t high five.” Four Vaqueros finished in the top 15 of the…
At 2:58 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, Cal Fire San Diego launched the first tweet of a series that would soon become hashtag #ElMonteFire on social media and a real, living nightmare for the people who live in El Monte Valley in Lakeside. The fire started on half an acre at…
Longtime La Mesa resident Willie O’Ree, who played seven seasons for the original San Diego Gulls in the Western Hockey League, has gained hockey immortality after being inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. The gala induction ceremonies took place on Monday, Nov. 12, at the Hockey Hall of Fame…
A witness to a Marine’s act of heroism just two months before his tragic death recounted the incident to NBC 7 and explained why she thinks the man should always be remembered. Two months ago, United States Marine Corps Sgt. Gary Wilson, 33, of Fairfield, CT, saved two people from…
