Borrego Springs News

Oct 28th 2009 at 11:32AM Could we be seeing another Southern California hotel in trouble? The LA Times is reporting that the Borrego Ranch Resort & Spa, which re-opened last November under the Borrego Ranch name after a major renovation, might be closing down.

The sign of the times in some state parks reads "closed." Not always - and not permanently.

Ignore your jealous pals in Dubuque and Buffalo. San Diego County has seasons. Borrego Springs' summers sizzle and Julian's winters can be as direct as an ice pick.

Cecilia Kim , Robie Evans , Anna Savvas , Natalka Kytasty The Rancho Bernardo Branch Friends of the Library is presenting their 2009-2010 Chamber Music Concert Series every fourth Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. The series began on Wednesday, September 23, with the Annarocele Quartet.

Some people will tell you that the tiny town of Borrego Springs reminds them of Palm Springs decades ago - small, open, embraced by the quiet of pristine desert and darkest, starriest skies imaginable.

It was another day of record cold for San Diego County on Monday. Like Sunday, we saw a handful of spots register the coldest "high temperatures" ever for an October 5. El Cajon topped out at 68 on Tuesday, Escondido and La Mesa 67and Vista heated up to only a 69.

The California Highway Patrol is warning of strong winds along Interstate 8 between Alpine and the Imperial County line, and also on roads in Borrego Springs.

MiraCosta College a few miles away hired 16 instructors, 11 of them new positions.

Oct 23-25, 2009: Health, Happiness and High Heels, a free program offered by Borrego Ranch Resort & Spa, California Borrego Ranch Resort & Spa is located in Borrego Springs, California, a community in San Diego County, approximately 90 minutes from both Palm Springs and San Diego, and 150 miles from Los Angeles.

At 5:46 p.m. on Saturday, September 5, the National Weather Service issued a severe weather warning for northeastern San Diego County, near Borrego Springs.

Anton Swain-Gil works at City Farmers Nursery in City Heights, which has responded to heat and drought with water-saving measures.

Mother Nature again proved her dominance over high-tech weather computers. Saturday was supposed to be a little cooler than the preceding record breaking four days of intense heat; instead it turned out to be the hottest day yet overall.

It's a question a lot of you might be asking today, "Is this the hottest August in San Diego history?" Unfortunately, the answer may not be available right away.

Warm weather descended on San Diego County Wednesday, with inland highs expected to reach near-record levels by Saturday.

"I mean, this is amazing, right?" shouts SVT Vehicle Dynamics engineer, Ford Tier 3-certified test driver, and possible asylum candidate Gene Martindale over the din of 35-inch tires pulverizing desert gravel.

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck a section of southern Riverside County near the Salton Sea this afternoon.

A silhouette in the doorway of Palomar Observatory captured the extraterrestrial nature of the gathering there Saturday, a public viewing of Jupiter.

" One evening recently, after the blazing sun had set to given Borrego Springs its daily respite from the heat, local artist Nancy Bartusch stepped into her backyard and gazed quietly into the darkening desert.

This storm was located 6 miles west of Ocotillo Wells... or 9 miles southeast of Borrego Springs... moving northwest at 25 mph.

Jumberto Avedano, 60, worked on a repaving project on Yaqui Pass Road in Borrego Springs yesterday.