El Cajon News

Toone says the exposed large rainwater collection tank just steps from his front door draws attention to his conservation efforts and provokes questions from passers-by. RESOURCES - A demonstration rain barrel system is displayed near the irrigation exhibit at the Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College in El Cajon.

Toyota of El Cajon is hoping to be the first certified green building in that city.

After spending most of his adult life as a chef, Davey Kennedy, 46, is now a firefighter at Station 6 at the Vista Fire Department.

San Diego County supervisors on Tuesday approved an agreement to turn over downtown courthouse properties to the state in exchange for a new court facility and improvements to outlying complexes.

The U.S. Small Business Administration is proposing increases in the size definitions for three broad commercial sectors, according to a recent news release.

San Miguel Fire Fighters responded Saturday morning to a structure fire at 1124 Random Road, in an unincorporated area of El Cajon.

September 19, 2009 was a fairly mild day considering the preceding and subsequent heat we endured.

The cities of El Cajon, La Mesa and Lemon Grove today announced the appointment of a fire chief to oversee operations of a joint agency created by a merger of the three municipalities' fire-rescue departments.

The pilot program, named a oeOperation Tip the Scale,a involved personnel from various county departments and agencies.

An assistant principal at Helix High School who gave a student a ride to a bus station because she was having troubles at home and wanted to see a relative in Oregon has been fired.

The board of the Metropolitan Transit System is scheduled to meet Thursday to consider tougher penalties for drivers and cab companies that fail to meet agency regulations.

National Asleep at the Wheel? Investigators want to know why a flight from San Diego overshot its destination.

Fires around the county damaged three homes Wednesday. A fire caused about $50,000 worth of damage to an East County apartment and its contents Wednesday.

Officials of Sycuan Resort, an award-winning golf resort just 24 miles inland from downtown San Diego, today announced its plans for a comprehensive $2.7 million renovation project.

We asked you about an illegal alien Halloween costume. freedom of speeech, jeez people, can we not laugh about anything anymore.

A fire in the second floor of a Hillcrest apartment building was put out quickly by the fire department but not before it injured one person Tuesday night.

Investigators are trying to determine what caused an apartment unit to catch fire in El Cajon.

The first photos and comments from Jaycee Dugard since she returned from an 18 year kidnapping.

Joshua Stepner, 38, was sent a letter yesterday notifying him of the charge, said Paul Levikow, a spokesman for the District Attorney's Office.

Fed up with the recurrence of street prostitution, the city of El Cajon i s resorting to the modern-day equivalent of "The Scarlet Letter." Known as the "Geographic Probation Page" , it's a listing of those who are current on probation after convictions relating to soliciting money for sex in the East County branch of San Diego Superior Court .