El Cajon News

With the expected heat wave, firefighters in Northern California can really use the help of local crews joining the fire lines.

On a Monday morning 12 weeks ago, Kevin Vicary was cleaning his pool when a semitrailer crashed through his backyard fence in El Cajon and killed him.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled Monday for an accused serial rapist in El Cajon.

The California Highway Patrol reported that three people have died on San Diego County roadways since the beginning of the Independence Day holiday weekend.

The chairman of the Jamul Indian Village and longtime tribal activist has been killed in a motorcycle accident.

Loyal customers showed up at the Wisteria Candy Cottage yesterday, distraught at the news that the backcountry shop selling confections like caramel turtles and pecan rolls might go out of business.

While many will be sunning, swimming and barbecuing on July 4th, Cal Fire's Volunteers in Prevention will be patrolling throughout the County.

The Ronald Reagan Community Center in El Cajon was packed Wednesday evening, as hundreds turned out to welcome the Iraqi Ambassador to the United States.

The 22-unit apartment complex at 1554 Sams Hill Road in El Cajon 92021 has been sold for $2.24 million.

An elderly woman suffered second-degree burns on her shoulder and arm when a fire raced through her mobile home, authorities said.

A pair of two-story apartments at 1038 and 1050 Peach Ave. in El Cajon 92021, totaling 40 units have been sold for $4.06 million.

Goodhartz bought the naming rights for the worm from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, which unveiled its name-a-species program earlier this year.

More than 200,000 people headed to San Diego beaches yesterday to find some relief from a second day of record-setting heat, as eight areas in the county had records for high temperatures set for the date.

Getting by without air conditioning in the summer - in El Cajon: Now that doesn't have a pleasant ring to it.

Temperatures soared in parts of San Diego County Thursday, breaking two records for high temperatures for the date and tying a third.

No marriages - gay or straight - were taking place today at county clerk's offices in El Cajon or Kearny Mesa Tuesday.

The National Weather Service reported that temperatures reached triple digits in some inland areas of San Diego County by 11 a.m. Saturday and continued soaring throughout the afternoon.

Four teens were arrested in connection with two early morning gas station robberies Saturday.

A San Diego County judge has been removed from a former deputy sheriff's murder case because of perceived bias.

A Santee mother has pleaded guilty to giving a fatal dose of powerful painkilling drugs to her daughter's 17-year-old friend.