El Cajon News Archives

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 .

A Brandon man faces fraud charges in connection with an investment scam that allegedly bilked $120,000 from a 94-year-old California man.The RCMP's Winnipeg Commercial Crime Section arrested Lyle Allan Huber, 35, on Sept.

Three people were stabbed in a fight in El Cajon. The stabbings followed a disturbance in the 200 block of West Park Avenue around 10:30 p.m. Thursday, said El Cajon police Lt.

Starting Thursday, several San Diego cities are uniting to share fire services. Those cities include El Cajon, La Mesa, Lemon Grove, Solana Beach, Encinitas, Del Mar and Rancho Santa Fe.

El Cajon police are searching for a hit-and-run driver who struck and critically injured a 47-year-old man on a bicycle.

New Lemon Grove Firefighter Joe Lavigne was put through training by Michael Ratkovich yesterday.

California's Fair Political Practices Commission is investigating whether illegal campaign contributions to state Assemblyman Joel Anderson were funneled through the Fresno County Republican Central Committee.

Posted October 8, 2009, 12:46 p.m. The San Diego County Taxpayers Association released a study dated today showing that the cities in San Diego County with the biggest pension burdens are the ones raising taxes.

There is a San Diego connection to an international identity theft ring. According to the FBI, Nichole Merzi, 24, was taken into custody in Vista Wednesday.

An East County photographer who pleaded guilty Thursday to molesting young girls is expected to be sentenced to 60 years to life in prison.

Former Padres second baseman Marcus Giles is facing a domestic battery charge after El Cajon police say he attacked his wife at their El Cajon home.

SAN DIEGO: San Diego's budget shortfall could be tens of millions higher than Mayor Jerry Sanders has projected, Independent Budget Analyst Andrea Tevlin said in a report released last night.

EL CAJON - A judge has granted a two-week preliminary hearing delay for a Marine and documented gang member accused of trading shots with two CHP officers and trying to run one of them down after a pursuit in El Cajon.

Gang members arrested in Operation Red Sky, home died in mobile home fire, sick kids get a special day at SeaWorld, stuck car is vandalized.

High risk of wildfires early Thursday morning in the San Diego County mountains and inland valleys.

EL CAJON a ' Fire investigators believe a mobile home fire that killed a 64-year-old woman Sunday was started accidentally by smoking materials, a fire department spokeswoman said.