April 2015
East County Magazine
TIKRIT FREED FROM GRIP OF ISIS
Photo: Syrian monastery in Tikrit, public domain image from Wikipedia April 1, 2015 (San Diego’s East County)—Iraqi forces backed by U.S. air strikes have been pummeling the city of Tikrit in Iraq, seeking to wrest control away from Islamic State terrorists, or ISIS. Now the Iraqi Defense Minister Khalid al-Obeidi has declared a “magnificent victory” in the offensive. In
EMT ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN EAST COUNTY
East County News Service April 1, 2015 (San Diego’s East County) – A emergency medical technician with Rural/Metro of San Diego is charged with sexual assault of a minor in East County, 10 News reports. Court documents indicate that 23-year-old Zachary Stinchcomb met a 15-year-old girl in an online forum called Meetme.com and pretended that he was only 17
REVIEW: PETER PAN, BROADWAY’S TIMELESS MUSICAL
By Kathy Carpenter, Associate and Youth Reviewer, SDTheatreReviews Presented by Young Actors’ Theatre at the Encore Theatre in Spring Valley March 20-29 http://www.yatsandiego.org March 31, 2015 (Spring Valley) – Neverland the place where we don’t have to grow up. Many adults wish they could go back to this imaginary time of their life. For a couple of hours you
BREW BEAT: 4 LOCAL BREWERIES MAKE BREWERS ASSOCIATION TOP 50 IN U.S.
Covering San Diego’s craft beer industry in East County By Ed Barrena April 1, 2015 (San Diego’s east County) – The Brewers Association is a non-profit trade group, based in Boulder, Colorado, which represents small and independent craft brewers. On March 31st they released their annual list of the Top 50 craft brewing companies for 2014. Four San Diego
DRY TIMES
By Miriam Raftery April 1, 2015 (San Diego’s East County) – Unfortunately, this isn’t an April Fool’s joke. The Sierra snowpack is “the worst in a century,” according to Jeff Anderson, snow surveyor for the U.S. Conservation Source. Anderson adds that the dismal snowfall shattered the previous record, calling it “scary.” Lake Tahoe Basin got just 3% of its
MORE ARSON FIRES IN CITY HEIGHTS
East County News Service April 1, 2015 (City Heights) – Two mattresses were ignited in City Heights early Tuesday morning just before 1 a.m. A half hour later, a commercial garbage bin erupted into flames. These are the latest in a string of a dozen or more fires in the past two weeks in City Heights that the Metro
ALL THE PERKS: LA MESA COFFEE SHOP SUPPORTS YOUNG MILITARY FAMILIES WITH 15-DAY FUNDRAISER
April 1, 2015 (La Mesa)—All the Perks Espresso Café has announced a 15-day fundraiser to benefit young, disadvantaged families of U.S. soldiers. From April 1 through April 15, the coffee shop at 8046 La Mesa Blvd. (in the La Mesa Springs Shopping Center) will donate 10% of sales to Support the Enlisted Project (STEP). The shop will also be
LOCAL POP COUNTRY ARTIST DANNIE MARIE VISITS CA RADIO STATIONS ON SPRING BREAK TOUR
East County News Service April 2, 2015 (San Diego’s East County)–Singer-songwriter Dannie Marie from San Diego’s East County is embarking on a Spring Break radio tour April 2-13 to promote the release of the first single and title track from her forthcoming CD, and bring her brand of “bro country with a dose of estrogen” to the airwaves. Recorded
BAJA FARM WORKERS ON STRIKE
By Miriam Raftery March 31, 2015 (San Diego’s East County) – Farm workers in the Valley of San Quintin in Baja California, Mexico staged a strike last week, including many Native Americans protesting low pay and deplorable working conditions. With food left rotting in the fields, shoppers in Southern California and Mexico may pay more for your fresh fruits
WHY IS ROUNDUP, A PROBABLE CARCINOGEN, BEING SPRAYED OVER OCOTILLO’S ONLY WATER SUPPLY?
By Miriam Raftery April 1, 2015 (Ocotillo) – Residents of Ocotillo after discovering in late March that a powerful herbicide was been sprayed on desert soil over a federally protected aquifer – the town’s sole-source water supply. ECM photographer Jim Pelley, an Ocotillo resident, photographed workers spraying the substance on Bureau of Land Management public property. “A BLM representative
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