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DA AND EAST COUNTY CHAMBER HOST PUBLIC SAFETY ZOOM WORKSHOP OCT. 10 AT NOON

By Jonathan Goetz   September 27, 2024 (San Diego) — Join San Diego County’s District Attorney Summer Stephan at noon Pacific time Thursday, October 10 for an hour in a virtual Public Safety Workshop. Please register with the San Diego Regional East County Chamber of Commerce here.   This online forum will focus on Prop 36 education. More details on

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DA AND EAST COUNTY CHAMBER HOST PUBLIC SAFETY ZOOM WORKSHOP OCT. 10 AT NOON

By Jonathan Goetz   September 27, 2024 (San Diego) — Join San Diego County’s District Attorney Summer Stephan at noon Pacific time Thursday, October 10 for an hour in a virtual Public Safety Workshop. Please register with the San Diego Regional East County Chamber of Commerce here.   This online forum will focus on Prop 36 education. More details on

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DA AND EAST COUNTY CHAMBER HOST PUBLIC SAFETY ZOOM WORKSHOP OCT. 10 AT NOON

By Jonathan Goetz   September 27, 2024 (San Diego) — Join San Diego County’s District Attorney Summer Stephan at noon Pacific time Thursday, October 10 for an hour in a virtual Public Safety Workshop. Please register with the San Diego Regional East County Chamber of Commerce here.   This online forum will focus on Prop 36 education. More details on

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SDSU GUS AND EMMA THOMPSON BLACK RESOURCE CENTER RIBBON-CUTTING

By Jonathan Goetz   Photo courtesy: LinkedIn   September 21, 2024 (San Diego) — San Diego State University’s Black Resource Center was named in memory of entrepreneurs Gus & Emma Thompson Monday, after a $5 million gift from brothers Ron and Lloyd Dong, Jr. and their spouses, Janice and Girina.    A tribute to Emma and Gus Thompson, brothers Ron

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SDSU GUS AND EMMA THOMPSON BLACK RESOURCE CENTER RIBBON-CUTTING

By Jonathan Goetz   Photo courtesy: LinkedIn   September 21, 2024 (San Diego) — San Diego State University’s Black Resource Center was named in memory of entrepreneurs Gus & Emma Thompson Monday, after a $5 million gift from brothers Ron and Lloyd Dong, Jr. and their spouses, Janice and Girina.    A tribute to Emma and Gus Thompson, brothers Ron

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RAMONA SCHOOL THREAT UNFOUNDED, SHERIFF SAYS

East County News Service September 13, 2024 (Ramona) –Yesterday morning before 9 a.m., the Ramona Sheriff’s Substation was notified by Olive Pierce Middle School about a threat of a possible school shooting. After an investigation, authorities have concluded the threat was unfounded. Deputies arrived at the school within minutes. For the safety of students and staff, school administrators made the

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RAMONA SCHOOL THREAT UNFOUNDED, SHERIFF SAYS

East County News Service September 13, 2024 (Ramona) –Yesterday morning before 9 a.m., the Ramona Sheriff’s Substation was notified by Olive Pierce Middle School about a threat of a possible school shooting. After an investigation, authorities have concluded the threat was unfounded. Deputies arrived at the school within minutes. For the safety of students and staff, school administrators made the

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RAMONA SCHOOL THREAT UNFOUNDED, SHERIFF SAYS

East County News Service September 13, 2024 (Ramona) –Yesterday morning before 9 a.m., the Ramona Sheriff’s Substation was notified by Olive Pierce Middle School about a threat of a possible school shooting. After an investigation, authorities have concluded the threat was unfounded. Deputies arrived at the school within minutes. For the safety of students and staff, school administrators made the

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RAMONA SCHOOL THREAT UNFOUNDED, SHERIFF SAYS

East County News Service September 13, 2024 (Ramona) –Yesterday morning before 9 a.m., the Ramona Sheriff’s Substation was notified by Olive Pierce Middle School about a threat of a possible school shooting. After an investigation, authorities have concluded the threat was unfounded. Deputies arrived at the school within minutes. For the safety of students and staff, school administrators made the

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SANTANA SHOOTER HAS FIRST PAROLE HEARING TUESDAY

Update September 11, 2024 — Parole has been denied for Williams. At yesterday’s hearing, Board of Parole Hearings Commissioner Kevin Chappell stated that Williams still poses a threat to public safety, telling Williams ““By your testimony today, it is really unclear if you understand why you committed this horrendous act of violence.”  Testimony was overwhelmingly against Williams’ release, the San

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PROPOSITION U SEEKS FUNDS FOR CLASSROOM UPGRADES, NEW BUILDINGS IN GROSSMONT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT

By Miriam Raftery Grossmont Union High School District’s superintendent and four of five GUHSD school board trustees agree that Proposition U is critical to repair and replace aging buildings throughout the district—and build a long-awaited new high school for Alpine. “We can’t modernize the old industrial classrooms abandoned years ago without Proposition U,” GUHSD Superintendent Robert Collins said at an

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