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DESTINATION EAST COUNTY: TOP FESTIVALS AND EVENTS JUNE 13-JULY 4

East County News Service June 12, 2019 (San Diego’s East County) — From Father’s Day to the Fourth of July, we’ve got lots of festive events coming up across East County. In late June, you can enjoy night fishing at Santee Lakes, the Bayou Brothers concert at Santee Lakes, Father’s day on artist James Hubbell’s Julian mountain retreat, a Father’s Day

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VINTAGES TO SAVOR AT SAN DIEGO WINE FESTIVAL

By Miriam Raftery June 9, 2019 (Escondido) – The historic Sikes Adobe farmstead site on San Diego River Park land in Escondido provided a colorful garden setting for this year’s San Diego Wine Festival, where guests sipped, savored and chatted with local winemakers from across our region. “We have over 20 local wineries from San Diego County here,” Linda McWilliams,

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IF YOU’VE EATEN FROZEN BERRIES SOLD AT SUPERMARKETS, YOU MAY NEED A HEPATITIS A VACCINE

By Miriam Raftery June 9, 2019 (Washington D.C.) — The FDA is warning consumers about hepatitis A virus (HAV) contamination of frozen packages of blackberries and triple berry medley products. The “private selection” products made by Kroger were sold in Kroger, Ralph’s, Food 4 Less, Dillons, Fred Meyer and other grocery chains across the U.S. The contamination was found as

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SAN DIEGO COUNTY’S HISTORIC PLACES: LEMON GROVE

By Donald H. Harrison Reprinted with permission from San Diego Jewish World, a member of the San Diego Online News Network June 8, 2019 (Lemon Grove) – If you travel to Hamburg or Frankfurt in Germany, you’ll find that in neither place is a “hamburger” or a “frankfurter” a staple of local diets. Wouldn’t you think that in Lemon Grove, one

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SAPS AT SEA PRESENT: ‘GOOD HELP IS HARD TO FIND’ JUNE 29

Source:  Saps at Sea San Diego June 5, 2019 (Spring Valley) – Saps at Sea, the San Diego chapter of the Sons of the Desert, the official Laurel & Hardy fan society, invites you to their next meeting on June 29 at 6:30 p.m. in Williams Hall at Trinity Presbytarian Church in Spring Valley.  This month’s gathering highlights the many

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LA MESA MAN WITH ALS DISEASE TO MEET WITH D.C. POLITICOS

East County News Service June 5, 2019 (La Mesa) – It began with unexplainable fatigue then weakness in his left arm and shoulder for Jessy Ybarra of La Mesa. “I regularly worked out with my trainer 3 days a week and it seemed like one day, my left side just couldn’t keep up with shoulder presses and pushups anymore,” said Ybarra. “Then, my

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LA MESA CLASSIC CAR SHOW REVS UP STARTING JUNE 6

East County News Service June 5, 2019 (La Mesa) – The La Mesa Classic Car Show season opens this Thursday, June 6 and will continue each week through August 29 from 5-8 p.m. (except July 4).  In addition to vintage pre-1974 cars, trucks and vans parked along La Mesa Blvd. between Spring Street and 4th Avenue, this free community event also

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Our Guide to Live Entertainment venues

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Our Guide to Live Entertainment venues