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GROUNDSWELL TAKES OVER FAILED TWISTED MANZANITA BREWING, PLANS JANUARY OPENING
By Mike Allen Photo: Kevin Rhodes and wife Christianne Penunuri November 24, 2016 (Santee) — San Diego’s seemingly ever-growing craft beer industry shrank a bit earlier this year, when Twisted Manzanita Brewing threw in the towel and shut down its operations in Santee. But that unfortunate situation provided a chance for another brewer to expand and jump-start its growth
GO GREEN ON BLACK FRIDAY – ENJOY COUNTY PARKS
By Tracy DeFore, County of San Diego Communications Office November 24, 2016 (San Diego) – Save green and enjoy the upside of outside with County Parks’ Green Friday events this weekend. The County Parks and Recreation Department has come up with a variety of fun activities starting Friday, Nov. 25 and stretching into Saturday, Nov. 26. Parking, or day-use
LEADERSHIP PROFILE: EL CAJON COUNCILMAN GARY KENDRICK, A HERO FOR THE HOMELESS
By Jonathan Goetz Photo, left to right: Councilman Gary Kendrick with his son, TJ, and two formerly homeless men they have taken into their home, Tony and Michael November 24, 2016 (El Cajon) — It’s rare to find elected officials willing to stand up to special interests or cast votes unpopular with vocal constituents, doing what he or she
PICKWICK PLAYERS PRESENTS MURDER MYSTERY MUSICAL “SOMETHING’S AFOOT” DEC. 2-17 IN SANTEE
East County News Service November 23, 2016 (San Diego’s East County) – Pickwick Players will present a murder mystery musical, “Something’s Afoot,” performing off-Broadway live December 2-7 at 9490 Cuyamaca Street in Santee. In Something’s Afoot, ten people are stranded in an isolated English country house during a raging thunderstorm. One by one, they’re picked off by cleverly fiendish devices.
A CALL FOR COMMUNITY INCLUSION OF SYRIAN REFUGEES
By Rachel Williams Photo (left to right): Ramla Sahid, founder and executive director of the Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans; Shadi Martini, senior Syria advisor to the Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees; Dr. Georgette Bennett, President of the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding; David Murphy, former county director for the IRC in Ethiopia; Sana Shtasel, senior advisor
MARY’S DONUTS: A SANTEE FAVORITE NOW EXPANDS TO LAKESIDE
By Robin Norris Kendall November 22, 2016 (Lakeside) — When you die and go to heaven the first thing you will put in your mouth is one of Mary’s donuts. At least that is what I thought when I bit into one at the new Lakeside location. I am not like Homer Simpson, I don’t dream of donuts…donuts, but
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: SCOUTS SHOW PATRIOTISM
East County News Service November 22, 2016 (El Cajon) — Drum Macomber sent in this photo of Senior Patrol Leader Kyle Jackson and Patrol Leader Alex Horn, Boy Scouts from Troop 362, with the El Cajon Main Street Flag Committee. “This photo was not staged; it just happened when we decided that we should have the Pledge of Allegiance
ON THE SILVER SCREEN: FIND WHO YOU ARE ON A HAWAIIAN JOURNEY (MOANA)
By Liz Alper November 21, 2016 (San Diego) – I, like most little girls in the 90s, ate, slept and breathed Disney movies. I was never a princess for Halloween–I was too tomboyish for that–but Belle was my favorite Disney princess and Beauty and the Beast was my favorite Disney movie. I watched it all the time. That and
LIBRARIES IN ALPINE AND LEMON GROVE LIBRARIES HOST VERMONT AUTHOR ON EVOLUTION OF ORGANIC FOOD MOVEMENT DEC. 5
East County News Service November 21, 2016 (San Diego’s East County) — On Monday, December 5th the San Diego County Library will host Vermont author Grace Gershuny in a discussion and book signing of her latest book. Ms. Gershuny will speak at the Alpine Branch, 1752 Alpine Blvd., Alpine, CA from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. and at the Lemon
PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR TO SPEAK SATURDAY IN SPRING VALLEY
By Miriam Raftery November 21, 2016 (Casa de Oro) — Pearl Harbor Day is coming up on December 7th, a day to recall the worst attack on U.S. soil when the Japanese air force bombed an American air base in Hawaii during World War II. There are very few survivors of Pearl Harbor left to tell their tales. But
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GROUNDSWELL TAKES OVER FAILED TWISTED MANZANITA BREWING, PLANS JANUARY OPENING
By Mike Allen Photo: Kevin Rhodes and wife Christianne Penunuri November 24, 2016 (Santee) — San Diego’s seemingly ever-growing craft beer industry shrank a bit earlier this year, when
GO GREEN ON BLACK FRIDAY – ENJOY COUNTY PARKS
By Tracy DeFore, County of San Diego Communications Office November 24, 2016 (San Diego) – Save green and enjoy the upside of outside with County Parks’ Green Friday events
LEADERSHIP PROFILE: EL CAJON COUNCILMAN GARY KENDRICK, A HERO FOR THE HOMELESS
By Jonathan Goetz Photo, left to right: Councilman Gary Kendrick with his son, TJ, and two formerly homeless men they have taken into their home, Tony and Michael November
PICKWICK PLAYERS PRESENTS MURDER MYSTERY MUSICAL “SOMETHING’S AFOOT” DEC. 2-17 IN SANTEE
East County News Service November 23, 2016 (San Diego’s East County) – Pickwick Players will present a murder mystery musical, “Something’s Afoot,” performing off-Broadway live December 2-7 at 9490
A CALL FOR COMMUNITY INCLUSION OF SYRIAN REFUGEES
By Rachel Williams Photo (left to right): Ramla Sahid, founder and executive director of the Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans; Shadi Martini, senior Syria advisor to the
MARY’S DONUTS: A SANTEE FAVORITE NOW EXPANDS TO LAKESIDE
By Robin Norris Kendall November 22, 2016 (Lakeside) — When you die and go to heaven the first thing you will put in your mouth is one of Mary’s
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: SCOUTS SHOW PATRIOTISM
East County News Service November 22, 2016 (El Cajon) — Drum Macomber sent in this photo of Senior Patrol Leader Kyle Jackson and Patrol Leader Alex Horn, Boy Scouts
ON THE SILVER SCREEN: FIND WHO YOU ARE ON A HAWAIIAN JOURNEY (MOANA)
By Liz Alper November 21, 2016 (San Diego) – I, like most little girls in the 90s, ate, slept and breathed Disney movies. I was never a princess for
LIBRARIES IN ALPINE AND LEMON GROVE LIBRARIES HOST VERMONT AUTHOR ON EVOLUTION OF ORGANIC FOOD MOVEMENT DEC. 5
East County News Service November 21, 2016 (San Diego’s East County) — On Monday, December 5th the San Diego County Library will host Vermont author Grace Gershuny in a
PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR TO SPEAK SATURDAY IN SPRING VALLEY
By Miriam Raftery November 21, 2016 (Casa de Oro) — Pearl Harbor Day is coming up on December 7th, a day to recall the worst attack on U.S. soil
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