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2025 Stories of the year
By Miriam Raftery January 22, 2026 (San Diego) – It’s been a turbulent year across our nation, around the world, and here in San Diego County. While national news largely
Local leaders lost in 2025
By Miriam Raftery Updated January 6 to add two leaders whose December deaths we learned of after this was originally published. January 1, 2026 (San Diego’s East County) — Our
STORIES OF THE YEAR 2024
By Miriam Raftery January 2, 2025 (San Diego’s East County) – 2024 has been a turbulent year, from devastating floods in January to controversies over homelessness and immigration, contentious
PASSAGES: LOCAL LEADERS LOST IN 2024
East County News Service December 31, 2024 (San Diego’s East County) – Our region lost civic leaders and luminaries this year in fields including a basketball superstar, an astronaut, a
2023 STORIES OF THE YEAR
By Miriam Raftery December 30, 2023 (San Diego’s East County)—It’s been a turbulent year, from the resignation of a supervisor to a tropical storm slamming our region, from
PASSAGES: LOCAL LEADERS AND LUMINARIES LOST IN 2023
By Miriam Raftery December 31, 2023 (San Diego’s East County) – As the year draws to a close, we honor the memories and legacies of local leaders and luminaries
THANKS FOR THE SANDBAGS, NOW WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THEM AFTER HILARY
By Chuck Westerheide, County of San Diego Communications Office September 3, 2023 (San Diego) — Thousands of San Diegans fortified their homes and property with sandbags before the arrival of Tropical
STORIES OF THE YEAR 2022
By Miriam Raftery January 1, 2023 (San Diego’s East County) – It’s been a tumultuous year, as our region emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic only to face new challenges: drought,
PASSAGES: REMEMBERING LIVES LOST IN 2022
By Miriam Raftery December 26, 2022 (San Diego’s East County) – At year’s end, we reflect on local newsmakers who left their mark on our region, before losing their lives
PASSAGES: REMEMBERING LIVES LOST IN 2021
By Miriam Raftery December 31, 2021 (San Diego’s East County) – Lost but never forgotten, these are the prominent East County individuals who passed away in 2021, as well
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2025 Stories of the year
By Miriam Raftery January 22, 2026 (San Diego) – It’s been a turbulent year across our nation, around the world, and here in San Diego County. While national news largely
Local leaders lost in 2025
By Miriam Raftery Updated January 6 to add two leaders whose December deaths we learned of after this was originally published. January 1, 2026 (San Diego’s East County) — Our
STORIES OF THE YEAR 2024
By Miriam Raftery January 2, 2025 (San Diego’s East County) – 2024 has been a turbulent year, from devastating floods in January to controversies over homelessness and immigration, contentious
PASSAGES: LOCAL LEADERS LOST IN 2024
East County News Service December 31, 2024 (San Diego’s East County) – Our region lost civic leaders and luminaries this year in fields including a basketball superstar, an astronaut, a
2023 STORIES OF THE YEAR
By Miriam Raftery December 30, 2023 (San Diego’s East County)—It’s been a turbulent year, from the resignation of a supervisor to a tropical storm slamming our region, from
PASSAGES: LOCAL LEADERS AND LUMINARIES LOST IN 2023
By Miriam Raftery December 31, 2023 (San Diego’s East County) – As the year draws to a close, we honor the memories and legacies of local leaders and luminaries
THANKS FOR THE SANDBAGS, NOW WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THEM AFTER HILARY
By Chuck Westerheide, County of San Diego Communications Office September 3, 2023 (San Diego) — Thousands of San Diegans fortified their homes and property with sandbags before the arrival of Tropical
STORIES OF THE YEAR 2022
By Miriam Raftery January 1, 2023 (San Diego’s East County) – It’s been a tumultuous year, as our region emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic only to face new challenges: drought,
PASSAGES: REMEMBERING LIVES LOST IN 2022
By Miriam Raftery December 26, 2022 (San Diego’s East County) – At year’s end, we reflect on local newsmakers who left their mark on our region, before losing their lives
PASSAGES: REMEMBERING LIVES LOST IN 2021
By Miriam Raftery December 31, 2021 (San Diego’s East County) – Lost but never forgotten, these are the prominent East County individuals who passed away in 2021, as well
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Support community news in the public interest! As nonprofit news, we rely on donations from the public to fund our reporting — not special interests. Please donate to sustain East County Magazine’s local reporting and/or wildfire alerts at https://www.eastcountymedia.org/donate to help us keep people safe and informed across our region.