
East County Magazine

STORIES OF THE YEAR: TURBULENT TIMES AND BRIGHT SPOTS IN 2021
By Miriam Raftery December 29, 2021 (San Diego’s East County) – Turbulent times continued in 2021, marred by a persistent pandemic, vaccine rollouts, political divisiveness including an insurrection at the

PASSAGES: REMEMBERING THOSE LOST IN 2020
East County News Service December 30, 2020 (San Diego’s East County) — They include the famous and infamous– community and business leaders, a sports star, a youth sports coach, a

YEAR IN REVIEW: TOP NEWS STORIES IN 2020
By Miriam Raftery December 29, 2020 (San Diego’s East County) – The most tumultuous year in recent memory began with the resignation of a local Congressman and the announcement that

STORIES OF THE DECADE: 2009-2019
By Miriam Raftery January 1, 2020 (San Diego’s East County) — Our site was in its infancy when the past decade began in 2009, just three months after our launch.

PASSAGES: LOCAL LEADERS LOST IN 2019
By Miriam Raftery December 29, 2019 (San Diego’s East County) – These local leaders who passed on in 2019 left their indelible marks on our communities, gone but never forgotten.

STORIES OF THE YEAR IMPACTING EAST COUNTY IN 2019
By Miriam Raftery, Editor, East County Magazine December 26, 2019 (San Diego’s East County) –As 2019 draws to a close, we look back at the top news stories and issues

EAST COUNTY STORIES OF THE YEAR IN 2018
By Miriam Raftery, Editor December 20, 2018 (San Diego’s East County) – It’s been a turbulent year across East County. Some of our top stories were purely local issues –

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN: LEADERS WE LOST IN 2018
East County News Service December 9, 2018 (San Diego’s East County) – They were prominent in business, government, nonprofit, educationand community activism – beloved local leaders who passed away in 2018, though their legacies live on. Click each name

STORIES OF THE YEAR IN 2017
By Miriam Raftery January 7, 2018 (San Diego’s East County) – 2017 was a tumultuous year by any standard – from storms and wildfires that impacted our region to

PASSAGES: PROMINENT EAST COUNTY LIVES LOST IN 2017
East County News Service December 24, 2017 (San Diego’s East County) – Far too many local leaders and luminarieswho touched our lives and made a difference in our
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STORIES OF THE YEAR: TURBULENT TIMES AND BRIGHT SPOTS IN 2021
By Miriam Raftery December 29, 2021 (San Diego’s East County) – Turbulent times continued in 2021, marred by a persistent pandemic, vaccine rollouts, political divisiveness including an insurrection at the

PASSAGES: REMEMBERING THOSE LOST IN 2020
East County News Service December 30, 2020 (San Diego’s East County) — They include the famous and infamous– community and business leaders, a sports star, a youth sports coach, a

YEAR IN REVIEW: TOP NEWS STORIES IN 2020
By Miriam Raftery December 29, 2020 (San Diego’s East County) – The most tumultuous year in recent memory began with the resignation of a local Congressman and the announcement that

STORIES OF THE DECADE: 2009-2019
By Miriam Raftery January 1, 2020 (San Diego’s East County) — Our site was in its infancy when the past decade began in 2009, just three months after our launch.

PASSAGES: LOCAL LEADERS LOST IN 2019
By Miriam Raftery December 29, 2019 (San Diego’s East County) – These local leaders who passed on in 2019 left their indelible marks on our communities, gone but never forgotten.

STORIES OF THE YEAR IMPACTING EAST COUNTY IN 2019
By Miriam Raftery, Editor, East County Magazine December 26, 2019 (San Diego’s East County) –As 2019 draws to a close, we look back at the top news stories and issues

EAST COUNTY STORIES OF THE YEAR IN 2018
By Miriam Raftery, Editor December 20, 2018 (San Diego’s East County) – It’s been a turbulent year across East County. Some of our top stories were purely local issues –

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN: LEADERS WE LOST IN 2018
East County News Service December 9, 2018 (San Diego’s East County) – They were prominent in business, government, nonprofit, educationand community activism – beloved local leaders who passed away in 2018, though their legacies live on. Click each name

STORIES OF THE YEAR IN 2017
By Miriam Raftery January 7, 2018 (San Diego’s East County) – 2017 was a tumultuous year by any standard – from storms and wildfires that impacted our region to

PASSAGES: PROMINENT EAST COUNTY LIVES LOST IN 2017
East County News Service December 24, 2017 (San Diego’s East County) – Far too many local leaders and luminarieswho touched our lives and made a difference in our
Search by Specific Date
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.