By Miriam Raftery

Updated with names of victims

April 27, 2019 (Lakeside) – Felix Joseph Hernandez, 50, is under arrest for killing his brother. George Hernandez, as well as shooting and injuring Elwin Ray Downs, 65. He is charged with murder and assault.

Sheriff’s deputies responded to a call reporting the shooting yesterday at 4:31 p.m. in a mobile home park at 13460 Highway 8 Business in Lakeside.  Deputies found a 65-year-old man in the parking lot with a gunshot wound to his torso. The victim reported another man had been shot inside a residence.

East County News Service

April 26, 2019 (El Cajon) – The East County Mayors Prayer Luncheon will be held on the National Day of Prayer, Thursday, May 2, at Foothills Christian Church, 365 West Bradley Ave., El Cajon. The public is invited to attend.

Despite dissolution put in force by LAFCO and County authorities, volunteers and supporters can stay in station at least 30 days, Judge Trapp rules

By Paul Kruze, Contributing Editor

April 26, 2019 (San Diego) -- The County of San Diego and Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) went into Superior Court Judge Randa Trapp’s courtroom Thursday seeking an order to evict supporters of the dissolved Julian Cuyamaca Fire Protection District (JCFPD).

Instead, the Judge pushed both sides to hammer out a compromise agreement that  allows former volunteer firefighters and their supporters to remain in station 57 for at least 30 days while the legal issues work their way through the court system. 

Calls will be responded to by the County Fire Authority/Cal Fire and the County will have a right to inspect the station daily, with specifications.

East County News Service

April 25, 2019 (Lake Morena) – You’re invited to step back in time and visit an authentic mountain man rendezvous on May 10-18 at the Manzanita High Mountain Rendezvous. The event will be held at the Northcote Ranch near Lake Morena.

By Donald H. Harrison

Originally published by San Diego Jewish World, a member of the San Diego Online News Association

Photo:  At left, actress Shelley Winters with daughter Vittoria Glassman, and Lolly Boroff (dark hair) with her mother Blanche Boroff.

April 25, 2019 (Spring Valley) - In the American History Theater’s current production of The Diary of Anne Frank, some American theater history is being reprised.  Back in 1959, Shelley Winters won an Oscar as best supporting actress for her performance as Mrs. Van Daan in the movie version of that play, which dramatized the experiences of the Frank and Van Daan families as they hid in a secret annex from the Nazis, who then were sending Jewish families from Amsterdam to concentration camps.

By Donald H. Harrison, Editor, San Diego Jewish World, a member of the San Diego Online News Network

Photo:  House Education Committee members, from left, Reps. Susie Lee, Committee Counsel Claire Viall, Reps. Susan Davis, Mike Levin and Mark Takano at Grossmont College, April 24, 2019

April 25, 2019 (El Cajon) - Four Democratic members of Congress agreed Wednesday that the Trump Administration – particularly the Departments of Education and Veterans Affairs – must do more to protect veterans from the predatory practices of some for-profit colleges and technical schools.

East County News Service

April 24, 2019 (San Diego’s East County) -- May activities include El Cajon’s dinner and a concert season opener, the Coyote Music Festival at Cuyamaca College, Classic Cruise Night’s centennial season in downtown El Cajon, Vintage Alpine, the Lilac Festival in Santa Ysabel, Sky tours in Julian, A Taste of Julian, Open Farm Day at Oasis Camel Dairy, Wild in the Country at Lions Tigers and Bears, America on Main Street, a Gunsmoke fundraiser for a local Lions Club in El Cajon, a wine festival and the Julian Fiddle and Pickin’ Contest.

So scroll down for all of these events and many more!

April 24, 2019 (San Diego's East County) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego’s inland regions, published in other media. This week’s top “Roundup” headlines include:

LOCAL

• San Diego at 250: A birthday like no other (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Something to celebrate? Indians’ conflicted feelings about San Diego’s 250th birthday (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• La Mesa ready to pay off library parcel (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• New Quake Map Shows Hazard Zones in San Diego County  (NBC7)
• Lawsuit Against Plan to Eliminate Parking in Transit Areas (NBC 7)

STATE

• California is paying tens of millions of dollars to settle claims from deadly wildfire (Sacramento Bee)
• Forget the trip to El Salvador, Newsom needs to focus on California’s problems (LA Times)
• New PG&E chief to receive millions in pay, stock to take over bankrupt company (Sacramento Bee)
• California wants sports competitions to award equal prize money to men and women (CNN)

For excerpts and links to full stories, click “read more” and scroll down.

April 24, 2019 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

• Unaware he had measles, a man traveled from N.Y. to Michigan, infecting 39 people (Washington Post)
• U.S. measles cases are just part of a 300% global uptick (ABC)
• Pig brains partially revived hours after death. Here's what it means for people. (National Geographic)
• Babies with 'bubble boy disease' cured using gene therapy (NBC)

SCIENCE AND TECH

• 'Talking glasses' allow Israel's blind to cast votes unassisted  (Reuters)
• SpaceX lands all 3 Falcon Heavy rocket boosters for the first time ever (The Verge)
• The real reason Boeing’s new plane crashed twice (Vox)
• New Apple lab uses robots to rip apart devices for recycling materials (Reuters)
• Remarkable photo of black hole released in astrophysics breakthrough (Reuters)
• Scientists have discovered a pretty-in-pink underwater oasis at the bottom of the Gulf of California (Travel Nine)

For excerpts and links to full stories, click “read more” and scroll down.