Answering your questions about writing, publishing, and marketing books

By Sarka-Jonae Miller

June 17, 2016 (San Diego's East County) - Maryann Jordan, author of 17 published books including Sacrifice Love, Gabe, and Love's Taming, is joining us today to talk about an important aspect of the pre-writing stage in a manuscript's development – namely should you already know the ending before you begin? Maryann Jordan is an Amazon and Barnes & Noble best-selling author. Her novel Emma's Home will be included in the upcoming 12-book bundle Finding Love in All the Right Places. The collection is near and dear to my heart as it also will feature one of my novels, Aching for You.

Should an author have the ending of the novel decided before they begin writing? - Travis Norwood, author of Sugar Scars

By Liz Alper

Photo: Rady Children’s auxiliary was recognized for their hard work before the game.  Courtesy @Padres on Twitter

June 16, 2016 (San Diego) - The Washington Nationals arrived in San Diego for the start of a four-game series tonight.  Tanner Roark got the start for Washington against Erik Johnson for San Diego.

By Liz Alper

Photo: Ashley Henderson courtesy goaztecs.com

June 16, 2016 (Colorado Springs, Co.) - San Diego State University sophomore Ashley Henderson has been named the Mountain West Conference's outdoor track & field Student Athlete of the Year.

By Chisato Iverson and Miriam Raftery

June 16, 2016 (La Mesa) –For Donna Neimeier at the La Mesa Historical Society, preparing an exhibit on Grossmont High School students forced into internment camps during World War II provided troubling memories from her own childhood.

“I was in first or second grade when all of this happened. I knew that my Japanese friends were gone…We didn’t know where they went,” she recalled.  After  her friends returned, she recalls, “They were very withdrawn and they never talked about it..”

Now she reflects, “Here I am, 75 years later, learning about this whole thing…I think with prejudice and the way we all feel about prejudice now, it’s something that is very upsetting to me personally, that it happened.”   The most important reason for the museum’s exhibit, she believes, is to teach people about the past, in hopes that it will never be repeated.

East County News Service

June 15, 2016 (San Diego's East County) – Local chamber of commerce groups in San Diego’s East County will jointly present “Politics in Paradise” from 5:30 to 8 p.m., Thursday, June 30, at the Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College, 12122 Cuyamaca College Dr. West, El Cajon. Chambers supporting the event include the San Diego East County Chamber, Lakeside Chamber, Santee Chamber and Alpine Mountain Empire Chamber. Also supporting the event is the San Diego East County Economic Development Council (ECEDC).

June 15, 2016 (San Diego's East County) -- East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• After Orlando, do Americans support a ban on assault weapons? (CBS)
• Democratic senators stage filibuster to demand action on gun bills (USA Today)
• Why the foodstamp cuts in the farm bill affect a third of states (Washington Post)
• Shock poll: Gary Johnson leads Clinton among independents (Politics Breaking)
• Trump to meet NRA about banning gun sales to terror list suspects (The Hill)
• Hillary Clinton wins DC primary, as she meets with Sanders (ABC)
• Trump shuts out the Washington Post. How did we get here? (CS Monitor)

WORLD

• How Panama’s indigenous peoples are using drones to save the rainforest (CS Monitor)
• French police couple killed in attack claimed by Islamic State (Reuters)
• Is China trying to stockpile US jet engines? (CS Monitor)
• Archaeologists uncover hidden medieval cities in Cambodia (CS Monitor)
• China uses SWAT teams, prison terms to crack down on entrance exam cheats ( Japan Times)
• China's Other Cultural Revolution (Reason)
• 'We want food!' Looting and riots rock Venezuela daily  (Reuters)
• Bonds Pay Less Than Zero As Investors Flee To Safety (NPR)

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

June 15, 2016 (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

• Broken from baseball: the rise in youth baseball injuries (10 News investigation)
• Ninth circuit approves Tule Wind farm approval (Courthouse News)
• Former desert rail line prez penalized (Reader)
• San Diego County deputy D.A. accused of texting naked selfies, sexting  on county time (10 News)
• Strike vote to be taken by supermarket workers in San Diego(Reporting San Diego)
• Chinese migrants flocking to San Diego, stats show (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Desalination test facility in the works (San Diego Union-Tribune)

STATE

• Judge in Stanford rapist case must go, California lawmakers urge (SacBee)
• Man with weapons and explosives arrested, was going to L.A. gay pride parade, police say (L.A. Times)
• California water savings increased despite eased mandates (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• California panels approve raft of gun control bills in wake of Orlando shootings (San Jose Mercury News)
• California Budget To Eliminate Contentious Welfare Policy  (KPBS)

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

By Chisato Iversen

June 15, 2016 (La Mesa)-- Grace Kaminaka Tsuida, a student at Grossmont High School’s class of 1944, is a survivor of a Japanese-American internment camp during World War II.  As part of an AP class project at Grossmont High School , students documented the experiences of Grossmont students who were interned.  Their stories are documented in  Japanese American AP US American Reports  and can be seen in a special exhibit at the La Mesa Historical Society during June. 

Grace Kaminaka Tsuida  was born  Sept. 9,1926 in Lemon Grove. She made friends easily, like other children, until after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, when the U.S. government sent her family and others to an internment camp.  After their release, they were given an apology from the government, though it failed to acknowledge the humiliation and confusion they experience.  Now, 67 years later, Grace’s niece, Judy Miyamoto, helped arrange for Grace to finally receive her Grossmont High School Diploma.

Now 90 years old, Grace granted an exclusive interview with East County Magazine.   Please read her compelling story.

By Yvette Urrea Moe, County of San Diego Communications Office

June 15, 2016 (San Diego’s East County) -- San Diego County Fire can now dispatch up to four new quick-attack vehicles to assist CAL FIRE operations when a brush fire breaks out in a hard-to-reach part of the backcountry.

By Liz Alper

Photo courtesy @Padres on Twitter

June 14, 2016 (San Diego) - After an embarrassing start to the series against the fish last night, the Padres looked to rebound tonight.  Their pitcher-to-face was Tom Koehler.  Drew Pomeranz took the mound for San Diego.

By Tom Christensen, County of San Diego Communications Office

Photo courtesy photospin.com

June 14, 2016 (San Diego) - A bat at the San Diego Zoo's Safari Park has tested positive for rabies, the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency reports.

East County Wildfire & Emergency Alerts

Update 8:10 a.m.  Big-rig tow is nearly at the scene. After towing away vehicles, road shutdown will be changed to one-way closure for next 10-12 hours while power line repairs are made, per CHP website. SDG&E will handle the traffic one-way closure.

Update 7:30 a.m. -- The fires are now out.  Two people have been transported to trauma centers with injuries.

June 14, 2016 (Lakeside) -- 6:40 a.m. A SIG ALERT has been issued for a two-vehicle crash on Wildcat Canyon at Willow Road in Lakeside. One vehicle is on its roof, the other 100 feet down an anbankment with people trapped inside. The crash sparked several small brush fires and knocked down power lines, causing an outage to 21 customers with power restoration estimated at 9:30 a.m. per SDG&E.

Lakeside and Heartland Fire are on the scene. 

By Liz Alper

Photo:  if you were watching tonight’s game, you know who this is.  This Ichiro impersonator delighted Pads and Marlins fans alike at tonight’s game.  Courtesy @Marlins on Twitter

June 13, 2016 (San Diego) - The Miami Marlins, who have kind of fallen off the face of the Earth after fighting for their 15 minutes of fame a few years ago with a new state-of-the-art amusement par...er, I mean, stadium and drafting slugger Giancarlo Stanton, who lit up the league, came to Petco Park for a three-game series.  Wei-Yin Chen took the mound for the fish against Colin Rea for San Diego.

East County News Service

June 13, 2016 (Sacramento) - The California Energy Commission has a toll-free Renewable Call Center to help the public with information but this resource has been compromised.