October 2021 Articles

October 2021 Articles

BOIL WATER ORDER ISSUED FOR RAMONA OAKS RV PARK

Source: County News Service

October 4, 2021 (Ramona) -- The County of San Diego, Department of Environmental Health and Quality has issued a Boil Water Order for the Ramona Oaks RV Park water system located at 24340 Hwy 78, Ramona, effective immediately. All affected customers are advised to not drink the water without boiling it first:


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CHARGES FILED AGAINST TWO FORMER CHRISTIAN YOUTH THEATER WORKERS FOR ALLEGED SEXUAL ABUSE OF STUDENTS IN EL CAJON

By Miriam Raftery

File Photo: CYT production of Les Mis in the Mount Helix amphitheatre.

October 4, 2021 (El Cajon) – Two men have been charged with felony sexual assault against students at Christian Youth Theater in El Cajon.

San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan today announced that David Hott, 34, has been charged with two felony counts of lewd and lascivious acts on a 13-year-old child in 2007.  Brad Christian Davis, 40, is charged with  a felony count of sexual penetration by a foreign object involving at 16-year-old in 2010.

San Diego Police Chief David Nisleit thanked victims for their “courage in coming forward,” adding, “We must hold these individuals responsible for their actions, so they don’t have the opportunity to harm more children in the future.”


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THOUSANDS MARCH IN SAN DIEGO TO SUPPORT AND PROTECT REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS FOR WOMEN

By Henri Migala, Miriam Raftery (photographs and video by Henri Migala) 

 

October 4, 2021 (San Diego) – An estimated 10,000 people participated in the Women’s March in San Diego on Saturday, October 3, joining similar events in nearly 500 cities across the nation.  This year, organizers titled the event “March for Reproductive Rights” including protecting access to safe and legal abortions. Many voiced concerns over the erosion of those rights in recent years and fears that conservatives on the Supreme Court could overturn Roe v. Wade. 


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PASSENGER, 83, DIES AFTER COLLISION IN EL CAJON

By Miriam Raftery

October 3, 2021 (El Cajon) – A white pickup truck struck a dark sedan this evening at the intersection of Broadway and Graves Avenue in El Cajon, injuring two senior citizens. The sedan’s driver, an 86-year-old woman, was hospitalized with minor injuries and her passenger, an 83-year-old man, died at the hospital of his injuries.


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WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR A COVID-19 BOOSTER SHOT? CDC EXPANDS LIST

By Miriam Raftery

October 3, 2021 (Washington D.C.) – If you’ve been fully vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 for at least six months, you’re eligible for a booster shot now if you are in any of these categories, according to new information published September 30 on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control website:

 

  • 65 years and older
  • Age 18+ with underlying medical conditions (the list of conditions is long and includes common conditions such as high blood pressure and being overweight)
  • Age 18+ who live in long-term care settings (such as nursing homes)
  • Age 18+ who live in high-risk settings (such as homeless shelters)
  • Age 18+ who work in high-risk settings  (including school employees, healthcare workers, first responders such as police and firefighters, food and agricultural workers, manufacturing employees, prison employees, postal service workers, public transit workers, and grocery store employees.

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STUDENT COVID VACCINATIONS: CALIFORNIA BECOMES FIRST STATE TO REQUIRE THEM FOR KIDS 12 AND UP

By Joe Hong, CalMatters

CalMatters is a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it matters

October 3, 2021 (San Diego) - In another aggressive effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 and ensure schools remain open, Gov. Gavin Newsom today announced a vaccine mandate for students ages 12 and older, making California the first state in the nation to require students to be fully vaccinated for in-person instruction.


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SDSU MEN'S SOCCER FALLS AT OREGON STATE 2-0

This was the first match the Aztecs have given up more than one goal

Source:  goaztecs.com

Photo courtesy goaztecs.com

October 3, 2021 (Corvalis, Ore.) - The Aztec men’s soccer team (6-2-2, 2-2-0) fell at Oregon State (6-1-1, 2-0-0) 2-0 Sunday afternoon. The Beaver scored both their goals in the first half, which was the first time SDSU allowed a first half goal all season.


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SAN DIEGO STATE WOMEN'S TENNIS CLOSES OUT FALL CLASSIC I WITH A PAIR OF SINGLES VICTORIES

Source:  goaztecs.com

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October 3, 2021 (San Diego) - On the final day of the SDSU Fall Tennis Classic I, junior Cécile Morin and Alexandria Von Tersch Pohrer posted singles victories for the host school.


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SDSU WOMEN'S SOCCER SHUTS OUT AGGIES TO SWEEP WEEKEND SLATE

 
Story and photos by Liz Alper
 
October 3, 2021 (San Diego) - SDSU women’s soccer is back in action on the Sports Deck today against Utah State.  The lady Aztecs are 2-1 in league play so far and 4-7 on the season.

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STATE SENATOR BRIAN JONES DISCUSSES HIS LEGISLATION SENT TO GOVERNOR, WILDFIRE SAFETY AND OTHER TOPICS

By Miriam Raftery

View full video of Zoom interview 

Hear audio from our radio show on KNSJ (updated with status on bills signed into law)

Updated October 7, 2021 with status of bills signed or vetoed

October 3, 2021 (San Diego’s East County) – Last week, East County Magazine editor Miriam Raftery

Interviews State Senator Brian Jones (R-Santee) via Zoom.  The Senator discussed his legislative accomplishments in getting several bills passed by the Legislature and onto the Governor’s desk.

 Several have been signed into law, including a measure to help homeless students get resources, a bill to protect foster children from human trafficking, and another to require that conservancy hearings remain private unless a judge finds a compelling reason to make them public.

Others remain pending, including a bill require personal protective gear for social workers during a pandemic, and more.

The Senator also spoke out on concerns over what he views as not enough clearing of forest lands to prevent devastating wildfires, even though funds for the clearing have long been allocated. In addition, he raised criticisms over the state’s homelessness policies and concerns about crime.

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ECM PADRES REPORT: AND THAT'S THE SEASON

By Liz Alper
 
Photo via @padres on Twitter 
 
October 3, 2021 (San Francisco) - Well, here it is.  Welcome to the last Padres game of 2021.  It was fun in the spring, but it turned out to be miserable.  Let’s see what the Padres did on their last day.  Reiss Knehr started against Logan Webb for San Fran.

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EAST COUNTY MAGAZINE WINS MORE JOURNALISM AWARDS IN TWO COMPETITIONS

 
By Miriam Raftery
 
October 3, 2021 (San Diego's East County) -- East County Magazine's reporters, columnists and photographers are winners in two major journalism competitions.
 
Congratulations to these ECM award winners in San Diego Press Club's Excellence in Journalism contest: Briana Gomez, Helen Horvath, Henri Migala, Paul Levicow, Miriam Raftery, and David Shorey. We'll find out what they won Oct. 25 at a virtual awards presentation.
 
The Society of Professional Journalists' San Diego Chapter has awarded Jake Rose second place for his photo essay, "Witness to Chaos" and a third place photo award to Henri Migala for his image, "Protester faces off against police." Both winning entries were for coverage of the La Mesa racial justice protest and riot that followed.

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REVIEW OF INTO THE WOODS: LIVE THEATRE RETURNS TO GROSSMONT COLLEGE

By Kathy Carpenter

October 1, 2021 La Mesa) -- Into the theatre to watch a play, into the theater without delay. For the first time in over 18 months, Grossmont College Stagehouse Theatre presents in its brand new beautiful theater with a production of "Into The Woods."


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ADVANCING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES: DRUG TAKE BACK DAY ON OCT. 23 CAN PREVENT OVERDOSES, HOSPITALIZATIONS, AND DEATHS

By David R. Shorey, East County Program Manager, Institute for Public Strategies

October 3, 2021 (San Diego’s East County) -- When a Santee woman recently passed away while in home hospice care, her loved ones were left with a medicine chest filled with prescription drugs. The homecare professionals who had been attending their patient told the family that they could not legally remove the drugs from the home. It wasn’t until a registered nurse came by to check on the wellbeing of the woman’s husband, that the drugs were removed from the residence for proper disposal.


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SDSU VOLLEYBALL GROUNDS AIR FORCE IN TOUGH THREE-SETTER

 

Two teams combine for 35 ties and 12 lead changes in nail-biter

Source:  goaztecs.com

Video courtesy goaztecs.com

October 2, 2021 (San Diego) - The San Diego State volleyball team snapped a two-match losing streak on Saturday in a tough three-set victory over Air Force (26-24, 27-25, 25-21) in a Mountain West clash inside Aztec Court at Peterson Gym.


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ECM PADRES REPORT: PADRES STEAL ONE IN EXTRAS IN SAN FRAN

By Liz Alper

Photo: Jake Cronenworth hit the extra innings base hit that gave the Padres the win. Via @padres on Twitter 



October 2, 2021 (San Francisco) - With two days left in the season and no playoffs in sight, the Padres have reached level I Don’t Care, as evidenced by their shutout loss to the Giants last night.  Grossmont High alum Joe Musgrove started today’s game two against Kevin Gausman for San Fran.


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WHAT DO CALIFORNIA’S NEW HOUSING LAWS MEAN FOR EAST COUNTY?

Rural areas and historic districts are exempt from landmark laws that change single-family zoning to allow more housing in some communities
 
By Brian Schrader
 
October 2, 2021 (San Diego) — In September, Governor Gavin Newsom signed two new housing bills into law. The main bill, titled SB-9, and its companion bill SB-10 are the work of California Senator and San Diego native Toni Atkins.  Together, they represent the most sizable shift in California land use policy in recent decades. 

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READER’S EDITORIAL: THE LAST CHANCE FOR CLIMATE POLICY THIS DECADE

By Brian Schrader

Photo: CCC by SA via Bing

October 1, 2021 (San Diego) -- The Senate’s still-in-progress budget bill is probably the last meaningful chance we have to seriously mitigate climate change. This is it! Call your representatives and tell them to support the reconciliation bill.


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ECM PADRES REPORT: SHUT OUT IN THE BAY

By Liz Alper
 
Photo via @padres on Twitter 
 
October 1, 2021 (San Francisco) - October is the spooky month, but it’s also the gloomy month and the Padres are about to end their season on a gloomy note.  Hope you enjoy our last three gloomy end-of-season recaps about this series with the Giants.  Pedro Avila started tonight’s game one—his first start in two years—against Anthony DeSclafani for San Francisco.

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SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION FOR CHANGE TO CLOSE DOORS; ORGANIZATION PROVIDED EAST COUNTY MAGAZINE’S SEED MONEY

East County News Service

October 1, 2021 (San Diego) – Since 1983, the San Diego Foundation for Change has been a catalyst providing grants for organizations serving our diverse border region – including $4200 in seed money to found East County Magazine. 


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COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS CELEBRATED AT EAST COUNTY MAGAZINE’S AWARDS PRESENTATION

 

Photos:  Left: Secretary of State Dr. Shirley Weber with East County Magazine Editor Miriam Raftery.  Center: Slack Key Ohana.  Right: Jamul Casino Manager Mary Cheeks accepts Community Benefactor Award on behalf of Chairwoman Erica Pinto; Paul Gomez speaks at presentation of Briana Gomez Award for racial and social justice.

 By Miriam Raftery

October 1, 2021 (San Diego’s East County) – A sell-out crowd turned out on September 25th at Jamul Casino’s “The Rooftop” venue to honor East County Magazine’s Community Champions awards recipients.

The awards, presented during a tropical-themed Party in Paradise, included winners and honorable mentions in Healthcare, Public Safety, Environmental and Wildlife Protection, and Humanitarian categories, as well as a special Community Benefactor Award for Jamul’s tribal Chairwoman Erica Pinto.

In addition, the Briana Gomez Racial and Social Justice Award (named after ECM’s multicultural journalist who lost her life in a car accident) was presented to three recipients: Secretary of State Dr. Shirley Weber, Rev. Shane Harris with the People’s Association of Justice Advocates, and Buki Domingos, a founder of San Diego’s Racial Justice Coalition and an advocate for human trafficking survivors.

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BIDEN TAKES STEPS TO PROTECT DREAMERS, AIMS TO REOPEN DACA APPLICATIONS

By Miriam Raftery

Photo via San Diego Immigrants Rights Consortium

October 1, 2021 (Washington D.C.) – A federal district court judge in July declared the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program illegal in part because the Obama administration did not allow public comments by publishing the rule in the Federal Register. Judge Andre Hanen let stand the program for those already enrolled, but blocked new applications.

So now the Biden administration’s Department of Homeland Security has published the regulation, which is open for public comments until November 29.  The department has also appealed the court decision.


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MARCH FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS SATURDAY, LEGISLATION IN CONGRESS AIM TO PROTECT ABORTION ACCESS

By Miriam Raftery

October 1, 2021 (San Diego) – In the wake of restrictive laws and fears that the Supreme Court may overturn Roe v. Wade, a March for Reproductive Rights is slated to be held Saturday, October 2 at 10 a.m. at San Diego’s Waterfront Park. The march is one of 500 marches planned nationwide in the wake of restrictive laws in several states and fears that the Supreme Court may overturn Roe v. Wade. Details are available on the event’s Facebook page.

Numerous other states have enacted abortion restrictions and Missippi is reportedly preparing to ask the conservative majority on the Supreme Court to overturn Roe vs. Wade. These actions have galvanized both anti-abortion activists and abortion rights supporters.

Meanwhile, the House of Representatives has passed legislation that aims to protect most abortion access. Among San Diego’s Congressional delegation, Democrats Sra Jacobs, Mike Levin, Scott Peters, and Juan Vargas voted in favor, while Congressman Darrell Issa voted against.


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HAUNTING HALLOWEEN HAPPENINGS IN LAKESIDE

By Miriam Raftery

October 1, 2021 (Lakeside) – Looking for some spooky thrills?  The Lakeside community has a trio of spooktacular Halloween events:  Trail of Terror at the Lakeside River Park, Spooky Camp-o-Ween at Lake Jennings, and Trick or Treat on Maine Avenue.  

 

Here are the haunting details:


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SDSU VOLLEYBALL TOPPLED BY NEW MEXICO 3-1

O’Sullivan, Tautau’a blast nine kills each to lead Aztecs

Source:  goaztecs.com

Photo courtesy goaztecs.com

October 1, 2021 (San Diego) - Playing its first home match in nearly three weeks, the San Diego State volleyball team dropped a four-set decision to New Mexico (20-25, 20-25, 25-16, 21-25) in a Mountain West clash Thursday inside Aztec Court at Peterson Gym. 


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HEALTH AND SCIENCE HIGHLIGHTS


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