El Cajon News

They played cards in their Iraqi villages. They like to play cards in the El Cajon area, home of some 40,000 Iraqi Christians.

Geico Honda's Justin Bogle made the trek from Oklahoma to race the 2011 TransWorld SLAM, and it paid off big time.

Helix Charter High School might someday have a community garden, but it won't be under the wing of the Grossmont Union High School District.

A 19-year-old gang member accused of shooting a taxi driver to death in Lemon Grove must stand trial for murder, a judge ruled today.

Helmets, catcher's equipment, bats and gloves will be given away from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Ace Your Storage Place, 573 Raleigh Ave., in El Cajon.

The Grossmont Union High School District boundary lines have been redrawn for incoming freshmen for the 2012-2013 school year but not all the input from parents has been positive.

Newsmaker: John Waybrandt: John Waybrandt is the principal of Carrillo Ranch Elementary School, a magnet school for the arts in Indio.

If Dan Barnes has learned anything in life, it's expect the unexpected. Now in his fifth month as principal of Grossmont High School, Barnes has seen his share of surprises.

Mount Helix Patch has learned that several students from local areas have made the Dean's List at their respective colleges, for the Fall 2011 semester.

Police said that Troy Anthony Hilliard of El Cajon kicked the 4-year-old dog named Chico after it wandered into the courtyard of an apartment complex on East Lexington Avenue near South First Street on Jan.

A 23-year-old El Cajon man has been arrested on suspicion of fatally kicking a Chihuahua, police said Friday.

Students at Rialto Middle School use teleconference technology, TelePresence from Cisco, to watch a performance of Chinese dancers from the Confucius Institute in San Diego Thursday February 2, 2012.

Nor is it common to find Superintendent Bill Kowba taking time out from dealing with yet another daunting budget deficit to watch a dance routine by a group of kindergartners in a crowded multipurpose room.

The driver was sitting in traffic about 2 p.m. on North Magnolia Avenue, just north of East Main Street, when he smelled smoke, said Monica Zech, spokeswoman for the city of El Cajon.

In response to "In race, notion of a gay mayor met with a shrug" : As a registered Democrat, I usually follow the party line in national and state elections, but I fail to see any importance in party affiliation at the level of city mayor.

This is the first time in nearly two years students in the district will attend 180 days of school.

One piece of equipment saved the life of an El Cajon high school student, and now his family is pushing for all schools to have an automatic external defibrillator on campus.

SAN DIEGO - Authorities released the name Tuesday of a 41-year-old private pilot killed when the spinning propeller of a light plane hit him in the head at Gillespie Field.

4 at the Pep Boys store at 201 Jamacha Road. El Cajon residents who bring in a used oil filter for recycling, plus proof of residency, such as a driver's license or utility bill, will get a new filter at no cost.

Events El Cajon House Fires • Two people were hospitalized Tuesday with injuries they suffered in a house fire in El Cajon, authorities said.