Ranchita News

Fire Chief Gil Turrentine considers it his department and his equipment. At 73-years-old, this fire chief is still passionate about his job with the San Pasqual Volunteer Fire department.

A memorial along state Route 67 marks where Alexandria Drake, 25, of Chula Vista died in a collision.

While most of the Anza-Borrego Desert swelters, the temperature hovers as much as 10 degrees Fahrenheit cooler at the "high desert" locale of Culp Valley, 3400 feet above sea level.

Alexandria Drake, 25, of Chula Vista, was killed Sunday Morning when the Jaguar, being driven by Melvin Pearless of Ranchita, crossed into southbound traffic just south of Archie Moore Road about 11:15 a.m., and struck a Mitsubishi Montero driven by Drakes' mother, California Highway Patrol Officer Brian Pennings said.

Symbolic Motor Car Co. showed a 1952 Blastone Indy Special at the fifth annual Motor Car Classic at La Jolla Cove.