Santee News

A California boy died Tuesday morning after an accident in the Imperial County Sand Dunes.

Index to other stories By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO There are plenty of mammals indigenous to Cowles Mountain, the highest point within the City of San Diego.

A contractor for the county plans to begin demolishing buildings on the Santee site starting as early as Monday.

The rub is just about the only secret left when it comes to Smokin' Joe's Barbeque in Poway .

Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 12:25 a.m. John R. McCutchen / Union-Tribune Mario Brambila carried a customer's Christmas tree to a car Wednesday evening at Peter Gaughen's lot on Woodside Avenue, just east of state Route 67 in Santee.

Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 12:57 a.m. Instead of buying something for their fire station with excess soda funds, firefighters from Station 21 in Pacific Beach decided to adopt a local family.

Index of other articles By Donald H. Harrison SANTEE, California - On a frontage road of State Highway 67, a building in an industrial park bears the name "Museum of Creation and Earth History." Initially developed by the Institute for Creation Research at Christian Heritage College in neighboring El Cajon, the museum offers exhibits in support of ...

The Oceanside City Council will discuss Wednesday whether to place a proposal on the June ballot to adopt a charter, which would give the city greater authority over some municipal affairs, such as managing large construction projects.

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO - Tracey Walker, chief ranger at Mission Trails Regional Park, says that the war against mosquitoes at Kumeyaay Lake is being won, but the conflict won't be over until a major infrastructure improvement is made to the man-made lake near the city line dividing Santee from San Diego.

A plan to launch a unified development strategy linking much of south and east San Diego County with Imperial County - possibly boosting the region's chances for federal aid - has been approved by the county Board of Supervisors.

Those who are interested can contact the City Clerka s Office for an application or go to www.ci.santee.ca.us . For more information, call 258-4100, ext.

The beating and kidnapping of a 76-year-old La Mesa woman last year began with a defendant's "unformulated" and "half-baked" idea to commit robbery, but the young man never intended to torture or kill the woman, a defense attorney said Tuesday.

Sunday, December 6, 2009 at 12:20 a.m. Earnie Grafton / Union-Tribune Phillip Pretty was the driver of a Ford Explorer that was struck by a Lexus with a stuck accelerator.

There are new details into a crash that occured in August that killed off-duty CHP officer Mark Saylor, his wife, daughter, and brother-in-law. The San Diego County Sheriff's report, obtained by Fox 5, states that the car, a white Lexus ES 350, may have had accelerator problems three days before the crash that killed Saylor and his family.

A customer complained of gas-pedal problems with a dealership's loaner Lexus three days before the same car accelerated out of control and killed a California Highway Patrol officer and three family members, a report obtained Friday said.

The gas pedal in a car that crashed, killing a family in Santee, had gotten stuck before, the sheriff's department says.

San West Inc. -- an emerging leader that designs, manufactures, sells and repairs off-road vehicles, apparel and accessories -- announced today that Buggy World has broadened its current Buggy Giveaway contest to include a Weekly Giveaway in addition to the Grand Prize Buggy Giveaway and 10 contest qualifiers.

More than 70 percent of the registered sex offendersA in San Diego County are violating a state law by living too close to schools orA parks, it was reported Sunday.

Junious Blake, 72, of El Cajon said he is not sure where he'll shop for bargains after the Salvation Army thrift store in downtown El Cajon closes tomorrow.

Authorities released the name of a man in a wheelchair who died after being struck by a pickup truck in Santee.