Tag: El Cajon
Some vocational education students such as cosmetology program graduates remain in limbo—finished with school yet unable to sit for the state testing required for licensure by the Board of Barbering and Cosmetology because of restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bellus Academy Director of Educational Operations Khris Pool said the school, which maintains schools throughout the county and has about...
In the heart of downtown El Cajon, the Prescott Promenade takes center stage with the city’s car shows, outdoor concerts, farmers market, America on Main Street, Hauntfest, Holiday Lights on Main. It also serves as a meeting place for the community.
On Feb. 23, the El Cajon City Council voted unanimously for the Downtown El Cajon Business Partners to build...
Christian Craig, who was raised in El Cajon, won the 250SX class in the AMA Supercross season opener January 16 in Houston.
The 250 cc main event was 15 minutes plus one lap. Craig completed 20 laps in 15:49.686 and had a 5.057-second advantage over second-place finisher Austin Forkner. Colt Nichols finished third, 6.065 seconds behind Craig.
Craig was a Honda...
An El Cajon boat owner who assisted his friend in dumping the body of his friend’s roommate into a barrel in San Diego Bay was sentenced Jan. 21 to 10 years and 10 months in prison in three separate cases.
Alicia Villegas, the sister of the murdered man, Omar Medina, 28, spoke at the sentencing of Derrick Spurgeon, 41, before...
A former resident of a now closed group home in El Cajon was sentenced Jan. 6 to 16 years to life in prison for killing another resident who was struck over the head with a frying pan.
Shannon Beasley, the sister of Michael McCarthy, 39, spoke about how his 2018 murder “turned the family upside down” with grief and anger...
When Phenix Salon Suites opened its doors at Parkway Plaza, managing partner Rich Stark had no idea his salon suites would only be open for one day as the governor ordered his second stay-at-home order effective Dec. 5.
Phenix Salon Suites is a salon complex with individual suites that allow lifestyle professionals to rent on a month-to-month basis, customize them...
The Lakeside Union School District voluntarily closed Winter Gardens Elementary School for campus learning for two weeks starting Dec. 4 to safeguard against a community outbreak of COVID-19.
As of Dec. 3, the district had identified 12 positive cases at the school over the previous two weeks but had not met the requirements for mandatory closure.
The campus has a combined...
A cease-and-desist order was issued on Monday, Nov. 16 from the county of San Diego to The Landing, a downtown El Cajon bar for going against the Health Officer Order and Emergency Regulations.
Those regulations state ‘restaurants, bars and wineries may not operate indoors’ under current San Diego county Tier 1 status.
According to manager Pam Alexander, the Cease and Desist...
Melanie Delgado says her new El Cajon business, Right at Home offers in-home, non-medical care services for people in need throughout East County.
“We will come in and clean homes, run errands, do cooking, help with activities of daily living, help clients with showering and dressing, serve as a stabilizing hand for those who have lost their sense of balance,”...
A father and daughter and father and son partnered together in a business venture that has found a successful beginning in the middle of the county’s COVID-19 pandemic. Holey Donuts in El Cajon is a collaboration between Tim Ovies and Eduardo Martinez Sr. Ovies said that the donut shop is actually owned by his daughter Karina Ovies and Eduardo...
