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Alpine Events
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Michele Lundeen & Blues Streak
Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008
4:00 p.m., Viejas Casino Concerts in the Park
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Donna Summer
Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008
7:30 p.m., Viejas Casino Concerts in the Park
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Sebastian Bach
Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008
8:00 p.m., Viejas Casino DreamCatcher Show Room
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Michele Lundeen & Blues Streak
Friday, Aug. 29, 2008
5:00 p.m., V Lounge
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Melissa Etheridge
Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008
8:00 p.m., Viejas Casino Concerts in the Park
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Jaguares
Friday, Sept. 12, 2008
8:30 p.m., Viejas Casino Concerts in the Park
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Sister Hazel
Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008
8:00 p.m., Viejas Casino DreamCatcher Show Room
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Flogging Molly
Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008
7:30 p.m., Viejas Casino Concerts in the Park
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Alpine Stories
What Will Burn, What Will Not
City Lights
| Guatay
| Pine Valley
Published Nov. 29, 2007
Fires make David Hogan nervous. It's not because he's afraid his Pine Valley house will burn down. It's because after every fire in Southern California, politicians start clamoring for reduction of the "fuel" that covers the ...
Perfect Drought
Cover Story
| Descanso
| Guatay
| Pine Valley
Published Oct. 18, 2007
"It's catastrophic!" Duncan McFetridge flings his arms out. "Look, can't you see the change?" Several years ago, when I last came here to the Cleveland National Forest outside of Descanso, McFetridge's cabin nestled in a deep-shaded ...
Trek to the obscure summit of Guatay Mountain, between Descanso and Pine Valley.
Descanso
| Guatay
| Pine Valley
| Roam-O-Rama
Published Sept. 13, 2007
Guatay Mountain, a gently swelling, chaparral-covered ridge rising about 900 feet over the hamlet of Guatay, is distinguished by its old-growth population of Tecate cypress trees. This particular species of cypress has a very spotty native ...
Explore a scenic stretch of the California Riding and Hiking Trail near Alpine.
Alpine
| Jamul
| Roam-O-Rama
Published Feb. 15, 2007
The California Riding and Hiking Trail, a designated, regional multi-use (hiking/biking/equestrian) trail that strikes a southwest-to-northeast course through the middle of San Diego County, is still a work in progress. Most of the trail is open ...
Where the Mountain Meets the Sky
Alpine
| Cover Story
Published Oct. 19, 2006
'My Get Up and Go Got Up and Went," says the legend carved into the seven-foot-tall, four-foot-wide white marble headstone of Kenneth James Amundson, born November 7, 1945, deceased February 6, 1975, "Beloved son of Ivan, ...
Alpine Anglican Church of the Blessed Trinity, Alpine
Alpine
| Sheep and Goats
Published July 20, 2006
Denomination: Anglican Province of America Address: Sunday worship at Alpine Elementary School, 1850 Alpine Boulevard, Alpine, 619-722-1772 Founded locally: December 2005 Senior pastor: Reverend Keith Acker Congregation size: 30 Staff size: 1 Sunday school enrollment: as ...
Cool Hot Mom
Alpine
| Crasher
Published March 2, 2006
I met Larry, a teacher, at parties I had crashed. When he invited me to a party that he was hosting, I was eager to attend. Larry's party was early in the evening. I'd be able ...
Firework Follies
Alpine
| Crasher
Published July 14, 2005
I was invited to a July 3rd party at Baleen, a restaurant at Paradise Point. There was a fireworks display over the bay as we dined on the patio.Chris, a movie producer, came down from Los ...
For Local Kids to Get to Soma
Alpine
| Blurt
Published Nov. 24, 2004
"For local kids to get to Soma, it's a good 45-minute drive." Accident Experiment drummer Ernie Longoria said he and his business partner came up with a new business plan for music-starved Alpine kids: instead of ...
Mountain Lion Hype
Alpine
| City Lights
Published Sept. 9, 2004
When reporters call him, says Bob Turner, he often thinks they have run out of airplane crashes. "The news media love mountain lions," he says. "They can hardly wait for attacks." So Turner wasn't surprised at ...
Meander amid native grasslands and oaks at Wright's Field in Alpine.
Alpine
| Roam-O-Rama
Published June 3, 2004
Wright's Field, just south of Alpine's commercial district, is a refreshing bit of open space plunked down amid East County's growing rural and suburban development. Alpine's homegrown Back Country Land Trust has managed to purchase 230 ...
Rise through the morning mist to bag Sycuan Peak, near Alpine and Jamul.
Alpine
| Jamul
| Roam-O-Rama
Published May 6, 2004
Sycuan Peak, midway between the inland communities of Alpine and Jamul, rises 2801 feet above sea level and overlooks miles of thinly populated valleys and hills. As part of a countywide effort to preserve native sage-scrub ...
Best of 2003: Best Local Fall Foliage
Pine Valley
| Best of San Diego
Published Dec. 25, 2003
Pine Creek Road, Pine Valley Take the SUV, not the sedan, and drive east on I-8 to the Highway 79 exit. Go north on 79 toward Julian, then take Old Highway 80 toward Pine Valley. Just ...
Party hearty
Alpine
| City Lights
Published Oct. 3, 2002
This hasn't been the best of years for San Diego State president Stephen Weber. Budget Group, the big Florida-based rental-car outfit on whose board he sits, was forced into bankruptcy, and the company's stock fell to ...
Best of 2001: Best Place In County To Mine For Gold
Alpine
| Best of San Diego
Published Dec. 27, 2001
Cleveland National Forest, Buckman Springs Area U.S. Forest Service Descanso Ranger District Office, 3348 Alpine Boulevard, Alpine 619-445-6235 Is there still gold in them thar hills? "Yes sir," says Donald Sheckler, 86, who's been mining for ...