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  • Enjoying the hottest days of the year during the first week of September at Lake Morena

    Enjoying the hottest days of the year during the first week of September at Lake Morena

  • This photo was taken at the Inkopah tower on route to imperial Valley

    This photo was taken at the Inkopah tower on route to imperial Valley

  • This man is methodically checking the spinach sprouts so that they can grow to perfection...Oh! what they have to do so that we can enjoy ...

    This man is methodically checking the spinach sprouts so that they can grow to perfection...Oh! what they have to do so that we can enjoy ...

  • Manzanita at sunset in Lake Morena Village.

    Manzanita at sunset in Lake Morena Village.

  • Sharing a sip of Thistle nectar in lake Morena.

    Sharing a sip of Thistle nectar in lake Morena.

  • Lake Morena Rock Collection

    Lake Morena Rock Collection

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Uranium in the Water in Campo Hills

Uranium in the Water in Campo Hills

Campo | News Under the Radar
By Matt Potter, May 11, 2011

With the price of gas the way it is, maybe a little uranium in the drinking water isn’t such a ... More Post a comment


The Wild Wild East

The Wild Wild East

Campo | Cover Stories
By Chad Deal, March 24, 2010

Brandon Stockwell, a film student at SDSU, climbs to the top of the border fence south of Campo and examines ... More Comments (25)

Tiger Woods, Baby

Campo | Tin Fork
By Ed Bedford, Oct. 25, 2007

Stop press: Oh, man. Since I wrote this, the fires engulfed us. Last chance I had to call Debbie at ... More Post a comment


Perfect Drought

Perfect Drought

Campo | Cover Stories | Descanso | Guatay | Pine Valley
By Bill Manson, 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 ... More Post a comment

Remote Hauser Canyon, between Lake Morena and Campo, attracts dedicated hikers.

Campo | Roam-O-Rama
By Jerry Schad (RIP), Jan. 18, 2007

The linear, V-shaped gash of Hauser Canyon slices across one of the really remote, southern parts of San Diego County. ... More Post a comment

From Rural Retreat To Suburbia

Campo | City Lights
By Ernie Grimm, Nov. 30, 2006

On September 19, the unincorporated community of Campo threw a once-in-a-century party. It featured a parade, cavalry reenactors, former buffalo ... More Post a comment

A Gritty Dilemma

Campo | City Lights | San Ysidro
By Ernie Grimm, Nov. 23, 2005

Around 9:30 p.m., on Friday the 19th of August, 22-year-old David Silverman of Jacumba and two female friends were cruising ... More Post a comment

Ramble on two wheels through San Diego County's sleepy Lake Morena and Campo region.

Campo | Roam-O-Rama
By Jerry Schad (RIP), March 17, 2005

The rural landscape spreading north and east of the tiny, border-hugging town of Campo is caught in a time warp. ... More Post a comment

It Would Turn You To Toast

Campo | City Lights | Jacumba | Jacumba
By Ernie Grimm, Oct. 7, 2004

Pete Scully, a battalion chief for the California Department of Forestry's fire protection agency, stands next to his camper-shelled pickup ... More Post a comment

10 Million Will Buy This Town

Campo | City Lights
By Ernie Grimm, April 8, 2004

Fifty miles east of downtown San Diego, 12 miles south of Interstate 8, Buckman Springs Road, approaching from the north, ... More Post a comment

Your Dad Arrested My Dad

Borrego Springs | Campo | City Lights | Julian | Pine Valley | Warner Springs | Warner Springs
By Ernie Grimm, Feb. 7, 2002

For most people who live "down the hill," as San Diego's backcountry residents refer to everything west of the mountains, ... More Post a comment

Best of 2001: Best Land Restoration

Campo
Dec. 27, 2001

Campo Band of Mission Indians 36190 Church Road, Campo 619-478-9046 So you thought that when Europeans came to San Diego, ... More Post a comment

Naked Monks Irk Campo Residents

Campo | City Lights
By Ernie Grimm, June 14, 2001

Rumors spread through the backcountry town of Campo the way a wildfire spreads through the local hills. It starts with ... More Post a comment

Militarizing the Border

Campo | City Lights
By Bill Manson, May 25, 2000

Brian Bilbray has no doubts: It's time to send in the troops. All along the border. "We need to send ... More Post a comment

Ride the rails of the San Diego & Arizona Eastern out of Campo on vintage railcars.

Campo | Roam-O-Rama
By Jerry Schad (RIP), Aug. 5, 1999

The desolate backcountry community of Campo, barely a stone's throw from the international border, has exactly two things of interest ... More Post a comment

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