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El Cajon Events
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"Xeriscape: Beautiful Landscape on a Low-Water Budget"
Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008
6:30 p.m., Water Conservation Garden
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It's a "British Invasion"!
Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008
5:00 p.m., Prescott Promenade
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Open-Mike Wednesdays
Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008
7:00 p.m., Thornton's Irish Pub and Grill
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Mower
Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008
5:00 p.m., Hot Topic - Parkway Plaza
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Hugh Gaskins & the G String Daddies
Friday, Sept. 12, 2008
8:00 p.m., Thornton's Irish Pub and Grill
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"Designing with California-Friendly Plants"
Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008
10:00 a.m., Water Conservation Garden
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Thunder on Main
Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008
5:00 p.m., Prescott Promenade
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Hugh Gaskins & the G String Daddies
Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008
9:00 p.m., Main Tap Tavern
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El Cajon Blogs
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The Drawer Below
By everestdesignnet - July 10, 2008
"You don't like the desert but you live in El Cajon?" a friend asked. And he's right. It is stinkin' ...
El Cajon Stories
El Cajon Seeks Half-Cent Tax
El Cajon
| Neighborhood News
Published Aug. 29, 2008
The City of El Cajon is broke, and according to a July press release, the community is losing nearly $6 million a year. “The City of El Cajon has a fiscal crisis, which is not the ...
Kelsea's Law
El Cajon
| Hillcrest
| Neighborhood News
Published July 24, 2008
At a weekly Reader meet-up, at North Park’s Claire de Lune coffeehouse, I was prepared to hear typical neighborhood concerns from residents; too much graffiti, not enough police, errantly positioned stop signs, the usual type of ...
New Life Church
El Cajon
| Sheep and Goats
Published July 23, 2008
“I wish I’d known you were coming,” said Pastor Dan Slagle when I spoke with him after the service. If he had known, he could have warned me that part of the regular band was away ...
Highwayman Running on Empty
El Cajon
| Neighborhood News
Published July 19, 2008
Before Thomas Weller leaves his El Cajon house and “goes out to play,” he looks like a character from the movie Mystery Men: he puts on black shin-guards (like the kind worn by baseball catchers), a ...
They Loved Him in Basra
El Cajon
| Tin Fork
Published May 7, 2008
Najem Al Ekabi sits beneath the forest of red, white, and black Iraqi flags. He’s intent on a video on his laptop. “Look, see?” he says. “The one on the left. That’s me. Winning the wrestling ...
On the Line
El Cajon
| Tin Fork
| Firefighters' Base Camp
Published Nov. 1, 2007
"Gimme four cases of beef jerky, two cases of Cracker Jacks, servings for 200 of cheesecake individual, eight splits of Reese's peanut butter cups..." Here at Gillespie Field, Rick Buffington is king. The king of supplies, ...
Classic San Diego
Baja
| Coronado
| Cover Story
| El Cajon
| Fallbrook
| Gaslamp
| Hillcrest
| Inland Border Towns
| Julian
| La Jolla
| Lakeside
| Pala
| Potrero
| SDSU
| Vista
Published April 12, 2007
Most-Filmed Wild West Main Street Don't look yet. Turn off Woodside onto Maine and behold a li'l old Wild West street that'll knock your spurs off. It huddles beneath a perfect movie-set backdrop of towering granite ...
Shadow Mountain Community Church, El Cajon
El Cajon
| Sheep and Goats
Published March 22, 2007
Denomination: Southern Baptist Address: 2100 Greenfield Drive, El Cajon, 619-440-1802 Founded locally: at this location, around 1973 Senior pastor: Dr. David Jeremiah Congregation size: about 6000 Staff size: 32 department leaders, including 21 pastors Sunday school ...
Bums and Billionaires
Crasher
| Fletcher Hills
Published Jan. 11, 2007
I was invited to over 70 Halloween parties this year. For New Year's Eve -- none. It would be a night that I'd have to earn the title "crasher." A friend gave me the scoop on ...
St. Peter Chaldean Catholic Cathedral, El Cajon
El Cajon
| Sheep and Goats
Published Oct. 26, 2006
Denomination: Chaldean Catholic Address: 1627 Jamacha Way, El Cajon, 619-579-7913 Founded locally: 1973 Senior pastor: Father Michael J. Bazzi (Cathedral is also seat of Bishop Sarhad Yawsip) Congregation size: Together with St. Michael's, St. Peter's serves ...
Keep Your Skin On
Crasher
| El Cajon
Published Aug. 31, 2006
Kayla Morales called to tell me about a party raising funds for her motorcycle-racing pursuits. She knew a lot about the sport and was informative. She talked about wanting to go to Nashville to race. From ...
Field of Screens
Chula Vista
| Cover Story
| Del Mar
| El Cajon
| La Mesa
| Lemon Grove
| Midway
| Santee
Published July 6, 2006
The first drive-in theater I snuck into in San Diego was also the first one built here, the Midway, on the northwest corner of Mission Bay Drive and Sports Arena Boulevard. It was December 1979, and ...
The Pizza Pioneer of El Cajon
El Cajon
| Tin Fork
| Uncle Joe's Pizzeria
Published June 15, 2006
There's nothing like a night discovery. Talking 9:30--10:00 p.m. I've got the munchies, but I know I'm on a losing streak. Even here on El Cajon. Every eating place is either blacked out or waiters are ...
Foothills Christian Church, El Cajon
El Cajon
| Sheep and Goats
Published May 18, 2006
Denomination: nondenominational Address: 315 West Bradley Avenue, El Cajon, 619-442-7728 Founded locally: 1987 Senior pastor: David and Mark Hoffman Congregation size: about 2,200 Staff size: 67, owing to the church's large number of outreaches and ministries ...
East Valley Christian Fellowship, El Cajon
El Cajon
| Sheep and Goats
Published April 20, 2006
Denomination: nondenominational Address: 14069 Ridge Hill Road, El Cajon, 619-390-2734 Founded locally: 2000 Senior pastor: Pastor Jack Forness Congregation size: 300--400 Staff size: 6 Sunday school enrollment: 100 plus Annual budget: $500,000 Weekly giving: around $10,000 ...