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The Gold Dust Band
Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008
8:00 p.m., Barona Valley Ranch Resort & Casino
Lakeside Photos
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Lakeside Stories
No Lie
Lakeside
| Tin Fork
| Neighbor’s Pub and Grub
Published Jan. 23, 2008
Rose turns her back on me. She picks up the phone. “Hello? No, I don’t see him.” She puts the phone down. “I can’t tell a lie,” she says. “I’m telling the truth! If I face ...
Fire recovery is a work-in-progress at Oakoasis Open Space Preserve near Lakeside
Lakeside
| Roam-O-Rama
Published Dec. 27, 2007
Serene Oakoasis Open Space Preserve covers 397 acres of oak woodland, boulder-studded hillsides, and young chaparral vegetation recovering from the 2003 Cedar Fire. Try visiting during winter, when the air is clean and fresh, or during ...
A Great Place to Stop, Settle, and Hide Out
Feature Stories
| Flinn Springs
Published June 14, 2007
With its rolling hills, undisturbed land, grazing cattle, and old men in overalls, Flinn Springs seems worlds away from downtown San Diego. Yet it’s only 20 miles to the east. Tumbleweeds lie in stacks by the ...
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 ...
Flattered and Scared
Crasher
| Hillcrest
| Lakeside
Published Nov. 3, 2005
I attended a party that Jamison, a hairstylist, hosted at the Abbey Cafe in Hillcrest. I asked Jamison about his name, and he joked about his mother being drunk on Jameson Irish Whiskey when he was ...
Best of 2003: Best Place To Hunt Mullets
Lakeside
| Best of San Diego
Published Dec. 25, 2003
Barona Speedway Wildcat Canyon Road, Lakeside www.baronaspeedway.com Fans of Billy Ray Cyrus may recall the fashion statement also known as the Tennessee Top Hat, the Kentucky Waterfall, the Camaro Cut, and Hockey Hair. Those sporting this ...
Best of 2003: Best Dog Trainer
Lakeside
| Best of San Diego
Published Dec. 25, 2003
American Canine Training 11724 Johnson Lake Road, Lakeside 619-561-6768 Chris's house calls get pooches to listen and behave. He trains them, then teaches you how to repeat the commands and get the same results. The one-on-one ...
Electric Water, Shocked Fish
City Lights
| Lakeside
Published Aug. 28, 2003
The gate below the dam at San Vicente Reservoir in Lakeside is closed when I arrive just before 10:00 o'clock on a late-April morning. The lake is closed to recreational fishing today. But I'm here to ...
Bring the kids along for a mini-hike at Stelzer County Park, tucked amid the bouldered hills near Lakeside.
Lakeside
| Roam-O-Rama
Published March 20, 2003
Stelzer County Park features 314 acres' worth of trails, campsites, picnic tables, and a small "Nature Studies Interpretive Center" set alongside Wildcat Canyon Road northeast of Lakeside. The park's core area was designed to accommodate persons ...
Tackle severe ups and downs on the old mining track through El Capitan Open Space Reserve near Lakeside.
Lakeside
| Roam-O-Rama
Published Nov. 21, 2002
If you have the fortitude to tackle some killer ups and downs, try the surprisingly challenging hiking route to El Cajon Mountain, a picturesque East County landmark. Your primary destination is the 3675-foot-high point along the ...
Best of 2001: Best Place To Sample Local Indian Culture
Lakeside
| Best of San Diego
Published Dec. 27, 2001
Barona Cultural Center and Museum 1095 Barona Road, Lakeside 619-443-7003, ext. 219 Opened in January 2000, it's the first tribal museum in the county and admission is free. The most impressive feature is the full-size reconstruction ...
Best of 2001: Best Concert In A Living Room
Lakeside
| Best of San Diego
Published Dec. 27, 2001
Dark Thirty Productions House Concerts Eucalyptus Hills, Lakeside 619-443-9622 www.darkthirty.com When Jimmy Duke throws a concert at his house, it's worth the drive to East County. Eight to ten times a year, the gigs get underway ...
Best of 2001: Best Downhill Scare On A Bicycle
Lakeside
| Best of San Diego
Published Dec. 27, 2001
Slaughterhouse Canyon Highway 67 south through Slaughterhouse Canyon, Lakeside Heading down Highway 67 from Scripps Poway Parkway, the shoulder is wide, the pavement is smooth, and for three miles the road rollercoasters gently. But then it ...
In Lakeside, Chickens Make Good Neighbors
City Lights
| Lakeside
Published Dec. 13, 2001
There are a few ways to spot Hilliker's Egg Ranch on El Nopal Road in Lakeside near Santee. One is to look for one of several chicken signs -- the animated white chicken will be extending ...
Take a serene bike ride on Lakeside's El Monte Road, and get a glimpse of San Diego County's rural past.
Lakeside
| Roam-O-Rama
Published April 5, 2001
If you're a bicyclist with an antipathy for steep hills but a love for rural scenery, you'll appreciate El Monte Road. Few rural roads in San Diego County can offer as long a stretch of relatively ...