San Diego Reader

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Backcountry buffoonery or super solar future?

Majority of county supervisors approve of deal with Soitec

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to re-affirm their environmental approval for two huge solar-power generating installations in East County, even though there seem to be questions about the company that won ...

• Marty Graham
• October 15, 2015
• 1 comment

• Boulevard
• News Ticker

Environmentalists against solar power

Plaintiffs reject weasel words, obfuscation, and unsupported assumptions

Environmental activists are gearing up for a fight against solar power in the rural borderland East County region of Boulevard, claiming that a proposed solar project will destroy thousands of acres of wildlife habitat. Backcountry ...

• Dave Rice
• March 19, 2015
• 5 comments

• Boulevard
• News Ticker

Owner of loose horses located

Says she's had problems with fences being cut at her border-area ranch.

A small herd of six horses that had been wandering a Boulevard-area campground for the last few weeks were reunited with their owner, who came forward to claim them late Wednesday morning (October 9). The ...

• Dave Rice
• October 11, 2013
• Comment

• Boulevard
• News Ticker

Group of horses found, captured in Boulevard

County Animal Services is looking for the owner of a half dozen horses discovered running wild through Cottonwood Campground in the East County mountain community of Boulevard. According to authorities, the county was contacted by ...

• Dave Rice
• October 9, 2013
• Comment

• Anza-Borrego State Park
• Boulevard
• Cover Stories

Wind turbines are everywhere out here

They're over 300 feet high. They kill birds. They're linked to cancer.

A lot of windmills being installed on the Anza-Borrego Desert floor. Besides visual blight, backcountry residents complain of health issues and the unknown.

• Siobhan Braun
• August 21, 2013
• 36 comments