In December San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan announced that a 46-year-old Abdulhannan Alrawi, was sentenced to 21 years in prison for shooting and killing his wife, Fathem Alrawi, 37, in their El Cajon home last year. Alrawi pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter on Sept. 14, 2023, and admitted…
La Mesa California
By Cassie N. Saunders COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE The County of San Diego has awarded $42 million to nine affordable housing developments that will provide about 872 new homes. Those selected developments came from a pool of 24 proposal requests totaling more than $89 million for affordable housing…
In January readers learned of an East County judge who donated a kidney to the wife of a friend after a chance conversation. “One night I was talking to a friend, Simon Gounder, and we were just talking. We have done a lot of work together. We worked in groups…
2023-24 Miss Lakeside Equine Events Sophia Gillenberg is heading to the 2024 International Finals Rodeo in Guthrie, Oklahoma, competing for Miss Rodeo USA who will be crowned on Jan. 14 during the rodeo competitions. Gillenberg represents Equine Event Services that currently manages events at the Dianne Jacob Lakeside Equestrian Park,…
The La Mesa-El Cajon Branch of American Association of University Women will celebrate the contributions and donations given this year to the branch FUND, the heart of the AAUW on Jan. 13, 2024. The Fund committee, under the leadership of Vicki Spilkin has selected fellowship recipient Paula Kirya as this…
