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The tragic road from Valley Center to Orange County

Excerpts from stories H.G. Reza wrote for the Reader

They should have turned back at Turning Rock, but Duguay and Cecil Knutson pressed on.
They should have turned back at Turning Rock, but Duguay and Cecil Knutson pressed on.
  • Treacherous Santiago Canyon Road

  • Leonard Duguay’s 85th birthday came and went on July 5, 2016, without celebration. The Modjeska Canyon resident had disappeared and the search for him took a mysterious turn weeks later when his car was found ... (April 26, 2017)
Dave Sossaman and Sher Mohammad Haidari in Afghanistan
Former FBI agent Jim Bernazzani is speaking out about intelligence failures before 9/11.
  • 9/11 could have been stopped in San Diego

  • The 9/11 attacks could have been derailed in San Diego, had the CIA not spiked a memo alerting the FBI about an Al Qaeda terrorist who was coming to the United States and ended up ... (September 7, 2016)
Bayoumi: Local Muslims suspected him of spying.
  • What was Omar al-Bayoumi doing in San Diego?

  • Bayoumi met the hijackers at a Los Angeles restaurant, found a Clairemont apartment for them, helped them open a checking account at Bank of America, and hosted parties for them in San Diego and El Cajon. (July 27, 2016)
San Diego County Sheriff’s deputies found Peters’ VW stripped and abandoned on Mussey Grade Road in Ramona. A swastika was scratched on the roof.
  • The unsolved case of La Mesa's Jamie Peters

  • Nearly 31 years ago, Jamie Peters walked into his mother’s home in La Mesa and dropped off his house keys. It was a brief nighttime visit. He paused long enough to look around the familiar.. (June 19, 2019)
Antonio Palma: “I had no connection to the war. I never even served in the military."
Julie Page said Nathan’s frustration caused him to take two stress leaves in his last year at Lincoln.

H.G. Reza worked at the Los Angeles Times for 25 years, covering law enforcement and terrorism.

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They should have turned back at Turning Rock, but Duguay and Cecil Knutson pressed on.
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  • Treacherous Santiago Canyon Road

  • Leonard Duguay’s 85th birthday came and went on July 5, 2016, without celebration. The Modjeska Canyon resident had disappeared and the search for him took a mysterious turn weeks later when his car was found ... (April 26, 2017)
Dave Sossaman and Sher Mohammad Haidari in Afghanistan
Former FBI agent Jim Bernazzani is speaking out about intelligence failures before 9/11.
  • 9/11 could have been stopped in San Diego

  • The 9/11 attacks could have been derailed in San Diego, had the CIA not spiked a memo alerting the FBI about an Al Qaeda terrorist who was coming to the United States and ended up ... (September 7, 2016)
Bayoumi: Local Muslims suspected him of spying.
  • What was Omar al-Bayoumi doing in San Diego?

  • Bayoumi met the hijackers at a Los Angeles restaurant, found a Clairemont apartment for them, helped them open a checking account at Bank of America, and hosted parties for them in San Diego and El Cajon. (July 27, 2016)
San Diego County Sheriff’s deputies found Peters’ VW stripped and abandoned on Mussey Grade Road in Ramona. A swastika was scratched on the roof.
  • The unsolved case of La Mesa's Jamie Peters

  • Nearly 31 years ago, Jamie Peters walked into his mother’s home in La Mesa and dropped off his house keys. It was a brief nighttime visit. He paused long enough to look around the familiar.. (June 19, 2019)
Antonio Palma: “I had no connection to the war. I never even served in the military."
Julie Page said Nathan’s frustration caused him to take two stress leaves in his last year at Lincoln.

H.G. Reza worked at the Los Angeles Times for 25 years, covering law enforcement and terrorism.

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