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The Mystery of Guatay Mountain

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Pine Valley – San Diego's best-kept secret

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Pine Valley – way past suburbia

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Among the pines in Pine Valley, CA

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The Mystery of Guatay Mountain

Located in Guatay near Pine Valley, Guatay Mountain is a moderately strenuous hike. With a length of 5.3 miles and an elevation gain of around 1,600 feet, the hike will …

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Pine Valley – San Diego's best-kept secret

Among the pines in Pine Valley As someone who has primarily lived in suburbia, I find myself escaping to small-town USA when I am in need of a change in …

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Pine Valley – way past suburbia

We didn't have a street address in Pine Valley I took my children on a trip to my past. Friday after Thanksgiving, I herded Rebecca, Angela, Johnny, and Ben into …

Outdoors Pine Valley Travel Weekend Getaways

Among the pines in Pine Valley, CA

As someone who has primarily lived in suburbia, I find myself escaping to small-town USA when I am in need of a change in scenery. Most San Diegans head to …

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Alpine Descanso Julian Lakeside Neighborhood News Pine Valley

Live in rural East County? Get an air horn.

Janie Agostini, Lakeside resident who lives in Moreno Valley, announced October 5 that 11 of her chickens were killed the previous night, but she wasn’t able to track the animal that did it. Her neighbors …

October 8, 2018

Pine Valley Roam-O-Rama

Don't disturb the horses — Granite Springs Trail Camp

The standard route to Granite Springs is from the Sweetwater Trailhead located in Cuyamaca Rancho State Parks south-central region, but if you prefer a quieter approach, the Deer Park Trail offers plenty of solitude, wildflowers, …

July 26, 2017

Pine Valley Roam-O-Rama

September 21, 2016

Secret Canyon: Pine Valley Creek Wilderness Trail

Pine Valley Creek flows from the Laguna Mountains into Barrett Reservoir, passing through Secret Canyon on its descent. Most of the trail (about 14 miles) traverses the 13,000-acre Pine Creek Wilderness in the Cleveland National …

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June 23, 2015

Too hot for human smuggling

Two U.S. citizens were arrested Sunday after Border Patrol agents found an undocumented 18-year-old Mexican national locked in the trunk of their Toyota Camry parked along the shoulder of Interstate 8 east of Pine Valley. …

News Ticker Pine Valley

February 6, 2015

Let's smuggle

Two women were apprehended at a Border Patrol checkpoint on Interstate 8 east of Pine Valley Tuesday evening, February 3, after being caught with a pair of men stashed in the trunk of their compact …

Pine Valley SD on the QT: Almost Factual News

January 31, 2014

SD Water Authority: "Pine Valley has water! Kill them and take their water!"

ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER, PINE VALLEY — "We always knew this day would come," said Jedidiah McTavish, his eyes fixed on the interstate that would inevitably bring the marauding hordes to his doorstep, gallon jugs …

Pine Valley Roam-O-Rama

January 8, 2014

Corte Madera Mountain

Bring friends, as this is a trail less traveled. The route averages a 7 percent steady climb with short sections of 60 percent (stairs) at the 4588 peak before reaching the plateau to Corte Madera …

Mount Laguna Neighborhood News Pine Valley

July 22, 2013

Stalled thunderstorms over Mt. Laguna

On July 22, the National Weather Serve activated San Diego County’s Emergency Alert System. Monsoonal moisture was causing large thunderstorms, running from Barstow south into Baja. The storm in San Diego was going to be …

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Big Laguna-Gatos Spur

Pines, oaks, and incense cedar on this six-mile loop of the Gatos Big Laguna Trail Spur.

June 12, 2013

Neighborhood News Pine Valley

Cold morning over Corte Madera Dam

Flying eastbound along Interstate 8 this Saturday morning of January 12, I could not help but notice the beauty of our East County with a light dusting of snow. It has been so cold (in …

January 14, 2013

City Lights Guatay Pine Valley

November 29, 2007

San Diego's frequent fires endanger native plants

Fires make David Hogan nervous. It's not because he's afraid his Pine Valley house will burn down. It's because after every fire in Southern California, politicians start clamoring for reduction of the "fuel" that covers …

Campo Cover Stories Descanso Guatay Pine Valley

October 18, 2007

San Diego drought as seen from Descanso.

"It's catastrophic!" Duncan McFetridge flings his arms out. "Look, can't you see the change?" Several years ago, when I last came here to the Cleveland National Forest outside of Descanso, McFetridge's cabin nestled in a …

Descanso Guatay Pine Valley Roam-O-Rama

September 13, 2007

Trek to the obscure summit of Guatay Mountain, between Descanso and Pine Valley.

Guatay Mountain, a gently swelling, chaparral-covered ridge rising about 900 feet over the hamlet of Guatay, is distinguished by its old-growth population of Tecate cypress trees. This particular species of cypress has a very spotty …

Pine Valley

December 25, 2003

Best of 2003: Best Local Fall Foliage

Pine Creek Road, Pine Valley Take the SUV, not the sedan, and drive east on I-8 to the Highway 79 exit. Go north on 79 toward Julian, then take Old Highway 80 toward Pine Valley. …

Kid Stuff Pine Valley

December 12, 2002

We didn't have a street address in Pine Valley

I took my children on a trip to my past. Friday after Thanksgiving, I herded Rebecca, Angela, Johnny, and Ben into our van. Lucy, who had awakened with a fever, stayed at home with my …

Borrego Springs Campo City Lights Julian Pine Valley Warner Springs

February 7, 2002

Your Dad Arrested My Dad

The difference between the $55,000 the hypothetical deputy in Lemon Grove can make by moving to Campo and the $52,500 he can make as a corporal staying in Lemon Grove is only $2500.

Pine Valley

December 27, 2001

Best of 2001: Best Country General Store

Al Atallah's Pine Valley Store 28820 Old Highway 80, Pine Valley 619-473-8723 Talk to the old folks, and they lament the loss of the old general stores, where you knew Al and Al knew you, …

Guatay Pine Valley Roam-O-Rama

May 11, 2000

Hike under a 400-foot-high bridge carrying I-8 traffic over the gorge of Pine Valley Creek.

Starting from the spacious Pine Creek Trailhead outside Pine Valley, the Secret Canyon Trail weaves and bobs its way along the canyon of Pine Valley Creek, finally emerging some 15 miles later at Horsethief Canyon, …

Feature Stories Mount Laguna Pine Valley

February 12, 1998

Pine Valley girl recalls the 1970 Laguna fire

In the fall of 1970, California caught fire. Between September 25 and October 3 that year, the U. S. Forest Service recorded 16 fires that consumed over 528,000 acres statewide. From Humboldt County in the …

Cover Stories Pine Valley Warner Springs

August 22, 1985

Mountain lions return to Mt. Palomar, Ramona, San Pasqual, Pine Valley, Julian, Warner Springs

"There’s a whole den of lions down on Prisoner Ridge [west of Lake Henshaw] somewhere,” he says. “It’s so brushy you won’t see ’em every day, but they’re there. I seen tracks, lotsa tracks!"

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