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Probation Helps Students Get Ready for School
San Diego County Probation officers partnered with STAR/PAL, a nonprofit youth organization at its Back-to-School event passing out 450 backpacks and supplies to help students start the school year off right. “We know how a child’s first day at school is a big deal, no matter... — Updated 9/14/2023
By BVSC Elects New Members
The Borrego Valley Stewardship Council (BVSC) elected its 2023 slate of Team Leaders at its annual meeting, April 12, in the Borrego Library. The elected Team Leaders are: Bri Fordem, Anza-Borrego Foundation; Kathy Dice, Borrego Water District; Martha Deichler, Borrego Springs Uni... — Updated 5/10/2023
Cyberarcheology Live Demo and Talk
On Friday Jan. 27, the Borrego Library will be hosting an afternoon devoted to the field of cyberarcheology with UCSD professor Tom Levy and his colleagues from UCSD. Event includes participant live-demos of current technologies used in the field, such as virtual reality, 3-D... — Updated 1/17/2023
Honorary Mayors, Rotarians Return from Memorable Trek to Mongolia
The enormous platter of fresh cooked mutton, beef, goat, horse and potatoes was ceremoniously placed on the table in front of us as a welcoming gift from the Mongolian-Kazak family. A cup of warm tea with fresh camel milk from... — Updated 9/19/2022
BASIC Salutes its College Graduates – Part 2
Each year, now for 25 years, BASIC has devoted proceeds from the annual Circle of Art and our other fundraising activities to its scholarship program. Basic's scholarship program is part of BASIC's "cradle to graduation"... — Updated 8/19/2022
Seniors Step Out Into Their Future
Against the breathtaking backdrop of the purple and pink Santa Rosa Mountains, our high school seniors celebrated their accomplishments over the past 14 years as many shed tears and hundreds of family members and friends came to... — Updated 7/5/2022
SDG&E Releases Decarbonization Roadmap with First Utility Industry Standard Reliability Analysis
One of the biggest challenges facing the San Diego region and California is how to decarbonize key economic sectors over the next two decades, while also helping to ensure electric reliability, affordability and equity. A study released today by San Diego Gas & Electric offers... — Updated 4/21/2022
ABDNHA Webinar Highlights Issues, Updates
The Anza-Borrego Desert Natural History Association’s (ABDNHA) second community webinar, “Desert Living – Desert Health Webinar 2, Providing Health Care in Remote and Rural Communities,” on January 20, presented a local panel of Borrego Springs’ healthcare providers,... — Updated 2/8/2022
A Preview of Impactful Issues for Next Year
The current leadership slate was reelected for 2022 at the December 2 meeting of the Sponsor Group. Rebecca Falk will continue as Chair, Bonnie Petrach as Vice Chair, and Judy Haldeman as Secretary. After some discussion about the need for in-person meetings and the challenges of... — Updated 12/16/2021
Julian Publisher Passes
Michael Hart, publisher, editor-in-chief and photographer of The Julian News passed away at the age of 68 on Sept. 14, after a hard fought battle with cancer. Hart, who was diagnosed with lung cancer last year, was receiving... — Updated 10/13/2021
"Grateful for BASIC"
I am really grateful for having received scholarships from the BASIC community. BASIC has really encouraged me to give school my all, and to lose the fear of failing. Going into college, I was not really confident I could transition smoothly into a large school like UCSD. Not... — Updated 6/17/2021
BASIC Awards $81,850 in Scholarships – An All-Time High
This summer, Basic Assistance to Students in the Community (BASIC) will award five Borrego Springs High School Students and 28 continuing students scholarships to further their education. The pandemic has challenged every one of these students, but each of them has persisted in... — Updated 6/15/2021
Borrego Springs Unified School District Receives Prestigious County Health Award
The theme for this year’s 20th annual Live Well San Diego Public Health Champion Awards is “Building Bridges to Better Health”. This theme, coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic and Borrego Springs’ rural setting, were the perfect recipe for a successful partnership between... — Updated 5/19/2021
BVEF-REACH Agreement Expires
In rural Borrego Springs, a person or persons, suffering from an injury, onset of a critical illness or medical condition that can be fatal or trauma-related, is 75 miles from the nearest hospitals equipped to deal with such events. Where life and death are literally a matter of m... — Updated 4/29/2021
Borrego Springs Medical Center - Community Prescriptions
Resorts need health care The biggest mystery to the apparent lack of medical services in Borrego Springs is the estimation of the number of prospective permanent residents and indeed part-time visitors who choose to permanently reside elsewhere or, who select other leisure... — Updated 6/1/2020
BSHS Alumni: All in the Family
Ramon and Norma Arias, along with their three children, have been living in Borrego Springs since 2009. They have a large, loving, tight-knit, extended family in Borrego Springs, as well. The families gather together to celebrate... — Updated 4/3/2020
Tragic Fire Sparks Community Hearts
A tragic fire burned down the Bojorquez family home and all its contents on Double O Road, also causing severe burns to the father, Luis, and the loss of their beloved Pitbull/Labrador, Paloma. Their brand-new car was destroyed as... — Updated 8/22/2019
West Nile Virus Claims Life
The Imperial County Public Health Department confirmed on July 16 that Robert Mears, 74, of Bombay Beach on the Salton Sea shoreline, died July 4 at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center of complications from the West Nile virus. Imperial County health officials... — Updated 8/7/2019
UCSD Shiley Eye Institute Eyemobile Visits Julian
Every year, schools around the country need to perform mandated vision screenings for particular grades. From these screenings, parents are alerted to their child's vision needs. This year, children at Julian Union Elementary... — Updated 5/1/2019
UCSD Triathlon Trains At Christmas Circle
The University of California San Diego Triathlon team were laughing, falling, and at the same time working hard, as they used Christmas Circle as their training spot. The team trained at the Circle Saturday Nov. 11. Cones were set... — Updated 11/20/2017
"PEOPLE'S CLIMATE MARCH" APRIL 29
Marchers will resist climate-denying policies and urge strong local climate action, including 100% clean energy and Community Choice Energy, in solidarity with the national day of action San Diego, CA - On Saturday April 29th over three thousand San Diegans are expected to join... — Updated 4/21/2017
Register Now for the Colorado Desert Natural History Research Symposium
Featured Speakers & Topics Desert Plant Biodiversity – Dr. Phil Rundel, UCLA Tarantulas – Dr. Chris Hamilton, Florida Museum of Natural History Anza-Borrego's Mountain Lions – Dr. T. Winston Vickers, UC Davis Arthropods... — Updated 9/23/2016
Thank you, Brave men
On July 14 I heard a loud pounding on my door. When I opened it, I saw a young man who looked hurt and he yelled, “Get out! Call the Fire Department now.” I grabbed my phone and ran outside, down my driveway to see what the problem was while dialing 9-1-1. What I saw was horri... — Updated 8/1/2016
Santa Ysabel - Head on Collision - Update
Update: Three people were injured following a collision involving two cars along State Route 78 just west of the junction with State Route 79. According to California Highway Patrol officer, the head-on crash happened just before... — Updated 6/7/2016
Borrego Springs - Medical Center, Results
The healthcare survey results have been tallied and (BVEF) 'The Fund,' who sponsored the survey, with the help of the Borrego Springs Chamber of Commerce, has analyzed the responses. The survey was conducted from Dec. 3 through... — Updated 2/23/2016
