PHOTOS OF THE WEEK: WIND TURBINES ON THE HORIZON
January 17, 2015 (San Diego’s East County) – “No more uninterrupted horizons,” laments Wayne Brammer, who took this photo of wind turbines recently built in Mexico, viewed from I-8 eastbound in...
View ArticleEXOTIC BIRDS IN THE PARK
Story and photos by Robert Gehr © 2015January 16, 2015 (El Cajon)--On Monday morning, I was out for my daily morning walk. It was cloudy, cool, and a little gloomy. I was zoned out listening to some...
View ArticlePHOTO OF THE WEEK: 2ND STREET GETS A NEW NAME
January 24, 2015 (El Cajon) - Randy Jordan sent in this photo of the new Jimmie Johnson street sign, named after the 5-time NASCAR champion from El Cajon.read more
View ArticlePHOTOS OF THE WEEK: IRON MOUNTAIN
February 7, 2015 (Ramona) – Greg Dunne and his son, Kyle, took a hike up Iron Mountain, along with an extended route to the top of Ramona View Point (8.4 miles total).read more
View ArticlePHOTO OF THE WEEK: SUNSET IN LA MESA
February 22, 2015 (La Mesa) – Miriam Raftery snapped this brilliantly hued sunset earlier this month, when the setting sun mirrored an amber glow from a streetlamp in the parking lot at the La Mesa...
View ArticlePHOTOS OF THE WEEK: CUYAMACA PEAK
March 10, 2015 (Cuyamaca) – Melody Munoz sent in these photos after this week’s snowfall on Cuyamaca peak. read more
View ArticlePHOTOS OF THE WEEK: CACTUS BLOOMS
March 12, 2015 (El Cajon) – Photographer Robert Gehr snapped these beautiful early season barrel cactus blooms – no, not in the desert, but in the cactus garden outside the Olaf Wieghorst Museum and...
View ArticlePHOTOS OF THE WEEK: VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLARS
March 12, 2015 (Anza Borrego Desert) - Kristin Kjaero visited the Anza Borrego desert Tuesday, where she observed "thousands of caterpillars in a feeding frenzy...The roads were dotted with yellow...
View ArticlePHOTOS OF THE WEEK: A TRIO OF BEAUTIFUL BIRDS
March 14, 2015 (Granite Hills) – Tim Hall sent in these beautiful bird images, including a Red-Tail Hawk nesting in a eucalyptus tree near his home in Granite Hills, an American Kestrel (also known as...
View ArticlePHOTO OF THE WEEK: LYONS PEAK SUNRISE
March 18, 2015 (Jamul)—The HP Wren UCSD webcam atop Lyons Peak in Jamul caught this dazzling sunrise on St. Patrick’s Day. Sure ‘n’ those glistening jewels in the sky look like a Leprechaun’s...
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