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RRC Golf Mixer – As Close As It Gets
They say winning isn't everything, but a rarely used addendum to that phrase is that it's way better than whatever comes before, and especially after, last place. The men's and ladies' golf mixer at the RoadRunner Club, organized by the Ladies Golf Club, was a no-holds-barred even... — Updated 12/29/2018
Comfy Seating at BSPAC Season Opening Gala
A nearly full house of Borrego Springs Performing Arts Center patrons sat comfortably in the theatre Nov. 17 and experienced a toe-tapping, season opening Gala performance by Judy Taylor and her Wild Oats All Girl Band doing C&W,... — Updated 12/3/2018
Girls Volleyball Team Awards
They will be back! As good as the Borrego Springs Girls Volleyball team was this season, with an overall 15 – 7 record and 7 – 5 in League play, watch out for them next year. With the exception of graduating senior and this yea... — Updated 11/30/2018
Borregans Lose their Cool as SDG&E Bills Soar
Like Icarus on his winged flight and crispy ending into the sun, Borregans likewise felt the unrelenting heat (and humidity) over the summer. And with no thanks to SDG&E electricity rate structures, the collective discomfort was exacerbated by severe penalties for usage during the... — Updated 11/30/2018
Rams Hill Hosts Charity Golf Tourney for Imperial Valley College
The Rams Hill Country Club hosted a golf tournament Nov. 9 to benefit the Imperial Valley College Foundation in the form of scholarships and a Leadership Ambassador. IVC Foundation Executive Director Rod Smart and President Martha... — Updated 11/14/2018
6-12-24 Endurance Cycle Race
On any given warm Fall day of your choice, get on your bicycle at exactly 5 p.m. and head for San Francisco. You've got 24 hours to get there, 531 miles north, and you can stop only infrequently but not sleep. That's slightly less... — Updated 11/14/2018
The Great Debate: Desmond vs. Gomez
While Borregan officials and volunteers had proper focus on the opening of the Borrego Days Parade the following morning, the two candidates running for District 5 County Supervisor – Republican Jim Desmond and Democrat Michelle G... — Updated 11/2/2018
Dreamers Still in Limbo After Court Ruling
While safe for now, and only safe until possibly June 2019, kids covered by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program remain in a state of limbo following the ruling of Texas federal judge Andrew Hanen. He denied “temporary injunctive relief” that would have all... — Updated 11/2/2018
Hammerheads Soar Over Borrego Springs
Most folks like to know they do something well. But for a select few stunt pilots in aerobatic competition, in particular, doing one thing extremely well that is at once dangerous and both physically and psychologically... — Updated 11/2/2018
Stung by the Hornets, Picked off by the Red Hawks, but Shut Down the Scots
When a team grounded in fundamentals – receiving, setting, kill shots – also makes far fewer mistakes than their opponent, the result is almost inevitable. The Lady Rams volleyball team needed to play a perfect match against the... — Updated 10/18/2018
Long Range AccuWeather Forecast Pans Out in Borrego
In what is surely one of the most kudos-worthy long-term weather forecasting feats in Borrego Springs history, the people and technology at AccuWeather combined to make an accurate rainfall prediction that defied historical... — Updated 10/11/2018
Lady Rams Volleyball Fall to the Best
With a five-game winning streak, hopes were high for the Borrego Springs High School girl's varsity volleyball team. The Lady Rams were on a roll, playing well and psychologically ready for a match-up against the best team in the... — Updated 10/5/2018
RUDYVILLE – R.I.P
The final public Hearing before the San Diego County Board of Supervisors on DS-24, the Borrego Country Estates’ (aka Rudyville) request for increased housing density, was the culmination of more than a decade of controversy. According to Hearing attendees, it was nip and tuck t... — Updated 10/5/2018
Lady Rams Volleyball Team on a Hot Streak
With an 11 – 3 overall record and 2 – 1 in Manzanita League play, the Borrego Springs High School girls' varsity volleyball team's 3 – 2 tie-breaker over the Mountain Empire Lady Hawks on Sept. 15, set the tone for future match-ups... — Updated 9/24/2018
Troupe Nolander: All in the Family
If you saw Greg and Heather Nolander walking down Palm Canyon Drive with their three daughters, you'd think they were a typical family out to see the sights of Borrego Springs. Inside our library Aug. 25, however, the two youngest... — Updated 9/24/2018
Weather Forecast for September
Dateline August 23: If the AccuWeather forecast for the month of September published today on their website is indeed "accurate," then maximum daily temperatures in the Borrego Valley should start to decline mid-month, and the... — Updated 9/24/2018
Crossroads Acoustic at LCDZ
CROSSROADS Acoustic returned to entertain "poolside" (too hot and humid outside so it was in the Fox Den) at La Casa del Zorro on Saturday, Aug. 19. They played their mostly 60's to 80's pop set-list that included covers of... — Updated 8/24/2018
Summer Golf – Why?
It’s August. Hot and humid. Why would any golfer want to go out and play in temps near 105-F and humidity upwards of 60%? Because friends wanted a foursome, that’s why. How can a true friend refuse? I sure couldn’t. At least I couldn’t three days ago. But Saturday Aug. 18, I p... — Updated 8/21/2018
HEAT WAVE
On Tuesday July 24, weather station KCABORRE-19 recorded a daytime high temperature of 123.3F at 2:44 p.m. The #19 station is located just below the eastern end of the Park and north of Palm Canyon Drive. Wherever you were in Borrego that day, you probably remember that one.... — Updated 8/21/2018
Dodging a Weather Bullet Waiting for the Dog Years of August
Around 2 p.m. Thursday July 12, there were mild thunderclaps off to the southwest above the San Jacinto Mts., but there was also a lot of cloud cover over the desert and mountains, so neither a thunderhead nor any lightning... — Updated 8/13/2018
The Bugs are Back
If your pool/spa plaster is painted with a dark color – black or blue – or you drive a dark colored car, the Water Boatman bugs have probably left their mark already. It's not on par with the "irruption" last year, but the yea... — Updated 8/13/2018
VIEWPOINT: Mindfulness: It's All About Choice
I was in my early-50’s when I came to the inescapable realization, genetically based, that there were more years behind me than ahead. Way more. I didn’t have much of a choice on that, so I had to retire from a very physical occupation as a general building contractor. I beg... — Updated 8/13/2018
Sheep-nanigans in the Mountains
While it would be technically cor- rect to say the June 29 to July 1 weekend temperatures for the 48th annual census of our Ovis Canadensis (Peninsular Bighorn Sheep) were "cooler" than in the previous four counts, the 79 coun- ter... — Updated 7/23/2018
VIEWPOINT: Heat is a Solstice Thing
There are two kinds of people in Borrego. First are those who were absent the past two sum- mers around the Summer Solstice on June 21 but were here this year (we’ll call them “Absentees”), and second are those who were present for all three (we’ll call them “Perman... — Updated 7/16/2018
RUDYVILLE: A Suprise 20% Solution
At least 60 Borregans wearing white golf caps sat in the San Diego County Planning Commission public hearing room June 22 for a few minutes in stunned silence, all momentarily confused about the vote just taken by the seven-member commission. And then everyone realized the... — Updated 7/2/2018
