Miriam Raftery is the founder and editor-in-chief at East County News. She focuses on a wide range of topics including energy policy and regulation, renewable energy, and civil rights, while also covering culture, society, and regional interest stories. Her work has been featured in Times of San Diego, CAROL & HARVEY KORFIN, and OB Rag.
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Miriam Raftery's coverage primarily revolves around local news, with a focus on government and politics, entertainment news, and crime in the United States, particularly California and San Diego. She often covers evolving stories, breaking news, and government announcements.
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By: Miriam Raftery
July 2, 2026 (San Diego) – Top health news includes a federal push to strip disability rights, a blood test to screen for multiple cancers, new vaccine recommendations for women, and more. Top science/health news includes a surveillance system that could track your phone, AirPod, and Smartwatch as well as license plates, a recall of Waymo driverless vehicles, and reversal of a plan to dismantle U.S. ocean monitoring, and more.
By: Miriam Raftery
July 4, 2026 (San Diego) – Yesterday, Republican Congressman Darrell Issa dismissed his lawsuit which had challenged California's right to count votes cast on mail-in ballots received after Election Day.
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July 4, 2026 (San Diego) – Marni von Wilpert, San Diego City Councilmember and Democratic nominee for Congress in the 48 th district, underwent successful surgery last week for early-stage breast cancer detected after a routine mammogram in late spring.
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By Miriam Raftery July 8, 2026 (San Diego’s East County) – Midsummer nights and days bring some iconic events to San Diego’s inland region, as well as some new happenings. Highlights include Pine Valley Days, the Ramona Country Fair, Tarzan-The Beat of the Jungle atop Mt. Helix, Noir at the Bar in Kensington, star parties […]
July 23, 2026 (Ramona) – Fire crews worked throughout the night strengthening control lines in the Creelman Fire, with the assistance of night flying aircraft. Containment is now 60%; firefighters held the blaze to 347 acres overnight.
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By Cassie N. Saunders, County of San Diego Communications Office July 28, 2026 (Ramona) — The County is investigating an outbreak of Salmonella linked to Ramona Family Naturals Market. The County has recorded 13 confirmed and probable cases since June 21, 2026. Those who became ill range in age from 27 to 60, and four […]
July 29, 2026 (San Diego) – Recent top stories in other media include fire insurance relief for San Miguel Fire Dsitrict residents, challenges to SDG&E's proposed rate hikes, AI answering some local police calls, a lawsuit over a Voter ID initiative's ballot description, the federal government buying a local ICE detention facility, controversies over use of technology at Kaiser, Poway's mayor seeking a ban on AI data centers, Temecula planners concerns over SDG&E's power line proposal, mass whale die-offs, and more.
July 29, 2026 – Top stories include Democrats' affordability agenda, an Iran War resolution, attacks on press freedoms and election integrity, wildfire readiness concerns, defunding clean energy, ICE bans masks and non-uniform attire, climate change fueling record wildfires in Europe, Ukrainian drone deals, an earthquake collapses a mall in Japan, and more.
By: Miriam Raftery
“It would have been great wisdom to take that grant.”—Michael Petschlag, formerly homeless man who now owns a business and helps others
July 31, 2026 (Lake Henshaw) — Evacuation Orders have been issued for Zones SDC-0357 and SDC-0420 due to the #GradeFire burning near Lake Henshaw along East Grade Road near State Route 76. Evacuation Warnings have been issued for Zones SDC-0355 and SDC-0356. Evacuees can go to Casino Pauma located at 777 Pauma Reservation Rd, Pauma Valley, CA 92061. For the most up-to-date evacuation orders and warnings in this fast-changing situation, be sure to view map
