• San Diego’s Heather Mubarak releases debut cookbook: ‘Stuffed: The Sandwich Cookie Book’,SDNEWS staff

    San Diego’s Heather Mubarak releases debut cookbook: ‘Stuffed: The Sandwich Cookie Book’

    Baker, photographer, and recipe developer Heather Mubarak, of Rancho Santa Fe, will release her debut cookbook “Stuffed: The Sandwich Cookie Book” next year on April 4. Mubarak is the creator of Browned Butter Blondie, a popular baking blog whose Instagram was named by BuzzFeed as one of the “30 Bes

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  • Veteran TV reporters Rory Devine and Artie Ojeda to retire,SDNEWS staff

    Veteran TV reporters Rory Devine and Artie Ojeda to retire

    NBC 7 San Diego recently announced reporters Rory Devine and Artie Ojeda (above) are retiring at the end of the year after a combined 64 years at NBC 7.Since starting her career at NBC 7 in 1984, Devine has filled many roles, most notably specialized reporting on education. After working as a teache

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  • EJEA names Vasquez as its new executive director,Dave Thomas

    EJEA names Vasquez as its new executive director

    The board of directors of East County-based Excellence and Justice in Education Academies (EJEA) appointed Janet Vásquez as executive director of EJEA. Vásquez served as principal and math teacher at EJEA’s middle school for more than 12 years, collaborating with teachers, staff, and parents to supp

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