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Rancho Guejito: A San Diego County legacy
By: BILL HORN - Commentary
San Diego County is famous for its diverse Southern California landscape. From our world-class observatory on Mount Palomar, to our beaches and lagoons, to the wilderness of the Anza-Borrego State Park, San Diego County is an environmental gem. In fact, this county has more endangered plant and animal species than any other county in the United States. Is it any wonder that we are also home to the only remaining intact Mexican land grant in the state, Rancho Guejito?
Rancho Guejito: For region's future, preserve its past
By: DAN SILVER - For the North County Times
The 22,000-acre Rancho Guejito in the North County is the stuff of legend. Pronounced "Wah-hito" and meaning "little river," this property is the only intact Mexican land grant left in Southern California. The land was granted in 1845 as the Rancho Guejito y Canada de Palomia, and before that, was of central importance to Native Americans. What makes Rancho Guejito so special is that its scenic, historical, cultural and wildlife values have remained intact for all the intervening generations.
What I saw while in Iraq last week changed my mind
By: MICHELLE MALKIN - Commentary
Last week, I embedded with U.S. Army troops at Forward Operating Base Justice in northern Baghdad. Outside the wire, we toured the slums and met with neighborhood leaders inching toward self-sufficiency in al Salam. We sipped chai with a sheikh who condemned terrorists on all sides. We watched residents bicker over a civil affairs blanket drop in Khadamiyah. We sat with slimy Mahdi Army apologists in Hurriya. We stopped by a Sunni insurgent enclave, which soldiers I patrolled with dubbed a "sniperville," in al Adil.
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