EAST COUNTY ROUNDUP: LOCAL AND STATEWIDE NEWS

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February 26, 2014 (San Diego's East County)--East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego’s inland regions, published in other media. This week’s top “Roundup” headlines include:

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LOCAL

El Cajon licenses scam attracts out of towners (SD Reader)

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released more details of the El Cajon Department of Motor Vehicles driver's license scam. Thirty defendants have been charged with conspiracy to commit bribery, and the investgation is still open. According to the FBI, Kuvan Piomari, who ran the U.S. Driving School in El Cajon, told his clients they could get a license by paying a bribe

San Diego sheriff won't fight concealed gun ruling (Sacramento Bee)

San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore says he won't fight a federal appeals court decision that overturned the county's concealed-weapons restrictions. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that people seeking concealed weapons permits need only cite a need for self-defense.

San Diego Sierra Club Chapter Suspended By National Board Due To Chronic Infighting (KPBS)

… The suspension allows the national board to dismiss the local chapter's volunteer board. Replacements get appointed. And the local chapter gets back the right to elect its own leaders after the suspension ends.

Supes make it easier for vendors to sell at farmers’ markets (Ramona Patch)

The new law would affect the popular markets in unincorporated areas of San Diego County.

Should bans on drought-resistant yards be lifted?   (U-T San Diego)

Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez has reopened a turf war in the Capitol over whether homeowners association should have the right to require green lawns and lush flower gardens even in a drought…

Stage set for time-based electricity prices (UT San Diego)

Early-evening conservation is the new focus of shift in time-sensitive utility rates.

County Water Authority wins most of major lawsuit  (Mission Times Courier)

 The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California broke state law, common law, and perhaps most importantly, voter-passed Proposition 26 in overcharging the San Diego County Water Authority for transporting water to San Diego.  The Tuesday afternoon ruling... could ultimately mean 2 billion dollars refunded to the County Water Authority for overcharges.

San Diego nears dryness record  (U-T San Diego)

Unless it receives 0.13” soon, San Diego will notch the driest December-February period on record. And there’s a good chance that will happen…

Almost $82K salary buys a median-priced SD home (SD Reader)

Almost $82K salary buys a median-priced SD home

Canadian Navy Destroyer Might Be Sunk Off Mission Beach As Artificial Reef (KPBS)

A proposal to sink a 366-foot decommissioned Canadian Navy destroyer off Mission Beach this fall is scheduled to be taken up Wednesday by a City Council committee.

Santee college, airline strike deal for students (UT San Diego)

American Eagle Airlines will partner with San Diego Christian College to help with jobs.

Cuts continue for La Mesa bus route (La Mesa Courier)

Bus Route 14 in La Mesa is in for another overhaul.The Metropolitan Transit System beginning this summer will use a private contractor to operate smaller buses along the route that connects La Mesa with the Grantville trolley station, and trips with the fewest riders – at the beginning and end of the day – will be eliminated.

 

STATE

California groups push for bigger social safety net (Sacramento Bee)

With California experiencing its first budget surplus in years, advocacy groups from across the state are visiting Sacramento in hopes of convincing the Legislature to spend those billions instead of putting them into a rainy day fund, as Gov. Jerry Brown would like.

Measles Cases Rise In California Due To Vaccine Misconceptions (KPBS)

One of the leading causes of death among children worldwide is creeping back into California. Fifteen Californians have come down with measles so far this year.

California Farmers Won't Get Federal Water (KPBS)

Federal officials say many farmers caught in California's drought will receive no irrigation water this year from a vast system of rivers, canals and reservoirs interlacing the state.

California insurance exchange had 'vulnerability' (Sacramento Bee)

An email from a federal agency cybersecurity official says California's online health insurance marketplace had a lingering security concern in its computer system more than three months after it opened.

 

 


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