EAST COUNTY ROUNDUP: LOCAL AND STATEWIDE NEWS

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May 7, 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

Team 10 investigation: Buying new tires? They might be old – and possibly deadly (10 News)

Tires that appear to be new are being sold in San Diego, and across the country, despite safety advocates and government regulators warning that many of the tires are years-old and pose serious safety risks. There are no state or federal legal requirements to inform consumers of the actual age of tires they are purchasing, although there is a free app that tries to help consumers.

Seized assets total $ 7 million for Sheriff (UT San Diego)

The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department has collected more than $7 million in federal drug-seizure funds during the past five years and spent $6.4 million of it. Most of the money paid for overtime, training, equipment, travel and other departmental expenses.

Feds: James DiMaggio shooting was justified (10 News)

Federal and state prosecutors say FBI agents acted reasonably when they shot and killed kidnapping and murder suspect James DiMaggio in the Idaho wilderness last summer.

Lemon Grove approves extra year, raise for city manager (UT San Diego)

Lemon Grove Mayor Mary Sessom and the rest of the City Council have recommended that the contract of Graham Mitchell, Lemon Grove city manager since 2003, be extended another year.

San Diego’s Post-Kreep Judicial Landscape: A Reader’s Guide  (Voice of San Diego)

Let’s face it: The election of Gary Kreep might’ve been the zenith of San Diego’s judicial races, in terms of pure bewilderment. That race had everything – everything being two men with unfortunate names (Kreep narrowly beat Garland Peed), one of whom was a prominent “birther.” This time around, San Diego will have to settle for a candidate who’s defended white supremacists pro bono and once wrote that a judge he was facing should be disqualified “by virtue of her permanent disability as a Negro racist;” and an incumbent with a drunk-driving conviction who was also admonished by a state commission for incorrectly putting a woman in custody for five days.

Suspended San Diego police officer re-arrested (Scoop San Diego)

A San Diego police officer suspended last month for allegedly battering his wife in La Mesa was re-arrested overnight on suspicion of inflicting corporal injury on his spouse, authorities said.... Sometime Monday evening, Lorenzo allegedly choked his wife in Spring Valley while exchanging custody of their young children, KFMB-TV Channel 8 reported.

Last Burial Space at Fort Rosecrans Cemetery Claimed (KPBS)

Room at the national cemetery has been at a premium for decades, with most remains placed in wall niches in recent years rather than buried in the ground in caskets.

 

STATE

Feds reject immigrant driver’s licenses (UT San Diego)

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Tuesday rejected California’s proposed design for driver’s licenses to be issued to unauthorized immigrants, ruling that the state’s subtle identifying features must be made much more obvious. The decision, if it stands, will force state officials to revisit how prominent to make the distinguishing marks on licenses — one of the most controversial provisions of an already divisive new law.

Electricity refund? Not in California (SD Reader - Don Bauder)

 California utility regulators want to screw you, boost company profits.

Judge rules against Forest Service fees in Southern California (Los Angeles Times)

Opponents of day-use fees in national forests chalked up another victory this week with a federal court ruling in the long-running battle over the recreation charges. U.S. District Court Judge Terry Hatter Jr. sided with four hikers who contended that Southern California forests were improperly requiring them to buy an Adventure Pass even when they didn’t use any developed facilities. 

CA school expels 3 students charged with  hate crimes for harassing black roommate (RawStory)

Three students charged in the alleged hate-related harassment of an African-American roommate at San Jose State University have been expelled and the suspension of a fourth student has been extended, a newspaper reported on Saturday. The expelled students were also banned for life from enrolling in any college in the California State University system….

Energy Commission will fund new hydrogen fueling stations in California (Sacramento Bee)

The Sacramento-based California Energy Commission says it will invest $46.6 million to accelerate the development of publicly accessible hydrogen fueling stations throughout California in order to promote a consumer market for zero-emission fuel cell vehicles, which could be on the market in numbers as early as next year.

 


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