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August 21, 2013 (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:
LOCAL
- Campgrounds, most trails reopen in the Lagunas (U-T San Diego)
- Wind turbines are everywhere out here:They're over 300 feet high. They kill birds. They're linked to cancer. (The Reader)
- La Mesa man gets 40 years for Lemon Grove cabbie’s shooting death (La Mesa Patch)
- A great-grandmother's profile in courage (U-T San Diego)
- Late Filner payments imperiled city credit (U-T San Diego)
- Judge Rules State Pension Law Conflicts With Local Power (KPBS)
- Padre Dam looking at new ways to provide water in Santee (U-T San Diego)
- Feds delay decision on Calif transit funds (U-T San Diego)
- Southern California Customers To Benefit From Settlement With Canadian Utility (KPBS)
STATE
- California grapples with inmate illness as hunger strike drags on (Reuters)
- Calif. wins federal court approval to feed hunger-strike inmates (Sacramento Bee)
- State balks at limits on drones (U-T San Diego)
- Lawmakers OK noncitizens on juries (U-T San Diego)
- Navy Rejects Calif. Whale Protection Suggestions (AP)
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LOCAL
Campgrounds, most trails reopen in the Lagunas (U-T San Diego)
More than five weeks after the Chariot fire ripped through parts of the Laguna Mountain Recreation Area in East County, the U.S. Forest Service has reopened the campgrounds and other amenities.
Wind turbines are everywhere out here:They're over 300 feet high. They kill birds. They're linked to cancer. (The Reader)
Donna Tisdale’s home office looks like something out of an episode of the TV show Hoarders. Paperwork spills off a crowded desk. Boxes are strewn on the floor. Every inch of space is consumed with reports, educational mailers, studies, and oversized maps of green-energy projects slated for the community of Boulevard.
La Mesa Police Chief goes to Sacramento, fails to push through panhandling law (Santee Patch)
Senate Bill 604 died in committee. The bill would make it illegal for people to loiter at center medians of busy intersections.
La Mesa man gets 40 years for Lemon Grove cabbie’s shooting death (La Mesa Patch)
Demetrius Sissac was convicted June 28 of second-degree murder in the Oct. 30, 2011, death of Jalaludin Hamrah.
A great-grandmother's profile in courage (U-T San Diego)
Two days before the signature drive begins, the Greek chorus is singing the praises of a woman old enough to be a great-grandmother.
Late Filner payments imperiled city credit (U-T San Diego)
San Diego’s city credit was endangered when Mayor Bob Filner and his assistant charged up thousands of dollars on a city purchasing card and failed to submit proper documentation to allow for payment, public records show. As Filner racked up debts totaling $3,200, U.S. Bank threatened the city’s general goods credit through Dun & Bradstreet.
Judge Rules State Pension Law Conflicts With Local Power (KPBS)
A Superior Court judge today upheld her tentative ruling to strike down a state law enacted in reaction to voter passage of a pension reform initiative in San Diego.
Padre Dam looking at new ways to provide water in Santee (U-T San Diego)
Santee's municipal water district is moving ahead on advanced treatment for its water.
Feds delay decision on Calif transit funds (U-T San Diego)
Funding squabble holding up $29 million in transit funding for the San Diego region.
Southern California Customers To Benefit From Settlement With Canadian Utility (KPBS)
A Canadian utility has agreed to pay $750 million to settle claims arising from the 2000-2001 energy crisis, and most of the money will go to customers of Rosemead-based Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas & Electric and Pacific Gas & Electric, Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced Friday.
STATE
California grapples with inmate illness as hunger strike drags on (Reuters)
California prison officials are grappling with starvation-related ailments among hunger-striking prisoners who have refused to eat for nearly six weeks to protest the state's solitary confinement policies.
Calif. wins federal court approval to feed hunger-strike inmates (Sacramento Bee)
Six weeks after thousands of California state prison inmates began a hunger strike, the state has gone to court for permission to feed any who may be at risk of dying.
State balks at limits on drones (U-T San Diego)
Californians could be exposed to surveillance from aerial drones without a clearly defined legal shield for privacy. Two measures that would extend existing privacy protections to drones have stalled in the Assembly…
Lawmakers OK noncitizens on juries (U-T San Diego)
Two immigrant-rights bills advanced in the Legislature Monday.
Navy Rejects Calif. Whale Protection Suggestions (AP)
The Navy has rejected suggestions by the California Coastal Commission to limit sonar training to avoid harming whales and other marine mammals but talks were continuing to resolve the issue.
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