EAST COUNTY ROUNDUP: LOCAL AND STATEWIDE NEWS

April 2, 2015 (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

• City, county partnering on stadium (UT San Diego)
• Hottest March on record in San Diego (UT San Diego)
• San Diego County property taxes due April 10 (KPBS)
• Crime Watch (La Mesa Today)
• San Diego County Population Grows To 3.3 Million Residents (KPBS)

STATE

• Teacher unions target charter schools — again (UT San Diego)
• CPUC judge on Peevey: 'This was inevitable' (U-T)
• Republican voter registration continues to erode in California (Sacramento Bee)
• Regulators Plan To Drop Case At Closed San Onofre Nuclear Plant

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LOCAL

City, county partnering on stadium (UT San Diego)

Agreement to spend $500K on consultants, attorneys could be precursor to larger deal.

Hottest March on record in San Diego (UT San Diego)

It’s official: San Diego experienced the warmest March on record, compiling an average monthly temperature of 66.6 degrees, which is 7.2 degrees above normal. The previous record was 64.3 degrees, set in 1978.

San Diego County property taxes due April 10 (KPBS)

A large number of San Diego County property owners appear to be waiting until the last minute to pay the second installment of their property taxes. Around 550,000 payments remain outstanding as the April 10 deadline approaches, San Diego County Treasurer-Tax Collector Dan McAllister said Wednesday.

Crime Watch (La Mesa Today)

Undercover Operation Nets 32 Arrests

San Diego County Population Grows To 3.3 Million Residents (KPBS)

 San Diego County added 41,000 residents between July 1, 2013, and July 1, 2014, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

STATE

Teacher unions target charter schools — again (UT San Diego)
Charter schools' independence would be limited under two pending bills.

CPUC judge on Peevey: 'This was inevitable' (U-T)

Top judge at the utilities commission opines on Peevey situation.

Republican voter registration continues to erode in California (Sacramento Bee)

Republicans’ voter registration ranks continue to slip, with no-party preference voters now outnumbering Republicans in 13 counties and more than a third of the state’s cities, state numbers released this week show.

Regulators Plan To Drop Case At Closed San Onofre Nuclear Plant

Environmental group Friends of the Earth wanted the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to review whether operator Southern California Edison sidestepped rules when it replaced steam generators in a $670 million overhaul in 2009 and 2010.... / A proposed decision released Monday from the NRC's Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation said the issue is no longer relevant because the plant closed in 2013.