EAST COUNTY ROUNDUP: LOCAL AND STATEWIDE NEWS

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June 10 ,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:

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Bottled water sources flow amid drought (U-T)

San Diego County has six bottled water companies, at least three of which draw from private wells and springs in Lakeside, the Santee area, and Palomar Mountain. 

Lemon Grove council gets pay hike (Lemon Grove)

City council members to make $803 a month, up from $705; mayor will get $1,400 a month.

What Will San Onofre's New Emergency Plan Look Like? (KPBS)

Residents living near the now shuttered San Onofre nuclear power plant have security questions after a new emergency plan was approved by federal regulators.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kpbs/local/~4/gG5HvODMXhY

Grantville upzone approved (U-T)

Industrial neighborhood near SDSU seen as ripe for transit-friendly housing.

City of Poway on list of safest in state (U-T)

Why is Poway's crime rate so low? A few theories

Stunning images of the shrinking Salton Sea (NBC Los Angeles)

Once-bustling marinas in California's largest lake a few years ago are now bone-dry. Carcasses of oxygen-starved tilapia lie on desolate shores...he lake is shrinking — and on the verge of getting much smaller as more water goes to coastal cities. San Diego and other Southern California water agencies will stop replenishing the lake after 2017, raising concerns that dust from exposed lakebed will exacerbate asthma and other respiratory illness in a region whose air quality already fails federal standards

Third claim filed against Dave Roberts (UT San Diego)

A former staff member said county Supervisor Dave Roberts made what she believed was an “attempted bribe” to get her to mislead a human resources inquiry, according to a claim filed against the county on Monday.

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Bill Would Let California Pregnant Women Buy Health Insurance (KPBS)

The California Assembly has approved a bill that would allow women to buy health insurance after they become pregnant.

Key CPUC reform gets unplugged (U-T)

Provision would have allowed commission decisions to be reviewed by a judge. 

No one fired in review of CPUC (U-T)

A months long internal review of tens of thousands of emails between utility regulators and the companies they oversee has resulted in disciplinary action against approximately two dozen managers at the California Public Utilities Commission.  None of them will be fired or suspended. They will receive letters in their personnel files that may be removed later. 

The Truth Behind Your State's High School Grad Rate (NPR)

Graduation rates are rising across the nation — but what's happening in your state? Explore our NPR Ed grad rate database.

Why CalPERS wants a little less to do with Wall Street (APM Marketplace)

Wall Street cares a lot more than you might think about retired government workers. Investment managers rack up hefty fees managing money for giant pension funds. CalPERS, which manages some $300 billion of California pension money, is now changing the game by cutting back half its money managers.

 


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