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May 19, 2011 (San Diego’s East County) -- East County Roundup highlights top news of interest to our region, published in other media.
Recent Roudup headlines include:
• State Superintendent reacts to funding gap (KPBS)
• Palomar, San Pasqual Parks axed by state (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Rally sends message to Sacramento: Stop cutting our schools’ budgets (Mt. Helix Patch)
• New City budget calls for restoring recreation, library budgets (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• 1,200 at Super Smith Saturday to aid cancer-stricken Grossmont teacher (La Mesa Patch)
• Ramona residents oppose fire evacuation plan (10 News)
• Schwarzenegger reveals he had child with staffer (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Flying marijuana over the border low and slow (KPBS)
• Historic Borrego home to become research center (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• San Diego home ownership drops in past decade (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Study says public transportation connects, but not always to jobs (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Study links autism to mother’s health issues (San Diego Union-Tribune)
STATE SUPERINTENDENT REACTS TO FUNDING GAP
May 19, 2011 (KPBS) --California’s school districts are in deep financial trouble, but some in rich neighborhoods are faring quite well, according to a KPBS/Watchdog investigation.
In California, neighborhood property values should not determine how well a public school is funded. A 40-year-old court ruling was supposed to put an end to the funding gap between rich and poor neighborhoods.
But an analysis of government statistics revealed some small school districts in affluent neighborhoods have nearly twice the funding as other public schools
http://www.kpbs.org/news/2011/may/19/state-superintendent-reacts-funding-gap/
PALOMAR, SAN PASQUAL PARKS AXED BY STATE
May 14, 2011 (San Diego Union-Tribune)--Seventy state parks — or about a quarter of the system — will permanently close by July 2012 as part of sweeping attempts to balance the budget, officials announced Friday in Sacramento. They said they spared many of the most beloved and historically significant sites but will lose more than 5 million visitors once the closures take force.
Two parks in San Diego County made the list: Palomar Mountain in North County and San Pasqual Battlefield, east of Escondido. In addition, the Salton Sea recreation area is targeted, along with Fort Humboldt on the North Coast, Railtown 1897 in Gold Country and dozens of others.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/may/13/palomar-san-pasqual-parks-axed-state/
RALLY SENDS MESSAGE TO SACRAMENTO: STOP CUTTING OUR SCHOOLS’ BUDGETS
Thousands turn out to support school districts facing continued cuts in funding
May 13, 2011 (Mt. Helix Patch) -- Students, teachers and staff of schools throughout Southern California were joined by enthusiastic supporters Friday afternoon at a rally in downtown San Diego meant to send a message to Sacramento politicians to stop cutting the budget for education.
NEW CITY BUDGET CALLS FOR RESTORING RECREATION, LIBRARY SERVICES
Unexpected $9.2 million in revenue will help ease some of the pain
May 19, 2011 (San Diego Union-Tribune)--Mayor Jerry Sanders is expected to release a revised budget plan Thursday that includes about $9 million in new revenue, part of which will go to restoring recreation center hours and scaling back deep cuts to neighborhood libraries
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/may/19/new-city-budget-calls-restoring-recreation-library/
1,200 AT SUPER SMITH SATURDAY TO AID CANCER-STRICKEN GROSSMONT TEACHER
May 14, 2011 (La Mesa Patch) -- Mike Smith, a Grossmont High School social studies teacher battling skin cancer, said he could see the school’s football field from his back yard on Mount Helix. So students gathered on the letter G Saturday afternoon to wave and yell toward him.
RAMONA RESIDENTS OPPOSE FIRE EVACUATION PLAN
Residents Caught In Gridlocked Traffic While Evacuating From Witch Fire In 2007
May 16, 2011 (10 News) -- The city of Ramona introduced a new fire evacuation plan on Monday but a majority of residents say they plan to ignore it.
http://www.10news.com/news/27917891/detail.html
SCHWARZENEGGER REVEALS HE HAD CHILD WITH STAFFER
May 17, 2011 (San Diego Union-Tribune) -- LOS ANGELES — Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has acknowledged that he fathered a child with a member of his household staff, a revelation that apparently prompted wife Maria Shriver to leave the couple's home before they announced their separation last week.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/may/17/schwarzenegger-reveals-he-had-child-with-staffer/
FLYING MARIJUANA OVER THE BORDER LOW AND SLOW
Enforcement pressure on the ground by U.S. agents has forced Mexican drug traffickers to get creative.
Smugglers are using ultralight aircraft to drop a few hundred pounds of marijuana into the United States at a time. It’s just one more method in a smuggling portfolio that is constantly changing, according to the U.S. Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials.
http://www.kpbs.org/news/2011/may/19/flying-marijuana-over-border-low-slow/
HISTORIC BORREGO HOME TO BECOME RESEARCH CENTER
May 12, 2011 (San Diego Union-Tribune) -- The historic Desert Club in Borrego Springs, once envisioned to be the centerpiece of a thriving desert city much like Palm Springs, will soon become a field research center for biologists, astronomers, anthropologists and others.
A large monetary gift from the daughter-in-law of the original developer of the 4,280-square-foot, architecturally stunning Desert Club, has been given to the University of California, Irvine, which plans to open the research center late next year.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/may/12/historic-home-borrego-become-research-center/
SAN DIEGO HOME OWNERSHIP RATE DROPS IN PAST DECADE
May 11, 2011 (San Diego Union-Tribune) -- A prolonged housing crisis and recession erased all of the homeownership gains of the last 10 years, leaving San Diego County with a lower proportion of owners than at the start of the decade, new census figures show.
The county’s 2010 homeownership rate now stands at 54.4 percent, down from 55.4 percent in 2000, according to the decennial census data released today
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/may/11/san-diego-homeowners-see-decade-decline/
STUDY SAYS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CONNECTS, BUT NOT ALWAYS TO JOBS
May 12, 2011 (San Diego Union-Tribune)— Most San Diegans are well-connected to public transit, but few of those buses, trolleys and trains connect us well to our jobs, according to a new report from the Brookings Institution.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/may/12/public-transit-connects-not-always-jobs-brookings-/
STUDY LINKS AUTISM TO MOTHER’S HEALTH ISSUES
May 11, 2011 (San Diego Union-Tribune) -- Women with diabetes, obesity or high blood pressure during pregnancy are at far greater risk of having children with autism or other developmental delays, according to a new study presented this week at an international conference of autism researchers in San Diego.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/may/11/pregnant-women-diabetes-or-obesity-may-be-more-lik/
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