July 24, 2021 (San Diego) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego's inland regions, published in other media.  This week's round-up stories include:

LOCAL

• A plan to repair, revitalize American Legion Hall in La Mesa (La Mesa Courier)
• San Diego County tackles housing shortage with general plan changes (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• A tale of two cities’ transparency: Carlsbad and La Mesa (SD Rostra)
• SD County Planning Commission recommends building Jacumba solar project despite resident opposition (KUSI)
• Judge rules Poway synagogue shooting victims can sue Smith & Wesson (The Hill)
• Good Samaritans Rescue Driver of Burning SUV Accused of Hit-and-Run Spree (NBC San Diego)
• San Diego Police Announce Crackdown on Growing Violent Crime, Deadly ‘Ghost Guns’ (Times of San Diego)

STATE

• Gov. Newsom signs $12 billion plan to address homelessness(10 News)
• California approves 1st state-funded guaranteed income plan (AP)
• California businesses hiring homeless workers can get a $30,000 tax credit through new law (Sacramento Bee)
• California changes course on schools  enforcing mask mandate (AP)
• California’s Cliffs Are Collapsing One by One (Atlantic)
• Trump supporters linked to plot on California Democratic HQ had guns, zip ties, steroids (Sacramento Bee)
• California fires are burning faster, hotter, more intensely — and getting harder to fight  (Los Angeles Times)
• LA County Will Require People To Wear Masks Indoors  (Los Angeles Times)
• Couple charged in Southern California wildfire sparked by gender reveal(10 News)

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June 29, 2021 (San Diego) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego's inland regions, published in other media.  This week's round-up stories include:

Local

• SEC sues La Mesa financial adviser over selling investments linked to a Ponzi scheme (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• San Miguel Fire district looking to replace two board members (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Preservation of Galleta Meadows, Sculptures (Borrego Sun)
• La Mesa nursing home fined thousands in sexual abuse case(10 News)
• Woman nearly dies after botched weight loss surgery in Tijuana (CBS 8 San Diego)
• ‘Give me my water back.’ SDG&E project in Valley Center generates complaints from neighbors (San Diego Union-Tribune)

State

• California deserts have lost nearly 40% of plants to hotter, drier weather, satellite data shows( Palm Springs Desert Sun)
• California unveils system to provide digital COVID-19 vaccine records (Los Angeles Times)
• Highly contagious Delta coronavirus variant spreading fast in California  (Los Angeles Times)
• Getting unemployment benefits in California is changing (Los Angeles Times)
• As California reopens, some unvaccinated people feel left behind (KPBS)

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May 29, 2021 (San Diego) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego's inland regions, published in other media.  This week's round-up stories include:

LOCAL

• San Diego launches $10M assessment of aging city dams, including three rated ‘poor’ (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Ruling could give new life to San Diego backcountry developments (10 News)
• El Cajon Council is microcosm of vaccination debate (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• As Fewer Unaccompanied Children Cross Border, San Diego Convention Center Workers Reunite Hundreds Of Families (KPBS)
• Sempra shareholders vote down Paris climate proposal  (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Officials Say Rental Relief Programs on Track to Leave Millions Unspent (Voice of San Diego)
• Column: Issa remains vague about Cheney’s removal (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Cruise ship crews getting COVID-19 vaccines in San Diego Wednesday (San Diego Union-Tribune)

STATE

• Newsom proposes $12 billion to help California homeless population  (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Gov. Newsom Proposes More $600 COVID Relief Checks Amid Big California Budget Surplus (Times of San Diego)
• Newsom recall rival Kevin Faulconer proposes eliminating state income tax for some Californians (Los Angeles Times)
• Gavin Newsom wants to test guaranteed income programs, give grants to laid-off workers (Sacramento Bee)
• Humane Society Investigating Cox's Use Of Bear On Campaign Trail (Patch.com)
• Ocean Dumpsites Are Leaking Toxins off the California Coast—And It’s Worse Than Originally Thought (Sunset)
• Vandenberg Air Force Base to be renamed Space Force Base (10 News)
• California confirms state will reopen June 15 - no more social distancing, capacity limits  (Los Angeles Times)

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April 30, 2021 (San Diego) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego's inland regions, published in other media.  This week's round-up stories include:

LOCAL

• San Diego County moves to join a community choice energy program (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Group sues El Cajon, county to halt Amazon distribution center (San Diego Union-Tribune) 
• San Diegans reflect on 20 years of service, struggle as America’s longest war nears an end (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• La Mesa City Council says goodbye to Akilah Weber (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Searching for a COVID vaccine appointment? This Facebook group wants to help you (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• More wedding guests allowed after some COVID restrictions lifted (10 News)
• Padres Fans Can Now Fill 33% Of Petco Park (KPBS)

STATE

• California goes from worst to first in virus infections (10 News
• California law requires 5-feet around homes, 100 feet around property for wildfires (10 News)
• Why 30+ Disneyland and California Adventure rides, attractions and shows will remain closed when the parks return (San Jose Mercury News)
• Judge orders L.A. city and county to offer shelter to everyone on skid row by fall (Los Angeles Times)
• Nestlé doesn't have valid rights to water it's been bottling, California officials say (Desert Sun)

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March 27,  2021 (San Diego) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego's inland regions, published in other media.  This week's round-up stories include:

LOCAL

• Former sheriff’s captain gets prison in gun sales case (San Diego Union-Tribune) 
• Helix Water District to help needy customers starting in April (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Jacumba Residents Fear 650-Acre Solar Project Will Ruin Their Rural Community (iNewsSource)
• La Mesa Council forms subcommittee for Alvarado Specific Plan (La Mesa Courier)
• Could Jackalope Junction, a Western-style steampunk theme park, find a home in Ramona? (San Diego Union-Tribune) 
• Woman Hit By Rubber Bullet At La Mesa Protest Files Lawsuit (Patch.com)
• Ex-La Mesa Cop Pleads Not Guilty To Filing False Police Report (Patch.com)

STATE

• Vaccine tiers for Californians will be gone by early May, Gavin Newsom say(Sacramento Bee) 
• California Supreme Court rules cash bail unconstitutional for defendants who can’t afford it (Sacramento Bee)
• Government creating roadblocks due to pandemic (Calaware)
• Why Covering Canals With Solar Panels Is a Power Move (Wired.com)

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February 21, 2021 (San Diego) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego's inland regions, published in other media.  This week's round-up stories include:

LOCAL

• In-Depth: San Diego's 'vaccine gap' concerns minority leaders (10 News)
• Highlights From Supervisor Chair Nathan Fletcher's First State of the County Address (NBC 7)
• Few Fire Insurance Options Left for San Diego County Farmers (Times of San Diego)
• Limited Vaccine Supply Slows San Diego County’s Vaccination Goal Progress (KPBS)
• Uptick in COVID-related respiratory illness in children (10 News)
• Child exploitation, unreported abuse rose during school closures, district attorney warns  (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• La Mesa may expand public comment opportunities (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• San Diego Family to Reunite After Biden's Travel Ban Reversal (NBC San Diego)
• Alvarado Hospital Confirms Active COVID Cases at Behavioral Health Unit (NBC San Diego)

STATE

• California legislators approve $7.6-billion COVID-19 package, including $600 stimulus checks  (Los Angeles Times)
• COVID-19 is driving many California teachers to early retirement, CalSTRS says (Sacramento Bee)
• After last summer’s blackouts, utilities commission orders additional power (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Rep. Kevin McCarthy attended his son’s wedding in California amid deadly COVID-19 surge (Los Angeles Times)

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January 30, 2021 (San Diego) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego's inland regions, published in other media.  This week's round-up stories include

LOCAL

• La Mesa Police Department ill-prepared to respond to May protest-turned-riot, consultants find (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Hundreds attend largely maskless El Cajon concert by controversial religious figure Sean Feucht (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• County distributes COVID patients’ addresses to police agencies (Voice of San Diego)
• El Cajon mayor’s business built on contract with healthcare provider at center of criminal investigation (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• The transition from Trump to Biden is already being felt in San Diego (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Two people hospitalized after bar fight in El Cajon(NBC San Diego)
• After years of running elections, Michael Vu, San Diego’s registrar of voters, takes on a new role (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Woman sues City of La Mesa for police projectile injury during protest (10 News)
• La Jolla Salon Operator Sues CA Over COVID-19 Restrictions (Patch)
• State Grant Program Awards Three SD County Tribes Funding for Climate Change (Times of San Diego)
• Coronado Man Arrested And Charged For Taking Part In U.S. Capitol Insurrection (KPBS)

STATE

• Blue Shield will oversee California’s troubled COVID-19 vaccination effort (Los Angeles Times)
• A huge piece of California's Highway 1 near Big Sur collapsed into the ocean (CNN)
• Could a homegrown coronavirus strain be partly to blame for California’s surge? (Los Angeles Times)
• How Joe Biden’s immigration plan works, and what it would mean for California  (Sacramento Bee)
• Poll shows 71% of Californians want to get vaccinated. That may not be enough (San Francisco Chronicle)
• Macy's To Close California Stores In 2021 (Patch)
• Napa man charged with stockpiling weapons may have been targeting Newsom (KTLA)
• ‘Sharp decline’ in COVID cases among L.A. firefighters after vaccinations (Los Angeles Times)

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December 31, 2020 (San Diego) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego's inland regions, published in other media.  This week's round-up stories include: 

LOCAL

• Helix Water District approves water for sand-mining project (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria signs order for stricter enforcement of COVID restrictions ahead of NYE (10 News)
• Man Pleads Not Guilty To La Mesa Murder (Patch)
• Worsening pandemic is driving more San Diego County students back to online learning (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• San Dieguito teachers sue to block district from reopening (Times of San Diego)
• Judge agrees to dismiss hearing for restraining order filed by Lemon Grove (San Diego Union-Tribune)

STATE

• California National Guard medical corps pitches in to help struggling hospitals (Los Angeles Times)
• New year rings in new traffic and public safety laws in California  (Orange County Register) 
• Don't share your air: California hospital systems plead with public during press conference about surge in patients with COVID-19.  (Kaiser Permanente)
• Coronavirus pushes California to brink of two million cases (Los AngelesTimes)
• School reopening battle intensifies as unions and Democrats face off (Cal Matters)

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December 7, 2020 (San Diego) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego's inland regions, published in other media.  This week's round-up stories include: 

LOCAL

• In a first, California considers allowing housing project on San Diego ecological reserve (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• San Diego Businesses Lose Court Bid to Resume Indoor Operations, Will Try Again (Times of San Diego)
• Surge in D’s and F’s in San Diego County schools raises questions: How to grade during pandemic (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• SDSU Considers Canceling Spring Break to Avoid COVID-19 Surge (NBC San Diego)
• Ravaged by fire, USS Bonhomme Richard bound for scrapyard, Navy says (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Paul Parker Returns to Lead County Citizens’ Law Enforcement Review Board (County News Center)

STATE

• California will receive 327,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine by mid-December. Who gets them?  (Sacramento Bee)
• Biden Picks Xavier Becerra to Lead Health and Human Services (Xavier Becerra)
• CIF Delays Start, Cancels Fall Regional, State Championship Dates (Patch.com)
• California health chief says all school reopening is local (Politico)
• California sets record with most COVID-19 hospitalizations since pandemic began (Los Angeles Times)
• Thousands of curfew breakers rally to reopen California (10 News)
• Conception boat fire: Captain charged over 34 deaths in California (BBC)

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November 9, 2020 (San Diego) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego's inland regions, published in other media.  This week's round-up stories include: 

LOCAL

• Women Politicians Across the County Say They’ve Faced Harassment, Threats  (Voice of San Diego)
• If San Diego County falls to purple tier, here’s how schools might be affected (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• San Diego County Supervisors consider upgraded dark skies ordinance (Patch)
• San Diego Gym Owners Sue Officials Over Pandemic Restrictions (Patch)
• Bry concedes San Diego mayor’s race to Gloria (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Attorney General and FPPC reviewing complaints against Steve Vaus (SD Rostra)

STATE

• What Joe Biden’s victory means for California in Washington (Sacramento Bee)
• Consumer agency wants PG&E fined $166 million for botching California wildfire blackouts  (Sacramento Bee)
• State to allow visitors inside nursing homes in most California counties (Cal Matters)
• Churches shut down by coronavirus offer refuge to immigrants released from detention (Los Angeles Times)

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October 8, 2020 (San Diego) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego's inland regions, published in other media.  This week's round-up stories include: 

LOCAL

• El Cajon Nursing Home Reaped Big Profits While Shortchanging Resident Care, Analysis Shows (KPBS)
• Most San Diego County school districts have reopened or plan to reopen in October (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• SDG&E launches $107.4 million program for zero-emission buses, trucks and forklifts (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• COVID-19 Exposure at SD City Council Meeting Forces Councilmembers Into Quarantine (NBC 7)
• USMC F-35 fighter crashes near U.S.-Mexico border after midair collision (UPI)

STATE

• It’s official: we have our first ‘gigafire’ in Northern California (Norcal News)
• Wildfires Continue to Ravage California; At Least 1,200 Fatalities Linked to Inhaling Toxic Smoke  (Democracy Now)
• California adds COVID-19 equity requirement. It could trip up counties’ reopenings (Los Angeles Times)
• In latest clash with NRA, Newsom signs bill to help police trace guns (Los Angeles Times)
• ‘Significant areas of total devastation’ as California fires torch wine country (Los Angeles Times)
• California moves to end sales of new gas-powered cars (KCRA)
• California to ban chokeholds, independently review police shootings under newly signed laws (Politico)
• California’s Filipino American nurses are dying from COVID-19 at alarming rates (San Jose Mercury News)
• California task force will consider paying reparations for slavery (Los Angeles Times)

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September 18, 2020 (San Diego) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego's inland regions, published in other media.  This week's round-up stories include: 

LOCAL

• Former SD Sheriff's Captain Pleads Guilty to Trafficking ‘Off-Roster' Firearms (NBC San Diego)
• In Jamul, two hemp farms lost in Valley Fire (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Your say: How is virtual learning going so far? (San Diego Union Tribune)
• Blue Lives Matter Is the Wildfire Cavalry No One Asked For (Daily Beast)
• Federal Jail Downtown Now Has One of the Country's Worst COVID Outbreaks (Voice of San Diego)

STATE

• California eviction moratorium is ‘a real nightmare’ for renters to understand — here’s what you need to know (Marketwatch)
• Fast-moving Snow fire, sparked by burning car, prompts evacuations near Palm Springs (Los Angeles Times)
• In California, Trump continues to deny climate change is real: “It will start getting cooler” (Los Angeles Times)
• Another California firestorm where warnings did not prevent mass deaths (Los Angeles Times)

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August 27, 2020 (San Diego) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego's inland regions, published in other media.  This week's round-up stories include: 

LOCAL

• Are schools reopening safely? UC San Diego experts recommend measures beyond state guidelines (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Spy Games? Civil Rights Advocate Calls out San Diego PD's Covert Use of iPhone Spyware (NBC 7)
• Firm Investigating Breonna Taylor's Death Tapped to Review La Mesa Police, City's Protest Response(NBC 7)
• How many COVID cases are in your zip code? (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• We’re Suing for COVID-19 Data (Times of San Diego)
• Racism, QAnon and ‘cold civil war’: Inside the 20,000-strong Defend East County Facebook group (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Border Wall Targeted in Sacred Sites Suit: Indian Band Names Trump, Others (Times of San Diego)
• Sycuan Casino Resort won’t allow certain face coverings (Fox 5)
• Sheriff releases details of 2 hanging suicides in San Diego County jails (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Sources: Sailor under investigation for arson in USS Bonhomme Richard ship fire (10 News)

STATE

• California fires claim 5 lives, threaten thousands of homes (Associated Press)
• ‘My God, we’ve got nobody’: Strained firefighters struggle to stop Bay Area wildfires (Mercury News)
• Firefighters ready to battle into night, Cal Fire to all residents of California: ‘Be ready to go’ (Mercury News)
• 9th Circuit ends California ban on high-capacity magazines  (Asosciated Press)
• Uber and Lyft get reprieve from court, won't shut down in California for now (CNN)
• Tighter federal rules end free meals for thousands of California students (Ed Source)
• With data backlog cleared, California coronavirus cases officially decreasing, Newsom says (San Jose Mercury News)
• As California AG, Kamala Harris Took a Political Risk to Fight Climate Change(Cal Street Blog)

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July 24, 2020 (San Diego) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego's inland regions, published in other media.  This week's round-up stories include: 

LOCAL

• Pandemic accelerates San Diego’s efforts to create ‘city of the future’ using technology (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• El Cajon takes new look at its homeless population (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Officials Want to Dig Deeper on What’s Driving Black Homelessness (Voice of San Diego)
• COVID-19 cases, deaths surpass flu numbers for the entire 2019-20 season in San Diego (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Community Planning Groups Skew Richer, Whiter and Older (Voice of San Diego)
• Padres Ready for 2020 But Miss the Friar Faithful (NBC San Diego)

STATE

• California was impatient. Now it tops New York for most coronavirus cases (Los Angeles Times)
• Through the looking-glass: Family members fight restricted access to loved ones in long-term care (Cal Matters)
• This is not a solution.’ Sacramento nail salon owners rebel against operating outdoors (Sacramento Bee)
• How Vietnamese Americans rallied behind nail salons during the California shutdown (Politico)
• California Legislature will let some lawmakers vote remotely amid COVID-19 pandemic (Associated Press)

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July 8, 2020 (San Diego) -- East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County and San Diego's inland regions, published in other media.  This week's round-up stories include: 

LOCAL

• Will San Diego get a COVID-related surge of foreclosures? (San Diego Union-Tribune)

• New Pact Reached For Fires Near San Diego, Riverside County Line (Patch)

• Family believes ‘angry mob attack” in El Cajon was racially motivated (10 News)

• Large Crowds Fill San Diego County Beaches As Holiday Weekend Begins (KPBS)

• No Charges In SDSU Fraternity Pledge's Death (Patch)

• When are the Hunters going to jail already? (Escondido Grapevine)

• Young San Diegans willing to be exposed to coronavirus to help with vaccine trials (San Diego Union-Tribune)

• Businesses Say Border Patrol Is Seizing Legal Cannabis Between San Diego, Imperial (Voice of San Diego)

• COVID-19 cases remain low among San Diego County’s homeless (San Diego Union-Tribune)

• County, advocacy group partner to reduce racial disparities in child welfare system (San Diego Union-Tribune)

• Intact piñatas, empty venue halls; San Diego’s family-owned party businesses bemoan lost revenue  (San Diego Union-Tribune)

STATE

• The trouble with hot spots: Hard-hit counties send COVID-19 patients to other areas (CalMatters)

• LA sheriff will fine you $300 if you're not wearing a mask in public (CNN)

• California severely short on firefighting crews after COVID-19 lockdown at prison camps (Sacramento Bee)

• California sets record for most coronavirus cases in a single day (Los Angeles Times)

• Cancel the bar exam? California considers allowing law graduates to skip test due to COVID-19 (Sacramento Bee)

• These California Republicans will raise money and campaign against Trump’s reelection  (Sacramento Bee)
  
   

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