December 20, 2017 (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

• Environment Report: Water Authority Extends Controversial Deal by a Decade (Voice of San Diego)
• New SANDAG Board Chairman on Climate Change: 'It's a Debatable Issue' (KPBS)
• Succulents as fire break (Debra Lee Baldwin)
• Record number of meth users died in San Diego County last year (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Gondolas in San Diego Have Powerful Backer But Still No Liftoff (KPBS)
• San Diego betting on lower income entrepreneurs (KPBS)
• Former county Supervisor Pam Slater-Price ditches the GOP, becomes a Democrat (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Report Details Secret Pentagon Program to Study UFOs  (KPBS)
• San Diego start-up fills a niche, helping people grow cannabis at home (San Diego Union-Tribune)

STATE

• 'Reasonable rates' is stricken from CPUC mission statement (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• State regulators adopt stronger fire safety rules for utilities (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• California’s new sanctuary law will aid some immigrants, but not all (KQED)
• Prison Reforms Pressuring California's Inmate Firefighter Force (KPBS)
• In California’s wildfires, a looming threat to climate goals (Cal Matters)
• Supervisor London Breed becomes acting San Francisco mayor upon Ed Lee’s death  (San Francisco Chronicle)
• Investigation into cause of Southland wildfires probes Edison utility equipment (Los Angeles Times)
• Cause of Skirball fire was ‘illegal cooking’ in homeless camp, LAFD says (Orange County Register)
• Gov. Brown met with Edison over San Onofre costs, weeks before Warsaw pact (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• 19 million California voter records hacked, held in Bitcoin ransom, per report (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• In California, Mixed Results for Regulations Meant to Help Stop Fires (NY Times)

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December 6, 2017 (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

• Sheriff candidate says he’s target of retaliation (KPBS)
• USS Theodore Roosevelt launches air strike against Islamic State in Persian Gulf (CBS 8)
• Don’t get left in the dark when going solar: SDG&E’s new rules change the solar economy (East County Californian)
• Group says Rep. Hunter is too close to vaping industry, seeks ethics review (San Diego Union-Tribune)
•  The Plan to Build a Giant Water Battery in San Diego County (Voice of San Diego)
• Sweet recognition — and major cash — for three San Diego scientists with Breakthrough Prize San Diego Union-Tribune)
• County supervisors approve new grants worth $1.2 million (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• The four big differences between Soccer City and SDSU West (Voice of San Diego)
• Saturday’s gun buyback so popular, police ran out of money (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Mini-dorms in College Area a-okay for now (San Diego Reader)

STATE

• California wildfires’ jaw dropping numbers (CNN)
• Some fire hydrants didn’t work because of power outages, firefighters say(Los Angeles Times)
• Northern California fire survivors and victims couldn’t get past garage doors (Press-Democrat)
• Kate Steinle murder trial: how the prosecution’s case fell apart (San Francisco Chronicle)
• Politicians call on Attorney General to jumpstart CPUC investigation (San Diego Union-Tribune)

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November 20, 2017 (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

• County acquires Dictionary Hill open space  (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Desert View Tower, Jacumba roadside site, on sale for $1.25M (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Hunter calls for preemptive strike against North Korea  (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Judge orders Arabo to repay Neighborhood Market Association $248,000 (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Record of physician running for Congress warrants scrutiny (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Board of Supervisors Approve $500K in Rental Assistance For Homeless (KPBS)
• To resist scammers, SDG&E makes changes in worker uniforms (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• San Diego's only commercial marijuana grower to greatly expand production (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Scathing Emails Highlight Dem Party-Union Rift (Voice of San Diego)

STATE

• How California ranks in the nation’s opioid epidemic (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• California judge says companies must remove pre-1951 lead paint in homes (San Francisco Chronicle)
• Atmospheric river brings storm and flash flood warnings to fire-ravaged wine country (Los Angeles Times)

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November 1, 2017 (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

• Charges For Ambulance Rides To Rise In San Diego (KPBS)
• Amid crackdown, homeless move to the river (Voice of San Diego)
• New Report Shows Military Spending Supported 22 Percent Of San Diego Jobs (KPBS)
• Hundreds Sickened At San Diego Marine Corps Depot, Some With E. Coli KPBS)
• SDG&E proposes customer rebates for San Onofre failure, but it's not much (SD Union-Tribune)
• Sempra takes write-down on 2007 San Diego wildfire costs (SD Union-Tribune)
• Christian College Can’t Explain $20 Million In Expenses; Agency Cites ‘Very Sketchy’ Budget (KPBS)
• La Mesa to start pilot program for 6 p.m. Council meetings in 2018 (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• African life, death shaped remarkable marathon star Keflezhigi (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Padres name Skip Schumaker first base coach (Gaslamp Ball)

STATE

• Proposed bill would block utilities from passing wildfire costs to customers (SF Chronicle)
• CPUC Postpones SDG&E Fire Settlement Vote For Third Time  (KPBS)
• Proposed initiative would end early release for some crimes, allow more DNA collection (Los Angeles Times)
• Firefighters fully contain deadly Atlas Fire (San Francisco Chronicle)

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October 11, 2017 (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

• Alpine man reflects on recovery after Vegas shooting (NBC 7)
• SDG&E wants to raise rates 11 percent, starting in two years (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Lemon Grove Councilman, City Manager accused of squelching free speech (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• New homeless camp area opens in San Diego (10 News)
• Following the Money in San Diego’s Community Choice Debate (KPBS)
• Clear the Air Coalition’s Ties to Sempra Aren’t Always Clear to the Public (Voice of San Diego)
• Sempra, Chamber lobbying asks city to put government-run electricity program on ice (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Padre Dam’s East County water purification project moves forward (Water World)
• San Diego's historic Santa Fe Depot is about to be sold (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Water board reports highlighted health risk before hepatitis outbreak (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Trolley workers fear hepatitis from riders who use trains as bathrooms (San Diego Union-Tribune)

STATE

• Battle on to halt march of Northern Calif. wildfires that have killed 17, destroyed 2,000 structures (San Francisco Chronicle)
• Power lines linked to wine country fires (San Jose Mercury News)
• Winless Chargers are having an awful time trying to grow roots in Los Angeles (LA Times)
• 224 new Calif. laws signed, 28 vetoed: list (Patch)
• New California law allows sex offenders to be removed from registry (San Francisco Chronicle)
• If Trump administration tries to sell public lands in California, a new state law says state gets first dibs (Los Angeles Times)
• At least 10 dead and two wineries destroyed as massive wildfires devastating parts of Napa and Sonoma counties (Wine Spectator)
• Scientists foresee major changes in rainfall patterns across California (San Diego Union-Tribune)

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September 27, 2017 (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

•         Buyer’s remorse? Chargers could reportedly move back to San Diego (Times of San Diego)
•        Borrego Springs trying to deal with underground water crisis (San Diego Union-Tribune)
•         Lemon Grove moving on climate action plan (San Diego Union-Tribune)
•         Cox Communications to begin charging heavy Internet users who exceed monthly data caps (San Diego Union-Tribune)
•        Diabetes-Related Amputations Up Significantly in California — and San Diego (KPBS)
•        State seeks more documents from El Cajon councilman's beauty pageant (San Diego Union-Tribune)
•         New FBI Data Places San Diego Among 2016's Safest Cities Nationwide (KPBS)
•          CCAs Have Value Far Beyond Just Price (Voice of San Diego)

STATE

•        A Tale of Two States: California Loses and Texas Wins Under GOP Health Plan (KQED)
•         University of California Blows Big Money on Gold-Plated Pensions (Reason)
•        What a difference three days makes: How voters shook up California’s Legislature (Cal Matters)
•        Solar growth threatened by trade ruling, with Trump to have final say (San Francisco Chronicle)
•        Lawsuit accuses MWD of predatory water diversions in Riverside, Imperial counties (San Diego Union-Tribune)

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September 13, 2017 (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

• County moves closer to investing in affordable housing with $25M fund (Times of San Diego)
• SANDAG Reform Bill Heads to Governor's Desk (KPBS)
• Manufacturing, expo fair coming to East County (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• More Turf Fields Across the District Are Being Replaced or Treated with Gallons of Glue (Voice of San Diego)
• El Cajon official who ran private chamber voted on issues affecting paying member (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Rep. Duncan Hunter’s chief of staff takes job at Pentagon (NBC 7)
• Court orders Darrell Issa to pay Doug Applegate, his campaign, $45,000 (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• ‘Torture’: wife of Campo man injured in crash speaks out (10 News)
• Former San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis to Run for County Board of Supervisors (KPBS)

STATE

• California’s poverty rate remains nation’s highest (Sacramento Bee)
• California may move up its primary, shaking up presidential race (KPCC)
• Sacramento report: Some bills live and some bills die (Voice of San Diego)
• Earthquake early warning in Mexico reminds CA what it still lacks (SF Chronicle)
• Major Unknowns Remain Just Ahead of Key Votes on Massive Water Project (Voice of San Diego)
• California board grants parole for Manson ex-follower Van Houten (Reuters)

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August 30, 2017 (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

• San Diego lifeguards apologize to Texas officials in letter (10 News)
• Jamul tribe gives $1.1 million to County for road upgrades (SD Union-Tribune)
• Boy injured in trolley crash in Santee (Santee Patch)
• In San Diego, Haitians watch community shrink as countrymen leave for Canada (Union-Tribune)
• Rep. Hunter gives President Trump a profane compliment (SD Union-Tribune)
• National City Proceeds with Lawsuit Against Bernie Sanders Campaign for Payment (NBC)

STATE

• Executions could resume after California Supreme Court leaves most of Proposition 66 intact (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Interior Secretary recommends keeping California national monuments (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Antifa Attack Peaceful Right-Wing Demonstrators in Berkeley (Reason)

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August 16, 2017 (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

• El Cajon Family Endures Months, Possibly Years of Toxic Indoor Air (KPBS)
• Pope names new bishop for Chaldean eparchy of San Diego (Catholic News)
• Care about climate change? San Diego County seeks input (Times of San Diego)
• Already suing, El Cajon officer says she faces harassment, discrimination (SDUT)
• Energy choice might come down to which entity people hate less: government or SDG&E (Voice of SD)
• Large tents to house San Diego homeless endorsed (Times of San Diego)
• Bark beetle makes way in Julian (Borrego Sun)
• New Arguments Emerge Against AB 805 (Voice of San Diego)
• Escondido mom says Homeland Security agent pointed gun at her on I-15 (10 News)
• District admits it urged low-performing students to transfer to charters (Voice of San Diego)

STATE

• Despite California's strict new law, hundreds of schools still don't have enough vaccinated kids (Los Angeles Times)
• Faulconer lays out vision for ‘new California Republicans’ (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• California hopes ‘healthy soil’ will help fight climate change (KPBS)
• Schwarzenegger donates $100,000 to anti-hate group in aftermath of Charlottesville violence (Los Angeles Times)

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August 2, 2017 (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

• San Diego approves equal pay law  (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• No charges to be filed in case criticized as racial profiling (SDUT)
• SANDAG Considers Putting Governance Change Proposition Before Voters (KPBS)
• Investigators Reveal SANDAG Leaders Scurried to Hide and Delete Documents as Scandal Unfolded (Voice of San Diego)
• SANDAG Board Members: We Should Have Been Told About 2004 Ballot Discrepancy (Voice of San Diego)
• SANDAG Staff Knew About 2004 Voter Deception but Didn’t Tell Current Board (VOSD)
• Surprise: storm runoff not main cause of illness from polluted beaches (SDUT)
• SD Unified tackles sex education, Muslim anti-bullying, lead in water (10News)
•  County Water Authority Takes Rates Dispute to State Supreme Court (KPBS)
• Third biologist sues Salk claiming gender discrimination (Times of San Diego)

STATE

• California Valley Fever Cases Highest on Record (KQED)
• DA: Hackers Penetrated Voter Registrations In 2016 Through State’s Election Site (KPBS)
• CA wildfires have burned 3 times more than historical average (KCRA)
• Calif. strict gun control laws may soon be lifted by the federal government (Patch)
• Yosemite So Crowded You Can’t Park; But You'll Still Pay to Enter (Apple News)
• California Is Poorer Than You Think (L.A. Weekly)
• Calif. has too much pot, growers won't be able to export the surplus (LA Times)
• California mountain highway is finally cleared of snow after FOUR MONTHS of snowplowing (Daily Mail)
• How California can and must stop wasting its storm water (SF Chronicle)
• California Bill Would Allow Supervised Drug Consumption Centers (KPBS)

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July 11, 2017 (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

• North Korea 'likely' to have missile able to reach San Diego in year or two, analyst says (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• What do you get when you sign up for a 100% green electricity plan? (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Candidate forum brings Hunter’s challengers together (Ramona Sentinel)
• Neighbors band together to track down cat killer (10 News)
• Santee budget balanced, but city wary of future pension, personnel costs (SD Union-Tribune)
• Whistleblowers could sway case focused on future of downtown (SD Union-Tribune) 
• Volunteers brave heat to count bighorn sheep in the desert (KQED)
• Invisible But In Danger: San Diego’s Homeless Are Targets For Attacks (KPBS)
• Why Faulconer’s decision not to run for Governor may be bad news for Issa (SD Union-Tribune)
• SANDAG Misled Voters on 2004 Tax Measure, Showing Pattern of Deception Goes Back at Least 13 Years (Voice of San Diego)
• Former Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher to Run for San Diego Board of Supervisors (KPBS)
• SDG&E begins to roll out new pricing plans based on time of day usage (10 News)
• SDG&E’s Power Moves Have Fended Off Energy Choice Efforts Across San Diego (Voice of SD)

STATE

• Nature lends a hand in fight against three massive California wildfires (Los Angeles Times)
• Thousands of Callifornia’s wild horses may live or die, depending on federal budget (L.A. Daily News)
• Data exclusive: early returns suggest smoking drop in response to state tax (CalMatters)
• California Democrats plunge into ‘civil war’ (Politico)California is closer to becoming a sanctuary state (KCRA)

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June 28, 2017 (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

• Just in time for July 4^th, San Diego revealed as U.S. city with 5^th worst drivers (10 News)
• Supervisors approve three-pronged plan for affordable housing (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• What is causing an outbreak that has infected 181 people and killed four? (SDUT)
• In San Diego, Cars are Deadlier Than Guns (KPBS)
• MTS Adds Long-Delayed 'Stored Value' to Compass Card (KPBS)
• Beetle That Has Killed Palm Trees in San Diego County Could Spread (KPBS)
• San Diego’s Suzie’s Farm announces closure (SanDiegoVille)

STATE

• Nuclear Expert Slams Edison's San Onofre Nuclear Waste Storage Plan (KPBS)
• Californians contemplate ‘unthinkable choices’ if GOP healthcare becomes law  (KQED)
• Proposed state law would shrink control cities have over cell tower installations (SDUT)
• California's electricity price skyrocketed with the heatwave. Should power officials have called the alert? (SDUT)
• Why California gun owners may be breaking the law on July 1 (Sacramento Bee)
  
  Huge milestone for Delta tunnels: Feds say they won’t push fish over the brink (Sacramento Bee)
• California Attorney General’s office faces scrutiny over San Onofre inquiry (KPBS)
• Weed killer ingredient going on list as cancerous (AP)
• State: 111 Terminally Ill End Lives Under New California Law (KPBS)

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June 14, 2017 (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

• Judge Curiel gets another tough one (San Diego Reader)
• Mayor uses veto power to restore special election funding (Times of San Diego)
• Investigators looking into if El Cajon brush fire was intentional (KNSD)
• Immigration judge orders release of Mexican woman (KPBS)
• Judges say Edison failed to prove fraud, undermined its own case in San Onofre arbitration (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• DA taking more cash, guns and other assets from suspected criminals (SDUT)
• Study: San Diego a Top 10 tech city (SDUT)
• Re-Animated Records Comes to Life (NBC San Diego)
• Developers of Little Flower apartments tussle with La Mesa neighbors (SD Reader)
• EU antitrust regulators to investigate $38 billion Qualcomm, NXP deal (Reuters)
• Topping off ceremony marking milestone in Viejas Casino & Resort expansion (SDUT)
• Planning commission recommends approval of Christian tourism resort (KPBS)

STATE

• Climate change could burn a hole in the Forest Service’s budget (Sacramento Bee)
• Signs of past California 'mega-quakes' show danger of the Big One on San Andreas fault (Los Angeles Times)
• Can California really hit a 100% clean energy renewable target? (SDUT)
• Legal marijuana could be a $5 billion boon to California’s economy (Los Angeles Times)
• California Is Now 13 Acres Bigger (Newser)
• University of California Announces Policy to give Illegal Immigrants Preference Over U.S. Students (2aNews)

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May 31, 2017 (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

• San Diego kids plead to get their parents back after immigration raid (10 News)
• Ice raid near National City schools:  parents arrested, children left unattended (San Diego Free Press)
• How Trump’s proposed budget could affect San Diego County (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Sempra VP surprises, say 100 percent renewable grid is possible now (iNewsource)
• Solana Beach Becomes First in County to Opt for Alternative Energy Program (KPBS)
• San Diego DROP pensioners return for more city pay (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• San Diego Among Cities with Largest Population Growth (KPBS)
• San Diegans Pay Some of the Highest Water Rates in the State and Country (Voice of San Diego)
• Religious Liberty Group Suing San Diego Schools Over CAIR-backed 'Islamophobia’ Program (Jewish World Review)

STATE

• The price tag on universal health care is in, and it’s bigger than California’s budget (Sacramento Bee)
• Can I get fired for using legal recreational marijuana?  An FAQ for California workers (Sacramento Bee)
• Amendment proposed to give control of UCOP budget to state legislature (Daily Bruin)
• Edison violated San Onofre testing rules, NRC says (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• More government transparency needed in California (San Jose Mercury News)
• California desert town Adelanto plans its future around pot (Marketplace.org)
• Brown's top aide gets $300 ethics fine, critics say that's low (San Diego Union-Tribune)

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May 11, 2017 (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

• Lemon Grove mulls bringing back a planning commission (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Lemon Grove taking stand on human trafficking (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• San Diego will recycle sewage into drinking water, mayor declares (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Two European airlines to offer non-stop flights to San Diego (KNSD)
• Sempra turns in strong first quarter numbers (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• At Some District High Schools, Grad Rates are Climbing as They Lose More Students (Voice of San Diego)
•  Bumble Bee Foods to Pay $25 Million Fine for Conspiring to Fix Prices (KPBS)

STATE

• The housing crisis: why 2 out of 5 millennials still live at home (Times of San Diego)
• California AG punts on probe over allegations against UC President Napolitano (Fox)
• Public pension shortfall one of nation’s largest (San Francisco Examiner)
• Report: California Does Not Know if Its Business Tax Breaks Work (KPBS)

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