April 3, 2019 (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 County sued Trump Administration, seeking revival of “safe release” program for asylum-seekers (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• San Diego may explore ‘cool pavement’ to reduce temperatures in urban areas (San Diego Union-Tribune)

• Raise makes Helix Water District board members highest-paid in county  (San Diego Union-Tribune)

• Lawsuit claims women secretly recorded in San Diego (Sharp Grossmont) Hospital (10 News)
• Allergy sufferers prepare for unusually long season, expert says (NBC San Diego)
• New resort bringing more jobs (The Alpine Sun)

STATE

• Judge Moves to Curtail PG&E’s Dividends Until it Reduces Wildfire Risks (KQED)
• It’s time. It’s beyond time.’ Sex abuse victims back California priest accountability bill (Sacramento Bee)
• How healthy is California snowpack? Snow survey site has 4th-best start to April ever (Sacramento Bee)
• California adopts new wetland protections as Trump administration eases them (San Francisco Chronicle)
• As anti-fur sentiment grows, California’s oldest trappers are calling it quits (Los Angeles Times)
• California Health Officials 'Very Concerned' As Number Of Measles Cases Rise (Capital Public Radio)

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March 21,  2019 (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

• Tijuana ranked most dangerous city in the world as spring break approaches (10 News)
• Stingrays out in 'full force' as people flock to the beach, lifeguards warn (10 News)
• San Diego installs more than 3,000 cameras and sensors on street lights (Fox News)
• San Diego County to boost wildfire protection plan (10 News)
• Humpback whale feeding frenzy off San Diego’s Coast (10 News)
• Four Men Accuse San Diego Unified Trustee Kevin Beiser of Sexual Misconduct, Abuse (Voice of San Diego)
• Driver crashes through El Cajon restaurant and flees, leaving massive mess (10 News)
• City Water Department Resisted Oversight, Downplayed Smart Meter Problems (Voice of San Diego)
• La Mesa mulls raising sewer rates (San Diego Union Tribune)
• Restaurant Owners, Styrofoam Cup Maker Sue San Diego Over Styrofoam Ban (Vice UK)
• U-Haul Truck Slams Into County Health Building (NBC 7 San Diego)
• A Look at San Diego’s Financial Battles Over the Public Records Act (NBC 7)

STATE

• ‘The Budget Just Changed’: Governor Gavin Newsom Responds To Big City Mayors’ Call For More Homelessness Funding (Capitol Public Radio)
• Medieval diseases are resurging in California — and hitting the homeless especially hard (Kaiser Health News)
• California is now drought-free, monitor says. Wait, didn’t that happen 2 years ago? (Sacramento Bee)
• Schwarzenegger Pulls No Punches in a Rare Rebuke of Trump (The Atlantic)
• Advocacy group pushes for inclusion of Laos history in California's curriculum (NBC News)

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March 4, 2019 (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

• Hueso Bill Would All But Abolish California Citizens' Rights to Public Documents (Voice of San Diego)
• Apple to add more jobs at new San Diego tech hub (10 News)
• Hamel, subject of a federal firearms investigation, paid his spouse $100,000 for her share of family gun collection (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• City manager files suit against opioid manufacturers  and their owners (Times of San Diego)
• FDA says La Mesa clinic illegally marketed an unapproved breast cancer detection device (ABC 10 News)
• California honors seven San Diego County schools for performance (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Tracking Officer Discipline Records in San Diego County  (NBC 7)
• Once Scrappy Upstarts, Community Choice Agencies Could Become the New Power Monopoly (Voice of San Diego)
•  City Takes Big Step Towards Energy Independence, Possible Lower Rates (NBC 7)
• East County stabbing spree: trial begins for accused (Patch.com)
• El Cajon home where man was beaten to death with pan set on fire (10 News)
• Lawsuit alleges county failed to protect children from dangerous foster sibling (The San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Public Records Bill Is Bad for the Public But Great for Public Officials With Something to Hide (Voice of San Diego)

STATE

• PG&E “unsafe” actions, “dismal” prevention, caused wildfires, but judge decides PG&E’s main focus will primarily be tree-trimming (San Jose Mercury News)
• Wildfire in California no longer stifled by wet winters, scientific report finds 
• (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Californians Lose Millions of Dollars in Recycling Deposits (NBC LA)
• PG&E delayed key power line safety overhaul, filings show; shares slip (Reuters)
•  PG&E admits equipment “probably” caused CA’s deadliest wildfire (SacBee)
• California residents flee to Las Vegas suburb to avoid high taxes (Fox News)
• California keeps a secret list of criminal cops, but says you can't have it (Mercury News)
• California’s failed tech projects come in late and over budget. Can Gavin Newsom fix them? (Sacramento Bee)
• Thousands told to evacuate in California (ABC News)

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February 21, 2019 (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

• Why is the San Diego Sheriff’s department charging $350,000 for records? (New York Times)
• As agents in federal gun probe keep quiet, ties emerge between Hamel, Garmo (SD Union-Tribune)
• Riot at Donovan state prison sends 10 inmates to hospitals (Times of San Diego)
• SDSO releases documents in deputy misconduct investigation (NBC)

STATE

• Should California buy disaster insurance? (Cal Matters)
• California's Supreme Court has thrown cities—and citizens—into chaos over local taxes Cal Matters)
• California lawmakers propose phasing out plastic products that aren’t recyclable Los Angeles Times)
• 45 and counting — Trump lawsuits put California at ‘Hall of Fame’ status, Newsom says (Sacramento Bee)
• Newsom claims ‘retribution’ after Trump administration demands high-speed rail funds back (Sacramento Bee)

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February 6, 2019 (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 asking judge to remove city from lawsuit involving Councilman, dispensary applicant (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Campaign for Rep. Duncan Hunter reports spending hundreds at amusement park, disputes drone charges (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Baja Railroad's overhaul of MTS-owned Desert Line appears stuck in the sand (SDUT))
• Immigrant rights attorneys and journalists denied entry into Mexico (SDUT)
• Marijuana business opening, children's center to move (in La Mesa) (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Local school board member to lead statewide organization (SDUT)
• Santee – where everyone wants to live (San Diego Reader)
• San Diego restaurants can legally add a surcharge to diners' bills for labor costs, court rules (SDUT)

STATE

• Wildfire victims living in RVs forced to leave their own properties (NBC)
• Federal judge asks PG&E: Should I ‘let you keep killing people?’ Rules utility violated its felony probation (San Jose Mercury News)
• Lorena Gonzalez announces 2022 Secretary of State bid (SDUT)
• As California wildfires grew, so did PG&E lobbying spending (Sacramento Bee)
• A web of threats to California's power supply could leave the state in the dark (CAL Matters)
• California Introduces Rewards Program for Buying Milk (Food and Wine)

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January 17, 2019 (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

• In this water-starved California town, one citrus farmer is trying to hold on (Palm Springs Desert Sun)
• Hueso and other lawmakers went to Maui with utilities while wildfires burned (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Here’s what you need to know about the border wall (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Disability advocates target city of San Diego, scooters in new lawsuit (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• The Mayor's State of the City Speech, Annotated (Voice of San Diego)

STATE

• Things Are Getting Crazy on the Colorado River (Voice of San Diego)
• Head of California electric utility quits amid fallout from deadly wildfires (NBC News)
• ‘PG&E is going to have to pay.’ Sympathy is gone for utility facing bankruptcy (The Sacramento Bee)
• PG&E Sparked at Least 1,500 California Fires. Now the Utility Faces Collapse. (Wall Street Journal)
• Gov. Gavin Newsom embraces an untested idea on how California's rainy-day fund should work (Los Angeles Times)
• Governor Dad: How Gavin Newsom’s kids are about to shape California (Cal Matters)
• 10 takeaways from Gov. Newsom’s $209 billion budget (Cal Matters)

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January 3, 2019 (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

• Criminal Investigation Sought Into Nuclear Waste Handling At San Onofre (KPBS)
• Safety Concerns Mount As Edison Awaits NRC's OK To Bury Radioactive Waste (KPBS)
• Fletcher prioritizes mental health, housing and asylum issue as he joins Board of Supervisors (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Three stabbed in El Cajon fight New Year’s eve (10 News)
• 150 migrants rush U.S. border, are met with tear gas from agents who say they were throwing rocks (San Diego-Union-Tribune)

STATE

• From guns to the board room: New California laws for 2019 (KCRA)
• Camp Fire: PG&E could be prosecuted for murder, attorney general says in filing  (Sacramento Bee)
• New year, new rules: California laws that will matter 2019 (Cal Matters)
• New California law allows some mentally ill offenders to get treatment, possibly get charges dropped  (Los Angeles Times)

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December 20, 2018 (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 Has Fourth-Highest Homeless Population In The US (KPBS)
• New GOP rules limit participation for House members under indictment, like Hunter (Sa Diego Union-Tribune)
• Vocal police critic taking over San Diego panel focused on law enforcement (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Kasparian ousted as union leader (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• La Mesa one step closer to COSTCO gas station (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Sweetwater to be audited over potential fraud, state agency cites 'years of weak governance and leadership' (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• San Diego-based Jack-in-the-Box looks into possibility of sale (10 News)

STATE

• California utility regulators failed to properly oversee water suppliers, state audit finds (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• State utility regulators delayed implementing 2016 law aimed at preventing wildfires  (San Diego Union-Tribune)California bus agencies ordered to make fleets emission-free (San Francisco Chronicle)
• A million California buildings face wildfire risk. (Los Angeles Times)

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December 6, 2018 (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

• La Mesa Farmer’s Market gets six month extension for new downtown location (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• La Mesa looking to regulate scooters, dockless bikes (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Former head of veterans charity co-founded by the elder Duncan Hunter convicted of federal crimes (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Craft beer makes an entrance in El Cajon (East County Californian)

STATE

• Democrats’ spending list needs to be ‘whittled down,’ Gavin Newsom says (Sacramento Bee)
• Top state utility regulator intervened in cost study for expanded energy grid, records show (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Number of missing in California's deadliest wildfire drops to 25 (Reuters)

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November 9, 2018 (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’s City Council Has a New Look – and a Veto-Proof Majority (Voice of San Diego)
• Senator predicts financial crisis in San Diego public schools (Patch.com)
• SDSU West bests SoccerCity as voters embrace a new vision for Mission Valley stadium site (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• UC San Diego to slow enrollment growth to absorb huge increase in students  (San Diego Union-Tribune)

STATE

• ‘Horrific scene’: 13 dead including gunman at California bar (AP)
• These are the victims of the Thousand Oaks massacre (Fox 5)
• Wildfire erupts in Southern California near Thousand Oaks (10 News)

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October 11, 2018 (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

• Here's what customers might pay if they leave SDG&E for a community choice alternative (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Unfinished cross-border tunnel found at Jacumba (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Therefore Be It Resolved: San Diego must accept public comments before issuing proclamations, judge rules (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Superior Ready Mix dusts Allied Gardens (San Diego Reader)
• For third time, San Diego County is accused of accessing private records to defend lawsuit San Diego Union-Tribune)

STATE

• With bill signings, Gov. Brown makes his final mark on California education (EdSource)
• The invisible children of California (Capitol Weekly)
• How Kavanaugh’s addition to the Supreme Court could affect California –(San Francisco Chronicle)

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September 20, 2018 (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

• Group aims to change school board (La Mesa Courier)
• Farewell to a professional love: Don Bauder retires (San Diego Reader)
• San Diego's Catholic diocese adds eight priests to list of sexual predators (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Grossmont School District Paid Worker Who Made Lewd Comments $80K to Leave (Voice of San Diego)
• Our Immigrant Story (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• SR-52 Coalition Discusses Traffic Relief at Inaugural Meeting (NBC 7)
• Independent voters overtake Republicans in San Diego County (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Planner’s warned about contact with developer’s agent (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• The County's Climate Plan Promises a New Land Use Battle (Voice of San Diego)

STATE

• By announcing California's first satellite launch, Gov. Jerry Brown ends climate summit with a cosmic boom (Los Angeles Times)
• California voters will be able to fix sloppy signatures and track their ballots under new election laws (Los Angeles Times)
• California’s gender-wage gap is now the narrowest in the country (SCPR)
• Firefighter’s death caused by retardant drop from 747 (Sacramento Bee)
• Anger in California's carpool lanes as more than 200,000 drivers are set to lose decals (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• The Number of Youth in Juvenile Detention in California Has Quietly Plummeted (Voice of San Diego)

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August 9, 2018 (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

• Ramona laboratory accused of animal distress (NBC 7)
• Sheriff's Dept. investigating accusations that Spring Valley doctor sexually assaulted assistant (10 News)
• Facing numerous courtroom setbacks, embattled El Cajon councilman sues his former lawyer (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• These are the 10 airports where you're most likely to be hacked [San diego worst in nation] (CNBC)
• Over-billings on water meters in San Diego topped $2 million (SD Union-Tribune)
• SDSU wants to create a technology park similar to one that helped revitalize Atlanta (SD Union-Tribune)
• Thousands of Employees Face Uncertainty After Supreme Court Pension Case (Voice of San Diego)
• Chula Vista hiker who died on Lakeside trail hailed as loving father, leader and volunteer (SD Union-Tribune)

STATE

• So your lawmaker has blocked you on Twitter. What’s wrong with that? (SD Union-Tribune)
• DMV scrambles with ‘triage’ measures to ease horrendous long lines (San Jose Mercury News)
• Mendocino Complex fire now second-largest in California history, officials say (Los Angeles Times)
• After quarter century of rapid expansion, charter school growth slowing in California (EdSource)
• Constant Wildfires Leave California Firefighters Strained (NPR)
• Trump administration moves to open 1.6 million acres to fracking, drilling in California (Sacramento Bee)

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July 26, 2018 (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 median home price hits its highest ever: $575K (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Lemon Grove nixes tax measures, faces growing shortfall (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Cohn restaurants is building a restaurant and brewery in La Mesa (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• County failed repeatedly to stop sexual abuse of foster children, lawsuit alleges (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• How will San Diego fend off Coastal Commission, legal challenges to Airbnb rules?  (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• DA Drops Felony Charges Against Lawyer Who Defended Marijuana Businessman  (Voice of San Diego)
• Sacramento Report: We Know What Gonzalez’s Next Big Move Might Be  (Voice of San Diego)
• Community Energy Programs Are Accountable in Ways Investor-Owned Utilities Are Not  (Voice of San Diego)

STATE

• Yosemite National Park visitors flee as Ferguson fire grows ‘quickly’ (San Francisco Chronicle)
• California funds new dams to protect against future drought (Cal Matters)
• Traces of the Fukushima Meltdown Can Be Found in California Wines (Popular Mechanics)

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May 31, 2018 (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

• Efforts to build housing around transit threaten to price out those most dependent on bus and rail (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Fee hikes for park users in La Mesa have moms fit to be tied (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• San Diego County Ambulances to Carry Fentanyl for Pain Relief (NBC 7)
• Lemon Grove says no to property upgrades (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Politics Report: Big Cities Remembered They Run SANDAG Now  (Voice of San Diego)
• Liquor Store Owners Are Getting Into the Pot Game  (Voice of San Diego)
• Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College Area 2: Incumbent challenged by business owner and university professor (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Public safety takes a big bite out of Santee’s budget (San Diego Union-Tribune)

STATE

• 7 things every California voter should know about the race for Governor (San Jose Mercury News)
• Granny flats and renters’ tax credits: Which California housing bills lived and died Friday  (Mercury News)
• 4 largest states carrying highest credit card debt (ABC News)
• California Lawmakers Look to Stop Cities from Billing Citizens Thousands for Their Own Prosecutions (Reason)

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