November 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:

LOCAL

• 410 acre open space acquisition in  East County helps meet regional environmental conservation goals (East County Californian)
• Justice rally for Anastasio Hernandez Rojas (San Diego Reader)
• Council unanimously opposes transfer of Guantanamo detainees to Miramar (Times of San Diego)
• U.S. Border agency staff rejects body cameras (I0 News)
• SeaWorld to phase out killer whale show in strategy change (Times of San Diego)
• Court rules in water district’s favor (Ramona Sentinel)
• Former Bush aide to challenge Rep. Peters for Congress (Times of San Diego)

STATE

• Poll finds most Californians dissatisfied with state's economy  (Reuters)
• California bans commercial crab fishing amid toxin scare (Sacramento Bee)
• Full disclosure: what California home sellers must tell buyers (KPBS)
• Rail authority has shameful excuse for its deception (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Now the FPPC wants to limit disclosures?(San Diego Union-Tribune)

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October 21, 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:

LOCAL

• City fines ambulance firm $230,000 (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Morning report: A trolley to nowhere (Voice of San Diego)
• San Diego County Officials: 17 Residents Have Contracted West Nile In 2015 (KPBS)
• San Diego Scientists Turn Ocean Pink To Study Pollution (KPBS)
• SeaWorld To Challenge Coastal Commission's Ban On Orca Breeding (KPBS)

STATE

• Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom to lead California gun control ballot initiative (Sacramento Bee)
• California in danger of giving away its energy future (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• New California Law Allows For Fish Markets (KPBS)
• San Diego Environmental Groups Rake in Millions from Imperial Valley Solar Developers (Voice of San Diego)
• State ready to award San Onofre advocacy funds (San Diego Union-Tribune)

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By Leon Thompson

October 12, 2015 (Mission Valley) – The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) will hold its national conference in San Diego October 18-23.  The NCAI  is composed of Tribes and individual Native Americans to protect and enhance treaty and sovereign rights.  The Organization was started in 1944 in response to the termination and assimilation policies of the United States government toward American Indians.

September 16, 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:

LOCAL

• Navy To Limit Some Training That Harms Whales In Pacific (KPBS)
• ‘Mitigation bankers’see profit in converting developed lands back into natural habitat (KPBS)
• New Rate Structure Will Show Up On SDG&E Bills This Month (KPBS)
• Uncorking San Diego's wine potential (U-T)
• No receipts required for college bosses (U-T)
• A Look At How San Diego Resettles Refugees As Syrian Crisis Continues (KPBS)
• Split commission gives thumbs up to Lilac Hills (U-T)
• Natural gas pipe would pass through Escondido, Poway (U-T)
• Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against inewsource, San Diego State (KPBS)
• New publisher named for U-T and L.A. Times (U-T)
• Water Rates Have Soared and They’re Not Stalling (Voice of SD)
• Cancer risk study canceled at San Onofre (U-T)

STATE

• The Learning Curve: ‘What the Hell Are We Doing?’  (Voice of San Diego)
• 30% of California’s forest firefighters are prisoners (Mother Jones)
• CPUC reform bills sent to governor (U-T)
• California Legislature Approves Assisted Suicide Bill (NPR)
• Feds, unlike PUC, won’t accommodate PG&E’s bad behavior (U-T)
• New California tests present sobering picture of student achievement (LA Times)
• California Court Rules Water Pricing Plan Violates Law (NYTimes)
• University of California sells $200 million holdings in coal, oil sands firms (Reuters)
• CPUC’s Picker impressed senators (U-T)

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September 3, 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:

LOCAL

East County

• New Technology To Help Fight San Diego County Wildfires (KPBS)
• Tribal fire departments help protect county (U-T)
• East County High Schoolers Spotlight Liquor Store Rule Violations (KPBS)
• For One Youth Soccer League In El Cajon, College Is The Goal (KPBS)
• Young at Art in La Mesa (NBC)
• Interim city manager named in Santee (SD Union-Tribune)

San Diego Region

• Huge Fish Farm Planned Near San Diego Aims To Fix Seafood Imbalance (NPR)
• Former UCAN founder wins lawsuit (SD Reader)
• San Diego Lands on FAA’s List of Aircraft-Drone Encounter Stats (NBC)
• Audits find airport leases amiss (U-T)
• Laboratory To Bring Career Pathways - And A Bit Of The Ocean- To City Heights (KPBS)
• UC San Diego, Scripps Institution Lead Way On Adapting To Warming Planet (KPBS)
• San Diego Police Have Turned Down Big Opportunities to Be Transparent (Voice of SD)
•  Imperial Valley Battery System Will Be Largest In West (KPBS)
• San Diego: Tech City, U.S.A. (San Diego Reader)
• Daily Transcript gets new life (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Poway bans drones in most of city (U-T)
• Sunny San Diego fights new utility charges on rooftop solar (SD Union-Tribune)
• Chula Vista Making $15M Investment In Arts Education (KPBS)

STATE

• California Cut Water Use By 31 Percent In July Amid Drought (KPBS)
• When the wells run dry, California neighbors cope in drought (CS Monitor)
• Five more California inmates diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease (Reuters)
• State is slow to approve water projects (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Group sues over bottling plant in parched California (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Californians Hope Alert System Will Help Catch Drivers Who Hit-And-Run (NPR)
• CPUC investigator: 'No records have been produced' (U-T)
• California Lawmakers Advance Aid-In-Dying Bill On Second Try (KPBS)
• California Lawmakers Consider Raising Smoking Age To 21 (KPBS)
• California Moves To Stop Misuse Of Psychiatric Meds In Foster Care (NPR)

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August 19, 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:

LOCAL/REGIONAL

• Developer Won’t Take No for an Answer on Massive Lilac Hills Ranch Project (Voice of San Diego)
• Helix water board OKs notice of rate changes (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Santee VFW post desperate to find new home (10 News)
• El Cajon wants to thank good businesses (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Measles Vaccination Rates Low At Many San Diego Schools (KPBS)
• July Water Consumption Down 32 Percent In San Diego Region (KPBS)
• Consumers can carry clout over cellphone tower placement (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• City answers to utility-tax rebellion (AP)

STATE

• Large counties could be required to increase number of Supervisors (Cal Watchdog)
• California bans secret hearings on most police shooting deaths (Reuters)
• California's Drought Is So Bad That Thousands Are Living Without Running Water (Mother Jones)
• California Pays Off $14B In Costly Debt From 2004 (AP)
• Despite strong returns, California pension funds’ fiscal hole got deeper (Sac Bee)
• Fraud suit filed against Edison (SD Reader)
• California Rations Birth, Death Certificates Amid Security Paper Shortage (NPR)
•  California will have more seniors living alone (U-T)

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August 5, 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:

LOCAL

• Sempra earnings edge up on power plant sale (San Diego Union Tribune)
• Edison didn't provide blackout emails to regulator (SD Reader)
• Saving water adds up to rate hikes (San Diego Union Tribune)
• Helix water board discussing new rates (San Diego Union Tribune)
• Counting Customer Costs For San Onofre Closure: $10.4 Billion (KPBS)
• Some San Diegans Wonder, Can You Stop Phone Book Deliveries? (KPBS)
• City Ethics Commission picks get political (San Diego Union Tribune)
• Supes To Consider Backing Penalties For Drone Operators Interfering With Firefighting (KPBS)
• San Diego County Supervisors Approve Additional Funding For Stadium Consultants (KPBS)

STATE

• CPUC invites public to reform confab
• California Rocky Fire: why it fits a global trend (CS Monitor)
• California fires lead Gov. Brown to declare state of emergency (Sacramento Bee)
• California officials float state-run bank for marijuana industry (Sacramento Bee)
• Obamacare checkup: millions of previously uninsured Californians now have health coverage, but cost and access worries persist (Orange County Register)
• Mike Huckabee to address California Republican Convention (Sacramento Bee)

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July 9, 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:

LOCAL

• Chariot of fire: Jeep collected debris, led to destruction of Shriners camp, says lawsuit (SD Reader)
• CA Counties find issues with GPS company monitoring criminals (KNSD)
• Desert water agency approves $1 million for grass removal (Borrego Sun)
• Free speech zone: Wobbly ghosts haunt waterfront park (Union-Tribune)
• Santee budget is looking healthy, but PERS is concern (Union-Tribune)
• Family Raises Concern About Charity WishWarriors (NBC7)
• Council takes strong stance against density-bonus bill (Coast News)
• 400 Steps for San Diegans, a Giant Leap for Commuters (Voice of SD)
• City will keep filling lake with tap water (Union-Tribune)
• Following El Cajon’s Booze-Restricting Example (Voice of SD editorial)
• Refugee Students Experience Coronado Beach In Outreach Event (KPBS)
• Democrats struggling to muster mayoral candidates (Voice of San Diego)

STATE

• Making the community college to UC transfer a little easier (Los Angeles Times)
• California bills to raise smoking age and regulate e-cigarettes stall (Los Angeles Times)
• 2 new warrants served in CPUC case (Union-Tribune)
• Californian cities hike up water rates while customers conserve amid drought (CS Monitor)
• California's farm economy "ruined" (SD Reader)
• Sending cheap water to China in midst of drought (Union-Tribune)
• California’s leaders, not voters, to blame for bad roads  (Union-Tribune)

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June 25, 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:

LOCAL 

• A more representative county democracy? (U-T) 
• Planners’ Density Dreams Are About to Come True on El Cajon Boulevard (Voice of San Diego) 
• Fact Check: Where San Diego’s Poorest Live (Voice of SD) 
• 3 water districts, 154 customers (UT San Diego) 
• San Diego: The Eighth Largest City — But Still Mostly a Suburb (Voice of SD) 
• FAA eyes changes to flight paths around SD airports (U-T) 
• Nearly 40K SD homeowners 'underwater'
• There’s Still Not Much Transparency Surrounding Those Transparency-Boosting Body Cameras (Voice of SD)  
• Mission Valley Needs More of What It Doesn’t Have, No More of What it Does (Voice of SD) 
• San Diego County Supervisors OK $5.4 Billion Budget (KPBS) 
• Krav Maga Another Non-Lethal Tool For San Diego County Law Enforcement (KPBS) 
• San Diego County's Taxable Property Is Valued At $439B (City News Service) 
• Renters pay up as homeownership drops (UT San Diego) 
• Entrepreneurs founded 446 San Diego startups last year (UT San Diego) 

STATE

• Debate over California’s renewable energy expansion goes through the roof (Sacramento Bee)
• Report calls for CPUC reforms (UT San Diego) 
• The secret life of Michael Peevey (SF Guardian) 
• Reverse "rape of the ratepayer" (SD Reader) 
• CPUC reform brings fairness, transparency (UT San Diego)
• Dispute flares over city charges on utility bills (U-T)
• Audit says state bar too lax on bad lawyers (U-T)

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By Miriam Raftery

June 15, 2015 (El Cajon)—Dozens of families are close to filing a lawsuit over the increased air traffic at Gillespie Field airport, where more expansion is planned. But with a June 30^th deadline to finalize paperwork with a class action lawyer, another two dozen residents are needed to join the suit by the deadline.

A meeting is set for Tuesday, June 23^rd at 6:30 p.m. with the lead attorney and interested residents. The meeting will be held at a private residence in Fletcher Hills. To RSVP and get the address and directions, contact info@asapgillespiefield.com.

“This is our last chance to get something done,” says Sue Strom with Advocates for Safe Airport Policies ASAP.

By Miriam Raftery

Photos: Rural residents rallied for protection from wind turbines after explosions; faith-based community leaders sought justice for immigrants outside County Administration Building at site that may soon be restricted for free speech rallies.

June 6, 2015 (San Diego)—For years, community groups and activists have rallied outside the County administration building where Supervisors meet to protest or urge support for various causes, from immigrant rights to stopping environmentally damaging projects, with rally organizers ranging from civil liberties advocates to conservative Tea Party groups. 

But under a new ordinance proposed for consideration on Tuesday’s agenda, people wishing to exercise First Amendment rights may be restricted to  designated “free speech zones” at the new Waterfront Park around the building, where you won’t be able to bring a megaphone, microphone, or even a chair on which to sit.  There will be noise limits and gatherings of 200 or more must obtain permits—meaning you’ll have to predict how many will show up for your event, or risk paying fines.

That’s not all.  The proposed ordinance would go farther,  changing codes regarding selling and advertising for all county parks and recreation facilities to regulate “other issues such as commercial photography, noise levels, and the prohibition on posting or affixing materials on park property.”

May 26,2015 (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:

LOCAL

• Power company's Darling (SD Reader)
• San Diego County's Unemployment Rate Dips To Nearly 8-Year Low (KPBS)
• Tijuana Plans Protection For Rare River Habitat (KPBS)
• City sprays golf courses with tap water (U-T)
• As farms fade, will developers move in? (U-T)
• CPUC Votes To Approve New Gas Power Plant In Carlsbad (KPBS)
• San Diego County Water Authority Proposes Water Rate Hikes (KPBS)
• SANDAG Isn’t Good at Predicting Population Growth (Voice of SD)
• SD hospitals fined for dangerous care (U-T)
• Microgrid and Water Recurrent Worries for Borrego Springs (Borrego Sun)

STATE

• Power company's Darling (SD Reader)
• Santa Barbara oil spill: Pipeline operator has long record of problems (LA Times)
• Study Finds Lingering Spike In Car Theft After California Prison Change (KPBS)
• California water agency relies on flawed system to track use (U-T)
• California farmers agree to cut water use. Enough to stem the drought? (CS Monitor)
• 50 million gallons of water lost after California dam vandalized: newspaper (Reuters)
• In California, Technology Makes "Droughtshaming" Easier Than Ever (NPR)

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May 13, 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:

LOCAL

• How California's New Environmental Regulations On Desalination Affect Carlsbad's Plant (U-T)
• Tribune Publishing To Buy U-T San Diego For $85M (KPBS) 
• San Diego Biologists Find New Populations Of Rare Plant (KPBS)
• GCCCD bond panel seeks 3 new members (U-T) 
• City pumps drinking water into lake (U-T) 
• Commission Opts To Compare Alternatives Before Voting On Carlsbad Power Plant (KPBS) 
• Increased Terror Risk Causes Heightened Security At San Diego County Military Installations (KPBS) 
• Grand Jury Report: San Diego County's Backcountry Needs More Fire Protection (KPBS) 
• San Diego Rents Among Highest In Country (KPBS)
• City pays Chargers in 'Q' lease (U-T)
• San Diego Supervisors Say Dave Roberts Violated Brown Act
• The Case of the Missing Alpine High School (Voice of SD)

STATE

• California Commission Approves Raise For Gov. Brown (AP)
• Los Angeles homelessness rises 12 percent amid slow economic recovery (Reuters)
• Los Angeles job growth flat while San Francisco booms, report says (Reuters)
• Close dilapidated, rodent-infested prison, California lawmaker says (Reuters)
• Emails show UCLA, CPUC deal making (U-T)

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April 29, 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:

LOCAL

•  Ex-La Mesa mayor Art Madrid writing book
• 4 San Diego climbers trapped in Nepal (UT San Diego)
• It’s Over: The Chargers Are Done With San Diego (Voice of SD)
• San Diego's homeless on rise (U-T)
• How The Fall Of Saigon Made San Diego A Refugee Hub (KPBS)
• Utilities on the trail to tiers  (SD Reader)
• Padre Dam Water District launches pilot drinking water program (Alpine Sun)
• Las Colinas is something to Yelp about (SD Reader)
• New Chief of Police Walt Vasquez getting reacquainted to serve the citizens of La Mesa (East County Californian)
• Emerald Wants Her Chief Of Staff To Take Over San Diego Council Seat (KPBS)
• Water deal with Imperial Valley on the line
• City’s own water use spiked

STATE

• Governor, state get tougher on water use (U-T)
• What's that Caltrans is using for water? (U-T)
• CA still tied to Gold Rush era water rights system (U-T San Diego)
• Is that joint damaging our environment? (U-T San Diego)
• Marijuana: the new drought villian? (U-T San Diego)
• Thirsty for clean power, California taps winds in Mexico (U-T San Diego)
• Time for state's leaders to tackle teacher tenure (UT San Diego)
• Union challenges CPUC law deal (U-T San Diego)

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April 15, 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:

LOCAL

• Drones to livestream fires? SD company hopes so (ABC10) 
• Keeping Their Word: The Padres lifelong rookie (ABC10)
• San Diego County Water Authority Asks State To Change New Regulations (KPBS)
• Water demo plant opening on Friday (UT San Diego)
• Boom or Doom? Huge projects loom (U-T)
• Real Estate Experts Discuss Rise In San Diego Home Prices (KPBS)
• Justice Department Will Monitor Calexico Police For 3 Years (KPBS)
• SDG&E loses request for transmission incentive (Argus) 
• Drought to hit county's farmers hard (U-T) 

STATE

• Calpers raises pension plan funding in California by 6 percent (Reuters)
• Auditors spot disconnect on telecom complaints (U-T)
• California Utility to Make Gas From Solar for Pipeline Storage (Bloomberg)
• Audit: California departments padding budgets (AP) 
• Something sinister in Warsaw? (SD Reader) 
• [NRC: Nuclear plant failure not our fault (U-T) 

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