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June 9, 2011 (San Diego's East County)--East County Roundup highlights top stories of interest to East County, published in other media.
Latest Roundup headlines include:
• Race for San Diego’s Mayor takes shape (10 News)
• Is East County’s political juice on the line? (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• La Mesa, a fair trade town by Centennial year? (La Mesa Courier)
• Fall of the wild: Is there really no alternative to closing 25% of California’s state parks? (New York Times)
• Does school spending spike scores? (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• SDG&E warns customers of possible line issues (10 News)
• USGS study may unearth new water source (10 News)
• Water worries grow on Colorado River (San Diego Union –Tribune)
• Grossmont’s Joe Musgrove is MLB’s first draft pick in County (La Mesa Patch)
• Amid crisis, state stops collecting DMV fees (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Hearings begin on 40-year transportation plan (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Federal agency says California is weak in nursing home care (San Diego Union-Tribune)
RACE FOR SAN DIEGO’S MAYOR TAKES SHAPE
Rep. Bob Filner, SD Councilmember Carl DeMaio, Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis In Race
June 8, 2011 (10 News)-- SAN DIEGO -- The race for San Diego mayor is shaping up after four people have officially entered the race.
Rep. Bob Filner officially filed to run for mayor of San Diego on Wednesday.… State Sen. Christine Kehoe is also expected to officially join the race.
http://www.10news.com/news/28176616/detail.html
IS EAST COUNTY’S POLITICAL JUICE ON THE LINE?
State redistricting effort has some questioning the region's future political pull
More information: wedrawthelines.ca.gov
June 9, 2011 (San Diego Union-Tribune) El Cajon. El Centro. What’s the diff?
To hear many tell it, there’s far more than a county line and 80 miles separating them. They point out the economic and demographic differences between Imperial County and East County.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jun/09/is-east-countys-political...
LA MESA, A FAIR TRADE TOWN BY CENTENNIAL YEAR?
June 2008 (La Mesa Courier)- - Fair Trade Products, originating from countries all over the developing world, represent a wide variety of unique items. A steering committee is at work to bring awareness to La Mesa of how the sale and use of Fair Trade certified products can bring about self-sufficiency for those who live in poverty. Fair Trade creates trading relationships with growers and artisans in developing countries that guarantee equity, fair wages, healthy and safe working conditions, and environmentally sustainable practices.
FALL OF THE WILD: IS THERE REALLY NO ALTERNATIVE TO CLOSING 25% OF CALIFORNIA’S STATE PARKS?
June 6, 2011 (New York Times)--Dead at the age of 40, Jack London left behind more than 50 books produced by his fevered pen, a string of opinionated lovers and a Sonoma Valley ranch he described as heaven on earth.
For a few months, still, you can see the sunlit room where the author of “Call of the Wild” wrote his daily thousand words before noon, and walk under redwoods and wild oaks on his 1,400-acre Beauty Ranch, where he pioneered “sustainability” before anyone was pushing $20 plates of arugula with a such a claim.
It belongs to you and me — the ranch, the cottage, the pond, the stone scraps of an old winery — an inheritance that is now being dismantled. California created the state park idea with Yosemite in 1864, before it was a federal reserve; it is destroying it in 2011 with a plan to permanently close one-fourth of its parks.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/02/fall-of-the-wild/?emc=eta1
DOES SCHOOL SPENDING HIKE SCORES?
June 3, 2011 (San Diego Union-Tribune)--Poway Unified spends less per pupil than any other school district in San Diego County, yet scores better than 91 percent of other districts statewide on standardized tests. At the other end of the spectrum, the Mountain Empire Unified School District in rural southeast San Diego County scored lower on the state’s 2010 Academic Performance Index than any other district in the county, in the 9th percentile statewide. Yet it spends more per student annually than 78 percent of districts in the state, at $9,823.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jun/03/does-school-spending-hike...
SDG&E WARNS CUSTOMERS OF POSSIBLE LINE ISSUES
June 4, 2011 (10 News)-- San Diego Gas & Electric on Friday issued a warning to 50,000 customers about a potentially explosive situation.
SDG&E sent out a letter to customers warning them not to allow a plumber use a snake to clear sewer lines. Customers are also urged to check with the utility before they call a plumber if they suspect that a sewer line to their home is blocked.
http://www.10news.com/news/28131822/detail.html
USGS STUDY MAY UNEARTH NEW WATER SOURCE
June 3, 2011 (10 News)--For the last decade, researchers have been drilling wells around San Diego County that detect the depths of where underground water flows beneath the city. Researchers showed 10News preliminary three-dimensional maps that show the depth and width of an aquifer known as the San Diego Formation.... the Formation extends from La Jolla past the U.S.-Mexico border and from San Diego Bay to Interstate 805.... the water beneath the surface is very old.
http://www.10news.com/news/28127635/detail.html
WATER WORRIES GROW ON COLORADO RIVER
June 6, 2011 (San Diego Union-Tribune)-- Drought conditions lasting 5 or more years will persist 40 percent of the time over the next five decades on the Colorado River, according to a federal analysis released Monday.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jun/06/water-worries-grow-colora...
GROSSMONT’S JOE MUSGROVE IS MLB’S FIRST DRAFT PICK IN COUNTY
June 7, 2011 (La Mesa Patch)--Fireballing Foothiller is drafted 46th overall by Toronto Blue Jays and is expected to forgo scholarship to San Diego State University.
http://lamesa.patch.com/articles/grossmont-right-hander-joe-musgrove-is-...
AMID CRISIS, STATE STOPS COLLECTING DMV FEES
June 6, 2011 (Diego Union-Tribune)--Despite wrestling with a multibillion-dollar budget deficit, California has temporarily halted one of its most stable sources of revenue — $82 million a month in vehicle license fees. Notices are not going out for people whose registrations are due for renewal in July or August. If they try to pay, the state will turn them away.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jun/06/dmv-fees-in-limbo-amid-bu...
HEARINGS BEGIN ON 40-YEAR TRANSPORTATION PLAN
June 9, 2011 (San Diego Union-Tribune)--The next 40 years worth of proposed transportation planning and spending comes up for a public hearing on Friday morning before the San Diego Association of Governments board of directors.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jun/08/hearings-begin-40-year-tr...
FEDERAL AGENCY SAYS CALIFORNIA IS WEAK IN NURSING HOME CARE
June 6, 2011 (KPBS)-- A federal agency has released health quality data that show troubling statistics about nursing home care in California. The data show almost one in 10 long-term nursing home patients was physically restrained in 2008.
The state snapshot also said that some 27 percent of short-stay nursing home residents had bed sores that same year. In these areas, California ranked last among the states.
http://www.kpbs.org/news/2011/jun/06/federal-agency-says-california-weak...
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