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September 27, 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
- SDG&E Proposes Eliminating Season Pricing Changes (Patch.com)
- Lapses in treatment, medical care spell horrific ends for mentally ill inmates (San Diego Union-Tribune)
- Police Oversight Group Set to Dismiss 22 Death Cases Without Investigation (Voice of San Diego)
- Troublesome Cell Towers (NBC 7)
- Team 10 Investigates: San Diegans describe popular antibiotic causing devastating side effects (10 News)
- El Cajon fire station to get a four-legged companion (San Diego Union-Tribune)
STATE
- Bald eagles have found themselves a new home: suburbia (Los Angeles Times)
- California’s employment law was rewritten. Many independent contractors aren’t thrilled. (Los Angeles Times)
- California mountain lions dying on highways, but face an even bigger threat (San Francisco Chronicle)
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LOCAL
SDG&E Proposes Eliminating Season Pricing Changes (Patch.com)
San Diego Gas & Electric announced it filed a proposal with the California Public Utilities Commission to eliminate seasonal energy pricing.
Lapses in treatment, medical care spell horrific ends for mentally ill inmates (San Diego Union-Tribune)
The end for George Gallegos came on April 21, 2018, when the 55-year-old inmate succumbed to acute pneumonia and severe dehydration while locked up in the San Diego Central Jail. Three months earlier, Gallegos had been a patient at Metropolitan State Hospital, a psychiatric facility in Los Angeles.
Police Oversight Group Set to Dismiss 22 Death Cases Without Investigation (Voice of San Diego)
The group tasked with investigating in-custody deaths and complaints against county law enforcement is on the cusp of dismissing 22 death cases without any investigation at all. The Citizens’ Law Enforcement Review Board staff is recommending the dismissal of 22 investigations involving people who’ve died in county detention facilities or while being taken into custody.
Troublesome Cell Towers (NBC 7)
Mexican wireless company launches with same spectrum band as Verizon, impacting thousands along U.S. Mexico border.
Team 10 Investigates: San Diegans describe popular antibiotic causing devastating side effects (10 News)
It’s one of the most widely prescribed antibiotics in the country. It's called Cipro and the side effects could lead to your death. Experts are now calling for tighter controls on these prescriptions to protect the public… Cipro is one of the brand names for a class of antibiotics known as fluoroquinolones. Another brand name is Levaquin.
El Cajon fire station to get a four-legged companion (San Diego Union-Tribune)
A wet nose, pink tongue and a wagging tail will soon be part of daily life at Fire Station 6 in El Cajon. A jet-black Labrador retriever puppy named Yara is coming to El Cajon in October, and she is expected to make an instant impact in helping to relieve the stress and strain of first responders.
STATE
Bald eagles have found themselves a new home: suburbia (Los Angeles Times)
For much of the spring, a constant flow of people arrived at a dirt pullout on a mountain road a few miles above Azusa, each craving a glimpse of 10-pound celebrities with 7-foot wingspans and the charisma that politicians can only dream of. .. The fledglings and their watchful parents are part of a new breed of “urban eagles” moving into Southern California and throughout the nation, displaying an unusual tolerance for the clatter and commotion of city life.
California’s employment law was rewritten. Many independent contractors aren’t thrilled. (Los Angeles Times)
State Capitol Democrats and organized labor say their new “gig” law will correct the misclassification of 1 million California workers who are falsely deemed independent contractors. But their thinking reflects a misunderstanding.
California mountain lions dying on highways, but face an even bigger threat (San Francisco Chronicle)
Demands for more wildlife crossings on California highways grew louder this week after a mountain lion was killed on Interstate 280 on the Peninsula. It was the third cougar to be run over in less than a week and the latest in a growing number of troubling big cat encounters.
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